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Here's a chuckle! Just got finished cutting Steve Good's firetruck word art pattern from a few months ago. Was doing a little sanding etc when I noticed a wisp of smoke. Did a quick perusal of the garage and nothing. About a minute later, even more smoke and the smell of burning plastic. Then noted that my control section of my scroll saw was the source even though it was turned off. Immediately unplugged, but the smoke was still coming forth. Now get this one guys and gals. My magnifying light unit was perfectly lined up with the setting sun through the open garage door. This was the source of heat to start my saw a burning (not my bad cutting). Moved the magnifier and the melting and smoke stopped. Just a little warped plastic and the saw still works because the generated heat didn't reach the internal wiring and switches. Weird that this happened when cutting a firetruck. And brings back memories of when I was a silly kid and we would fry ants with a magnifying glass.

I made this for my daughter for Christmas. Her cat died earlier this year so I made this for her and named it the Lillie Tree. Marg

And a partridge in a pear tree! Trivet.

This is a piece I just for a lady for her office wall.

My contribution for this year. All given to friends and family. From upper left, clockwise... poplar, mahogany, soft maple, cherry.

I made “Tree Scenery” designed by @worbler I switched it up a little. I wanted it to stand on its own without the cutout pieces, but that wasn’t working so I put the cutout pieces back in.

Made this herd of reindeer to take to the market show and sold them all before I left the house to a neighbour. I know what to make next year everyone keep asking for them as I put them on my facebook page.

Back to doing Aircraft again (Lawson's taunt!) Always liked the Corsair. Aircraft went through lots of variations like regular canopy and bubble canopy and 3 and 4 bladed props. It was still being used by several countries into the early '50's. Cut on 1/8 BB with 1/4" backer. The design and lines are very thin and cowl flaps had me a little perplexed. It would have been tough to connect all the lines. Lettering went quick. Not sure what's next. They are predicting heavy snow in the upstate of SC this weekend so the car will go into the garage and I'll be out of the shop. Time to start hunting for some new patterns to cut.

5 layers, 3 mm MDF, size 7.5*7.5 inches pattern is available at https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

Well, unfortunately it appears my final event of the year is going to be rained out tomorrow. My show 2 weeks ago was also rained out. These two rained out events going to cost me a ton of money (140 puzzles expected to have sold at these 2 events). Fortunately this is just a side "hobby" for me as I have a full time day job whereas other local arts & craft vendors I know depend on these events for a living. But, it's just a fitting end to a very wet year here in Mayberry Beach. Average rainfall 57 inches a year. Previous all time record from 1877 was 85 inches... we're about to hit 100 inches possibly this week... total of 8 events missed due to rain or due to Hurricane Florence and others shortened or lowered attendance due to rain during events. Only ended up able to do 20 events this year. Below are my stats for the year for those curious. Stats for 2018: Total puzzles sold = 1112 Average 55 sold per event Worst event 17 puzzles sold Best event 178 puzzles sold (2 day event) 172 different animals/dog breeds sold Top 30 items (listed below) accounted for 50% of all sold Top 10 items accounted for 25% of all sold Top 30 in order: (CB and Topsail items are local specialty items) Unicorn Dachshund Mermaid Shark Dragon Rescue Elephant Golden Giraffe T-Rex Sea Turtle Beagle Yeti Black Lab CB Mermaid Labrador Shepherd Topsail Turtle Aussie KittyKitty Buffalo Manatee Pelican Pitbull Topsail Mermaid CB Pelican Chihuahua Corgi Doodle Retriever Time to start stockpiling for 2019 based on above list. Iggy

A present for my Mom, who did American Sign Language interpretation for the deaf for MANY years. I never inherited her knack for languages, so I'm pretty much stuck with the alphabet and a few choice signs usually reserved for driving. A couple of ornaments, the snowman was for my wife, and the Christmas tree went to a friend. Some more ornaments, Steve Good 3D patterns I thought would be a fun and easy cut. They were. Alex Fox pattern, a gift for my sister to go on her Wall O' Crosses. A gift for a friend of my wife's, sorta a memorial for her friend's Mom.

The pattern was made by Bobscroll. A woman asked for it to be made for her grandson. Said he was named after the James River in Tennessee. Don’t know why but didn’t question grandma lol. Made with red oak, bb backer an maroon construction paper in between. Thanks Bob!!

