britetomro Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Got started back in November on something a little different. Making Scroll Saw Shells. The one below is my 4th one. The first one was cut and assembled without any sanding or finish. The second one was a Christmas gift and this one sits on my office desk. This shell is made from a simple 2x4 which was about 21" long. This is then cut into 3 7" long pieces. These pieces are then cut at an angle to yield 6 wedges. This shell uses 5 of these wedges. The 5 wedges were then cut with the scroll saw and provided 57 individual segments. The hard part now starts with the assembly, shaping and sanding. The finish is approx 5 coats of hand rubbed Tung oil. The stand is a piece of a Palm tree with dowels to support the Shell. Hope you like the results. Dave Monk, bobscroll, Lucky2 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 BEAUTIFUL WORK SIR!! I could only dream about having 5% of your talent. jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 That looks really neat, looks like it would take a lot of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very nicely done. Those shells are a lot of fun to make. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Fantastic work Ron. It's so clean and has a great finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 That is awesome ! Beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Sweet !...Nice work !...Is the pattern yours?...Is it available ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britetomro Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks for the comments. The shells are really somewhat easy to cut. I purchased an e-Book from a guy named Steve Garrison a few years ago about the Shells. Did not get started for one reason or the other. Found a few months ago that he had created a facebook account dedicated to the Scroll Saw Shells. There are also a few videos he and others have posted on youtube about making the Shells. If interested I would suggest checking these areas out. I took the wooden one to our Scroll Saw meeting in November and was asked to be the guest speaker during our January meeting which is this Thursday. I have cut two other Shells since November and will post photos of one of them probably tomorrow and have not taken photos of the latest one since I have not finished the stand. These are a lot of fun however if you do not like sanding do not go down this path. They do tale quite a bit of sanding but the results are worth the effort. Scrolling Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Very, very well done. Like you, I have, somewhere on my computer, the instructions on how to do these, but have never gotten around to giving it a try. My wife reminds me every once in a while, because she really wants me to make one. Hope to try it this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 WOW that looks great thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 WOW THAT IS AWESOME. What a beautiful piece of art work. You took to making them like a duck takes to water. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Beautiful work Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcier Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Beautiful work.. I am envious!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Beautiful piece Ron, I've intended to make one myself for some time now. Just haven't gotten around to it as of yet, but, I will someday. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 That looks super, can see all the work that went into it. Well done and thanks for the tips on where to find information to try it. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 You have talent, vision and patience. Beautiful shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britetomro Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Many thanks for all the great comments. Will be posting another shell later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Got started back in November on something a little different. Making Scroll Saw Shells. The one below is my 4th one. The first one was cut and assembled without any sanding or finish. The second one was a Christmas gift and this one sits on my office desk. This shell is made from a simple 2x4 which was about 21" long. This is then cut into 3 7" long pieces. These pieces are then cut at an angle to yield 6 wedges. This shell uses 5 of these wedges. The 5 wedges were then cut with the scroll saw and provided 57 individual segments. The hard part now starts with the assembly, shaping and sanding. The finish is approx 5 coats of hand rubbed Tung oil. The stand is a piece of a Palm tree with dowels to support the Shell. Hope you like the results. Your quality minded to have one come out so good looking .Thanks for showing ,keep them coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Scroller Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 WOw those are some of the best scroll saw shells i have seen, I need to make time to try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I can see you've put a lot of work into it Ron! Thank you for letting us see! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjones Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I really like the way these came out and think I just added another thing to my long "to do" list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Ron, those came out fantastic. You did a great job on the finish also. I didn't know you could hand rub tung oil that good. I,ll have to look into those and see if I can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 absolutely gorgeous. How can 2 X 4's become such a thing of beauty ? i really like them a lot and admire the great job you have done with them Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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