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Māori art.
Scrolling Steve and 20 others reacted to sydknee for a topic
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Eye gotcha!
wombatie and 19 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
This is an H. Botas pattern. I believe this is a piece of Spalted Maple. Finished with varathane. The original pattern has an eyebrow but this piece wasn't wide enough to allow it. I didn't want to shrink the pattern to fit because it would be way to small. I love the way the colours of the wood popped with the finish.20 points -
A couple more
Dave Monk and 18 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
Got a couple more finished. The mouse is a Janette Square design. Woods used Walnut, Wenge, Aspen and Spanish Cedar. The snowglobe was designed by Lori Jenks. Woods used Maple, Cherry, Poplar, Aspen, Elm. I ended up taking off the "glitter", couldn't get it to stick on. Third photo is the final of the snowglobe. I used a paint pen to put on the silver dots. Both were very quick and easy patterns.19 points -
I really don’t do too many Baltic Birch portraits anymore, as I have been working more with thicker hardwoods. That said, a friend asked if I had ever done any with Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings, or if not, would I consider doing them. So I have some 1/4” BB, checked Charles Dearing’s site, found some cool patterns,and with some minor variations came up with these two. The Waylon Jennings has some very delicate bridges, which were a little nerve wracking.19 points
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These are all based on patterns I bought from Fiona Kingdon, with a few liberties taken and changes made for individual uses. The common denominator is that I did recessed cuts allowing the inner ring to slip forward 1/4” to allow the stained glass panels to fit enclosed behind the scroll work. The “Entwined Lovers” were all wedding/engagement presents.18 points
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Inventory getting bigger
Jronn65 and 17 others reacted to scrollerpete for a topic
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Barn and Fence
scroller99 and 16 others reacted to Kris Martinson for a topic
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After cutting this I sat on my front porch and got still and quiet. My favorite squirrel got within a few feet from me. I can tell him apart because he's more brown than gray and has a skinnier tail. Lots of good things happen when we take the time to be still.16 points
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Funky Owl
Scrolling Steve and 15 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
Well, here it is. I am very happy with this one! Woods used - Purple Heart, Butternut, White Limba, Yellowheart, Canary Wood, Wenge, Aromatic Cedar, Orange Osage, Zebra wood, Cherry & reclaimed Elm. Cut with #5 MG blades. Finish is mineral oi/beeswax mixture & buffed. This will be heading to my niece - the one that grabbed me the purple heart- for her birthday at the end of the month. Everything for it seemed to fall into place. Her getting me the wood. It is an owl and she loves owls. It is her 30th!16 points -
I haven’t been here in sometime, though I still scroll regularly, I don’t get online as often. I have been expanding into more hardwoods, though I will still cut an occasional portrait in Baltic Birch. This first one started from the Treehouse pattern by the incomparable Charles Hand, though I took a few liberties to make it unique. Instead of BB I used a 5/8” African Rosewood board and cut a large vertical oval with a recessed angle cut. I extended the tree, added the girl in the swing, added the foliage, carved the bark into whole tree, along with a couple of knotholes. Then I cut a piece of 1/4” BB to fit behind the recessed cut and I inlaid the boy with a kite, his dog, the two cats, butterfly, the hanging birdhouse, and the 4 birds over the treehouse. Hope you all like it! This one took a bit of time to do. I will add a couple of other recent projects on another post. Incidentally, other than the inlay work and the recessed cut, almost all of the rest of this was done with spiral blades and I used my Pegas saw. The carving was done mostly using a Foredom power carver, and some by hand.16 points
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Some recently completed pieces
Scrolling Steve and 14 others reacted to RabidAlien for a topic
Recently finished these up while taking a "use it or lose it" week off from work. The fidget-spinner came from some Etsy 3D print patterns, that one was fun as I had to modify the pattern a bit. It had 3D printed clips holding the top and bottom together. The other three patterns came from the Pattern Library, here. The two lovers were done in some live-edge oak, I had a small piece left from another project that I didn't want to throw away, and had been looking for something to use on it.15 points -
First let me say that, we...here on the East Coast of Central Florida..., weathered huricane Milton with all being OK. Never lost power, no damage other than a lot of rake-up branches and leaves from neighboring trees. Others here in Florida did not fare as well and I know a number of our SSV members may be amoung them. Our thoughts, prayers, and best wishes for a quick recovery, go out to all who may have been affected. Now to the post! This project was completed over the past week while waiting for Milton to arrive. I purchased a digital download (JPG) of a printable cartoon clipart wall décor of a Cute Turtle off ETSY. I imported the image into Inkscape and converted it into a scrollable segmentation 12” x 10” pattern. The conversion was mainly a manual trace. The Inkscape 'trace bitmap' command realy does not work well to produce this kind of pattern. This piece is also for my Lady’s soon-to-be Grandson. I used nominal 3/4" x 12” wide premium pine and cut the pattern with Pegas #1 MGT R blades. I used Intarsia techniques to shape the pieces and after painting, the pieces were mounted on a 1/8” thick BB ply backer with the edges painted black. Painting was done using my Air Brush with Artist Acrylic Air brush paints with some detail brush work. I’m still not able to do very fine detailing with the Air Brush. The painted and assembled piece was protected with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques are always welcome.14 points
