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Steve Good pattern. 3/4" Red Oak with three coats of wipe-on poly. Not the kind of thing I usually do, but I just felt like. Is this a great hobby?!!

I do not use tape or shelf liner under the pattern. I use 3M-77, stick the pattern to the wood, cut it, and then brush the pattern with mineral spirits liberally, wait a minute or two, lift the pattern off including all those bits you have to do individually with tape. I lightly wipe the work with mineral spirits, never had to scrub it at all, and have not (knock wood) had a problem with breaking fretwork during that process.

If anyone is looking for a challenge, here it is! I think there was 2 million pilot holes, give or take a million, at least it felt like it was that many! It is a great pattern, but it is a tough one to cut. This was made for a friend to raffle off to raise money for the national wildlife turkey federation. I left the plastic on the frame for shipping.

Hi to all who live on the Western side of the Mississippi River. I made up an order of woods that I needed and submitted it to Cherokee Wood Products a couple of days ago. I decided to make the 2 hour round trip to go see the operation and actually meet Chris. I'm sure glad I did. He is a great young man and it was a pleasure to meet him. He showed me around the entire yard. They have been there for 25 years and it's a great place. Lots to see. Anyway, for making the trip out there, he gifted me some of the stuff that they can't sell. I came home with a load of great wood. They also have boxes of cutoffs that they sell. I highly recommend that you folks give them a try. And if you do, take the time to try to get hold of Chris and give him your order. Especially if you need any custom milling. I needed a piece of walnut in 3/8" thickness. They don't offer it but they milled it for me for a minimal charge. I now have enough wood that I won't need to go back for a good while but when the time comes, I'll be hot-footing it back out there once again. Cherokeewood.com

Was trying to figure out some things with some rescued wood. I do not know the species of any except the lighter colored horse; I believe to be oak The bases are about 1-1/2 in thick and the length is about 3-1/2 inches with them being just over 4" tall.. Very open to suggestions on the final finish coating! Thanks. Pattern? is a modified silhouette from free internet sources.

I use the widest blue painters tape I can find. I don't mind pulling the tape off, especially on the delicate fret work. My shop dog usually runs around with blue tape on it though.

Just got back from a long 4th of July weekend road-trip....drove from Austin Tx to Pensacola Fl, turned out to be around 11 hours going, 13 returning (hit an interstate shutdown in Lake Charles, LA, that had I-10 completely closed and all traffic routed to the I-610 bypass....took us 30 minutes to go 3/4 mile before we could exit and take back roads...through questionable parts of town...you know you're in the wrong area when the church has bars on the windows). Oceans/beaches aren't really my thing, so I probably won't do any beach-themed pieces (gimme mountains, forests...places you can go from hotel to car without dropping two pounds of water weight from the humidity...I sweated like a politician in a church with bars on the windows). For me...summer is outdoor fun, and one of my fondest memories of summer camp as a kid was trying to get the hang of archery. Now that I've discovered there's such a thing as "cross-eye dominance", where I'm right-handed but my dominant/strong eye is the left one, I'm a faaaaar better shot than I was as a kid. Our daughter is enjoying archery as well (its quieter than the gun range, for one). So we're spending a lot more time at the archery range nowadays. And summertime means we're not stuck waiting for time on the line at the indoor range, there's an outdoor range nearby as well. I may even break out the homemade blowguns again.... 1x10 scrap of whiteboard, cut with a Pegas #5 blade. Had a bit of a goof with the bowstring, I cut the inside pieces, then did the outside and my tracking was a bit off towards the left side. Got a bit closer than I'd've liked to the inner wall, which resulted in a kink/slight crack. I'll shore it up with some wood glue.

Latest project. This one might be a personal favorite.

I got a lot of positive feedbacks about my first shadowbox (Deer scene) Here is second one - Sea turtle Video of making shadow box Sea turtle Pattern

Finished today a Steve Good Pattern

Finished the second and third box, thought I would just add them here, and then I will not flood the community with boxes and the third box I made

Another Helder Botas pattern.

I need to find a new range...the one we've visited a couple of times since moving last summer combines LittleNoise and BiggerNoise (not BIGNoise, thankfully) on one indoor set of 10 lanes. LittleEars don't like the BiggerNoises in that confined space, even with earpro on. And as with you, the heat is a bit excessive for us to try out nearby outdoor ranges just yet. Archery is quieter, too, makes it easier to hear LittleEars' excited squeals when she manages to hit the target (regardless of ring).

