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Just finished this the other day, fun to cut!

About a year ago I saw an Elvis portrait in @wombatie's album that I really liked. I asked and she didn't remember where it came from. I finally tracked down the original picture it came from and used it and Marg's cutting to make a new pattern. In the original picture Elvis had on a tie which didn't seem Elvisish. I added a sideburn and a little detail to it. If anyone's interested I am going to add it to the Pattern Library. Pardon my old school pattern making.

Only thing that makes me happy and feel good us scrolling and flirting in the stires

Liked the pattern so just had to try and cut it. 1/4" BBPLY used FD #! Blades & FD 02 & #1 spirals.

Clock for friend.

My wee mum is starting to down size now she is 80 ,she wanted rid of her big unit so i dismantled it for her, but i used one of the doors to make the map of islay for her as a wee keeps sake, we grew up there and its still a big part of our lives, i routered some of it and painted in the sea then cut the map of Islay she loves it.

Has you all know Victoria is having a bush fire crisis at the moment with lives lost along with hundreds of properties and millions of wildlife. I would like to thank everyone that has contacted me over the last week or two to make sure that my family and I are OK, I really do appreciate it and love everyone of you for it. I found a fire map recently and thought that I would share it with you, even though it is out of date and there are far more bush fires now. I have marked the area where I live so that you can see the distance between us and the fires. I am not going to say that we are out of danger because we have some bush land across the street from us so we are always on our guard but so far so good. Thank you all. Marg

I have my system connected to A JET Vortex 1100 VX. It is a Cyclone wanabe, that is surprisingly effective, with a 2 micron cartridge filter that is the original. I bought it in Dec 2011. It has had a lot of chips and dust go through it. especially fine dust when doing Intarsia. 4"pvc pipe, longest run ~30 ft. and 4 elbows and a 2" reducer to my bench top router at the end of the run, still lots of suction.

I have built something very similar to Rolf for My pneumatic drum sanders. It works well but I have a strong dust collector and am pulling around 650-700 cfm thru it. For somethings like sanding on the lathe or drill press, I have tried using a bell mouth hood on the end of the dust collection hose. It seems to work much more effectively than just the end of a hose. I read about it on the Australian forum woodworkforums.com

My new project - ornament with 3D effect, this time I used two types of laminateed MDF 1/8 inch and self adhesive film with texture of black wood for background Video of making ornament Ornament pattern

Chinese New Year is the Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. This year it starts January 25. The festival is usually referred to as the Spring Festival in mainland China, and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia. So I thought it fitting to create a nice stand up sign for the occasion. I cut mine from a piece of 1/2" plywood I had in the shop. It was thick enough so didn't need a base. The dragon is the common Chinese symbol and there is also a Chinese symbol for Spring. While this is good for 2020, it could be modified for other years. So get your fireworks out (a traditional feature of the New Year) and help celebrate this important event. Free pattern available on my Free Pattern Page: http://baggetta.com/pebooks/puzzle_patterns.htm

Found this pattern on the internet. If Daniel is a member of the village, thank you sir! I really like this. The acrylic is actually pieces from an old X-ray view box that I found at the hospital where I work.

Here’s a couple I been doing. Tom Taylor has been helping me to learn to paint. I’m loving kicking it up a gear. Long way to go but here they are

Never heard of them or the use, but at first blush, If it was permanent the only way I can see to use them is to put them on the reverse side of the piece

I basically cover my suction unit with an old woven onion bag ( from an old bag of onions ) which catches any loose parts from going up the line to the collector. loose one part of a large design and it pretty much ruins your day -makes the whole thing junk. 2 hours down the drain ( or worse ) The shrouds you guys have around your sanders are pretty neat - mine i just pull behind the unit

I have read many reports regarding the service that folks have gotten from their Dewalt Service Centers and not much good was ever said. Well, I wanted to give credit where credit is due. I have a Porter-Cable router, model number 1101, that my grandfather bought new way back before I was born. I'm 76 years old. He left it to me when he passed away and I have used it many times. But, the last time I used it, last Sunday, I dropped it. Unfortunately it landed on the aluminum housing where the brush holder is located on one side. It dinged the aluminum but it also shattered the black plastic/bakelite cap that holds the brush in place. My heart sunk. So, I started searching for parts and found nothing was available for a power tool that old. I did find out though that Dewalt/Black & Decker/Porter-Cable are all under one corporate umbrella now. So, I found that the service center is about 45 miles from me. I gave them a call and got hold of a very nice young lady and explained my situation. She asked me to hang on and she went and found a person who had vast knowledge about the older tools. It turns out that the same cap is used on many other older tools and they had 5 of them in stock at $2.20 each. So, I ordered 2 of them. They shipped them to me in a box by U.P.S. and didn't charge me any shipping. A total cost of $4.74. I couldn't be happier. I did call out to the center and got hold of the person who is in charge of that department and gave them a great big thank you and made sure that those 2 people got the credit they deserve. So, I hope those of you who have to contact their Dewalt Service Center have the same good fortune that I did. My center is located in Ontario, Ca. Do a google search for it and give them a try the next time you need parts for any of those 3 brands. Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now.

