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I'm not sure if any of you follow Steve Ramsey's (Woodworking for Mere Mortals) exploits on YouTube, but some time ago he posted a lovely tribute to Norm Abram's New Yankee Workshop which PBS has been taken off air after 21 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbzyDZ ... Q&index=28

. . . Nev has got me thinking that I could maybe use an airbrush. I have been put off making some cars, lorries and other 3D projects because you have to paint them and they have some tight difficult to get to areas. And, as I H-A-T-E painting anyway, I thought it would be better to lower my...

I recently bought a load of Schwibbogen Vorlagen (arches templates) from a guy on ebay.de and set about cutting some out to give as Christmas presents. I stack-cut 4 sheets of 1.5 mm ply and the result gave me 2 complete arches for each pattern I chose. Each pattern came in several sizes and...

I know there are a few petrol heads on here so this is for you. In case you hadn't seen it, Toymaking Plans has a special offer on "Two Awesome Motorcycles" where you can buy both plans for $16.50 instead of the usual price of $29.90 (offer expires Monday 11th). The plans are downloadable as...

For some of my projects (particularly pine) I like to use a wood dye and have tended to use the 250ml range from Colron or Rustins. Since moving to Germany I have had difficulty in finding them or their equivalent, but, I have found Clou water-based wood dyes in powder form. The power dyes...

Just finished two more Christmas presents for family and friends. Both are Sue Mey designs and are approximately A4 (10" x 8") in size. I stack-cut each pattern with four pieces of 3mm ply and have managed to pinch one of each for us (hello 2, goodbye 6!!) before they get allocated to...

Having submitted some pictures a while ago showing my shiny new workshop, and thank you to everyone for the lovely comments, I thought I'd better show you that I haven't been spending ALL my time out there sitting down and drinking German beer :wink: This is a Halloween present which I'll be...

Despite not posting much over the last few months I have been around lurking and reading some posts. We've had a busy time since retiring to Germany almost 10 months ago and have had several visits from members of our family. In between chores and tour leader duties I've managed to get the new...

Just in case you haven't heard, apparently Mike Moorlach (Flying Dutchman Scroll Saw Blades) has sold his business to "The Wooden Teddy Bear" http://www.woodenteddybearonline.com/x/home.php?cat=87 . I've placed several orders for Olson blades from the WTB and have always found them to be first...

I've got one of the older Hegner scroll saws that uses a transparent plastic tube to blow away the dust. The trouble is that it's blowing the dust straight at me, is not very accurate and gives me very cold hands. So, I did a search on the internet to see if I could retro-fit a good dust...

Subject says it all really. I always tend to use the standard reverse tooth blades to help eliminate tear-out and mainly for a cleaner cut but I hear peeps talking about ultra reverse tooth blades and wondered what the advantages were. I've found a picture on the internet and they look a lot...

. . . . well, me actually :oops: I finally decided what to make for my brother in law's 70th birthday in the Autumn . . . . and will be giving it to him tomorrow (hammer) I know, I know, I should put it in the cupboard and wait six months but my mum has been in hospital and my sister...

OK all you vehicle makes . . . how do you paint your wheels? I have a load to paint and am struggling to get a decent finish and am getting more on my hands than on the wheels. They are 2" in diameter and I hold them by my finger and thumb then thread them on to some dowel so I can paint the...

My brother in law will be 70 later this year and I'd like to scroll him something a bit special but am short on ideas . . . . so . . . . I need your help :wink: Have you cut something suitable for an active 70 year old that went down well? Can you think of a suitable subject? He loves his...

I've almost finished my first Christmas present for this year . . . . sorree :oops: Its a portrait (wot another one, I here you say, doesn't he ever cut anything else?) of Santa Claus. The pattern is a Shelia Landry Design and is called 'SLDK184 Self-Framing Santa'. All I need to do is...

My wife loves hares . . . not the ones on my head which are an endangered species . . . but the furry ones with the very long ears. So I found her a hare and cut it out of English oak and finished it with Danish oil as one of her Christmas presents :ho2 I'm not sure where I got the plan but...

I cut the Indian Chief "Cochese" for a colleague who is mad keen on the Wild West. He loved it. This is a Gary Browning pattern and was cut on 3/4" English Oak (complete with bark on the right hand side) and finished with Danish Oil.

Whilst having me toast I've been going through some of the photographs I've taken of work I've finished. These are "The 12 Days of Christmas" which I stack cut five at a time. Anyone who has done some stack cutting knows that if you ruin one you ruin all five!! The downside to this project is...

Hello everyone, Does anyone have a good source for thin ply? I used to get mine from a guy on eBay but he's stopped selling it now :cry: I bought some from Hobbies of Dereham and the quality was appalling. It looked as though someone had flicked paint over it and the last 1 1/2" could not...