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Down to the last Christmas request. This time, I'm experimenting with a design requested by a friend. This design is similar to the Yamaha logo, except I modified to try to make it 3d. This was cut on the Eisenhower with Pike 2/0. The straight cut's within the tuning forks are just a bit wider than the kerf of a #2. After polishing, had some gunk in the cuts, and could not fit a pin in to clean it out, so I used a piece of broken blade.

Got a little last minute scrolling in getting ready for Christmas. My sons gift a storage box for his hot wheels the logo will be in the middle of the lid soon after paint of course

It is fun to read the comments and viewpoints, keep 'em coming. But folks, keep in mind, I'm 53 years old, I know my limitations, while at the same time I know what I enjoy and what excites me. I mentioned earlier everything I have going on, yet I get 7 1/2 hours of sleep every single night and I spend the evenings with my wife. I don't let any "work" or "hobby" take away from my family time or my sleep. I'm enjoying the fact that my "hobby" makes more money than someone working full time at a minimum wage job. I'm enjoying the fact that if I really wanted to, I could make a modest living cutting puzzles full time and selling them 2 days or 3 days a week at various events. I'm in sales at my full time job and at any given time I could be pushed out the door even though I've been with my company almost 12 years, that means nothing anymore. So, basically, right now, I have 2 contingency plans... puzzles and maps. I've grown accustomed to working from home, not having to travel and if I have to, I'll make the puzzles and map businesses work so that I can continue to support my family without having to dedicate myself to an employer that has no dedication to me. I make a lot more money than most at my day job and I don't want to walk away from it, but if pushed out, I want to have options. And right now, I have those and feel good about it and am enjoying myself every minute. PS - 1600 is all I'll be able to handle as long as I'm doing this part time.

Have been using those for years for edge gluing boards. They do work well. Make sure you pull the roller off and soak in water. I clean mine after each use. Easy to do.

Kevin I understand he is on a high and not sure how old he is but when you set goal numbers where do they stop. He does 1600 this year what is it next year 2000?? You become a slave unto yourself. You are whipping yourself and for what. One day you wake up and it maybe all gone. Time is a precious commodity. Never will I put myself in a position to have to work 24 hours a day to meet fictitious numbers. I give him the credit he has that ambition but also feel sorry. Yes everyone is wired different as someone said but deep down you have to know when to say UNCLE too. Wish him and all others that scroll for pace good luck.

I had posted a couple months ago that I needed a pattern of a 55 Bel Air. I had a few people help me out and submit some patterns to get me started. Well I finally squeezed in some time to create one myself. I hope you guys like it, and I hope the Lady ‘s Husband I made it for enjoys it too. I am so proud of this one. That car is perfect to make into a piece of Scroll Saw Artwork.

Don't usually make anythings for myself but today I did, a Steve Good pattern . Had some Cedar planed up and though I'd do something that I wanted to make . Marshall

My wife wanted a snowman. I made her a 6 foot snowman.

This started off as an running joke with a good friend of ours so I decided to try a simple sign design to see if it would turn out. I used 3/4" pine for the letters and a 1/4" birch ply backer. I used Edwardian Script ITC for the letters and I stained the backer with Dark Walnut and use Gloss spray lacquer on the letters and a quick coat to seal the backer board.

Gluing my pieces has been a thorn in my side for years. i was watching a youtube video about working with veneers and they guy recommended a glue roller. Man where has this been all this time? Great little tool. Put a smile on my face for sure!!

I will be interested in that discussion. I have the Britetech 5 diopter led magnifier. I love it. If I were to buy another it will be a 3 diopter the 5 is a bit too strong. It replaced a fluorescent ring lamp and is much brighter.

I should have stated, I don't use the magnifier. I have perfect up-close eyesight and don't need any zoom or anything when cutting my particular puzzles.

Kevin, I recently bought a led/magnifying light over the internet - can't remember the brand. I don't like the magnifying part as it makes me nauseous when using. Around $60. My advice is to check out the lights at a store before you buy. I like my older fluorescent magnifying lights much better. bb

The light was part of a package available when I bought the saw. Leg extenders for the back legs and light. I've been thinking of having a couple of windows installed in my garage. There are none right now and during the summer it gets crazy hot in there. The garage doors open help, but without air being able to pass thru it just boils.

