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Just finished this piece.

Cut from 1/4" Red Oak.

The close shots of the grain in the cross are beautiful, really makes it pop. Great work as always Kevin, thanks for the pics. Jeff

I agree with Wayne and Ralph about the rope, it would really make it ping. Great work, really like the cross. Marg

Hi, I'm recently retired from a mechanical engineering career and have had a lifetime passion for making things, usually with metals. Now I prefer to use wood as it's a whole lot cleaner, it smells nicer and I find the processes involved are far more relaxing. The mechanical interest hasn't left me all together, indeed I bought a scroll saw to make wooden gears for drawing machines, but I'm keen to explore all aspects of the hobby.

The Boeing 314 is the 3rd in my cuttings of vintage luxury airliners and this airplane has the most interesting story. PanAm was operating the luxury B314 flying boat Clipper Ships across the long legs of Pacific prior to WWII. The story of the Pacific Clipper on December 7th 1941 is one of courage, ingenuity and perseverance. I have included a PDF file of that amazing adventure along with a route map and pictures of the aircraft. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed cutting the B-314 plaque. A movie is in preproduction called the Escape of the Pacific Clipper. BTW, wife says I need to give the planes a rest for a while. Back to boxes and fret work. The Round The World Saga of the.pdf

Been having trouble with my old phone so I got another one with money I don't have. These are past projects I couldn't post.

I haven't even touched a scrollsaw for around a year. I have no idea what made me think I could cut something today with any skill. I would be cutting a nice straight line and all of a sudden the blade would take of in a direction of it's own choosing. It's almost as if a gremlin was periodically bumping my elbow. Now that I think about it it would of made a whole lot more sense to practice on something easy instead of something I wanted to give as a gift. Sorry about tis post, I just had to vent somewhere and I thought you folk would understand.

Thank you Les, I just gave a type one Dewalt to a policeman for free that came by my shop and seen my work.The next day i made some personalized stuff for him and cut his badge number on the plaque i made for him in front of him.The letters were small and the wood thin but i'm raced thru them in record time and he kept saying how good i was,lol. Made me smile like your comments.Thanks les! He when he first met me said he could never afford a Dewalt and i said i'll give you one,made him smile.He scrolls some on another machine

My Wifi adapter broke and it took 3 computers to figure it out.So im on a windows xp for the night and don't have my pictures on this one to show.

I am also at that age where the mind says I can do that and my body says what the f--k were you thinking

You seem to scroll tons of things. You are one prolific scroller and everything is so good.

I grew up around tools, my dad was a machinist. I did some hand fretwork as a kid. but my first use of a scroll saw was making some gingerbread for the gable in the shed that I built. I used an inherited Craftsman saw, and it made me realize how much fun scrolling is and it also the Saw taught me that If I wanted to continue the hobby it was not going to be with this saw. It took minutes to go from one hole to the next and only seconds to do the cut. My wife then bought me a Delta SS350 significantly better saw. and I did the small eagle. Lessons learned, don't use crap wood. I then started stack cutting small ornaments. like the one attached.(4") A year after the Delta I bought a Hawk G4 26. I now do a fair amount of work with SSWWC magazine as a test cutter and other challenging projects. I did a presentation at one of the Fox Chapel open house events on "Advanced Scrolling" . My first comment was that there is no such thing. Once you master the basics. Jerry1939 really said it perfectly "To you nice people that hesitate to start what looks like a challenging/difficult piece, just remember it is always 1 hole & cut at a time. It doesn't make any difference if it takes 7 months (as this did), or you start 1 or more projects per day. The amount of sawdust is the same either way." As soon as you tell your self " Oh I can't do that". In reality you don't know that until you try. It is only wood.

A terrific selection there and all well cut. Well done. Marg

This is the very first one that I did, just recently. I used a #5 Skip Tooth blade on this, cut out of a 16"x12" piece of 1/4" underlay. Loved it so much, that I can't wait to do many more.

I don't cut anything exotic, just things that I happen to like. The star of David was the first piece I cut. It was for a little friend for Hanukkah. She could paint it. She is a beautiful Chinese little 11 year old who was born missing one chromosome. This leaves her a little slow. Perhaps like a six year old so she is in special ed. She loves little puzzles so I cut little things for her wile my wife supplies her with girly things. The second photo is more of an example of what I like to cut. I don't sell anything and my shelf is getting crowded. I'm probably the only one around here that likes them. They can be given away when there is a sale of my estate which I hope isn't soon.

Well seeing as this was my idea I had better show you my first 'project. As you can see it was a small one. My husband had just got himself a scroll saw and I had asked how it worked, he showed me and I was off cutting 'straight' and squiggerly lines. The next week I came across a book of patterns by Patrick Spielman and I loved the penguin, so off I went. I did a couple of others that day, a Scotty dog which I gave to a Scottish girlfriend (she's still got it) and a cat will a ball but unfortunately that disintegrated into about 6 pieces when it fell off the fridge. My little penguin still sits on the fridge and he is 19 years old now. I did some woodburning on him as you can see still no better at it. Marg

This was my first ever scroll saw project, but it needs to be explained. I have worked with my hands most of my life. Built 2 motorhomes in my earlier days, as well as various machines and/or improvements. Took a woodworking class at a trade school & built an oak desk. Time & patience mean absolutely nothing to me. The clock was cut with a $69 Performax saw from Menards. Not visible is the pedestal that made the total height about 6 1/2'. It was given as a housewarming gift to our son in Des Moines, Iowa. To you nice people that hesitate to start what looks like a challenging/difficult piece, just remember it is always 1 hole & cut at a time. It doesn't make any difference if it takes 7 months (as this did), or you start 1 or more projects per day. The amount of sawdust is the same either way. jerry

Well this is not really my first, scroll project, don't really remember what my first was but this one of my very early ones. It is the first Cigar Box Guitar I made, only I didn't have a cigar box at the time so I made the box and scrolled the two eagles in the top for decoration.

Thank you Peter!

Your the best! Thanks Marg!

Yes ,That's the ticket

Maybe 16" x 10",Either sue mey.com or sheilalandry.com

Thank you Charlie E

Thank you Ralph,I may have some rope.

Fantástico Job, thanks

I'm not Kevin, but I think the cross is from Sue Mey. She had a large assortment of such designs.

Nice work thanks for sharing

Like very much. Well done Kevin.

Your the man Kevin..both well done

I like your yellow sign. Advertising works. The cross is exquisite. Where did you get that pattern? I to am interested. Don't think I'm capable of cutting it but I would try.

I agree.Rope will look Fantastic.The Cross is Awesome!!

Great job on both and like the others, wondering where the cross pattern came from. Jeff

Excellent work Kevin, the cross is beautiful, where did you get the pattern, RJ

Very nicely done Kevin. I like the other's idea on the rope. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Wow that cross is amazing Kevin

great job

Lovely work Kevin.

I can't disagree with you there, but I think a some form of yellow and black rope would look even better than sisal rope.

well done Kevin, where did you get that crazy good detailed cross pattern? How big is that?

Nice work Kevin.

Both nice work. I think--maybe just me-- that a sisal rope will look better on the "AMAZING" sign. The cross is really fantastic work as per you normal.