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I just finished the Case Logo. It came out well. At least I'm satisfied with it. I used a #5 FD Penguin Silver blade. My mistake. I realized what skip tooth blades are for. The penguin blade cut nice and straight. It cornered really well but oh my gosh was it slow. It just did not exit the sawdust properly. It pulled sawdust up along with the up stroke. I was far enough along so that I did not want to change blades and experiment and screw things up. I need to give it a 50/50 BLO treatment and then a clear top coat before I begin painting. I don't know how I will get it painted as I no longer have the hand and finger dexterity I once had. I also used a very rare wood. Sheridan Pine. There is only on place to get it as far as I know.

Yeah.....I know.....another American Indian cutting......But I really like his face.....very proud.

When I started coin cutting, there seemed to be a general consensus amongst the coin cutters using the Jewelers saw that the Jewelers saw was the only tool with enough control and accuracy to do highly detailed cutting. A few of the advanced cutters would cut the "Tree of Life" designs as a demonstration of what they and their tool could do. Being a scroll saw fanatic, I didn't buy the assertion that the scroll saw was inferior for detailed cutting. I think this is a good demonstration of the scroll saw capabilities in this realm. I participate in a few metal working/Jewelry groups, predominately dominated by folks using the Jewelers saw. It's interesting to see the reaction when some of the members realize, that their might be "another way". I ran across the basic design on google, and placed it inside a heart border so that I could make a pendant out of it. This was cut on the Eisenhower. -----Randy

I had a lady ask me to come up with a fire truck and attach her kids names on the bottom. This is what I came up with. She was very excited!

Well I decided to try one of these butterflies with a little different take on it. I thought I would do the butterfly in a color to make it stand out more. It''s all cut out of oak. This was cut a little under 2 degrees.

Friends of mine are Harley riders and their initials start with H and D. Figured this would be good for them.

Well my granddaughters birthday party is tomorrow. So that meant I had to get finished cutting this puzzle out. It is cut out of 3/4" Poplar and lightly sanded with a Mac Mop. Here it is. Thank you Iggy for the pattern. Thanks for looking.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - didn't see your post till this afternoon. I guess I could have been a little clearer in my description - it is a wall switch mounted on the bench - which controls an outlet - 1/2 of which is the saw - the other 1/2 of the outlet controls a small fan that helps push airborne dust into my dust collector - pictures of my "Scroll Saw Command Centre" below ....... between the two pictures you can see the switch, the outlet, the fan and the dust collector. Jay

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein

I wanted to have a couple more mythical creatures to display at events, so meet Bigfoot and Yeti. They're cousins and they constantly argue about which one is the good lookin' one.

Charlie Dearing pattern.

Well I decided to try one of these butterflies with a little different take on it. I thought I would do the butterfly in a color to make it stand out more. It''s all cut out of oak. This was cut a little under 2 degrees.

Here are my newest cars I created. Hope you guys enjoy these. I will be posting more cars next week.

Last November I asked for a pattern and got 3 or 4, this one was chosen but then my customer had some family problems and asked me to put off cutting it until she was able to pay for it, well she rang recently and asked for 2 cuttings and gave me more money than I asked for because she said she hated to put me off so long. Well I finally cut it. It was cut from 2.5 mm bamboo and it measures 8.3" x 11.7" (Aust. letter size) The pattern was by @Önder Yılmaz , thank you Brendon, she loved your pattern. By the way I had to cut it twice I broke the first one so had to bin it. Marg

I woke up one day and found I was sitting in front of a scroll saw..... I do no know how that happened! Not really, my story is pretty much the same a most. I have always love wood working of all types. Now I have migrated to the scroll saw... may change someday.

Needed quick project for a friend that loves lighthouses. Found a Steve Goode design on his site. 1/4" BBPW on 3/4" Oak. Painting by my wife.

Momentary, deadman, both the same.

I also drill only 10 holes at a time - but I stopped my tally count quite a while back for two reasons - first is that despite how easy keeping track of 10 holes at a time sounds I found myself sitting at the saw wondering if I recorded the last 10 holes ...... second, and more telling, is that I found myself also questioning progress with something along the line of: "there is NO possible way in h**l that 100 holes can be that small a piece of the pattern!!!". Jay

Been using my deadman's footswitch for a month or more now....couldn't live without it!!!!

