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First one is a modified Keith Fenton pattern, it is their new free one. The other two were signs I saw on Pinterest and @Dave Monk was kind enough to do up the patterns. Thanks again Dave. All made out of more of my reclaimed laminated maple. Jeff

One more bowl, this time square bowl Birch plywood, 1/4 inch Bowl Pattern

This was my first ship in the Navy.

We do things slightly differently here in NZ.....

Quite magnificent Rob. A bit over the top for me but I sure can appreciate the craftsmanship. Perception is a funny thing. I called the missus into look at the clip and her first words were "Imagine all the dusting"

Here are a few I have done lately..the beware of dog and home is where the cat is are my patterns and the other three are Steve Good patterns...all very popular sellers.

I made one for my Hegner after I saw the one Scrappile made. It works well, apart from when I drop it while trying to empty it! Rob

Dang, some really neat stuff here. I don't have much in the line of critters. I have made my grandson a couple wood trucks, not critters. I did make him this dragon, he likes dragons. It is called the Time Keeper or something and was suppose to hold a clock, but for some reason I pictured him holding a crystal ball.

I have three gates on my DC. They are plastic which I got from Woodcraft. They are terrible. The diaphragm is sticky. The do not close completely and jam. One gate does close completely but two do not requiring me to use desperate measures. I' just wondering what others use for gates. There is a tennis court in our back yard and we have a bucket full of tennis balls.

Admitting that I have zero experience for this, I am planning my own. I was going to use ball valves, but then too I was not going to use 4" pvc. I figure if a ball valve will hold back 30psi of water, it should be good for a vacuum too

Not much of a back story with this one, but this was something I did when I started scrolling - the pattern just made me laugh, so I had to do it.

I don't know where he heard of it, I actually don't know where you'd buy 5 gallons of molasses from, I must ask. Apparently there is one caveat, there can not be any grease or oil on the item as this buggers up whatever the molasses does. I myself would have better uses for molasses, Rum springs to mind

Kevin, I may be mistaken, but the top blade speed for the BM 26 is 1750 cps. With that said, and havin' very little knowledge about the DeWalts or EX, I can safely say that over my years of experience, and the breeds of saws I have had experience with, blade speed has a lot to do with blade control, as I'm sure ya are familiar with. The difference in the three saws in my shop with different blades is the fact that two of'em are 16'' saws, and one is a 26'' saw. As Mr. Rolf mentioned, the mass of the length in the arms has some to do with it, in my ten cent opinion, as well as blade alignment and speed. Keepin' your saw fine tuned at all times is a necessity. Again, in my ten cent opinion. Regardless of the breed of the saw, or how new or how old it is. Sawdust703(brad)

Cut & Paste from Wikipedia; "For 20 years,[5] he decorated it internally with Moorish-influenced fretwork[1] which he cut by hand from discarded pine doors and wooden boxes." I vaguely recall reading about this several years ago. Somebody may have posted about it on one of the forums, but I can't remember.

@Rob, I do love that sign! Almost tempted to scroll it!

@John B, I guess because I live in a dusty part of our country, my first thought was the same as you wife's! I bet he did that all with a hand saw also,,,, . Pretty amazing. When did he have time to write poems? May scrolling made him a poet, I do a lot of thinking while I scroll, coarse none of my thinking produces anything....

Is this an April Fools joke??? Never heard of that before. I mean even if it works, who get up one day and says, "I have to get rust off this equipment, I think I will see if molasses will remove it"? I know of using vinegar, it is great for many things.

Well, here we are on Friday morning.. My goal was to have all 10 of these cut.. However I got to spend only about 3 hours a day in the shop... every day this week so only about half of my normal day.. due in part because spring break and I had forgot about many family obligations I had going on such as my kids eye exam, drivers licence now that he turned 16.. LOL anyway.. lots going on because he is off school on spring break.. I did manage to get 6 of the crosses made.. also had to take one day and make these items shown below as they was ordered this week.. since I have a 3 week deadline to get the crosses done.. I chose to hold on those and make the items below as they're scheduled to be in the mail by the 18th.. and the crosses aren't to be in the mail until the 24th.. So anyway.. even though they aren't scheduled to be mailed until the 18th.. I've already made them and will be mailing them out this morning.. then back to the shop to see if I can get another cross cut.. So I was a slow poke in the shop on getting my quota out.. I still managed to make 6 of the crosses 5 Duster ornaments 1 Farm Scene clock 1 z/28 Camaro clock AND... I still made time to get on here and bug you all, Now.. guess I better get busy and get the 5 ornaments, and the 2 clocks packaged and ready for the mail lady when she shows up.. luckily the other orders was in stock..

