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Built this for a good friend, for his grandson. Had a few places that should be better, however for my first go around I was pleased. I can tell ya, it was very relaxing.....nothing to think about except the saw and the wood.....one of my son's came up behind me (I did not notice him) a made a comment on the name.......scared the sh&% out of me. Can't want to get back on the saw.......Thinking about doing a cross for my beautiful bride. Be Safe & Merry Christmas!

I designed and cut this pattern last week. I'm a big fan of Hawaiian art.

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

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.

Just another scenery pic that I cut two weeks ago.

The birdhouse is for my wife. She loves bluebirds. The display stand is still in work. The fox will go to the park's nature center. They have an activity room for kids.

JT, I greatly appreciate you sharing your thoughts, just as I do everyone else here on the forum. One thing, and I've stated this several times. I do not count on the money I make from my puzzles for income. I purposely don't talk about any of this in "money" form as I think that's just rude or sounds like bragging, but the $20,000 I made in 2017 from scrolling is purely spending money for me. It's spent on fun stuff, things my wife and I want to do around the house, etc. My full time job pays me many times that amount per year and I appreciate every dollar I earn whether it's from my job, my "hobby" or my new tourist map business I'm starting up. I share my experiences so that others can see what I make, the fact that I am able to sell them and if others want to follow suit, so be it. If people don't like my posts or comments, by all means, skip over anything you see with my name on it. But I personally know of half a dozen scrollers who sell these puzzles, some longer than I have, and others who have started since seeing my work and hearing about my experience and they're enjoying it just as much as I am. I'll admit, I have a sweet little thing going. My wife and I moved to the beach 3 years ago after decades of hard work and we both still work full time and I have found something that I feel passionate about, scrolling animal puzzles. I enjoy every single moment I'm cutting as well as going to all of the events that I sell them at. And yes, I enjoy coming home with a pocket full of money. But I don't feel pressured or driven to make and sell them. If I have to miss an event due to weather or other commitments, so be it. Everyone scrolls for a reason... they enjoy it. Some enjoy it for different reasons than others. Same as with any other hobby. I'll keep sharing, and those that are interested will keep reading. And by all means, continue to chime in. Don't misunderstand any of this as me being upset. I don't get upset about things. I'm too easy going and I actually enjoy deeper discussions. I just wanted to be sure to make it very clear. I don't force myself to make 5 puzzles a day. I enjoy those 2 hours I spend hearing the hum of the saw and seeing the end product laying on my drying rack. Merry Christmas to all and everyone cheer me on to hit 1600 sales in 2018. ;-) Iggy

Am on holidays Dec 15 - Jan 02 so lots of time in shop. Here are a few of the items done so far, in between working on my yearly "why the heck am I doing this" project. The two ornaments I found on Pinterest and they screamed cut me so Jan can paint us. So I did. The moose is a pattern by Travis cut on two mahogany drawer side edge glued together. The sign is a cutting board I found at work and knew instantly what I was going to cut in it. Reduced the thickness to 5/16 inch and I have no idea what the wood is, but it sure looks nice. Jeff

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...

My solution to this problem was to get a dogs squeaky toy, remove the squeaker and put the pipe in the hole, then glue the squeaker under the bottom arm.

Oh how I remember those days also. The big thing was the blade clamps and Deltas corner of the market on them. They were built like a tank but required changing of belts for speed change and keeping oiled. Looking at that photo, that was not even the early ones that they had. But the memories and war of words of who had the best saw. Now there are so many more saws on the market and many are just clones with different paint colors. There use to be a couple that scrolled with a hand fret saw and the work they use to produce was amazing and you could not tell the difference. Brings back memories.

