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Just finished this one from a pattern of Gayles from the Scrollers Cafe.

I finally made me a frame and cut the word 'Mitchell" into the pattern. So just for anyone that might be wondering how it came out in the end. Here you go Dick heppnerguy

This is March break in our area and we had our granddaughters today and we made tool boxes. The plan came from SSW issue 71 Dave Van Ess. with some modification. The girls are now tall enough to operate the on off foot petal and so can do all the scrolling. The decorations came from a bunch of scraps. They had a great time and my back is killing me. They are taking to Girl Guides to get the WW badge.

Why did you limit your question to just the "Nice People"? You don't care about the where I buy mine? I'm crushed!

Just for fun guess what kind of wood. First time I had ever used it. I stained it with Minwax Special Walnut.

I know, some of you folks have seen these before and are probably tired of me posting them but for the folks who may not have seen them, these are 3 of my baskets that I am now making for folks. I enlarged the pattern and will be turning out some bigger ones soon.

I suppose I could make an exception in your case !!!!!!!!!!!!!

That would have been my next guess....

I decided to cut a couple of Steve Good patterns, today. I liked the little boxes of his because it was one of this type of boxes that made me get interested in scrolling in the first place. I had been cutting intarsia pieces and loved how they turned out but found I was getting a little bored with them when I saw a heart shaped box that looked like it was woven that caught my interest. I always that that scrolling was just cutting an uninteresting outline of something and I just knew I did not want to do that. Well when I saw this little box, it reminded me of how I got into this whole affair and knew I had to cut it for that reason. Someone else posted one of these a few days ago and sparked my thoughts about wanting to do one, so here is my version. I did extend the base a little and stained the top and bottom to add a little interest to it. The other piece I liked a lot better and had a really fun time cutting it. I used a #3 Pegus blade on it. I decided to paint the backer board, which is the opposite piece that Steve Good darkened and after I was done with it, I decided I liked his version better. But this hobby is full of experimenting and learning so It is what it is. Dick hepperguy

You got it Bill, It's Beach. Looks a lot like Red oak before I stained it. It cost me the same as red oak so I thought I would try it. I like it because the grain is closed and doesn't split too easy. It is cuts slow because it seems to be pretty hard.

No not Oak.

There you go, see how valuable your opinion is? You make a good point without even using it. I had not thought about getting it down in to fretwork. Coarse I have never yet stained any fretwork. I just us rattle can finish. But, good point and I can see that could be a problem.

I use gel stain all the time, not a whole lot of colors though, and Dave another excellent piece, RJ

Heck, Dave, I don't know I was hoping you would try it and let me know! But it say "Gel" on the can, not "Jell" and I am jut pointing this out so you won't think I am stupid,,,,, Just having fun here Dave. For years I did nothing buy Minwax and for some reason it did not set well with me. I know very little about staining. I mean very little. I just seemed to me like Minwax was so thin, liquid-ie, runny. I tried Zar stain when I did my kayak, and liked it better, somewhat thicker, but but I was putting it on cloth like material not wood. I used it once on wood and it kind of went on like paint an hid the grain. Than a little while ago I purchased some gel stain, to do the backer of the first religious verse piece I did and I for some reason loved it. Went on easily, no blotchy spots (and this was on Baltic Birch) and I just liked it. I have no great amount of experience with it so I was thinking maybe you have tried it and wondering what your thoughts were. I will say no more on it in this thread because I do not want to start something that will take attention away from the great piece you made here. Just if you try it sometime, I would like your opinion. I value your opinion. You can see by my guess on the wood, I know as much about wood as I do stain!

I love big cats and have scroll several. I really wasn't going to do anymore until I saw one @mikewix posted on Lumberjocks. I had to do it. Not sure I did as well as Mike did, but I gave it a shot. It is 1/2" thick Oak, 12" x 15'. A Charles Hand pattern called "I Love My Jag", pattern # 062. I cut the bulk of it with a 2/0 Pegas spiral, the went back over it with a 3/0 Flying Dutchman New Spiral blade to do some of the finer detain and then over it again with a #3 Pegas MG blade to make sharp corners and points in the detail where needed. I'm thinking I would like to do some staining on it, just not sure I am brave enough.

@octoolguy not tired of seeing them at all, but they do make my blood pressure rise,,,,, another thing I want to build that I haven't gotten too yet... Yours set the standard.

I have a local lumber company just a mile away.It's a family owned company,been here for 110 years.

I recently purchased a 4X8 sheet of floor underlayment. It is 3 ply, 3/16", clean on both sides for $11. I put it next to my BB from Woodcraft and see no difference. I know underlayment is often demonized but HD is 10 minutes away. In addition they cut it to 2X4' at no charge. There is a Paxton in Denver but it is 30 minutes away in traffic.

You're talking about the Carter Guides, which would replace the cool-block guide with bearings. And you're right - they are expensive, If I was doing it I would go with the bearing guides over cool-blocks every time. But I wasn't talking about that. I was recommending the stabilizer -- https://www.carterproducts.com/band-saw-products/band-saw-stabilizer The stabilizer literally lets you do scroll saw like cuts on a band saw. And it is much cheaper than a set of guides. Here is a bunch of youtubes about what the stabilizer is and what it does -- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=carter+bandsaw+stabilizer+

I have heard good things about Heritage Wood. I have not bought from them but have heard good.

