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A few Xmas Tree Decos , Western Red Cedar and a box for a friend of my Daughter. Pine with Nyatoh band.

Two boxes from one block of Mahogany. Hogged out inside with a trim router. Laminated ⅛” African Padauk onto ¼” Mahogany for lid. Sides areYellow Heart and African Padauk laminated and doawled into body. Back and inside trim parts done with Aspen veneer. Size of each is 9 x 3 ¾ x 2” high. Finished with Minwax wipe on poly satin and buffed with cabinet makers wax.

Yes one more...LOL this one is from one solid piece of Walnut 8 x 4 ¾ and 1 ½” high. Hogged out center and lid on table saw. Laminated ⅛” Aspen between two ⅛” pieces of Walnut for sides and dowaled into body. Accented front of lid with ¼” banding. Finished with Minwax wipe on poly satin and buffed with cabinet makers wax.

I have been gone a lot lately but I also have had some time to make a few items in my shop. I got permission from Dan to copy his wonderful butterfly pattern and make that plaque for one of my greatgrandchildren. She told me butterflies are her favorite 'animals'. So she will be getting this plaque for her bedroom wall. The tiger is for her sister who told me that was her favorite animal. The owl will go to one of my daughters. Yes I cut one of these earlier and she liked it so this new cutting will be hers. Then the cowboy roper is for my grandson who is a professional cowboy and a roper so I thought he might enjoy this one for his wall. I also made a new born cross for a brand new great-grandson that who was born the middle of last month premature by 2 months and will should be home now from the hospital. I forgot to take a photo of it so I can't share that one with you. More coming up later Dick heppnerguy

....so I decided to scroll Merle out of a 1/4” piece of cherry I had around. It was really fragile to work with. A Charles Dearing pattern. It is also quite small,6”x 8.”

Monday, November 4th, I finished four more ornaments. These are 8 through 11 of the set of 12. The patterns are by the late Dirk Boelman and purchased through Scroller Online. The first is made from 1/4" Bloodwood, the second from 1/4" Hard Maple, and the last two from 1/4" Padauk. These were cut on the EX21 with FD UR #1 blades. The finish is spray Polyurethane Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

I did a tissue box over the weekend. Steve Good has a couple of these square boxes on his site. I did this one first in Poplar...ran out (thought I had another piece) so I used Oak for the top. Some Minwax Shades in Pecan. I'm with some of you...tab joints are a pain, may not do them for a while. I'll try the other design soon. It has a box...then several different sides you can choose from. I'll do several boxes, then choose a couple different side panels. I designed a standard tissue box last night and cut out solid sides. If it works OK I'll try to design some fretwork to either cut on the sides or make glue on panels.

Let me know what you think of it. I got the pattern from scrolleronline.

Made a few Farm scenes quite awhile back, some intarsia and some Marketery and some just normal. Enjoy

Made this one just before breakfast... LOL, anyway the size is 7 x 4 and 2” high. Done in Blood wood and Holly and finished with Minwax wipe on poly satin and buffed with cabinet makers wax.

ANGUS was a Black Lab who was born to hunt. He was owned by a very good friend of mine, but thought he belonged to the world...if you pet him once, you were there for a long time. Angus was an incredible bird dog who we swear could tell when Joey was getting the shotgun out, he sat right next to the tailgate of the truck until they left for the field. I am not a hunter, but to see him work a pheasant field was unbelievable. The base and the frame are made from recycled poplar, the hunter is cherry and the pheasant is 1/16 inch sapele, his name is Black Walnut, the darkest wood I had. We all miss ANGUS, but Joey is devastated, I made this for him to remember his best friend.

"Cross Training",, good idea! We could all take turns going to each others shops. Ya'll bring a broom and dustpan when you come to mine!

While I never lived on a farm, I was fortunate to work on one during my high school and college years. I'm so happy I got to experience something that is rare these days, the family farm. I did this piece after seeing a cool photo of the farm owner's wife horseback riding.

