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Two stacks of five 1/8" BB plywood. Pieces of BB pinned with 1/2" pins at the corners from each direction, no tape. The blanks held together well, no shifting, no problems. FD Polar #1 blades for the interior cuts, #3 for the outside. This took a little longer than normal because of the short stroke on the Hegner, but I really like the control I get using it. The instructions called for 2/0 blades but the #1's worked just fine. Pattern from SSWC #80 Fall 2020.

A friend of my wife's just went through a divorce. Father is a jerk. Anyway, she has a little son who had a rough start in life and had many health issues, but at almost three, he is doing really well. His grandfather does not live close by and really does not show a lot of interest in having a grandson. So, good for me, I have another little one I can make things for. His mother said she took him to a Monster Truck show a while back. NOW, all he talks about are the Monster Trucks. So, I just finished the first of what I hope to be several toys. I am going to have a great time and use up a bunch of scrap wood.

Avast, Jim Hawkens! Be that Ben Gunn carrying Captain Flint's treasure Chest! (Treasure Island, 1950 the best!) Our Groomer has a 4year old grandson that is crazy about pirates. She had boarded our dog while we were away for Christmas and I was bored, so I made another treasure chest. The box is poplar and I used my I-Box tool to make the box joints. I ripped 3/4" wide, quarter inch thick strips for the top and glued and pinned nailed in place. Brass, hamered nails are sold a Lowes for a few dollars for a box of 25. My wife found the hardware on the web and did the fabulous paintings of the Scull and Cross bones and the parrot on the front and ship inside the top. The groomer will be back in about 2 weeks and will be surprised.

First complete project for 2025. Calla Lily pattern from Judy Gale Roberts, reduced to about 80%. Woods used: Poplar, White Oak, Maple and Aspen. Finished with Walrus Oil.

Saw this posted someplace and had to cut it. Cherry, walnut and a bit of cherry. Pattern was from Acutabove Woodworking. Hope grand son will have plenty of good playtime

I didn't make this ornament,, but it could be my favorite thing ever. Our daughter gave it to us on Christmas.

I just finished cutting this one. 11x14x1/8 Baltic Birch ply. Pattern by me. About 14 hours to complete.

I commented on this antique cast iron duck/boot scraper that was at a sweet elderly lady's home on my meals on wheels' route several months ago. This week she told me that since she wasn't able to come outside and enjoy it anymore she'd love for me to have it. I told her no at first but could tell she really wanted me to have it, and I really loved it so I gave in. I wanted to cut something for her so I chose this awesome pattern of Botas Helder, because it's sort of like bringing some of the outdoors inside. A missionary friend of mine put it well when he said, "Having a poor or elderly person do something for you is like having your feet washed by Jesus." Quite humbling.

Hard to pick just one favourite. The one with the most meaning to me was this cutting I did of Dad and his great grand daughter at his 95th birthday(she was just about five). My sister took the picture and Ridgeback did the pattern for me. Jeff

I have a lot of thin pieces of wood that are too narrow to use for much and I have been ripping them to 1.5-inch widths and making blocks for compound cutting. This is the first one I cut from it.

I created a scrollable 12” X 12”, and a slightly smaller 10” X 10” version, Intarsia Pattern by adapting and modifying a Stained-Glass Pattern titled Hummer, that had been offered free from a now defunct website http://www.designglass.com. Wood used for my 12”x12” version shown: Basswood, Mango, Osage Orange, Padauk, Poplar (with a little green dye help), Sapele, Wenge, Walnut, and Yellowheart. Backer 1/8” thick BB Ply. Finished with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. As always, comments and critiques allways Wlecome. I will share the patterns in Pattern Exchange.

