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

[Fred Kile]

16 hours ago, Tomanydogs said:

Fred you do some very impressive things and you do them very well. 

I'll be glad to get to the point where I can appreciate my work as others seem to. Thank you for your encouragement.

[Fred Kile]

On 3/8/2020 at 7:53 PM, Ron Johnson said:

All very beautiful Fred. Imagination can sometimes improve a certain project making it your own. That's the way I think when doing any project. 

Ron, Thank you so much. With encouragement like yours I'm beginning to feel that my efforts are more worth it than I have realized. Especially when individuals like you, who have so much more experience, compliment my work.

[Jim Finn]

10 hours ago, Fred Kile said:

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.

Actually, Inlay is quite simple to do but unforgiving.  No going back to correct a cut once you start.  It is a one way cut all the way around the pattern.  I am no artist so I get almost all of my patterns from the internet or from scroll saw books.  I alter them a bit to suit me though. The last one here is an inlay not a 3d cut.

[Dragonkort]

you sir are an expert scroller!!! I have  several dragon patterns, and i'll put picts of someof the when I find them. lol I tend to collect dragons and if you have any dragon patterns you could share I would really appreache it. but either way I would love to see your pictures !!! I just love seening the work all of you do, I am so grateful that I have found this sight!!

[Denny Knappen]

With the beautiful projects you show, inlay would be a piece of cake.  I too love the car!

[Tomanydogs]

19 hours ago, Fred Kile said:

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.

From looking at the things you’ve done, I would say you’d be able to do anything you put your mind too. 

[Fred Kile]

On 3/24/2020 at 5:43 AM, Jim Finn said:

Actually, Inlay is quite simple to do but unforgiving.  No going back to correct a cut once you start.  It is a one way cut all the way around the pattern.  I am no artist so I get almost all of my patterns from the internet or from scroll saw books.  I alter them a bit to suit me though. The last one here is an inlay not a 3d cut.

Jim, nice, really nice. Quite clever. I've seen some 3d ornaments that I might try this Autumn. I like the inlay, also. I would have to think about that before I attempted one. I looks a bit intimidating.

[Fred Kile]

On 3/24/2020 at 1:59 PM, Denny Knappen said:

With the beautiful projects you show, inlay would be a piece of cake.  I too love the car!

I think the Mustang is my favorite project so far. I have plans to do another car real soon; an AC Cobra. I'm still deciding on what the image should look like. 

[Fred Kile]

On 3/24/2020 at 2:34 PM, Tomanydogs said:

From looking at the things you’ve done, I would say you’d be able to do anything you put your mind too. 

Thank you for your confidence in my competence. I'd like to think you are right.

[Jim Finn]

1 hour ago, Fred Kile said:

Jim, nice, really nice. Quite clever. I've seen some 3d ornaments that I might try this Autumn. I like the inlay, also. I would have to think about that before I attempted one. I looks a bit intimidating.

Actually the saw work in inlay is not at all hard and much faster that fretwork is.  Typically I spend about six minutes at the saw doing  one.  There is more to it than the saw cutting, including sanding flat but  not hard or tricky at all.  Getting set up before the saw cut is important so I have one scroll saw set up for it an use it only for inlay.