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A cutting I did for my son's rec room. Cut out of baltic birch and finished with lacquer. I don't remember who made the pattern.

G'day all, have just finished these 4 portraits of Marilyn and Audrey. Audrey Hepburn was the most beautiful woman ever (with the exception of the wife) IMHO 440mm x 360mm. 3mm marine ply from Bunnings, Couldn't tell you what the veneer is, probably some Indonesian rainforest timber. The frames are Radiata Pine 2 stained walnut and 2 stained dark mahogany. I cut these with a #1FD new spiral and a #2 FDUR I can't remember who did the patterns, I want to say that Audrey is by Grandpa but ????????

I was looking through the pattern gallery and found this, I did modify it and at the last moment, I free handed the border.

most of you know i worked out of half a 10 x 20 portable building. i had scroll days and paint days. well we got the other half open for painting but the fumes kept me from scrolling after painting so i bought an $18 4in inline hose fan. now i can do both. i plan to move it to use as a bypass system to keep the paint from building up on the fan when i am done gearing up for next months show. it has worked well enough i am also thinking of putting one in the saw room to help clear floating dust my vac doesn't get so i can stop wearing a mask. hope this might help others. chris

My husband and I share the garage, he is a carpenter. I keep my area relatively clean and tidy and know where everything is, a place for everything and everything in its place. His larger area always looks as if a bomb as gone off and when he does clean up and puts things away he can never find things for a few weeks, until he's not looking for them really. Marg

i thank all for your input. i did not account for the fire hazard for my temporary fix. the system i am making is like one we had in the wood shop in high school. tomorrow i am cutting so it will be up and running by wednesday. i will post pics when i am done. (fan is 2400rpm and pipe is 4" = 83.7 cfm)

That's excellent because every one needs fiber and sawdust is fiber and better than chewing on a broom!

Sounds like you have been productive. good idea on that compressor. Funny talking about sweeping the floor. I do my work in my dining room. I only do scrolling so not a lot of sawdust but still its unavoidable. Yesterday I was making a chicken salad sandwich, just made a whole tupperware thing full of it. Of course, I dropped the whole turrepware thing on the shop floor face down. Seemed ok so I just scraped it all up with a spatula and will eat it again for lunch today. lol

Teach Table Sign Pattern School is coming to an end soon so this might make a nice gift for the teacher. I cut mine from a variegated board I glued together from some scrap wood ( cherry and maple) to make a nice ice cream feel to the piece (chocolate and vanilla). I used the cut off piece with the leaf outline in it as a base. Free Pattern:

G'day all, I think I have posted 2 of these designs before, but no two are alike. Finished these 4. Radiata Pine, one with a Jarrah band. Interiors flocked, exterior 2 coats of gloss lacquer.

Simple project that should have been fairly quick took me most of the day. After cutting sanding and finishing the wood part I dropped it and it broke pretty much in half. I was able to prune a couple of limbs and glue it back together. Tried four different backers. Wound up with a slate backer and base. Glad I'm not trying to make a living at this!

Showed this Christmas gift for my granddaughter about 4 1/2 years ago. Well it got returned because she's outgrown it being seven going on eight, playing the piano, gymnastics, soccer etc. etc. They don't have room to store Creeper (the name she gave to the rocking horse for unknown reasons). Of course these type of items always are found in Grandma's attic. But Grandma is thinking about downsizing (and Grandpa too), and not for 20 years when the young lady might have tykes of her own. So on to finding a church daycare center to donate or something like that. Has this happened to anyone else in scroll saw land?

Look at the new Pegas. It is just like the the EX21 and very pretty. So far it is getting RAVE reviews. I have a 2010 EX and I love it. I do wish it had the Pegas paint job though.

