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Got this pattern from the vault and is by Travis. I think it has to be the best pattern of Elvis I have found. Only took one hour to do just a very few frets but has enough to make a great looking picture!

Paw - key hanger birch plywood 6mm (1/4 inch), stain size 5x5 inches

Mugs based on Steve Good pattern. I used 3 coats of a epoxy resin and then added 2 coats of Alumilite Amazing Clear Cast Epoxy Resin it's FDA food safe after cured. Beer mug is teak and acacia, the next is teak,next is bamboo,the last one is acacia

Made a couple of these Razorback plaques in the last two days , still like the painted finish and clear gloss glazing them . Have four of these that were wanted by one certain Gentleman . Still like one more to make , have plans to finish these at one time in the next warmer day we have . Thanks for any comments are welcome !

I showed the cutting of Elvis now want to show a picture of the person I gave it to. To me giving a project to someone as a surprise is a great feeling! She is a very big Elvis fan!

A few days ago i asked for help on a 2017 Corvette pattern....Russell, Frank and Terry came through for me !....I started wit franks pattern, Tweaked it a little adding a little from Russell and terry's work....Anyway,Thanks guys ! This is what the neighbor got !

This is from a recent Steve Good pattern. It is made from one board, with the figure's outer perimeter cut with the table set at about a 3 1/2 degree.That allows the wood spirit to protrude a little over half way through from the back. I like the idea, but if I were to make another one I would redesign the mouth/mustache area, as I think it looks too big. On this project I used stains,rather than my normal oils, to try to make the backboard look like barn wood and the have the wood spirit contrast by being lighter. I have very recently built out a new shop and I'm just getting started making sawdust again. I hope to be a bit more active on this site.

Here's my response to Travis' challenge. Titled "Sweetheart clock". Maple with tung oil finish. Pattern bought from Wooden Teddy Bear. 33 years ago, come this Wednesday, she said yes. Man! How "time" flies!

I have three, my starter saw a porter cable, the daily use ex-21, and a friend stopped by, said he'd trade me an old delta scroll saw for a beer - price was too good to pass up.

I just finished shrinkwrapping last weeks production... I got almost no cutting done the past 4 days as I focused on getting the pattern area on my website completely re-done. Hopefully I'll get some cutting done this weekend.

Well here's 3 of the Ambrosia Bird Houses I finished. I saw the one's that Dan did with that type of wood and I wanted to try some. When I got the wood, I didn't realize they came coated with wax. I ran one block through my table saw to get the wax off. It was a little messy but it worked. I have 3 blocks left that are 4 x 4 x 2. I might make some ornaments out of some of it. I dipped these in Lacquer 3 or 4 times. I might try a different finish on the next one's.

1/2" molding

Well here's 3 of the Ambrosia Bird Houses I finished. I saw the one's that Dan did with that type of wood and I wanted to try some. When I got the wood, I didn't realize they came coated with wax. I ran one block through my table saw to get the wax off. It was a little messy but it worked. I have 3 blocks left that are 4 x 4 x 2. I might make some ornaments out of some of it. I dipped these in Lacquer 3 or 4 times. I might try a different finish on the next one's.

This is my stepsons Harley

This is for my other stepsons girlfriend. Pattern maker unknown my wife found this picture of the metal mermaid and I modified it to a scroll saw pattern

Back up's ,spare parts on hand,i keep 10 Dewalt 788's on hand just for that reason.i got them 1 at a time on craigs list for low low prices.A motor is over $200. and i can buy used complete saws for that much or less.

Very nicely done,I like it on a stand, it's one of the best logos in sports imo. I to have done the hawg.

Why multiple saws?............Because we can..

Awesome.. Thanks for the tip..

I use windows resizer also. Make a folder for your resized pictures. Select all the pic's you want to resize then right click and hold move over to folder you created then release you will have the option to resize all of them to the new folder

I use Windows Resizer. Go the file folder, select photos, right click and choose Resizer. There are option for how large to make the images. You could select a entire Fowler to resize.

Room is done, now I just have to find the time to put tools back in. Looking forward to setting up my new Flatmaster. It arrived just before the work started so it's not even out of the box! Hopefully will get the room mostly loaded this weekend.

Well finally got down to trying out my new Jet SS. All in all worked great. Only drawback had to use cheap ply from Lowes. Had a few breaks and chips along the way. Patter from Steve Good.

