A pattern for resharpening scroll skills and using up small scraps

[Blaughn]

Okay, I admit it.  I am a string saver - or in this case a scrap saver.  I have a box full of little scraps of walnut, cherry, curly maple, etc. They are just too nice to toss out and besides I just might need them some day.  There.  I confessed.

I have taken a break from scrolling as I am building a jewelry chest for my granddaughter with plus a month of wintering in Florida.  So it has been months since I scrolled and I am out of practice.  So I thought about creating a pattern that would work with some of those scraps and resharpen my scrolling skills.  Here's the result - cut in, as yet, unfinished cherry.  This was before I added the oval seen in the attached pattern and added a bit of safety allowance for the dropouts in the word "Peace".  

This particular stock was 3.5"x 4.25" was and required me to use a Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse 2/0 blade.  That took some real getting used to.  Man, those blades are thin!  I will be finishing this in my new "home brew" Danish oil/ then Shellac sealer and finally, lacquer.  (By the way this formula for Danish oil dries much faster than Watco. Odor free in a day-and-a- half and safe to finish coat in 3 days.)  If you missed my post on that here's the website where I found the formula. https://vanduynwoodwork.com/2018/09/18/danish-oil-finish-top-3-reasons-to-mix-your-own/  

 

MASTER single belzeir dove final.pdf

Edited April 20, 2022 by Blaughn
correct drop-out problem with original

[barb.j.enders]

That is lovely.

 

[pet-design]

Like the pattern, the wood and the fine cutting as Well!

[Dan]

Beautiful! Will make great ornaments.

[Blaughn]

1 hour ago, Dan said:

Beautiful! Will make great ornaments.

Great idea!  I hadn't thought about that but it would be perfect size and sentiment for Christmas!  Thanks, Dan.

[Dak0ta52]

Nice job, Bruce. And you're not the lone ranger in saving small pieces of wood. I had a piece that I had saved, and it turned out to be the perfect size to cut a diagonal where I could double stack and still fit my pattern.

[Blaughn]

6 minutes ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Nice job, Bruce. And you're not the lone ranger in saving small pieces of wood. I had a piece that I had saved, and it turned out to be the perfect size to cut a diagonal where I could double stack and still fit my pattern.

......and isn't frustrating when you need that perfect piece that you threw out in a moment of "I've gotta clean this mess up!"

[Dak0ta52]

4 minutes ago, Blaughn said:

......and isn't frustrating when you need that perfect piece that you threw out in a moment of "I've gotta clean this mess up!"

Been there... done that!

[wombatie]

Really lovely, well done.

Marg

[daveww1]

very nice

[Blaughn]

The original PDF in this post and the JPG I uploaded in the pattern section had a potential drop-out problem I discovered when cutting the pattern in a tree ornament size.  The "P" in Peace survived the cut but just barely.  In the PDF above and in the JPG in the pattern section I have added an additional bridge and removed a bit of the ornamental curl in the letter to make the cut a bit less "heart-stopping".  

Edited April 20, 2022 by Blaughn

[smitty0312]

I like that a lot! A+

 

[Phantom Scroller]

Love it.  Roly

[Dragonkort]

I defently like it!!! and yes i have tons of scrap wood and little peices lying around lol Im forever telling spike dont throusgh that away!! lol