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My wife and I never buy each other gifts .........the only thing we really need is tools. I came up with this idea that I thought would be fitting for an anniversary gift to give her. Very simple pattern but I love the message.

First off a Family sign cut from the side of an old bookcase. Pattern is by Steve Good. I sold one of these last time so I am hoping this will sell too. Next is a Sun plaque from a pattern by Bobscroll. And finally a Resting Stag from a pattern by Bigdogskitten11. Thanks for looking. Rob

"you can call me Iggy Kardashian." We can't do that, you've got skills! Russ

I wasn't planning on cutting any more this week, but I received 3 custom orders this past Saturday and Harvey got them to me quickly and it gave me an opportunity to do a real test of the Hawk. First 2 puzzles cut out of poplar. Meet Duke and Luky (yes, Luky, pronounced 'Lukee"). I haven't oiled them yet as I have one more to cut either this evening or in the morning. I also tested the new Pegas Modified Geometry blades in a size #3... they are thin... thinner than the Olson Mach Speed #3 I usually use. Overall, a grade of A+ so far. The saw and the blades did great. It's definitely slower cutting than I'm used to, but actually, I kind of like it, it's more relaxing and I hope to stick to a schedule of 5 puzzles per day as opposed to the 10 a day I've been doing the past 3 months in advance of my event this weekend. The saw ran well, it turns sharper than the DeWalt by far and I feel very comfortable using it. Bottom feeding and blade changing are easier than I expected and I'm almost as quick with it as I was with the DeWalt. The Pegas blades are fantastic. I think the #3 wears out a little faster being thinner, and that's OK, I just have to be sure to swap them out rather than try to force them. I'm very happy right now. Iggy

There is another big blog post on Steve Good site on our star, way to go Scott, RJ

Here's a different neighbors dog. Cut by me / pattern by me

Starting on Christmas projects.

And we all here can say "we remember when you was just a common man". All kidding aside very happy you are doing so good. Very nice write up Steve gave you.

Hi Iggy: Everywhere I go now, I see Iggy this, Iggy that, and your great work. Not sure if I'm the only one, but when I look at your work/videos I'm puzzled!!! Anyone else get that feeling? Stay safe and keep it fun Fab4 P.S. Mrs. Iggy is a smart woman

Last week on Thursday I felt like making a bracelet as I don't wear a watch anymore with the fact that I carry a work and personal smartphone . These are a mix of domestic and exotic. Wood Made a mini one for my 5 year old son cause you know he has got to have one of everything I cut The pics suck cause I lost daylight. Getting great comments at work and a few on the train...

Somehow a corner is missing

Great looking Puzzles.Awesome that the saw preformed that great,Wishing I had one.It is on my wish list.

Hi Rob, Neat scrolling and finishing on all three projects! Nice wood too! Bob

Love the sun.

nice job

very nice work

LOL.. Just looked the breed up, it is a nice looking dog but that's not why I' m cutting dogs it just happened that way.

3 beautiful pieces of artwork you have crafted there. Good luck with the sales. I love the Family one - I really need to give that one a try - would make nice family Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing.

Keep an eye on it and go see a Doctor if it doesn't start getting better soon. Glad it didn't hit you in the head! My FIL did that once - luckily it was a smaller branch. Prayers for your healing.

I am truly flattered by Steve's article. He was way too kind. Thanks for mentioning it RJ. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/

OK, now I'm beyond honored... I emailed Steve yesterday thanking him for sharing my videos and since he'd mentioned wondering what my booth setup looked like, I included some pictures... Well he wrote an amazing little article on his site this morning... and amazingly he was right about everything he guessed and assumed... I do take blades with me to show people, I do have a stockpile of pre-wrapped duplicates behind the tables, etc, etc. I'll be making a video Saturday morning as I setup for my weekend event. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/

Terry, Another great pattern and cutting. I just figured out why you do so many dogs( which is ok by me) your saw is Atika and a very nice looking dog is the Akita.

Those all turned out great !

Great cuts they all look great.

Great job!

Fantastic work like the resting stag.

Love the Resting Stag,I have had some luck with that one.The Sun Plaque is Awesome,Love the wood you mad Family from.Excellent work.

Great work on each. Nice choice of wood also.

Terry,A Most Excellent job.You neighbor is gonna Love it.

All of these are excellently done. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

He's cute. Great work Terry. You will be starting on the neighborhood cats next. Marg

Brilliant

You are getting excellent advice !

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

im with ike, a #5 or #7 polar blade if it was me, but you could use a skip tooth, or even ultra reverse if the urge hit ya. My preference is the skip tooth or polar blade. which ever cuts the bets. Pay attention in your pine. the blade may have a tendency to follow the grain of the of the wood.

A Top Dog production! Best dog of all= someone else's.

Nice work as always Aggie. Really making the neighbors happy. Thanks for sharing.

You could use a #5 or #7. i would go with an Olson's match blades. IKE

You win for comment of the day. Hilarious!

irfanview is a free photo editor and it's got a lot of good stuff. Conversion is as simple as opening a pdf in irfanview, and saving as a jpg. If you're wanting to do patterns later on, irfanview is good for taking a picture and easily converting to b/w or eliminating the background one shade at a time to make it simpler to manipulate in inkscape or gimp.

I just tried this online tool and it worked. Apparently it will only do 1 or 2 pages at a time unless you sign up and pay, but if you're doing single page pdf's, you might be able to keep using it. :-) https://docs.zone/pdf-to-jpg

I told Mrs. Iggy about it this morning and she chuckled... "Scroll saw blog?" I said "Everyone starts small... you can call me Iggy Kardashian." She refused.

Thanks! The way I seem to go I bet I will make 40-50 of these before I get tired of making them for a while. The trick is cutting my stock thin enough. My table saw is not commercial\ industrial grade... Lots of smoke.... Good thing I wear a half mask

My free wood supplier i promised a beer mug.well i found a good one yesterday so here it is!

The lady I'm making these names for, wants a total of 4, this is the 3rd, made from 1/2 Walnut, and I want to also thank birch bark for this and all my patterns

Hi Wayne, Corgi is one of the popular ones I sell. I didn't realize it was missing from my website, I'll be sure to correct that. In the meantime, here is a snapshot of a custom one someone ordered with the name TASHA.

I was cutting down an old tree in my yard,1 of the branches broke off hit me in the leg,It's all swollen,from my knee down to my toes.No clots,just bruised and swollen, can't put to much weight on it yet.Thanks