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Finished today , painted it Gold . Three different pictures are shown in different lightening , it was a little had to cut but the big yellow Dewalt hit another home run . It is a little late in the season to show but , I've been so busy that is the first chance. I've cut anything for my wife this season . She saw this and loved it and took a picture of a this resin project , she came up with the pattern and I cut it( she was delighted ) MD

Thanks to Old Crow Scrollwerks for this pattern It took me 3 weeks on & off to complete this one .It is A4 size cut out of 4mm marine ply using 2/0 & 3/0 spiral blades.I also made the frame . This one was sold even before I had finished it. Cheers Peter.

I asked for a pattern to be made of the church were James Dean's funeral was held. It is Fairmount Friends Church in Fairmount, Indiana. My wife helped to restore the stained glass windows (180 of them) working with a company out of Jacksonville IL. Russell (Birchbark) was able to come up with a pattern for me. He said the pictures of the church wasn't very good to make a pattern off of but I think he did a great job! In the picture the round windows look egg shaped but they are 6' D circles. The picture makes them look odd LOL. By far not my best cutting. There isn't a lot of detail but were there is it was hold your breath time. I used a FD #3 UR an FD New Spirals #3. Cut the lines first then cut with the spiral. I am not good enough to cut straight with spirals. Thanks Russell for the help!!

Hi All. It's been months since I started this project and it's a one of that I can say I finished in 2017. Happy New Year all, Roly

These are Sue Mey patterns. They are cut from 3mm cheap ply and sprayed white. The are about 4 inches tall from memory. Marg

Just finished this. I made it out of Basswood

6.25" Wide x 8.50" High x 3/4 " Thick You can purchase pattern from: www.WoodcraftByScott.com

We gotta be careful here ...... or people might start to figure out we're hiding a secret ..... and want to get in on it ..... I gotta show a picture of my workshop - these pictures were taken a few years ago - the poorer quality picture was taken on a morning the thermometer hit -43 and just after the shed was fired up. Today my scrollsaw sits on a the bench in front of the lit window. There is nothing more enjoyable than spending a chunk of a winters day in the "Shed" under conditions like these - icing on the cake is when the bird feeders are active, snow is falling, wildlife is visiting and, of course, making some sawdust ...... pretty tough to beat. Jay

Because Montana is for Badasses. I don't handle heat very well, And I grew up here dealing with this type of winter weather. I know how to prepare for snow and blizzards, and how to enjoy them. I can't imagine having to gather up everything every few years and clearing out for a hurricane, or dealing with all the people in Washington, California, Texas, or the northeast. I know this place isn't for everyone, but that is why I live where the air hurts my face.

The glue job worked OK, not great but OK. I decided to dye the cup and the steam. Then, spray a couple of coats of clear varnish high lustre over the whole thing. I quite like the result and, more importantly, so does the neighbour that I made it for.

This has been an interesting thread and responses. I thought it was courteous to the poster to "attempt" to stay on topic and answer questions. Based on the responses, I am wrong and little effort should be made to stay on topic and I think that I will join you in bringing up whatever random topic pops up. This could become entertaining....Thanks

Hey Sycamore67, don't worry about it too much. I am guilty of doing this quite often. And it is always unintentional. But, for me, it's more of a conversational thing. I'm reading along and something in the thread will jog my brain and I must jump in and either say something or ask a question. that may or may not be related to the original post. I'm sorry for doing it but I feel that it's like we are all just sitting around chatting and it's an informal atmosphere so the subject can change or take different directions. The original poster can jump in and steer it back to where he was heading. I certainly hope nobody is offended when I do this and if they are, please tell me. But, being new to this hobby, I have many questions buzzing around in my head and if I was to open a new thread for every one of them, it would never end. Ray

I whole heartedly agree. I used to visit a popular model railroading forum and many times people would flame (if that's the word) each other. It got to the point to where I no longer go there. I've been a member of this forum for over a year or two and I visit it about every other day. In this time I have not read where anyone has been mean to others. Yes, there are disagreements, but to me, when there have been, it has been respectful. And to that, I say thank you to all of you! Gonzo

Amen to all the above. Personally, I consider life to be too short to get my underwear in a knot over something trivial. jerry

Birch plywood 1/6 inch (4mm) finishing - gloss varnish blades: inner cuts - #0, outer - #3 of LuxTools (Germany)

like to wish you all Season's Greetings and all the best in 2018. Hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas with family and friends. Christmas here was joyous with family, friends and six beautiful grandchildren. Been in the shop restoring a few antique hand planes. Soon as the weather turns for the better I'll be back in to start another project. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

I absolutely love old farm scenes and yours is great! You can take the boy out of the farm but you can't take the farm out of the boy.

Especially nicely done.

