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Was excited the receive this award.. LOL and felt it's worth a little bragging rights.. It's certainly not easy selling online and especially on Etsy where there is 1.9 million sellers to compete with.. I had to crop most of the info out of this image due to privacy reasons so I just show the little banner from the message I got.. I owe a big Thank You to the Pattern designers... Also to this website and everyone here to this success as I couldn't have achieved this without you all..

I saw a picture of this on Pinterest, and have spent several hours trying to find it's origin. I got a far back as a German site, about window template that bring about piece and harmony called rediscoversongs.com. I really had a hard time figuring what it was all about but it seems this was put up on a site by a person named Teresa Gibson. I do not know if she made the template or just posted it. Anyway, I made this using a picture of it. I did not have a real pattern. I think I am okay because I'm not going to sell this or the picture I got it from. I made it for a little Valentine present for my wife. She can hang it in the kitchen window.

Having done my own pattern I had to make adjustments to both the 'cogs' and the base to make the 'figure' fit and the napkins fit nice and I also folded them as @innar20 suggested. However I'm really pleased with the end result. As you can see from the 'before' and 'after' photos a little paint and some better technique makes such a difference.

Recently I saw celtic ornament and I thought that it could be interesting to make layered pattern of celtic ornaments. Here is my first try. I want to make more, I like to make ornaments with right geometric shapes (it is quite difficult), but I dont know would it be popular, what do you think? Birch plywood 3mm (about 1/8 inch), stain, glossy varnish. Pattern - https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

I have been using a 3 M fine sanding wheel in a Delta variable speed lathe to sand all my puzzle pieces. Lathe is set to 1750 rpm as it won't burn cherry at that rpm. Then I discovered I had a slow speed bench grinder which is 1725 rpm. Purchased from Woodcraft several years ago for under $100. So I ordered a 5/8" - 11 drill chuck and it fits perfectly on the grinder!!!!!! I tested it today with great results. I will now use the slow speed grinder for sanding puzzle pieces!!!!! And will put the Delta midi lathe up for sale. Was considering the Foredom variable speed sanding lathe but no need now. bb

With all the snow and cold that we got at home, I decided to cut something appropriate. Modified pattern from Steve Wood. Enjoy

You know, the bored looking one,,, the one on the right,,, that be me. The one flapping her arms and mouth wide open.....on the left,,,,, that would be...............

I was asked if I could build this rustic bunny.....here it is.....1x4 boards.....I 1st made a template of bunny for tracing....then cut the 1x4 boards to appropriate lengths......traced bunny onto boards......then cut each board with the scroll saw......then attached them together on the back with scrap pieces of 1/2" plywood mainly.....then stained whole thing.....then painted the colors 1 coat only......then sanded to roughen up a little.....31"T......burlap bow/hot glue....I posted pics of the process to help I hope...I'm going to do one with pink also....comments always appreciated....thank you

I meant to do this last fall before we moved, but it just didn't get done. So, now I'm playing catch up before my nephew turns one here in March. His room is decked out in Lime green and gray, so I painted the backers to match. Worked really well to stack cut all 4 designs and backers together.

This was 70+ hours of planning, cutting, finishing and framing. Simply put, Waluigi is a bad form of Luigi (one of the Mario brothers). In this scene I created, Waluigi is having daydreams about destroying the Mario Brothers. I used a variety of hardwoods to pull this off. I did use a touch of paint to airbrush the eyes, the blue pants and the Green clothes for Luigi. The LED light is mounted behind the stained glass and it allows the user to control the color of the dreamscape. Let me know if you have any questions. In what is becoming standard practice for me, here is the build album https://imgur.com/gallery/8lPxDJ1

Is done. Small holes are diameter 0,12" (3mm) roket red line.pdf

I like to see them in inches. Thanks.

I have the MINI. the only difference between the MINI and the MIDI is 1.3 gallons of capacity and $50. Just don't expect it to replace your shop vac for cleanup. It has a small hose and is meant for dust extraction on your sanders etc. Not for big debris.

The world can ALWAYS use more Celtic knot patterns!!! Some of my first projects were Celtic knots, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make them or a (free) app to help build them. I moved on to other styles of cutting, but still love knots!

I always worry about CO when using non vented heaters. I had a propane bullet heater for my garage sold it after one or two uses Even with the garage door open about a foot I still got nasty headaches. Regarding dust collection, I have this on my Hawk, I used a couple of mag switches to hols the assembly to the saw. I did not glue the joints in case something got clogged. I did add a swivel and trap for those tiny pieces that get sucked up by accident. The swivel mages it easy to swing the top exhaust out of the way and back.

