Snake !

[sawduster]

....puzzle

Collaborative effort . I did the cutting, The Shoppe Widow did the painting



Made this for the little 3 yr old girl next door ( our surrogate granddaughter )

BB ply , non-toxic paint Pattern is by John Nelson

Thanx for lookin

[ptt49er]

Now that's pretty nifty! Great work by both of you! I know your surrogate granddaughter will LOVE it.

[TracyP]

Ok Robert, you had me a little nervous. Glad it was just a toy one though. Looks god. Y'all make a good team.

[cskipper]

Nice. I haven't a puzzle - did you tilt the table? What blade?

[WoodWrangler]

Cool. My daughter would love that!

Is that a plan you could share? I might give that one a try!

[Glennbear]

Really cool Robert, I echo Cathy's questions and have one of my own, were the letters painted ?, stenciled?

[PChristy]

Nice work Robert I would make one of them for my grandson but his mom is scared of snakes and she wouldn't let him use it - mean mom

[JackLeg]

That is a "kewl" viper!! Mary says you can sell those easily.

[nelsone]

Great puzzle!!!

[sawduster]

The puzzle is about 17" x 11 "
I glued together 2 pieces of 1/4" BB ply, made a small entry hole in one of the piece corners ( I forget which one ) and cut it using a #7 FD UR . I picked a #7 for the wider kerf . I made sure the blade and table were perfectly square and did not force the cut to eliminate any bowing. The idea is to have a perfectly square cut that is wide enough for the pieces to rattle around a bit . after cutting out the pieces I put them back in and flipped it over to sand the back.
I reassembled the puzzle pieces only and flipped them over so I could round the bottom edges slightly . I then rounded over the top edge of the snake in the puzzle frame itself . I wanted the pieces to go in easily as it is for a small child and we all know how quickly they get frustrated!

Debra painted each piece with non-toxic paint and a sponge brush being extra careful not to get paint on the sides. While she was doing this I glued the puzzle frame to a 3rd piece of BB and after it was dry cut the entire stack to size.
The letters are the " rub on " kind she found at Micheal's . They seemed to have worked well.
we reassembled the puzzle and I sprayed it with 2 very light coats of Deft to seal it and then sanded it smooth with a paper bag
We're going to give it to her this afternoon

[LeftyTom]

Ah, the elusive plywood sidewinder.