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The plan for these Hot Rods come from Toy making plans........You can make a lot of these guys from a 2 x 4...I get my wheels and axle pegs from Craftparts.com....The kids love them in the bright colors.......Thanks for looking...Steve.

Being a native Marylander I had to make this when I saw it in the Fall 2018 SSW&C Magazine. I tortured myself by using a piece of true 3/4” Purple Heart that I had around. That is not the easiest wood to scroll, especially when it’s that thick.Hard on blades! I just finished cutting it, now comes more “fun” with a lot of hand sanding. Got Old Bay?

I purchased the Bowl C-30 pattern from the Etsy site of Alex Fox. I enlarged the pattern by 25%. The wood is solid 1/4" Cherry 10 inch square. I used #68 drill bit and #1 FD UR blades. I finished with a spray coat of Shellac. The most time consuming was the glue up. glue a ring, let dry for 30 minutes, and glue another ring. While waiting for the glue to dry, I cut three Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments. Comments welcome.

I bought a few clock mechanisms recently in the hope they might sell well. The first pattern is by Steve Good, the second is from Creative Scrolling but modified to have a base. Both are in Red Beech finished with BLO. About 8 x 6 inches approx. Thanks for looking, Rob

Well I was able to change some of these patterns around a little bit. I interchanged some of the bodies. I used the top part of one and drew the bottom part from another one. The red one is normal size napkins and the yellow one is with the cocktail/beverage napkins which are only 5 x 5. I'm messing around with another one now to. Have to get some fancy napkins for that one.

From Mars Attacks. 1/8" bb 8x10. 107 holes. I haven't framed it yet. I am in the process of making a table saw miter sled. I decided no more frames until I make things easier on myself.

Technically, these are "bandsaw boxes" BUT the handles were cut on my scroll saw. While we already had an 18" floor model bandsaw (well hubby did) in the shop, he got me a smaller 10" tabletop Rikon bandsaw for Christmas. I like it for most of my needs and it is easy enough for me to change out the blades on it as needed. He also built me a stand to put it on. (Yes, he's a keeper. ) I had been wanting to try to make some bandsaw boxes for quite a while (probably after several were shared here in the Village no doubt.) This gave me the perfect opportunity to try some. The patterns are from a book I purchased, "The New Bandsaw Box Book - Techniques and Patterns for the Modern Woodworker" by David Picciuto. I have made the first two boxes from the book. The first one is aptly called the "Tennessee" box, the state in which I live. I would say that the design - very roughly sort of looks like the outline of the state (but not really. ) The second one is the "St Louis" Box inspired by the "gateway arches." I used scraps we had in the shop since these were my first attempts. Thus the "walnut" in the middle of the St Louis Box does not match up as he has in the book. I had two scraps of walnut, one was dark and one was not. I did flock the inside of each piece and the inside of the drawer with a navy blue flock. I enjoyed making these and plan to try some more. Thanks for looking.

Was going to do Worthington House "First Christmas" intarsia of Santa kneeling to baby Jesus to make sure I had it done by next year. As I cut out the pattern for each type wood, I noticed a lot more tricky cuts and small pieces that I didn't realize looking at the big picture. Considering I hadn't done any cutting since before the holidays and they were actually functional pieces like address sign for my son's house, I figured I better get back to some practice pieces for a while. I couldn't even remember what blades I was comfortable with. I found a packet of patterns that I bought a couple years ago and thought they'd be perfect. I tried the wolf from Jacob Fowler. Not really planning on mounting it or anything but it was good practice. I do have a question for you vets out there as a point of reference. How long would this take you to cut this. I didn't think it was difficult since there aren't many narrow bridges- but there are a lot of sharp curves. It took me about 5&1/2 to 6 hours over 3 sessions to do it. I know a lot of you could probably knock this out pretty quick. I used Baltic birch and FD 2/0 blade. Critique is welcome.

If you are doing double bevel inlay, the angle determines how far down the inlay piece will sit. So, I always do test cuts and adjust angle until the inlay sits flush. If your saw will allow you to jump to precise angles, you can make a note of your optimal settings, and get to the desired inlay setup much more quickly. Even then, I would still test cut to verify angle is spot on. If you are doing bowls, if your angle is off, the rings won't line up correctly. This is usually fixable with a lot of sanding, but it's better to have that angle right. If you are doing puzzles or puzzle boxes, you need that blade at exactly 90% or the pieces won't slide in and out freely. If the blade is not at 90% when you are cutting a narrow slice in a thick piece of wood, your blade could come out the side of your cut towards the bottom, or be thicker at the bottom, messing up your piece. In intricate 3D pieces (like chess pieces), this is very very important. That said, the angles other than 90% that I use would not be helped by the "stops." However, the Wixey is very valuable for those odd angles that have to be exact. Hope that helped -------Randy

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..