Len I understand what you are saying and I agree Iggy does that for a living or at least part income and depends on it. All well and good. You know as well as I do there are people who turn pens for a living and they chase that golden dream of making it rich doing something they love. Great more power to them. At one time I too had those visions but realized I make more money in my day job and can not figure out the fickel market of buyers from year to year and to rely on this for family income is suicide. Health care, IRS taxes, doing shows and the wear and tear on your car as well as the body. Believe me, I have been there done that. It all goes away in time. He has a niche in puzzles. Not putting anyone's work down but if you want to make a project that is not time consuming and very forgiving then puzzles is the way to go and if if you do not finish them even faster. Hardly any pierce cutting with puzzles like he does so again time saved. They sell well for him as well as others and this is all good. But when you push yourself in anything the body does wear down. As I said I hope he sells more than he has made and has orders for a ton more. Hope this year is his best and next year even better. Hope he has to hire some people to keep up. Maybe he needs to go on Shark Tank and get one of the Sharks to invest. Take it to the next level. Kevin and all others who do what they do for a living weather it is scrolling or turning or crocheting good luck to you all. It is a tough fight each and every day and I am thankful I do not have to do what you do. My hobbies are just that hobbies. If I wanted a job I would have stayed working. If you are around machinery or working with dusts and toxic fumes please take care and do not operate machinery when tired. Bad things happen. Take care of the eyes and lungs. You only get one set. Having fun is still part of the equation and when you lose that it maybe a sign to get out. I hope my original message did not get lost and it sounds like I am being hard on Iggy or anyone else. I am not just want to see him and others continue to post here over the next coming years. Numbers are just that numbers. Mean nothing in the big picture. As I said in this thread and others I could not do what some do here and that is make one thing. I would be bored out of my mind and maybe that is what happens to some and that is why they need goals. I have told the story before, I took on a customer order for 500 ornaments with great aspects of doing mayny more because she owned a couple stores. I did 200 and told her to find someone else. Not for me. We are all different have have different goals and one of mine is not to boar myself. I need variety in my hobbies. Again good luck to Iggy, Kevin and any others scrolling for pace this year. Hope 20018 is your all time best. Economy seems to be doing well so people are spending. I will be rooting you on.

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.

Yes John, scrolling is a hobby, but only a hobby for most of us. For Iggy, scrolling is a business, and with it being so, he has to have a schedule. He has to have so many puzzles to start the year out with, and to get the amount needed he has to cut so many per day or week. Most of us don't operate this way, we only cut when we want to. But with Iggy, it's a business, and if he wants to stay in business he has to cut, no choice in the matter. So scrolling to him, isn't like scrolling to the rest of us is. Most of us don't want to make it into a business, because we don't want to ruin a hobby. Where Iggy looks at it like a business, not as a hobby. He cuts and sells to much, for it to be considered a hobby. Plus, he advertises his business, and he claims and pays taxes on what he buys and sells. He is all business, not hobby like us. Len

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!!

Really great idea! Lots of useful stuff on this site.

Schwibbogen, mini birdhouses, intarsia. I would also like to incorporate turning and carving with scrolling.

I haven't been in shop much last few weeks but I plan on some various intarsia projects this upcoming year to build up my intarsia skills.I am looking at the great horned owl. I'm not quite ready yet. I definitely have to finish up my maloof rocker this year. And oh yeah fix and clean up that shelf that collapsed from piling so much wood on it.

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:

I've returned my last rattle can of glitter .no more head aches.Now i spray with shellac and touch my finger in glitter in containers and touch where i like .it sticks and then i spray again.Rattle cans clog up way to fast even tho i follow the directions to the "T. I've wasted so many dollars on glitter rattle cans ,rust oleum and krylon both .

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

I use an aquarium pump and tubing. If you saw really sow like I do the bellows are pretty much worthless. The pump is blowing a nice stream of air all the time. Cheap and works forever.

I wish I was closer to Milwaukee, that would be in the shop in a minute! I currently own one that I purchased in 2005 and I cannot tell you how many hours it has on it and it is still going strong! True there are a lot of parts that are no longer available, one that comes to mind are the complete blade clamps. The "handle" to open and close the clamp is no longer made but the pads and spring are still available. There are a lot of parts that would not normally be needed during the life time and some of the parts can be made by a good machinist. This saw pictured has had very little use and has many years of good service ahead of it! Erv

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night, RJ

I try not to talk about it money wise.. and I don't believe I've ever posted how much I make.. I do talk orders.. but that is a deceiving number simply because a order can have at least one item or as many as a million+ LOL..... In my mind it's none of anyone's business how many ornaments etc I sell / have sold etc etc.. or what the best selling items are.. as stated... everyone's location etc will be different. The biggest thing that hit's a nerve for me is one telling another that it can't be done.. nothing like shooting down the confidence of someone thinking they want to start a business doing crafts.. everyone is wired different and wouldn't know whether they could do it or not until they TRY.. I do make it clear that it's a lot of work and discipline and certainly not for anyone that has little motivation.. I never say they cannot do it.. BTW.. JT you mentioned Health care insurance a few times in some post about business expenses and how one just may not be able to make it on their own relying on this as income.. Just for the record.. Etsy actually offers a group insurance plan for those self employed.. I don't know much about it as my wife works a regular job with insurance benefits.. so at this point I don't have a need for that.. but it's there if I chose to do so..

