Hello everyone!! I'm back in the shop and it feels pretty good! So as long as it does I'm going to work!! One of the categories at our fair is birdhouses and included in that is miniature birdhouses!! I can't resist making a grouping of small, smaller and smallest compound cut birdhouses!! I have shrunk the pattern to 75% and 50%. For the smallest I'm using toothpicks for the perch. But I'm struggling with the middle one. By drill bit size it would be 3/32, but is it possible to buy a dowel that small? The smallest the big box store in the bigger city is 1/8. My only other thought is to try and sand down a 1/8. Any ideas out there?!?! Thanks so much for always being there for me!!!
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Need to find dowel for birdhouse perch!!
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How about a piece of straw out of a broom or a toothpick?"Still Montana Mike"
"Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long."
Mike's Wood-n-Things LLC
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I'm using a toothpick for the smallest perch. The middle birdhouse needs to be bigger than that to stay symmetrical. That's why I'm having problems. Any other thoughts Mike???Cathy in NE
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get some of the bamboo skewers. if they are too big you can sand em smaller.Pacifism is great, as long as everyone is participating.
StephenD
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Reply to Peanuts #1by millwabRolf, I cover it with clear contact paper (comes off clean without leaving a residue) and draw a grid for the direction I want to cut (ie horizontal or diagonal) to keep the rows even. The rest is all freehand....
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Reply to Spring IssueRolf
I use acrobat reader. The poster feature will enlarge and if it goes to multiple pages it will put in cut marks. Even if the page is over letter size it will spread to multiple pages at 100%.
If it is in PDF form you can open with Inkscape or GIMP and select what you...-
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Reply to YoraHome Laser w/CNC Engraver/Routerby theframerHi Linda, great find...I think.
Please keep us up to date with any information you receive. I would really like to get into this, but my computer skills are almost nonexistent, I need something that a 74 year old air head 🙄 can figure out. Thanks for sharing.
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Reply to Peanuts #1by theframerGreat job, SNOOPY rules.
There are very few people who had the insight about life that Charles Schultz had.
Thanks for sharing
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Do any of you have experience with or know reputability of the YoraHome Laser with CNC Router Engraver? I was checking out Ortur, and Yora kept popping up. Looks like a versatile combo to suppliment scrolling. Just looking for thoughts. https://yorahome.com/collections/cnc...oducts/yora-cn...
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