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Monroe Dutcher Basket I recently received the two Monroe Dutcher basket books that I had post I was looking for from Scrappile as he was very generous to send them to me, he stated he felt he would not get to making them and wanted someone to use them. He also stated that another person on another wood working site was looking for one of the designs as well. He asked that if he sent them to me if I could please send a copy of the napkin basket to the other woodworker that was looking for them as well. I told him I would be more than happy to. Well he made one and so did I. This was my first attempt to make one of these kinds of baskets. https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lumberjocks.com/projects/371961&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiTq-WG-bDaAhWo7YMKHWu9B8oQFggKMAM&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=017914489645407774653:gwwk-zif3wk&usg=AOvVaw3FloTpqAejw-iIzGBSUqTd Thanks again Scrappile

Not fancy or anything, its half of the garage (the other half has become our pantry/storeroom). But its mine, and its where I turn perfectly good pieces of lumber into sawdust, mis-cuts, and foul language. My half of the garage: Needed some extra space, so I slapped together some extra shelving from some recycled pallets. Hard to see from this pic, but there's a Y2K Jack-n-the-Box antenna ball on the end of the radio antenna. Jack's been with me through a lot, so he stays, despite what my wife says. Need to clean up the scraps there at the end of the bench. Fan is set up to blow dust off the scrollwork, I moved the scroll saw out of the way but didn't put up the fan. No biggie, I'm about to go start some sawdust again tonight. Anyone need some weathered fence slats?

Another project guys but I also need some ideas. As some of you may recall I sell some of my stuff from a tattoo shop. Well she sells other people's crafts as well and it seems she is having some sort of show at the end of the month. If anyone can come up with something that might appeal to the tattoo crowd that would be great. The flowers don't go over very well. I thought they would being as how even Grandmas are getting ink now. And sorry I can't give the credit due to the pattern makers but the wife and I have been googling.

I cut this at the request of a John Wayne fan in a Facebook group. Easy cutting, only about 65 cuts. 5" x 7". Pat3tern design by me.

Cupid - plywood 4mm This pattern was downloaded for free from www.grabcad.com, author - trinityscsp (site with CAD models) I made some changes to be able to cut it by scrollsaw. Now it is availabe for free at http://alexscrollsaw.wixsite.com/scrollsawpatterns (Menu - Patterns - Compound Patterns) Here is video of cutting and assembling

Sorry have not been on for a while but my old saw finally died. RIP to the diamond but have finally got my new one. Now cutting with an EX21 and this is the very first project from it. Hopefully many more to come

I just received the patterns yesterday but one of my puzzle zombies cut them right away... Harvey out did himself this time with these designs.

Anot.her mallard. Pattern design by me. 8" x 10"

Just spoke with Adreann at Bushton, KS. They are shipping my controller and motor for my 220VS Hawk Ultra tomorrow. Total cost $253.40 including shipping and an extra bottom clamp. It should be operational this weekend. The controller is new and a bearing was replaced in the motor. I had wondered why they had to order a bearing. I checked the population of Bushton. Only 279 people. No wonder there was no bearing supplier. Happy with the price and service. With $453.40 invested I'll have a great saw. Also found out my motor was not the feared Fasco motor.

Special, there is nothing special. It is a blade I settled on to cut just about anything I throw at it. There are so many specialty blades but bottom line find a blade you like and stick with it. I do not find a need to try different companies blades or different styles of blades. I like these and have been using them for a very long time. In fact even though I still had plenty I ordered more when I ordered the superior puzzle blades. Now those can not be subsituted for the Penguin silvers. http://mikesworkshop.com/products/penguin-silver-reverse The double tooth is good to clear saw dust and keep scrolling and they last a super long time. As I mentioned before on my Hawk I can scroll multiple projects with one blade. I don't like the question about aggressive blade. All blades are aggressive depending on if you match the blade to the product you are cutting. Get over 3/4" and of course even I have to step up to a larger more robust blade or it will bend and distort. You set the aggressiveness by either the saw setting or your pushing and feeding of the material. In scrollsawing it is not like cutting wood with the grain and against the grain because you are constantly doing both. On a table saw you can use a rip blade or crosscut blade. No such thing with a scrollsaw blade. Now different blades will cut differently but that is something that needs to be found out by user because my use is not the same as anyone else's and there is no way to compare such things. getting of course here but that is my 2 cents worth. By the way I never tried Pegas blades and never will. have no need to. I have used Olsons when I first got into this because I use to buy Delta blades which were Olson blades. I did use a very good blade for some time called Tiger Teeth blades and they were sold through Steebar back when I worked for them. They were a German blade also. Very good quality blade. Not sure if the new owner is still selling and using the same distributor.

