Stamp Puzzle Video

[Carter Johnson]

I finally made a little video of my cutting of one of my USA one-cent stamp puzzles. Here it is.

Have phun..... Carter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88botpX0aSI

 

[Gill]

It's great to see a master in action. Thanks for posting the link, Carter.

Gill

 

[Brucio]

I love Carter's videos. He makes it look so easy.
I really must try this sometime, but not with my 1/8" deep blades...
Perhaps something about the size of a human hair...
Bruce

 

[NeilO]

I`m not into fretsaw/scrollsaw work , but that video has just blown me away...amazing skill Carter.
do you vary the cut/pattern of each jigsaw/stamp and if not wouldnt it be easier to mount several to be cut together?

still amazed however you do it just pure skill...

 

[Carter Johnson]

Many thanks, Neil...

Sure, over time the cuts become the same from puzzle to puzzle of the same stamp. I've probably cut almost 2000 of these one-cent stamps. I'm especially locked in because of my fairly rigid color line cutting, e.g. the bird is cut into three pieces. But there's no way I could stack cut these. The size is just too small and even the tiniest variation (1/64") would ruin at least one. Besides, the thin blades would never take it. (I break enough as it is - yesterday I broke four in a row before getting one to take the minimum tension).

I sincerely appreciate everyone's interest. That's what makes it all worthwhile. Sometime in the late summer I'll make a little video of cutting Christmas card puzzles.

Carter