Well, it doesn't really belong here except it is a finished project. Don't remember exactly where the artwork came from, but is was free. This 7"x7" using the craft panels from KJP Select and stack cut 2. Mirror finish is a peel & stick roll on masonite backer. Used some older, heavy-duty spray, thinking it would be easier to apply evenly, with no squeeze out. Well.....it came out very stringy. Tried cleaning it up with the sanding mop. That exploded!!!! Down to one! Cleaned it up a bit. Sprayed with 3m77. Not a great hold, but no squeeze out. There are still blobs of the bad glue so this one will be hung in the workshop instead of being sold. This is a giraffe looking down and backwards at you!

"Laurel & Hardy" 36,5cm x 29,5cm, backer board 8mm, Laurel & Hardy 8mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: On fire" 40,5cm x 27cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: Shhh" 34,5 x 25,5cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade.

My granddaughters birthday box. I asked her what her favourite animal was and she said she could not choose "I like them all" so I chose lol. The pattern is adapted from Steve Good's "Fancy horse" pattern. The box top and bottom are baltic birch and the sides are white pine. I cut the box part on the bandsaw. I will fill it with smarties because at her age that is probably all she will care about

I just finished cutting this. One of my favorite themes is Old West. I made this pattern from a picture I found online.

It's been a hard year for our family and these two cutting took my mind of things even if it was only for a little while each day. I saw the Viking pattern and immediately wanted to cut it for our grandson but my daughter convinced me to enter it into the Royal Melbourne Show, which I did and miraculously won first prize, still can't get over that. The second one was a Columbo portrait that I did for my daughter for Christmas, she is a hugh fan. Both were a giant surprise and warmly received. Hoping 2025 is a better year. Marg

My favorite from this past year was my daughter's music box that I gave her for graduation. The mechanical musical movement I used came out of an old tin box that she had as a child so I designed a piano jewelry box since she loved playing the piano as a child and now as an adult. 20240605_140234.mp4

This is one of Charles Hand's patterns. I'm not sure how I want to finish it yet, but if someone wants to practice their cutting of inside and outside curves, this is a real good one to try. None of the cuts are real difficult, but there are a lot of them. If I were teaching a scroll saw class, I would show the basics, then tell the students to get one of these patterns to practice with.

I utilized a downloaded non-copyrighted image from Susan Kinsella’s Art website, entitled “Under the Passing Clouds”, to create a nominal 10.5x16.5-inch Intarsia pattern. I set my interpretation into an oval frame and chose to make the sky red-toned in lieu of stormy dark blue/grey as in the original image. Wood used: Basswood, Black Limba, Canarywood, Cherry, Red Oak, Roasted Flame Birch, Walnut, Wenge and Yellowheart. I feel my choice of the medium dark wood I used for the boat reflection was a little too dark. Backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply. The assembled panel was finished with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

I knew I wanted to do this when I first saw it. Steve Good pattern, reduced to 75%. Cut in live edge, reclaimed Elm. There is a knot that I had hoped would add interest. Part if the edge fell out. Used a #1 mg blade, finish is Walrus Oil. Now I have to decide if this is okay to sell!

It's been quite a while since I've done a portrait and I had Kris on my mind so I did sort of a minimal one of him. Done on a pallet board I had laying around.

My Barbers (a Father/Son operation) are big time gun enthusiasts who, after seeing some of my work, ask me if I could make something to hang in their shop…the walls of which, are filled with all kinds of signs, pictures, and the like. All things about Hunting, Guns, and Motorcycles plus Police Patches, lots of Pin-ups and much more. To get a feel of what kind of things are on their wall, one of the signs reads “Notice! Ammunition is getting too expensive, so there will be no warning shots. I found an image online that met with what I was asked to make. I created this 9 x 12 inch ‘Gun-In-Hand’ pattern for an Intarsia like painted Segmental piece. The pattern was cut from one piece of 10-inch wide, nominal 3/4" thick, premium pine. I painted the individual pieces with Acrylic Air Brush Paints. After Painting, the pieces were glued onto a 1/8-inch-thick BB Ply backer. The completed assembly was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques always welcome Edit: I am not posting the pattern in the Pattern Exchange as I normally do, because it not for all. However, I will gladly share it with anyone who might like to have it. Juat message me. It is a good project for anyone wanting to practice their Air Brush skills.

