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When I saw this pattern posted this week on Steve Good's sight, I showed it to my wife who immediately fell in love with it. So today I cut and finished it. It is not a very useful basket as it is quite small, but it is quite decorative and pleasing to the eye. I am considering cutting one more of them but instead of using 1/4 inch BB Ply I was thinking of using a thicker and darker wood to see how that comes out. I have to say that is took me longer to cut it then I thought it would but I am pleased with the outcome. Dick heppnerguy

These are my first 2 cuts of 2019. Since we are in Florida, my wife needs a napkins holder with a Florida motif, so I found one from Sue Mey. The other is fromSteve Good, I guess he got tired of winter and decide to make a spring/summer pattern, easy to cut, now will decide what kind of colors to apply.

Project for beginners and great gift for St Valentine DayPattern is available at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

This was my first project. Not sure where the pattern came from. Amazing Grace txt is burned.

Started on these guys before Christmas but they got pushed aside for a lot of reasons.....Finally finished and will be ready for next year...Steve Good does so much for the Scrolling community through his website....Thanks again Steve!

Got the go ahead to pull the trigger on a saw. Ordered the 16" Ex. With the 90 day return policy, I took the chance and saved almost 200. If it turns out to be junk, I'll return it and order the Dewalt. Thanks to all for the comments. I'll post a pic when I unbox it.

Everyone has a different "deep end" they are hesitant to dive into. For me it is now inlay after I got comfortable doing compound cuts. Stretch yourself and you will be amazed at what you can do. Lettering can be intimidating, but unless the oops is major, you will be the only one worried.

I'm not an expert by any means but I would start with the "For The" in the centre just in case I stuffed up so as not to waste too much timber. But try and keep the scrap and tape it back in place to protect the lettering while cutting the rest of the plaque. I would also beef up some of the bridges such as the bottom of the "d" and "a" by cutting a little short of the pattern or adding another bridge at the top of the letter. Good luck, Rob

My first project for 2019 is a rather simple one. I am recovering from hip joint replacement surgery and, next week, I will "graduate" for my Physio Therapy sessions with Jane. I made her this plaque which I will present at the end of my last session: This was designed by Chachi and it is the second such plaque that I havemade. The foreground is 3mm thick cherry and the background is 7mm thick Jatoba.

The other day I was cleaning out my storage building,and this is what I found.My very first Scroll Saw.An old 16in Craftsman.No blower,no Light.Wow I have some fond memories of that saw,This is the one that got me started in Scrolling.Such a small table.My new one make's it look so small. Just a memory I thought I would share.Have a Wonderful day everyone.

This has been our saddest Xmas ever,my granddaughter Faith was born on the 19th Dec but due to many complications the life support was turned off on boxing day & the poor little thing passed away next day. It has made me think of others who might not have enjoyed a perfect Xmas, I made this Plaque for her parents which I think says it all.Peter

Well I made this for the shop walls. This is the first time I've ever used Doug fir for anything other than framing. I had some 4x4's 2 feet long left over from building my shop cabinets a few years ago. Glad I saved them and the frame turned out pretty good I think. I used redwood for the splines. About half way through this I had an "Ah ha!" moment where it clicked for me. Turns and pivots became easier and less stressful, blade choice improved and finally did a project without breaking it. A lot of you have cut this already but I enjoyed it. Oh and if you look carefully you'll still see some dust on the saw. I remembered to take the pic before I cleaned up. Ha ha.

