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Don in Brooklyn (Ontario that is) kindly created this pattern for me. Dr. Joe is my wife's Chiropractor and life coach. He has done wonders for her. I wish my scrolling could do justice to the pattern. It is 17X5.5 inches. Quite large. I still need to detail it and place it on a 1/4" backer. Wood is Poplar and cut with a #5 Pegas mg blade. I will need to put a final finish on it and mount a couple of hangers.

Here are three of my latest ones. The Christmas Night and Poetry wizard are designs by Aniki Lykke Sorenson. The Steam engine is by @neptun. The Christmas Night one is cut in two mahogany drawer sides salvaged from work and glued together, 9 1/2 X 12. The other two are 11 X 14, stack cut 1/8 and 1/4 BB ply. Jeff

Not your standard dolphins, mind you....part of a Steve Good pattern (printed at 150% enlargement, using the "poster" option in Adobe Acrobat Reader's print window), these are submarine qualification dolphins, 6 years of living hell and a daily-renewed appreciation for Mountain Dew, strong coffee, Excedrin, and Motrin 800. Cut out of 1" pine, finished in Minwax's Provincial. These'll end up hanging over my desk at work. Still not sure if I'll make a plaque to back them or not....subs are pretty no-frills places to conduct sneakiness and shenanigans (not necessarily in that particular order), I think they'll do just fine standing on their own. Plus, being 1" thick, they'd look funny sticking out of a plaque. Already had a request for another set from another submariner, I'll do that one out of 1/2" ply, double-stacked for an extra set. This was a fun cut, but the final sanding left a lot to be desired.

Easy and fun to make.

Interesting 3D effect Birch plywood 4 mm, stains, glossy varnish Pattern is available at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

Just finished this 3D Bee. It’s not perfect but it was fun to make !

I learned how to make these wood hinges on You Tube. I designed these boxes. They are made of maple and walnut. Not as good of a job on the star inlay as I would have liked.

Does anyone here have any fishing lure patterns for use? Not to fish with, just as a decor item. Been freehanding some and trying my hand at compound cutting.

I got this box Idea from Steve Good. Redesigned the pattern to suit me. I have been saving back this piece of maple for a special project.

I redid the wolf and eagle in oak to match the Indian. Before they were poplar and I didn’t like the way it took the danish oil. Now they match and I’m much happier with the results.

I have a bigmaxx 50,000 btu natural gas furnace hanging for my ceiling and it keeps my 900 sqft. shop a comfy 68 degrees when -11 outside. It only cost me $120 extra a year to heat the shop and I maintain that temperature 24/7.

I love Bernd's great aviation cuttings and he agreed to let me cut a couple of his also. He said to make it as large as my saw would permit but I wanted to try my usual 8 X 10 inch first. I choose to cut the Corsair F4U first because it looked to be the easies one. I feel honored that he allowed me to give this a try. I hope that I did not offend him with my efforts but as I continue to cut more of his work, I will start to understand better how I need to go about cutting it for best results. I really like airplanes, though I am not obsessed with them, and I am looking forward to cutting more to hand on my own wall to admire. Thank you so much for your generosity and I will post the others as I find the time to cut them. Dick heppnerguy

I ran across this on one of the Facebook forums yesterday and thought it would be a nice cut. If you are interested, here is the pattern. Not sure where it originated. The poster said it was a Steve Good pattern but I couldn't find it anywhere. Pattern has been removed as my ethics were in question. Sorry.

Bottom line, if you want yourself a pattern with a napkin holder, then you have several options: 1. Buy Amazon pattern 2. Find free patterns on Russian forums 3. Ask for free to share a pattern (on the same Russian forums), I think none of the authors will not deny you such courtesy. If you have difficulty finding and knowing other languages other than English, then I can help in this matter as an intermediary. - Post links where to look. - Find the right and make an adapted selection. - Draw the desired pattern for you. . I think there will be no problems with blanks. All that is needed is a suitable silhouette and the very fastening of napkins. P.S. Photo author Victor Lysenko

I've found that the wood tends to jump when I'm feeding to fast or I have the speed set to slow. Makes no difference which blade, except it happens more often with the larger blades. So maybe it's just a matter of slowing your feed or upping the saw speed a bit. When I'm teaching, I find that people want to start pushing the blade into the wood before the saw is running. Makes that wood slap every time, but some folks have a hard time realizing why.

It would be great to have more info. What blade are you using.....name, type and number. What wood are you cutting....species and thickness. Different wood species and blades react differently.

Thanks for the many helpful ideas. I have now switched to the new saw (see buying a new saw thread) so we shall see how it goes from here. I have a variety of Olson blades along with FD assortment. However, I am by no means an expert and am still in the experimental stages. PS Wood blades are also on the way. Cut something out on the new saw last weekend with no jumps. This weekend's project is a toy car. We'll see how I do on that. No football, below zero temps, Friday off, new saw, fresh enthusiasm thanks to y'all.... Should be fun! I'm thinking that a notebook to record project, wood type, thickness, blade choice, speed, and results might be a good idea for my feeble mind....

