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Barbara Raymond will be demonstrating some of her favorite scroll subjects from New York.
These days, parents are wanting to provide hand-made wooden toys for their children rather than mass-produced ones.
There are many types of toys but the type that provides the most education are puzzles.
The scroll saw is probably the best tool to use to create any of the many different types of puzzles (many types not even for children).
Each type has its own unique characteristics and pitfalls.
This session takes the attendee through the different types of puzzles, concerns with each type, the materials, finishing, and the different blades and other accessories used when creating puzzles.
Many different samples will be available in each category of puzzles, whether they be for kids of different ages or adults.
A handout is available for this presentation.
If interested, press the link: Puzzle Making Handout
If you have any show and tell items that you would like included in the meeting format, send appropriate pictures to jrbrokaw@gmail.com. (Please send the pictures a few hours before the meeting to allow time for processing.) Be prepared to narrate your submission when the show and tell segment begins (after the main presentation).
When you are ready to join the meeting, press the link below:
Bio of the presenter:
Barbara Raymond-LaPrease
Secretary
Woodworkers of Central New York
- Member, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster for the Woodworkers of Central New York (WCNY).
- Scroller since around 1997. Started scrolling because I wanted to paint things but found that I wasn’t a good painter so I moved into decorative scrolling after Dale Whistler visited our local club to demo scrolling
- Started on a very old Craftsman that had to be clamped to the workbench. Husband bought me a Delta 16” variable speed for Christmas. I upgraded to an RBI 26” to have the throat depth for puzzles. Now primarily saw on Excalibur. (Club also has a Pegas)
- Own an operating Challenge model treadle scrollsaw manufactured by Seneca Falls Manufacturing and dated 1877. We demonstrate with this saw annually during the NYS Fair, mostly making small animals out of scrap cedar that are given out to kids visiting the Museum where the club has a 310 square foot space in which it demos many forms of non-electrified woodworking.
- Started and led the scrolling special interest group for the former club (Sawdust & Woodchips Woodworking Assoc.) that merged into WCNY
- Don’t necessarily specialize in any one type of scrolled art; rather create whatever I feel like with most items given as gifts, donated for raffles, or donated for club charitable sales that provide cash to local children’s charities.
- Librarian by training but wandered into IT arena by default. Worked for the local public utility in various jobs (including technology transfer and librarian) for 31 years before retiring in Sept 2012 after a serious bout of breast cancer that I beat.
- usband, Charlie, and I live on an 8-acre property outside Baldwinsville, NY. We acquired a WoodMizer in 2022 so I have an endless supply of wood in addition to the collection we had. The club’s workshop is in our large garage.