I made some layered projects for the first time. This was a significant learning experience as I have never added a backer to my projects. The first ones were from Sheila Landry Designs (sk436-layered-halloween-potion-bottles). I didn't finish them all because I ran out of time. The layers were not all the same size and required a significant amount of sanding to get the edges smooth. At first, I thought I must have messed up the patterns, so I went back and checked them. The ones I received were a different size. Next, I tried a larger pattern, a sea turtle. Because of its size, this one presented me with a gluing issue discussed earlier in the forum.

My last batch of Christmas items for this year. 1/2" cherry, cloth napkin holders. FOr some reason I decided NOT to stack cut. Going to use them for dinner this week for my almost 2 y/o grandson.

I finally decided to use one of my 2" Purpleheart turners block. This one took a long time just to cut. I tried many many different blades. I had to do what everyone says not to do. I had to push pretty hard for the blade to start cutting. To give an idea of how hard it was, it took an hour for the space between each character. Over 10 hours of cutting. Yep I found other issues along the way. I forgot to check my cutting angle. I had my last project set at 0.8 deg. I figured that out too late, half way done. The biggest super skip I had was #3 was but it was not stiff enough. I used a Polar #7 , and it did not turn corners. Pegas #5 mgtr has some reverse teeth that popped the wood off the table (purple heart is strong). Pegas skip is similar to polar #7. I even tried Pegas #3 mgt. Oh a #4 spiral blade does not do well either. Overall I stuck with #5mgt Pegas. I had to use alot of strength to hold the wood down during turns. I will be ordering bigger super skips, Lots of them. Other issues , when turning corners and pushing, the bottom of the blade is not directly cutting under the top of the blade (not vertical). So the bottom blade cuts the corner and angles sideways at the same time. So I had to re-cut all corners with a stiffer blade. I am not showing the back because it sucks. For a few years I wanted to add gemstones to one of my projects. I got an oval opal that fits inside the 2 hearts. I used a small diamond rotary tools and dug out the oval deep enough for the opal. This opal is just beautiful in the purpleheart wood. I love opals. The table spoon is for size comparison. Before sealing the wood, I let it sit for 2to 3 days to darken the purple. I applied "Arm R Seal" on the wood before gluing the opal. I taped off the oval dig out. 3 coats of seal. I used Devcon 330 epoxy for setting the opal. I used acetone on both opal and purple heart before epoxy.

Each year I have made a personalized item for each member of the family to be used as place cards. Started in 2011 with Ornament from Steve Good and it has not been an ornament every year. Made sleighs, snowman, gift card holders etc. This year I thought I would pass as I was really out of ideas. That was until my daughter was over last Tuesday and was telling how they really looked forward to what I came up with. My oldest granddaughter has a tree of her own and has absconded with all her own. OOPS. She also had never seen the FRED reindeer from Steve and really like them. (Fred's Family below) So Fred the ornament was created.

Just about everything I do is a favorite of mine. I have 5 that have real meaning. Air Force C-124 Cargo aircraft - I was a navigator in this airplane. Before GPS. F-16 Fighter. Given to nephew through marriage. Retired from the Colorado Air National Guard. My signature. Given to my sons. I wished I had signatures of my Mom and Dad. Marine emblem. Given to the parents of my great nephew whose life came to a tragic end while serving. Paratrooper mini clock. Given to a friend who was a paratrooper.