Screw it... 7 day test is being cut short to just 3 days... Cuz I'm very happy with the Hawk. 15 puzzles cut over a 3 day period without a single issue, snapped blade or hiccup. I just moved it into my cutting area and moved the DeWalt out to sit next to my backup. I will use the Hawk all winter as I stockpile for next year. Just to irritate JT I'm setting a goal of 420 puzzles over the next 14 weeks. 30 a week, 5 a day with one day a week allowed in which I say "Nope, I don't feel like cutting today." ;-) My first event is March 30-31, 2 days, major event, with an expectation of selling 125 puzzles. I haven't done this event before. Then I have 1 month to replenish for my next show April 28. 1 day event, sold 96 that day last year.

The forward/back motion of the blade on a Q3 saw is almost nothing at the table level, so cutting corners on thin work is no problem at all. If you cut thick wood or stack cut it can pose a slight problem when making tight turns, but up to about 1" thick I have never had a problem at all. The price of this saw is lower than the total crap cheap saws that are being sold, so this is a huge leap in quality of saw and a great bargain for anyone getting started in scrolling. Only when they start to stack cut or compound cut will they begin to wish they had a different saw. I have compound cut work up to 1 1/4" thick with my Q3 and had acceptable results. It will likely be a long time before a new or casual user ever reaches the point where this saw will not do what they want. This is a huge bargain for someone like this. Charley

Nice idea. Thanks for the posting. I lay down a sheet of wax paper & squeeze rows of glue on it. Trowel it with a credit card. Drop the cut fretwork onto the paper, pick up the wood, rotate it slightly & drop it on the glue a 2nd time. Rarely have squeeze out. Throw away the wax paper and wipe the credit card with a paper towel. Just a different path to the same destination.

I have the round wood knobs on top and bottom. Works great.

Hey Brian, interesting that you feel that the Hawk cuts more aggressively. My son lives in Winston-Salem, next time we go up to visit I may contact you to see if I can swing by and check out your Hawk. I may do a drug test on it also as it must be on steroids. ;-)

Great job Dave on both of those you brought sasho`s pattern to life superbly Thanks for showing us

I think different things motivate different people, so nothing wrong with wanting to get a lot of product out the door. If I was "production cutting", 20 minutes a day would have me going the EX/King 16" route. I understand some folks don't like the EX, but it is a great saw and might last a little longer. As far as getting used to something different, the EX would be a lot closer to the usability of the 788 than the Hawk. Even the cost of a new 788 every 9 months might pay for itself, I'm not sure. I'm hoping as Iggy gets comfortable with the Hawk, that 20 minutes difference disappears. ------Randy

Box for Chef's Knife: This box, a Thiers-Issard chef's knife, and a sharpening stone will be a gift for my 15 year old grandson Ethan who is well on his way to becoming a very good chef. Thiers-Issard is the French company that makes Sabatier knives among other things. First of all, here is a photo of the completed box with its lid off: The box is made of Pau-Ferro wood and is finished with several coats of polymerized Tung oil. Below, I outline the steps I took to make the box. (1) Outlines slightly larger than the knife and the sharpening stone were marked on a board of Pau-Ferro which is slightly thicker (14mm) than the thickest part of the knife's handle. Half circles were added to allow one to easily lift the knife and stone. A thin perimeter (3mm) was also all around the outside of the board. Once cut, the interior of this board will be the middle part of the box and the thin perimeter will be glued to the top of the box in order to form the box edges. I designed patterns for Ethan's name and for the Thiers-Issard logo and glued them to a 2mm thick board which is going to be the top of the box. (2) The two boards were cut appropriately on my scroll saw. (3) After gluing a 1mm piece to the top, I pushed FIMO bake-able clay into the cavities: This was baked for 30 minutes in a 265 degree Fahrenheit oven. After cooling down, the clay saw sanded off to the level of the wood with 120 grit sandpaper. (4) The edge was glued to the top and the middle was glued to a 3mm thick bottom. (5) The edges were roughly sanded with a belt sander in order to make everything uniform and rounded. (6) All parts were further sanded down to 320 grit using both a rotary sander and hand sanding, as appropriate: (7) Several coats of polymerized Tung oil were applied:

Iggy we are all wired differently. Whether your goal is 5 a day, 10 a day, or just 1 a day - if it trips your trigger I say go for it.

