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These are mostly 3/4" cherry with a mix of equal parts mineral spirits, Natural danish oil and semi-gloss oil based poly. Simply wiped on, left for a day, lightly scuffed and reapplied 3 times. The Iguana is 6" x 6" 3/4" Leopardwood. Pattern by Charles Dearing. All cut with Pegus #2/0 spiral blades.

I like making this type of patterns, many scrollers asking to make more animal scenes, here is my next one shadowbox Video of making project Horse pattern

This won't be anything new to you more experienced scrollers but for those newbies and oldies like me, this is newfound info. I had read about doing this somewhere here on SSV but had never really done it until today. I had installed a new Pegas #5 MG blade and tensioned it the same way I always do. But something was just not right after cutting for just a short bit. The blade was acting funny. So, I released the tension lever and the blade had a big arc in it as if it was too long. So, what I learned is, install the blade, tension it, run the saw for a minute or so and then retension it. I was amazed at just how much the blade had stretched. When I install a blade, I always pull down on the upper arm and then tighten the clamp screw. Then pull the tension lever to apply the actual tension. This is the first time That I have ever noticed the stretch in the blade. Amazing.

Pattern from the library by Janevski . Stack cut two using 1/8" BBPLY used FD 3/0 spiral blade. Went slow with lots of tension on the blade as suggested by Kevin.

Had to redo Jeanie as the glass broke to help someone in dire need at the moment. And my favorite cat for my friend.can,t remember if I just posted this.the cats whiskers are thin solder wirel

Are we taking vote on wether you are a dork or not?????????????????????????????? I vote yes. Thankfully it was something very simple. Marg

Well, not yesterday, and probably not today so maybe tomorrow. Then again, maybe not. Get it?

I cut six Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments on the Pegas Scroll Saw. I used 1 1/2” square Ash. I used Pegas MGT #7 blades. I cut the first two using the same blade. It started to drag on the second one but cut without any problems. The Saw cut with very little vibration even with thick stock. So far very impressed with the Saw.

Thanks for clearing that up Friend.

OK -- Using up some strips of Yellow Heart and Purple Heart -- scroll saw to cut the rings and lathe to shape them.

I could not pass up the chance to buy a used Hawk G4 26 off of criegs list. It is about a 2006 and has seen lots of use but seems to cut well. I paid $250 for it. Came with extra blade clamps, a light, and a stand. I now have two Hegners and a Jet but this Hawk is the only one with speed control. All my others are single speed motors. I have not figured out how to get enough tension on the blade I want but tomorrow I will work on that.

Just finished up Steve Good's Christmas Nativity Cross in 1/4" BB ply. This is the smaller version, it came out better than I thought...may have to do the larger one. Spray lacquer on the fretwork and mahogany Minwax gel stain on the backer.

Hello! I'm Michele from Italy... I'm new to scrolling but not to Woodworking! I own a ds460 since end october, and as of now used only softwood (for availabilty). I have all to learn! Attached my last two scrolled puzzles!

Okay the other day I mentioned in one of the Pegas topics about my Excalibur is already making noises and vibrating again after I greased the bearings and all I had it running so smooth.. It turns out it still runs very smooth.. A while back I put a 2 x 4 under the back legs of the stand.. I totally forgot about this.. and it turns out the vibration and the bad knocking sounds was the stand was either knocked off or just over time vibrated enough to have the legs barely on that 2x4.. I took the 2x4 completely out and the saw runs just as I had it tuned to run after putting it back together.. Funny how that sound resonated through the machine and made it sound like it was coming from the back motor linkage area..

O.K. That's it Can't let the women have all the fun I'm in Fab4 NOW, DO I HEAR 6,6,6 WE NEED 6 ANYBODY OUT THERE? - C'MON BACK

Define "One of these Days" !!!!

Kevin, when I built the stand for my EX, I incorporated a hinged table top so that I can put a block under it and raise/lower the saw to whatever angle suits me. Every once in a while, the block seems to self adjust and it gets a tad off kilter. When it happens, I get a droning sound out of the saw that must be similar to what you heard. After I straighten up my block, it goes away. I'm going to make the block permanent one of these days. It's always something.

Ray, I've noticed that before. Tha first time after putting a new blade in. But just didn't pay it any attention. I've tried to pluck the blade to see if it has a high clear tone...but my music is playing too loud on the Bose to hear it...lol By the way...if there are some really good tunes on, and you're changing the blade to the next hole...don't start tapping your foot if you use a foot switch...….don't ask me how I know

My son and I just got back from a week-long Boy Scout camp in Coeur d'Alene, ID. It was such a beautiful lake with amazing scenery. One of our fellow scouters extended their trip to Glacier National Park with their family. They posted some great pictures, too. This time of year always reminds me of family vacations, camping, fishing, and enjoying the great outdoors. So, this month's challenge is about the great outdoors, scenic vistas, or appreciating the great things mother nature has provided us. Post a picture of a project or pattern of what that means to you. And be sure to tell us a little bit about it, or a memory you had with your family vacations.

Congrats. If I ever see a good buy like that on a G4 I will probably pick it up. I have see a few but they are usually asking around $600 or so or too far to travel for. Speed control, I think you will like, for sure. I change speed quite often depending on what I am scrolling.

