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Pleased with where I'm at, but still eager to be challenged


Fred Kile

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looks like  you have everything in place. Extremely nice work. Scrolling is a craft where one can progress quite quickly, if their attention is focused and one continues to strive for perfection. I would have to say, after viewing your work, that  you certainly have been using your scroll saw a lot and I would say you have also already been challenging yourself on a regular basis. Keep up the good work. 

    If I was going to suggest anything for you after  you said you wish to be challenged I guess about to only challenges for you would be to search out patterns that look almost impossible and take it on.  I believe you can probably scroll anything you see already

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Holy cow they are all beautiful!! The sea shells, is that Spirals by Steve methods.  I have followed him for some time, have all his info and built his table saw jig... Just watching and looking for the time I can afford a vacuum pump for the jig....  If that is where you got the info for those I may be messaging you for advice....

That Mustang and the steer scull ,,,,,,, wow,,, super wow! Of course the sea shells..... wow, wow..

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Wonderful work!  WOW!

     Hard to think of more challenging projects. 

     A different direction though may interest you.  There are many other areas to use a scroll saw.  3d cuttings  (compound cutting), sign making, toy making, intarsia and inlay are all different ways to use your scroll saw. 

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Not being a "car guy" I never gaze at car pictures for long. Can's stop looking at the Mustang. Of course they're all above my paygrade! If you've only been scrolling 2 years you've apparently got that thing a good athlete has that can't be taught. :) I'm with Kirk, "is there a pattern for the Mustang?" And what size did you cut it? Thanks for sharing! (jealous over here ;) )

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On 3/19/2020 at 5:10 AM, Jim Finn said:

Wonderful work!  WOW!

     Hard to think of more challenging projects. 

     A different direction though may interest you.  There are many other areas to use a scroll saw.  3d cuttings  (compound cutting), sign making, toy making, intarsia and inlay are all different ways to use your scroll saw. 

I'm looking at the compound cutting as an idea and am searching for non-typical designs. Any ideas?

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On 3/19/2020 at 7:53 AM, Charlie E said:

Not being a "car guy" I never gaze at car pictures for long. Can's stop looking at the Mustang. Of course they're all above my paygrade! If you've only been scrolling 2 years you've apparently got that thing a good athlete has that can't be taught. :) I'm with Kirk, "is there a pattern for the Mustang?" And what size did you cut it? Thanks for sharing! (jealous over here ;) )

The inspiration piece was a photo I got off the internet. As a past '67 fastback Mustang owner I just had to figure out a way to reproduce it. The overall dimensions are 12" x 25" and the Mustang image is 18" x 5". 

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On 3/19/2020 at 2:56 PM, Dragonkort said:

just wanted to add again to the other comments your work is AWSOME!!! just how did you get the car to look like a photografe? lol 

A photograph was the inspiration piece. I got it off the internet and fell in love with how it looked. Having owned a '67 fastback Mustang in the past, I just HAD to attempt this as a challenge. To tell you the truth, I'm very pleased how it turned out.

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Here are few other designs I have completed: We had a boxer when I was quite young a din remember how comical she was, so I tried to capture that persona with the Peek-a-Boo Boxer project. The Lord of the Rings shield was made of my son who loves anything Tolkien-related. The Tree of Life Celtic across was a gift for my pastor who had just returned from Ireland, and the "see no evil" sign is my safety reminder in my shop (images borrowed from an advertisement in Lowe's). 

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12 hours ago, Fred Kile said:

I'm looking at the compound cutting as an idea and am searching for non-typical designs. Any ideas?

Animals, as toys,  are what I make.  Fancifull ones  like dragons and more realistic ones.  I am planning on making a kinda' realistic elephant after I finish the batch of toys I am working on today.  I do inlay and mass produce  toys mostly. Depends on where your interest lies.

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8 hours ago, Jim Finn said:

Animals, as toys,  are what I make.  Fancifull ones  like dragons and more realistic ones.  I am planning on making a kinda' realistic elephant after I finish the batch of toys I am working on today.  I do inlay and mass produce  toys mostly. Depends on where your interest lies.

I think inlay would be more challenge than I'm up for. I'd like to see some of the fanciful and realistic dragons, not to do any, just because I admire creativity in people.

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