My Brother & I, plus the 2 wives had an Agri-business Corp. in NE Iowa for most of my working years. When Dad was living, he also had a sawmill. People would bring logs & we sawed them. In his wisdom, he realized that if we worked darn hard all day & ended up with a lot of sawdust in our eyes, we were glad to quit for the day, & not go out and raise h____. Powered the mill with a John Deere 820, and also farmed with it. jerry

My name is Tammi, I live in Michigan. My husband is a wood worker as a hobby. He makes beautiful things. He has helped me with different projects but I wanted to do something of my own. I’m short and he is tall. So I had to stand on platforms . Then he was showing me pictures of projects made with a scroll saw. He has one so back up on a platform I go. After doing practice cutting he suggested we go to Woodcraft and buy a new one with a stand I can sit up to. So that’s what we did, we bought a King 16”. We have made together quilt pictures, I do all the finishing work. I really enjoyed it. We are going to a craft show in Nov. I sure hope I sell some pictures I have 30. Ken turns pens. my other hobbies are sewing. I have 6 grandchildren, ages are 15 to 21. I work full time at a Plastics factory, I’m an quality engineer. I have a dog and cat. I’m looking forward to developing our friendship.

Been busy in the shop lately, weather not good, golf season over until Florida in December. Cut some orders and other items for Christmas gifts or inventory.

I cut these last Friday during a slow time at ArtCrafters using the Pegas Scroll Saw and Pegas MGT #9 blades. The patterns are by Dave and Judy Peterson and found in there new book "Scroll Saw Baby Animals". I used 3/4" Aspen for the Lamb and 3/4" Walnut for the Playful Puppy. The finish is dipping in Boiled Linseed Oil. Comments welcome.

Referencing my response in Rocky's Vacuum thread -- I wanted to get the scroll saw and the drill press off of the dust collector. Primarily, because the DC goes into labor with the little port openings on the drill press and scrollsaw. The drill press port is only 2"x3/4" and my scrollsaw ports are only 2"x1/4". I usually opened one of the other 2-1/2" ports just so the DC wasn't working so hard. Secondly - I wanted a vac that turned on when I pushed the foot pedal for the tool. When I used the DC, it was on all the time. I don't think I'm in danger of burning up the motor, but it costs in electricity. I looked a a lot of vacs before deciding on the Fein and I finally picked it because a local guy, who is starting up a tool shop was selling them. I was impressed by the low noise level, but their brag about 62db is more like 72db on my meter app. I'm usually wearing my earbuds with music playing anyway, so not a problem. My senior head banging moment came when I got it home and found the Fein 1-1/4" hose and all my fittings are for 2-1/2". After a call to the dealer and some shopping around, I found that there are no DC type connectors and fittings for the vac. I did read that a 2-1/2" hose connector would fit in the Fein and it almost did. But not good enough for real use without damaging the Fein. I remembered Home Depot had some tool adapters for 2-1/2" vacuum hoses. A trip there yesterday found the perfect fit. They have a stepped adapter which can be trimmed so the Fein hose fit one end and the other fits 2-1/2". I was able to tuck it into a corner, out of the way, but I don't have to move three other tools to empty it.

Been busy lately shows every month here's a couple of pics of my table from yesterday and it was a good day.

Repurposed Oak from center leg of a wood table I managed to make two boxes. Both hogged out and lined with Alma wood and accented with Holly, Mahogany, Walnut and Ebony. Size is 6 ½ x 4 ½ and 4” high. Finished with Minwax Wipe on Poly satin and buffed with a cabinetmakers wax.

Did a sports cut for family in Ireland, seems Country Tipperary won the All Ireland Hurling Finals. My cousin has 2 favorite players they are Padraic Maler, left side, and Norl McGrath. Pattern was done for me by Multitom at Scroll saw Village. Hope I spelled all names right. Size is 11 X 14 in 1/8 red oak plywood.