Howdy Mr. Scott, and might I first welcome you to the forum, Sir. In this situation, there are many variables involved. You have been given more than plenty of dandy suggestions to begin with. Might I ask, what breed of saw are you usin', Sir? As mentioned, is there a possible aggression adjustment? If not, and you're not usin' an overly aggressive blade, try backin' off on your feed rate just a little. Maybe. Another suggestion may be to try a couple different types of blades that may suit your style of cuttin', Sir. Might I suggest the Polar blade. The polar blade is a blade made with teeth similar to a skip tooth blade, except the teeth are closer together the full length of the blade. And, depending on the thickness of the material your're attemptin' to cut, the polar blade is an exceptional blade for fine line cutting, fret work, as well as other types of cutting, too. Blade speed has a lot to do with wood jump. In some instances, blade speed is running so fast that it cannot do it's job, and grabs a catch in the kerf, and you have a jump, and sometimes a broken blade. Maybe adjust your blade speed accordingly? I have a number of years at the saw myself, as well as a number of other members here. I learn something from every single project I produce, large or small. I have learned over the years what thickness' work best for me, what blades work best for me, and I keep all those blades on inventory. Imo, it is might near an impossibility to steer folks towards a given type of blade. It is simply a matter of personal choice. There is another strong possibility that may be at question yet, too. You may be"pushing" the material into the blade instead of just allowin' the blade to do the work for you. That is an issue that can be checked when you're cuttin' by simply backin' off pressure on your material against the blade. If the blade straightens up or pushes back towards ya a little, that's tellin' ya you are pushin' instead of lettin' the blade do the work. Be worth a try. Also, make sure your blade tension is set proper, Sir. Sawdust703(brad)

I remember when you put that thing in last year. Sad to hear it's crap. When I had a real home/garage, I acquired an overhead gas furnace from a shop that was being torn down. It was a 110 volt blower. I hung it up in the rafters in my shop/garage. I never did hook up the gas line to it because I was told that if I ever had any kind of an insurance claim that I might have a problem. But I'll bet it would have worked great in my 3 car garage.

My shop is only 112 sq ft. I have one outside wall, one common with the kitchen and two walls common with the garage interior. In even zero weather, which is rare, my shop never gets below 45 degrees. However, I like it warm. I purchased a 220V 30 amp heater which is supposed to heat a single car garage efficiently. That is what they say. The heater is a Dimplex brand and is a piece of crap. I installed it this past spring and have now had a chance to use it. Very inefficient. I does not have high and low settings just a rheostat. When turning it all the way up it soon goes into default. If turned up to 3/4 the heater does not run long enough to heat the shop. I can fix the problem by disassembling it and moving the internal thermostat a little further from heating coils. That will work but also be potentially dangerous if it does not shut down if over heating. I'm back to my parabolic heater which works but I don't like having to always walk around the thing. DO NOT BUY a Dimplex heater! OK, I'm done now. :>)

I have a friend who is a carpenter and also a Toronto Maple Leaf fan. I took Steve Goods man cave saw and replaced man cave with Maple Leafs.still need to spray it.

In Russia, such napkin holders are now in trend. Forums are inundated with requests to share a pattern.

Never seen that before. Very nice! Your pattern? Any more info to provide?

It's been a lot of fun seeing what everyone has done. This is my first project of the year. It is a wedding present for my nephew. A Steve Goode pattern. Walnut with two coats of tung oil. A while back I started making clocks for all nieces and nephews who are getting married.

I finished cutting and painting this pattern that @don in brooklin on was kind enough to make for me. I made it at by Daughter's request. Now she has requested a black frame for it..... Any way I like how it turned out, I think she will also. Thanks so much Don for the pattern.

It may be also possible that the amount of bite the blade takes may be too aggressive. Looking at the side of the blade mounted, the angle from top to bottom may not be close to perpendicular and takes too much of a bite. I have an EX-16 and by rotating the motor, this bite angle can be adjusted. I tend to use smaller skip tooth blades. Larger blades have larger gullets to move the sawdust and can cause jumping. Worth looking into. All the preceding suggestions are spot on.

Bill has given you most of the reasons for your issue, except one. I have found that to slow a blade speed will cause your problem. Try speeding up the blade speed. I teach my students to start with a medium speed, then adjust from there.

