World Series Souvenirs

[Carter-Johnson]

This is about my fifth puzzle made from a calendar of World Series memorabilia. This type of montage picture is a lot of fun to cut because there are so many different images within it. For the record, it's 329 pieces, made from 1/4" oak plywood, and took a little less than 6 hours total to cut. If you ever discover a calendar or other picture with a display of items that interest you, I urge you to give this kind of puzzle a try.

I've posted pictures of the front and back (flipped horizontally). I do want to point out that the pictures show the cut lines a little exaggerated because I have increased the "sharpness" quite a bit so you can see them better,

Have phun...

Carter

[Mackem]

Another great puzzle Carter.

[MikeDingas]

Nice, but 6 hours? Whew! What size is it?

[Carter-Johnson]

13.5 inches on each side...a little over a square foot. That six hours is spread over about a week....20 minutes or so at a time. That's my regular pace. Perhaps my attention span is short, but I get bored sitting at the saw for more than a half hour at a time........C

[Paul S WI]

Another Kool one Carter.

[Randy Huckeby]

Neat idea Carter!

[miamw]

I think it was a great idea! Here's a dumb question though, how do you cut puzzles? Do you tape the pieces together to hold it together while cutting? Or do you remove the cut pieces?

[PuzzledMoose]

You remove the cut pieces,Mia. I usually cut off about 10 then re-assemble them - makes it a lot easier to do the puzzle that way - and prevents the cat from stealing the pieces to play with ...

[Carter-Johnson]

Mia, each piece is cut individually, one piece at a time, all freehand. I am a color line cutter so the outlines of my pieces follow the color lines in the picture I'm cutting. There is no pattern.

I cut about 35 pieces at a time (unlike Ian, I don't have a cat problem and my 17-year-old dog can't hear the saw anymore). I then stop and, holding a small electric sander with my right hand sanding side up, I touch each piece's bottom to the sander. Then I put those pieces together with those I have previously cut.

Keep your questions coming. I'm happy to help any way I can.

Have phun...Carter

[utbva]

I usually like to cut the outside waste off in one piece, then I tape that to a board and then assemble each piece as I cut it out in the waste piece. Then when it is all cut out and assembled I will put another board over the puzzle so I can turn the whole thing over, take off the first board and then carefully sand the whole puzzle with a small palm sander. Sometimes pieces will jump out while I am sanding so I have to put them back in to finish the job.