I have and use the P-20 every day. With the wear shown it's a great deal. I believe the saw weighs in at 125 lbs. If I lived closer I'd pick it up as a second saw. I've had mine for about 10 years with almost no issues. You just have to put some Loctite on a few nuts and keep it oiled. You can top or bottom feed the blade. The quick clamps are great.

Good for you Iggy. One thing you said and I feel the exact same way. " I purposely don't talk about any of this in "money" form as I think that's just rude or sounds like bragging," I agree with this statement because so many factors go into making money and selling. We all do not live in the same area and we all do not put the same effort or same purpose into selling. Many just make for giving away and that is fine. We all scroll for different reasons. I am glad the topic spurred on some conversation. Makes for more interesting reading. May all have a very Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring good health and good fortunes to all.

Merry Christmas to everyone and may the new year be the best ever.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Merry Christmas, Bobby....and a Happy New Year

I'm not a big fan of paint probably because I am not good at it. Those are Great projects. Your cutting and your wife's painting are a match made in heaven. Fred fret Wichita, KS

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

Nice work !

Those look great thanks for sharing

I have been commissioned to make crosses for a nursing home where my cousin works......they give a cross to each family when their loved one passes away......last year they had 87 deaths.......here's the 1st one.....8"T .......plain ole common pine burned with torch.......quick & easy to make......they just put in their 1st order on ten......

The ornaments at the top are from this years Ornaments for Charity collection, as soon as I saw them I thought of my youngest daughter and her family so I just had to cut them. The gingerbread men and the other two ornaments were part of an ornament exchange with dgman (Dan). Marg

Hey Iggy you are in no way irritating me. I hope you make and sell everyone you make. You know it will come to an end though as all projects do. Saturate the market and that is that. I challenge you to do 2000 puzzles this year. Why set the goal so low??? As long as you are enjoying yourself. Hope you are taking safety seriously when it comes to all that dust. I enjoy making many different projects. Challenges my mind more that just puzzles. My lathe takes up much of my time these days anyway. Good luck to you on both making and selling. I do mean that. At one time I used a magnifier for just a light source, now I can not scroll without it. Age does that someone told me.

Great ideas done well!

Great results from great patterns Dave Jeff

I have a floor standing magnifier but along with that, I have some 4+ reading glasses. The patterns look really intimidating when I first print them, but I try not to get too psyched out until I look at it through the magnification. Everything looks more manageable when you magnify the heck out of it. Ironically, I have pretty bad eyes, so much of my stuff is too small for me to see without my glasses. I wish I would have started this back when I had young eyes.

Hey neat idea............Must try in the New Year.......... Merry Christmas to you and yours.................Merlin..................

My eyes are also perfect... that is until I put my new glasses on and then see what I really made

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.

Iggy, My new Hawk worked great out of the box and i still have not had any issues. I also still have my new 788. To me my Hawk cuts more aggressive & faster than the 788. I think once you get comfortable with the Hawk your speed will increase. For cutting 1" thick wood for my intarsia I don't think the 788 can compare. The only thing I use the 788 for now is cutting either dowels or raising / sanding shims out of 1/4" ply. Brian

I had 4 offers for it,all low ball,My friend bought it then the next day he changed his mind as he was drunk then calls me 4 hours later and says he still wants it??????????????wow.He my banjo teacher!

PVC,base board is what i cut ,course blade slow speed ,cuts like butter!

I think that I am correct. The names reflects multiple members of the Harris (and Pellow) family so is plural rather than possessive. My wife, who is an ex teacher and very good in English agrees with me. So, for the record, does Steve good who created the pattern for the Pellow and Harris signs.

nice job

Looks good. I hope you do not have to make many this year. Sounds tough but you get my thought. I too have used the torch method before. I was an electrician for over 40 years and in the early years we would get our wire on wooden wire spools. Back then they use to just throw them away. Now they recycle so there are not available any more. But they came in all sizes and I use to make outdoor furniture with them. I still have a small table with a chess board inset in it. Use of various ropes and burning with a torch really dressed them up. Thanks for showing.

Great work. I first saw this type of "finish" in Mexico. Did some basement shelves like this. It seems that when selecting a board to purchase, the more knots the better. jerry