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Completed this project last week. 1/8" Baltic Birch Ply stack cut x 4. 560 cuts, 2 spiral blades and 35 #5 reverse flat blades. Total cutting time is 34 hours. Glad this one is complete. Thanks for looking.

Spent the afternoon in the shop with an outlaw Jewish carpenter. I fastened it to the backer with horseshoe nails. It turned out looking like a wanted poster but I thought that was appropriate.

I made this for my son for this past Christmas. He recently completed his 3rd tour in Irag, and I wanted to thank him for his selfless sacrifice.

More of scrollzilla's patterns 6in dia 1/4 thick Douglas fir feathers 1/8 Baltic birch and wood beads

Sunday so I am relaxing. Wanted to do something pretty easy so, decided it was time I finally cut a picture that I have had the pattern for since 2016. @joleet made it for me. Very sorry it took me so long to get it done. Life got in the way and I didn't get to it. This is a picture of my Father-in-law. Kinda a favorite picture of him in the family. I made 3 copies for family members that said they wanted one. He was kinda a tough old bird. A lineman that use to work on the high 400 foot (I think I heard they were that tall) towers with the high voltage lines. We have some pictures of him up on one sitting there eating his lunch, enjoying the view. It is a looooog ways up. I will make frames for them before I give them the pictures. Hope that doesn't take me another three years!

I have a niece that will be graduation from high school in June. Fortunately we will be in Oregon then and should be able to attend her ceremony. I liked Steve Good's new 2119 graduation plaque and I thought that with the school colors added it should look pretty nice. Her school colors are blue, white and grey and I was able to use all three colors in making it. I have to say that I do not particularly like using 3/4 inch thick wood for plaque as Steve suggested and did it all in 1/4 inch BB ply. I, personally enjoy the way they came out. OH, I forgot to mention that I made two of them so she could give one to her boyfriend of other class mate that she might to give the other one to. These are approx. 8 X 10 inches, and I hope she likes it. Dick heppnerguy

Actually the device is made for drilling. It's just that Dremel does not know it.

Made this for my sister’s 50th wedding anniversary. A Sue Mey pattern an used a signature coin that Steve Good made.

If you like rams this sign is for you. Always amazed at the power of their head butting. I cut mine from a piece of maple and from the off cut I shaped a nice base for it. Free pattern:

Cut one of my own patterns this past week. Took a lot longer than expected due to an...unfortunately expected....death in the family, necessitating a 3.5-hour drive through some nasty storms (sunny the day before....sunny the day after....go figger.) plus the obligatory family visits and get-togethers in the days following the funeral. I guess I'm the one introvert in a family of extroverts, further support to my claim that I'm adopted. This one's going to work with me (I'm in IT). 3/4" "whiteboard" (aka Lowes-Pine), finished with Minwax's Dark Walnut. Also managed to build a frame for a yard hammock (my wife was thrilled) and put up a shelf over my workbench (my wife was less thrilled with the holes in the garage walls). Been a busy weekend.

I got a plan for his grandson. My F-I-L had some quirks. One, he like to rivet things. Like he put rivets in the chrome on his car so it would not fall off, it was a big joke between the son-in-laws and male grand kids. We always have joked about Grampa and the rivets. Well his grandson is getting one of these pictures and the frame on his will have some rivets in it. He will know exactly why.

Finally ready! Enjoy! No bottle yet. Must go shopping. I dont have alcohol in my home. This project i started in january. Almost may now.... but i finished this. I am happy with end result. Almost.

Steve Good has given us thousand of patterns but the thing I use most is his Key Chain maker. I have done a couple hundred keys chains as gifts. Quick and easy and very well appreciated as a lot of kids have never had a personalized gift. New scrollers may not know of this great program as it is way way down his blog. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/ I have just complete one for each of the lacrosse team with their name and number. I add ball chain as these go on their travel bag. One thing about this font is there are some special characters that are useful too. I did one for my wife with a heart at each end and the sports team I do with a star before number. The special characters are the chart below. ;-semi colon ; ,-comma-colon , .-period . /-slash / [-sq parenthesis [ ]-sq parenthesis {]

Requested a pattern couple of weeks ago and Paul @grampacame through big time. Thanks again Paul. 11 X 17 inches, stack cut two 1/8 BB ply using Sawbird 2/0 spirals and #3 ultra reverse. It is for Dad's 90th birthday next Saturday. Jeff

Not sure how JT does it... but I use a throw away aluminum foil pan from the dollar store.. it's just a pan for like baking stuff in.. or.. I sometimes also use the plastic storage containers.. The foil pan is better for larger items though.. but the plastic container one could use the lid and just store the Danish oil in it.. But.. you'd need to use it fairly quick or it'd go bad.. Anyway I use these and just dip the project into the Danish oil.. depending on the wood type as to whether I let it soak up a while or just a quick dip.. I then pull out the project and set it on a pile of paper towels and drip for a few minutes.. then wipe off excess and set on another pile of paper towels... I have a fire pit and any towels that have oil on them.. I run them out and burn them so they won't catch fire... bet that make sense don't it..