I did a review on the Dewalt DW788.Two weeks ago I tore mine down due to excess noise and vibration, repacked all of the bearings with synthetic grease and between that and converting to the Pegas clamps the saw now seems better than it was when it was new. If I were looking to buy a new saw I would want to learn more about the new Pegas that is advertised in Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts. Here is my review of the DW788: I have had my DW 788 for 3 years. I got it new for a good price complete with stand and standard light. It is an okay saw, but I have a few criticisms: For starters if you are a serious scroller you must add a foot controlled switch and a spring lifter. I feel these should be standard items. After I installed the foot switch the first thing I did was cover the factory switch with tape because if you don’t dust gets in it and the switch will fail prematurely. The light comes with an incandescent bulb that shorts out from vibration. Do yourself a favor and buy a LED fan type bulb. Next, the blade holders are awkward and the little tips that grip the blade don’t last very long before the blade starts slipping.Pegas makes great replacement clamps that are easier to deal with, but they are $75. Again, Dewalt should put them on standard. Now, this week the saw got very noisy. After watching a great video regarding this issue from a highly acclaimed scrollsaw repairman I have learned that the factory bearings are not the best, but worse yet, the grease used by the factory is a low quality grease that is just good enough to get a serious user through the warranty at best. So now I must tear the whole thing down, replace some of the bearings and repack the rest with synthetic grease. I am a serious scroller, and I scroll daily. I will rebuild the saw, and continue to use it. I do portraits with hundreds of cuts, and with the modifications I’ve made, and top quality blades, the Dewalt does a good job. It’s a huge step up from saws that sell for less than $200. But for the price, I don’t think one should have to put so much into it to make it really good.

Yeah, no matter what my next saw will be larger cause i want to end up with 2 saws anyway. Hoping to try the jet some day. I'd like to hear more about yours.

we almost had snow today. It was 72 degrees and some rain. Nice snow men. I too love a lot of Steve Good's patterns. I am amazed that anyone can come up with so many ideas and good patterns. Dick heppnerguy

Well, I'm not the best person to be giving advice but if it were me, I'd just jump in and go for it. What the heck, if nothing else, it's practice. And that is what this is all about isn't it? Not like you only have one copy of the pattern. The stuff that I have done so far was way out of my league or comfort zone but I wanted to do it so I did. Sure, I know what the flaws are but most folks don't see them. And on the next one, I'll do better. And so on. Just do it!

I don't have an air filtration system but I would guess you box fans catch the larger sawdust. I assume the air filtration would attract the much finer airborne dust. Ah but what the heck do know? I'm just guessing.

I have the 22” Jet saw and love it. I did replace the bottom blade holder to a Pegasus (around $40) and I can confirm the bottom teeth now engage above the table. Very smoothe and quiet saw with tuns of capacity. Jet is also a great company to deal with and definitely won’t be going the way some smaller tool companies have

Hi Melanie Do not be intimidated Go For It - You will be amazed as what you can accomplish Good advice given in earlier posts Should you not succeed on your first attempt, DO NOT give up Learn from your mistakes and dive right back in Let us know, how you make out Good Luck Fab4

I normally cut mine from 1/2" red oak. I use a #3 UR blade. Something like this I would probably start in the middle and work my way out. As you can read from the other statement we have a different approach to our work. Just take your time and let the blade do the cutting and you should be fine. After a few you will gain comfort in cutting letters and everything else.

If I only want one of a delicate pattern, I always stack above a piece of inexpensive luan sacrifice board. Normally use 1/8" BB & FDUR #3 or 5. Start with delicate parts first, as mentioned above. jerry

I did these from Sheila Landy pattern sets from 1/8" BB ply.. cut them with a #3 Pegas MG blade.. Some of them I cut stacks of 4 while others I did only two.. I almost always stack at least two.. but have used single 1/8" before as well.. and on single ones I use a #1 blade.. and it's about the only time I ever take my saw speed down to around 1/2 way on the dial.. I personally do not like the look of the signs when made from thicker wood.. so I'd stack at least 2 of them.. and if they both turn out I'm sure someone would like one as a gift someday, LOL .. Anyway.. spiral blades work well too for them.. if I do use spirals I use a 2/0 FD New spiral.. some of these I did cut with spirals or at least opened up the lettering where it is quite a narrow area.. These are a bit of a challenge in some areas.. but I think you'd do fine just slowing the saw down to a more comfortable speed.. for someone like you that may be intimidated.. on the particular pattern you're speaking of.. I'd cut from 1/4 ( if you like the look okay in 1/4 otherwise stack cut it) and then I'd probably use a spiral for the words "For The" in the cutting IF you're comfortable with spirals.. if not.. then just use the same blade.. on a side note.. when I get a area that I'm concerned with if my saw is aggressive... or too fast for me I'll cut with the new blade a bit on some of the other bigger areas that I'm more comfy doing to sort of dull a new blade a bit before going to the intricate stuff.. sometimes that helps take the fast cutting sharp blade and slow it a bit.. but you also don't want to cut it with a real dull blade either.. I do this quite often to make that real sharp aggressive blade down to a little less aggressivenes.... Take it slow.. they really aren't too bad as long as you just take your time with it.. I'd use a #1 or #3 blade for the rest of the lettering..

