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I've told people that the blades I used are as small as a regular sewing pin, but both are so small, it's kind of hard to know for sure without really really zooming in. So out of curiosity, I scanned the smallest blade I commonly use. I assumed I would get a profile view, but was thrilled to see the front which give an idea of the actual kerf. I can't really see the teeth with the naked eye, so it was nice to get a zoomed image. Anyway, I though this was really neat, hopefully you will also. Click the picture below so see full size, so you can see the teeth.

If we have any Firefly (SciFi) fans here, this one is for you. I about chickened out on this cut because when I printed it out, several of cuts were not much wider than the Kerf on a 6/0 blade. Took a chance and it wasn't as bad as I had feared. My source coin was not near big enough for this pattern, so I had to smash the heck out of it to get it to a cuttable size. I really needed a bigger coin, but, you do with what you got. Below is the original so you could see what I was going for. If I had the talent for painting, I might try to paint that outer ring . . . but I'm not.

I did a video of myself cutting out my best selling ornament for this year..( just shy of 100 of these sold this year) Probably the most boring 20 min. video you ever watched.. but I know some that will watch it all the way through..I taped 4 boards together ( usually do 5 at a time ). Excuse the movements in the camera.. I taped my phone to my Magnifier light.. was tough doing this as I couldn't look through my magnifier light because my phone was there.. so I cut these looking through my phone screen.. I had to slow down the saw and cut slower than normal.. probably about half my normal speed at cutting these.. This particular ornament sells for $15.97 each. I can cut approx. 20 per hour on a good day.. but really my average is more like 15.. as you can see in the video at about half speed I cut 4 of them in 20 min. This is my first YouTube video so be easy on me, LOL If you like the video subscribe to my YouTube channel as I will be doing some other videos on my process and some other type of things as time allows etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcygntBix0

Requests have been coming steadily,avacado is the first pvc 1/2" x3.5" material i ever cut ,cuts like butter,a customer wanted to see what i could do they have lots of names needed for cottages they rent

Hi Ya'll, Not new to larger wood working projects, approx. 19 years ago I had to sell a large part of my tools due to the birth of our triplets (needed the $). Fast forward......now that they are away at college I have much more time to pursue my interest. Since I have been back into wood working (approx. 6 months) I have built my smoking hot wife a Farm Table and Computer Desk. In my hunt on the internet for different ideas and projects I have become hypnotize at the detailed work I have seen others complete on a scroll saw........the fire has been lit! Looking forward to learning something new & different. Be Safe! Skip

I cut these on Friday and finished them over the weekend. The bunny is for my granddaughter and and the ferret is for my daughter. The wood is 3/4 in Coach Wood. Marg

I did 2 of them for my grand sons. I cut out the letters, marked the space on the front of the toy box. Traced the letters to the box then routed out the area where the letters would go. A little clean up with a sharp chisel then glued into place. Hope this helps.

A customer suggested a planter to resemble a vintage truck. I liked the idea. After searching to no avail for a pattern; I turned to my old source T & E designs. After a large amount of trial and an overly abundant amount of errors; the photos are the result. It is made from rescued cedar fence material. The size is 14 inches long, 7 inches tall and 5-1/4 inches wide. The rjR standard unless instructed not to by the customer, the light torching was also applied. The clay pot is a standard 4" form H-D. I may have to try to make some ???? Patterns from this. I will be making a few more of different styles as I bought 4 pots. As always ideas and suggestions are appreciated.

Made the name out of 1" Red Oak and the base out of 3/4" Red Oak . Was a little harder to cut but really popped especially when I put the light red mahogany stain and lacquer finish on it. Think the customer will be happy , a rush order for a Christmas present . Any comments welcomed .

Yeah... it was the end of a long day of cutting clockwise so I was trying to unwind...

Depending on the direction of tilt on your saw, if you cut one direction the top layer will slide into the bottom piece. If you cut the opposite direction the bottom piece will slide into the top piece. It's always good to mark the pattern as to which direction you want to cut. Practice on some scraps first.

