painters pyramids - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

CanadianScroller · 10-29-2009, 01:22 PM

I was looking at the new site and re read this article Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts - Painter's Pyramids
These are great little gadgets, but I am too cheap to even buy them!
I have a bunch of half wooden eggs.
I put those on my benech and it elevates the wood. I can stain both sides of a board now. There is a little more material touching the wood than a pyramid would use but it does work.

Dragon · 10-29-2009, 01:41 PM

I bought some of these from Lee Valley last year for hubby and guess who's using them

they are great.
Diane

Jediscroller · 10-29-2009, 02:28 PM

Carl, I was thinking along the same lines (apparently we're both cheapskates, hehehehe). Except for me it's the cut-offs from frames. I have tons of 3/4" thick little triangles, never thought of using them to hold stuff up though till yesterday.

fredfret · 10-29-2009, 03:07 PM

Guys/Gals
Steve good has a pattern for homemade ones on his blogsite. Ihave some from woodcraft, Love them.
Fredfret

wood-n-things · 10-29-2009, 03:10 PM

I use a carpet tack strip, 4 of them actually they work very nicely and don't leave dimples either.

unixpro · 10-29-2009, 05:18 PM

I use pin boards. These are pieces of plywood through which I have pushed many, many nails (using the compressor, of course).

JimSawyer · 10-29-2009, 05:31 PM

I made something along these lines. I took some scap wood and shot a bunch of screws through them. Great time saver, as I don't have to wait for one side of a piece to dry completely before flipping it over and finishing the other side. I use them all of the time.

KtownScroller · 10-29-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wood-n-things

I use a carpet tack strip, 4 of them actually they work very nicely and don't leave dimples either.

That's a clever idea Mike. The triangles are nice too, but way overpriced! That's way too much for a couple of pieces of plastic. The whole kit probably costs the importer $0.25. I wonder who's making the money here? Still, nice idea.

Silver Sliver · 10-29-2009, 09:56 PM

I make my own by taking two pieces of corrugated cardboard and driving staples into one of them. Then I glue the two pieces together to keep the staples from coming out. Works for me.

JohnB · 10-29-2009, 11:40 PM

I use Unixpro's trick, a piece of 600 x 600x 16mm mdf, and a 32mm pin shot through it at about every 1" .

10-29-2009, 01:22 PM	#1
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,937 Blog Entries: 12	painters pyramids I was looking at the new site and re read this article Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts - Painter's Pyramids These are great little gadgets, but I am too cheap to even buy them! I have a bunch of half wooden eggs. I put those on my benech and it elevates the wood. I can stain both sides of a board now. There is a little more material touching the wood than a pyramid would use but it does work. __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

10-29-2009, 01:41 PM	#2
Dragon scroller and moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,421	I bought some of these from Lee Valley last year for hubby and guess who's using them they are great. Diane __________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP

10-29-2009, 02:28 PM	#3
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	Carl, I was thinking along the same lines (apparently we're both cheapskates, hehehehe). Except for me it's the cut-offs from frames. I have tons of 3/4" thick little triangles, never thought of using them to hold stuff up though till yesterday. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

10-29-2009, 03:10 PM	#5
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	I use a carpet tack strip, 4 of them actually they work very nicely and don't leave dimples either. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

10-29-2009, 05:31 PM	#7
JimSawyer Laying into Inlay Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lincoln, RI Posts: 1,075	I made something along these lines. I took some scap wood and shot a bunch of screws through them. Great time saver, as I don't have to wait for one side of a piece to dry completely before flipping it over and finishing the other side. I use them all of the time. __________________ Jim The limits of the imagination are imaginary. No task is too tedious for Art. Rock and Scroll My Website Featherwood Woodcrafts

10-29-2009, 03:07 PM	#4
fredfret Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 21	Guys/Gals Steve good has a pattern for homemade ones on his blogsite. Ihave some from woodcraft, Love them. Fredfret

10-29-2009, 05:18 PM	#6
unixpro I need more weekend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greater Seattle Area Posts: 615	I use pin boards. These are pieces of plywood through which I have pushed many, many nails (using the compressor, of course).

10-29-2009, 09:56 PM	#9
Silver Sliver Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17	I make my own by taking two pieces of corrugated cardboard and driving staples into one of them. Then I glue the two pieces together to keep the staples from coming out. Works for me.

10-29-2009, 11:40 PM	#10
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,859	I use Unixpro's trick, a piece of 600 x 600x 16mm mdf, and a 32mm pin shot through it at about every 1" . __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

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