Eric67 Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Hello.... what books can I buy to improve my (small) knowledge ? this will probably give me a lot of solutions and I could improve my English (I have work! ) Thank you. Eric OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethebeer Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 Hello Eric. I have to admit that I like reading paper books, and I've never been tempted to try a kindle. Thats for thrillers or history etc. For scrolling I don't think you can get much better than Travis and his university from right here in the village. Steve Good at scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com is also excellent. Youtube is also a good source. If you did want to go down the road of getting books then shop for anything by Patrick Spielman to start with. Bob OCtoolguy, jr42, Jim Blume and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OCtoolguy Posted October 11, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 I bought many books. But....the best thing you can do is first, hang out here and ask questions. Second download some practice patterns and practice, practice and practice some more. A large part of scrolling is developing "muscle memory". That just takes time. And practice. jr42, LarryEA, crupiea and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 I agree with Ray. I had bought some books and Mags, in the past, but it was just cutting patterns and finding The Village that helped me the most. Practice. Rolf, OCtoolguy and new2woodwrk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 I've done a lot of different types of scrolled work: fretwork, portraits, intarsia, segmentation, compound cuts, etc. I learn from each of these. I have bought books mainly for the patterns. Some have great tutorials, others...not so much. Ask questions and try many different types of work. new2woodwrk and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrampaJim Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 This one helped me the most when I started out scrolling: https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/scroll-saw-workbook-3rd-edition.html OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 55 minutes ago, GrampaJim said: This one helped me the most when I started out scrolling: https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/scroll-saw-workbook-3rd-edition.html That was my first book purchase. Great book with progressively harder projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, GrampaJim said: This one helped me the most when I started out scrolling: https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/scroll-saw-workbook-3rd-edition.html As a former scroll saw instructor, that’s the book I would recommend. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric67 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Wooow ... my question interests you, thanks for your answers, i will take your advice. à bientôt ! Eric OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Eicehelberger Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Right here on the village , id the best you can do ASK QUESTIONS. IKE OCtoolguy and Dak0ta52 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Patrick Spielman's books are cheap used as are many other scroll saw books. eBay and Amazon are good places to look for them. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) I don't know where you live, but do a search for a local club or others that scroll. I have a lot of books and also our local library. I used them mostly for ideas on what I might like to make. Watching my (now) friends in the the club really shortened my learning curve. We have members with over 60 years of experience. As the others have said practice is what it takes. Edited October 12, 2021 by Rolf OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 I always recommend the Scroll Saw Workbook. I have a very old edition. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 What rolf said ...... my library had a couple scroll saw books and the price was right ...free OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark SW Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 "Informative Scroll Saw Articles" by Sheila Landry Designs has been helpful to me as well. Free Pattern & Resources - Sheila Landry Designs Mark OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 If you like cutting crosses author Marcus Clemens has them on Amazon. He has several others as well. I have five of his books. They weren’t very expensive. $12 maybe I forget. Jim Blume 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old sarge Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) On 10/11/2021 at 10:52 AM, Eric67 said: Hello.... what books can I buy to improve my (small) knowledge ? this will probably give me a lot of solutions and I could improve my English (I have work! ) Thank you. Eric I would look for scroll saw books by Patrick Spielman. When I started scrolling, his books are what I turned to. Here is a link to titles; Amazon may have some of them. The second link is the book I bought when I first started and it is good but likely outdated: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/84053.Patrick_Spielman https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806972246/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0806972246&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2 Edited October 15, 2021 by old sarge OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Fish said: Marcus Clemens Marcus Clemons OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have numerous books someone already mentioned old used Patrick Spielman books You can't go wrong with them. It was also mentioned to practice, practice and practice 10,000 hours is not to much practice time. Remember first you get good then you can get fast. I been scroll sawing 20 plus years and soon as I speed things up compost always happens OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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