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I have had some time with my son in the workshop, I was teaching him basic tecniques of woodworking, he made some cuts with me in the scrollsaw, after few hours he went to his computer and came back with a printed pattern, put it on a pine table and this is what he made for his mom.

Not really bragging but this is my first motorcycle I have cut out. This is cut out of 3/4" poplar. I used a FDUR #3 blade and it was difficult to do on the inside cuts. I tried a smaller #2 Olson blade, but it wondered off all over the place. All in all I'm pretty happy with it, but there are some things I need to figure out and work on. This one is roughly 8.5"x11". Thanks for taking time to look Jim

I am gluing up a detailed fret piece that has sections the need to be glued together. I was wondering how I was going to clamp the pieces, I did not have any real small clamps. Then I thought of something. Wood clothes pins. I ground the ends down on my disc sander so they would fit in the small spaces and it has worked great. Here is a picture of one clamped section. I stood up one of the "clamps" so you can see how I sanded it. It only took a few minutes to sand the ends of 10 on the disc sander. I don't know what my wife will say when she discovers some of her clothes pins are gone.... She rarely uses them anyway.

Free standing Mother's day plaque from a pattern by Steve Good. Thanks for looking, Rob

Just finished a Charles Dearing design of a 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk. I was always impressed with the Raymond Loewy design. I had to go bigger than my EX16 just so I could drill and cut all the 300+ holes in the grill and the text. Lots of very skinny lines and holes in both directions to make it work. Stuck back all the cutouts and blue taped so I could sand the back. I was able to find the original Studebaker font thou I had to modify it to work. 1/8" BB on 1/4 BB black background. I was able to quickly cut the picture frame on my table saw miter saw sled. Several coats of lacquer. On to a '65 GTO for my next project, thanks to SSV design patterns.

Made out of 1" & 1/4" Brazilian cherry , cell phone holders some for my grandkids with there initials on them . The U A one is for the University of Arkansas phone holder . And cat was for my oldest granddaughter , and the two others are for for my oldest grandsons. Any comments are welcomed ....

This is another of Steve Good's "stickman" series of patterns. As you should know by now, both my wife and I like these A LOT and I am making many of the sets. This will be the first set that we keep ourselves. Here is a photo: I made a couple changes to Steve's pattern: I changed the sex of the group's singer I inserted the group's name onto the drums Also, unlike Steve, I painted the figures.

Cut this a few weeks ago but couldn't decide how to finish it....stain...mount...?? Finally decided to paint it and hang like a Dream Catcher should. i distressed the paint with light sandpaper and then finished with Briwax. The photo doesn't show the distressed wood very much.... I just didn't want it to look like a arts and crafts project at Summer camp!!!

A very good friend of mine has a birthday coming and I decided he need a sign for his new house.

This is what I did for my sister in law for her wedding. I did 36 invites and a tree for the people to sign. My most important work up to date. I was so pleased to do it. They are a Steve Good pattern and added my trim to the tree. The invite I made it a A5 size.

I wanted a stamp for the paper bags I use at craft fairs and watched a few YouTube tutorials before realising I could make one on the scroll saw. I sandwiched some thin closed cell foam between some thin plywood and cut out my design. Afterwards I glued the cut out foam to the cut out plywood with contact adhesive. With hindsight I could have glued the foam to one piece of ply before cutting but if you do this think carefully about which side you cut from bearing in mind you need the reversed image. Then I glued the ply/foam lettering to another piece of ply and added a small handle. I'm really pleased with the result and will make another with my logo. I will also use this to sign the back of some of my cuttings. Let me know if you have any questions. Rob

Just made this puzzle the other day.. and it's already heading to it's new owner.. Those of you selling puzzles online... I've had a few customers mention they really like how i show the image of it in pieces... Maybe a cheat sheet for them .. Years ago when I sold some puzzles.. I had a few customers mention how they liked how I showed the puzzle in several different angles and especially in pieces like the photo here.. If you're selling puzzles online.. showing it with many different angles could make the sale over just one photo of the item.. Online customers cannot pick it up and look it over so you rely on images to make your sale..

Here is my first Puzzle cut project - this was a lot of fun, and a bit hectic. I prepared the wood with the sticky shelf paper, then glued the pattern to the wood. When I started cutting, realized I glued the pattern to the wrong side and glued it to the bare wood... OH NO! I kept going, and had to hold the pattern down because it kept coming off the wood! Any way, I made it through the cut. I used 2, 1x3 pine boards joined together as the base. Cut with one of my new Pegas 3 MG blades. No finish yet, not sure what I want to do with it - may end up being painted? Comments, and suggestions welcome. One picture laying down, one standing Cherry stained the Dragon with a semi gloss spray lacquer Please feel free to critique, it's the only way I'm going to get better at this point! Thanks as always in advance for looking!

What a great idea!!! Many possibilities.