I came to this site this afternoon, and wow. There were many questions asked and many, many great, helpful responses. I read them all, and as an old scroller, I learned, and I also hope I was able to contribute. That is really what this forum is about. Bragging rights are to let us get validation, encouragement, and constructive criticism. Questions or general scrolling is where we learn. Just had to say it, hope it keeps going. Thanks, @Travis, for hosting such a great forum. Please do not ever sell us out to some great corporation that will ruin it. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY SCROLL SAW VILLAGE NEIGHBORS. SO GLAD TO LIVE BY YOU ALL. Sorry if I sound emotional, but I just got off a long phone conversation with one of my neighbors, @heppnerguy. I have others that stay in touch with phone calls. It is so great. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY SCROLLSAW NEIGHBORS.

Baltic Birch. Cedar frame. Sue Mey pattern

These are some of the Christmas wood-art pieces I have made over the years.

Angel Fish, a Steve Bundred pattern, is the January 2025 FB PAM. The two-part vertically stacked assembly measures 10 ½” x 10”. Wood used were Padauk, Yellowheart and Purpleheart along with 1/8” BB Ply backers and some scrap Pine shim blocks. Since I did not have the correct size Fostner bits and I do not own any plug cutters, the round eye details were difficult to do, so I cheated and used black paint for the centers. The completed assembly was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. I started this project on January 1, but because the temperatures here in Central Florida have been so cool this month, and my little heater in my shop just can’t keep up, daily shop time has been very limited. Also, the three woods used were all very hard, especially the Purpleheart, and the cutting was very, very slow. I dulled and/or broke way too many Pegas #3 MGT-R blades cutting this project. Comments and Critiques always welcome.

I’m still dabbling in making sea glass. My cousin saw it on Facebook and asked for some. I decided to scroll a sea themed coaster to display it on. The sea turtle will rarely been seen but then I’ve never seen one in the wild, and I see dolphins pretty much every beach trip.

The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

As you may or may not have seen, I posted a photo of a shirt my granddaughter was wearing on Thanksgiving and told her I would attempt to make a pattern from it and then attempt to make her a wooden plague of it, for her. I am posting the picture I took of her shirt and followed by the end results of my effort to make her a plaque. It did not come out exactly as I had in mind but I still felt pretty good about the end results and she said she loved it so it does not get any better than that. Dick heppnerguy

I posted this in other forums also, sorry if you had to look twice. First project of the new year. Afriend and his wife took a holiday trip to London this year instead of buying each other things they didn't need, NOT A BAD IDEA. Anyway he took a bunch of pictures and remembred that I had told him about a street artist who went by the name of Banksey, so he took some photos of the Banksey art. The one I decided to try to cut was painted on white brick wall, with black paint used for the image. I printed out a copy of an old white brick wall and Pasted it on a mframe a I & painted Grey, I don't know if the good Mr.Banksey had a title for this painting, so I call it "The Laundry Lady" Thanks for looking. Rick

I made the puppy in the basket for my first grandchild, born in August. The two cats were made for 2 of my sisters, both of who are cat lovers

In my continuing journey with combining wood with stained glass this in my latest. I tried a couple of things different. First I used hard maple in place of plywood and the center piece is purpleheart. I used the cutouts as pattern pieces using double sided tape to attach them to the glass. Much better fit with less "tweeking" I'm like the solid wood over the ply with the center piece accenting rather than trying to hide it. All in all, making progress.

I have two favorites from 2024. First was the Halloween candy box, with the secret way to open it. It was a big hit for old any young alike. Second was the Nativity I did for this year's. Christmas.

This jewelry box is a Carole Rothman design from issue #61 (Holiday 2015) of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts. I used Bolivian rosewood and alder. The original design used veneer for the red ribbons but while I tried that, I could not get the veneer to bend around the edge without breaking, so I used actual ribbon instead. Finding the ribbon was tough enough, but finding silk flowers that I could use to cut the stamens was even more challenging! This was a labor of love for my wife for Christmas, and she absolutely loved it.

Santa & Reindeer, Steve Good pattern

Since I made a few patterns of dog photos in the 'pattern request' thread, I hereby present to you how this style of pattern looks like in real life. This is my dog Gina. 35 x 47 cm, backer board 4mm, Gina 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #1 blade. This was a lot of work, but I think it looks way better than a pattern made of simple lines.

