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Well I have 4 more motorcycles in the glue up stage. Then tomorrow I can put the clear coat on it. Racers are awfully anxious to get these. This is what I have been doing after work and on weekends when it isn't too hot in the garage. Jim

Got the saw in my shop. Everything looks and seems to work great, except I broke the air blower(plastic fitting). Now to make a little room and give it a go.

My wife wanted me to do a portrait of her sister. The picture is from several years ago. this designing thing is not simple. I feel like I'm gobbling pixels in Pacman. Never sure how much detail I should remove or keep. I'll keep practicing.

Hi guys and gals, just finished this today. This is for my Grandson who just joined the Navy. I want to thank Wayne and Bob for doing the pattern for me. I had the choice of either one. I did Wayne's and took a little bit of Bob's. Thanks again guys. Ralph.

I just breath it all in !!! jerry

Thanks Brian, I think I know what is going on now. I was a little mixed up. Glad it's sorted now. Don W

I have been a woodworker from early grade school as my Dad was a woodworker and had me making things when I was in grade school. I made lots of furniture with fancy backs and kick plates, lots of ginger bread, clocks that I cut with jig saw or fret saw. I even had a old Craftsman one speed scroll saw that will bounce off the table if you don't clamp it down. I never knew that there was pin less blades and why the table tilted until I took a course at the Durham Woodworking Club some 8 years ago. I did the wolf head below (it extends out about 1/4 inch). That was on a Saturday and over the weekend I researched scroll saws and on Tuesday I order a EX-21 and by Friday it was up and running and as they say the rest is history.

Graphite is messy but does not attract dust.

Does anyone know a good source for Baltic birch plywood at a reasonable price.

Finished 3 tissue boxes on Saturday, Sold the Elephant one at Sunday's markets. The dragon design I have cut before, The butterfly and Elephants are new designs and 1st time cuts. Pine with Jarrah Trim. I use felt to back the cuttings.

5 layers (4 and 1 background), painted MDF 3mm (about 1/8 inch), 7,5 x 4,8 inches, blades: NIQUA Ultra #1 Pattern available at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA and short video (3 min) of making project

Finally got around to framing this raven cut from old birch flooring, mounted on engineered flooring sample framed with maple from a entertainment unit

I cut this out for my 10 year old niece for her birthday. Piece looked like it’d be quite fragile by itself so I decided to cut from thin B.B. ply and glue it to a star shaped backer from walnut. Dipped in Danish oil today and in a few days I’ll top coat it with some lacquer. Wrote a little birthday message on the back and dated it so she’ll have a lifetime treasure

Yesterday, I applied myself to scroll cutting more of the 'Christ with thorns' portrait patterns'. I had done two, before, with one of my sisters getting one. She liked it so much that she wanted two more, as gifts to her two children. I'm not a seasoned scroll sawer, and (largely because of the number of internal cuts) I thought it would be nice to batch cut the portraits. So, I secured three pieces of 16"x12"x 1/4" plywood together, and began with the project (the third one was supposed to be a gift for someone else). I encountered two problems. The first one could be remedied by the use of a 'sacrificial' bottom board, for what is resulted from the cutting characteristics of the blade, on that bottom piece. Had I used one, on this project, the stock thickness would have been raised another 1/4" - giving me a 1" total to push through the blade. Now, the blade I was using is the Olsen #4 Spiral blade, and I had never broken a blade before - not until this project. I actually broke 4-5 blades and, for those that hadn't suffered breakage, they (more than a few times) kept slipping out of the lower blade holder. I had read, somewhere, that it wasn't good to really torque down on the blade holders, so I had always just gave them good tightening. But, I wonder if (just maybe) I was using the wrong size blade for the thickness of that project. I've bought all of my blades locally (Rockler), and they have only stocked the Olson #4 Spiral blades (as far as I've known). I've been hearing great things about the Pegas blades, and think that I am going to make them my supplier. But I would really appreciate it if someone could enlighten me as to what number Spiral blade I would need for cutting thicker stock (3/4" & 1"). As always, your input would be greatly appreciated.

Menards has it in 4x8 sheets. I've never used theirs as I buy from a wholesaler that sells to the public. Many scrollsaw pattern sellers also sell BB but the shipping can be expensive. fredfret

Trash IKIE

I put mine out with the trash.

Just finished this one .It seemed to take me ages but I finally got there .The reason I am showing it is because of the large amount of Scroll Saw work involved in it.I am Quite happy about how it turned out but doubt if i would attempt something like this again .I have plenty of patience for my Scroll Saw work but not for something like this. Cheers Peter

Mulch around the trees, When I cut Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Maple I save the dust for my smoker same with small scraps of those woods. The rest is mulch or a real sparky addition to the fire pit. Fredfret

If your on your phone hold the image and click download image or on a computer right click and click save as

I use it in my walkways in my raised garden area. works great to keep the bugs out of the area as well as the weeds.

Believe it not Travis, many around here have already started back to school. They do get a Fall Break though and will be done for the year by the end of May. I remember when we didn’t start until after Labor Day.

Goes out in the trash and in the landfill.

I just ordered some Pegas blades and they also had drill bits. One order and done. I like easy.

Here is another source: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XZ8Q634?ref=em_1p_6_ti&ref_=pe_64760_295294660

A couple of Steve Good pieces I did a while back for a friend who's a substitute teacher (I did not, in fact, shut up and kiss her, she wanted that for her husband ).

Nice work thanks for sharing

Hi everyone I keep making sawdust and recently bought a Proxon scroll saw, I'm enjoying learning how to use it and looking around the Scroll Saw Village there are some very talented folks out there. I'm looking forward to visiting Canada later this year and hope to pick up a few Woodworking magazines whilst on holiday there, you guys on the other side of the pond seem to have better facilities for crafters.