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I posted in the General forum about how to make pattern outline lines thicker using Inkscape. but I did'nt do a good job of explaining why it may be useful. (epoxy fill) Here are some project pics to illustrate why you may need thicker lines on a pattern you want to scroll. I would not have been able to use epoxy fill with thin lines. These patterns came from various stained glass websites. I plan on making several gnomes to give away as christmas tree ornaments. The cross with several colors of purple will be put in a lighted shadow box. The cross with the flower will sit in a stand and put in a window, I have made several of those as they will make pretty good Christmas gifts. Thanx for looking.....forrest14 points
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First time using a spiral blade - Skull
red river and 13 others reacted to ScrollerGuy for a topic
Another member, Scott M, recently posted here with an image of his version of "Skull" by Janevski. He did a great job and inspired me to give it a try. As a relatively new scroller I was intimidated by the large number of cuts required in this design and wasn't sure if I could pull it off. To up the risk factor even more I decided to try a spiral blade for the first time. What the heck, the videos make spirals look easy to use! What could go wrong? With a new #2 spiral and a piece of 1/4 inch BB I dove in headfirst and began cutting. To my surprise, like the videos show, cutting with spiral blades is easier in some ways. The piece doesn't need to be rotated, and I was able to work much faster at higher RPMs than I ever did with a straight blade. To be fair, the design doesn't require much accuracy except where cuts run close to each other. I did make a few mistakes and had one breakout but am happy with the result.14 points -
Funky Owl
GPscroller and 12 others reacted to Hawk for a topic
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Just so you I have been doing something. I am finished with the Halloween candy boxes (Alex Fox Pattern). I am so done! I have three more cut out, but I do not intend to finish them. Maybe next year. I enjoy the cutting, the painting, not so much. I have got to fill them with candy and wait time the time to ship them. So done with the painting. Painting sucks!13 points
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An Oldie with a new twist
Hudson River Rick and 11 others reacted to Jronn65 for a topic
So, I did and posted this project a few years back but decided to try it again and add lights to it. Baltic birch wood and spiral blades used. They both have backers made out of scrap plexie glass, but the brown one, the glass is from an old X-Ray view box that was being trashed at my hospital. People thought I was crazy for dumpster diving for it and I told them that it would come in handy one day. I love the way it hides the wires. The blue one, I used so spray "frost" on it. It doesn't hide the wires as good as the other but still cool, if you ask me.12 points -
Tree of Life and Love.
meflick and 11 others reacted to rafairchild2 for a topic
This is still a work in progress as it was the project I was working on today for my Live from Poppy's Workshop YT video. This is a stack cut with two, quarter-inch canary wood pieces. Total cutting time was a hair over two hours. I am thinking I will glue front and back pieces at the bottom of each piece. If I can laser the outline I might try to add some words as in the title of this post. This will give me a good strong connection point to the base which will be 1/2 or 3/4" canary wood, I will make it deeper in the back so I can add a Forstner 'cup' for a tea light.12 points -
Spooktacular Scroll Saw Challenge
Travis and 11 others reacted to Kris Martinson for a topic
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I recently purchased a used Hawk 226vs scroll saw. An added bonus that came with it is a good-sized box of scroll saw books and magazines. I have been having a great time going through the box to see what is what. I already have some of the books, but some are new to me. The magazines are great; they appear to be mostly the old "Creative Woodworks Crafts" magazines. All from the early 2000'nds! I laid in bed last evening and looked through around 15 of them. From time to time on here, people have mentioned looking for an old one for a special pattern they wanted. If someone is looking for something, let me know, and I will watch for it as I go through the issues. Might get lucky.12 points
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It's been a few weeks since I have been able to sit at the saw,, actually any of my saws! Between work and hurricanes it's been hectic. A couple of Steve Good designs that I modified. They are kind of plain and ugly looking in the daylight but they come alive in the dark. LOL I'll let my wife paint them up however she wants to make them look better in the daylight. I used some 1/8" BB ply, some nightlight kits from Amazon and some Vellum paper. Very quick projects that are actually useful. I think I'll tweak the design a little more on the Haunted House before she paints it. I've got 2 more of the nightlight kits left, I have a couple of other design ideas that I may try out.11 points
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Compound Birdhouse - Standing
wombatie and 10 others reacted to don in brooklin on for a topic
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Alex Fox Basket C261 Modified
Jronn65 and 10 others reacted to Denny Knappen for a topic
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Spooktacular Scroll Saw Challenge
Travis and 10 others reacted to Kris Martinson for a topic
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Mr & Mrs Frosty
Dak0ta52 and 9 others reacted to smitty0312 for a topic
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Bird Houses
munzieb and 9 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
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I think last Christmas gnomes were everywhere: toys, cards, decoration, some household items in the form of a gnomes. So I decided to make my variant of Christmas decoration - set of 6 Christmas Gnomes, recommended to use 2 types of wood or stains, stand and hanger ring are optional. I cut the first one, I wish I have more time, but it is time to make next pattern, it will be Christmas box Video of making project - https://youtu.be/FPz30vl_c7o Christmas gnomes pattern10 points
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Heh. Had some fun with this one.