A guy wanted my wife to put stained glass in his entertainment center. She suggested that he have me cut something with a nature theme to go with the lest of his house. Wife couldn’t have found a better piece of glass for the project. As a side note he brought the picture that I have posted in this month challenge with the horse shoes and small boy.

Thanks. I seem to be a masochist sometimes. I shrunk the pattern so as I could cut it on the Cherry I had around. It would’ve been a bit easier to cut from Baltic Birch.

Awesome! I'm a huge Hag fan. I just saw two of his sons in concert last Friday. It was the second time I have seen them in the last couple of years. Any chance that you can send a link to the pattern?

Yep, that is a very nice cutting. I do not do many celebrities, but I really like the faces that show some mileage and maybe some rough hard living.... Old Merle always looked that way to me. His face has character and you captured it...

I sure wish I could spend a day or two in your shop, as I know I would walk away with some much needed knowledge if I did. Still amazing me with your work and creativity. Dick heppnerguy

I had a banner show! Two day show at a local church. It was their 35th year! Thirty vendors, mostly hand crafted items. One of my good friend was there selling wooden toys. Lots of customers and buyers! I was surprised Saturday morning most buyers paid by cash. But by the end of the day it was 50/50 cash and credit cards. I broke my all time selling record for a two day show! I’m still deciding if I’m going to do any more show this year. After spending so much time in the hospital and three surgeries, I found I am still very weak and extremely out of shape. I am hurting today! I have pictures of my setup in the Bragging Rights forum.

Tried this today. An eye crossing piece to cut. Straight off the saw and not yet finished. Sat against a dark blue towel which may give it an 'odd' look. It's roughly 11½" x 8½"

Grew up on green and yellow

A few projects related to farms along with some pics of a real farm The photos are of the farm I grew up on. A dairy farm with pigs, sheep and pigs. We never had electricity, but we had a great life. I even have some pics somewhere of Mum in a hay wagon, pulled by Price, a draft horse.

Well I made this time.I was trying to upload earlier,and was having problems,come to find out my pics were to BIG, After resizing Heerrree they are!!! The Final 3.{unless I find some more }The Humming Bird my Wife found for me on pintrest I believe,as she did the Christmas Cross,She must look at different places than I do.I could not find these 2 on pintrest,but that's where she said she found them.After 43 yrs I've learned not to argue with her,

Another of the ornate, Charles Hand pictures. Just finished.. I enjoy cutting these, but it well be a while before I do another.

Christmas is coming, I hope you like my work, greetings to all and thanks in advance for your comments.

they are all greatly done and loverly gifts for your family good to hear you have great grandson you must be busy

I can see you getting good sales with these boxes, how much are you asking for them, Thx RJ

Beautiful Ron! Do you have a pattern for this style...or is it something you came up with?

If you should ever need, 1 1/4" vac hose fits VERY snuggly in a 1 1/2" hole; it also fits nicely over a 3/4" pvc connector or splice.

Another beauty, Ron.

very nice tissue box

Owl is great!

Terrific cutting, !!!!

Awesome sales! Just don't over do it and set back your recovery.

Amazing work Ron. A truly beautiful box. Marg

They all look terrific Dick. Well done. Congratulations on your new Great Grandson, I hope he is doing well. Marg

Glad you had a good show. Hopefully you will get better and be able to attend more shows this fall.

More great work Ron. Jeff

Great! Looks fun...I like it!!!

Ron, Great box, very nice professional work - something I can aspire to. But, I have been studying, researching and puzzling and I am lost. you use something a lot, what is it? I am referring to the material you use as an accent and in this box as a spline in the corners.

I did this a few years ago when Kenny Hopkins put out this free pattern. The wood was something I found and chipped some when I took the tape off. I believe it captures farm life as I remember from my childhood.

I made “Tree Scenery” designed by @worbler I switched it up a little. I wanted it to stand on its own without the cutout pieces, but that wasn’t working so I put the cutout pieces back in.