The question remains about retensioning. If the blade returns to the original length as Jim suggests, then you would not need to re-tension. The coefficient of thermal expansion is 0.0000072. So you would multiply the blade length by the temperature (C)increase times the coefficient to get the expansion. Even if the blade temperature reaches 500 F. The expansion of a 5" blade is only about 0.018" . I think that in some conditions of you are pushing your wood hard you could deform the blade. Or a bit of blade slip in the clamp could cause issues. I just have not been able to measure or see any increase in blade length. I am hoping that others will try to measure. No matter if it is stretch or clamp slipoage, losing blade tension is an issue. The skin temperatures of the SST were not too extreme compared to the SR72 Blackbird. It leaked fuel until the plane got hit enough to expand and seal the tanks

I honestly don't believe it is stretching like you all claim.. Find it hard to believe that they stretch for the Ex type saws but not the Hawks and Hegners.. Seems fishy to me.. I still believe it is something to do with the saw design itself.. Again.. not picking on any type of saw in particular.. but I experience this same thing on my EX.. but not on my Hawk.. What gives? different type of saw mechanisms.. I've never really had a blade run hot on the Ex types of saws to the point that they discolor but have on the Hawks.. yet I still had no issues with loosing tension.. so this really makes me believe it's not a blade issue..

@tgiro I am always amazed at folks who work in the 4th dimension--seeing patterns before they're cut. I realize you just rotated the rings, but it became something truly artistic. You and Carole have an eye for the unseen.

I have noticed this from time to time. Can't say if it is a particular lot of blades because I dump the new ones in on what was left in the storage tube. So, in theory, I could have some 5 year old blades still in the tube and just haven't gotten to them yet.

I've got an EX21 that was built in 2009. I bought it used. The table has very minor scratches in it. I do as Kevin said. Johnson's paste wax will keep it looking new for a long time. It's sort of like the first scratch or ding in a new car. You hate it when it happens but life goes on anyway. Congrats on the new saw. Have fun and use the heck out of it.

very nice work, you sure keep your self busy.

I started running a new blade for 30 sec or so back at the start when I had a porter cable, it happened on that one too. Some blades stretch and some blades don't, but it doesn't hurt anything to do it, so I do.

Mine (EX21) does the same thing. I think you are on to something about stretching. Seems odd that after putting in a new blade an cutting for a short time the tension goes away. But after this happens once it doesn’t happen again. I know what Kevin is saying but if the clamps or arms wasn’t down first time you reclamped then it should happen again with the same blade that you clamp several times before it gets worn out. As a side think (lol) I worked on railroad for 41 years and I know how much steel grows when it gets hot. Makes sense a blade getting warm cutting will expand some.

Hi Ray: I guess it's true what they say Never too old to learn something...lol Fab4

Thanks Bobby!

ciao Yarosia welcom to village I saw your puzzles I am sure you got talent

I put blue tape under the pattern it has the same effect. I never put clear packing tape on the wood, it is way too easy to miss a piece when peeling it off only to be discovered when finishing. The only time I use clear tape is when holding my compound cuts together after the first cut. Clear removable contact paper under the patter is also a great alternative for larger work and very easy to remove.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

Here is a bouquet I did. Its from Bernard Buffet painting.

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.

In keeping with Alien's theme, I did this, then the wife liked it and took it, so naturally I made it for her

Well I made this for the shop walls. This is the first time I've ever used Doug fir for anything other than framing. I had some 4x4's 2 feet long left over from building my shop cabinets a few years ago. Glad I saved them and the frame turned out pretty good I think. I used redwood for the splines. About half way through this I had an "Ah ha!" moment where it clicked for me. Turns and pivots became easier and less stressful, blade choice improved and finally did a project without breaking it. A lot of you have cut this already but I enjoyed it. Oh and if you look carefully you'll still see some dust on the saw. I remembered to take the pic before I cleaned up. Ha ha.

These are my first 2 cuts of 2019. Since we are in Florida, my wife needs a napkins holder with a Florida motif, so I found one from Sue Mey. The other is fromSteve Good, I guess he got tired of winter and decide to make a spring/summer pattern, easy to cut, now will decide what kind of colors to apply.

I recently got a dewalt scroll saw and this is my first attempt to make a pattern from a picture. This is my grandson on his skateboard

Here are mine,I posted in wrong place.

Some friends of ours (and a co-worker of mine) are buying their first house this year. So as a housewarming gift, I thought this would work. Ran it past my wife (she approved), did some fiddling in Inkscape, and started doing some cutting. Its not a difficult cut, lots of exterior to go around but nothing insanely challenging, other than the fact that I got a stye in my left eyelid a while back, and when cedar fever season hit early Dec, it started growing. Finally went to the doctor, and the stuff she gave me, after about four days, swelled up my eyelid so bad that to finish cutting today I had to close my left eye and was considering going inside and digging out a bandana to make a makeshift eyepatch. Inconveniently, I'm left-eye dominant. Closing that eye actually made it easier to see. So....time to call the Dr and find out is going on with my eye. ....I hate going to the doctor. Sorry, possibly too much info, but hey, Travis *did* ask for backstory! LOL Anyway, I finished up the piece today, just need to get it stained, backed, and framed. I'll post the pattern in the library if anyone's interested. Word of caution, there's several places where there's just one tiny bridge between sections, the whole thing is fairly...wobbly. So be careful when sanding.

This is the first item I made for 2019.. made it because I sold it off the website on the 30th of Dec. as it was a made to order item I had listed.. so that is the first thing I made and why I made it... Lame story I know.. Oh.. my first sale of 2019 would be this ornament too.. but it was already made.. Started off my new year making some new clocks ( cut but not finished yet ) so those pictures will be later.. maybe the end of the month.. Also been cutting ornaments that I had sold out of in Dec. to start rebuilding that inventory for next year..

And a partridge in a pear tree! Trivet.