Real Men Become Cyclists Part 2

Well, this is part two of my latest project. This is how much was completed during the videoing of this.

And here is the link to the video

Thanks for checking it out. I will be finishing the cut of this in my next post. Then I will begin the finishing of it. I will be putting a 1/8 baltic birch plywood backer on it. I will add paint to the backer to there will be some color to it.

This is my first project for 2017! Of course, it is about to return to normal February temperatures so who knows how long before I will be able to do more projects.

Let me know in the comments what you think about the video. I personally think these can be quite boring but this as I said in the previous post is fr those that wonder how I cut all my little things I build.

Real Men Become Cyclists Part 1

Well, it was warm this week so I finally made it out to my shed(shop) and did a little work on a design I put together. It is an 8x11 plaque for cycling. I saw this a while back and since I was run down by a car 8+ months ago it has more meaning since I was totally taken out. I was thrown quite a bit of distance. I was far enough off the road that you can hear some guy from my GoPros asking if I fell down since I was so far from the road. I was thrown and landed on the sidewalk then slid off that on down an embankment where I finally came to a stop.I ended up with a broken clavicle(collar bone) and a broken scapula(shoulder blade). Still working through the pain and going to physical therapy.

Here is a picture of what I have done so far on it. I will probably finish this up in the next day or so.

I have even decided to use my GoPros and make a video of the project. It is my first video of this type so at times the camera moved out of position and I did not notice it. But since I sped up the video 30x it is not that much of a bother. I sped it up since it would be rather boring to watch it in real time. It is probably boring to watch even sped up. But I have been asked over and over what the heck is a scrollsaw and how do you use it that I figured I might as well get a video of a project,

Link to video

Pattern I made ROCKY

I made this pattern a while back. It was my fist attempt at taking a photo and making a pattern out of it. I have never cut it. Maybe I am afraid it is not all the good. Anyway here is the original photo and the pattern with the slider you can see how they compare. I think I am finally going to cut this one out this spring when it warms up. What do you think?

Well the Christmas Project turned into some firewood

I ended up making some firewood out of this project. That is when a mistake is just too much to ignore and that happens every now and then. I was getting impatient and it was cold and getting colder and I wanted to be done so I pushed a little too much to get it done and goofed. Happens so since it was so late in the project and I did not have time to make another before Christmas I will just pick it up in the spring when it is warmer and I feel less pressure. What I learned from this? If your project has a deadline make sure you have enough time so that you don't have to rush it. I've done this in the past and had no issues but when you are rushing the possibility of a mistake rises so much.

Christmas Project Day #4

Well I was able to get out for a short time today and finished off Santa. I've been hanging lights and setting up the outside Christmas decorations for he past two days. So not much time to cut. Of course, my shoulder does not help me. I spend the day getting sore digging out the decorations from the attic and then reaching and pulling this all bothers the shoulder quite a bit. I guess I still have a way to go before I will be 100%. It has been 5 1/2 months and still struggle to be back to where I was before the crash.