Things I've tried

[Foxfold]

I'm very, very new to this hobby of 'making' stuff, so I've tried several different things.

A scrollsaw Butterfly,  A 3d Reindeer,  burning wood and an ornament from the forum book.

I guess I'll settle down and chose just one thing to do, but for now I'm enjoying the freedom of

retirement and flitting from thing to thing.

 

[Foxfold]

I forgot the Butterfly

[penquin]

They all look good, nice work, keep it going and have fun.

jim

[Scrappile]

Some very nice work... You are retired, you can do all the "flitting" you want to... I do.

[bobscroll]

Thank you Brenda for posting photo's of your work, I think you are doing just great on your projects, I especially like the Butterfly, Also the 3d Reindeer! So just keep on Scrolling Brenda,

Bob  

[Scrolling Steve]

Those turned out great !...Very nice cutting !

[Rockytime]

Those look great! Well done.

[GPscroller]

Great job on all Brenda, thanks for sharing.

Jeff

[RabidAlien]

Nicely done!

[John B]

Great work and even more so for a beginner.
It's nice being able to just hang around and do what you like.
Well done Brenda.

[amazingkevin]

I see you've got this scroll saw thing done pat!

[lawson56]

I agree with Kevin,But hey you are Retired,Enjoy Life.

[loftyhermes]

Very nice work there Brenda. 

[daveww1]

very nice work

[newfie]

Nice work cutting for sharing 

[3Dface]

Great work on all of them.

There is no rule that says that you can't keep doing what trips your trigger at the moment. I not only scroll but make masks and follow faces. The possibilities are endless. Keep doing what makes you happy. That is all i make.... It's what brings me joy.

-chris

[Foxfold]

Thank you all so much for your kind comments. I'm trying all sorts at present. The Reindeer was done on a bandsaw because I'm a little afraid of the Scrollsaw  LOL,   I have a cheap and cheerful  Scrollsaw that only takes Pin End blades so I'm limited to what kind of pattern I can follow.   I tried this today, but I think this is the 'smallest' I can go, for two reasons, The Pin Ends means I can't get 'small' holes and my arthritic fingers locked up just doing this, so any of the beautiful intricate pieces that some of you do would probably put me in a sling for a week. 

[bobscroll]

You did a very nice job on your letter opener, Well done Brenda! Can you convert your scroll saw to pinless blades?

Thank you for posting,

Bob  

[meflick]

You are doing some great work Brenda and there is nothing wrong with flitting around to different types of scrollwork. Just make whatever appeals to you. You do ‘t Have to develop a “niche” if you don’t want to. as far as being afraid of the scrollsaw and this doing that reindeer on a bandsaw, seriously fist, I would be much more afraid of the band saw then the scroll saw but great work on it. Second, no need to be afraid of the scroll saw, it is probably one of the safest saws you can run. If you can get an adaptor for your saw that let’s you use painless blades, it would help you a lot. Thanks for sharing some of your work. Look forward to seeing more,

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done.  Those came out great.  Thanks for sharing them with us.

DW

 

[wombatie]

For a newbie you are doing terrific work, well done.  By the way you will find that we all flit around too. 

Marg

[rjR]

On 8/18/2018 at 11:00 AM, Scrappile said:

Some very nice work... You are retired, you can do all the "flitting" you want to... I do.

Use rescued wood for the things that are just experiments anyway and have a BLAST!  Somebody is always throwing away an old dresser or something else with a lot of real wood to use for the initial attempts.  I use "rescued" wood for many things. Some local fencing companies will let you raid their dumpsters and some of what I get from there is totally new. It is just cut-offs and scraps to them; but very usable to me.

 

Make things that you want to --"Just Because!" and enjoy doing it YOUR WAY!

[RabidAlien]

On 8/19/2018 at 2:41 PM, Foxfold said:

Thank you all so much for your kind comments. I'm trying all sorts at present. The Reindeer was done on a bandsaw because I'm a little afraid of the Scrollsaw  LOL,   I have a cheap and cheerful  Scrollsaw that only takes Pin End blades so I'm limited to what kind of pattern I can follow.   I tried this today, but I think this is the 'smallest' I can go, for two reasons, The Pin Ends means I can't get 'small' holes and my arthritic fingers locked up just doing this, so any of the beautiful intricate pieces that some of you do would probably put me in a sling for a week. 

I have an old Dremel 57-2 ($25 at a yard-sale!!) that uses 3" pin-end blades.  I found a trick online that actually works, though....if you take a piece of thick metal, drill a tiny hole in it (just barely bigger than the pin....start with your smallest drillbit, and if the pin doesn't fit, use that as a pilot hole for the next size up until you have a hole that barely fits the pin).  Take a scrap wooden block, drill another hole through it (any size, I think I used a 1/2" bit), then firmly attach the piece of metal with the holes lining up.  Place the pin into the hole so that the blade lies flat on the metal with the pin sticking up, and tap it with a hammer.  One light tap usually knocks it flush with the blade.  You can then either use a pair of pliers on the other side to wiggle it free, or use an old icepick to poke it the rest of the way through.  This leaves a hole in the end of the blade, but makes it so that you can drill and thread the blade through a slightly smaller hole.  To attach the blade to the saw again, simply take a paperclip, trim off a small section near the curve so that you have a "U" shape, and thread that through the pinhole.  Now mount it to the saw as you normally would.

 

May not make *much* of a difference in pilot hole size, but it definitely makes threading the darn holes easier, and if you keep a broken blade handy, you can drill a really tiny one, use the broken bit to manually extend the hole a bit, and technically only cut holes the thickness of the blade itself.

[Sparkey]

Nice work Brenda. Congrats on your retirement.