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Thank you again Dan!!

Hi all I just got done cutting the pattern made by Gayle

Cut on ply that I saved from being dumped Pattern was from the library here by Grampa, not sure about the Bob Marley pattern it was in my files with no name .

There are twelve in the set, patterns by Keith Fenton and found in CWWC June 2013. I had a lot of tear out as seen in the first picture, so next time I will use a backing. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and FD UR #1 blades. I may make a mobile out of these. Comments welcome.

Finished this camping sign for my grand daughter. did change a couple things, seemed to turn out ok. Pattern is from Wayne. edward

I'm almost finished making the wedding card box for my son's wedding this July and I thought you folks might like to see my progress. I used a pattern that was sent to me from Birchbark (thanks so much!). I printed out the pattern and took it into FedEx Office and had it enlarged on the copy machine because my son wanted it a tad larger. The original size would have been fine for wedding cards but my future daughter has other plans for it after and wanted it a tad larger. Who am I to argue with a future bride?? The box in about 14" square at the base and 13" high (I put a Coors can in one of the pics so you could judge the scale). I built the box sides using 1x12 red oak. The box is joined using a box joint that jig that I made for my cheapo router table. The top is made from 1x4 oak boards splined together, that was a first for me. I used my biscuit cutter to keep the boards aligned. All I need to do now is to stain and finish the box. I was planning to stain it darker using Min-wax Jacobean stain, but now I'm having second thoughts. When I started this project I made a test panel, so this morning I stained it and I wasn't happy how the scroll work took the stain. The scroll work seemed darker than flat surfaces and I'm sure that its all of the ins and outs make it almost impossible to wipe off the excess stain, so it appears darker. Does anyone know of an easy method of staining the piece or am I nuts for even trying to stain it?

I teach woodworking and sometimes demonstrate at fairs and trade shows. Somewhere, many (about 45) years ago I discovered that I could control my scroll saw cuts much better if I didn't use my elbows and arms to steer and feed the wood into the blade, and just used my fingers to do this. There are times and occasions when you will do better not using just your finger muscles, but learning to do it with just your fingers for most of your cutting is really worthwhile. You advanced scrollers probably have already learned this, so this tip is mostly being directed at the newer scrollers and anyone who has not already learned this. I keep the heels of my hands (the palm pads just forward of my wrists) resting on the front edge of the saw table and I just use my fingers to steer the wood and feed it into the blade. Doing this gives me much better control of the cut, so I have been teaching this to my students and they all seem to grasp the ability of following the pattern lines in intricate and small work much quicker. With other wood cutting tools, it's very common to use your elbows, arm, and shoulder muscles to feed the wood into the blade or bit, so it's only natural to do this when first learning to use a scroll saw. It's a little hard to retrain yourself to not use your arm and elbow muscles, but the conversion is definitely worth doing when scrolling, as has been proven many times with my students. All I'm suggesting is that you try this yourself to see the difference that it makes. You will catch yourself reverting back to the arm and elbow method many times, but keep telling yourself to use just your fingers, and very quickly you should see a significant improvement in your ability to follow the pattern lines in intricate work.. Charley

I saw some pictures of crosses done like these so I had to try it. The dark one is worm eaten Chestnut, the other wood I got from a friend is worm eaten Ash. I hung them on the garage wall.

Here's what I been at since Friday finished them up today cut from 1/2" plywood all about 10"L. Hoping to sell a few through out the summer couple stores offered to take a few for me. See what happens anyway.

Back about a week ago I asked for help in any thing with cherries in it. Got a couple of answers, and the best one was to google cherry stencils. WOW could not believe all the stuff in the stencil area. Found a couple to use and results are attached. Hope you like them and thanks for the help jim \penquin

Hands down the hardest thing i have done to date with my scroll sawing. I really like doing portraits

Had some time today to carrying on trying to learn these ere puzzles I keep seeing on here so gave these ones a go will need to order some more patterns soon off iggy at this rate lol

Fretwork tray designed by Steve Good cut from some rimu tongue and groove from the back of an old wardrobe and a piece of drawer side for the base. One coat of 50/50 BLO and mineral turpentine. I will give it a coat of beeswax once it is fully dry. This was fun to cut and I was able to stack cut the sides and ends which saved time. Rob

Keep at it - You can do this. When I did mine, nothing looked bad either, but I when ahead and all the bearings and bushings anyway. I did have to readjust the tensioner after reassembly too. The good news is taking it all apart again is not so scary after you do it once.

