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Lawrence, I am sending you a message in regards to the pattern you made for me of the ammo coin. My computer crashed and I lost many of my patterns, including your pattern. I made some and they...

10" +or- 1/16 all are cherry

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The attached photo is an ammo coin made by a pattern
created by Lawrence. I want to thank him for his time and trouble
I am carving them for AF buddies I was in VietNam with and
have 6 or 7 more...

I want to make Air Force "ammo coins" and I have one but do not know how to make a pattern to carve. I want to give some to a couple of old buddies from Viet Nam. Can anyone help me? I would pay for...

I am trying to carve a small sign with centerline,I keep getting a sign that has about half the thing screwed up. It does more bouncing around with partial letters than it used too. Ihave done alot...

I do not know what this means. I was carving along for 2.5 hrs. stopped to blow some dust, the head stayed down i got that message.

Thanks for any help

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Jim,

It looks 100 times better than mine. I also wanted to say very good on the alter,I just saw the pictures. I have not been looking at the forum as of late. I have had other things to do.

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I attended a finish seminar we were told the new micro-fiber cloths were very good. If you use tac you leave a residue behind.

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need help,
I am looking for a pattern of an Irish lassie,looked in pattern store, couldn"t find one. I would pay for the right one.Thanks for the time.
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I just wanted to say thanks for all the advice over the last couple years. mycomputer skills are so that i can't help anyone else. imade these for my sons for christmas. i have done a couple in pine,...

Doc,
When i use asled ,i don't ever put anything in but the .75 thickness of my wood. When i set acutpath i enter about .002 or .003 over on each pass, iusually use three passes to protect my bit. I...

What may i ask does an elephant fishing pole look like?

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Butternut is soft like Ken say's. It will be real hairy if you carve it ,it also sands bad. After carving brush plenty of sanding sealer' it will help.

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My entry is a rather large jewetry box , my sister-in-law wanted made around some jewelry box trays she bought. I am entering as a beginner as I can't use a computer as most here can.I will now put...

I hope can tell me what caused my cherry box to get a white film-looking stuff around my carving. I am making a jewelery box for the contest.I used the biel buffing system, all the flat surfaces look...

I would bet it is that bearing sweep,if the machine continued on for the rest of the carve.
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As I remember reading somewhere it said to keep1/8 inch between top of bit and holder.
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In reference to QC , if you have any old wrenches from old raidial-arm saws or some table saws. I am speaking of the blade changing wrench. One fit the nut perfectly,you also have a long handle.

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I have laminated birdseye to walnut.It works quite well.I used Titebond II,it worked good if you plan on your bottom color comming out.

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dan,
when pie pieces are glued togather,you should only do half of the circle.when gluing so many angles, you get swelling at each joint,the more parts the more off it will be. i have been told...

This turned out alright for what was scrap ,it had blue stain in the wood.I just wanted to try something a bit tougher than others i have done.
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Jeff i can't do much with this computer as idon't understand computer language. I have to read alot ibuy patterns because ican'tput together many of my own.I don't know if this will help it was that...

I 'm not sure how to explain this.My carver was doing crazy things while measuring board. I got started carving,it started routing the edge,but it wouldn't stop when finished. It also asked for bits...

This deer is cherry with tongue oil. I could not have done this without the pattern as i am learning to use acomputer as i go.I read the forum daily sometimes 2 or 3 times. Ijust want to say thanks...

Jim it looks like you got the final panel finished. It looks just as good as the other panels.
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