With all the talk lately about blade clamps and threads stripping out etc etc.. Do any of you clean and lube the threads on your machines? Maybe a year or so after I bought my 788 I noticed the screws was catching / binding a bit.. I took them out and cleaned the treads with brake cleaner or carb cleaner on both the clamp and the thumb screw.. then gave the screw a drop of light oil.. wiped off the excess worked it in and out a few times and it got much smoother working.. I now do this as regular maintenance.. Maybe why I haven't had any issues with my clamps? I don't know.. but sure didn't hurt them.. Just be sure not to get any oil on the ends where the blade is clamped.. If you do then even pliers probably won't tighten it enough to keep from slipping LOL.. If you do get oil on the end.. spray a towel or rag with the cleaner and just wipe the tips in the soaked cleaner a couple times..

I'm using a Ryobi SC-160 and Vermont American blades. I've broken several blades in short order which doesn't surprise me as a noob scroller. I'm looking at ordering some better blades online so I'm sure that will help, but I'm looking for more tips on preventing breakage. I presume there's a tension sweet spot, not too tight and not too loose? Slowing down on tight corners? Matching the correct blade(s) to the wood thickness? All of the above? Thanks in advance for your advice

They are snapping at the bottom about an inch above the pins. I forgot to make a mental note on what was being cut at the time. I don't think the material was particularly difficult stuff but I could be wrong.

Excellently done mugs. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Very nice wooden Mugs !...Nice work !

The 3 coats of a epoxy resin and 2 coats of Alumilite Amazing Clear Cast Epoxy Resin makes them definitely watertight .

These are great what are you treating them with to make them watertight. Roly

I never even thought of such a possibility. Well done!

great job

Very nice. Man the guys are great coming up with such great patterns. Well done to all concerned. Marg

Wow you certainly nailed the inlay. It looks great, well done. Please excuse my ignorance but what is a dulcimer? Marg

thank you pattern master Frank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so I've been having problems getting my Amazon store set up.. finally was getting things figured out and ready to put my first product listing up and wham! another problem.. Amazon requires a minimum 500 pxl on the shortest side of the picture.. Okay so I have about 400 products to add to the store.. each product has at least 5 pictures .. This will take all year to get done LOL.. Anyone know a good bulk picture sizing editor to make the process faster.. I'm almost thinking about retaking the photos with a different camera setting to achieve this.. or just aborting this Amazon store project altogether LOL

Teach us how Travis. Please! Ray

Thanks, that makes sense.

Drum sander I believe.

Do you have Photoshop? If so, you can write a quick batch script.

I'm glad to see you're having fun this week also Kevin. LOL I only have 160 to go in adding my watermark to patterns... Zoo animals and Non-Puzzles... all the others are done...

2 hands, 2 eyes, 2 feet for footswitches....2 times the work out at once.

I do ever so often. After cleaning I put a little dab of "Anti-seize" on the threads of the screws before reinstalling them.

I only have one. I certainly don't do enough scrolling to warrant having two or more. If you make your living with that skill, that's different, but as a someone who scrolls (woodworks) as a hobby....I can't afford the space or to tie up the cash having a saw sitting around collecting dust. My wife and I have been trying to divest of "stuff" we don't use so when we pass-on the kids won't have to do it.

I have 2 saws. One is a Hegner Multi-Max2, which was the original saw that I learned on. The other is an older Delta 20" variable speed saw that a friend gave to me recently because he never used it. I stuck it in the corner of my shop because when I first looked at it, the table was rusty and it was covered with dust, so I thought it was just a boat anchor. However, I started doing work with thin material and was wishing I had variable speed on the Hegner when I remembered the Delta. I dug it out, cleaned it all up, and discovered it actually worked okay. So now, I have both saws set up and ready to use for what the project calls for. Also, like many others here have said, "One can never have too many tools!"

I've been purchasing my baltic birch ply from Ocooch hard woods. I noticed they had a deal on hardwood seconds. These are pieces that might have some defects and can't be sold as "scroll saw ready" wood. They might have splits, knots, off sizes or need sanding. I bought the 20 lb box of domestic hardwood seconds. What I got was great...received some red cedar, black walnut, maple and oak. These would be great for segmentation, intrasia or general experimenting. I'm going to try their exotic wood seconds when they have more. http://ocoochhardwoods.com/scroll_saw_lumber.php

Usually it end up in the scrap bin but recently I cut this Tui bird on a flax flower: I took the "waste" modified it slightly to remove a fragile piece and the place where my entry hole was and surface mounted it on another board. Ended up selling both which was a great result! Rob

Ok Here is a photo of one of these done in cedar. I used ash instead of oak for the main body. Ash is lighter than the oak I had and gives more contrast to the cedar. I made three of these, so far.

Exactly what I did and sold more non cut puzzles.Mounted them on a base with or without a clock face.What really went over big at the animal shelter was the Rescue Cat and Dog mounted on a base.

Last week, Sheila Landry offered this pattern free on her website. I used 1/2" Redheart approximately 6" x 6 1/2". I used FD UR #3 blades and finished with spray Shellac. This was a fun project to make. Comments welcome.