I remember when that heatwave occurred in Texas. Not a normal thing though. Every place has it's extremes. Ray

I'm with you Crupeia. I have lived in the cold when we were up at 8500 feet in Colorado. Never again. Snow is for skiing. Nothing else. And now, I'm too old for that. So, I'll be staying where it's at least moderate. Never to be cold again. And, I don't care how big the fish are. Ray

That looks wonderful. Great work by both of you on both cutting and pattern. jim penquin

I cannot agree more with this.. My inlaws live in Texas south of San Antonio an hour or so.. anyway visited them back in 2010 ( I think ) while there every single day was 105+ one day was 127F and we went to a little creek place where a lot of folk go to cool off.. the water was what we would consider the temp of a hot tub /sauna thing.. no cooling me off in that.. LOL I deal pretty well in cold..until it gets into the low teens or lower.. then I get cold.. but.. on a positive note... Most of our winters are at least mid teens with only a hand full of what I would consider stay in the house kind of cold.. and even then.. it's not very often it gets that way.. Also rarely get to a heat where I feel I have to stay in the air conditioning.. . That said though.. My wife has some health issues that the cold really bothers her.. but also so does the heat.. so... I may move south one day.. but not to a place where it's extreme hot or cold.. maybe somewhat in the middle.. We both love Tennessee.. not sure how cold or hot they get there.. but we have talked about going there on and off.. once the kids get through school and probably after retiring.. Or we'll buy a second home or another travel trailer and just go south for the worst of the cold days.. which the worst is typically mid Jan. to mid Feb..

Well dad gum it Paul, you just keep yourself in Washington. Luckily he is holding it for me till Sunday. It's just that Sunday sure is taking it's time getting here.

I guess if you live in areas where winter weather and a few days of extreme cold is a deal breaker then you've got a problem .... those folks who hate the cold around here and have reached retirement age seem to like spending their winters in Florida, Texas or Arizona. Fortunately we enjoy every season - winter included. The deal breaker for us is summer heat - and we ask exactly the same question of those who live where summer temperatures sore to extreme levels: "Why the heck would you live there?". Jay

Can see why it sold. Very fine work.

I'm receiving my order today!!! Can't wait to go through them! I think I ordered 8 old mags.!!!

very nice job

Lots of thin scary cuts. Great job!

I agree that one should not attempt to take a thread off track but that it is quite OK, and often quite interesting, when a thread does wander off somewhere else as a natural result of conversation.

Down Right Fantastic!Love the Frame.I can see why it sold so quickly.

Thanks Bob ,no just ad lib 1

thank you thank you ,a a very merry christmas to you and yours,belated

I have this pattern,but was never brave enough to tackle it.Splendid job Roly,I was wondering why you were so quite this year with projects nearing Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks terrific Peter. You did a marvelous cutting job. Marg

Very impressive indeed. Time certainly well spent. Great work Roly. Marg

Wow... wow... Russell

That is amazing! Curious what kind of glue you used. It appeared you applied an adhesive to several pieces and then assembled them. Was it like a contact cement?

What a wonderful piece! A labor of love fore sure. You are blessed with patience.

Lake of the Woods is there. Walleye fishing! Yeah

Paul.It is Down Right Awesome.Beautiful job.

Yea, in the old days I could work in the cold. But now, my arthritis does not get along well with the cold. I feel fortunate to have a heated in the winter and cooled in the summer workshop.

Fortunately it is 55 here in Denver. Think I'll go out to the shop.

Wow !...That will not be on my to-do list anytime soon !

I made a giant bowl of popcorn and just sat back to read everything as this thread went wildly off track. LOL That's ok, it keeps things interesting. The last of the family members just left after the holiday visit, now I can do some cutting for the first time in 2 days. To answer your question, 3 solid days of cutting plus a 1/2 day making some last minute orders and the saw is working perfectly. I'll report back if anything changes, otherwise assume that I'm using the Hawk full time now.

Boy did this thread go off topic! Now getting back to my favorite part of this topic. Anymore discoveries regarding the Hawk.?

It seems like doing just puzzles would be boring.. but what's the difference of doing just clocks. Seriously???? Not sure what type clocks you do but no way am I doing 1600 clocks. Each clock I make is a different theme or design. I will make duplicates of 3 maybe 4 if they are a seller. Just had to post to this comment. Please do not group me with a puzzle maker. I am a clockmaker. Not too many people here focus on one thing from what I gather from reading past posts here. Have to do what makes you happy.

While I wouldn't like cutting the exact same thing day in and day out... but.. I really do enjoy cutting the same things for a few repetitions.. I enjoy challenging myself in cutting it faster.. I have some designs that I'm so used to cutting.. I probably could almost do it blindfolded, LOL .. but in reality I find that I do get quite a lot of variety with the various items I sell.. It's not always cutting desk clocks or wall clocks.. or ornaments etc etc.. then I've always got a customer asking for a custom or personalized spin off of a current design.. I find it very interesting what some of the "customers" ideas are and many of them are very cool ideas that I will sometimes offer on my site.. It seems like doing just puzzles would be boring.. but what's the difference of doing just clocks.. I'm sure iggy get some odd request with either custom names or just different types of animals etc etc.. Is it more fun designing and cutting something completely new? Yeah sure it is.. I do quite a lot of "New" items throughout the year and add them to the inventory.. something nice about online selling.. I don't have to cut all this stock.. and I rarely get customer after customer ordering the exact same item several times in a row... yes.. I do have the "popular" items that I make 4-5 of every month.. again.. not usually ordered one right after the other.. I can also control this.. simply by not relisting the item when it sells out.. so I can have a break from it for a week or so if needed.. I do this type of stuff during very busy holiday seasons at times..

I originally gave a lot of thought to what Scott is doing and how he is doing it. But, I must admit, I'm a "one shot wonder". I love to make stuff but I very seldom make more than one of something unless required to. Ray

I shut down every winter. Using inkscape to make Coat of Arms for my 2 siblings. Am 1 1/2 done with these 2 patterns. Not intarsia in the sense that you would expect. Have no desire to own various types of wood at my age. Will cut from 1/8 & 1/2 BB and paint the pieces with rattle cans.

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..