Questions for Gary Browning - Page 3 - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Gary Browning · 10-17-2006, 01:30 AM

Hi Sonja,
I usually use a water based polycrilic or varnish. Polyurithane works well but yellows the wood a great deal. Baltic Birch is the easiest to use for portraits because its most forgiving and hard to mess up with the clear coats. The thinner the plywood the better. Most of my customers like the glass on the frame believe it or not. It helps to keep little fingers from breaking it and it keeps the dust off. Some dont like the glass. I have never tried Danish Oil yet. Maybe someone can help us out with this one.
If you do not seal the wood it will as you have guessed turn color over the years as all wood seems to do. Some like the effect. If left in the sun it will degrade even quicker so tell them even with a sealer to try to keep it out of direct sunlight to prolong the life.
Hope that helps some,
Gary

SonjaRaquel · 10-28-2006, 12:57 AM

Thanks Gary,
I did try the Danish Oil and it makes the baltic birch a little richer in color. My daughter and son-in-law and my husband liked the way it enchanced the portrait. I made sure the oil had dried before placing behind a glass frame (approx. 1 week). I'm assuming that will be enough to do to the portrait to preserve it for a long time. If you think different please let me know. Also, let me know what you think when you try the Danish Oil. (Pro's and Con's.)
p.s. I do have your scroll saw portraits book, have made some copies of things that I plan on scrolling as soon as I find the time. You really do nice and neat work. Thanks for sharing with us!
Take care!
-Sonja

arunner3 · 12-15-2006, 08:01 PM

I bought a dremel scrollsaw about 4 months ago, and having a blast. however, i have worn out a couple of handmade table inserts due to the fine closeup work i do, and have been trying to find someone who sells the inserts....it doesn't have to come from a dremel, just needs to be the right size, and i believe they are standard sizes....does anyone know where I can find them...i really need close cut inserts (not large holes)...thanks

CraftyNYScroller · 12-16-2006, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by arunner3

I bought a dremel scrollsaw about 4 months ago, and having a blast. however, i have worn out a couple of handmade table inserts due to the fine closeup work i do, and have been trying to find someone who sells the inserts....it doesn't have to come from a dremel, just needs to be the right size, and i believe they are standard sizes....does anyone know where I can find them...i really need close cut inserts (not large holes)...thanks

I had same problem Try using a circle cutter in peg board almost perfect thickeness..
I rough cut them on my dremel then sanded them with the disk sander....

good Luck and happy scrolling

MikeDingas · 12-16-2006, 03:58 AM

Early on in this thread, Carl asked about the "Me on a Pumkin" program. I believe the application he is referring to is called Coyote. I've tried it and wouldn't waste my money on it. It still required a lot of image manipulation, IMHO, that I can as easily do with Paint Shop Pro. The only feature I liked allowed the user to isolate floaters that would drop out. That said, I can do the same with the proper area selection and the fill tool using PSP.

Minnesota scroller · 12-16-2006, 04:10 AM

This Mike agrees with the last Mike.

Tom Gleason · 12-22-2006, 04:06 AM

Hi Gary, I'm using your book, "Wild West Scroll Saw Portraits" to do a western motif on a 30" peice of Koa Wood Slab. I will be using the barbed wire edging on part of the border. However I need a picture of a pony express rider--do you have one of these available such as the one that Winchester uses on their logo? If so can I buy it and download it off of the web? Please advise.
Thanks, Tom Gleason

Gary Browning · 02-03-2007, 04:13 PM

Hello Tom,
I do not have a pony express rider on hand. If you are still looking for this you can email me the specifics of what you require and I will see if I can find the time to look into it.
Gary Browning

kerry_nf · 02-04-2007, 01:00 AM

Gary, first of all I would like to thank you for the wonderful books you published. For me, your book, was truly the key that unlocked the missing pieces I needed to proceed with pattern creation. I continue to recommend your books when asked the question "how is it done". Ha ha!

Anway, I just wanted to find out how much you are scrolling these days. Is the majority of your work for private customers or are you mostly busy with the Portrait Freedom project.

Thanks for your time bud.

Kerry.

woodwilldo · 02-27-2007, 01:04 AM

I am looking at Gary Browning's Scroll saw Portraits book 1st edition i guess. then i see online that there is a second edition. what is the difference? is it the amendment he has on his website? wondering this because i am thinking about buying this book and Kerry NF's tutorial for a friend of mine that has just had foot surgery and i think he would like to look at it. Just to let you know if anyone has the chance to buy Kerry's tutorial do so great step by step and very easy to do if you want an example i will post a pattern i did with his tutorial in a matter of minutes just imagine if you actually spent time on it.

Jesse

I have no relation to kerry just used his tutorial