Well.... Lets See...

Hmmm... I think time has flew or gotten away from me.

Well First...

I was playing World of Warcraft... And I'm still kinda doing that but I'm not... I'm paying for it but I've not been on it for about a month...

I'm kinda slightly bored with it. So I'm taking a Break.

Next... My Pontiac Grand Am I was driving around Decided to have a Steering Column problem and an Ignition problem, so now I had to lay my Grand Am down to rest for the winter until I can see if I can find a Steering Column from the Junk Yard, 1 Junk Yard I checked.... Said they got rid of all their OLD Cars, they no longer have any 87's Laying around ready to be stripped.

So then I had to Fix my Pontiac Sunbird... No Big Deal, A few minor problems... I had to Repair a few Sections of Break Lines 4 to be precise, 2 along the Side rail under the Driver Side, One behind the back rear Driver side Tire and one behind the Fuel Filter. I also had to Replace the Break Booster.

My baby is back up and running, my First Car ever I bought in 1995, It's an 86 Pontiac Sunbird... It's yellow... And everyone around here calls my Car The Rotten Banana. Cause it's Yellow with Rust Spots all over it lol.

And just this past week, I had to get a new Windshield Wiper Motor cause the old one burnt out... But all is good now with my Baby, She's back to her norm, she's getting me around, Now only if there is hope for my 87 Pontiac Grand Am...

Aside from these problems in the last 2 - 3 Months, I've not been doing anything... It's getting colder that means it's time to break out my Scrollsaw so I can work on some of my christmas Ornaments for my Etsy Store to see if I can make a lil more money this year, and hopefully by next year, I'll have enough to buy some extra wood for my Smaller Projects that's going to appear in my Store.

Then last but not least.... my Computer broke down for a few weeks, and didn't feel like fixing it cause I knew I'd get on it and not get anything done, so I left it alone and cought up on some Baseball Games this season + A few things around the house. Then I decided to go ahead and fix it cause we needed a machine working for our online bills we take care of, so had to be done.

Anyway, enough about me, Dogs need water and all, so I'm outta here...

have a Great Evening!

Handi

The Woodwhisperer Logo Scroll Saw Project!

This was on Behalf of Marc over at The Woodwhisperer.

Marc has kindly has supplied me with his Logo, knowing not what for and didn’t ask questions.

I just posted this Project on his Forum for everyone to review, so now I’m doing the same here for everyone to see it as well that’s not part of The Woodwhisperer network.

So enjoy.

Tech Specs:

Materials: 1/4 Baltic Birch Plywood
Time: About 3 hrs
Difficulty: Advanced
Blades: FD-TC #1

Enjoy!

Handi

Kingfisher!

Here is a Project that I JUST Completed, I decided to give myself a Try on the Scroll Saw to see if I still had it, and if my Hand was hurting too bad to do a little work.

Here is the end result.

Tech Specs:

Materials: 1/4” Baltic Birch Plywood
Time: 3 1/2 Hrs
Difficulty: Advanced
Blades: FD-TC #1

Here is also a Description and information about the Kingfisher bird incause someone would like a Small Education on these Species of birds.

Enjoy and thanks for coming to look at my Projects, I really Adore Birds, I love all animals, but birds are my Favorite Passion.

Handi

A common waterside resident throughout North America, the Belted Kingfisher is often seen hovering before it plunges headfirst into water to catch a fish. It frequently announces its presence by its loud rattling cry.

Description

• Medium-sized bird.
• Large head and shaggy crest.
• Large, thick bill.
• Bluish head and back.
• White throat and collar.
• White underneath with blue breast band.

• Size: 28-35 cm (11-14 in)
• Wingspan: 48-58 cm (19-23 in)
• Weight: 140-170 g (4.94-6.0 ounces)

Sex Differences

Female with red chest band and flanks, male without.

Sound

Call a loud, harsh rattle.

Conservation Status

Populations may be decreasing in many areas.

Other Names

Martin-pêcheur d’Amérique (French)
Martín Pescador Norteño, Martín Pescador Migratorio, Martín Pescador Pasajero (Spanish)

Cool Facts

• The breeding distribution of the Belted Kingfisher is limited in some areas by the availability of suitable nesting sites. Human activity, such as road building and digging gravel pits, has created banks where kingfishers can nest and allowed the expansion of the breeding range.

• The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few bird species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male. Among the 93 species of kingfishers, the sexes often look alike. In some species the male is more colorful, and in others the female is.

• During breeding season the Belted Kingfisher pair defends a territory against other kingfishers. A territory along a stream includes just the streambed and the vegetation along it, and averages 1 km (0.6 mi) long.The nest burrow is usually in a dirt bank near water. The tunnel slopes upward from the entrance, perhaps to keep water from entering the nest. Tunnel length ranges from 30 to 250 cm (1 to 8 ft).