I will answer your third question only as the best is subjective. The least aggressive in my opinion are Olson reverse tooth blades.

Here is where I am at in the new shop. Now that I finally have the room, I am starting to grow my tool collection. I haven't been at this very long at all, so my shop feels a little empty compared to some of the others, and everything is still shiny and clean. There will soon be a table saw under my filtration unit so I won't smoke my head on it all the time.

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

Still cleaning the shop and organizing.But found some quiet time to cut these.

Scrolling Steve posted this one the other day and I had to try it. At first I couldn't find the pattern but found it yesterday. Cut from the side of an old drawer box as usual finished with tung oil. It's strange the way that the camera has picked up the planer ripple which is not visible to the naked eye. Anyway, here it is: Thanks for looking, Rob

Thanks @Fab4 Paul for your help with this pattern. The wood is one inch pine. The customer is going to paint it. Marg

All done! Really easy pattern but fun! Stained, painted, sanded, and steel wool for the finish. My wife thinks it looks like Doc Holliday.....kinda does! Lew

In some ways I agree, JT. Some blades will cut different under every circumstance. And, not everyone has the same cut technique. So that, I think, needs to be taken into account with every blade type. Opinions of aggressiveness is in the eye of the beholder. You have to find the blades that work best for you.

Here are a few things I have done lately...did the butterfly also...used 1/4 inch oak with a backer for a change to it. The Eagle is an inlay I was playing with...The Cape Breton one is where I live Cape Breton Island..

I grew up around tools my Dad was a toolmaker (machinist) my Mom was a seamstress and the techno junkie. German immigrants we didn't have much so we made a lot of things. At 15 I built my own hydroplane and always like working with wood and metal. In 2003 three I designed an built a shed in my backyard. Round top door and all. I decided that it needed some ginger bread under the peak. I had inherited my Dad's Craftsman scroll saw so found a design I liked and enlarged it to an appropriate scale. Learned lots of things Throat depth and easy Blade change were important. It took a couple of minutes for a few second cut. But it gave me a taste for the scroll saw. I joined a local woodworking club and saw an image of a Volker Arnold ornament on the cover one of their newsletters. It reminded me of the stuff our relatives sent us from Germany every Christmas. My wife bought me a Delta SS350 for my BD. Simple fast blade changes and off I went, started selling ornaments at our Church Christmas fair. My hobby attention span has always been short, but scrolling really bit me in the butt. In 2005 I bought my Hawk G4 26.it has since paid for most of the tools in my workshop. (only one fair a year), In 2010 I started test cutting for SSWWC magazine. They have challenged me with projects that I probably would not normally have taken on. They opened my mind to try almost anything at least once, I love challenging projects it keeps the hobby fresh for me. I never would have thought that this hobby would take me where it has. One additional huge plus has been all of the friends all over the country and world that I have made. And even better have met some of you at shows and scrolling events.

that's all I wanted to know, JT. I was just curious about the blade. I, like you, don't see the the point in wastin' valuable time in testin' other blades when I already have my preferences. I've just seen you mention that particular blade several times, & thought I'd ask. Thank you for your explanation & your time.

Dave, after cutting all the bands they are glued back together as they are a scarf joint. Then you rotate each band 180 degrees and then insert the stakes.