I don't have experience with clay but I have used stuff called inlace.. It comes in a can and you mix it with a activator.. Comes in several colors.. Problem I have is.. I never have the color I need, LOL Not sure if you've ever mixed up or messed with fiberglass or bondo ( body filler in the automotive industry ).. This inlace smells and acts just about like a fiberglass resin.. not as hard as the stuff I've used in the autobody world but it's very similar.. I only have Red and Black colors.. Bought it several years ago for a few certain projects and haven't used it since.. I keep thinking I need to use it up if it's any good still.. Below is a picture of a key rack I made for my son about 2010.. I cut the design out on 1/8" Oak and then filled it with the red inlace then glued to a 1/2 or 3/4 Oak backer.. Guess it turned out okay and still looks good.. I also used to make the oval kaychains Steve Good patterns. and cut them from 1/16 then glue to a backer and fill the cutout with this.. Made those in 2008..and mine that I carry everyday still looking good. When filling it I would fill it higher than the wood.. then sand it flush on my belt sander.. http://www.inlaceonline.com/text/products/kits.html

This looks alot better solution!

Very nice piece. How did you cut the slate? That's stone is it not?

This is a good point. I believe explosion proof fans and lights are required in any commercial paint booth in the USA. Don't know exactly how that translates to a home shop. You won't get a nasty visit from OSHA, but if there were ever a fire, your insurance co might have something to say about it. There are a lot of things we can get away with, but that doesn't always mean they are good ideas. I use a fan with a furnace filter in my shop window for much the same purpose. I also use a makeshift cardboard spray booth that also has a furnace filter in the back to catch as much of the solids as possible before they get to the fan. I also am very careful not to let overspray and fumes build up too much. Again, I'm not advising you go ahead and do this. Just be aware of the risks if you do.

You let your wife clean up and re-arrange your shop! Oh horror of horrors!!! I'm afraid if my wife tried that, it would be the end of our 40+ year marriage. She hates clutter and my shop is the epitome of clutter. Look up clutter in the dictionary and it will have a picture of my shop. I don't want anyone "cleaning" it up for me. I like my clutter, thank you very much. Fortunately for me, my wife has zero interest in my shop. She sticks her head in the door to tell me I have a phone call or let me know supper is ready. Other than that, as long as I keep the door shut so she can't see in there and I don't track sawdust upstairs, she doesn't care what it looks like.

Me too Les. But you have a nicer can.

I completed this project a few months back. The original pattern by Alex Fox was approximately 7" square and was designed as a single piece. Wanting more I decided to up the stakes. Wanting something to really show a presence for display I enlarged the pattern so each quarter of the pattern was 11" square. I stack cut each layer by 4 pieces with 1/8" baltic birch ply. Overall there are 8 layers to this project. The next step after gluing the 8 layers together was to sand the edges to create perfect 90 degree corners so no gaps showed where the 4 quarters of the project were glued together. The frame is made of 2" thick popular with walnut applied to the corners for a slight contrast. Overall this project measures over 24" square. Thanks for looking.

The ship of the infamous Captain Bligh lives on in this wood piece. I cut the ship from sapele wood and the most difficult part is the beginning lettering, but not impossible if you take your time. I had a small piece of spalted maple I shaped into a top layer of the base and shaped another bottom layer again from sapele. Makes a nice piece for display. The free pattern above is available for download on my FREE PATTERNS page linked from the Index page on my website. New Video On YouTube I generally cut my signs with a 5, 7, or 9 Reverse tooth saw, depending on the thickness of the wood, so I don't need a lot of blade storage area. I came up with some little magnetic cases built out of birch ply wood which I attach to my saw so my blades are handy. So I made a short video on how these are made in case some other scroll saw users would like to build some. You can view the video on My YouTube Channel. If you like it, please click the like button and subscribe to the channel so you will be alerted when I put up a new video. Thanks for watching. Comments welcome.

A couple of jigsaw puzzles completed. 16 and 20 pieces. Cut from 4mm ply with 3mm MDF backing 2 coats of gloss lacquer

This clock was made from beech wood (the body) and white walnut wood (the disk) .

Great portraits.

What??! I still have my rocking horse, my dad made me 74 years ago.

