Leaderboard

Well, I liked cutting it, but the design is just too small for coin. The eyes are really hard to see.

Hi there!!!! I have been out of the forum for a long time, I´m back, now I´m full dedicated to my workshop and business is going quite well. Here some of my jobs.

I put this little ad together... thought it was sort of funny so thought you all might like to see it..

In Venezuela we have an aquatic rally that takes place sailing the rivers of the country. I understand that in its category, it is the longest rally in the world (http://www.nuestrosriossonnavegables.com/web/) . I had the opportunity to perform the trophies for this competition. Here I show you some photos.

just playing with a new idea.... a different kind of jimmy your thoughts would be great....

I think the ship is my favorite to date... 1/8" BB ply - Golden Oak stain with pre-stain. Frame is pine with Maple stain The light house - again 1/8" BB Ply, no stain just a poly finish. Frame is Pine with Mahogany stain The Love sign - 1/8" bb ply with Golden oak stain. Outer frame is Pine with no stain, inner frame is 'L' ping molding with Mahogany stain Thanks for looking

Well I got some Great News!!! The MRI I had done came back negative!.Although they still can't figure out whats causing the pain and stiffness in my neck at least there is no medical problem.Maybe fatigue or I need a different pillow. I am going down to my shop today and get busy.I have my Dr,s AOK. So you just may bee seeing something by me soon.I hope.

I was in a grocery store (waiting for my wife) and started looking mags. It was that or sort the apples and oranges but the clerks get mad at me when I do. I picked up a copy of Scroll Saw Woodworking, wondering what it was. Looking through it, I thought some of the items were really cool (some not so much). Bought new Craftsman SS, and it broke in the first 4 months. Found a used Dewalt 788 type ! on CL and here we are......... I have always appreciated woodworking but seem to have no skill for most of it. My kids have actually laughed at my efforts to build things like benches and bookshelves. Now I have found my niche.

16 years ago my wife asked what I wanted for Christmas. I said power tools. She bought me a scroll saw. I said I wonder what this is for. I bought a few book and the rest is history. Short and simple.

i have spent my whole life doing different "arts". i did lights , sound, and makeup for plays in my youth. in my 20 i learned how to make life casts and masks and have made maybe 60 over the years. i lived in the house my wife and mother-in-law (yes, and i'm glad she lives with us) for 10 years. without a long story it had structural problems that would cost to much to repair. so we put a house on the property right next to it. with almost no woodworking experience and knowing the house would have to be torn down i began removing the 80yo trim and doors to allow it to live on. SOOO i began building my shop to make t hings for my for my family to honor that home. this is my wife's favorite. she has it full of heirlooms. well sitting at the computer one night i saw some scroll saw portraits and said to my wife "that is so cool. i would love to try that but i bet i couldn't do it". well 2 weeks later a box with my name on it arrived. yep! my wife bought me a WEN. i did lots of outside cuts, became board and wanted to try a portrait. well using the #%!* adapters on the WEN i cut one. i was hooked. here is my first ever.... the hand i made reaching out of the frame is what i am trying now. that baby was 8 months ago. this month makes 1 year behind the saw. in that time i started with a 16" WEN and am now cutting on a 26" Hawk. i scroll because i amaze myself. i still can't believe i can do this. i need to know how far i can take this in both traditional cutting and see how my twisted mind can twist my art. thank you all for inspiring me and to my wife for knowing more about me than i did.

I retired 3 years ago and my son bought me a craftsman 18" scroll saw that looked like it had been left in the weather for a while. I knew nothing of scrolling. Spent a day cleaning the saw table from rust and stepped back when I turned it on. To my surprise it ran well so off to school I went (youtube). My first project was done with a spiral blade and it was a snowman. Turned out well. It was latter I learned spirals were not the go to blade but being new and unknowing that is what I learned with. Bought a excalibur and got to use it a week. My wife tried it and liked it so much I am still using the craftsman lol.

As I outlined in the thread: Steve has been providing several Stick(wo)man patterns in his daily blog and I am making a few of them. Today, he has offered plans for a chess set and board and asks $5 for it. I have already downloaded it and will start work on it soon. Here are a few photos of the set: Notice the way that the board rises on both sides. Here is a link to Steve's announcement of the availability of the plans: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.ca/2018/04/clockclock-scroll-saw-pattern-stickman.html

Well I got some Great News!!! The MRI I had done came back negative!.Although they still can't figure out whats causing the pain and stiffness in my neck at least there is no medical problem.Maybe fatigue or I need a different pillow. I am going down to my shop today and get busy.I have my Dr,s AOK. So you just may bee seeing something by me soon.I hope.