I fought that messiness for a while too. Now I cut the pattern to a size smaller than the whole piece, position it. I always leave a "tab" of paper that will reach the edge at one point. When it is positioned, I use one of those black paper clamps and clamp the "tab" to the piece. Then I hold the wood allowing the paper to hang down from the clamp, hold it over a trash can, spray the paper template, and just raise the wood smoothing the template down. No fuss no mess

I need to get to the range to make some big noise--but with the temps hovering around 100 here, it may wait until next week. The finger that operates the boom switch is getting a little rusty.

Les, I don’t use blue painters tape at all. I hate having to take time to remove all those little bits of tape off of the project. I use clear packing tape on top of the pattern. A little spray of mineral spirits on the tape and pattern removes it nicely.

These are photos, that I have taken, and turned into puzzles. They are from Lake of the Woods, ON. We have a large cruiser boat that we can go exploring the lake with. Thsi past weekend we saw moose swimming across from one island to another, two large turtles, a buck, and watched a beaver grooming itself on a rock.

My niece is coming to spend a week later on July. I am preparing by getting a few things cut that we will paint. She requested unicorns. We will do some cutting together while she is here, but it will be some simpler pieces

What I look forward too the most is to spend time in and on the water at our island in Lake Pivabiska. The photo that I am attaching features canoeing. There are photos of me in two of my canoes with two of my grandchildren (Isla age 4 and Ethan age 2). The scroll sawn part was designed by Timothy (with a few design changes by me). In about a month Ethan, who is now 17, and I will be going on a 5 night canoe trip.

This seems to be what summertime is about here in Michigan.. I almost hate to leave the house in the summer... ... Funny too because everyone complains about the roads.. then they also complain about the traffic back-ups due to the road work..

I spent 3 hrs on the road for my craigs list find Old forge Pa.. Bargain priced $300.I'll post pictures in a day or so.

Great to say the least! Very well done.

Awesome work !

Difficult but well worth it. Great work!

I haven't purchases anything there for awhile, but I always got quick response when I did. Hope all is okay with him. He has always been a great guy to deal with.

Haven't done much cutting lately. Just finished installing new kitchen cabinets and counter tops. That will take up a whole lot of your time,, and money! I made one of these earlier this year for a neighbor to give to his church. Showed some people the pic of it and a guy at work wanted 2. Baltic Birch plywood on a piece of Walnut.

looks great

Another H. Botas pattern.

Today (July 19) is Dr. Brian May's 71st birthday. All the rockers of my day are still out there hitting the stage and packing the house. Can't imagine how tired they must be at the end of a tour. Happy Birthday to one of the top guitar pickers of all time.

Just very light spray glue on the pattern. let sit for at least 20 minutes so it is barely even tacky. Cheapest spray glue walmart sells.

As you see everyone has developed their method. When I started I use to spray pattern and attached right to wood but that is so messy and gets in the grain of the wood especially because I like to use red oak for my projects and then there is walnut that it gets into and was too messy and too time consuming to clean. Wide blue tape is my go to method from then on and has had no problems. I do not use clear tape on top seems like a waste of time. The help from tape in cutting comes from the blue tape. But again no right or wrong way just your way. Happy scrolling.

I used to just spray glue the pattern onto the wood directly. I'm not sure if I used too much glue, but I always had a hell of a time getting the pattern off, even with mineral spirits. Even if the pattern came off, I still had sticky adhesive on the wood that had to be sanded or rubbed off. There were times with fine fretwork on plywood that I would either break pieces, or sand right through the top ply trying to get the glue off. Now, I use the green frog tape because that's what I can get in bulk around here. I usually try to get the 2" or 3" wide stuff, but cover the entire top surface of my wood piece. Its night and day difference for me. The pattern pulls up easily, and if any pieces rip and stay, it doesn't take much to get them. I also tape around the edges to keep my plywood stacks together while cutting. No more fighting with paper stuck to small fragile patterns, no more sticky glue adhesive to try to sand off the finished product. I've thought about trying the shelf liner others here talk about, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Came out great. It will look great in a frame.

I might add: another reason I stopped using the 3M-77 was the fact that the cold temps in my shop during the winter.. the spray can freezes up and doesn't spray worth a crap.. and once frozen even after you thaw it.. it never works the same... so in the cold months it was a fighting battle as well... so the full sheet labels take care of that issue too...Now... not so much an issue if I keep the can in the house and then ( actually remember ) bring it back inside the house when done.. That is just as much a pain as the spray glue itself.. Personally I find the cost quite comparable to buying standard paper and the spray glue... IF you buy the labels in bulk.. probably not economical for the hobbyist though?

