Screen Printing The Independence Tshirt

As a graphic designer I have thus far enjoyed creating designs for my woodworking projects. Having that knowledge helps transfer between two different fields of work. Designing keeps you stuck in front of a computer for as long as it takes then into the woodworking which takes you into the physical elements and limitation of this world. Which is very satisfying to me.

Aff links. Things you will need:
Screen printing kit: http://amzn.to/2vDlutA

Clear printing paper: http://amzn.to/2vDu6Aw

Iron for setting the ink: http://amzn.to/2vItxnh

Tshirts: http://amzn.to/2vDArM6

When printing your image on the clear printing paper make sure you print it on the rough side of the paper. Also do a test print on plain paper first before printing on the clear paper.

How to Make a Custom Rubber Stamp

Independence Sign Build

In the spirit of the fourth of July I finely decided on a design I wanted and created it taking the time to sit down and design one in Adobe illustrator. The width and height is 30 x 13 and printed a template on a standard house hold printer using the tiling feature. I used one half inch plywood board for the backer board. one quarter inch plywood board for the shapes, bell and 1776 pieces. one three quarter inch solid wood (standard pine) board for the independence letters. I seem to be only using spiral cutting blades for most of my scroll saw work and I used a spiral blade through this entire project build. See the full build video bellow.

T Shirts of this design are available Here click me 

Pattern 4 sale here click me

pattern is one PDF file full size pattern.

or check out my patterns 4 sale page link at the top right of this page

THE BULLET CHISEL

This idea came about while looking around the internet for some woodworking chisels and gauges. Pricing different brands and finding mostly dirt cheep made in China and or really expensive German chisels. So while I waited and searched out for what I really wanted I sometimes will go look through my local flea market. I came across a vendor how had five 50 cal. bullet shells for like two bucks. As soon as I saw them I had that Urika moment of a fresh new idea I have to try and built. So hear is that idea THE BULLET CHISEL

Materials Needed

1. 50 cal. bullet shell
2. Alumilite Amazing Casting Resin, 16-Ounce — Better to use 10 minute epoxy than what I used in my video
3. Some Solder
4. one old and used or new paddle bit

Tools needed

1. one mixing cup
2. one mixing stick
3. one grinder wheel / see video for this project to see what I mean
4. one buffer wheel compound paste
5. Soldering iron
6. A drill
7. A drill bit the same size as the one your bit your going to put in the bullet shell
8. A bench vise for clamping /*optional
9. A set of small files

Aff. links

American Flag Framed Art

 

link to flag I used http://amzn.to/2rWB8Pd
Affiliated, the rest of materials you can find at Homedepot.
1 mdf board, 1 quarter inch board, 1 piece of trim I liked. The glue was a fabric glue I wouldn’t suggest using. Maybe contact cement would work better.

Hot Glue Carving Mallet

I’m very surprised that this mallet turned out as good as it did. It’s easy to make and works great surprisingly.  You can make them big or small as long as you have a handle to use. Be safe when breaking the glass as you can see me being in the video.  Now go have fun and be creative!

Things you will need:

Ryobi P305 18V ONE+ HOT GLUE GUN
Link: http://amzn.to/2rpKfsx

Gorilla 3034502 Hot Glue Sticks 4 In. Full Size, 45Count
http://amzn.to/2s4v3wU

Wyler’s Instant Beef Bouillon Cubes, 3.25 oz Jar
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Black & Decker 646594-00 Side Handle
http://amzn.to/2qX4pIB

Performix 11603-6 Synthetic Plasti-Dip Rubber Coating, 14.5 oz Can, Black
http://amzn.to/2s4EU5U

 

 

Make A Mantel Clock

This project build turned looking great in the end but during the development from the very beginning was slowly turning into a hassle. First of all my printer doesn’t do multiple page large poster type prints. So during a google search looking for a way to make that possible found a couple of sites that will do that for me in a quick fashion. So the first site I looked into ended up giving my computer a computer virus. Great!, what a way to start this build. Whatever, so I fixed that for the rest of that day. I eventually found and used a different site that worked out, or so I thought. After printing what was needed and cutting boards, gluing up the the patterns I noticed something wasn’t looking right, things just didn’t look proportional. The pattern was off on some pieces by about a half inch and more. So I had to adjust for that. It was a good thing I caught that before doing all the fret work. I used quarts clock battery powered mechanism I found at Michaels craft store.

For the rest of the project things went a lot more smoothly, Thank God. This project build should have only taken about three days ( mostly cutting and dry time for paint and stain ) but took over a month or more do to the fact that construction work ( job ) picked up and I had to work on 4 different houses ( remodeling ) and it was taking up all my time with late nights and weekends.

Anyway it took longer than expected. So without further adieu here is the mantle clock from a pattern I found on pinterest.

Patterns below. You can drag and drop them on to your desk top.

 

 

 

Scroll Saw Circle Cutting Jig

I have always seen jigs being used in most youtube videos from table saws to even chain saws for milling. Almost everything but a scroll saw.  So I have been working on another project, coming soon, and needed a circle for the face of it. Now I’m not the greatest at cutting circles free handed so Why not make a custom jig for my saw. Check out the video and see how I built one.

DIY Batman logo and free scroll saw pattern

A new and fun project anyone can do. Here I chose to make the iconic Batman logo from the 1960’s because it looked something I would like to make more so than any other up dated version since it has more character to the design. Plus it just looks like fun. Here all you need is 2 pieces of 1/3 one quarter inch wood and the pattern witch you can get here for free, Batman pattern link. Watch the youtube video and fallow along as to see how it’s made.

Native Indian Bear Art Decor

Here is a great piece of art work to spruce up the home decor for a new apartment or home. This piece has a great Native American theme I thought of while surfing pinterest one day. Inspired by a movie poster and some Native American photographs I put 2 and 2 together in my mind and had this great idea for some new art work. It looks great in my house and I’m sure it would look good in yours too. The colored paper I found online looking up geometric graphic design. I thought to do something a bit different than adding a black background to this piece like you might see with other scroll sawed art work.

If you would like the pattern for this project I have it for sale at my online shop where I also sell audio books, here is the link to this pattern https://gum.co/bearart and for other patterns check out the menu at the top right of this page called patterns 4 sale.