This is an original pattern made from a picture the client took. It is a picture of a chapel her father built and it will be a Christmas present for him. I'm still not sure of myself in the pattern making department, but I think this turned out ok. 1/4" Maple w/ a stained BB backer. Used mostly FD UR #1, the tiny holes in the roof were done with FD New Spiral 2/0. 10"x10 1/2"

You didn't notice that bushy mustache under his nose... That makes a good dust collector.

I normally cut to the corner, back up a little and widen the kerf slightly (it doesn't take much) & now there is a wide cut to rotate the blade. Do it so automatically that I'm often not even aware of it. jerry

I tell my students, First, pause to let the wood catch up to the blade. Back up just enough so the teeth are going to be in the proper position. Now lean on the side and go.

Started this last June, then my eyes got so bad I decided to quit scrolling until I could have cataract surgery. I finally was able to have it done in October and am now getting back in the shop. Next month I will get new glasses to work with my new eyes and things will really be good to see then. But I see well enough to get back to some scrolling. This is a pattern my Tim @worbler . It is a great pattern. The Native American is Wolf Robe: "Wolf Robe or Ho'néhevotoomáhe (born between 1838 and 1841; died 1910, Oklahoma) was a Southern Cheyenne chief and a holder of the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal. During the late 1870s he was forced to leave the open plains and relocate his tribe on to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Indian Territory." per Wikipedia. I also read somewhere he is the NA on the U. S. Buffalo nickle. I could not find where I read that. I did it in Bass Basswood which is soft and this piece was real soft, so I had to add a few bridges to keep everything in place. Thanks to Mr. Worbler for the fine pattern.

I added these to my album and need to describe them. The first is a Compact spiked Mobius Ribbon made using the scrollsaw and consists of 2 x 1/2 bowls and 10 x 1/4 bowls using the bowl from a board method. I used 1/2" plywood and there are 5 layers in each segment, I used the 8 pointed star as a guide, reduced the size of the segments from my previous effort hence the more compact result. Sorry I didn't do photos of the stage by stage construction but I wasn't sure it would work. Maybe if I ever do another I will do a full coverage. The second project is a scrollsaw mobious ribbon which I cut various breed of dogs in each segment before gluing up. This was given to a ex Aussie veteran who was a dog handler in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The first couple I made sold quickly so here are another three I hope to sell this weekend. Cut from reclaimed native New Zealand Rimu (aka Southern Red Pine) from old drawer boxes and finished with a semi-gloss spray. Thanks for looking, Rob

Hi Blake: Do you believe in Karma When you frying those little ant butts, they were all screaming "We'll pay you back someday you (insert inappropriate word of choice here) Thanks for letting us know Just imagine, if you were cutting the Towering Inferno... Fab4

Glad you figured it out. I have read about this being a possibility but your's is the first I have heard it actually happened. Good reminder for all of us to make sure our magnifier lights are covered or blinds are closed when leaving the shop! Thanks for sharing.

Great job, Paul, and I;m glad things are LOOKING BETTER for you (groaner pun intended). Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

My first attempt at making a flag. I still need to put a finish on it. Not sure if I will use something from a can or maybe go a little thicker with a 2 part epoxy. I was gonna use a dremel and carve out the stars but went the easy way with some spray paint. I will use the dremel on my next one...maybe. Finish pics are in a post below.

The project has taken me about 6 months and is now completed. The Maloof Style Rocker is made of Claro Walnut with lots of interesting and beautiful grain. I learned to make the rocker from Bill Kappel in Utah and went out there months ago for a week long one on one class with him. He has made many beautiful rockers and is a great teacher. He helped me get started and then shipped the parts and wood back to me in Indiana. The chair was a real challenge for me and included so many hours of grinding, shaping, sanding..... One interesting part was fitting the chair to my wife's liking. It involved setting the upper part on the rockers and then adjusting them for height and placement. This allowed the angle of the chair and height to fit her. The finish on it is 4 coats of Teak Oil, 4 coats of wipe on poly with light sanding in between and finally it was sanded with 1500 and 2000 grit paper and waxed with Butchers Wax. I did use my scroll saw on the project. Mostly it was to create wooden templates of some of the parts. It was interesting trying to get the left legs to look exactly like the right legs. I had never done this before and it was a real challenge. Now I am ready to get back to some scrolling projects and want to take on one of the truck models that I have seen.