Iggy, Do yourself a favor. There is a connecting rod bolted onto the motor. On the other end of that piece is an undersized bolt that carries the full load of the saw. It broke on my Delta and a few other Dewalt & Delta owners on this site had that happen also. Take that bolt to your hardware store and buy one like it, but stainless steel. Stainless is a harder metal. jerry

In order to remove the entire jogger arm assembly, you have to do that. I've watched the videos and depending on what you're trying to do sometimes you can keep it partially assembled. Part 3 is the best one for seeing the total teardown.

Scott just take your time and go slow. When you get tired walk away from it. A bearing may look okay but be bad. Also don't save the new bearings go ahead and put them in. You have already taken it apart. Be sure and put both the needle part of the bearing and the sleeve in at the same time. When you get it fixed you will be so proud of your self.

Good luck Iggy, my heart goes out to you for I also excel at taking things apart but Jeeez do I ever suck at putting things back together.

And I thought "Bob Marley and the elephants" was the name of a singing group! Nice work.

You certainly did a great job with the box. Only improvement I can suggest is trade that Coors for MGD,,, much better.

Very nice! That pattern has been sitting in my drawer on the do list for some time. Now I know I'll finish it after seeing your work.

Both look great, can't go wrong with a Marley. jim penquin

very nice workmanship

Well done all around !

Great cut & Great pattern !!!

Love it.Absolutely Awesome cutting of an Awesome pattern

Aggie you and Gale did an Awesome job

Great job on a great pattern Thanks for sharing

Great job Thanks for sharing with us

That certainly is a great pattern by Gayle. You did a great job. Marg

Looks pretty good to me. You did an excellent job. Marg

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Aggie, you just can't go wrong, when you use one of Gayle's patterns. Nicely done! Len

This is no help to the original post, but for those of us that do not have access to a club, this is our club here a SSV and what a good one it is.

Extremely well done!

Good job. Horses are great, but they eat too much....

Love horses,that is beautiful. .you did a great job on it

I use a 12" box fan with a trimmed down 3M filter taped to it. I get it as close to the table as I can running it when cutting. I also run a dust collector. If you look in the bottom right corner of the pic you can see the hose resting on the bench. Additionally I have 2 - 24" fans. One runs all the time I'm in the shop. The other I move into place to capture the most dust for a given operation other than scrolling e.g., routing.

Home Depot has the perfect stud for compound cutting. It is labeled "Select Pine". It is a clear, no knot, stud. Usually located near the "Craft Wood" display. John Old Dust

Just bought some wood from Woodchuckers. I happened to be in Toronto, so was able to tough the wood. They shipped it to me in Winnipeg. $1/pound. Arrived by Canada Post. They said if I wanted more just to call and request, they would pick it out. woodchuckers.com 1-416-241-8654. I would also check out Windsor Plywood - best place here in Winnipeg,

You'll see green Alligators and long neck Geese some humpty back Camels and some Chimpanzees, Cats and Rats and Elephants but sure as you are born your never gonna see no Unicorns . It really scares me that I remember that!!!!! Great job Scott I love it.

Hi all, I'm Rob, in the Southern Cape of South Africa. I jumped in at the deep end 19 years ago, with Intarsia from Judy Gale Roberts' patterns, and was hooked! Since retiring 13 years ago, I have become increasingly involved with woodwork in general, building stuff big and small on commission.I am always amazed at the numerous applications that the scroll saw has in my on-going work, quite apart from pure scrollsawing of patterns, I also produce scroll-sawed items and other small woodwork for a weekly craft stall that I am involved with, and one of my favourite types of commission is to produce signs with raised scroll-sawed lettering. I have a Hegner Multicut 2S. I look forward to participating and learning new things from this friendly group.

The weather guy was on vacation and just got back today and opened my puzzle. I had sent it to the TV station. He posted a Thank You on Facebook. I may need to hire him as my puzzle photographer. LOL

Beautiful job. What are the dimensions of the finished piece?

I agree with Miss Katie. I have bought from these folks and they are good people. If there is any damage while shipping they will take of it pronto.

Check out Windsor Plywood in Victoria Mark for exotic thins and other exotic woods they stock that'll make you drool. I purchase majority of my woods from them. They also have many outlets located on the mainland.

We have many Canadian members, someone will be along shortly to help you. I think http://ocoochhardwoods.com ships a lot of places,

I just finished cutting this 11x15 inch picture of the Taj Mahal in Baltic Birch plywood on my scroll saw. Pattern design by me using GIMP2 program. Pegas 2/0 spiral saw blade.