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Steve posted this little wine rack today. I thought it was simple and cool so I made it to pass on to someone. Not sure how sturdy it will be, don’t have any wine bottles to try it out. I’m more into the square bottle stuff!

My wife and I were talking about toys we got for Christmas many years ago and she said, as a very young girl, she got a Hampelmann puppet. (Jumping Jack) I decided to surprise her and found a picture and and cut out the pieces on the scroll saw and pasted the cut outs of the picture on to the pieces. Used 1/8" dowl for the pivots. Hardest part was locating the hole locations on the joints and the center pins where the string wraps around to lift the joints. A fun project and she really appreciated it.

I saw something similar to this project on the internet so I thought I'd try a little different variation on it. I play guitar so you will probably find lots of musical patterns on my pattern pages, and more coming up related to the guitar and music in general. I made this one for guitar players who have a dedicated room to store and play with their instruments. It's sure to be a hit if you were to give it as a gift. I cut mine from 1/4" birch ply and traced a similar backing board (after I cut it out) from MDF. Could be stained or painted, but I just painted the backing board black for a nice bold effect. Haven't done it yet, but I plan to round over the edges to smooth them out and then maybe I'll give the whole project a thick coat of clear spray (satin finish). You can get the pattern free pattern on my Free Pattern Page..

Some of my customers asked me to make animal patterns of geometric shapes, here is my first one - owl. What do you think about this style? Video of making Owl Owl pattern

Cut a few puzzles today. Got the “winter shop” just about the way I want it, just need to get a couple more drying racks. A cooling rack over a cookie sheet works fine, will get 2 or 3 more tomorrow. All my animal puzzle patterns are Harvey Byler that I get from Scott aka "Iggy".

It is so nice to be a SNOWBIRD and to be able to scroll outside. Got a few things done with my Florida shop, very limited as to amount of tools and room, but it is so nice to be outside in the sunshine.

A few things I have cut recently but only got round to taking pics, most of it I have redrawn from your photos to create the pattern so big thanks to you lot lol

If you haven't already seen this video, the first 4 minutes shows what I do. The hard roller is what really makes sure everything is stuck to the board and to the laminate.

Gary, I’m not a fan of using blue painters tape as I spend too much time trying to remove the tape. I glue the pattern directly to the wood using 3M Super 77. Spray on the adhesive to the back of the pattern, let it set up for about 30 seconds then apply to the wood. I don’t have any problem with the pattern lifting. To remove the pattern I heat the pattern with a heat gun and the pattern lifts right up. If the heat gun doesn’t work, I spritz on some mineral spirits and let it sit for a minute or two, and the pattern will lift right off! I keep mineral spirits in a spray bottle for this purpose.

Finally finished all my special orders, and get to make stuff I wanna make again.

New cross project, this time I used two types of laminated MDF 1/8 inch Video of mking cross Cross pattern

I use clear contact brand shelf paper on the wood for bigger projects, blue tape on the small stuff. I use a Xyron machine for putting on the adhesive. I really don't like using spray adhesive. For the occasional small items I use rubber cement, especially when doing intarsia since the surfaces and pattern get sanded away anyway.

I needed a way to use the 2 inch wide packing tape on a bench top. Nothing was available locally. So, I bought a tape gun that had a bolt on handle, removed the handle and clamped it to the bench with a pair of vice grips. Now I can tear off small strips of tape when I am working with patterns and stacked assemblies. This is (for me) much easier than using it as a tape gun.

Finished today a S G pattern, color not clear looks better in person.

Hi I asked for help finding a scroll saw to cut metal with and some asked to see more of my work so I figured an introduction would be a good place to do that. I am a metal sculptor. Been working with metal in one form for a little more than 20 years now. My Dad was a metal worker and also did sculptures as a side hobby and side job, guess that’s where I got the bug and hopefully the genes. Here are a few of my sculptures You can see more on my website at www.patricelemee.com I hope you guys (and gals) like it and a great big thanks once again for all your help. Patrice

Very nice cutting!

http://woodcraftbyscott.com/ This is the place, Scott is the Master.

Nice work to bring back fond memories for your wife. I am sure she was very appreciative. Thanks for sharing.

I e work. Perhaps you could modify the pattern to handle those square bottles.

Nice job and I am sure a happy wife. Thanks for showing.

Thanks for the video, it was a great help. May I ask how thick your wood is ? I'm trying to source some Poplar boards here in the UK and they all ask me for a 'thickness' . Thanks in advance, your help is much appreciated.

100%, Russell is fantastic

Depends on what you consider a top coat. Danish oil has poly in it unlike BLO. I use it all the time as a top coat and a sealer. All my oak clocks are dipped in Danish oil and no top coat added. Now if you are looking for a shiny finish then you need to top with lacquer or poly. If you do top coat make sure that Danish oil is cured not just dry or failure of top coat will happen. Again just my thoughts. I do use Danish oil alot.

I opened that email about half and hour ago and immediately thought of my daughter. I might make it for her when I get time. Marg

Oh yes that is sooooo cool. I remember them from when I was a tot. Marg

You won't have any time for scrolling with everything you have on your agenda. Great work Gary. Marg

I saw that on his email. You did a great job on that project.

That is very well done.

That is super cool.

Scott, That is a great video. It is kind that you share your process with us. Matt

It is noisy but not as bad as a shop vac. I think someone said 62 dB.

Fantastic. Thanks for posting

Denny, How noisy is your system?