Jon T Said, "Scrolling is to be a fun HOBBY. Life is too short man believe me. Relax take your time" How true, People are always in a big hurry, Rush ,Rush, Rush. Where are you going that is more important than relaxing and enjoying life? Like a friend told me long ago, " Just wait, one of these days you will wake up dead and wonder what life was all about" I worked a real job for 45 years to earn a living and provide for my family, when I retired 17 years ago I made up my mind that this is the time for my wife and myself to enjoy what time the good lord chooses to give us, I guess if we were wondering where our next meal is coming from I would look at it differently, but thankfully that is not the case.

It’s not totally scroll dawn but the hot wheels logo is and it’ll be painted and put on the box lid

Hello all, I have been working on some modifications to the sanding belt in the jewelers saw. I believe it is the answer. I saw some old fishing swivels near my work bench, and................... That belt is 3/8" wide and is 5" long before gluing. If anyone is going to try this use fresh Super Glue. The first few I made, I used old Super Glue. Don't do that, it takes forever for the glue to dry. Merry Christmas Everyone...

More orders,16 stars ,16 bells and 16 snowflakes which i forgot to take pictures of,they came 2.5 hours to pick up.

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

Pattern in SSWC Fall 2017 Edition. Used a #1 FD blade. No finish on it at this time. Wood is darker than the picture.

Birch plywood 6 mm, finishing - stain, gloss varnish Blades - flat blades #1 of LuxTools (Germany)

There is a couple on ebay at a lower price too.. FYI.. maybe not on there anymore as it was a few days ago..

I have a lot of windows (7) plus the two big garage doors.. during the daytime I never have to run lights in the shop.. I did that mostly because the other garage I used to work in had no windows.. and I practically live in the garage.. When I built this new shop.. I wanted lots of windows and also built it eco friendly.. everything is LED lighting etc.. Originally was ( and may still one day ) going to power this shop with solar panels.. and for those that wonder about the cost... not much when you build your own solar panels.. but that's another topic for a different day..

Welcome to the Village, Joe !....Make yourself at home and share some of your work when you can !

fantastic job

Great project and gift.

Well done.

They sell like hot cakes at craft shows .He makes flags in wood,pine and aromatic cedar all different sizes ,This time they are about copy paper size!

Merry Christmas Roly Scroller!

I've done more of your patterns than anybody's ,were on the same wave length,lol,Thanks buddy buddy!!!!!!!!!!!

Cannot agree with you more JT..

Quite the scroller i see!

Extremely good job.

thanks for the info, I just ordered several issues.

What a great project. And a very nice design. He will love it. You'll be getting orders for more once all his friends see it. Ray

Hey Rocky, for me it wasn't a matter of needing more clamping pressure, I just didn't like the small winged knob, it's never at the right angle to grab and turn and was a minor nuisance. Round knob just easier to use as it's consistent.

My Hawk uses the simple winged knob. I can't imagine having to need more clamping pressure. I use fairly heavy blade tension. C above high C? Never had a blade slip.

I have read at times about people using larger knobs and stripping out the clamps. I do not know the construction of the various saw clamps but might be a consideration. On my Hegner, the clamps appear to be hardened steel so not much chance of stripping.

Thanks for the info Steve. Nice to know. Good time to try and get some issues I am missing. Thanks to Melanie for the link also

Thanks for the info, Steve, and thanks to Melanie for the link. Can anyone suggest the best issues or best projects from particular issues, please? I know one issue had a kayaking moose that lots of people thought was cute. Anyone know what issue that was? God Bless! Spirithorse

Two orders I did for gifts. One for customer and one for my son in law.