This is the first box I have ever made and it was for my daughters cats ashes. I was not game to inlay the letters without a lot of practice. Anyway the wood is ....... opps I have forgotten, and the letters and paw prints are from 2.5mm bamboo. Marg THE WOOD IS IRONBARK.

I saw this on Steve's site and had a piece of 3/4 pine just laying around begging to be a Butterfly......cut at 1 1/2 degree bevel to pop it out....A nice easy project....Steve good is very good to all us Scrollers......Thanks for looking.

I think the internet is the cause of the demise of many publications. Web sites, you tube and other digital media. Even TV has been a big impact. I used to read Look and Life magazines. I used to have the Britannica encyclopedias and dictionaries. Now, who needs them?

Next, tell her you'll bring home the bacon...

The kids have been a bit like caffeinated squirrels this morning so no detail shots. This is my school shop. I teach 5-12 grade wood shop, grouped by age and interest level. I am at a setting 4 facility for kids with disabilities or other special needs so I have small groups of less than 10 kids at a time. We got a new Delta scroll saw earlier this year that my kids love. We also have a saw stop cabinet saw and a big timesaver sander. The drill press, jointer and bandsaw are all jet.

Here it is clutter and all.

I have to say either you are the unluckiest person with a saw or you just are hard on them. I know you saw alot but I bet I have sawn just as much as you over the years with the amount of projects I did. I started back around 1973 I started with a Dremel 2 speed and sold it when it was still working. I moved up to a Hegner 18" and then bought a RBI 220 and added a 226 and a Dewalt 788 (hardly ever use the Dewalt because of that stupid arm not staying up) basically fell into my lap but my go to and main saws have been my RBI saw and have scrolled the most projects on them. They are still running and never did any maintenance on them except for a worn out front tension lever on both. Never oiled anything lubed anything and they still are cutting like brand new. When do you need to get the message to realize Dewalt is just a mid saw player and move up to a real saw that will last. I hate putting it that way but 2 dozen saws you could have owned a few RBI saws. This summer my saws will be put through a very heavy work load because I am changing up inventory and I will be using mainly the 220 but will need the 226 for my mirrors and golfball racks. I have confidence they will do anything I throw at them. I cut all hardwoods and mainly oak. 2 dozen saws, man I would quit long time ago.

My friends' new wife said whatever your not going to use in the next L6months throw out! I ended up with a lot of stuff and a 14"vibrating Dremel scroll saw.I had it years but when the recession(2004) hit I was out of work and tried the saw and loved it! I've worn out 2 dozen saws since.

Good one Dan!

Hi Jim. I see you are blessed with three scroll saws. Looks like you have all the right equipment to have a classic workshop.

How did I get here? To start with I have been working with wood in one way or another most of my life. I was raised working on my dad's sawmill and logging business. After high school I got into the electrical trade that I worked in for 45+ years. In my spare time I built 2 houses and remodeled one. During this time I acquired quite a few woodworking tools. When I retired I built a lot of the furnishings for our current home including various types of tables, chests of drawers, a glide rocker etc. During warm weather I can comfortably build most any project using my whole garage. I have a 10'x20' heated workshop in the back of my garage. Scrolling is a good type of project to work on during our cold winters here as not much room is required. I have sold some of my work but mostly I give it away as gifts to friends,family, and to charities. Yes I am addicted.

I've been butchering wood, in one way or another for 40 years. I started out working in construction & carpentry. Using the basic skills, tools and knowledge I gained from that, I gradually started making stuff for around the house. After a while, woodworking became my principle hobby, borne more out of necessity and saving money than anything else. Many years ago, when my kids were in grade school, the wife & I were shopping for Christmas gifts for them to give to all of the various teachers/instructors/busdrivers, etc in their life. Being on a limited budget, it was always a challenge finding stuff that was cheap, but didn't look cheap. I decided to try making some Christmas ornaments. I had seen some neat ones at a craft show and figured I could make something similar. I didn't own a scroll saw, (didn't even really know what one was) and for the first couple years I made do without, but it limited my ability to make the kind of ornaments I wanted to make. So, I did a little research and decided to invest in a scroll saw. This was in the early 90's, before I had access to the internet. I didn't even know anyone who owned a scroll saw, so I had to teach myself how to use the thing and come up with my own designs for ornaments. After quickly running out of my own ideas, I started looking for commercial sources for patterns. When I found a couple pattern books by Patrick Spielman, a whole new world of project possibilities opened up, that I had never considered before. I began dabbling in scrolling other stuff besides Christmas ornaments. A few years later I joined a local scroll saw club and discovered yet another level of scrolling and projects. I also learned about all of the resources available on the internet, so now I had access to patterns & blades I had never even dreamed of. That was quite the epiphany. It continues today, as I participate in these forums and see all of the new and exciting ways that folks are using their scroll saw to create unique projects. I still do other woodworking, but scrolling is generally what I do for "fun". My Christmas ornament endeavor has become a tradition and I'm up to making about 100 each year to give away. And my grandkids are now giving them to their teachers, like their mothers did all those years ago.

