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Just finished cutting this one from a railroad painting. Pattern made by me using GIMP2. Pegas spiral 2/0 blades; 11 x 14" Baltic Birch ply.

My daughter bought me a couple of patterns for Christmas. She had to scale back what she had originally chosen! Here is the finished product of one if the patterns. It was some crappy oak plywood cut wit Pegas mg#3 blades. Took about 6 hours total to cut and glue.

Got both cut for the holidays. Thanks Gayle for the usually dated ornament really enjoy cutting this one and giving it to folks all over the place. Always warmly received. The truck one was cut for the grandson who is a big truck fan at this time. Thanks again for sharing your talent with us on these two and all the other wonderful patterns you create. jim

We have had rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow so far today. I got 4 different pieces completed today. I think I see a pattern.

Just finished this Steve Good pattern, has all 32 teams

I finished this last night. It’s from a Charles Dearing design. This is the 2nd one of this one that I cut. The first one I foolishly cut out of 1/4” Cherry and proceeded to break it when peeling the tape. This one is BB and it was still very fragile until it was glued down. I won’t do this one again.

A little break from puzzle production. Got "Sammy" done today. Will work on Frank and Dean later in the week. Cocktails and dinner at friends tonight...Puzzles tomorrow.

This one is from a pattern by H.Botas Size is 11" x 16" & was cut mainly with Silver Reverse 2/0 Blades & a 3/0 spiral blade in a few places. Made a few mistakes but think it came out ok in the end. I stack cut 2 of them and both are sold already to my very good customer & one of his workmen.

Thank you for all the Encouraging words.Great News my Glucose count was down to normal for my last 2 chks.Gonna fight to keep it down.Thanks again.

We are one big family here, home away from home. Love you guys. Well said Innar. Marg

There was no online help when I started scrolling. In fact I didn’t have internet. Since then I have belonged to 4 scroll saw sites. I call this one home! Thanks Travis!

Were it not for SSV I would not be scrolling! Also thank you Innar.

Agreed with your sentiments - I consider myself very lucky to have found such an open and welcoming forum!

Bill, look closer. That motor is mounted to the compressor behind the saw.

In my opinion, fretwork has MANY internal cuts.

I think we all feel that way about the site. Travis and each other's helpful attitude here. That is why we consider ourselves as FAMILY. Glad you are now a part of this world wide family too Dick heppnerguy

The advise here is good. My cutter is lightly used carbide. My problem was hogging instead of several lighter passes. Of course hogging could slow down the little trim router. I did run it at full throttle. Tomorrow i'll try running it through again just a few thousand deeper. My router table is small and of course I had the fence out of the way. Never thought of lighter passes. Dumb! Thanks for the suggestions!

End grain. It will cut differently that face grain. If you are using a stand alone router it will make it a little more challenging that using a router table because you are concentrating on not tipping the router as you route. If you can tell us how you routed it. The bit can be dull but if it is carbide I doubt it unless you use it alot. If it is steel it is junk. Feed speed is important. Direction of feed is also important. The basic answer to your question without knowing the variables is always always always route in multiple passes and never try to hog off that much wood in one pass. Your final pass cleans up chatter and any burn marks. I can tell those burn marks are from bit not moving fast enough and staying in one place too long. One other thing I notice and it can happen alot with poplar because it is a soft wood and also with any soft woods, the bearing dug into the wood which tells me you are pushing too hard on the router against the wood. When you route soft woods light touch is important or else you end up with those ridges. Also the scalloping which you see on the top is probably from your cut. The bit will follow any little imperfection in your cut so if the cut has high and low spots the bit will follow. Hey you asked.

Looks good like that... just take a torch and do the rest of the piece to match, lol

Music is always fun to work with either in the music room or in the wood shop. Here's a little sign I put together using an inlay outline of a guitar placed in the word. I cut mine from teak and then attached it to an off cut from the same pattern. Available on my Free Pattern Page

You solved it. Trim router, hogging. Light passes with any router is always best.

I will echo the dull router bit, might also be just a inexpensive bit that is just not very good. I do use the cheap bits for plywood, but I always use my good bits (mostly Whiteside) when I want I want a good finish. On a profile like that I would probably use at least 2 or maybe 3 passes to complete, the last pass is just a very light pass keeping the router moving equals very little chance of burning

Also in a Scrollsaw Patterns and works magazine

It happens to the best of us. 25 years for me and 22 years on insulin. Mine is hereditary, mum, myself and my 2 daughters. Second daughter got a double punch, diabetes and coeliac disease. All you can do is take a deep breath and get on with life, it's the only one we have. Listen to the experts Bobby and do what they say, stay strong. Marg

I thought you might find this link rather interesting. take a look Dick heppnerguy

I googled it just to see how best to describe it.. But the meaning it says is totally different than what my thought of it was.. so maybe all these years of saying I do mostly fretwork has been wrong? Because I always thought it was work that had inside cuts.. or drilled holes to do inside cuts.. I always considered anything was fretwork even if it only had one inside cutout.. while many are more than one.. some are hundreds or even thousands maybe.. but a inside cut is a inside cut in my book whether it's one or ?? This is what Wikipedia said though Fretwork - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fretwork Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw or scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. The materials most commonly used are wood and metal.

