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I finally got my saw going a little better. It still clunks along but works. I did this trivet pattern Bob posted a short time ago. Thanks for the pattern Bob. I used Spalted Cherry my brother gave me.

I again used my pencil flame to add caricature. It is mounted on a log slab. John Old Dust

This is a picture I've wanted to do for a long time. I first saw it on Pinterest, liked it so much I saved the picture. I could not find who did the pattern. I had made up my mind that if I couldn't find the pattern, I was going to use the picture as a pattern. A couple weeks ago I was looking at Alex Fox's patterns and there is was! I purchased the pattern. Finished cutting it today. It is cut in 5/8" popular. Not a difficult pattern to cut.

I have gotten a kick out of all the Harvey Byler patterns that Iggy (Scott) and some of you have been posting.....I purchased these three from Scotts site....I wanted to cut some for Kids 31/2 to 6 yrs old and thought that they might travel better and be easier for the young folks to work with if they had a surround rather than free standing.....anyway this is my take....cut from 3/4 poplar and pine with 1/8 BB backers painted bright colors......The kids seem to like them and I hope you guys do too.......Cut with FDUR #5 and #3 blades.......Steve.

I am... At a cool little breakfast and brunch cafe in my local town of new Westminster just outside of Vancouver. I hung 16 pieces up this morning before it opened to customers. Lots of interest after day one. Wicked comments, gonna go have brunch in the morning to hang out, going to go solo and hang out at the breakfast bar... I have enough pieces to rotate stock all month...

This lighthouse is on the Georgian Bay shoreline of Lake Huron just down the road from a friends long-time family cottage that is now hosting its 4th generation of kids during the summer months. One of those "kids" is getting married in a couple weeks - at the cottage - and this piece is destined as a wedding gift. The cutting is 1/2 inch walnut backed by 1/8 inch baltic birch that has been dyed black. The frame is cherry. The finish is polyurethane buffed out to a fairly high polish (bit of an experiment - have never buffed a project out to this degree before). Learned a serious lesson about dust with this project - have always vacuumed, wiped and taken a tack cloth to every project between coats - but this time I also learned it is important to vacuum your clothing as well - ended up with 6 very visible dust nibs when I passed my arm over the piece during spraying - I did sand them out and completed an additional spray - but they are still faintly visible if you know where to look - my saving grace is that my wife couldn't find them till they were pointed out ..... meaning ..... if she couldn't find them then it's unlikely anyone can find them ..... Comments welcome. Jay

Not sure if it's like a wave, a few have said it reminds them of a wave but anyway it's really neat, was going to put it on a neon background but it didn't work IMO.... Cut from oak kitchen cabinet door. Lost daylight had to use flash...added a alight pic

Calling this one vortex, or tunnel I suppose. Cut from old oak kitchen cabinet door 1/2 inch. Lost daylight had to use flash... And then one without flash the opposite direction... Edit added pics with daylight

Just finished this one a week or so ago.

As I am a huge proponent of recycling wood I personally would steer clear of pallet wood for children's toys puzzles or anything they could possibly put in their mouths as palletscan be very toxic because you never know what has been on them. Just a point to think on

I just wanted to say congratultions and thank you for choosing to use more recycled wood instead of new good luck with the metal detector

My Thai friend gave me work that pays.he wanted the letter 3/4" tall. Here you go!I messed up ad drilled a hole on the letter "V"I saves clean dust from the wood Paduka? my friend says he can fix it,i detailed filed the spots that needed to be cleaned up with a jewelers file i think it took 12 minutes to cut each board .

Boy,is been a long time since last time I post anything.I think I post some project I been working this days Terry

Here is a picture of my setup from yesterday's craft fair. It was a beautiful spring day which being an indoor event perhaps limited footfall a bit but I enjoyed myself and made a decent profit. Iggy's dog non-puzzles were popular. I can see myself ordering some more patterns. Rob

Ha! I didn't know that was you who bought those patterns. Nicely done!

Good job

I like your work Bruce, Well finished too! Thank you for letting us see, Bob

Really nice work you've done there Terry, Thank you for posting, Bob

Very nice!

