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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.

....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.”

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.

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

I have the pleasure of making toys for my grand Babies a pigeon pair here is part of their xmas presents I have also made them a work bench each and have more tools in the pipeline

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.

I love the relaxing feeling I get doing religious cuttings even though I not interested in religion. It's a steve good pattern

Finished up my first trivet this morning. Didn't have any 1/2" Oak wide enough...so I used 1" Oak. Finished with butcher block oil. I used #5 Pegas and just chugged on through. I think it'll be 1/2" from now on...lol It's a Steve Good pattern with all initials and plain also. I think I'll have to make several more, in 1/2" this time, for the kids before we go up there for Thanksgiving.

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 bought some Pegas #MGT blades from Denny (Fast delivery!!). I have been using FD-UR blades forever and a few Olsen blades once in a while. I really like how Pegas blades cut. I have always had a problem on the Hegner with breaking blades. Usually on top, at the Quick Clamp, but sometimes at the bottom clamp. And I know that if it breaks in or at the clamp, you are over tightening the clamp and kinking the blade (BTW - I learned that here at SSV). And yes I know that I am being too ham fisted and over tightening. With the Pegas blades, the only breakage is in the middle and that is VERY rare. And they seem to stay sharp longer too.

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

Made a couple of intarsia ornaments.

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

His & Her Memory Box. Each box is 8 ½” x 4 ¾” and 3” high. Wood used is Alo Wood, Mahogany, Holly, Ebony and Aspen. Finished with Minwax wipe on poly satin and buffed with cabinet makers wax.

One of my most fond memories is with my best friend making toys for his three kids. It was freezing cold around Christmas and not much heat in his garage. Our wives were in the house keeping the kids busy while Mike and I played "Santa's Elves" and made their toys. We were in the ARMY stationed at Ft. Sill OK, 40 some years ago an enlisted man didn't make squat...so what we made was most of their Christmas gifts. I still think about that every year about this time. Mike passed away in Maine about 10 yrs ago from the effects of Agent Orange. Sorry...we now return you to your regularly scheduled scroll saw channel......

My Pegas blade will also break on the Hawk... Mostly break right at the top or bottom of the stroke where the teeth are being used.. I run my saw 3/4 - 7/8 of the way up on the dial.. BUT... they aren't breaking prematurely.. but rather because I'm running them longer than I should.. They are so sharp and cut decent even when worn badly.. I don't break FD blades at all but I can't stand running them for very long either..they get dull and just won't cut without forcing them through the wood and flexing the blade ruining the project etc.. Those Pegas will chomp right through until they break... I almost always run them until they do, LOL That all said.. Never broke one on my Excalibur or DeWalt.. But those short arms on those saws I believe are easier on the blades.. Those long arm saws tend to stress blades more.. Especially the long arms on the 26" saws..

My uncle always kept draft horses. Summers on the farm we used them to haul bales. I would be on the hay wagon stacking the bales while my cousin and hired hand tossed them up. Didn't need a tractor driver. The horses moved whenI yelled, "git" and knew to automatically stop,at the next bales. We had tremendous loads and those horses were in high heaven pulling that load. They were magnificent animals! I've always remembered those days. Unfortunately my children and grandchildren can never experience that. Makes me sad.

I have never had a pmg break at the top or bottom clamps on my Hegners. I keep my tension TIGHT! However my blades will break in the middle. I usually use #2/0 or #1 pmg. After cutting a while and the blade is getting dull I can almost anticipate the break. I think because the blades are thin I should back off the tension a bit. I also run the saw at fairly fast speeds.

I will be back to order more, just need to use or give away the other brands.

The flair works OK. But - I'm thinking of cutting it back about 1/4-5/16". I think it would work better then. If your 3/4" nozzles are working good, I wouldn't waste money on the flair.