This information was taken from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Belted_Kingfisher.html for reference to the kingfisher

Magic In The Air!

Here is another project that I just finished a few minutes ago. I'm feeling better threw the day, but as the morning and evening creep up on me, well, these are what seems to be my Feeling bad times.

Maybe it's the medications slowly going out of my system during the day and makes me feel better, and when I take my medication, makes me feel bad.

Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoys this Fine project. Thanks to Pumpkinglow.com for the Pumpkin Pattern. It made a Great Scroll Saw Pattern, as both Pumpkin carving and Scroll Saw Cutting are the same.

This pattern took me about an Hour and 2 FD-TC#1 Blades, they broke on me midway, Possibly from over frightening, not sure, it didn't help the first blade ether when I didn't apply tensions with the tensioner, after few Resolutions, the blade was bent, I decided to go ahead and use the blade, cause they bend all the time.

Well once I tightened the blade, went a few inches, the blade Snapped. So that was the end of the First Blade lol, My Fault, but live and learn.

Tech Specs:

• Materials: 1/4" Baltic Birch Plywood
• Time: Approximately 1 1/2 hrs
• Difficulty: Beginning

Hope you enjoyed this Project as much as I did cutting it out.

Handi

Jinx!

I think I have jinxed myself. In one of my Latter post about the Beating these Flying Dutchman Blades take. And I said that I have not broken one yet, due to their durable Strength and Sharpness.

Well, I have done it, I don't know if it was under or over tighten or if it was warn out. My guess is that it was warn out. I make sure the blade makes a Good Ping sound once it's tight.

This Welcome Pattern here that I cut out, well I finished it up on a New blade, I was all the way down to the "O" on the outside cuts to finish this piece up to remove it from the rest of the wood, when POP The blade Snapped.

This blade I was using was a FD-TC #5 Blade, to make it easier to cut my Plywood projects. And it works really Decently. Nice smooth cuts, not much sanding and Not many Blowouts. The only Problem I have once my Project is finished is taking the box tape off the back of the project. With the fine cuts, it wants to pull some of the laminate off the wood.

Not a Very good wood or quality to sell if this wood isn't laminated very well. I may be Switching to Baltic Birch plywood to see if there is a Difference in quality and cut.

Now for a Little Technical Aspect of this Project!

Project Title: Welcome
Project Time: A Little Over A Day (With Interruptions, Company)
Project Materials: Oak Plywood, Printer Paper with Pattern and Box Tape
Project Overall: Not for the Beginner and not good for Cheap Wood to save a Dime
Project Rating: Challenging, (8 out of a 10)

I hope you all enjoy the looks of this project, there are some Flaws in the project, but this is what makes it unique and your own!

Handi

A Little of This and That Etsy Store!

Come one, Come all, Come check out one and all I have at the "A Little of This and That Etsy Store". Hopefully as my Scroll Sawing Grows, so will my Store.

But only you can make it happen. If you got the time, Come check it out. There are more Christmas Items at the moment then anything, Figured I would get ahead of the Christmas Rush and pump out a few ornaments and Christmas projects that are in the works, to keep my workload down, if there will be any.

I hope that all of my Viewers take the time to view my blog as well as pass it on to others if you think my work is good and worth the effort.

Alot of time and effort has gone into my projects, some are basic some are complex, but they are my projects and alot of elbow grease goes into my hobby to bring everyone that's watching and keeps tabs on my Projects eager to come back for more.

Sooner or later, there will be some custom content added for your veiwing pleasure and possible added to my Store. So come back and Share with your friends and family your point of view of my little blog and my little store!

Handi

Putting Halloween to Rest!

Well all, Since Halloween is just around the corner, I think that I am laying all of my Halloween Projects to rest for the year.

With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming around the corner pretty quickly, New projects will be on the rise. Belly's will be getting full with all these good goodies the families will be cooking up for lunch or dinner.

So check back, I try to post about every day or every other, depend on how busy and how real life calls for my attention. As much as I like to woodwork/scroll saw, it isn't always worked into my real life schedule.

I have been fortunate thou, that most of the stuff has been taken care of, so it leaves me with free time til the pets need fed and watered or supper needs to be cooked.

Anyway, be looking for some Thanksgiving Themes and Christmas Themes as well.

Handi

For Your Country!

Here is a pattern I come across by "rbindustries, inc" and figured I would go ahead and scroll it out.

This pattern was just a little harder then the usual pattern. The head, as you can see in the photo isn't attached very well to the wings, with just a little Sliver of wood on either side.

