Thursday, March 25, 2010

My Scroll Saw effort.


Here is my one attempt at making a lacey design on the scroll saw. Our daughter has a romantic soul and I thought she would like it for a gift. It measures about 22cms (8 1/2 inches) and is cut from pine about 1cm thick. I'm afraid I don't have the patience that Joe (the woodworker) has. I had to drill about 32 holes for the saw blade, and fit the blade into each hole (that's 32 times), which was about as many times as I want to do it. Never mind 300 plus as Joe does. Anyway, I was pleased with the result and so was our daughter.
We went, with this same daughter, into Melbourne for the Annual Flower Show at the Exhibition building and surrounding parkland in Carlton (a suburb of Melbourne). It was an absolutely glorious day; you can't beat Autumn in Melbourne. The gardens and various other exhibits were inspiring and I am all fired up to get out and do something about the mess that is our back yard. With the more gentle weather we are having now I have no excuse and another weekend is upon us, so here goes.
Hope you enjoy your weekend. Bye for now until next time.

6 comments:

  1. Wow! That is gorgeous. I'm looking at all those holes in a completely different way now.

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  2. oh gee, now your doing that like Joe, wow look out Joe some stiff competition coming your way now lol, well done its lovely, glad your daughter loved it

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  3. Donz, Thanks for that but Joe has nothing to worry about. I could never have his patience even if I could come anywhere near his skill. :-)

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  4. Good reason your daughter was pleased with your masterpiece, it's gorgeous romantic Elsie, you must have a very steady hand*!*

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  5. Thanks Annie, If you can use a sewing machine a scroll saw is not much more difficult.

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