My neighbour, the one that restores old engines, uses molasses. It is a real eye opener. He showed me a rusted seized crank , put it in the drum of molasses and three days later there was not a sign of rust and the you could of knocked me down with a feather, it had freed up. I think it may make machine tables a little sticky

This is number 9 that I have made for my best customer, It is 14.5 inches x 9 inches & was cut with 3/0 new spirals & No 1 ultra reverse blades. I really like the way this one turned out. Cheers Peter P.S the pattern is by Noel from the Scrollers Cafe.

I wish I had taken a before picture but today I cleaned up a Jacobs chuck on a morse taper that I had neglected for years. I immersed it in white vinegar for about four hours then rinsed it in clean water. After a little work with a wire brush in a cordless drill and a wipe with WD40 it has come up almost as new. Rob

That's a lousy trick, wooden eggs, what happened to the chocolate

Dragons look much better holding crystal balls. Check out Steve Good's site, he has a "Dragon Pendant" pattern that's just AWESOME as-is, or even cooler when enlarged.

These bunnies are Steve Good’s pattern. Made with red oak. My wife found 10 wooden eggs already colored at Goodwill for 50 cents each.

No, actually you are doing it as recommended. When I find a fairly quiet, economical vacuum, I will probably do that too. I have the radio turned on when scrolling, helps me to allow the scrolling part become more automatic (or so I tell myself). I keep thinking I will build a "dog house" outside for the vacuum, and just bring in power and hose through the wall, but I never seem to get around to it.

I did this, .. I lost my mare a couple of years back and I've never quite got over it. This piece reminded me of her so I cut it. She roamed free in the garden and was a sweet thing and absolutely loved playing with my grandchildren and my puppies, I'll never forget her.

@aj43 , you and I must be about the same age. On Saturday afternoons, we'd go to the Temple Theater for a movie and some cartoons. It cost $.12 to get in. One day, my buddy and I were walking like we always did and came upon what they call a "pocket dump". Someone getting out of their car didn't know they had a hole in their pocket. Anyway, we picked up all the change and I'll never forget, there was $1.27 in change. We had a ball at the movies. Everybody ate their fill. Good times for sure. The kids nowadays don't have a clue what the good times were like.

Finished yesterday Dodge Ram, pattern from Sam Custodio.

Thanks Mr. Kevin! The last 6 weeks has been in & out of the hospital.......Again. They installed a picc line in my left arm durin' one hospital stay to run antibiotics thru. Our Sawbones finally come around with the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. She was pumpin' 4 different antibiotics thru me, and one oral for about 7 weeks. And I just finished up another round of antibiotics by IV. 10 days of it! Hopefully I'm startin to get back on my feet! I just don't get around many folks! To damn much of a chance of gettin somethin I don't want, brother! I've learned with the Hawks, at the length the arms are, they ain't goin to cut anywhere near as fast as the shorter link saws, Mr. Kevin. There is no possible way it can be done! On the flip side of that coin, the Hawks may not cut AS FAST per say as yer yeller or grey breeds, BUT, THE PRECISION of the Hawk by far outsteps any saw I've ever used or seen on the market, in my opinion. For whatever that's worth, I reckon. I do know a couple fellers that run several board feet a week thru their Hawks, & will tell ya they won't own anything but a Hawk. Others gripe about'em on accounta they cut to slow. Truthfully, experience can make a saw do anything the operator needs it to do. It's all in how the saw is set up, run, & tuned. Mr. Kevin, I appreciate your acknowledgment, brother! It's always good to hear what ya have to say about my ten cent opinion. Keep makin sawdust, my friend! Sawdust703 (brad)

Mine does the same thing. About +/-3 thousandth goes away when the blade starts to cut.

