2013 Christmas projects

greitz · Post by **greitz** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:14 pm

Three nested scroll saw baskets, all from one 9" x 26" maple board:

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Have a very merry Christmas, everyone!

Gary

wlhayesmfs · Post by **wlhayesmfs** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:19 pm

Great Looking baskets, tried them once but mine didn't turn out that nice. Someone will really love those.

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:44 pm

Wow! You guys knock me out with the quality of the stuff you build. It inspires me to get MUCH better.

I'm so glad someone started this thread because I came online tonight to start one if someone else had not.

I'm an amateur at best, but I am getting better. This year was nothing like last year. I got tied up in fixing a couple of cars for two of my daughters and then the weather turned nasty. I find it a bit hard to get much done in the shop when the thermometer is reading 38 for a high, in the shop!

Soooooo..... I went for a few really simple, quick projects with good intentions to do much better next year.

For the two year olds, and this is a VERY simple project I just threw together after not finding any plans that suited me. A single 1x4 of cheap "whitewood" and Hobby Lobby wheels/axle pegs and a can of yellow spray paint combined with a black Sharpie and....
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For the 5-year olds, a basic pick-up truck. It is scaled to go with the tractors they got last year, which hopefully will be followed by some farm trailers in the coming year. They are oak with each of the four trucks have bumpers made of different woods; bois d'arc, ebony, walnut and cocobolo. Again, wheels and axles courtesy of Hobby Lobby. Spray spar urethane finish after staining the wheels with dark walnut.....
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Last year all the women almost got into a fight over the jelly bean machine, so I learned my lesson and they all got a set of trivets this year. These are just a few of them. Again, simple design cut from square pieces of wood (oak, cherry and walnut) and using a dado and a bit of sanding. No finish because I expect these to be used and have hot pots on them often....
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Some of the kith and kin are into guitar playing, so I stole this from Steve Ramsey, WoodWorking for Mere Mortals on youtube. Steve always has some great simple projects for us beginners. These were made from a piece of birdseye maple burl I've been hauling around through various moves for the past 20 years. Finally found a project worthy of them. I made some modifications (I think they are improvements) over the original design. These do not have a finish yet, but should look really good after tomorrow....
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mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:53 pm

greitz wrote:Three nested scroll saw baskets, all from one 9" x 26" maple board:

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Have a very merry Christmas, everyone!

Gary

I give, whats the process here?I've never seen these before.

Way cool sir!!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:13 pm

mrhart wrote:I give, whats the process here?I've never seen these before.

Way cool sir!!

Think 'Ring Master' but use a scroll saw and cut wavey circles(at an angle).

Would not a Band Saw work? Fergit I asked that!:o

greitz · Post by **greitz** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:59 am

The nesting baskets pattern was designed by Dave Van Ess and is included in the book "Creating Wooden Boxes on the Scroll Saw", copyright 2009 by Fox Chapel Publishing. Great book! I think this is the easiest project in the book, though going round and round with all the rings can get a bit tedious....

Thanks for the compliments. SWMBO likes it a lot. She's making chocolate chip cookies right now, so I guess we both win!

JPG is correct - the rings are concentric wavy circles and are cut at 5 different angles, the steepest angles for the bottom rings. It's a really ingenious, efficient design, there's only a small amount of unused wood out of the 9" x 26" board.

JPG- Each ring is cut apart along the grain and glued together, so I'd guess that it could also be cut with a bandsaw using maybe a 1/16" or 1/8" blade. The rings are only about 3/16" thick, though, so the rings might get too thin due to the thicker kerf of the bandsaw blade.

Gary

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:12 pm

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mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:31 pm

My quickie ornaments...

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john · Post by **john** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:54 pm

Originally going to comment on the baskets which are great, then saw the boxes and the ornaments, and I love toys. All great projects!

There are going to be many happy recipients.

John

benush26 · Post by **benush26** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:37 pm

greitz wrote:The nesting baskets pattern was designed by Dave Van Ess and is included in the book "Creating Wooden Boxes on the Scroll Saw", copyright 2009 by Fox Chapel Publishing. Great book! I think this is the easiest project in the book, though going round and round with all the rings can get a bit tedious....

Thanks for the compliments. SWMBO likes it a lot. She's making chocolate chip cookies right now, so I guess we both win!

JPG is correct - the rings are concentric wavy circles and are cut at 5 different angles, the steepest angles for the bottom rings. It's a really ingenious, efficient design, there's only a small amount of unused wood out of the 9" x 26" board.

JPG- Each ring is cut apart along the grain and glued together, so I'd guess that it could also be cut with a bandsaw using maybe a 1/16" or 1/8" blade. The rings are only about 3/16" thick, though, so the rings might get too thin due to the thicker kerf of the bandsaw blade.

Gary

You can access his software to create the templates here
http://www.scrollmania.com