My wood suppler that moved 2.5 hours away gave me an order for more stars.I told him i could not do this size years ago ,but as hungry as i am now i said ok .Little did i know he wanted 1900 of them.I stack cut 4 at a time and at the end 5 at a time.He drove down with 1/8" x 6" pine .I used up every inch i could at a dime a star.I used a #5 or #3 blade scroll reverse from mikes.I'll count them tomorrow.He also brought me a load of oak,some walnut and various other pieces to knock off $50 from the bill.These are big pieces so i can do something with them readily 1563 stars!

Thanks sooo much to Sasho for sharing a couple of fantastic patterns.

Hi All, Just finished staining wiseman #2. My problem now is do I varnish each individual piece or glue the pieces up for the front and the back and then varnish ??

Special Thanks to Grampa for the pattern. I made this for a guy I meet a couple months ago. His Dad raced this car back in 77.

Been busy fos a couple of weeks,getting ready for Spring.Here are what I have so far.I know one of the Owls is Roly,s.The other I can't remember.None of the Pickups are mine.I am goning to have to start writing down names when I leave my shop.Anyway Thanks for some Fantastic patterns.Please enjoy.

Pattern from Steve Good , this is the second one I've made ......MD

Finally back to normal, missed a couple of days do to the Flu, spent all day yesterday in bed, feeling much better now. edward

Just ordered one. Thanks for the tip.

Very nice work, Dave !....Sasho and you make a good team !

Rolf a drum sander can do much more than a sandflee in my opinion. To be able to dimension wood is a hugeeeeeeeeeeeee plus in my book. A random orbital sander or pad sander can do exactly what you mentioned a sandflee can do. To me it is a waste of money for what it does. When they first came out I could never figure the fascination of it. Still can not but if there are good sales pitches out there then they will sell. I presand all my project wood to at least 180 and final sand to 220. Drum sander and pad sander is all I need. Just a note whenever you sand in a straight line the lines are visible thus the random orbital sander was invented. Good luck though.

Very well done. Those both came out great. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Those are both super, like them, great cuts also. Are the patterns available for others somewhere? Thanks for showing them to us. jim penquin

I have the Jim Dandy Easy Lift attachment added to the saw.. don't know how I used to saw without it now that I've used it for about 8 years.. LOL You can get them at the link below.. but it'd be real easy to make one yourself too.. with just a few dollars worth of hardware from the hardware store.. http://www.jimdandy.com/products.html

Very nice video, Kevin. I notice you are able to pull top part of saw and it stays there, how? I am able to the top part up but need to hold it to stay there or it falls right down :(. Am I supposed to make any adjustment?

Yeah I know exactly what you mean.. I also like to watch a "real time" video.. that is unless it's an hour or more long..

Nice, I noticed you always cut counter clockwise, RJ

Good job I think Kevin, and I'm glad you and Iggy did your video's at normal speed. I hate it when people speed up what they are cutting to where you can't see what their normal speed is. If that makes sense.

Yeah, not to sure about that.. my son does video reviews of lego builds and toy reviews etc.. He's been trying to get me to do videos for at least two years now.. but I am really camera shy and most times when he wants me to do one.. I'm on a mission with doing an order or something and never could get it worked out.. He's pretty hyped about me finally doing this one, LOL

A star is born!

JT the Sand-Flee style of sander can do lots of things a regular drum sander can not. First off it is not a thickness sander. There is no height limit to what it can sand., so if you have a box it is very easy to sand all sides., I use mine to flatten the backs of my intarsia assemblies. I also carefully sand some of my finished fretwork with the mop that I have on the output shaft and also on the flat. I used to pre-sand all of my ornament blanks on it, half of the drum has 180 the other 220. A couple of passes over each grit did the trick. But now that I also have the Supermax I pre-sand an entire 50 inch long strip with 220 grit through it, saves me a ton of time. This video is a bit too much like an Infomercial, and I have told him that, so look past that as it still shows some of its capabilities. There are lots of videos showing this style of sander. Price wise it is a bit of a luxury tool but very well made with a smooth direct drive motor. Mine does get constant use as do most of my tools. I am a bit of a tool junkie. and lucky to have the resources to accommodate my urges. The limiting factor now is space. These are my unbiased opinions and I get nothing from any of the manufacturers

Looks Gorram good!

thank you Bob,do you scroll?

