Pencil Puzzle Revisited

[KtownScroller]

Originally Posted by William Young

The apple is made of hard maple and is turned on my lathe.
The arrow is made on both the scroll saw and the lathe and is made of softer wood . I used balsa .
The arrow head is boiled in water for about five minutes and the wings of it are compressed with a clamp and the arrow is driven through the hole in the apple . As it dries it expands back to its original shape. Just a slight amount of hand sanding is required once it has expanded and dried.
I have sold quite a few. When people want to know how it is made I tell them they need to buy it to get that information and as soon as I have their money I tell them how it is done.
W.Y.

That's a nice trick Bill and a good looking apple!

[KtownScroller]

Originally Posted by DukeNukem

I have made one of those not the same way though I also have this done the same way arrow in one piece cut on the scrollsaw and the heart was sanded on the belt sander.Jerry

That's a cool looking heart Jerry. If I were to make it I would cut the arrow in half and glue it back together. Who would know? Nice job!

[KtownScroller]

Originally Posted by Band Saw Box

Hello
I had a pencil puzzle over the weekend, I took it to work on Monday and it was a big hit. Everyone had an idea on how it was done, no one got it right, by boss thought he would pull a fast one he went home at lunch time and look it up. When he told me how he though I did it was to close to what this site say I call him on it. I told the rest of my co workers they all though it was really cool. My wife took it to her job today and everyone there thought it was cool as well. No one there could figure out how it was done. It was a lot of fun hearing people thoughs on it.

Nice job Dan. Do you have to use pine or will any type of wood work?

[KtownScroller]

Originally Posted by utbva

Here is one I did just before Thanksgiving. I used a pencil from my local hardwood dealer and took it in to them. I sure had them wondering how I got thier pencil in there.

OMG another puzzle! Now I want to know if you can sharpen that pencil for me? Cool!

[Buddy2057]

Great stuff. I like puzzles of any kind. I have seen one along the same idea as Bill's "arrow in the apple". It was an arrow through the heart.
Buddy