I've tapped out the Auburn, Duesenberg, Cord library by finishing up this 1936 Cord 810 Roadster. Plaque was 16 x 12, 1/8" BBPW with 1/4" backer. Finish of shellac and lacquer. Design (pixel gobbling) took, on and off, about 4 days but cutting about 1 1/2 days. I only broke 4 #02 puzzle blades. The Cord was a very unique car for its time. It was the first front wheel drive car with independent suspension and hidden front headlights. Too bad the company folded in 1937. There have been recreations of both the Auburn and Cord back in the '70's. More info on attached site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_810/812

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

Hi RJ. Building up my inventory for a show first part of April. I’ll be set up next door to my younger brother who’s an artist. Thank you.

"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!

Another beauty, Ron.

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.

I envy all of you "farmers". I always wanted to live that life but never got the chance. A few years ago our neighbors retired and bought a place in Tennessee that had been a tobacco plantation a century before. They bought 11 acres with a gorgeous restored farmhouse. It also included a 9 car garage/shed/lean-to. They are in " hog Heaven" and now have a bunch of critters and a wonderful garden. So I made this for them. It's really the first finished project I did so it's not very intricate. You all humble me by your work. This is a great topic Trevor. Thanks.

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

I love all of these projects from you all wonderful work!! This is a great theme.. I live out in the boonies and there are plenty of dairy farmers and fields of corn, hay, and many other things.. This should have come up when i'm not too busy.. I have a old John Deere tractor patterns I've wanted to cut for a while now.. I just don't do much for portrait work anymore.. I'll show a couple cuts I have that are farm related but for this theme I really like the portraits... Sorry I posted so many, LOL Couldn't decide what ones I liked best for this theme

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 didn't grow up on a farm, but the two villages that I lived in (Hearst Ontario and Beeton Ontario) were in the middle of farming regions. As a teenager, I worked (and I do mean worked) a few summers as a farm hand on small (about 100 acres) family farms doing virtually every farming chore you can imagine. Good times! Here is a photo of an old barn scene that I scrolled, stained, and framed three years ago: Thanks to Charles Dearing for the pattern.

It is my favorite Christmas project for this moment, I couldnt dicide which variant is better, so I made both. Which one do you like more? I plan to make at least 3 more new Christmas patterns this year Video of making project Christmas fireplace pattern

I put the packaging tape under the pattern. Sometimes, depending on what I'm cutting, I will put down blue tape, then the packaging tape and then glue the pattern to that. I only use the clear tape over the pattern when I'm cutting a compound project in order to keep all the pieces and parts together. Also, I use a lighted magnifier. That may help too.

Very nice cutting and the results are great. I always have a "relaxing" cut going that I turn to when I need a break from other projects. Not away a religious theme, but just something I want to cut and am not in a hurry to finish.

very nice

Down Right Beautiful!! Awesome job!!!

I would also love to see photos of your set up!

Fantastic work , keep them coming.

That was great and it Reminded me of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport". I Googled it and didn't realize was the same bloke. Must have been 15 or 16 here in the states when I 1st heard that tune. Looked at the deleted verse and chuckled that the other musicians turned down 10% royalties and took 28 pound sterling instead. I spend far too much time on my laptop. lol

Another beauty. Thanks for showing.

No e work on all John but my favorite is the box. Thanks for showing.

"We have 8 great grand children and 13 grandchildren. We are doing our part to make the world a better place to live in. Thank you for your nice comments. they really are appreciated. Dick heppnerguy

Thank you Jeaheon.

Neat work. Roly

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.

Very nicely don on all three.

Do you know where I could find the pattern for the Santa cow? My favorite Christmas book is called Santa Cows.

Whoa!!! The Christmas cross is dynamite l good job Dobby!!!

When I was in third grade I started helping my Uncle farm. This was about 1957. Had me on a 8N Ford tractor with two bottom plow. Uncle had a bigger tractor pulling a three bottom plow. Farmed 300 acres this away. Sun up till sometimes 10 at night. Loved every minute of it. Now around here farmers have 4,000 acres and are done before dinner lol. This project I did for our country fair 3 years ago.