My granddaughter who is 19 is very attached to many things that I have made for her and, in particular, the rocking horse I made for her for her 1st birthday. It was OK for her younger brother to use it and, still later, she let a couple of cousins borrow it but, when I suggested donating the rocking horse, she would not hear of it. Right now, it is in our basement but, if we ever downsize, we will have a problem.

Going to have to be more specific. Steve Good has some nice ones. Need a photo or some more info.

Do you mean like these: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA?section_id=24170222

my mistake... 83.7 sorry for the typo

Just finished my remembrance lantern, it's the same Steve good pattern just modified a little VID_20190506_214050.mp4

They look great John. What do you back the front picture with? Marg

Boys would love the BIG truck puzzle, great idea John. Marg

Just a little this and that. Yesterday my wife started rearranging things in my shop. The things I cut are just in a pile. I really have no use for most of the stuff. She says I'm wasting space and need to be more efficient. Anyway my wife being a nest freak started moving things. Somethings went to the trash, somethings for white elephant gifts and some things for those I don't really appreciate. That'll show 'em. Another thing, she swept my shop complaining the little pieces of wood hurt when she walks around my shop barefoot. Wear shoes and you don't need to sweep. But what do I know? I have a small pancake compressor I purchased long ago from HF. I paid $30 for it. It had been returned but they would allow me to return it if not satisfied. Noisy little sucker. When needing to use my nail gun or stapler I would wheel my much larger compressor into the shop. It's a pain just to put drive just a few small nails. I dug out the little pancake compressor to see if it would drive the nail gun. Surprisingly It did. I can't lift much and I don't like dragging things. I spent a little time making a base with kind of wheels. I got these things from HF. I go there a lot as they are only minutes from my home. They are like big ball bearings and only $1.99 each. The screws I used on them were just a trifle long and I did not want to go to ACE for just 8 screws. I cut off the extended screws with a Dremel tool. It ain't purdy and makes noise when rolling along the floor. I guess the plywood sort of amplifies the sound. When I use the little bugger I take out my hearing aids and put on ear protection. I do the same when using my little router. Both are noisy little suckers. Hope I haven't bored anyone too badly.

that is always a place!!! still use that for spray glue.

I been busy finishing up my kitchen cabinets and getting ready for my two sons graduation party. Cleaning and rearranging the shop for the party. I forgot getting the pool open for the summer. The grandkids have been on me to get that done.

Thanks Melanie, I have a piece of ply the same size as the cut-out fixed to the underside of the lid. cheers

I don't consider myself a Master scroller. I can cut some things decent...lol

Crupeia, there is something knowns as "the 5 second rule" and I abide by it totally. It grosses my wife out when I pick up something I've dropped and eat it. Waste not, want not!

Down Right Awesome!! The lines are barely visable! So Cool.

FYI: Charles Dearing is selling his patterns again. He has a facebook account where you can reach him.

I,m a Lucky One my Wife cant come down to my shop.I have a slopping back yard,so my back steps are 5 high,too much for her,The front are 3.so it's too far for her to walk,(bad knees).Love the compressor idea.

John, I always love seeing your boxes - could you show us the back side of the lid. I'm curious if you have a "lip" on the edge to help hold it on the box at all.

Your boxes are always uniquely wonderful.

Super looking puzzle!

Thanks! I'll give that a try!

It turns out that flowers have seldom been the subject of my scroll saw work. I only remember three such projects. The project that I favour is one called morning glory: I liked it so much that I made two of them. The pattern is by Mike Williams.

Not too much of a story other than I like to make clocks.. and had been looking for more wall hang clock patterns.. ran across these on Sue Meys site and had to cut them.. Been good sellers so far.. Bigger one made from Red Oak.. and the other is Ash

Here's one I did a few years back. Maple vase with red cedar and oak petals. Compound cut on a scroll saw and glued togeter.

Organized? That's good, Organized. Ahhh man, yer killin' me.