I have the Fein and highly recommend it. I use it on my scroll saw, band saw, and drill press. I do not have a cyclone hooked up to it. (Although I do have one, but I never use it,) I go through maybe 2 or 3 bags vacuum bags a year. The air filtration systems that hang from the air do pique my curiousity.

I had an inkjet printer and it worked fine. Now, I have a Brother laser and it works even finer.

A short video of how it works would be cool to watch.

Wow Simon, those came out great!! I'm betting the family loved them. Nice work and such great gifts. Thank you for taking the time to post a picture of the finished project, much appreciated, I'd given up hope.. Russell

Very nice and I'm sure it will be popular. Me ? I like round and fluffy

Hi Kevin. I am very satisfied with the system with one drawback. The pick up is only on the bottom, no pick up on top. It is permanently attached to the Pegas. so I do't think it is an option for more than one saw.

Barb, My best suggestion, without breaking the wallet too much, is to use a re-purposed vacuum cleaner or a shop vac, with a Dust Deputy in the line ahead of it. A 5 gallon bucket under the Dust Deputy will catch 99% of the sawdust that your scroll saw will produce, and I'm willing to bet that you can't fill that 5 gallon bucket in a full year of using your scroll saw. The filter in the vacuum will collect almost nothing during this same period. The re-purposed vacuum would be my choice because it is much quieter than a shop vac. You might add a Scrollnado, if it will fit your saw, and you won't need to clean the saw dust off the floor or change vacuum cleaner filters frequently any more. You won't believe how well the Dust Deputy works to keep your vacuum level from dropping and your vacuum filters from needing frequent changing. I re-purposed a whole house central vacuum and a Dust Deputy and installed the pipes to inlet ports for it at various places in my shop and use it mostly for my scroll saws, drill presses, and sanders, but also put an inlet port outside next to the passage door of my shop. I use this port for vacuuming my cars and trucks with the original 25' hose that came with my re-purposed vacuum. My Dust Deputy sits on top of a 20 gallon metal barrel, and it's been several years since I needed to empty it. My vacuum and Dust Deputy are located in the attic above my shop with the exhaust vented to the outdoors, so not even the sub micron sized sawdust ever gets back into my shop air. For just one or two scroll saws, my suggestion above should be more than adequate for your needs. Charley

You are talking 3 different things here and all do a specific job and all can be very helpful. First is the Wen air filtration system. It is design to collect the very tiny particles of dust that float in the air any time they are disturbed. You can have dust on the floor and not see it and yet it floats in the air. This will capture it along a long period of time because it circulates the shop air across 2 sets of filters. These are designed to scrub the air and not pick up dust or debris. A cyclone dust collector is a system to collect debris and dust at the source of the tool. It takes the larger piece and throws in a barrel as the finner dust goes in a filtered bag. They can be very efficient but can be overkill for scrollsaw work. They are designed for larger tools such as lathes, table saw, bandsaw and such. There are homemade versions and also professional units that are much more efficient and quieter. These homemade units that attach to a shop vac are basically a larger shop vac and still noisy. Then there is the shop vac that can be connected to the saw with varies degrees of pipe works. I will leave that to others because I do not use them and in fact use nothing at my scrollsaw and never did. I do have an air cleaner that runs the very minute I walk in the shop and if I have a heavy dust making day I leave run for about an hour after I leave. Without getting technical and electrical I can tell you that shop vacs use a universal motor that uses brushes and is very loud. Now some vacs like the Festool and the Fein have found ways to insulate their product with very good sound proofing and cut way down on he noise levels and thus the higher price for them. A dust collector uses an induction more efficient and quieter motor but is designed for heavy duty uses. A box fan only collects dust in the air. It does not collect dust that is produced while cutting so to answer your question you need 2 things. Something to collect airborne dust and something to collect dust at the source. I know that is not a direct answer because there isn't one. For me the airborne dust is the more harmful. The dust made at the saw just falls on the floor and I vac it up when done. I have a large dust collector but it is for my larger tools. I could never run a shop vac while scrolling. That noise would drive me nuts. Buying these expensive shop vacs to use for scrolling to me is a waste of money too. They get turned on and off so many times and that is hard on those motors. Good luck.

Look at Steve Good’s review of the Seyco dust collection system. I have one on my Pegas Scroll Saw.

Adding a couple pictures you requested. These are unfinished, just got through cutting them. The truck is Steve Goods pattern scaled down, the pig and Walleye are Sheila Landry and the Merry Christmas is Boob's Scroller pattern. I am not a very good photographer. These are the ornaments I was going to try the Danish oil on.

Looks good. Now if I could find my bench. Need to clean the shop!

I participated in the ornament exchange at work. Last minute thing for me this year. So I knocked this out last night. The lady its for likes gothic style stuff so I picked a picture off the internet and went to town. I'm not sure what wood this is. It's an orange/red color and pretty hard. About 3/4 inch thick, 6.5 inches long x 4 inches wide. Turned out good. Been a while since I've been on the saw, other projects are taking all my time. No clear, no stain, just a light sanding with 320 on the top and bottom.

Thanks for all the suggestions. It's just a hobby. I can't shoot archery anymore and fishing here is terrible so this is what I do. Been doing it 20+ years. I sell enough to replenish my supplies and give many away and have several leftovers each year. As long as I can make enough money to buy all the wood, blades and everything else I need I'm happy. I don't count the cost of my saw itself as I would spend more than that on archery and fishing goodies.

Nice job turning that into a pattern and a pretty piece!

Good job Kris