Well needless to say, if you aren't VERY Careful when you scroll saw these areas, and sturdy you will snap it right off, especially with Plywood. I managed pretty well cutting this one out. if it wasn't for the Sharp Flying Dutchmen and the #3 Blade, Probably don't think I could have done it that easy.

Craftsman blades suck at cutting, they are more Brittle, almost like they were made from Cast, I bent one and it snapped easy, these flying Dutchmen are very flexible makes it easier to insert into the predrilled Holes for cutting out your work!

Enjoy the pattern, and thanks again to "rbjndustries, inc." for the pattern.

Handi

Halloween Lantern Part 4 of 5

The Cat vs. The Eye. Who will Stare who Down? Find out who s bigger then who in the next stare down, Coming to you at your nearest Crafters made possible by Handi Productions and Crafts!

Lets move on Shall we? Me and Betty are Crafting this Lantern, She has just finished her Cat, my Eye was already finished, so I was waiting on her to Finish up The Cat.

Now that we are more then 1/2 way done with this Project, here is the next Step! I will trim off A Total of 1/2" from 2 Panels, 1/4" on the left and 1/4" on the right. As Each Panel are 8 1/2" Wide. Triming down 2 Panels at 1/2" will give each panel 8". This will give me an Exact 8"x8" Under Panel, as the Base.

The only other Alternative would to, Cut Finger Joints in all Panels, Still giving me 8x8 Base panel, But instead of doing so, I've just decided at this point to use butt-joints with small 3/4" Nails. The Reason, My Table Saw doesn't have a Miter Gage Slot on either side of the Blade, This would prove almost impossible Free Hand, and the time invested in such a Simple project, not to mention, it's getting colder threw the nights, and my Shop (Garage) isn't Heated, and I would need my Life Size Heat Rock to keep me warm while I work.

So we are going with butt-joints with this project. After this is done, All insides of the panels will be Painted Orange, so when the Candles are Lit, It will give off an orange Glow, as if it was a real Pumpkin, Then all Panels on the outside will be Painted Black. So no Light can be reflected off of it, so it gives it the feel of a Void space lit up from no where.

So my Next post, Will include the Panels painted and put together as the final Step in this 5 Part Project. I will be looking forward to all of your comments!

Handi

Scroll Saw Blades!

Sorry for no post the last few days, I have been Searching for patterns while waiting on my new Blades to Arrive from Mikes Workshop, He has a very generous Supply. And I've decided to give him a try because he was prompt with answering my questions in email, and have directed me in the right direction on which blades to try and all.

So I'm waiting for my blades to Arrive so I can get started on some of my Patterns that require smaller blades then what I have available currently. Unfortunately, all I have are Craftsman blades, which don't get me wrong, they give you a pack of blades, no #'s on them, just the T.P.I and what they are good for. This ok, but not helpful, when you are doing a Pattern that requires say a #3 Blade. And craftsman dont' classify their blades by the # system.

So most of the blades that I have, well, work pretty well for the "Bigger" Patterns, but the more intrcate Detail, less then a 1/16 Diameter hole for tight cutouts and corners, these won't cut it. Literely. So while I wait impatiently and excidedly for my new blades to arrive, I've been reviewing my Pattern Stash in Adobe Format "PDF" and Printing some off and Glueing them to my Oak Plywood, And taping up with Packing Tape.

Yeah, I Know, Packing Tape??? Well from Lots of Reading, Questions, etc. I have figured out the reason as many others has figured out the reasons for Packing Tape. I'm not sure the Reason why, But packing Tape on your patterns, will Prevent Tareout on Older Blades AND will have not have burn Marks from the blades. The Adhesive from the Tape Helps Lubercates the Blades to prevent Burn Marks.

I've also red that alot of people said that it don't work, Well, I have to Disagree with that. it does work, it does reduce friction and you end up with a nice clean cut 99% of the time. The other 1%, Well could be the Blades are Dull and or Could've been what I call in computer terms, that Apply not only to computers, but as an error in General "USER ERROR". You see, a Machine can't go wrong by it's self. There has to be a "USER" Behind the machine to turn it on to operate it.

If there isn't no one behind the Machine, well, it don't work. So, it has to be used by a "USER" For it to operate, even the R/C Models.

Handi

Halloween Lantern Part 2 of 5

Moving right along it seems, pretty quickly. Just got the first 2 panels done, Sanded down with my Orbital Sander from Craftsman. Not a real good sanding Job, but hey, they are gonna be painted.

As much as I hate Painted wood, This will be beneficial to the project.

So here is the First 2 Panels we've done so far, Sanded, but not painted.

Following the next post, I will be posting the next 2 Panels that will be cut and Sanded.

