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A very easy pattern for a spiral blade.I loved watching this one come together with my peripheral vision! 10.75" x 8" Fiber board1/8" thick

Here you go Paul, Jan finally took a break from quilting and painted the burrowing owls. She also did a few of the other recent projects. Enjoy. Jeff

I'm recouping well from my neck surgery but will still be out of the shop for a while. I made this some time back. I worked on a farm for several years during high school and college. I recently saw this cool picture of the wife of the farmer that I worked for on her facebook page and surprised her with this. The layout of the picture made for a fun wooden 3D representation of it. Hope to be back in the shop in a few weeks.

So, I took a normal Celtic Heart cut, then using the Arbor Press/Dapping Kit from Harbor Freight to dome it. Turned out pretty neat I think. ------Randy

I was so excited to see our first Hummingbirds last weekend here in Justin, Texas that I had to finish up a project that I have been working on. It is a handmade, inlaid picture using a combination of maple, cherry, cedar, mahogany and poplar woods.

Better than 15 yrs. cutting and have never posted anything! but I cut this for my son and I kinda like it!!!

Some plastics can break down with finishes that have minerals spirits and other mixtures. Waterbase no so much.

Showed Dad a pic of this pattern and he rattled off what year the truck was and how the scene reminded him of growing up. It is his birthday on the 20th of this month, so decided to cut it for him. Alex Fox pattern, stack cut three 1/8th BB ply, 11 X 14 using mainly #3 Sawbird ultra reverse blades. Jeff

The very first thing I do with those cans is cut that plastic ring off. When a can of Danish oil gets gummed up I usually have other cans of mineral spirits or acetone that I empty and just save the caps. Those cans at HD do come with lids and can get in quart or gallon. I will usually put left over room paints in them and label. When I pour danish oil back in can I use a funnel designated for this. I am constantly pouring in and out of those cans. I love my Watco Danish oil. When Home Depot stopped carrying it and Watco stopped making it I was a maniac going from Homer to Homer buying up all I could and I still have some left which I am guessing maybe 25 years ago. The new stuff when they got so many people screaming for it and brought it back on line they changed the formula to meet certain guide lines and it is not quite the same but still good stuff.

I use a wine bottle with a screw cap & just give the top a wipe before rescrewing the cap back on.The best part is emptying the original contents.

aaaaahhh yes, the old measure twice cut 10 times situation! heres what id suggest: what wayne said. basically, picture your trim as flatwork.

Howdy All. The calendar tells me it's spring, but the weather doesn't seem to agree. Regardless, it's time to get into the shop! I know I love seeing shop pics. I don't know what it is about them. I just love seeing how other people work. So, this month's challenge is to share pictures of your shop...mess and all. Share a pic of your workshop. Multiple pics are encouraged. Or, if you're so inclined, h'bout a shop tour video!? It doesn't have to be fancy. When you post, tell us a little something about it. What you like or don't like about the shop? What improvements would you like to make? What kind of work do you typically do? Any unique setups that make your work easier? I think this will be a fun challenge. I can't wait to peek inside your world. Have Fun!

Completed my first "official" scroll project. I love the sun/moon images. I have them all over. Now, I have one that I created. I put a couple of coats of deft on it. Decided that there was no better place to put it than on my new cabinet from where it came. The first of many to come. First lesson learned.....relax.

Finished my chess set after starting on it about two years ago. Set it aside doing other projects knocked off the dust and finished it. Made with cherry, walnut and poplar. The pieces are from Diana Thompson's pattern. They are made out of poplar and the dark ones are stained walnut. The board pattern came from Woodworker's Journal, Rick White. I made every thing 3/4" bigger to go with the bigger chess pieces. The size is 4 1/2" x 21". I think I will make a table for it. May take another two years LOL.

found this Hawk for $450. Thoughts?

Lowes sells them too. As does some hardware and paint stores.

When painting I usually do a quick coat of something clear. I use the same acrylic top coat that I use for the finish, but you could use the pre-stain stuff. The first coat seals the grain a bit and make the pain go on a bit smoother. I use acrylic craft paint. I typically use this stuff from Michael's, but there are other similar brands at all the craft stores and even walmart.