Not that I'm an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I do love my 'letters'. I personally would use ¼" ply which I have access to a lot of or 1/8th wood perhaps and I use a No.3 Reverse blade. This one had quite 'thin' letters and that's how I did it. I've never done a 'stack' cut so can't comment on that. xx

I would use at least 1/4” to 1/2” thick hard wood, like Cherry, oak, maple, walnut any type of hard wood with real high density fibre so they do not break easy. As far as blades FD or Pegas # 3 reverse so not much sanding on the back. I would start cutting the hollies first top and bottom and then the letters. If you have some problem staying on the lines, slow down the speed of the saw a little and most important DO NOT FORCE THE BLADE let it do the work. I hope this help and don’t be intimidated, you can always use part of the pattern on a piece of scrap wood. Go for it, you will have it mastered before long.

I just finished these for a friend that is making a coffee table for his wife as a surprise. The “legs” will be wide boards on each end and he is going to frame these in with backboards. I had also made an OM symbol last week with African Paduck inlay and he wants that to inbed into the table top. The inlay came out pretty good, but finish sanding it was a messy job because the redness of the Paduck would bleed into the BB. Thank you Fish for the George Harrison pattern.

I am not new to woodworking but still very much a beginner in many areas. I started with a shopsmith in 1987. I bought a scroll saw for it and used it for awhile but moved on to other areas of woodworking as needed. I enjoyed scrolling and always thought I would up grade and get back into it. A few weeks ago I seen a Dewalt on Craigslist. I went to look at it and brought it home. Now I’m learning all over again. I'm looking forward to learning some tricks here.

Hello All. I'm glad to find a site that has so many experienced scrollers to seek advice from. I just finished building a shed this past winter that most of the contents from my garage went into. After relocating the clutter, I now have a pretty little decent workshop in my garage that I can go to. I came across two scroll saws that I had picked up at auctions and had forgotten that I owned. I now have the space and some time to put them to work. My wife and I have owned several cocker spaniels over the years, so my first pattern I'm going to try and tackle is the one below. Question #1...This would be my first attempt at scrolling. I'm a fairly handy person, but need to work on my patience a bit. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the hardest, how hard will this pattern be for me? Question #2...When I cut, will I be keeping the white part of the pattern or the black part? Thanks for your help. I am a very good listener and very coachable. I look forward to learning.

Can't help you with your question,, but when I print out a pattern I always print out a second one and write "Master" on it. That way I always have one.

Yeah, I agree.. I should mention that I wash mine regularly as well..

Intarsia is where staying on the line is most critical. With most other scrolling no one knows where the lines where when the pattern is removed. Just relax and cut.

The Air FIltrator won't pick up dust that is laying on surfaces. It only cleans what is gloating in the air. Surface dust still needs cleaning or vacuumed. Once you've done that, you'll see a lot less dust collecting on surfaces.

You can wipe it out but be careful as a great environment for growing germs and such.

Thanks Ray, I will jump in soon and give it a try. My main goal here was to have a discussion and see all the different ways and blades, etc. that different people take to the same pattern so I (and perhaps others) could perhaps learn a little bit from everyone here on ways to approach something. As you can see, so far we have had a great variety of responses from lots of folks and not to many would approach this in the same way, use the same blade, or the same woods or thicknesses. Like John, said its probably a fairly easy cut overall and I am not really intimidated by most of that pattern, the thin letters were my primary concern because I do have issues when working in small thin areas/items. So, I wanted to see how others would approach those, if they used a smaller blade, a spiral blade, if the thickness or thinness of the wood or stack of wood would help or hurt, etc. I figured if I had that question, others who are newer to the saw would too and we would all learn. Some people are like you and others here (including my hubby) - just jump in and who cares, it will all work out - others of us tend to think about things too much, dip our toes in first and check the water temperature, get others advise, etc. and then eventually slowly get in the water (or hop back out half way in!) - That's me - wish I was more of a just jump in type of gal though! I have gotten better - keep telling myself its okay if it doesn't turn out! That its okay to throw it away and start again. So I decided to see what the "experts" could tell me before just jumping in. It really isn't this specific pattern I want to jump into. It's some of the more detailed, more intricate, more thin lettering ones they have that I want to get to. I was going to use this one as my "warm up" to trying to do some of their more intricate, multi-panel, large detailed word art designs they sell on their site here: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/category/large-sectional-patterns Which would include some I have purchased liked the Old Rugged Cross (one of my all time favorite hymns), Our Family, and others there. I have tried some thinner words, cuttings and they haven't always worked out very well. So I figured before I tried again, I would see what others said about how to approach them.