G'day Don, This is where I got the idea from. I purchased this pattern many many years ago. As a cabinet maker, end grain is a no no. I tried mitring the cnrs however I wanted to bring the 2 tone look from the tops into the boxes, so settled on the present design. https://www.thewinfieldcollection.com/product/3961/All-Scroll-Saw-Projects-Woodcraft-Patterns

great job, You are are a racing machine with all the ones you did!

They all look great, thanks for the pic. Jeff

Good photos Kevin. I do not use the little holes for tightening the clamp. I find it fiddly. I just tighten by hand.

Is graphite powder also okay for bushing and bearings?? I thought that was the responsibility of oils and greases.... I always use graphite powder for like locks. My Hegner says oil on the bushings.....

The photo that Don shown was my version of the pattern by Steve Ramsey. I said correct because the earlier post mentioned where to find the pattern and I was just replying correct and the was my piece you were showing. I'm not on here regularly do to my real job. I travel normally every Monday thru Wednesday and I'm not on the internet much during those days.

Neat boxes and the way you hide the joints with the contrasting woods . Roly

Very nicely done. I would like to make one of these some day are they made to a design ?? Don W

Howdy All. I just wanted to let you know that I increased the number of stored personal messages allowed from 100 to 250 for our members. If you are a SSV Patron, you can now store unlimited messages! I know some of you have bumped into the message limit. As a result, other members can't send you a PM. So be sure to go to your inbox and delete any old messages you no longer need so you don't cap out again. Also, there is a way to disable messages. When you go to your inbox, there is a link on the left that says "Disable Messenger" If you click that, and confirm, you'll no longer recieve PMs. You can easily re-enable it by clicking the pulldown by your username in the upper right corner and click "Messages." It'll ask if you want to re-enable messenger again. A quick way to see if you accidentally turned off messenger is to look in the upper right corner and look for the envelope icon. If it's not there, you disabled it. If it is there, you're good to go.

A beautiful piece Kevin. She will love it. Marg

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nice cutting Kevin. I can see where it would be slow cutting. Does look pretty fragile.

Excellent in every respect....thought, design and execution.

WOW! Peter, You certainly did a super dooper job on scrolling that HUMMER out! As others have said the detail and finishing is Awsome! Thank you for letting us see your work! Bob P.S. where did you get the pattern from Peter?

Looks like one that is heated by a torch? I have one that is heated that way and it takes some practice to know when it is at the right temp. When I get the right temp, I usually make several brands on some very thin/veneer wood. I then cut them into separate pieces and when needed I can glue them on the back of a piece I have done. Saves some time and it actually looks pretty nice.

Nice work!

Howdy All. I've mentioned in this post that I'm moving the Scroll Saw Reviews to it's own section. It is now located under the Resources tab in the navigation bar. I did this for a couple of reasons. First, I'm trying to simplify the forum a bit. This will help declutter the main forum page. Second, while the reviews forum was useful, it was really cumbersome to update. It required the admin to update the information, or to create a new saw review. Now with their own section, members can add new saws and edit the information on the saws really easy. To add a new saw, just click "Add New Scroll Saw" on the main page. To update information on a saw, go to that page's saw and click the green button that says "Update Scroll Saw Information". @meflick had an awesome idea in this post to have a area to upload scroll saw manuals. (Goodness knows I almost always misplace my manuals). Well, it took me awhile, but I figured out how to upload manuals for these scroll saws. Just go to your saw and click "Update Scroll Saw Information" and there's a section where you can upload a manual. You can upload different versions, for some of those old saws that has had several over the years. Here's How You Can Help? Here's where I can use your help. I know many of you created well thought out reviews for your saw. This new section has a Reviews tab where you can give it a star rating and a proper review. The comments tab is where all the posts from the forum got moved to. If you wrote a proper review, can you copy/past it in the Reviews tab and give it a star rating? This will be super helpful for folks buying a new scroll saw. The more reviews there are, the better they feel when purchasing. If you have a scroll saw but haven't given it a review, please do so. If you don't see your saw listed, please add it. You don't have to know all of the information. Just fill in what you can. (Please make sure your saw isn't listed first. We don't want duplicate records) If you have one of these saws, please look over the information. If anything is missing or incorrect, please update it by clicking "Update Scroll Saw Information" and filling in the correct information. If you have one of these saws, click the Follow button on that saw to be notified when someone adds a review or a comment. Anyway, I hope you find this new section useful and a little easier to use than the last one. And more than that, I hope folks looking for a scroll saw will find this valuable in helping them pick the right scroll saw for themselves....and suck them into our devious hobby.

I just noticed it's about time to empty my saw dust can from my dust collection.. mostly from my planner or bandsaw.... got me to thinking.. what do you all do with your saw dust.. My brother's lumber mill is just a few mile up the road so I take it to his big saw dust pile.. since he sells saw dust by the big dump truck loads.. mostly to horse farms etc.. That said.. this time I cannot dump it because I planned some walnut and also did some glue-ups and walnut is toxic to horses... not sure about the glues but I assume it shouldn't be used for animal bedding etc.. anyway.. I have about 6 cans I use.. and once they get full i load them in my truck and take them to my brother.. just thought about it today because my 6th can is half full and I need to do some planning.. Anyway, it's fairly easy for me to empty my saw dust cans.. usually... brother is okay with me dumping walnut.. but he needs to know ahead of time so he doesn't deliver that batch to a farmer.. So what do you do with all your saw dust..