Due to a request, I've made a tutorial of how I make my frames. I've posted the tutorial on my blog here: How to make easy custom sized picture frames It's in 5 parts - because there are a few side pieces I added for completion and understanding Feel free to let me know if something isn't quite right with it - I believe it is complete, but it's possible something was missing during the upload. I hope it is of value to someone and not too confusing :( Oh, at the end of Part 5 is a PDF of the complete process for download Thanks in advance

I have events the next 3 Saturdays... is it possible for the weather to cooperate 3 in a row? The first Saturday looks fantastic with sunny skies and 70 degrees for my #1 one-day event up near Raleigh. Last year I sold 96 puzzles in 8 hours and I fully expect to match that again this year. The next Saturday is a local event, a Street Arts Festival and I expect to sell 50-60 that day as I showcase new local items (attached) that seem to be very popular based on feedback I've received on local Facebook pages. Then the following Saturday is WoofStock, a dog festival that was postponed last month due to rain. That should be a good day also and I hope to sell 40-50. We shall see! I'm excited that the season has really cranked up. Then I have my weekly farmers market starting up Memorial weekend. Iggy

I've used RIT fabric dye a few times. It works pretty well and is available in more colors, so you don't have to necessarily mess around mixing to get the color you want. I use the pre-mixed stuff, straight out of the bottle. Put some in a pan. Place the piece in the dye and let it soak in. May have to work it into corners with a brush, but it covers fairly well. It is water based, so you may get some raising of the grain.

Thanks, I never would have thought of that. Really do appreciate your help. Ray

You can also use a fabric dye like Rit brand.

I believe that Record Power here in the UK used to sell rebadged Hawks when they first ventured into the scrollsaw market.

I bought a 20 inch model scrollmaster as a back up saw a few years ago. If you look closely at the tag it says Made in Taiwan. It appears that they had no blower system as mine came with a aquarium pump. Drawbacks are all tensioning is done by knob in the back, tooled blade change, and single speed. Parts look like they will exchange with a single speed Hawk, but I never tried. I paid $60 for mine in like new condition.

I use watered down food coloring for my puzzle bases. The more food coloring, the more vivid the color. Here is an example of mine. I dip it in the liquid, shake off the excess and set it aside to dry. I used to wipe off the excess afraid of swelling or bleeding, but the colors weren't as vivid so I tried not wiping off and they come out very nice. P.S. This is poplar.

they may have, kevin, before nylus & his bunch took over RBI. To my knowledge, they don't now. It'd be interestin', for history notes, if they did make them for other outfits & when. The serial number tags is what's got me.

I would not do without my sanding mops but I also wouldn't do without this. I use a lot of 1/2" baltic birch for backers and round the edges. Works great for an application such as that.

Always a new idea here at the Village. Thanks for sharing.

I am doing Farm days in Chapel Hill Was his weekend. Demos, not selling.

I finally cut a name plate for my son. Only second project iv done with letters.....they scare me. Now my daughter wants one.

Hi All, Got this pattern from makeCNC. This is my first cut of this pattern, the next one will be more refined and it will have a little bit more colour. :-))

Looks like it does a very nice job. Great idea.

Like that idea loads of possibilities. Roly

Great idea!

So I now have 2 puzzles, and I was originally thinking of painting them. However, as I thought more about it, it seemed if I painted them, the pieces wouldn't fit together because of the added layer of paint - is this true? I don't want to ruin one by testing it out, but it seems to be true to me I stained the Dragon last night and applied a finish this morning, so I should be able to tell if I've ruined that one soon enought Thoughts? Thanks in advance

Finally got two custom orders finished. Both patterns by Roly (Phantom Scroller), thanks again sir. Both on 1/4" BB ply cut with Sawbird #3 ultra reverse blades. Jeff

Yes, I water it down. A lot of water and "some" food coloring. It takes some experimenting to get it the way you want. Be sure to use distilled water since you'll likely have a batch of it sitting around, you don't want any mold/mildew growth.

good luck

Nice cutting Rob thanks for sharing

Great idea Paul and one I will be using so many times I have wedge this here and weighted that there to try and keep it together while it sets and all the time the answer was hanging on my line looking at me laughing The simple answers are always the best and the good thing too is they are free i can see lots right now just do not tell her indoors I will blame the mag pies

Cool idea. Thanks for the tip Paul. Marg

great idea scrappile! Man! that piece you're cuttin' looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished! I keep clothes pins around the shop, but really never thought about shapin'em to fit like that. Thanks for passin' on the idea!

Looks like I may have overstepped, or didn't word that last post quite right. My apologies if I offended anybody. And, I may have taken Tony's post wrong, too. I guess my point to the whole thing was there are more of us in several states that're retired & ss is our only income. My wood shop, like others of you here, helps, at times, pick up lose ends & buy saw blades, lumber, & eventually a new tool. My sincere apologies if I sounded like I was steppin' on toes. That's not the way it was meant.

Awesome first puzzle! You may become addicted like iggy and then there is no turning back.

Finally managed to cut a bit of vinyl again and cut this Bowie one for a friend stack cut 3 with #4 Spiral Pegas . Bowie pattern from the library here I just added the name Bowie to it hopefully Neptun will be ok with me pimping his pattern

Somebody built a Hawk knock-off? Looks like a single speed and only 14" so I would certainly pass on it.

Plant stand, trivet or decorative hanging cut from a mahogany drawer front for a change! 14 x 14cm or 5.5 x 5.5 inches approx. I think I got the pattern from Craftsmanspace.com but couldn't find it there when I did a quick check. Thanks for looking. Rob

Walnut and maple. I used a 1/8" steel rod for the hinge pin.

Cool. I have some of those in my shop for clamping small pieces, but hadn't thought of shaping the ends. Will have to keep that in mind.

A BIG Howdy and Welcome! Your gonna Love here in The Village.There,s no such thing as a dumb Question,so don't be afraid to ask anything. Anything Craft related that is.Looking forward to seeing your work.

Welcome from Montana!

If it runs you've many dollars worth of parts in it.Good price!

Welcome to The Village Robert!