JT, what's so special about the #5 silver? I've never used it, & am curious.

well, there are several ways your questions can be answered. I've used Flying Dutchman & Olson blades for years. If you're cutting 1/4" material, I personally wouldn't recommend a skip reverse blade, just from experience. Reason being is tear up of the project. My preference is a #3 Olson polar blade. A smoother cut, blade lasts just as long, & less tear ups. In 1/2" material, such as oak, walnut, cherry, maple, you can get along ok with your #5 reverse skip. Dependin' on how much detail is in the project decides what blades I use. Even in 1/2" material. Sometimes I will use a #1 skip tooth in 1/2" material, sometimes a #2 skip tooth, other times, I may just end up using a polar blade on the complete project. It all depends on what it requires. And I use both FD & Olson blades in the same project. There again, it just depends on my preference for the business at hand. Your LEAST aggressive blade is going to be the blade with the least amount of teeth per inch at your preference. Only you can decide what works best for you & your project. With my Hawk, I can cut a complete project with the same blade, in 1/2" material. Getting the most out of your blade has a lot to do with blade setting & speed, tension, & pressure put against the blade. I cut a lot of small detail in my projects, therefore, I use some smaller size blades in order to get the detail to just the right look. I think patience, usin' the blade in the proper way, & speed play a key role in gettin' the most of your blade.

I use 5r Olson's on walnut and other hard woods . On dog puzzles I use #5r for the ID , #7 on the OD and a #3 r on the letters all Olson's blades. I am old school they have served me well and I don't care about trying other blades. IKE

My blade I use the most and I scroll oak walnut maple and mahogany with a FD #5 silver reverse blade. Have been using them for many years and I have tried alot of blades.

This is the second Steve Good Stick(wo)man project that I have tackled. It will not be the last. Both my wife and I find them really appealing. I made a change to Steve's pattern for one of the dogs. Steve had the fire hydrant but did not have a dog taking advantage of it. Our daughter Kristel walks dogs every day and I am sure that her dogs are tempted by both cats and hyrdants. She will be getting this as a joke birthday present later this month. Everything is cut out of Baltic birch plywood the stained using Samen stains.

Just wondering those that make their own frames: Do you stock pile frames? Do you typically make the standard size frames: 8" x 10", 11" x 14" etc.and cut your scroll works to fit the frame or do you make the frames to fit the scroll works? So far most of the frame I've made have been custom to fit the size of the scroll work. A few have been "accidents" or test frames that I just kept at what ever size I ended up with and fit the cuts to the frames. But since I currently only use 1/8 and 1/4 BB ply it seems I could make standard size frames and cut the pieces to fit the frames. Thoughts? Thanks as always in advance

I usually buy frames and typically have 1-5 on hand. I buy them when I find them on sale at craft stores or at second hand stores. When I cut portrait type things I size them to standard frames. I typically only frame pieces that I am going to use (hang myself, give away or sell) I don't have a stock pile of framed pieces.

My first shop area was in the carport behind me in the picture with me and my youngest daughter Bella shoveling the 12 tons of rocks I hauled to the back yard in a wheel barrow. When my neighbor put a day sleeper sign in the window above the silver Honda also seen in that picture I decided it was time to build a shop. Also seen in the pics are my older daughter Ryan helping out with the compactor, my son Chris helping me with the trusses, and my nephew Kirby helping out on the siding. And finally the inside of my completed happy place. The Pop's Shop string art sign was made by my daughter Ryan and my first grandson Ryder. I'm blessed with a wonderful family!!!

A better look at the shop machinery.

Here is my work shop

We built the garage 30 years ago ...... no car has ever seen the inside ...... we now call it "The Shed" - upstairs attic is typical seasonal storage and lifetime junk, main floor is roughly 1/3 sauna and 2/3 workshop (grudgingly shared with the lawn tractor and its attachments) ...... The winter shot was taken a couple years ago.

