Making Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles: Creating Heirlooms from Photos Other Favorite Images [Paperback]

Adding a new twist to puzzle making and puzzle solving, author Charlie Ross shares tricks and tips for both beginner and experienced scroll saw woodworkers to make personalized and challenging puzzles from photos and digital images.Puzzle maker Charlie Ross personalizes puzzle making by sharing with you, different methods to add your own creative touch to this popular scroll saw woodworking project. From learning to convert a favorite digital photo, art print or other image onto a wooden jigsaw puzzle, to mastering his three puzzle making methods of strip cutting, stair step cutting, and freeform cutting, you, whether a beginner or experienced, can move at your own pace in practicing each technique. Ross also includes designs for brain busting puzzles with imbedded hidden objects, no corners, and other clever techniques.For free downloadable puzzle patterns, click here: http://www.scrollsawer.com/jigsawHow to Use This Book xxIntroduction xxChapter 1: Getting Started xxEquipment xxChoosing Your Subjects xxMaterials xxPreparing a Puzzle Blank xxA Little Philosophy About Making Jigsaw Puzzles xxChapter 2: Techniques and Exercises xxCutting Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces xxProblems and Solutions xxPractice Puzzles xxPuzzle 1: Strip Cutting Method xxPuzzle 2: Sectioning a Puzzle Blank xxPuzzle 3: Stair Step Cutting xxPuzzle 4: Small Freehand Style xxPuzzle 5: Large Freehand Style xxChapter 3: Creating Your First Heirloom Jigsaw Puzzle xxJigsaw Puzzle Step by Step xxBoxing Your Puzzle xxAppendix xxA Short History of Jigsaw Puzzles xxBeginner Jigsaw Patterns xxFancy Figure Library xxIndex xxSince Evan Kern's Making Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles went out of print more than a decade ago, aspiring puzzle makers have had no book to teach them the ropes. Charles W. Ross has stepped in to fill that void with a new volume by the same title.Ross is a second generation puzzle cutter. During the Great Depression his father, Charles W. Ross 3rd (1903-1989), wanted to supplement his income as the manalS4