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Couple of new signs for the Mission Center fundraiser this Saturday.

The Brazilian cherry was so hard to cut ,it,s the one that,s not completely cut,and then a few of baggettas patterns cut the best friends is 1/8 plastic with not the right blade.

So friend pays $5 for this at a yard sale, gives it to me saying, make it nice so I did. The words are his idea.

I did this today as a gift for my friend of 40yrs + for her birthday. Is it ok? or should I get her a bottle of perfume Also, a question for all you more 'experienced than me' people. Do you think I should 'widen' some of the lines on the first cat? I'm not sure that it wouldn't look a little better if the lines were a little wider around the nose, mouth and cheek.. I hated doing this pattern almost as much as the pattern hated me !! This is my 4th attempt at it and I went so slowly that I'm pretty sure that most of you would raise an eyebrow in bafflement. However, it was the only way I could actually do it. It drove me mad !! Don't know why, it looked straight forward enough on paper but I just found it so difficult to cut.

My wife wants me to exercise so I walk the isles at Home Depot or Harbor Freight. Does get expensive at times.

The majority of this project is not scroll sawing but there is a scroll-sawn element and that element is very important. This is a gift that I am going to give to my wife, Margaret, when she is in the hospital for removal of her thyroid on June 7th. The gift is going to be a framed tile of a Whisky Jack (known to most non-Canadians as a Gray Jay) entitled ‘Who’s Watching Whom’ and I am going to feature the title. (The tiles comes from Motawi Tileworks and it is based on art by Charlie Harper). To that end, I am cutting a title out of a little bit of the Wenge that I recently purchased. The colour and texture of the wood are both a good match for the tile. The font is an Arts and Crafts font that I found an example of on the internet and that I modified slightly. I think this would look good framed with some weathered cedar from the old play structure that I took down a couple of weeks ago. I used this mock-up to help me decide: I purchased the tile from Motawi Tileworks in Michigan and the artist is Charles Harper. I tried a few different stains in order to a get a good match for the ivory colour in the tile: This colour is to be used on the lettering’s backer board. I made the frame using a variation of my “standard” Rosseter-Pellow frame. Here is a photo: I’m fairly certain that Margaret is going to be surprised and happy with this gift.

amazing transformation

I think many dads like fishing. A Steve Good design.

Okay, the piece that I had I did end up using.. been so long I forgot I looked all over the place in my wood storage area and couldn't find it.. then laying in bed last night ( instead of sleeping ) I thought about it and remembered using it on the bandsaw box I made.... .. I used it in this bandsaw box I made a few years ago,, The two strips surrounding the one in the middle is the sassafras..

Me too but my wife makes sure I get a walk in every day. We are trying to keep the joints fluid. Not the kind you smoke, but the other kind.

My dad has been gone a long time now and have memories of me and him hunting together.

Just a short update from a long inactive member. I was serving as a full-caregiver for my 98 yr old Mother until she passed in Oct. I then decided to downsize so bought a small house with nice shop building but moving into something less than half the size creates all kinds of problems. Finally got the move made with the help of some great friends in January. Of course nothing seems to go smoothly. I went out early one morning to get the trash out for pickup and didn't notice that we had received some ice overnight. I fell off the back porch which is about 3 steps up and had 2 fractures and a dislocated foot. It is disconcerting to look down and see your foot dangling off the end of your leg held on only by the skin. I did manage to crawl back into the house and call for help. Within 4 hrs, I was in surgery having a plate and screws putting me back together. This was followed by 5 weeks of being house bound as I was not allowed to put any weight on that leg. Talk about boring. I was going crazy, especially as my new Pegas scrollsaw came and all I could do was set and look at it. Finally convinced my caregivers to let me set it up in the kitchen attached to a shop vac so I could actually try it out and LOVE it. Last week I was pulling weeds in a flower bed and it turns out that they were poison oak so I broke out in a very itchy rash all over. After a shot, it is clearing up and hopefully my tribulations have ended for a while unless you count being under a tornado warning every night. So far we have only gotten rain. A lady is selling rain gauges made from a 5 gal. bucket. Enough of me as I am back to cutting and working on some things for a wedding. It is good to be back.

Hi! I'm a retired IT guy who prefers sawing up bits of wood now. I use a Proxxon DSH with Aleksandr Koulibine's excellent blade clamps. I post pictures of my stuff here Looking forward to reading through this forum! Philip

I heard a man say this about a young man who had ADHD and it stuck with me. Lots of kids/adults need to know. On a piece of Zebra wood from the scrap box at Woodcraft.

I would leave the glass in. Helps keep the dust off it.