Great Job!

Great job Paul, kind of a cute looking fellow. Jeff

Great pieces. I will have the song "Amazing Grace" going through my head all day today....

nice work

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

Very nicely done. Love the wood used. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

The saw that you are using with the spiral blade also makes a difference. especially when you are trying to sneak up on a small detail. If your saw has a very aggressive front to back motion it will be more difficult to control the cut than if you have an almost vertical stroke.

Great job, Paul

Looking good Paul !......Nice detail

Very nice work !......Love the wood !

Now that is some Beautiful wood,Fantastic job with the cuttingLove Bob's pattern.

I like using them for pilot holes but for routing i think they won't hold up.Thanks Crupiea !

gorgeous! well cut!

Nicely done!

Great work on the trivet

way to go. You have been one busy guy. I like them all Dick heppnerguy

Some fine cutting Dan. Beautiful.

New ideas are always high on my charts. I love this simple addition to the regular patterns. It sure does add a lot to them Dick heppnerguy

I like the way you think Friend. My guess would have been to mount a beer holder.

Just finished adapting a lamp to my saw. Works great. Just need to wear sunglasses when cutting now. Actually I've not done any scrolling lately. My shop is kind of in disarray because I'm redoing my dust collection. Gonna happen Thursday then I'll be back in operation.

I don't wax on, wax off I use WD40 PTFE or SILICONE spray and the PTFE is great for double glassed window hinges in fact any hinge no sticky residue for dust and grime to stick to http://www.wd40.co.uk/wd-40-specialist/

Really like that Steve. I'm thinking you should put hangers on the back so the kids can hang them on the wall when not working them. Well done.

I have used the spirals since I started doing this great hobby and before I found out about the different sites on the putter about this hobby and the spiral blade was given a bad reputation even than, but not knowing that the blade could not be controlled, I ordered some along with the flat blades and found that with a little practice I could do just as well with them as the flat blade. When Jeff Zifono, not sure of the spelling, was doing so well with the patterns he created and the write ups in the magazines and the cd he produced, I learned about the better ways of using the blade. For instance, if at all possible pull the work toward you and not pushing it away from you, this will give you much better control and you will cut straight lines much easier. The main thing to remember is that if you don't want the cut to go left or right, don't move the wood! The blade does not have a mind of its own, it is just following what has been introduced to the teeth of the blade! If your fingers moved the wood just the slightest amount left or right, forward or back, the blade will remove what was put in its path. I know that all of this sounds logical but just take a look at the photos that has been posted by 2 other masters of the unwanted blade and tell yourself that the blade cannot be controlled! Erv

Great job. I really like the Lab.

Thanks every one for the comments.. That's what I do now that I have my Hawk.. Love being able to have some pre-loaded blades of different sizes ect too.. I use a Sharpe and mark the bottom of my holder what size the blade is for easy reference.. The Ford was cut on my Dw788 before the Hawks showed up..

Hi RJ. The traditional method of Marquetry is using veneers. The method I use is called Double Bevelled Marquetry using ⅛" exotic hardwoods with ⅛" backboard. I really enjoy this style of Marquetry and in the process of doing more of the traditional method. You too will love Marquetry being it can make many projects pop. Samples attached.

At its most basic, the primary function of a spiral blade is to permit the cutting of pieces that are otherwise too large to spin around within the throat of the scrollsaw. There are other functions where they perform quite nicely, such as veining. Patterns without a lot of straight, smooth lines (such as most portraits) are best suited for spiral blades. Any fretwork that incorporates straight, smooth lines and sharp points & corners doesn't lend itself readily to the use of spiral blades. Spiral blades tend to leave a little rougher cut edge, so I don't use them on anything that is thick enough that the cut edge is highly visible. The ability to use spiral blades seems to come more naturally to some than others. I taught myself to scroll using straight blades, but have been able to adapt to using spirals, without a lot of trouble. I know several veteran scrollers who won't use them because they can't control them. I think, like most skills, using spirals can learned, with practice.

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