heres to you moshel

Hey David
Another project proving you great expertize an creative nature and of course beautiful work.
Thanks so much Bud

looks like you are having some fun now too my friend,

great of you to explain your methods, thanks for sharing with all of us, as you always do
take care

-- James, Bluffton, IN

where did you learn such great designs? are you self taught?

i learned construction in prison,
for smoking pot ,
i was framed ,and like bill , i never inhaled ?
( they were’nt giving it away , i had to fight for it ! )
all of my shop skills are self taught ,
as are my boatbuilding skills.
the art comes from creator ,
so i pay atention to it ,
as it is a gift .
that is why i can share it .
the more i give and help others ,
the more i get to learn !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Hi David,

That’s great looking ones, thanks for sharing with us,and i agree with you
the more i give and help others ,
the more i get to learn !
i am now building new house, i may need your briliant idea,

Cheers,

Rosewood.

Smoking POT?! Oh, My God! Doesn’t that lead to Maniacal Laughter and people jumping out of windows? Or those terrible scourges of society: #1) Frisbee Tossing and #2) The Munchies? There must be a really, really lot of Road Rage incidents caused by smoking Grass too, you know how hepped up those people can be…(if anything, they’d be driving too slowly LOL)
I like the pattern! Going to have to salt that one away for future consideration! Thanks, David!!

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

David fantastic.. you are truly gifted.. so simple yet so special.
I love it. I will have to make one tomorrow,..,
you’re the best .

-- Don't drink and use power tools @ lasercreationsbylarry.com.au

Attention LumberJocks:

If you don’t pay attention and follow the exquisite posts of David Patron you are seriously short-changing yourself.

Wonderful gift! When I grow up I want to be just like you! Opps, too late! lol
Thanks for sharing!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

That is very slick. Thanks for posting this and making a complex design look possible for folks like me.

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Thanks for sharing your skills David…....really appreciated.

Thanks David! this will be used heavily, as I really like these shapes. the jig is much simpler than I expected. I will have to postpone building this jig till I finish building the shrine in your honor :-)

about epoxy, i really hardly worked with it. if you don’t drag the pieces, how do you get glue between the pieces? do you use slow epoxy? i guess a 5 min one is really out of the question :-)

you used microwave is one of the posts. was it to speed curing of epoxy or white glue?

again, thank you for all the knowledge. reading your posts make me always itch to run to the shop. and thats a wonderful feeling.

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

its also amazing that you get such contrast from just flipping the pieces. it looks like another kind of wood.

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

good morning , guys .
i just had my first sip of coffee , and can now focus on this to reply .
moshel : im glad you like it ! i have found that you want to have a sharp blade , as any wobble can really mess with
this alot over distance ! i some times start my inlays in the middle and work out to edges , as this 1/2’s the error
overall . i have made variuos inlays with glue in betwenn the pieces and without , and prefer the not glued edges myself , as i find that getting the glue evenly in all the edges is time consuming and messy . remember , that i usualy make my inlay work glued to ply or box top , not to itself .as in the doors in picks , they are a 3/4” ply in the frame of door so i get a 1/2” inset on either side of door . i have made many of them (with this and other designs ) and dry cut and assemble the parts to fit this cavity .when i get anjious whith the glue up , i have had the inlay increas in length by 1/4 ” over all with the glue in between , and scrambleing to cut parts with glue all over them !
if you make this like cutting boards , than by all means use glue in bettween !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

and I am going to sleep soon :-) its a small world…
another question: all your bandsaw jigs looks like they are made so effortlessly. when I make a bandsaw jig i find that attaching it to the table is really a pain. either i use clamps (which always get in the way or loosen in the wrong time) or is use some elaborate thingie below the table to clamps it. whats your secret?

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...