Len, these are Pike blades and this specific size is used only when I need very small kerfs. I use 3/0 much more often. I did use this 6/0 size for the entire "Serenity Cut" that I'm getting ready to post. I usually shop Amazon for these blades. Shop around, and be careful because some vendors aren't clear on quantity. I aways look for 144 (gross) pricing.

Lawson, a 66 Ford ranger, I didn't think the rangers were made way back then. Nice bit of scrolling, you have been busy. Len

I found that on my Delta, I do not adjust the set screws to center the blade in each holder. In 1 holder, I have the blade to the right & in the other, to the left. Take a scrap, cut the width so that it just fits on edge with the blade down. I cut it to a point where it touches the blade. Next, raise the blade & see if blade "moves sideways". That helped mine. Good Luck Friend.

Wow, I know these old eyes of mine would not be able to do the beautiful work you do Randy, thx for showing, RJ

Well Skip.. lets see some pic's of your stuff. BTW.. having a smoking hot wife is pretty cool... but my hubby knows that when ya get my age 65.. my last chance of a smoking hot body is cremation.. LOL. Look forward to seeing your work. Janie

Katie is right . It would be an inlay within an inlay. Jim Finn on the forum is an expert at inlay. By the way, he is from Texas.

LOL.......8 to 10 hours.......I needed a good laugh today, Thanks

"simple & straight forward" . . . "8 to 10 years". You are a lot younger and more patient than me! But then I no longer by green bananas for fear they may go to waste.

I think that the middle of the letters becomes sort of an inlay on an inlay, If that makes sense.

WOW Bobby they are top drawer stuff! You did a great job scrolling them out! Thank you for letting us see, Bob

I think you really hit the mail on the head square and true with this statement.. I break blades with my Hawk.. and more so if I haven't used it in a while after using the 788.. i believe in my case.. I'm pushing the blade too much.. I'm used to the aggressive cutting of the 788.. I like to cut fast and the Hawk seems quite slow going for me.. which is really my biggest drawback from the saws.. My 226 has as many SPM 1750 as my 788 does.. but at full speed I was getting a lot of vibration... so I have to back it off a ways.. whenever I cut on the Hawks I feel like I'm forcing the wood through the blade...especially after the blade has been in the saw and cutting for about 10 min or so.. I ready for a new blade.. If I'm not breaking blades.. I'm still changing them well before I would need to on the 788.. I haven't cut much on my new EX-21 yet but I can say.. the SPM are slower than the 788.. but the blade clamp design is much like the 788.. and seemed to be cutting pretty much the same as the 788 would at a slower speed.. I kind of wonder about the blade clamp design of the Hawk.. you see they are allowed to rotate and or flex because they are on a round pin at both top and bottom.. which when pushing on them you can see that they will rotate to the back slightly.. the 788 and EX saws the blade is clamped firm into the clamp and it is a much more rigid blade once clamped and tension is applied ..that the blades are on the Hawks.. So yeah.. for me I'm quite certain it's because of the less aggressive cutting of the Hawk.. I do love cutting thin wood on it because it's easier to control what's going on with it..Just that.. well... I don't cut much thin wood.. well I do.. but typically stack cutting so.. it's not thin wood, LOL almost always cutting 1/2" +..

Good luck to you Dan! I worked 12 Hr day's and 12 Hr nights....Monday to Saturday running a large Machine about 25 FT long, After three months I was washed out and left to get My life back! Bob

Great job Don I have not attempted this style of cutting yet but if it was me I would varnish after glued but that`s just me