I have always loved to craft things. While in high school I was constantly in the wood shop. From High School 1977 until 1995 I did other things such as electronics, aviation, IT and the like all the while I carved things. Then in early 2004 I became medially disabled and was not able to work at what I was doing and like a lot of the other folks was going stir crazy with sheer boredom so I purchased a cheap one speed no name scroll saw for $35 and made some things with it. It worked but it was mechanically sloppy, it vibrated badly however it showed me that I wanted a better machine. I purchased a Hitachi CW40 This was a huge upgrade from my first machine. It could do the standing nickle test with no problem. I quickly became addicted and wore the machine out. I decided to bite the bullet and buy a Dewalt. I have been scrolling with it, keeping it well lubed and operating since 2005. It is, at least for me very fun to create and invent using the saw.. Currently I make coin banks and sell them on ETSY. My Shop I make just about anything I can think of, if it can be made from wood, Boxes, Bowls, 3d figures, puzzles, the sky is the limit only your imagination limits what can be made. Well that's my story an I'm stickin to it. DW

I have always been into woodworking and have a fully equipped shop and have made cabinets, furniture and lots of other things. I also have had serious back problems (screws, links, wires, computer, etc in my back) and needed something I could do in my shop sitting down. I was given a cheap pin end saw and tried it. I liked it but the saw was terrible. I looked on Craigslist and found a Hegner and have been happy since then. My shop has expanded with other tools to support the scroll saw.

Many years ago, my ex-wifes son in law gave us a fretwork duck oval trivet he purchased at a craft show. It was so nice I hung it on the wall. I got it in the divorce - :-). Over the years I kept looking at it, and two years ago home depot or lowes (can't remember which one) has a sale on a porter cable saw. Thought I would try my hand at it - turns out I like it. Found an EX-21 on craigs list and have been enjoying it ever since

I started scrolling a couple of years ago. I look at a lot of you tube and sow some videos. I had a Ryobi scroll saw I used to cut off small pieces of wood used for model railroad structures. It did not work out well. A few years ago I purchased a scroll saw from Grizzly to try cutting out brass clock plates. It was fairly robust but was so poorly made I gave it away. After viewing several scrolling videos I purchased a 14" Hawk. I knew nothing about Hawk except it was purported to be good quality. It was made to be used on a ShopSmith. It had no motor of course so I provided a motor with a two step sheave. It worked beautifully. I then saw a 216VS Hawk which I am using now. I also have a 220VS Hawk ultra which is waiting a controller and motor repair from Bushton which I should receive soon. I do not scroll for profit. In fact most of what I cut just stacks up in a corner. I have neither the strength or interest in selling. I enjoy sitting at the saw listening to it, relaxed with not a care in the world. I've also done a lot of pen making but find scrolling much more relaxing. Finding SSV has been the highlight of scrolling. What a fabulous community. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Probably more than you want to know.

Honestly, I'm still just having fun playing with the dust collection. The light hum through the floors scares the heck outta my wife's cats, so I am never stingy about using it.

One thing I have noticed (maybe someone else has pointed this out) none of the shop pictures look anything like the ones we see on TV LOL. These are true working shops. Not a lot I can add to what the pictures show of mine. Behind the Jet Air Filter you may be able to see a red dot. That is a reflection in a mirror so I can tell the setting of the system speed and time to run. Where you see the air compressor you can see a hose going into the cabinet that is were the shop vac is. It runs when the scroll saw does and I use it for the chop saw and bench sanders. The tool turn table I got at an auction for $10 great buy. PS thinks for the pictures of your shops, maybe get my wife off my back about mine not looking like the TV guys LOL