Well, I finally got this cut.. Thanks @JimErn for making the pattern for me.. Cut this yesterday on the New Hawk using a Pegas #5 blade.. Finished it this morning with the beeswax mineral oil mix I made the other day in my video I posted in the general forum.. I'll update that later with my thoughts on the "yellow" wax.. Also will post on my pattern request page for this pattern as I made some changes to the design as i went.. noticed there where some floaters.. but all went well. I did drill a hole in what I had planed to cut out but realized it before actually cutting..but you might notice a single hole by the running board / side pipes area.. had i cut this the side pipe would have fell off.. Anyway great design.. cutting was easy and a pleasure to do..

This was cut in 1/2 poplar using 2/0 and 3/0 FD new spiral blades....Paul recently cut this in Oak and I like the oak a little better...Fiona's patterns are always a challenge...I do like the way this turned out....Thanks for looking.

I made the backlit Rock and Roll sign and the Voodoo Queen for my basement music room and Voodoo-themed bar. I made the Backlit Tiki Clock for my son's Tiki Bar. MVI_2354.MOV Rock Sign vid.MOV

Two "Old West" themed pics that I cut.

Just a heads up here. I looked at that tiny chuck on Amazon for $12.53. Then, just for the heck of it, I went to H/D and found it from them for $7 and change. I did have to order it but I went ahead and ordered one of their "DustStopper" kits at the same time. The chuck came in but the DustStopper is coming to my home tomorrow. Not sure why. Anyway, that little chuck works just great and it holds a #68 drill bit which is the smallest I have for scrolling. Hey, $5 is $5. Here is a link to the youtube video about the DustStopper. I already have the vac so this is going to work out great.

Yes John, there are lots of good ways to drill. I have a table top and floor drill. I happen to like the Dremel as it does not take up bench space. My table top drill is in the basement clock shop. Seyco also makes a little drilling unit at quite the price. You mentioned awhile ago, I think, that Stewmac.com sells a router stand for the Dremel. It is very simple and made of brass and steel. Beautiful little device. And only $63! Do I need it? No, but I sure want one and one day I may just break down and buy it. It would look great on the bench. In addition, I appreciate the information you often supply.

I found the issue. Thanks for the info.

What a great reminder of one of Steve's cool products!

I do mine as you do Ray. It suits me. I don't do large quantities of cutting and a small container and a brush does me well. Probably too pernickety for those that do lots of cutting but I get by just fine doing it this way.

Looks good Dick. Looks just as good with thinner wood. The colors are perfect.

very nice, I'm sure she'll love it

terrific job

very nice job

Sorry to here about the Family,And a Garage needs Shelves,Your Word art is Awesome.Excellent job.

Fantastic job DickA Big Congrats to your Niece.I know she and here fellow classmate will Love em.

Truly Awesome job.Love the Nails.

An amazing piece. I love it. Well done. Marg

Congratulations to your niece Dick. Great looking plaque, she will love it. Marg

Better late than never Paul, great work. Love the story about the rivets. Marg

Got it. In all my 35 years of doing scroll work and all size projects I never ran into that problem but again that is just me. I understand the use and understand why they do it and more power to them and hope you all the best of success for it use. Here is wishing you many more drilled holes with your Dremel Plunge Router / Drilling jig. I do have something similar to this. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Wolfcraft-Portable-Multi-Angle-Drill-Guide-with-Drill-Chuck-4525404/303283380?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-100349264-_-303283380-_-N

Very well done. The nails represent the spikes. Great piece.

How is your eye? I thought we got cut short, I was just getting started but was worried about your eye. Patti answered the phone, brought it to me and said, it's Dick and rolled her eyes,,,,, like we will be a while... About the only time I talk on the phone for more the 48 seconds is when one of my kids calls or you. Must say, I talk longer to you but it is not as often. I enjoy every minute of it.