"The first branded Pégas Scroll Saw to hit the market does so with a bang". http://scrollsawer.com/2018/12/05/product-review-pegas-scroll-saw/

I put down a deposit for the new Pegas. They're expected to make landfall here in the US in late Feb or early Mar at which point I'll be notified and will pay the balance and then receive the saw. We shall see... I'm looking forward to trying it out.

I get requests all the time for truck puzzles at craft shows and there isn't much out there. Also our local Toys for Tots Program wants trucks and puzzles! Found some time this week to design a dump truck puzzle. My guess is it will appeal to 5-9 yr old boys. My next project is to design a simpler pattern for the 3 yr old kids. bb

One more St Valentine gift. Cutting swirls was easy and fun, I plan to make similar "HOME" project

A friend who's son is getting married in April contacted me and said HELP.....They need some letters for a large sign they are making that read MR & Mrs, etc. So after they told me what they wanted I contacted Paul and asked him if he could do some patterns for me and I explained what I wanted... Within 12 hours I had them in my hot little hand and my friend approved them. This is a very rough photo because they have to be painted and glued to the board. Unfortunately they are cut from MDF because that is what they wanted and what they brought with them. They have promised me a photo of the finished piece when they are done. Thanks again @Fab4 Paul, you are a gem. Marg

Yes I know you can adjust the rack & pinion where you want it (Ex21), but, I would like to put stops at 2.5* and 4.5* and maybe 18* those are the angles I use, I never cut cove molding on the scroll saw so 22.5 doesn't make sense to me, and 45?

Finally got around to watching Steve's review. All-in-all, this saw is pretty much exactly the same as my EX-21. The big difference is the blade clamps. If they are as good as everyone is saying, then that is a decent upgrade. I was surprised that Steve wasn't familiar with the dust collection on the Pegas. His EX must be older and not include it. I found it to be more of a pain. YMMV. I ended up removing the membrane and the vac hose port. I've thought of filling the little holes as well. Small bits get caught in them when doing fretwork. The whole thing is little more than a nuisance to me and I wouldn't count that feature as a plus. The fact that this saw is made in the same Taiwan plant that the EX was, has the upgraded blade clamps and is significantly cheaper than my EX was a few years ago, make this a winner and a good value, IMHO. If I were in the market today, I would seriously consider it.

From the Seyco website: http://seyco.com/blades/

I got my storage tubes from Seyco when i bought the saw !

Back to the subject of detents, adjustable detents, maybe 3-4 of them would really attract me. I'd like to be able to set zero degrees, and then a couple of stops left and right of zero. If the pagas saw detants can adjust all the way down toward zero for small angles, rather just within a range of the presets, 22.5 and 45, I wish someone would say so in their review

late to the party again, but I like the smaller clock, but not the wood relief around it. If I could I would reduce the size of the clock relief area to the size of the smaller clock or 1/16 larger.

A step drill bit and some judicious drilling will solve the size problem https://www.amazon.com/Neiko-10194A-Titanium-Drill-Speed/dp/B000FZ2UOY?ref_=Oct_BSellerC_256287011_1&pf_rd_p=0c52eddb-bf3e-5079-a600-1a1baeabeb0f&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=256287011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=4PVPBA6XGDP4FG4292NW&pf_rd_r=4PVPBA6XGDP4FG4292NW&pf_rd_p=0c52eddb-bf3e-5079-a600-1a1baeabeb0f EDIT: Well shoot just read that you are not willing to drill it out

At least this one pointed out a couple of issues, the dust collector and the blower line-lock connection Thanks

Here’s what I created. I found a hummingbird in the free clip art and I used Brenda’s cog. My base could be a bit bigger I think for more support. Still need to do more sanding and will paint it at some point

So here’s another one I thought of. The tree is from free clip art and the deer and fawn is from Steve Good’s catalog. And I used Brenda’s cog. Still will paint at sometime. I have three more ideas but they’ll have to wait for another day.

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.

Went in to Home Depot thus week,they had 1by6 inch white pine in two foot lengths at .93 cents each..picked Out three that looked good,So for three dollars I made,the fiddle,rabbits,elephants,Family puzzle,and key holder. Also made the little heart sculpture, humming birds and welcome friends sign Fiddle,rabbits,elephants,family puzzle and hummers are Steve good patterns..welcome is Sheila Landrys

I typically use 1-3/8, 2" or 2-3/4" but I do have others that I like the style and works well on certain patterns. I love theme clocks and on that one a horse clock insert would go great

Kevin, I vote for 2 3/8 inches, just kidding go for the larger one, the small one is lost, RJ

I think that is an awesome cutting, may have to drag out the mag and do it. My wife loves crab, so much so that is what I gave her for a Christmas present a couple years ago. The butcher thought it was a crazy Christmas present, but my wife loved it.

Kevin, That is exactly why I own a Hegner. When I was in the market I would have had to wait a month for one..I had a Hegner in 3 days. I really like the saw.