Nice going Jim. Never tried that type of flocking. You learn something new everyday in this forum.

I use to use painters tape.. then ran out of what I had on hand.. I then started using clear packing tape.. both worked okay for me.. peeling the pattern off was sometimes a chore but not knowing any other easier way that's just how I did it for most of 10 years.. Oh.. also use to use the 3M-77 exclusively.. Don't know how long it took for the light bulb to light up about printing the pattern on a full sheet shipping label.. but that was sure a smart move for me.. Eliminates a spray the pattern with messy glue step.. and for me just makes the whole process easier... Then about 4 years ago I read online somewhere about the shelf liner and gave that a go.. second best move was to use that.. sooo much easier to pull the pattern back off.. So now I use the shelf liner to the wood.. then use the label paper peel and stick to print my pattern on.. works for me.. I like the clear shelf liner over the masking tape because you can see the wood grain to be able to place the pattern exactly where you want / need it.. was always guess work where the bad spot in the wood was once covered in painters tape.. I often thought about trying a white colored shelf liner.. cut it into printer sized papers and try printing onto the label paper all together.. I have not got brave enough to try to run a shelf liner paper through my printer though, LOL But this would eliminate so many process's and supplies etc.

BigNoise is fun, too, but with archery you can (usually) retrieve and reuse the arrows.

I did use pliers, but I have practically no strength in my thumbs so I still found it hard to grip the pliers and hold tight while I twisted the blade and passed it to my other hand to turn it. If that makes any sense. I'm just an old feeble woman what can I say

The first is always the hardest but that looks as if you have been doing them for a long time. Great work. Marg

+1 on shelf liner. I use it then spray adhesive the the pattern.

I started with just spray adhesive to the wood, far too much work to remove the pattern. Then I tried packing tape, better, but clear packing tape is a royal pain for me: static electricity makes it very hard to manage. Then I tried blue painters tape, still have 1/2 a roll somewhere. Okay, but takes several strips for each piece of wood. Last year I started using clear self adhesive shelf liner (Duck brand). I have paper cutters and use them to size the shelf liner to the piece of wood, one piece of shelf liner per side and done, note that the shelf liner stays tightly rolled until the backer is removed... then it relaxes and is fairly easy to apply. In my experience the shelf liner maintains good adhesion for extended periods of time and then removes easily with little or no residue (the welcome sign took several months to complete, the only issue was the paper pattern overlap not staying down, problem with the paper and not the liner). Your mileage may vary.

Great job on a nice pattern.

Well, I tried it and it does work. I went very slowly, in fact I stood at arms length from the saw to turn it on just in case. Don't know if I expected it to blow up or something, but I sure looked very silly I think perhaps he scrolled before they made spirals or maybe in post war Britain there were none to be had. But one thing is sure, although the technique works it's an awful pain in the fingers trying to hold a blade and twist it 360 and then clamp it. I for one will be practicing with my spirals in future.

Nice cutting. It's a popular piece where I live, I've had to do 3 of them LOL.

Thanks to bobscroll for some awesome patterns! I made this out of some leftover flooring just to see how it would turn out. I plan to make several of these signs of my hometown (this sign), my current home town and everyplace my wife and I have vacationed. I will hang them up out on my back porch up on a big Cypress beam that goes clear around the porch. I probably won't use this flooring material, too hard to cut for one and not weatherproof. Although the area that I will hang them is out of the direct elements. I will probably use Cedar. Thanks again, Bob!

Ya know, the sad part to all this is how most of the victims seem to be senior citizens. I don't like to think that just because I'm on a pension, I suddenly got so vulnerable. If you know you've paid your taxes, if you know there's no such thing as a free lunch, then you should know what these are. Don't be a victim! Jim

Thanks Marg! We are about 98% finished with the kitchen. I still have to do a tile backsplash.

That is a terrific gesture and tribute. Marg

I was asked from my golf course which I have been a member since inauguration to make a golf balls display for the members that passed away since the course opening. They take a golf ball and have their name printed on the ball and the death date. I made one before but we had more players that died that we had room on the display, so instead of adding to the previous I made a new one.

Made these for a friend of mine to put on her porch. It’s a Sue Mey pattern mainly, I just changed the words. She said her house was called this!