wombatie and 9 others reacted to RabidAlien for a topic
Grew up with Duck Tales as my after-school unwind cartoon, Darkwing came a bit after I'd moved on to other things, but I do recall catching some of the shows and he was always funny. Besides, Launchpad McQuack was in it (dude sure made the rounds of Disney Afterschool cartoons), so it *had* to be good. Pattern was picked up on Google Images, can't recall which font I used. I can post the pattern in the library if anyone wants it. Minwax Natural and Honey stains, with some rattlecan Purple on the backer behind the lettering. Pegas #02MG blades on....3/8 bbply.10 points -
Thanksgiving in Canada
artisanpirate and 9 others reacted to Stretch for a topic
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Spooktacular Scroll Saw Challenge
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Nativity puzzles
Dak0ta52 and 9 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
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I obtained a ‘Limitless Lines Design’ Stained-Glass Pattern from Etsy that I thought would be easy to convert to a suitable Intarsia project pattern. The Heron is an almost a direct copy, but I modified the background significantly to work better in wood. In doing so, I messed up the perspective somewhat by lowering the land on the far side of the water. This was not obvious to me until the project was nearly complete. I’ll live with it as is, but I have already corrected the pattern, to be more in keeping with the original pattern, that I will share in Pattern Exchange. Woods used include Premium Pine, Blue Pine, Yellowheart, Cherry, Walnut, Aspen, Black Limba, and some 4/4” thick Sapele for the fixed Frame. The Cherry I used for the Water was too close in color to the Pink toned Pine I used for the Sky, so I enhanced the color with some Blue/Green dye. The Grey and Light-colored areas of the Blue Pine worked well for most of the Heron itself, but I had to darken a few areas using some very diluted Black dye. The Eye was painted with White and Black acrylic paint. Currently, my wood selection is limited, therefore so are my choices since I would have really preferred to use a different wood for the Sky. The approximate 80 pieces of this project was quite a challenge to cut and assemble. After all the pieces were cut, shaped, textured and sanded - knowing I was going to frame the panel - I first assembled the background, within a rectangular jig sized to the finish panel size, onto a 1/8” thick BB Ply Backer. The Blue Pine is only a scant 5/8” thick and I wanted the Heron to sit proud of the background, so I cut a 1/4“thick shim to fit the remaining area and then I fit the Heron into the area. The many small pieces of the Heron’s body proved impossible to assemble, one by one, into the open area. I was forced to use CA to edge-glue the pieces together and fit into the open area as one piece. Being very careful to fit the pieces together accurately, this worked out well. The 1” wide Sapele was rabbeted 1/4" to produce a 3/4" wide border Frame. The rails were mitered and cut accurately for a tight-neat fit around the glued-in panel. The completed Assembly was finished with multiple coats of rattle-can Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray with light sanding/buffing in between coats. Comments and critiques allways welcome.9 points
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Inventory!
meflick and 8 others reacted to barb.j.enders for a topic
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I've been off the radar for a while. We had company come from NH. We had enticed them to come and visit for the "Fall For Greenville" festival. It got postponed because of the hurricane. They decided to come anyway. We visited Falls Park and the next day we drove up to the Tryon Int'l Equestrian Center just over the NC border. As we drove north to the center, we saw many massive broken off trees along the road. It looks like several may have laid across the road at some point but had been cleared. We were only about 10 miles south of Lake Lure but decided they didn't needed any tourists viewing the devastation. While they were here, they fell in love with my hummingbird lamp. As a consolation for missing the festival, I would make them one. It took about 4 days and I used up the last of my lexan. I was glad I had the original to work off of for the measurements. The 1/8" Lexan is easy to cut on the table saw with a 80 tooth cross cuit blade but it does make a mess with all the chips/dust. It becomes static and sticks to everything. Starting to think about making some Xmas gifts.9 points
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More items done for inventory
Stretch and 8 others reacted to scrollerpete for a topic
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If you have ever seen something that you would like to cut on your scroll saw, but you could'nt because the lines were not thick enough, I came upon something that will help. I don't know how to inbed a link, so i'll just tell you to go to youtube and type in "how to thicken an image outline in inkscape." The girls name is Amber Renee. Just follow along and you will figure it out. Here are three pictures so you can see the difference. I'm going to cut this image out and fill with epoxy resin. I will follow up with pics of finished product. I hope this helps someone....forrest9 points
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