I’m overwhelmed! 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, reverse, skip, reverse skip, spiral, arrrggghhh!!! What is “skip” blades? Should I buy a set of each and see what I like best? I read that #3 and #5 will do anything you need - is that true? When/why would I use spiral? Are they any good? I read that some blades have sand paper on the sides - where do I find those or are they a waste of time? I asked this in a welcome thread but what is a “gross” of blades? I think that’s it for now... Thank you!!

Alex Fox’s Wolves. 366 cuts. BB oiled, mounted on 1” Poplar stained with True Black. Alex says on his pattern page that this one is rated as intermediate level. I may not ever reach his advanced level. I found this one to be pretty challenging.

I took 2 videos with my tablet while in the shed. Cutting out a letter B ornament. I’m looking for some critique on my scrolling. I’m having trouble making tight corners. Turning on a dime just isn’t working like it should I think. WARNING SHAKY VIDEO. I had my tablet on a bucket on top of my work bench to get a good angle. Had no idea it shook so much until after I was done. I’ll take no offense if you don’t want to or can’t watch it. I don’t blame you! I guess that goes to show how much the scroll saw is vibrating.

Made this one for my customer who wanted it for his mate Fatty as a birthday present. I put this one under glass as it has a few very delicate pieces in it ,I also made the frame out of red gum. Cheers Peter

That is absolutely elegant! I'd love to have that to display in my home! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

New saws have there unexpected problems as well. I worked on my New Seyco when I got it for several days going back and forth with Ray at Seyco. Finally got it ironed out and am very happy. Would have much rather spent those days making sawdust but it all worked out. I hope you get your issues fixed quickly and back to scrolling. Ray should be able to help you get it going in no time. My EX21 was knocking and it was the motor cam. I had to replace the motor cam and all the linkage. I believe this is a rare occurrence though. You can take the plate off the left rear side with the three screws in it and make sure nothing is hitting and that the motor cam is tight. Good Luck grizz Oregon

Yea Paul if your magnifier lights are anywhere near an east, west, or south window it would probably be a good idea to put the covers back on.

Awesome pattern, awesome plane! The F4-U almost didn't make it as a fighter until they put a longer-bladed prop on it, which allowed the plane to take full advantage of the more powerful engine....however, the length of the props caused them to whack the ground or flight deck, destroying the props or the wooden decks. So the wings were re-configured to the gull-wing design (based on the German Stuka? Not sure on that one), which raised up the nose of the aircraft enough to keep the prop from hitting the ground, and also gave it the convenience of making the folding wings easier, allowing more to be brought on board a carrier. Once the gull-wing was put into production, the F4U became a VERY formidable fighter, easily on par with the Japanese Zero (which was flying circles around everything else the Allies had in the air at the time). Pilots in Chennault's American Volunteer Group would claim "battle damage" to their P40's and bail out over friendly territory, allowing their (never verified, of course) unscathed P40's to crash into the jungles so that they could get an F4U replacement.

great job, the table is beautiful

Pawn to Kings level two.That is an Awesome table!!

Whoah!!! very nice job!!!

Great cutting on a super pattern Paul. Glad to have you back cutting again. Jeff

Yeah the broom under my nose filters it ha! I gotta get a respirator. The dusk mask I have fogs my glasses. Eventually I’m going to get the 3M respirator that takes the P100 filters. I’ve been doing to widen the kerf trick now. It’s working OK but I’m sure I’ll run in to a situation where that’s not an option.

BEAUTIFUL! Are you a man of few words? Nothing say about it. That's okay it speaks for itself. That is very neat!

You are certainly getting a grasp on Inkscape quickly! You have done a beautiful job..

Awesome job!

Great work and congrats on the wood recycling! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nice! I printed this one out awhile back thinking it looked fairly straightforward. Then I took a closer look and haven't been brave enough to start it yet. lol

Down Right Awesome job!!Pappy Boyington would be proud.

you should notice a difference with the FD blades. i can get pretty tight turned with the 1's and 3's.

Nice plane. You did a great job.

First practice on some scrap wood. You don't even need a pattern. Do as Ray describes but I would add, at the end of the turn before you proceed pause to allow the blade to "catch up" with your turn. You will see or feel it complete the turn. I talking a fraction of a second pause. After some practice it becomes natural.

That is a beautiful piece. American Indian subjects are always interesting to me. I enjoy reading about it too.

That's really fine cutting!

Some mighty fine scrolling there !