National Donut Day Table Sign Pattern Mmmmm. Mmmm. National Donut Day is the first Friday of June (coming up this Friday), so why not make one of these signs as you sip your cup of coffee (see yesterday's sign) and chomp on a nice chocolate covered donut. I cut mine from sapele wood which gives it that nice chocolate flavor then I added a carefully improvised base of same to bottom it out. Free Pattern:http://baggetta.com/pebooks/puzzle_patterns.htm

You Can't Buy Happiness But You Can Buy A Truck This humorous saying has been around for a while. Why not make it for a truck friend. I cut mine from poplar and placed it on a simple slab of sapele. Free Pattern: http://baggetta.com/pebooks/puzzle_patterns.htm

I had to do another classic car, the 1941 Packard 180. It was the last pre war touring package with the 8 cylinder 180. The grills give this car an outstanding look but they are a bear to cut. Scoring with a straight edge always helps. The plaque is 19 x 12 on 1/8" BBPW on a 1/4 backer. I was going to try and cut the One Eighty and leave it attached but it was much easier to cut it on the left out piece and glue it on later. It took well over a week to get the design right and about 4 days (on and off) for the cutting.

Your skills match the quality of the car!!!

Oak and white walnut.

Walleye is a pattern by David Hunter. 3/16" luan underlayment with BLO finish, #1 Pegas MG. Frames from twisted fence slat. No way to get the corners to match but it is supposed to be rustic.

beech and oak wood.

While Sassafras isn't common, it is available around here. I've used it a number of times. The grain pattern is very open and pronounced, similar to oak. In fact, I substituted sassafras for red oak in a large shelf project I did once, when I ran out of the red oak. Took some trial & error to match up the stain, but once done you couldn't tell the difference, until you pick up the two sections and notice the drastic weight difference. Leaving the wood natural and not having to match it to anything else, I would suggest that you could use white oak as a substitute.

very nice work

Nice work...those turned out great !

Beautiful work! Excellent cutting! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Beautiful work, Charlie! The spirit of love and giving must be guiding your hand because all your projects are true masterpieces. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Excellent and creative work, Jim, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Have you ever noticed how Home Depot seems to be the best laxative in the world? I get inside the store and I had better find the "bano".

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.. The couple pieces I had was darker than that and not much grain marks in it.. smelled sort of like root beer with cutting it, LOL

Love your unique cuttings! Good job.

Ray, It is hard for me to stand and scroll.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/12-THIN-KILN-DRIED-SASSAFRAS-12-X-3-X-1-2-LUMBER-WOOD/253976541662?hash=item3b222e79de:g:xJoAAMXQdm5Q9-gY

I don't see it very often.. I got a couple pieces of it from my brothers mill a couple years ago.. Cuts like butter, LOL.. I'm not sure if I still have some or not.. If so I could probably mail it to you because I just don't use much wood if it's not a real common wood.. I hate retaking photos because I changed up the wood types.. That's why you see me staying with most projects being cherry.. I got a awesome deal years ago on a bunch of cherry lumber.. I'm going out to look and see if I have any... Another wood type similar ( I think ) might be Beech? Others will probably know better than I.. But I have some beech and sassafras and I thought they looked close to the same... Un-finished anyway.. LOL

Went to Human Resources to finalize my retirement here at work. Went to Social Security last month. As of Friday June 21, I will be retired and living the high life!

Great job!!

Jim. That is a very nice job. I love the way you've given it a better second life than its original life. What did you make the 8 knobs from Bob

Here are two photos of the same project. Before and after I highlighted it with a propane torch. It is a gift to a police officer. I definitely AM NOT disgracing the American Flag according to the American flag code and, as a military veteran, hold the American flag in deepest respect. The stars, as you notice, are represented with used shell casings from the police officer's service weapon. Approximately 9 3/4" by 17" in 3/4" stock. Thanks for looking and God Bless! Spirithorse

It is the placebo effect or not. If you believe, it will cut.

Fiona is amazing. She sees a knot in a board, and just starts scrolling, next thing you know there is a fish being pulled out a pond by an osprey. No pattern, she “sees” things differently than most of us and draws with her saw blade. Nice job on the Honey Bee!

Thanks for the suggestions for business names, great ideas! I'll have to check copyright stuff but I love it. Thanks to all. Russ

I'm not a basket guy but the inlay is gorgeous!

They are "donuts" on this side of the pond, we are lazy and use less letters.... We have all kinds with all sorts of things on and in them. I'll wait an let some police officer here give you critic on which are the best........

Really well done. Someday when I am headed down that way, I'll have to stop and see it. Maybe you could add a sign, "Scrollsaw Village".

Being a retired Deputy Sheriff I can appreciate that.

zero insert is correct, cut time and placement - no time at all. i saved the scrap on purpose to place it, added glue to the island and placed it in its perspective spot.

How about if you do the sign in the same wood and then the backer the same as the picture. There wouldn't be quite as much contrast that way. Or at least the sign in the same wood as the picture.

Beautiful cutting and the pattern is perfect. Those older cars had style and personality, today they all look the same to me.

If my Dad were still here (he died when I was thirteen -64 years ago), I would give him this: The original design for this was by Sheila Landry and I made modifications to make the island and cabin look like Pellow's Island in Lake Pivabiska. This was Dad's favourite place on earth and he would be pleased to know that I love the island just as much, that I am taking care of it in his name, and that it will, eventually, be passed on at least two further generations.