That's (almost) exactly what I was going to reply. God Bless! Spirithorse

Yep there's 10 tables for meals to be had at and I book one every week with the wife for my steak & chips and a lovely pint of beer and they are also booked for parties,hence the reserved signs. Roly

I have both types on different saws. No preference. What I have done is mount them where I can access the switch with my knee to either hit the on off switch or leave off the dead man. Doesn't seem to bother my knee because it's located in just the right position where my knee is in very close proximity to switch and very comfortable. JMO

I receive an order last Friday to build some MDF boxes, they use it to serve breakfast and brewing box. My workshop was very dusty, finally cleaned before the end of the day.

I have made some firewood myself ,Its all a learning curve & I try to learn from it & not make the same mistake again.Trouble is there is always a different mistake to test you.

I have to say this thread has been some of the most enjoyable reading I have done here. It is great that many people remember exactly when, how and who influenced them. It seems these same people are still enjoying this great hobby after many years and some maybe just beginning. To be able to take an artform and transform it into a 3D rendering of hand made work. The sense of accomplishment when done and to top it off people want to give you money for your efforts. To see the smiles on peoples faces when they see your work and purchase it weather it is a gift for giving or for themselves. It is a great accomplishment to go into the shop and smell the scent of wood dust and fumes of finishing agents and the sounds of the saws make it all so real and fantastic. To be able to sit in front of this machine for hours on end and turn out project after project. Maybe give some away or donate for raffles or just for fun it still is pretty amazing what we scrollers can do. I want to thank the fellow scrollers that shared their stories here and hope others will add to them and take the time to read what got others to this calm and relaxing place, behind a simple machine that all it does is makes a thin small blade go up and down and at the back end some wonderful projects emerge. Happy Scrolling.

This is an old cut of mine. I lost a lot of photos in a HD crash. This is a cherry board I salvaged from a Habitat for Humanity resale store. I made two. One went to a school library when I was substitute teaching and the other went to my BIL who is a lawyer and had just remodeled his office.

I just finished this couple of wine boxes for a customer. I don't know it's name in English, sorry about that. Enjoy it

Well I have finally gotten back in my shop and started making sawdust!! Boy dose it feel Great.Here are what I have done so far.The Hot Wheels Are for a Friend of mine and myself.been a collector for a long time..The My Room signs are Steve Good plaques that I changes a little.I hoped to get out to sell some this weekend,but it is gonna rain.Hopefully next weekend.It sure feels Great to get back in the shop.

Well last week I started putting a few puzzles on my web site.. Just sold this Moose one.. Think I've got a ways to go to catch up with Iggy but the first one is a start.. watch out Iggy.. I'm on a roll now

What are you talking about?? It is a double tooth skip blade. 2 teeth per skip and that by no means will slow you down. Try the Penquin silver reverse. That is my favorite and go to blade of all time. Just maybe a different blade from what you are use to. Maybe you had blade in upside down and yes it could happen. I scroll red oak with the blade I mentioned and sometimes 3/4" and never had sawdust pulled up stroke like you are saying. As far as cutting slow man I can not talk to this because either I am just satisfied of cutting slow with never being in a hurry or my saw just cuts differently than everyone elses saw on this forum Keep hearing about RBI saw cutting slow and now FD blades cutting slow. You people must be heck on the highways. 75mph is not fast enough I assume.

What did you say, Roly.....Speak English please !

You are not only a great scroller but also an excellent woodworker.

You a are right, they use it to prepare gifts, adding globes, peanuts, and other decoys, customer has a store in the mall to sell it

So is it really true that people mess up some times? Asking for a friend. jerry

My family looks forward to camping trips to see what kind of interesting designer firewood I bring. Watching your mistakes go up is smoke is kind of therapeutic.

Much the same as most of the people here. Dad was a registered carpenter so always was around wood and enjoyed working with it. Jan moved in summer of '98 and that Christmas wanted to build something for her nieces. My nephew's uncle had given him a maypole animal carousel as a present, so decided I would make three of them (two for the new nieces and one for me). Had an old 15" Delta single speed scrollsaw in the shop (not sure where or why I bought it) and used it to cut the animals out. At the same time, was in one of our local drugstores and saw a wolf (real weakness for wolf patterns) on the cover of a CWW&C magazine and thought I should try that. That was the beginning and am still loving it. It is my escape and gives me pleasure when projects are done. Like many others, do a yearly Xmas ornament and people have asked for the years they have missed for one reason or another, makes one feel good. We (or I should say Jan) gives more away than we ever sell, but not in it for the money. I just keep cutting and the "inventory" just keeps cluttering up the house. Getting the first Excalibur really changed things, was cutting crazy projects with the old Delta, but the EX made it MUCH more enjoyable and easy. Jeff

