StevieB
Established Member
I managed to grab a few hours in the workshop over the christmas break and came out with the following
The first is a puzzle cut from an old calender, just to give myself some practice at freehand puzzle cutting. I think the pieces are a little too loopy, but I tried to incorporate both internal straight lines and no corners into the pattern. The picture is not ideal for a jigsaw since there is no line cutting with this type of image but it was the only calender I could cannabalise!
The second thing is a dragon from a Fantasy and Legends pattern book. This one I cut from 6mm baltic birch ply and overlaid a hand drawn puzzle template (sorry Carter!) to make a 92 piece puzzle. Again I was playing with my cutting so had not really though it through - if I had I would have stained it first then cut it :roll: This time I have incorporated non-locking tabs internally (it is fully interlocked when complete) and half tabs (two tabs per socket) to try and make it more difficult. It has just taken me an hour and a half to put it together for the photo - approx a piece a minute!
The only other thing I managed was a free standing penguin of approx 9 pieces in 15mm maple. No photo of that though.
Cheers,
Steve.
The first is a puzzle cut from an old calender, just to give myself some practice at freehand puzzle cutting. I think the pieces are a little too loopy, but I tried to incorporate both internal straight lines and no corners into the pattern. The picture is not ideal for a jigsaw since there is no line cutting with this type of image but it was the only calender I could cannabalise!
The second thing is a dragon from a Fantasy and Legends pattern book. This one I cut from 6mm baltic birch ply and overlaid a hand drawn puzzle template (sorry Carter!) to make a 92 piece puzzle. Again I was playing with my cutting so had not really though it through - if I had I would have stained it first then cut it :roll: This time I have incorporated non-locking tabs internally (it is fully interlocked when complete) and half tabs (two tabs per socket) to try and make it more difficult. It has just taken me an hour and a half to put it together for the photo - approx a piece a minute!
The only other thing I managed was a free standing penguin of approx 9 pieces in 15mm maple. No photo of that though.
Cheers,
Steve.