Staining cherry is considered a criminal offense in most states.

Michael's Craft stores have it here. I get mine from Paxton Lumber in Cincy. good people and a great candy store for woodworkers.

I like them.

I'm going out on a limb but going to guess Basswood. I have used Gel Stain on a pair of toy boxed I did for my Grand Sons years ago. Nice to work with but also has it draw backs too.

Fir.

Looks like Mohogany.

Nice looking plaque as always Dave. The Couple will love it. Now, as to the type of wood, since you are now in Texas, and you say its the first time you have cut this type of wood, I am going to say it is something that is easy to find in Texas and so I am going to guess Texas Mesquite wood.

Well, in all fairness Dave, you aren't giving us much to go on, besides the picture of an already stained piece of wood. Nice cutting BTW. I'm going to make a few presumptions. The wood is naturally light colored. It's a domestic hardwood. If those assumptions are correct, the fine, straight grain is the only other clue we can gather from the picture. You already ruled out poplar and maple, which would be the most obvious choices. I'm going to take a guess and say beech or birch. If neither of those, then I think some hints are in order.

Not Maple Greg.

Whoa,Red Flag,Fishy Smells.and a Whole Lot of Confusion.

Before ya tell I will take a shot and guess red oak

Tell her you are a police officer and this is your hobby and as such you do not release your address to anyone. Marg

Isn't that the old 14" saws. Looks like it is missing a cover over the back bearings. If it is they do not make them any more and I worry about the motor. I believe it does not have a front blade tensioner either and you have to do it from the rear. Can not see all of it. Or it could be this one than you have to really look at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaE-4ngKJQo or this Hawk 220-3 S/N 8021.

If they follow true to form - you would receive a check for a few hundred over the cost of the item. "And would you kindly take the extra in cash and give it to the 'shipping agent' so he can use it for other pickups in route to the new address." You would, probably, find that the check is mailed to you from a different address than what she provides, and is drawn on a bank from some third location. Note that calls to that bank, even from your banks financial or security officers would result in the fact that that bank can not provide any information about the validity of personal or registered checks. When I sold my old Shopsmith - I had a guy, supposedly from Plano, TX, who tried the scam on me. He actually sent me a registered check, which came from Charleston, SC, written by a bank in St Paul, MN. My bank, tried to verify the check, but the bank it was supposedly written by was unable to verify the check number or account number (???). The check was for $1500 over the amount of my sale price. I was supposed to give that amount, in cash to the driver who would be picking up the machine. We were able to get the scammer to give us an address in Plano, which turned out to be an empty warehouse, according to the Plano police. And the return address on the FedEx envelope, that the check came in, was an empty lot. We considered going through with the check to see if we could catch the driver, but bank security said "No, don't do that." Processing the check would legally be considered fraud on my part. The bank security folks turned the whole mess over to the local police departments in Plano and Charleston. I haven't heard anything about it since.

Wow!!

Excellent job !!!

Not poplar Ike.

So what kind of wood is it ?

It looks like it might be Popular IKE

By gosh I will buy some and try it. I can see where it would work good for backers. Might be a bit harder to get down into fret work. I've been known to try about anything once. I try about anything that people mention on here. I even bought some Titebond Quick and Thick Glue that you mentioned a while back. It is a lot like the Weldbond that I have been using.

I have no actual experience here but from what I have read and heard, the advantage of gel stain is it's controllability. From what I have read, you can wipe it on and not have it going all over the piece and it doesn't soak in as fast so you can come back on it and wipe it off before it gets too deep into the wood. Ok, that's all I know.

Nope..........not apple. I have never even seen apple

The basket looks great but I particularly like the service cutting.

Very well done. I make a golf project for a local charity every year. This would be a great pattern.

Great looking clock. You should have set the time to FOUR!

I am not a golfer, but I know a few. I buy a lot of my Patterns directly from Sue Mey's sight. If you register and log in before you purchase from her, she will save your purchase orders and you can always go back and redownload any patterns you may have lost at no extra cost. Besides that, you have your pattern on your computer in minutes at no extra cost too. Can't beat that. I like you golfer clock and I just may go and purchase it from her also. Thanks for sharing your wood story and your great little clock you made. I enjoyed both Dick heppnerguy

Very nice Rob. I do love inlay work.

I recently bought a pile of reclaimed timber and in amongst it were several short lengths of macrocarpa tongue and groove. Luckily it proved to be an ideal thickness for inlaying onto some pine offcuts I had lying around so I made these small hinged boxes using the excellent tutorial by our very own Jim Finn. Rob

Dang. Looks like I need to try my hand at a box. I made one, waaaaaay back (a year and a half ago?) when I picked up woodworking again, but didn't have a scroll saw so it doesn't apply here. I may have to cut another one, cuz its a pretty dang cool box, especially given how rough-shod it is.

This a box that has been sitting as a PHD since last summer edition of Scroll Saw workshop (71). Pattern by Sue Mey. Inside to and bottom Flocked in brown This challenge gave me inspiration to finish.