I think to be happy with Bushton, you have to take a very relaxed attitude towards them. Just be patient, and it will come when it comes. One of our members visited them at their facility and mentioned they had zero motors on hand. I don't think they keep a lot of inventory of some parts. On other things like legs/stands and such, they inherited a large inventory from RBI, so they don't have to make those new yet. When I ordered my longer BM legs and extra clamps, those came very quickly. You have to remember, Scroll saws are only one of several Bushton products. I suspect it is a very small portion of their overall business. When I was talking to them, they mentioned how they had purchased another company and were now making some custom valve covers. When they do build saws, they probably build the saws in short production runs, so if that is so, your saw may be built on their next production run. To be fair, when I purchased my Green EX21 from Seyco, at that time, it took 3 like months as they had zero inventory and were waiting on the next production run and then shipment.

nice job, they look great

Nice work, Denny! I made quite a few baskets for Christmas presents. I filled them with scrolled ornaments, but I also was not sure what they were good for. My wife took two and filled then with potpourri. My beach loving next door neighbor filled hers with seashells. Just a couple of ideas. Here’s two with potpourri, one of Alex Fox’s and one of Steve Good’s.

Thank you! That box above is very close to what I want. It was my first try and I actually finished and gave it to a friend at work. Go here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/28550-you-dont-need-no-stinkn/ Scrolling the front of a drawer is pretty straight forward. This was my first SS box, just fooling around. I want the scroll to be the focal point of the entire box. I will post some pics of some other things I have tried. I am to easily distracted to a new design or technique and away I go.... you know.…..look SQUIRREL...... If you're interested I will keep posting my attempts.... and maybe we can come up w/something that works. Also, I have noticed that working on the SS has really improved my eye/hand coordination when working on the band saw. A real bonus.

IMHO, the smaller clock looks better but you should reduce the size of the circle mounting it. Great work Sam

Hi Kevin: I agree with cutting around the smaller clock The backer for the clock will be away from the horse but you still have lots of meat to the clock The second one like others have said is too big Good Luck Fab4

I would go with the smaller clock but trim the area around it down to a more appealing showing. Seems the big clock takes away from the whole thing in my opinion.

From my view, the small one is too small and the larger one is too big. For the pattern size, I would go with the clock size recommended.

Okay @meflick there you go being practical,,,, just like a woman...

Very well done Steve. Looks like fun making and fun playing.

WOW Very impressive for sure. You have made a lot of people very happy, obviously. What an outstanding award. Dick heppnerguy

most pieces I like to do in a thinner wood but for this one, I think it is perfect. I would not bother fishing (pun intended) with any other wood or thickness. Nice piece. Dick heppnerguy

I've given some thought to many of the wonderful ideas you all have suggested.. I think for me the best route is going to be buying the smaller tubes.. I measured the holes on the saw.. and they appear to be around 5/8" wide and 1-1/4 tall oval slots.. Not too king on drilling holes in a brand new saws base really.. and further more.. the tubes I have are quite large at least 3/4 inch but thinking maybe even slightly larger than that.. The step drill at my local hardware was like $18 but I see harbor freight has them much cheaper.. either way .. not to interested in drilling on a fairly new tool.. If I do take the saw to the camp site this summer.. I'll only take just the saw.. because I wont have the space to put it inside with the stand and everything.. so thinking the slots they have made is what will work best for me.. so guess I'll be buying some tubes...

Welcome friend, I learned all I know here in SSV

Keep your work coming!!!

Nice cutting. of an "old CRAB"--! Without clear tape and using old candles for a blade lube; my blade life would be less than 1/6th of what I get from them.

Well if you are interested in my opinion, the larger clock insert overwhelms the piece by alot and I would not go that way. The 2" is too small. But with that said the options are places like Walmart and AC Moore, or Michaels or even Hobby Lobby sell the in between size inserts. Now they are more expensive but if this is a one time thing and you will change at a later date the size of the pattern then it might be worth the extra couple dollars for one insert. Now another suggestion would be, you said you will use a different colored wood for the base, is make a detail skirt around the clock insert. Make it the exact 1/2 of what the space is between the edge of the clock and the outside edge of the clock circle. You could go 3/4 of the distance if that is too thin, but you want the light wood o show the circle too. You can just make a circle or get fancy and do some sort of edging. Make it a thin layer nothing thicker than 1/8" That is my ideas.

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.

My first project was a big one. I am working on developing my technique of creating layered cartoon style scroll saw art. I spent roughly 40 hours on this project. The dimension (including frame) are 15.5"x21.5". I used naturally colored wood with no stains along with stained glass to pull this off. Aside from the silhouette layers, I did not use any paints. As for the woods, I used Padauk, Yellowheart, Walnut, Bloodwood, Oak, Figured Maple, Sapele, Aspen, Tigerwood and Mahogany. If you want to see more of my process - here is a link to the full build album https://imgur.com/gallery/BeB2nKi.