I'm not young... but not that old either (50).. I guess I don't know how to work for a dime either.. I end up working what I consider my hind end off... and still don't make a dime.. many times it cost me money to work... I'd like to be schooled on how to work for a dime... Any takers to tell me how?

We used to have banking day at primary school, I think it was Mondays. A bank johnny from the Commonwealth bank would attend the school and we'd all line up with our bank books with our fortunes to deposit. Ranging from sixpence to two shillings, depending on how much Mum and Dad had left over or in my case how many , if any, rabbits I caught and sold. Mum would always tie the coins in the corner of my hanky so I wouldn't lose them All them pennies added up, with a little help from a paper round when I was a bit older I bought my first car a 1963 Falcon Station wagon.

Too much thinking. Just get it fairly tight and cut on a piece of scrap real quick. You should have decent control. If it is hard to stay on line, its too loose. If you are scared of it being too tight, its too tight. Thats it. You really only need it to perform they way it is designed. I do think I have actually seen a little device that hooks onto a saw and you would plink the blade like a guitar string and it would register. Then you would adjust it accordingly. I have heard the note should be a C but have yet to test it out.

Hi Brad, Good to see you postin again, I'd been wondering about you and hoping you 're doing good and just making sawdust Yes the speed on my 1998 226 Ultra, my BM-26, and my DeWalt all have the maximum 1750 SPM speed.. The Excalibur and the very old 1993 Hawk 220VS is maxed out at 1500 SPM ... All three of my Hawks will get that blade flex on high speed.. though it's worst on the larger two saws.. in part because they can run faster.. and.. the longer arms.. The Excalibur and the DeWalt have very short arms.. right at the front of the saw.. only about 4-5 inch long arms.. and the design is a rocking motion..rather than a straight up / down motion of the longer arm saw types.. which is why I stood and still stand by my theory that the short link arm saws such as the Excalibur, DeWalt and like saws cut faster.. I went round and round with a few on here in the last couple years about this subject.. many disagree.. yet many that have had and used both styles of saws agree that the Hawks cut slower than the others.. assume the Hengers are a slower cut too as with any of the longer armed saws.. You are very correct about keeping the saw in tune... and maintained.. it doesn't take much to get that massive arms to get the blade going all wonky.. just a dry bearing dragging ever so slightly in the connecting rod ( rod between motor and lower arm) really messed up my tune on my Hawk Ultra last year.. It took me a minute to figure out what was going on.. because I check all the "normal" things to look at.. finally I just took the whole thing apart.. those bearings the grease had dried up.. and was causing enough drag to mess up that blade motion.. Anyway, Good to see you scouting the forums and putting your 2 cents in..

Yeah, the first time it happened, what a surprise! It was like you were coasting up a hill cutting the red oak, then "Whoa Nellie" the blade went through the red cedar so fast! Like coasting down a steep hill kinda.

Thank y'all for your comments, I appreciate them. This was my first time cutting a glue up on a scroll saw. Amazing how you can feel the difference in wood as the blade goes from one species to another. The difference in cutting, staying on the line, from Red Oak and then Red Cedar, was amazing. Red Cedar cuts like butter!

Mr. Rolf, You're on the right trail, Sir. I have noticed the very same thing when it comes to variation of smaller blades. The only blades I use are Olson and Flyin Dutchman, and have fer years. With my BM 26, I can load an Olson #2/0 28 tpi, adjust the blade tension where I want it to be, run the blade 30 seconds or so and readjust the tension before I even begin cuttin'. I have found this method to work best for me, especially with smaller blades because it seems to take the initial stretch out of the blade, and allows for longer cuttin' time. On my CW - 40, which is a 16'' saw, I can put the same blade in it and tension it, and if I try to push the blade speed beyond half or better, the blade begins to vibrate like nobody's business. In my 26, hell, I've got the blade speed backed off to less'n half or more before the vibration will stop. With heavier blades, I can run my BM at any speed I need to. I ain't a speed cutter, so I've never had a call to cut any project above 3/4 on the variable speed. I have noticed, too, that contrary to what the recommendation charts say, I use the #2/0 blades cuttin' 1/2'' hardwood for some perty intricate details. You can have a look see at my fb page at the projects I work on. Matter of fact, I just finished a Hereford bull head cut in 1/2'' white oak. I cut a good share of it with #1 blades, #0 blades, and #2/0 blades, and it was cut on my Hawk. Sawdust703(brad)