I found this post that might be helpful

I got started in my high school woods class. I had an amazing teacher who used to tinker with all things wood and metal (even ended inventing his own process for what he called Metarsia). He had our Woods 1 class each do an intarsia. I'm pretty sure he had us blow up pictures out of the Scroller magazine because he wasn't going to blow his budget on patterns. I continued through his woods classes, learning other types of woodworking as well. By my senior year, he had me design my own intarsia pattern. Fast forward a few years to college, I realized I could save a little time and money by making friends and family gifts, and crafting things to donate to the various fundraisers for the clubs I was in. So I got my very first Delta SS200 scroll saw and started work in my bedroom. I started looking into other types of scrolling from magazines and kept at it. Finally out of college, I really started to play around with fretwork during my nights and evenings with a shop set up in my basement. I started running out of space for the projects I hadn't given away or donated. So, I started asking local bar owners to display pieces for sale. It helped create conversations at the bars, but did nothing for sales. After I moved on from that job and house, my shop went into storage for a few years. I finally got it out again about 3-4 years ago, and with my wife's encouragement, have been going like gangbusters. That was about the time I found the Village. Since then, I've been selling at craft shows and getting my name out in the community. About a year ago, I finally retired the old Delta and replaced it with a Jet. I still do some intarsia, but also do quite a bit of fretwork and word art. I've also branched out into turning and some furniture making. I really enjoy watching a chunk of wood turn into something. Hoping to some day be able to expand and build a bigger shop for all the tools I've acquired over the years, and keep developing my abilities. I do all sorts of different woodworking, but scrolling is definitely still my favorite.

Enjoy !

Neat !....That's thinking outside the box.

Beautiful work. Well done. Marg

Boy it sure did! Thanks for noticeing!

So far the shops look less cluttered than mine. Hoping to post some pics tomorrow. I have to cleanup a little. I spent about an hour fixing the heater. It turned out to be a dirty heat sensor. A little sand paper and furnace was up and running. The house furnace had the same problem but not ever working on it called the repair guy cost me $122.00 next time it will be free.

Very nice. Looks like my dogs before they get groomed.

I had a friend at work that did fretwork. He brought some in to work to show us. I started asking questions. I had an old Ryobi saw at home. He set me up with some spiral blades and I had some scrap 1/4 inch paneling at home. I cut out a simple rose for my first piece and was hooked. The rest is history.

That what I was told also.

I used a scroll saw in shop classback in the late 50's and didn't go back to it untill the early 60's been doing it ever since Started out with an old saw( brand unknown) it used a pin type blades only thebn to a 16' Craaftmans for several years then to a 20" Craftman. Then to a Porter Cable which was the worse saw I ever had. Now i use a DW788. That is about 61 years and still learning . IKE

I've never been very good at woodworking - in fact I still am not. I took woodworking in grammar school but wasn't permitted to take it in H.S. (long story about student prejudice during the 70's). I needed something to do in spare time rather than spend money endlessly with nothing to show. I had purchased a table saw quite a few years ago, on a whim I dusted it off and tried to make a workbench for the wife's planting since wanted to grow vegies. I found a bunch of a websites/forums and joined a few, asked a boat load of questions and eventually was able to make a work bench with wheels (I still have and use the first 3 I made). One of the was a 8' x 3' table I made because I didn't think I would be able to measure and cut anything to size. As time went on, I started to make jigs for the shop practicing skills etc.and decided my old craftsman table saw was not cutting it - literally! So, after a bunch of research I bought a Delta 36-725! And things started to turn around - I was able to actually cut straight, learned how to measure and cut and started to learn a bunch of things about woodworking. I was really getting excited and found an incredible online woodworking course by Steve Ramsey! The course was cheap, and I had been watching his videos for several weeks and enjoyed his style, so i took the class. It was an incredible experience! With his guidance, I started to make actual furniture which looked really decent! I started to think maybe I could make stuff and sell it. One problem started to plague me though as I thought more about this... I didn't have the room to make a bunch of furniture and store it while I waited for it to sell. I mentioned this to someone on the woodworking forum I was visiting and they suggested I come here and have a look around - which I did. Once I got here, I started to look at all the great works and researched and questioned the members and eventually bought my Wen. Wow what a difference! Not only was I able to make something within minutes and know exactly what it was, but it was also small and easily able to be stored in one of the cabinets I had made. That was all it took - I now really enjoy scrolling, hoping to one day sell a few items - if not I'll just give them away to anyone who will take them.

You did good Marg !......That will be well received !

Sorry Len not talking about this site. I mean scrolling in general. I will correct that.

It's a long road to recovery and with time on your side Brad you'll make it. The way I look at, I'm still standing and on this side of the grass. So I have to be thankful to be able to enjoy one more day. Glad to hear you're improving.

I really like those cutting boards and know several people in my family who are guitar players who would probably love them! Thanks for showing them.

Beautiful cutting Kevin.very well done pattern Frank

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