Ok, I'm only showing my "corner" of the shop. Hubby is a woodworking hobbiest. He has been for more than 20 years. He usually builds furniture pieces. He also started turning in the past year or so. His shop space is a garage bay with a bit more "bump" out on one side for a little more space. It is separated with a wall from the rest of the garage in which we park our cars (and collect other junk! ) The shop vac sets outside the actual shop but all the equipment is tied into the shop vac. My ever growing wood collection is also outside the shop area. Since its hubby's shop, it means there are lots of tools and equipment in his shop available for my use (or my asking him to use for me. Actually now, I will use most things like the band saw, the miter saw, the drill press, BUT I will not use the table saw yet (even though he got the Saw Stop a while back - I really encouraged him to get that, I wanted him protected ). When I picked up working with the scroll saw (which we already had so maybe I should say - tried again since I was the one who had him buy it originally but that is another story.) I started with the scroll saw almost two years ago now (next month) and since then, he kindly has given me a "corner" of his workshop to use. He even moved some things around to create my "corner". However, all those sanders in "my corner" are also used by him. The only sanders I added to his shop was the flex drum sander with the wonder wheel on the motor in the middle for my Intarsia work and the Foredom with the small drum sanders for the small pieces of Intarsia. (He can thank Judy Gale Roberts classes for those purchases. ) Pretty much the only thing he doesn't use is my scroll saws (and I think he has even used them a time or two for a quick cut! ) He hasn't whined too much about me invading his space. Fortunately, I mainly use it during the day while he is at work anyway. The first pictures shows my corner with the scroll saws on the right and the sanding station in the back. The second picture shows my two scroll saws that are setup for use around the "bend" from the sanding station area and final picture shows the "sanding corner" station. It has all the sanders except for the SuperMax 19 38 drum sander which is on the other end of the shop by the garage door. picture shows looking down the "aisle" past the saws to the sanding station. All those storage bins and stuff above the sanders are his. I try to keep my area "straightened" up which is why I can show you pictures of my corner. His area, not so much!

Hi Les: I used to have all those too but then I got married and SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) knows it all P.S. If you don't see anything else from me on this site, it's because SHE read my quote......LOL Fab4

You folks have some nice work shops! Here’s my half of the garage. It’s Heaven compared to my last one. It’s a mess right now ( usually ). I still have a lot of my work I’ve completed. Band saw, my new scroll saw, spindle sander, table saw and a lot of wood. I have a hard time throwing anything away. My wife gets the other half if the garage once in awhile when I pick things up. Also I have the best shop monitor you could ever have.

Here it is clutter and all.

Roly's man cave.

This video is about three years old. The planer has been removed and replaced with a SuperMax sander. But, other than that it's pretty much what's there.

I just finished this Alex Fox pattern, really like the vintage pickup. I've always liked the wildlife patterns and my wife like these scenery ones, think I'm starting to swing her direction. I have a covered bridge for the next project. Winter doesn't want to leave Wisconsin so I'll stick to the shop for a while longer. Mike

Sit.....I got a padded bar stool with backrest , I have small pillow for back support

Very nice - I remember you were looking for those books - glad you were able to complete your mission! Thanks for sharing

Yes Marg, I saw it but, since I have never seen Dancing With Stars, it is not something that I can easily relate to and I won't be using that pattern. I've now made both Baseball and Dog Walking. My next two will be the Chess Set and the Rock Band.

Beautiful job on cutting out letters. They're tuff to cut so nice.

Very nicely done Marg. That came out great. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Well here is my shop.

Basement shop

Well, I'm a real private type person so, I don't even know why I am posting these but, here you can see a couple of over-head cabinets I made for the tape, stains,, etc. A 10' long section of bowling alley used for my main work table. My Craftsman 18" scroll saw, a planer, a harbor freight dust collector, a belt sander and also a 5" wide sander (on the floor under a trestle table) and a roto-zip and router hidden under there also. A good, large heater in the corner and I can put a window air conditioner in every summer. Over-head storage for lumber. The small barrel on the right side of pic 1 is for small cut-offs that can be used for other projects but, as you can see, the place is a mess and a lot of those pieces of wood are on the other tables. The tarp isn't really hiding anything. We got our 5 year old grand-son a 125CC atv for Easter and left it in the garage to clean it before putting it in the storage shed where it belongs. God Bless! Spirithorse

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?