I tried to cut Pinewood Derby cars blanks for my son with a jigsaw and everyone here can attest to the disaster that was. I bought a like new single speed Delta in a pawn shop and blades at Sears. Used that old Delta until parts got scarce and bought a Hitachi and when it came time to start the rebuild process on it, my wife said that with our anniversary and Fathers' Day just around the corner, I should just go ahead and get a new better saw. So I ordered a DW788 and haven't looked back. It has been to the DeWalt shop once and I have replaced a few parts, but otherwise it has served me well. A few years ago, I had my hand on my wallet to buy an Excalibur at the SSWC show in Pennsylvania. Wish now I had gone ahead and pulled the trigger on that--but I am still happy with what I have (little to no saw envy here) and Big Yeller and I have a good time out under the shade tree in the spring, summer and fall.

I guess mine started out building sets for the local high school play. It was amazing to take a pile of wood and turn it into something beautiful. When I stopped I wanted to keep things up so I started wood working at home. My shop just grew from there.

Dad started remodeling the house in 1991. He bought a single speed scroll saw at True Value Hardware to build a gazebo bird feeder. I started playing with it then just messing around making small simple airplanes. I was off awhile in 2013 and found a used DW788 on craigslist. I then joined SSV a lot of great people and have stuck with it since. Thank you Travis for all you've done here it's the best forum for scroll sawing.

I'd have to say because of my Dad and my nephew. My Dad truly was a craftsman. And my nephew is also. My Dad had a AMT Scrollsaw. He made many a intarsia with it. If you were to Google "hidden forest" and "new shoes", both designed by Judy G Roberts, you'd see the type of work that he did. Proof that you didn't need a top of the line saw to do that type of work. When he moved, he gave the saw to me. I struggled with the saw and didn't enjoy it at all. Fast forward to my nephew. He is what I call an old school wood worker, he prefers hand tools over power tools, and he does wonderful work. He taught me how to carve spoons by hand. he said he had a DeWalt Scrollsaw that he wasn't using and that I could "borrow it" until he wanted it back. What a difference the saw made The rest is history. I've been scrolling quite awhile and really enjoy it. I think I've found my niche. I have to agree with RangerJay about the rhythm of scrolling, and how therapeutic it is. It's teaching me patience and that it CANNOT be rushed. Like Clowning, it helps me get away from the rat race.

Ill keep it as short as I can I am an ex builder with back issues for many years forcing me to quit my chosen trade and onto another which was driving until my physical health said no more and the medication also stopped me from doing my job . I have 2 herniated discs that are high risk for repair and a likely outcome would be wheelchair bound due to the surrounding damage around the base of my spine. I have pain on back and legs 24/7 even with strong painkillers and was at a point where to be honest I was losing the fight. I was looking on the internet one day and a picture popped up in wood and I looked at it and thought how is that done this set me on a mission to watch and read as much as I could to find out how this is done. I then purchased a very old Axminster scroll saw so old in fact in was snapped in half at the base I fixed it to a board to hold it together and practised on that for a couple of months to see if I could get to grips with it and put up with the pain of sitting , the sitting side did not work out to well so I now sit stand sit stand like a lot of us do . I then thought you know what when I am scrolling my pain is there but I am not so focused on it as I am more focused on the cut and hey presto it is my best form of treatment I have found yet not just for the physical side of dealing with long term pain but also the mental side as well which is as equally as bad as the physical. Since then I have moved onto a Hegner and am now trying the pattern making side out to so I can help others with their requests etc I am also dabbling with Pyrography kind of . How long have I been doing it now less than 2 years so compared to most on here I am a newbie but I like what I do and it has without doubt got me through a rough time. I just wish I had found it when I was a tad younger so I could of spent a lot longer at it when fully fit . The satisfaction you get from making something from nothing especially when it was wood destined for the chipper or burner still drives me to pick up all scraps. I like to make as much as I can from reclaimed stock including as some may know Vinyl records I like to keep my options open on what to cut etc. That is my story of how I got to Scrolling and why I will carry on Scrolling. May I also say Thanks for all the encouragement from fellow scrollers without that I would not be as far forward as I am now

Back in 2004 I went to an arts and craft show and saw some people making things on a scroll saw and thought it would be cool to do. I went and bought a harbor frieght saw and it vibrated so bad it scared me. I went to the new wood craft store and tried a Dewalt and fell in love with the saw and the hobby. This hobby has helped me in many ways. When I was going to school I would study for a while and then go and cut some things out and was able to write my papers and pass my classes. Now it is used as stress reliever and a side income. A lot of people i work with have ordered thing and I have upgraded to a Excalibur and I make Christmas ornaments for the babies in the infant room at the day care I work at. A lot has changed since I started scrolling and it has helped me in many ways and am glad I found this hobby.

