Round Multiple layer Puzzle

Well I have finished this puzzle. it was a nice simple thing to cut. It looks harder then it actually is to put together. Each layer is slightly bigger then the previous so you can eyeball the pieces and pretty much tell what level they are from.

Enjoy the pictures.

Christmas Card Puzzle

Well I completed something I have been meaning to do for a while now. That is convert a Christmas card to a puzzle. It is simple take a Christmas Card you like and cut the front off. then glue that to a piece of BB ply. I choose 1/8 most people seem to use 1/4 but I have a bunch of 1/8 hanging around so I might as well use that!

It came out decent the 1/8 seems like a good choice time will tell. I put a clearcoat on it prior to cutting out the puzzle. I did not "Free hand it" I created the pattern and used another piece of ply on top with the pattern applied to that. I made it a 77 piece puzzle. Why 77? Well that is just what it worked out to be.

The pieces all cut out

The puzzle all together

Victorian Cross

This is a WIP, Work In Progress. Actually this has been posted over the past few days to my facebook account but I figured I would also post it here. This pattern I have from 300 Christian & Inspirational Patterns for Scroll Saw Woodworking Second Edition Book by Tom Zieg. I'll start with the picture of my scroll saw and work my way down to where I am now.

My Scrollsaw which is a Craftsman 16"

The start of the project. At this point it has blue painters tape then the pattern is glued to that then it is covered in clear packing tape for lubrication of the blade

Now the outside has been removed. I decided to remove the outside edge first since this project is made of red oak. It will make the piece smaller and easier to handle doing it this way.

Now will follow various stages of cut outs from the past few days.

The not sanded and not yet stained cross.

Finished My Second Tree Puzzle

Hey I just finished my second tree puzzle. These are fun to build but time consuming since you paint each and every piece. I only have 6 more to finish now. There is a story behind why I have so many. At first I wanted to make these to give as gifts for my Sunday School class. They are 1st to 6th grade. So I was going to make a bunch and give them. Silly me I just went and cut out the out line and rounded over the edges of six of them. Thinking lets get the easy cuts done and I used my dremel to round over the edges. The I cut the pieces out on the first and wham! I was completely disappointed in the puzzle. It was supposed to stand up and the pieces just did not lock together well. It would barley stand. Plus this thing was way too hard for most of the kids to put together. But I was like well what am I going to do now?

Well I decided to paint one of them and see what happens. Well I did what was suggested and that was to divide the tree pieces up. I counted the pieces for the leaves and there were 50 of them so that made it real simple just 5 colors and 10 pieces each. So I divided them up randomly and then painted them. The paint is the magic part. It increases the sizes and fills in the gaps and the puzzle just comes together and it will stand up. I made it easier to put together by painting the back side of the puzzle black.

Once I was done and had it together I was simply blown away. I have never created something this nice before. I even have the first and this one sold. Which was nice since my selling is providing needed tools for the workshop. Any way here is the picture of the first one and the second one:

This is my first tree puzzle

This is my second

As you can see they are the same but the colors are different. So both of these have been sold which is nice.