"Does anybody really care?"

This is what I have done. On my pneumatic drums and sanding mop. notice the minimal gap on top and open on the bottom.

When I saw a youtube video of someone who did a scroll saw tutorial on the tree of life....it convinced me to get into the hobby. So I bought a scroll saw and made this my first project. I decided to attach a photo as well for the background. Also added a white backing so the light would show through a bit. I put the finished tree of life on the window sill.

My new toy... Lots of possible uses, starting with putting my website on pieces. I'll be cutting a couple of items tomorrow to test putting dog names on them...

I'm working on a series of small pocket size toy cars. Here is the latest toy car. I made this by enlarging the pattern to fit the wheels. The original pattern is here. https://toymakingplans.com/itty-bitty-scroll-saw-surprises/

Well done. I love it. I would love to paint if patterns came with numbers. You are doing terrific work.

Those are very nice! I like your workbench too. Reminds me of mine!

Inkscape is free open source software. https://inkscape.org. If you print patterns and you don't have this you need to install it learn to use it. Why anyone would want a pattern in a PDF or a bitmap format like jpg is beyond me. You can use Inkscape and svg to resize to any size you want and print sharp clear patterns no matter what size they are. You don't need to convert to another format to print them. Almost every new project I do starts with cleaning up the image and converting to svg.

Nice job doing that Charlie. I might have to get a copy. Thanks.

Very nice job

Thanks for sharing Marg. continued prayers.

Rockytime I have a paxton within 15 mkiles from my house I and I have them cut it into quarters at no charge. ddthey also have 1/2 wood useallly soft maple of popular which I always pick up a board when I go in.It's like going into a candy store. IKE

nice job

terrific job

Puzzle do you get up to Buffalo much? Searching the web I see several lumber suppliers who would likely have it. Mosher and Advantage. My supplier is 2 hours away. I combine me trip there with other errands in that direction and I usually pick up 5 or 6 sheets. Enough to last me a year or more. BTW my wife went to SUNY Fredonia so I have been there. Nice area except for during the winter.

That turned out great !

Thanks for the update Marg. It good to know you and the family are ok!

I like how he looks just angry enough to get the kill; great job

I guess that you would also have o make patterns that your fret saw can handle, is that correct? The second one does not need any detail, you nailed it perfectly. Well done on both portraits. Marg

Beautiful patterns and awesome cutting Tony.

Nice, thanks Charlie!

Those both look great and the likenesses are spot on. I'm a fan of both detailed and minimalistic patterns. Done well both can be very impressive. Good job!

Both great looking portraits. You have done them so well. The second portrait is an uncanny likeness. Good job!

The use of a photo was from someone on youtube who used a sunset photo. I decided to use a photo I had taken of the two ducks swimming because it was simple and the focus point is on the ducks on the right, their paddling wake on the left, and a brighter "sky" section showing through the top of the tree through the smaller holed out sections. It really depends what effect you are looking for. I may do some others with different photos down the road.

"Does anybody really know"!!! lol

I never have that problem. My only problem is that there are not enough hours in the day to do all I want to do. Marg

check the library here lots of great patterns

Wow! That's some intricate stuff. Beautiful.

Wow, 15 minutes away. Thanks. Somehow I missed their "home page". I must be getting old.

Alright, here we go... Options for customers... Picture 1 - Standard Labrador Puzzle - $25 (as usual) Picture 2 - Puzzle with name in base - $35 (new offering) Picture 3 - Puzzle with name in body - $45 (as usual) Picture 4 - For the leash holders... I currently sell for $35 and will offer with a name lasered in for $45. What are your thoughts?

Portrait by Alex Fox 16 x 11 within a 16 x 20 frame. Stack cut 3, BB ply.

My wife and I were decorating the Christmas tree and I opened a box of ornaments that I had made. These are my favorites. The little reindeer in the ornament is just over 1/2" tall.

If you can't tell by my annoying posts, I'm having a fun time with these new key/leash/hook holders that I've started making... I've decided I'm going to change things up this Saturday at what may be my last event of the year by reducing the number of puzzles I display and showcasing about 10 of the new items and take orders for them. The dog leash holders will always be the big seller, but I think I'll get interest in other animals as well. Especially the Unicorn, Dragon and maybe BigFoot. I've sold 50 of them in the past 2 weeks so I see potential and want to really showcase them. I'll snap pictures of my modified setup and I'll do a video for my You Tube page as well.

Hi, Another try. Better than previous attempt. Can provide making details. Just let me know.