I paint mdf projects by sealer or primer first then paint spray or craft paint. I very rarely paint real wood. Fredfret

Call RBI and give them the serial number. Ask them if it has one of them Fasco motors which had problems. I had done that. Good luck Sam

I don't paint a lot of my work. The few pieces I do I use a water based craft paint. Seal the project first to prevent raising the fibers.

The sun/moon was my first scroll saw project that I painted. It was painted after. I use spray paint. It takes some time because it has to be taped off to paint the different colors. If it's going to be a saved project, I would spray a clear coat sealer after all the painting is done.

Great job Kevin and that is in fact my neighbours Yorkie that I made the pattern from great to see it cut Thanks for posting a picture

Something you can do for keeping the lids so they twist off easily is to wrap the threads of the jar with Teflon tape. Same stuff used for plumbing. Finish won't stick to it so opening and closing is good. If the tape wears thin or anything just re-wrap the threads on the jar and your good to go. I learned this one the hard way while using canning or mason jars to keep special blends in. Wrap the clockwise and apply about 3 layers of tape seemed to work best for me.

Mayo jars, thanks Dan. I use lots of mayo so I can get all my cholesterol in one shot. I'll save them. I'm thinking I could place wax paper on the top before screwing on the lid. I also like to see through the glass.

Cut from Red Oak.

The formula as I've read it is: W of piece + w of framing * 2, - width of rabbet. So, an 11 x 14 piece with a 2" frame with a 1/4" rabbet should be: W = 11 + 4 - 1/2 = 14 1/2 W = 14 + 4 - 1/2 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 HOWEVER - that never works for me LOL - I simply measure the width of the piece and that becomes the "short" edge of the miter and subtract the width of the rabbet. I prefer to use 'L" molding rather than fuss with miter cuts since I've not used my router more than once LOL Also, I always cut both sides together so they are always the same length - top and bottom have to be equal and left and right have to be equal

The easiest way I found and quickest is to cut the miter on one end. I go back to my bench, lay the art work on the frame upside down and mark the corner of the art work. Take a small carpenters square and bring that mark up to the top, line up the blade on my chop saw then make the mitered cut. Seems to eliminate getting measurements wrong and does not take much time to do it this.

Keep forgetting to take pictures,Works come in scrolling .Took my dw788 apart 3 times one day, regreased everything except connecting rod journal and still, something is wrong?

I use 50/50 BLO and mineral spirits. I also use some other things for finishing. My problem is, when I put those things in a jar to save them I have a problem removing the lids when I use them again. So the question is how do others store these things? I am thinking of finding something like a plastic container with a plastic lid that won't stick when trying to open it. So, give me some advice.

Mine is serial number 5696 and I bought it new in 1996. It has the square clamps and is an Ultra if this helps you any.

Changed the frame and restained/painted the frame a hundred times....had a hard time finding a frame color that went with the patern

Glad to hear you have had your latest cervical fusion completed and are recovering. Prayers that all continues to go smoothly for you and you can get back to the saw sooner then later. Nice work you crafted here and I am sure she loved it. Thanks for sharing. Good to see you back.

Nice job all around Kevin's cutting of Frank's nice pattern. Good team work! Thanks for sharing.

thank you rocky.... lack of space is a great motivator...

nice job

great job by you and your wife

fantastic job

great job

Nice work thanks for sharing

Looks great thanks for sharing

Nice job on the pattern Frank. Nice job on the cutting Kevin.

Well done charlie.

Looks good to a country by!

Beautifully done. It's great to have your wife participating. Being a cat lover, I think the cat one is great.

You and Jan did an awesome job..........love them

Wow!! All beautiful work! Thanks for sharing!!

Nice job Randy. Love the way it looks.

I like them all. The cat made me chuckle.

i use a lot of luan. it is so easy to pull fibers out as you remove tape. i have learned to use blue tape only to tape layers together for stack cutting and applying "Duck" clear shelf paper to glue the pattern down. but above all never remove either "with the grain". slowly remove across the grain and you will have much less tear out. -chris