I would like to share 3. The 2 easy "little" projects have an effect on people I interact with. 1) Foot Dr. trinkets. Pink feet drawers for all 5 employees. 2) Some friends that love cats. This one had a bigger impact than original plan. The group of girls moved into a rental house from a trailer park. They are associated with trap, neuter, release of feral cats. They were excited to decorate for holloween for the first time. Kali had designed the "lotions and potions" sign then got sick 7 days before halloween. So I got the design and added scrollsawn plastic bottle to enhance the design. Added plastic smoke and names. The board was given back to them 5 days before halloween. I routed the wood for them. The other girls painted the routed background. Teamwork. Kali came back from the hospital for 2 days and she saw the sign. But had to go back to hospital. So she did not enjoy the trick or treat kids. I think the other girls took the name block to her in hospital. So she got to see her name block. They had to pull the ventilator 1 day after Thanksgiving. The cancer destroyed her lungs. 35 yr old. Her twin brother came to her house during funeral and saw the name block and asked if he could have it. The other girls agreed. 3) Hat #4 cowgirl hat. Canarywood. This one had a rough start. Brim wood had glue issues and had cracks. When sanding the sides had a stress fracture. But for shipping everything fell perfect. I went to boot barn to get a hat box. The lady allowed me to check if hat would fit. The hat was like 1/4" to wide. So she said she had a spare Stetson box , it fit !!!. No charge.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Portrait With Rustic Frame Russ Beard design I stack cut 2 from 1/4 inch material on my @rikon_powertools scroll saw and the backer boards are also 1/4 inch material Cut with number 5 ultra reverse tooth blades The half lap frame was cut out on my Rikon Table Saw using my @microjig Half Lap Jig for the first time The rabbets for the frame were cut on my @craftsman router table and after a dry fit, everything was sanded to a smooth finish with @klingsporswoodworkingshop sandpaper Stained with @minwaxusa wood stain after assembling with CA Glue and activator, I gave the portrait several coats of @rustoleum clear gloss for a finish After it dried, I used some hemp cord to wrap around the extended corners to give it a rustic flair This was a Christmas Present for my Brother and he loved it! #ArtisanPirate

Seasons greetings to all my friends in the VILLAGE. I just wanted to share what I think is the last of the gifts for this year. This pattern is part of a set of three that was designed by Keith Fenton, I enlarged it and cut it out of 1/4 inch cherry and mounted it on a base of pine that I ran thru the router table for a nice edge. The background is a 3/4 inch piece of unidentified scrap that I glued some gold glitter paper to, and then I outlined the Angel with mini LED's. Thanks for looking. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. Rick

Just finished up another little toy for the young friend. Another Steve Good pattern.

"Lt. Frank Drebin" from 'The naked gun' 41,5 x 41cm, backer board 8mm, Frank 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. After having finished the sawing, I took a scalpel and cut out the grey areas and then painted them. I wasn't crazy enough to try and cut those with the saw

I made this box from a Sheila Landry plan. Love the pattern and hoping my wife loves the results.

I had two special projects this year. The first, a fishing rod rack, still not finished, I've been having trouble with the epoxy not setting up. And, I would rather put it away for a bit, other wise I could lose my temper and break something. This project is way beyond anything I've done before. The second is a wedding gift for a young couple that I know. I was experimenting with a new technique, multiple panels cut separately then combined and a full size backer used to tie the panels together.

This is for my grandson. He recently got a schnauzer puppy. Pattern is from Woodworkersworkshop.com.

The manager of our local UPS store has been helping me with my pattern printing. I made a Wrangler Plaque in the past and His wife was due with their 1st child so I made them a baby plaque. Very easy pattern. I just had to waite for the date and the name. She would not let him know if it was a boy or a girl but he figured it was probably a boy. I put it together in a few hours. Great reaction when he got it.