Holiday Project - Scroll Saw Challenge

[Steve Curtis]

Marg, will it be a surprise? I can't wait to hear their excitement.

[Charlie E]

In keeping with my commitment to love my wife by trying to like her new lab, Opal, I made her this ornament. I even gave it a place of honor next to Santa, an antique ornament from my childhood.

[spirithorse]

On ‎12‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 8:14 AM, Frank Pellow said:

First of all, I have continued my recent "tradition" of mailing home-made wooden cards.  Here are photos of the cards for the last three years:

2016:

                

2017:

                 

2018:

                

Then, last week, I discovered a pattern for a great freestanding tree ornament by Sue Mey.  So far,  have made one of these:

                

I will definitely make more of these.  Right now, I am experimenting with combining this along with some coloured glass as a background (stained-glass is another one of my many hobbies).

Great work, Frank,

I would definitely consider stack cutting the Sue Mey Christmas tree if you plan on more!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[spirithorse]

On ‎12‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 6:37 PM, jollyred said:

The tray and the dragon are separate designs from Steve Good I combined.  I made three of the cherry and six of the walnut.  They go to various family members.

Fantastic work!
I didn't receive mine yet and I'm a family member! (Well, perhaps not your family but.....)
Anyone would be delighted with a gift with such workmanship.
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[Woodmaster1]

I made some lanterns out of redheart and curly maple with Baltic Birch plywood .

Edited December 18, 2018 by Woodmaster1
New picture

[Jim McDonald]

Another item I have gone through this year is this reindeer pattern. Some of them, i drilled the ears and put 12mm gold hoops as earrings. Don't have pictures of any with earrings.

[jollyred]

This is for my Grandson-in-law, who owns a barber shop in Paducah, KY.  He just opened last year and the name on this is from his logo.  The pattern is another one from Steve Good, which I added the name to.  It is cut from 1/4" BB for the overlays and 1/2" BB for the backer, which is painted red.  I got the movements from Bear Woods.

[kdparker]

I just completed this Guitar Clock for a Christmas present for my son who plays and repairs guitars.  The pattern is by Steve Good.  The wood is a beautiful piece of 1/2 inch Persimmon that I purchased from Richard’s Craft Wood this fall at the Woodworking Extravaganza in Hickory NC.

[wombatie]

A few of this years ornaments.

Marg

 

[Rolf]

Steve Curtis I really like those ornaments! Whose pattern are the little gnomes or Wizards?

[Rolf]

I do a couple of shows each year so have made a lot of stuff.  But this is what we do for family and close friends. We send special cards with a sentiment written by my wife. I print them on Photo frame cards.  I cut 37 ornaments 1.5mm Finish plywood. Stack cut. Then mounted with removable sticky dots on the card. We have been doing this since 2005.  It is one of those ideas that has gotten out of control but we love it.  Unfortunately I have no pictures of the bigger items I made for sale such as a modified version of this Intarsia nativity the picture is last years.

[meflick]

5 hours ago, Rolf said:

Steve Curtis I really like those ornaments! Whose pattern are the little gnomes or Wizards?

Rolf,  not Steve, but I believe those are Bruce Worthington’s Designs found on his site here: http://intarsia.hostcentric.com/home/homepage/newpage16.htm

Pattern number is CH137  - Gnome ornaments.

[Foxfold]

5 hours ago, Rolf said:

Then mounted with removable sticky dots on the card.

I love those cards, they are adorable. I'll have to look for the pattern for next year, I'd love to do them. Although 'stack cutting' isn't something I've tried yet.

[barb.j.enders]

Here are a couple of ornaments I did last year.  I send my nieces and nephews an ornament every year just to say I am thinking of you.

[wombatie]

12 hours ago, Rolf said:

I do a couple of shows each year so have made a lot of stuff.  But this is what we do for family and close friends. We send special cards with a sentiment written by my wife. I print them on Photo frame cards.  I cut 37 ornaments 1.5mm Finish plywood. Stack cut. Then mounted with removable sticky dots on the card. We have been doing this since 2005.  It is one of those ideas that has gotten out of control but we love it.  Unfortunately I have no pictures of the bigger items I made for sale such as a modified version of this Intarsia nativity the picture is last years.

Rolf that is a terrific idea with the cards.  I was going to make my own this year but time got away from me so maybe next year.  By the way I love your Nativity Scene, perfect.

Marg 

Edited December 23, 2018 by wombatie

[Rolf]

Barb, Those ornaments really pop with that bit of sparkly in the inside.

Thank you Marg

 

Edited December 23, 2018 by Rolf

[Rolf]

Thanks Melanie, I just ordered the patterns for the gnomes.

 

[3Dface]

i had a woman contact me for a gift for her son. he is a fan of the game Fallout. thankfully she sent a few pics cause i would not have known what i was looking for.

one had a flag as a background so my pattern included a flag but i didn't like how it looked when i was done. so i cut the guy out, ditched the rest , and made a background with stuff my crafty wife bought  the day before.

[Rolf]

Steve Curtis, I just received the Gnome patterns from Bruce. I made the mistake of  showing them to my wife.  I know what my future project will be.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Rolf

[Scrappile]

41 minutes ago, Rolf said:

Steve Curtis, I just received the Gnome patterns from Bruce. I made the mistake of  showing them to my wife.  I know what my future project will be.

Can't wait to see them!

[HeeresJohnnny]

On 12/7/2018 at 4:06 AM, RabidAlien said:

 

 

Some more ornaments, Steve Good 3D patterns I thought would be a fun and easy cut.  They were.

 

 

 

What blade/wood did you use for these ornaments?  I took a stab at it once but wasn't very successful.  I'm guessing I was using the wrong blades

 

[Rockytime]

What a beautiful and magnificent display of scroll work!

[RabidAlien]

2 hours ago, HeeresJohnnny said:

 

I have an older saw, so I was using the 3" pin-ended Pegas skip-tooth blades.  Not sure what # they correspond to in the larger, non-pinned blades, but they're fairly large.  As for the wood....I just used a 2"x2" I picked up at Lowes.  It wasn't the best wood, I don't think, it had some knots and splits in it, I had to trim several small pieces off to get to solid wood.  Pine would be my guess.

[meflick]

Well, better late then never I suppose.  I did do several Christmas themed projects.  Just never got the time to photo, and add to here while my kiddos were home from colleges.  Instead of doing a double post here in the Village I will just add a link to the thread in the "Bragging Rights" where I shared my work.

http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32232-to-prove-that-i-do-cut-on-my-saw-dont-spend-all-my-time-online/

Now to see if I can get something cut, finished, photographed and posted to the First of the Year project thread before Jan. is over! 

 

Edited January 10, 2019 by meflick

[mountaineers08]

I made this for my mom. It is about 17” tall and about 12” wide. It’s kind of hard to see because of the glare, but it has the names of our whole family. It took about 10 hours to cut, but well worth it.