Handi

Scroll Saw and Project!

Here is a few pictures of my New Scroll Saw.

And a Picture of Name Plates I made with it tinkering around with to get the hang of it!

Handi

Computer Problems!

There will be some delays for me posting for a day or two.

Something happened with my Laptop, and I have to reformat the system, Reinstall the Operating system, and reinstall all of my Programs For graphic editing and video editing and my Network. So I'm using my old lady's laptop at the moment to post this entry!

Good thing I know how to work on computers, so I just wanted to let everyone know that I will probably be away for a few days or so until I get things situated with my computer and all, mean while, I have a chance of working with my New scrollsaw to get the hang of the new one, as it's quite different the the old one I had.

It has been working out for me very well, once I get my computer up and running, I will show some of my Small Simple work that I have done with it, Just names, nothing really big, but you get to see the detail and all.

Handi

New Scroll Saw!

Went to my Local Sears where I got my Craftsman 16" Scroll saw! I told them what the problem was, Good thing for me paying for 1 Year Replacement Plan, the Scroll Saw cost me about 130 Bucks. Not a Bad price for a New Scroller like myself.

Well, I thought it was a good price. Well needless to say, I used it about 2 times in the year I had it, and I Guess it was a good idea for me to use it the other day, because it went out on me, stopped working, was very annoyed with it cause I was right in the middle of a Small project, when it just stopped on me for no reason.

So I took it in for a replacement, They didn't have the same one that I bought last year, The gentleman told me that they don't carry them anymore. I liked the model I had, because it had left and right bevel to 45 Degree on either side, had a blower and a Light.

Well since they didn't carry the line of the one I previously owned, I had to go with a different one, not a big deal I Suppose. This one don't have a light, which kind of sucks, and it don't have a 45 Degree bevel to the left nor the right, which also sucks. But it does have a Cast Iron base which is a +, keep is square.

The other thing it don't have, that I'm gonna miss, is the quck blade release, there is a Hex nut that I have to untighten with a wrench, means more time away from the project.

I will Rate this Unit more as I use it and let you know how it goes with the unit and how well it works!

Handi

My Workshop (Garage) Part 3 of 3

This is my 12" Craftsman Planer. It has helped me a lot so far with resurfacing my projects with a Smooth finish, as well as taking it down a few 16th or so to get the desired thickness, along with sanding, never forget that.

I find that when I use the Plan, I have to sand afterwords of course, but I get this embossed Line across my boards, almost like a Small Nick in the cutters, I've seen this once before on another Planer, but was unsure of what it meant, and I'm going out on a Limb here and taking a Guess that it may be a Small Nick in the blade that makes this embossed line along the boards. For Temporary, if this is the case, a Sanding with 120g should knock it down along with a little 220g afterwords to smooth out that baby's butt of a board!

This bad boy right here is my Craftsman Scroll Saw. It's hardly been used, cept today when I was cuttingout some nameplates, and well, I'm Disapointed right now cause it quit working on me, which means i'm gonna have to take it into the shop to get fixed. Thank goodness for warrenties.

I'm Looking forward to getting it fixed soon so I can continue my Scrollsawing, I'm gonna get a litte "Board" sitting at home in the winter with nothing to do but Blog about wanting to the garage and work, and can't cause of the snow. So, once this is fixed, it will put my mind at ease, so I will have something to do in the house while the Snow falls, and I can blog bout my Scrollsawing!

And lastly, this is my craftsman 10" Tablesaw with built in router table attachment, so I'm getting 2 tools for one basically. I have a Skil Router attached to the Attachment, it has served me well also, the only bad thing is its a 1/4" Shank, so I have to work around the Cabinet work Details and all, But the both together saves me lots of room, til i can build my Benches and my craft tables and all. This table saw also is foldeable up and moveable, which works well for me at the moment, cause I can just pick it up a little and move it outta the way.

The Drawbacks of this machine, is that the Mitergage slots are not on either side of the blade, they are on the router attachment, which makes it VERY Difficult to rip pieces, or even use a Mitered 45 Degree Cutting Sled, and the length of cutting is limited. Which also means, I'm gonna have to get me a Circular Saw with a Straight edge Cutting Guide to Ripe my longer stock.
Which isn't that big of a deal, was planning on doing anyway, it's the only way I can cut larger stock anyway, the table saw is mainly for the smaller projects.

So I Guess this works out for the best, at least for me anyway. This concludes the tour of my Shop (Garage), Hope you enjoyed it as I did, somewhat lol, more so if it was more organized, cabinets, tables, etc, but that is soon to come, so I may make a video of the Shop (Garage) Tour #2 when Things are more organized.

Thanks for Checking back on the Post.

Handi