I would think you can call anything with internal cuts fretwork. Patterns which just use exterior cuts are called silhouettes. (Had to get the dictionary out for that last word) Tom

John is correct with his post. You might clean it up by making one more pass with your router set just a fraction deeper and don't move too slow as John said the second pass might clean it up and the depth won't be enough to really show if you keep it small enough. It does appear that your bit could be dull they don't last forever. If you have any diamond cards you might give the flat sides a little touch up before proceeding.

I paid $600 for this saw five years ago. Mine is a 1986 model. Single speed , no stand and it is a 25" saw. Parts are still available for it. I do not do any fretwork so single speed is fine with me. I bought it as a back up saw and have used it a lot. I have another Hegner as my go to saw for inlay. I agree that I would not recommend a Hegner to do fretwork. Blade changes are cumbersome compared to other saws. The Hegner advantage is durability.

Well, based on my experience the first thing I would look at is a dull router bit, which is usually the culprit. Once sharpened I would route the project a second time which usually helps in the reduction of sanding needed. Router speed and feed rate do play an important role as well. That being said I then resign myself to the fact that there will be a lot of sanding to do.

I might not come on as much as I used to, But I do appreciate SSV and echo all that has been said before me. As for innar I thank you also for some great patterns, when I'm back up and running "so to speak" I will be cutting some... To all @ SSV Happy New Year and hoping this one is a bit better than the last..... Merlin....

My thoughts exactly. SSV is the best. I've learned so much and also made some great friends. I love it here.

Don't think anyone on here would disagree with you there Innar, I think you said it perfectly.

Both of you need to listen to the medics and quit planning your departure. There is sawdust to be made!

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!

got fed up standing on nail polishes,so i cut out a stand for them, how many colours can one person need lol

My brother came accross this from a gov. Auction. I can tell it’s older but can anyone tell me more about it? How old, are pieces missing, is it in decent shape and how much do you think it’s worth and sell for? Thanks.

Here's translation of jean michel hello everyone, thank you for accepting me, I have been fretwork for five months, I am French living in Costa Rica, and fretwork allows us to live my wife and I. I present you some achievements made largely in teak. I cut and my wife painted, my saw and a makita. my favorite pastime is fishing in the river. i write in french, because i don't master english, sorry, but translations work.

Wow, is that thing belt driven, from that motor hanging off the back? That must be a golden oldie!

awesome job

Gary, You sure have developed into quite the scroller. Where did you find this pattern. I have a neighbor who is a big Sinatra fan and I would love to cut this one for him. I have been searching for a good Sinatra pattern for a long time and could not find one Dick heppnerguy

Instead of sanding off the burn marks, I find it quicker to scrape them off. If you have a set of cabinet scrapers, you should find a shape to fit your profile. Otherwise, a flat scraper will do the job. After scraping, light sanding will get it looking like the rest of the edges. Tom

I too agree with John and Dan, I would have the same look of the wood when I routed. Biggest help was getting a table, Smaller amounts of routing at a time and sharp bit. May take longer but worth the time. I too have a heavy hand and get hurried I figure when I get older I will get better.

Check the plastic lever. It may be worn.

Haven't been here for a while but is good to see names that I recognize from the past. I'm sure that we all have a pattern file that is going to take a long time to complete, especially since it seems to keep growing. I once thought that my time was up but have decided that I have no control so will keep plugging along until someone who can make that decision decides. Instead of thinking that, I have now taken a new job and will be working the census so can support my habits (auctions and scrolling). Having my saw set up in the kitchen makes it easy to work on things. I can't work for long periods so it is very convenient to cut for a while and then take a break.

While spending Christmas in the hospital would bring no joy, but it sounds like you've turned a corner and are headed in the right direction. Thumbs up!

I am a Hegner user and lover but..... If I did fretwork I would be looking for something different.

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

…..tooo nice a job!!!...…...

amazing work. I am blown away with your skills. Glad you decided to join up with us as I will be looking at your future post with great anticipation Dick heppnerguy