They are still on my saws, but I don't use them myself. I have them there for my students, as some seem to need the hold downs when first learning to scroll saw. It's a safety device for them, until they get used to holding their work down. After that, even they want it out of the way. I just turn them backwards, set them as high as possible, and leave them there, until the next newbie begins using the saw. Charley

Aaah, maybe that's why. The vacuum to my saw is in another room as you say with a set of pipes criss crossing the workshop, I just close all the valves except the one leading to my saw...

Am I the odd one out? I don't have any dust 'under' my saw at least none that I've noticed. I have a vacuum attached that takes the majority of dust away and a box beside me to put the pieces that I cut out.

I often use the Mortice and tenon method of fixing an upright project to a base. Once the upright has been cut I place the tenon on the base, scribe around it and cut inside the line with the scrollsaw. Sometimes a little tweaking is necessary for a perfect fit. Alternatively, you could drill screw the pieces together, disassemble them and place the couple of screws in small plastic bag for the recipient to re-assemble. Hell IKEA does it all the time

I'll jump in. This project is a grasshopper pull toy I made several years ago. It was a big hit with the kids that got it. Primarily, it was a bandsaw - drill press project. The wheels cut with a hole saw. The axles, 1/4" dowel stock. The joints for the legs, eyes and ends of the antennas were all from a craft store. The antennas themselves were electrical wire left at the garage when we purchased the house 32 years ago. The concept was from a woodworker on another site. I'm sure there will be some great items from the intarsia, segmentation folks.

I have had trouble with the small Pegas 2/0 flat blades. These just seem too flexible and tend to wonder on me. Especially in harder wood. I have tried them... but have not spent time trying different tensions and speeds.

Thanks Guys and Gals, great feedback. ! I have always liked to dial something in to specific value. But like most of you once I have a good feel for my tools I just do what I need to do with a minimum of fiddling. The reason for my asking this. An analitical tool may be helpful. I have learned something about my Hawk and probably any saw with the long arms. My normal small detail blade has been the Olson 2/0 R 28 TPI. It is slow cutting but very controllable. I figured that after 14 years I should be able to control a more aggressive blade. Bought some Pegas 2/0 R MGT 15.4 TPI , they are a bit thinner an narrower than the Olson. I noticed that the blade had a sideways wobble when running at my normal cutting speed. I have never noticed this before. So I increased the tension beyond where it should be and yes I broke a few blades. Brought the tension back to where it should be and slowed the saw down until the wobble went away. That worked and the the blades really cut very nicely. This is where I wish I had access to one of the EX style saws and do a comparison. I am thinking that the long arms of the Hawk have so much mass that there is some sort of varying tension going on with arm flex? I do not see this effect with a bigger blade. Or I need to go through my saw for a thorough tuneup.

I set up the tension level on my EX the way the factory manual said. Put blade in flip lever and start cutting. No need to ping or push. Same every time.

I want to welcome home all my fellow Vietnam veterans on national Vietnam Veterans Day, RJ

My brother was in the Army for Vietnam... I was quite young since I was born Nov. 1968.. so I don't remember anything he went through or any details.. I think I remember hearing said that he was drafted in.. Not sure what job he had or did while in... I just remember while he was waiting for my dad to pick him up when he was coming home this stray puppy kept hanging around him.. and he played with that pup.. when dad got there.. he picked up the pup and brought him home to me.. was one of the best dogs the family ever owned.. Thank you to everyone who served not only for this particular war.. but to all who serve or have served...

Thank you all for your service. I was in the Army Reserves for 6 years during the Viet Nam war. I thank God I didn't have to go. For those of you who did, THANK YOU!

Speaking of "cents", am I the only person who stills bends down to pick up pennies?