WOW, Mike. What a beautiful box. Please, please tell us more about the construction.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Fred & Gene Thank you!

The flat ribbons are made from 1/8" X 3/4" strips of purple heart & cheery that are laminated and then sliced. The bows and curved ribbons are made from 1/8" X 3/4" purple heart & cheery and 1/16" X 3/4" maple laminated and the compound cut on the scroll saw. The pattern came from a book "The Best of Scroll Saw Magazine Creating Wooden Boxes" Published by Fox Chapel Publishing. http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Wooden-Boxes-Scroll-Saw/dp/1565234448

I'll post pics later this weekend.

Late entry. Picked up the wood to start on my work bench and sharpening center. Time ti invade the game room. . Decided to do most of it out of #2 pine and with 4 lamination's it should be string and heavy, and this ends a 2 year analysis of design and cost. Thinking about a blog post for it. Anxious to get started don it.

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

Very nice Paul!!! How'd you come about the Zebra Wood??

Paul Corona said:

Today's fast project......routed a recess to hold a patch from my son's carrier...the USS Theodore Roosevelt outta Zebrawood.....

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

We have Woodworkers Source store in Tucson with an unbelievable selection of exotics...wandering around one day and saw a piece about 4' long.....just had to have it.....now about the Macacauba I bought.....

Mike that is a great looking box. Man you are doing a great job with the scroll saw.

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John Moody
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Glad that was all it was Lew.

My dad has Vertigo and had a spell this week while visiting my mom in the hospital. Had to roll him out in a wheel chair to get him in the car and take him home. I had to stay the night at their house with him so he didn't get up during the night and fall. It has kept me quite busy.

Sounds like a week for Moms and hospitals. Spent last Sunday in the emergency room with my Mom. Dizzy spell, tested her for everything. Turned out to be an inner ear problem- which is good news when you think of the other possibilities.

Still working on my brother-in-law's lectern. In the sanding phase.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Well this afternoon I got to spend a little time at home and get some shop time in. It was nice to get in the shop and make a little saw dust and fire up the equipment. I got five edge grain cutting boards cut out and glued and in the clamps. Should be able to get them out tomorrow night and get the sanded. Weather permitting I have an outdoor craft show this coming Friday night.

I'll take some pictures of the boards tomorrow night when I sand them.

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John Moody
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Thanks John. I've been practicing. 

I hope your Mom & Dad are doing better!

John Moody said:

Mike that is a great looking box. Man you are doing a great job with the scroll saw.

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John Moody
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Mike thanks so much for asking about them. They are making progress but it is going to be a slow process. Mom is wearing a body brace for the fractured disc in her lumbar. It will be two to three month before it is healed. She is still in therapy and should get to come home next week if she is strong enough.

Dad is doing better also. Got the vertigo settled down and he is getting around much better now. I am thankful I have two brothers, although they don't live right here, they are fairly close and they came and took care of them this weekend to give me a bit of a break.

Mike Dillen said:

Thanks John. I've been practicing. 

I hope your Mom & Dad are doing better!

John Moody said:

Here's what I made out of the wood I showed the other day, I like to call it ribbon wood , just a little bit of everything in the scrap pile. 

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Thanks Charles. Man sounds like you had a busy weekend too. 

Charles Nicholls said:

Great looking puzzle Greg and i see a lot of other projects here too that look good.

I cranked out 11 hair pins this weekend and today finished the last of them. I'm happy to say that it's done. Mainly because it chewed up a lot of wood I had stockpiled from Bob Kloes and others. The client even brought some of her own wood which was the Bubinga and some Black Walnut. Now I can get on with some rest and making pens & other stuff again.

WOOOHOO

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Charles Nicholls
Site Host
nicholls61@att.net
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This website is new so it doesn't have much to it yet but you are welcome to take a look

And here's the last of the ribbon wood puzzles, still needs a mineral oil bath.

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Beautiful puzzles Greg. I love the look of the ribbon wood and the abstract edges. I'll have to add that to my to do list.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


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Wow! Those are really neat, Greg. Can't work the straight edges on those, huh? Somebody's gonna have fun.

Greg Aksdal said:

Here's what I made out of the wood I showed the other day, I like to call it ribbon wood , just a little bit of everything in the scrap pile. 

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

 John, the shamrock pattern came from here :  http://fssp-arpop.blogspot.com/ and the other two came from Karl Taylor        

John Moody said:   

Beautiful puzzles Greg. I love the look of the ribbon wood and the abstract edges. I'll have to add that to my to do list.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


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Ha ha we had fun putting them together for the pics. Puzzles like this are more challenging or frustrating depending on how you look at it.

Gene Howe said:

Wow! Those are really neat, Greg. Can't work the straight edges on those, huh? Somebody's gonna have fun.

Greg Aksdal said:

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Ribbon Wood Puzzles - the mystery is solved.  Great work, Greg

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
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EX-21
'Don't complain about the storm - learn to dance in the rain.'