My dad always tinkered in his shop in the basement. I took "shops" in junior high the first time it was offered for girls back in the mid '70's. Didn't do much after that. Wasn't afraid to try my hand at repairing things in the house. Ended up taking a couple of woodworking classes in the evenings. That was doing "bigger" items. Built some things for around the house - fence!!! My daughters bed & night stand using a book called 2x4 furniture. Could only really do that during the summer and took over the garage. Needed to find something to do in the winter so I found a used Craftsman. It had pinned blades. Didn't do much with it as it wasn't really working well. Really got into it when hubby bought me the Dewalt 788 for Christmas about 4 years ago. For the first year or so, I felt that I went down to the workroom to cut out of obligation. That has changed and now if I don't get down to the workroom weekly I miss it. Guess I am hooked.

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.

I was never a woodworker, if i wanted something built from wood i would just ask my dad to make it. I started woodworking when my wife wanted the words Live Love and Laugh to hang on the wall. She seen some in a store that were made in china and were $25 each. I said for $75 I could make some and they will look better then the one in the store. The first set of words i used a jig saw to cut them out but there was way too much sanding involved so after some research I found the scrollsaw. I made another set of the words with the scrollsaw and fell in love with scrolling

how i got here? man JT, you ask a lot a questions.;) I was drivin' OTR for my Dad in the early '90's, & he was runnin' another driver & I to Corpus Christi, Texas & back to Colby, KS 3x a week haulin' sunflowers out of the field. We were tryin' to stay ahead of hurricane Katrina. We wound up gettin' caught at Orange Grove, TX when Katrina come ashore. Plenty of readin' time then. After we got out of there & headed home, I came in one sunday evening, walked in the door, didn't even have my clothes bag on the floor yet. My bride looks at me & said you look like hell! It was good to see her, too! She loaded me in the pick up, & off to the ER we went. Luckily, our family Sawbones was on call. He gave me the once over. Proceeded to tell me what all was wrong, & told me if I didn't QUIT eatin', sleepin', thinkin', & breathin' trucks, there was goin' to be a small funeral here in town. Mine! My bride jumps up about that time & says he needs a hobby! I looked at her & asked what that was. She says how 'bout wood working? Well, not bein' around wood, ever, I didn't think she was givin' me much of a choice.;) Good thing I like to read, 'cause I done a lot of it! And still do. Well, Bein' in the truckin' business all my life, I'd never been close to anything woodworking. Come to find out, my bride was workin' for a woman that her husband was in construction, & recently passed, & She was sellin' his tools. So, I wound up with a single speed Craftsman scroll saw, which I finally wore out, a ras, router, bits, & other odds & ends tools. And I made my share of customized firewood before anything even began to look somewhat like a pattern. Determination & perseverance set in. In my time at home, I spent tryin' to learn these dandy tools now in our possession. I left it alone for awhile. I went to drivin' for a different outfit, & was out 3 wks to 2 months at a time. In 2009, I had viral menangitis. A long stint in the hospital. Made a strong effort to go back on the road for about a year, then come 2 major back surgeries, 2 years apart, & my health & depression finally got the best of me in 2012. I've been scrollin' more & doing other wood working since. The saw calms me, lets me forget about the chronic pain & depression while i'm workin' on a project. Keeps my hands & mind busy. It has been a learning journey, & meeting new friends. In the 25 years of it, we've accumulated a full shop of equipment. i guess that's my .02 worth.

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.

Only one project this week??!!!....quit goofing off!!!! just kiddin!!! ( I forget that not everyone is retired like me!!!) Looks really good!! Great work and your frames really make the pieces stand out!

Thanks for the info JT. I don't know all the nomenclature on saw blades yet. I'm not in a hurry to cut fast. However, I had to push too hard to make any headway and I always had to stop and let the blade clear sawdust. I have no reason to hurry just want to cut more efficiently. I do have the Penguin Silver reverse and will try it. Thanks for the suggestion. BTW blade teeth were pointing down. I first thought that could happen but blade was in correctly.

Excellent piece from a old piece of wood, I love recycling, well done