Very nice!

That turned out great !

Great looking job!

I,ll say.Beautiful work.

Dick you did an excellent job. That is a stunning basket.

Every cut must have been heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for you and your family. You have made a beautiful plaque. My thoughts are with you.

Oh boy. I love John Wayne. My favourite actor growing up. You did a absolute wonderful job cutting him.

Your lungs are cleaner.

One other thing Melanie. If you do drift off the line a bit on the inner or outer curve of a letter, you may be better off making the same error on the corresponding inner or outer curve rather than slavishly following the pattern. Symmetry is the important bit. But hang on, I just saw the "Joy to the World" you cut, so what's all this nonsense about being intimidated by letters? Fine letters are no different from wider fonts, they might even be easier. Get stuck in! Rob

Thanks everyone for the advice! Just received the Pegasus bottom blade holder in the mail from your recommendation and I installed it. I am happy to report that the bottom teeth now engage the wood. Yay !! Not all of them but at least 2-3 teeth engage. I also feel that it cuts smoother now with less vibration. Now this could be my imagination because the saw was great before but the cuts seem more accurate and true now. I have been Thinking about the existing design of the bottom blade holder. Because the bottom holder is not secured in such a way as to prevent the barrel of the holder from rotating, it would cause the blade to deflect and rotate while in use... so not as accurate cut. With the Pegasus holder the blade is not able to move all below. So in theory a more accurate cut. In any case I’m happy with the purchase. I’m sticking with the top holder for the time being.

I started with a 2 speed Delta.. my father bought it new back around 1988-89.. the model is 40-560 type 2.. think the type 2 just had the upgraded quickset ll upper blade clamp.. My dad wore the saw out and rebuilt it once.. then it wore again so he replaced it with about the same saw but a variable speed.. he let me borrow this old worn one but I never used it until after he had passed on.. I ended up rebuilding it.. and using it for a year or two.. still have it but don't really use it at all.. Thanks for posting this... brings back some memories..

I agree with Kevin on the Craigslist approach. At any given time, there will be no "deals" on craigslist, but the trick is to check every day, and be patient. You might also check eBay and facebook market. On craigslist and ebay, check the cities on every side of you, as the bigger the town/city, the better your chances. I have to admit, it's easier to be patient when you already have one great saw. My first great saw I bought new.

Great job! You are not Tim the Toolman's neighbor are you?

Welcome from Southern Arizona. Always enjoy it when someone picks us to become a part of their lives. Log on often and you will shortly feel like you are in a brand new, loving family, because that is exactly what we are here in the Village. Stroll around and explore. Some areas that you will not want to miss are the free patterns you can download and cut, the Bragging area where one posts their projects, (it really is not about bragging as it is about sharing what is going on in our shops), the tutorials area is always worth exploring and learning from, and many other places to see and learn and share in. Oh, and if you have the computer time, don't pass up a visit to the coffee shop, that is where we just go to visit one another and have some added fun. Glad you are here Dick heppnerguy

Welcome to the Village. Glad to have you join us. I have had a cocker spaniel many years ago, was a good dog, cute pattern. I don’t do a lot of fret work like this so someone else can probably answer your question on ease of pattern better then me, but I would think thst this would not try your patience too much. There are a few thin areas where you will need to be careful. Like the eyes. Just use in expensive wood and give it a try. When you go to cut it, you would be cutting out the black and keeping the white.

This was my first project attempting to do my favorite team, Winnipeg Jets new logo

First project entered in local art show and gained a second place. So I'm pretty happy. Already working on next year's show