"What Do I See" is another Aniki Lykke Sorenson pattern, 11 X 14, 1/8 and 1/4 inch BB ply. The blessing one is by @don in brooklin onthat @Scrappilerequested, liked it. Jeff

Hey Folks, Don't often post things I've made, I'm but kinda proud of how this baby turned out. My daughter is a US Federal Probation Officer in Iowa. I wanted to do something for her to celebrate her accomplishments. I saw a number of members on this forum posting military type plaques of various styles and that got my thought processes going. She showed me what her department seal looked like so I took all the tips and ideas gleaned here and came up with this representation. It is about 16 inches in diameter. The bottom layer is 1/2" Walnut, middle layer is 1/4" Sycamore and the top layer 3/16" Walnut. I milled all my own wood. I used Inkscape to come up with a cutting patterns. The color picture of the flag is a blowup of an image I found on a photo web site (royalty free). To help mitigate wood expansion the bottom layer Walnut is cut in an octagonal shape and then splines used to join it to a 1/2" plywood backer. The middle and top layers are loosely screwed to the layer beneath so hopefully there is enough room left for any movement of the wood. I used a FD UR #5 on the bottom layer, FD #3 on the middle layer and a FD #2/0 on the top layer. For all the veining I first cut the vein with a flat blade then came back and recut with a FD #2/0 spiral following the initial blade kerf. Finished with a Deft Satin Lacquer spray. I have 16 hours in cutting time on all the layers and probably another couple hours for assembly and finishing. Thanks for letting me share. Larry

I finished these this past weekend. Sue Mey designs. These are very popular, 2 of the 3 were sold within 30 minutes of posting them on FB and the other is spoken for. Made of 3/4 Poplar.

Does anyone know where to get this pattern? Thanks for any help. Bob

If I have the space and extra bucks to burn, I think I would go get this one. Don't know why, I just think it is neat. I'm sure it only takes pin blades, look like it has a high speed and a low speed. https://spokane.craigslist.org/tls/d/clayton-40s-or-early-50s-vintage-walker/6783828981.html

I love old iron and that looks like a beauty! I also would buy it just to show it off if I had the room.

You are right still in Panama City Beach but we can watch news from Canada.

For your reading pleasure https://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-knots.html

Great idea! This is my traveling mop that I take to our wood working shows. I should have added that the motor is mounted on a board and at the other end is a wall switch. The board makes it easy to clam to a table.

I do the same.

I do like the rustic look. Great work once again. Marg

I use my little Delta lathe for my Mac Mops.... works great. My lathe tools are getting rusty!

As someone who dabbles on ETSY, I KNOW that is a great accomplishment! Well done Kevin!!!

Pozsgai no longer offers the delta quick clamp to fit a hawk scroll saw. delta stopped making them a while back. i have heard that harbor freight scroll saws have a copy of the delta clamp on them but have not verified this as of yet. maybe worth a look i dont know.

Great idea Dan...Looks great..thanks for info on how you put it together...

I like it and I make many Irish items including what we call in the pen turning world the Celtic Knot turned on a pen. Here are a couple I have done.

That's not all. In the next post I will attach the PDF file

very nice bunny

For this to happen the air would have to be so thick with dust that he would die from dust inhalation long before it went boom.

Just remember open flame heaters (natural gas, LP gas, kerosene, wood, coal,etc) create moisture. It is a byproduct of combustion. So while you raised the temperature you also raised the humidity. This can effect wood movement, drying times, etc.

I hope that you will work to get a system set up on the saw in the near future. Dust collection is done best when done at the source. Box fan/filters may eventually get the dust but not before you can breath a lot of fine dust. A lot of fine dust will be hanging in the air.

Or a Peacock. That's my last one as the possibilities are endless

I think a Rocket with multi coloured napkins would be nice for a kids party

Impressive as all heck! Very cool!

That is fantastic!!!

WOW!!! That is just Doggone Awesome!!!

I started a master's degree program at the beginning of the year, which has cut into my scrolling time (on the plus side I can now tell you all about reading fluency) with the ridiculously cold temperatures in the mid west (warmed up to -18 today) I have gotten some extra days off of school/work and found some time to saw. I wanted something warm, so I googled beach silhouettes and found this. I painted the backer a goldish/bronze because my garage is too cold to do any staining. It is glued to the backer with elmer's glue all, it dries clear so any of the spots that you can see will become clear as it dries a bit more. It will get a coat of clear gloss when the temperature warms up, hopefully before June.

very nice, amazing job

I just wish I had my old Ranger. Best little truck ever! Oh by the way, good job on the speaker covers.

I made 2 of these this weekend for a silent auction for my Grandson's AAA hockey team. I will be interested to what they go for. I have made lots of hockey but also other sports over the years. I just have a Lacrosse in the "Papa do list"

I recently bought a second-hand scroll saw (Clarke) for my first foray into this part of woodworking. Old but barely used. Of course the bladder for the blower was shot. I can get replacements from the UK but at nearly 4 pounds they're expensive for what they are and getting them to South Africa makes it out of the question. I saw that people use aquarium pumps but came up with another solution I haven't seen elsewhere. Maybe it's been tried of done before, I don't know. I attached a bolt to the saw arm going through the hole in the metal cover to which is bolted a tap washer going into a short piece of PVC pipe with a plastic bottle top and pipe attached. What can I saw? It moves plenty of air. I can't say about longevity yet, but it's cheap and uses stuff I had lying around. Here's a short (un)professional video (hope this works). If you want to know more just ask, I'm happy with it and it will do the job. And, no, it doesn't suck VID_20181220_190359.mp4

I love ingenuity and creativity. You have done well.

I had a bit of inspiration while reading a BASS magazine. Went to my scroll saw and drew out a pattern on a scrap piece of wood, cut it out. A lot of sanding was involved to get the shape somewhat ok. A rough prototype that I’m going to stay working on. Fishing is my passion and these would be nice little trinket gifts.

Dirtwoody.....well done and ingenious idea.