Patrick Crawford
suncoastwood.bsky.social
Patrick Crawford
@suncoastwood.bsky.social
Retired pharmacist and pharmacy policy consultant, kayaker, wood turner, and scroll sawyer living on BC's beautiful Sunshine Coast.
Patrick-Crawford.ca
#woodworking #woodcrafting #woodturning #scrollsaw
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This is what the lunar eclipse looked like from the moon.
Well done to @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social Blue Ghost lander team, getting this image of the eclipse last night looking back at the Earth from Mare Crisium on the Moon. We (and people at #LPSC2025) were waving up at it, though we are unresolved in this image.

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March 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Does USA now become the 11th province?
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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HAHAHAHA EAT SHIT USA
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Premier Trump…the Prime Minister of Canada on the line…
February 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Vance's attack on democracy in Munich is a dangerous breach. Canada has never been more alone and more threatened than now.
But Trump is overseeing the divided States of America. We are more unified than ever.
We will defend democracy from gangsters.

charlieangus.substack.com/p/jd-vances-...
J.D. VANCE'S MUNICH BETRAYAL
The Moment America Abandoned The West
charlieangus.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Trump cartoons from 2017
Open to all followers
by @deAdder Substack:
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February 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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It is now obvious (if it wasn’t before) Trump’s tariffs have little to do with fentanyl and the borders and a lot to do with America wanting to exert economic dominance over a country with a smaller economy. #bcpoli
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Earlier this week, the Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild, of which I'm a member, presented the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCSS) with approximately 125 handcrafted wooden toys and gifts. These will be distributed by SCCSS to families in need of a little extra holiday cheer this year.
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Another amazing intarsia...
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2: “I Hear You Have Crabs”
Built from mahogany, sapele, lacewood, maple, purpleheart, bloodwood, padauk, cherry, ebony, aspen, walnut, & white oak. Based on a painting/sculpture I did on canvas and MagicSculpt years ago.
#woodworking #intarsia #scrollsaw #art #octopus
December 3, 2024 at 12:27 AM
An interesting article on using a plasma reactor to create superblack wood. Now, I want one for my workshop. 😂
ambrook.com/research/tec...
Meet Superblack Wood - Ambrook Research
A fluke lab discovery could upend our need to import endangered wood — a thriving underground market.
ambrook.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
My wife give me an early Christmas present, a LaserPecker LP1 Pro laser engraver. It is controlled from an app on your smartphone. I plan to use it to engrave a signature onto the bottom of my turned bowls. Here the easy to build and use setup I came up with to allow me to do this.
#woodturning
November 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Agreed...
This will be my one and only political post.

Been on Bluesky for some weeks now, and this is what I've learned (but we all knew this already, of course):

Remove the Right from anywhere and it instantly becomes a MUCH better place; people get along, ideas flourish, stronger sense of community, etc.
November 28, 2024 at 4:12 PM
A great way for woodturners to use scrap wood.
From scrap to beauty ❤️!

#woodworking
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Good advice to follow...
Let’s all recite the woodworker’s pledge: “I (name) do solemnly swear NOT to put solid wood panels or boards inside frames without allowing for wood movement, so help me Norm.”
November 27, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Just reminding everyone that there’s a woodworker starter pack full of woodworkers. So check it out and share it around!

#woodworking #woodfeed 🧶
November 22, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Here are some layered scroll saw Christmas ornaments I've been working on over the past few weeks. Each one is about 4" in diameter and made up of five layers.
#woodworking #scrollsaw #Christmas #ornaments
November 26, 2024 at 11:23 PM
More great intarsia...
Canyon Wren!
280 wood pieces handcut on scrollsaw from 13 species: mahogany, canarywood, koa, rosewood, chakta viga, maple, black walnut, claro walnut, wenge, ebony, holly, black limba, and yellowheart. All leftover offcuts from other projects #scrollsaw #woodworking #art #birds #wildlifeart #sciart
November 25, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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This one is not a bird. Glam Tiger Day! wood carving on a salvaged curved oak chair-back (from the renovation of the Martha Cohen Theatre)
#art #artwork #woodcut #carving #woodcarving #woodworker #woodwork #woodworking #yyc #Canadiana #tiger #artist #graphics #artgallery #artmaking #wildlife
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Who knew you can do cross stitch on wood. Amazing...
What to do while sick, and your brain is trying to squeeze out your sinuses? Finish up a cross-stitch. Bulbasaur on walnut. Back isn't as pretty as I'd like (waste of floss), but it's glued now and no one will EVER see it again!
November 24, 2024 at 6:16 PM
What a great idea combining two of my passions, spiders and scoll saw work.
Jumping spiders are my favorite. They’re cute & floofy. They’re incredibly observant. Their athletic abilities are astounding. They dance like I never could.
Cut on #scrollsaw from maple, walnut, mesquite, ipe, katalox, ebony, holly, cherry, & rubber tree.
#intarsia #woodworking #spiders #insects
November 23, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Some scroll saw dinosaurs myself and a friend put together for the upcoming Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild annual Toys and Gifts Program. The program provides toys and gift for Sunshine Coast Community Services clients. The plans are available at ToyMakingPlans.com
#woodworking #scrollsaw #toys
November 22, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Where my #geeks at? I was inspired by a cross stitch I saw on IG, and immediately decided I needed my own favorite “fantasy” crossroad post. All pieces hand cut on #scrollsaw from cheap fence cedar. “Aspen” was for my wife 😂. Could have had 100 more, but… space.

What would you add?
#geekart
November 20, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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Fresh off the lathe 🔥
“Fire & Ice” is ready for our craft fair this weekend, if she doesn’t sell from the website first

#woodturning #art #handmade #unique #giftideas
November 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Some scroll saw toy animals myself and a friend, Werner Plessl, put together for the upcoming Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild annual Toys and Gifts Program. The program provides toys and gift for Sunshine Coast Community Services clients. Plans are from ToymakingPlans.com
#woodworking #scrollsaw
November 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 6:58 PM