The wood is probably jumping because the blade is grabbing the wood, instead of cutting it. This happens for a couple reasons. The simplest is a dull blade or blade installed upside down. Barring that, the most common cause is trying to make tight turns too fast. Pushing the wood into the blade, while turning quickly and tightly doesn't allow the blade to cut fast enough and the blade will bind in the wood and the teeth will grab on the upstroke, instead of cut. This can also happen when trying to use too large of a blade. What size & type of blade are you using? What kind of wood are you cutting and how thick is it? Does the lifting happen just in cutting curves or all the time? Many scroll saw blades have reverse teeth in them. This is intended to reduce the tear out on the bottom of the wood. Most reverse tooth blades just have a few teeth pointing up at the bottom. Some have reverse teeth placed through the entire length of the blade. These sometimes cause more trouble with lifting the wood, because there are more reverse teeth engaged at any given time. If the problem persists, you could try a skip tooth blade, which only has teeth that point down. You may sacrifice the slightly cleaner cut that a reverse tooth blade offers, but it should help minimize the lifting. Also, most scrollers remove the hold down bracket on their saw, but if your saw is still equipped with one, make sure it's lowered far enough to help hold the wood down, without being too tight and causing friction between the wood and the table. Good luck. Hope this helps.

I had an order for a John Wayne from my granddaughter for her new found dad. After I had it cut and ready to mail off, I got looking at it and decided I would also like one for my wall. So I cut one just for me and since I am trying to learn to make frames, I decided to go ahead and give it another try for my John Wayne. So here is my shot at both of them. I know I need to keep practicing those frames but who knows, maybe, just maybe I will figure those darn things out Dick heppnerguy

This was a big seller for the Christmas season and the orders have carried over into the New Year so it was the first project done for the year. A Charles Dearing design.

My Thermometer is showing -18F outside right now... so I suppose I'll stay inside and work on adding a few items to my Amazon store, LOL Not too many times through the year that I wont go in and work because of too cold or too hot... at most.. usually around 3-10 days.. Guess that's why I refuse to spend the $$ on heating and cooling.. but as I get older I'm sure sooner or later I'll bite and buy a system, LOL

Nice job on that! Although I spent a lot of time under houses on my job I think a sub would make me claustrophobic. "A man's got to know his limitations."

Very nice cutting. Looks impressive! I don't even like large water unless I have a life vest and I'm fishing.

They are BeautifulTook a tour of a sub once,Not sure I could spent much time on one,Special Breed Submariners.I Salute them.

Oh wow you are on a roll now, they are all fabulous. Well done. Marg

Clever and pretty cool too. Great work. Marg

Kevin, You ain't tryin' to move in an' take my job, now are ya, Sir?;) I kinda thought I was the "pot stirrer" and the feller that ain't nobody much cared for? Ya did a fine job, Mr. Ray! Have ya got it cut yet, Boss? How's them baskets a workin' out for ya, my friend? Ya gettin' along alright with finishin'em? Give me a shout if ya need anything, Sir. Sawdust703(brad)

Wow, looks like you drew a decent pattern. No I have never seen patterns for lures. If I were still a fisherman I'd love to make some.

Great cutting. I've been a rail-fan for many years so the locomotive really appeals to me. All three are nice.

That is soo cool. It is always great to see something different and unique.

You have a talent for sure! Beautiful work.

My basement shop is 55 deg year round. Thinking about a heater cause it just seems colder in the winter. -18 is a bit much...

My first saw was a Dremel which used 4" pined glades that you had to buy at Sears. I bought it about 1964. used it for a couple of years and bought a Craftsman 16 " .That lasted about 5 years and I saw a Craftsman 21" fully assembles for $200 for about 12 years bought a cable saw which was a piece of junk . had it for a couple years and went to a Dewalt 788. had every thing wrong with 2 repairs under warente got fed up with the repairs and bought a Delta which I have used for a year with no problems except that it will not keep a constant speed, except for high speed I hope that it lase 5 years and then I will retire from scrolling at the age of 85, IKE

That is neat !

A heat gun works, but a cup of boiling water is safer. You want it more flexible, not melted. Amazon carries short lengths of it, different end pieces, and the pliers to assemble it, but nothing is available for dis-assembly. They recommend bending to the extreme and it will pop apart (but usually never where I plan). Loc-Line is the brand name Charley

Has it always vibrated? if it is a new problem then something in the mechanical's is loose. On my old delta the the set screw holding the counter weight came loose. So I went through the entire saw snugged everything up and put fresh lube on all of the moving bits. It was better than new when I was done.

My wife is redecorating our spare bedroom and wanted these plaques for her wall. So I made her a couple. I cut them on 1/8 inch BB Ply and once again tried to make a couple of frames to put them in. I used a FD double tooth #5 blade to cut them. I did have the sense to double stack them so that helped both to cut them and to save me time. I have wanted to cut this pattern for about 3 or 4 year now so I am glad to finally get to them Dick heppnerguy

Don't care whose pattern it is Ray I like it. Very nice job. grizz

Oooh, nice but I'm sure way too much for one person, I'll send you my address