Ray, I believe we had this conversation before but my method has been the same for over 35 years since I started doing this kind of work. I have always used Watco Danish oil and love the stuff. I have 10 year old Danish oil that is still good so in my opinion it never goes bad. If stored in an air tight container. For somethings this large I use those plastic storage containers that you see in all home centers. 32qts. I use about 3 gals in the container. I dip the piece in as i stand on edge and then use one of those home depot 99 cent brushes to slash oil in places that I can not get because of the size. I soak it very well for about 10 minutes on a piece like the shelf or magazine rack. I then take it out and place it on the lid to drain excess off. After that I wipe down with a soft cloth as an initial wipe down. Now I set it aside on some plywood I set up in the shade and let drain and dry some. After some time I go back and wipe down well. By this time all oil has drained out of all the crevices and set it aside to dry for good. No need to wipe any more or touch for a couple days. After all pieces are dipped and set aside, I pour the remaining oil back in the gallon cans using a funnel and store for the next time. I do this over and over and if I use most of the oil up I open another gallon can and start over. Now if doing small clocks and only one or two I use a much smaller plastic container but the procedure is the same except then the piece fits easily in the container so no need to brush on. Now when I made the longer shelfs I used longer storage containers. The ones you store blankets and things in. I always leave the oily rags outdoors hung over some concrete blocks in the back yard. Wipe the containers out and do the same with those towels. As I said I have been doing this for over 35 years and have it down to a system that works well for me. I have made so many items of all size and mainly used Watco Danish oil as the finish. Now I have made many other items too where I top coated with lacquers. Then I use BLO only to pop grain and give the color but pretty much follow same steps. After dry I then lacquer. Now if doing large items or alot of items I break out the compressor and HVLP gun and shoot water based lacquer. But if items are small then rattle can Deft. I always finish outdoors. If I have to I can finish in the shop but try not too because of the smells. Any questions I am happy to answer. One thing I like to point out in case someone brings this up, is that shelve pictures are this past fall and i took those for my brother because he had someone who wanted a victorian shelf. Those shelves have to be over 20 years old because I had a few left from my shows. I stopped carrying them to the shows because they were taking up too much room on my space and they did not sell well any more. Notice there is no drying out in the fret work and the soft glow is still present in the finish. So yes Danish oil does hold up and does not need reapplying. Just saying.

outstanding project. A challenging one for anybody but you did indeed get it done right. That is a fabulous piece and I like the framing also. Dick heppnerguy

Paul think I did not talk with you any longer on the phone yesterday, you probably would have been too tired of me to even want to cut anything today. Nice portrait. Your usual fabulous cutting. Dick heppnerguy

Not only did you do a wonderful job on your project but I think the horseshoe nails was a wonderful addition. It helps tell the story here Dick heppnerguy

Looks great! I also use Lowe's pine quite a bit. BTW, garage walls need to have holes!

Thanks for the web site and pdf. Interesting web site!

Never thought to look in the hole, it appears there are several ways to fix the problem. I just went through my junk drawer and found this washer. I also found a nut to fit on it but I like the washer better as it keeps the knob closer to where it was. The space of the washer prevents it from locking the plunger part and allows me to tighten the knob down so it won’t spin freely. If I ever want to use the locking feature I just take the knob off and remove the washer.

JT, that knob on mine is a lock to set a certain height or depth.. otherwise the router will move freely up / or down.. in my case... I have to have that knob loose all the time in order to move the plunge portion freely to use as a drill press.. I have no need to screw the knob all the way in and lock it for drilling.. the issue is.. since it's loose you're always loosening and or tightening the knob and you'll be drilling and moving to other spots to drill etc and the knob either comes out so far it falls off in your hand or.. it locks down slightly and make the plunging motion to stiff to move easily.. a fix is that nut to lock the knob down tight while not interfering with the plunge motion..

Just to update.. I think the drill bit had a issue.. the new bit I put in it has been fine... Gotta say.. I love this set up... took a little time to get the hang of it.. but man.. I don't know how I did all these years without it.. LOL

Leave it the way it is and let everybody study it to read it. They'll all think it was meant to be that way. I think it looks cool.

Thanks for posting the links on the items you purchased. I noticed on the specifications for the chuck the smallest bit it will grip is a 1/32. You may want to try bits of different sizes to see if they all have the same results, if you haven't already.

Well April 9th is declared Unicorn day, so it is only fitting that we have a sign for it. This bold sign was cut from Sapele and mounted on an improvised base cut from the left over wood. Hope you enjoy it. Might make some little kid very happy. You can download the free pattern from my FREE PATTERN page.