My first jigsaw puzzle :)

Combining my love of video games and my (relatively) new found love for scrolling, I thought I'd have a crack at making a jigsaw puzzle.

I'd kept all of my game mags for this exact purpose, it just took my a while to find some spare time to get started.

You can see the whole image album here http://ift.tt/1DUfUxg

Carefully remove the cover from the magazine.


Size the cover to a piece of 9mm ply.


Now to bond the cover to the ply using spray adhesive. Gotta make sure that there is no sawdust on the ply otherwise there will be bumps in the image :(


Mounted. Don't worry if it's not a perfect fit, as the ply will be sanded back to the edges of the cover anyway.


The scrollsaw blade. This is the thinnest I had (#3) but you can get even thinner.


First cut is to separate the halves. Cuts are done completely freehand without a template, so no two puzzles will ever be the same.


I cut down the puzzle half by half by half.


First half done. I've left some pieces bigger for the smaller kids so they can help the bigger kids (me) put it together. Of course being cut freehand, pieces can be as big or as small as I want.


Second half done.


The complete puzzle.


All 53 pieces, ready to be put together. I wonder which cover I'll do next?


I've had a lot of suggestions about selling these on Etsy. Has anyone had any experience with that? I'm not even sure what I'd price them at.

Thanks for looking!