Woodworking Projects

Around Thanksgiving I finally got my Scroll Saw fixed. It's been sitting unusable for about 3.5 years because a pin broke when I tightened the tension just a little too much. Thankfully I was wearing safety goggles! I didn't see it go flying in our garage in Pearland, and I just never had time to get a replacement; Megan was born, we moved to an apartment, we moved to South Bend, it sat in our basement for a couple of years, Miranda was born.

Well, I decided enough was enough, and I really wanted to make some things for Christmas. So, I went to a wood crafting store and the lady there said to head to Ace Hardware and ask for a pin there. 3+ years and 20 cents later, I had a working machine again!

I knew I wanted to make a Nativity puzzle.
I found an incredible design on a blog. I then bought
some wood, some sandpaper, some water-based stain, and got to work. Whew! It was more work than I expected. I remember sanding taking up a lot of time of wood shop in high school, but wow! It took a while, but when I finished, I was very excited to give it to Becky for Christmas, and looking forward to making another for myself.

I checked out a bunch of books from the library. I was amazed at what was possible! I started trying some different things. I failed with a few of the attempts, but succeeded with ideas for new crafts.

One thing I made was a dinosaur puzzle for my Twin's son:

I also made a little fashion doll where you put scraps of material behind a plate, and then when you close it, the outfits "mold" to the doll. Sorry, I didn't get a picture of that.

I am excited to keep practicing and come up with some new designs, or maybe to remake/improve the old.

It's so fun to have my tool back again. Now, I just need a dremmel too, a sander, a...