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Both 1/4" ply, one base plywood the other areomatic cedar.both stained with honey by varathane.wiped one left the other to soak .top coated with minwax clear . These are in scrollsawworkshop.com catologe

Just finished this portrait yesterday. It was a tuff one to do. Had a lot of trouble with the lettering because of it being so small. I want to thank Paul (Grampa) for being able to do this pattern for me. I know it was a hard one to do by him and me. Well I did the best I could. Just have to give it a couple more coats of laquear.

Just finished this Camaro done on !/2" Oak Steve Good pattern

Not been able to get to my saw for the last couple of weeks. Was on my own today so I did an easy one, just to cheer me up. No finish on it yet, I've to decide whether to have it backed black or brown.

The pattern is by Jacob Fowler. I used 1/2" Poplar and 3/4" Padauk for the base. It was cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #3R and #5R MGT blades. The finish is spray Shellac. Comments welcome.

Did this for my neighbor

I'd build a new stand for your saw and relocate the motor under the saw.

You don't have that big motor handing off the back of the newer saws. A 21' with stand I think would take up no more, probably less room than that beauty...

Brown, normally I like black, but for some reason the brown looks better to me. Nice cutting

This is the second one I have cut as the first one was sold. Pattern by the late great Dirk Boleman. 240 inside cuts using FD UR #3 and 5 blades cutting on a DeWALT saw. 5/8” Red Oak with a Mahogany Base. 16” long x 10” high.

This is an intarsia pattern from JGR, a free one. I used plywood, watered down copper metallic paint and watered down off white acrylic. There are only 7 pieces to this. My dorsal fin broke because of a void in the wood and I had to glue it back together.

My shop is a one car garage that nobody was going to use anyway. And so, voila!!! It is 12 x 25 x 10. Kinda small I know but really serves me well. It is heated and air conditioned. I tried to be creative when when setting it up, using every little space. Virtually every major tool is on wheels. It's the only way to go in such a small area. And yes... these photos were taken last week. I've finally gotten into the habit of putting tools away after using them. I also sweep the floor when it needs it. I'm starting to see symptomsof OCD lately.

My “Winter Shop” in the Rio Grande Valley about a mile north of the border. This was when I set it up in mid December. A lot of sawdust in there now...lol.

I've used oak 1/4 MDF plywood a lot.

I believe VS is variable speed... Your saw isn't a "variable" speed. It's a 3-4-5 or whatever many pulley - speed options it has.. variable would be the whole range of speeds.. I may be wrong but I don't think the tilting head came out until the current style saw design was made with the motor mounted to the saw body.. which I think was around 2003 ish

Very nice Kevin!

I like those kevin. Good job.

Interesting pic of the excaliber, looks like the head does not tilt, looks like the table tilts. If that is the case anyone know what year the ex came out with the tilting head?

Lovely. You cut so well. I always like to see your work.

Brown for me too. He or () she looks terrific. Marg

Two dream catchers, patterns by Sue Mey. The Bear is 3/4” Sapele and the Eagle is 3/4” Cherry. The feathers are all different colored hardwoods, no stains. Yellowheart, Purpleheart, Walnut, Maple, Red Oak and Red Cedar which is a soft wood. Cut using my DeWALT saw and FD UR #3 and 5 blades. The finish is a soak in 50/50 mix of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits. Then topcoated with Deft semi gloss spray lacquer.

Very well done. Thanks for the close up of the feathers,

The live edge really steps it up a notch.

Sure looks good, l too like the brown.

Way to go, Kevin.

Thanks Larry, I sprayed the backer with black lacquer and then glued the plywood on then sprayed the entire thing with clear.

A.K. being A. K. AGAIN! As always really nice work.

Very cute cutting! Well done! I also prefer the brown backer. God Bless! Spirithorse

Blueish-grey. It *is* Eeyore, after all.

She looks terrific Brenda! I like the brown backer. It looks more like natural wood.

If you get the stand too.. the footprint will be the same.. as they use the same stand for the 16 & 21" saws... At least the Excalibur version does

Does a 21" really take up that much more space?

Nice Kevin!

Brown for me please, Well done foxfold

Reminds me of Eeyore- cartoon. Very nice work. I agree with Jim- a dark brown for this one.

Yes, I do. It works very well for me. Easy to take off. I also just print on normal paper, spray with glue and fix straight to my wood. For me gluing straight to the wood is easiest as a dab of mineral spirits lifts the whole thing off almost instantly.

This week, I started and completed 'Bee on a Comb: It is a companion piece for 'Double Dragon" -see As with all of Fiona's patterns I have utilized, I cut this out of thick (almost 1 inch) Spalted Maple. For reasons that I don't understand, not all my cut swere at a perfect 90 degrees. If one looks closely at the back of the cut piece, this is obvious: I had thought about hanging this n a window with no backing but, because the cuts are not perfect, I decided not to do this. The imperfections are hard to detect once a backing is glued to the piece. I tried various veneers as a backing: and chose #6 which, I think, is Elm. I sandwiched the veneer between the cut piece and 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood, glued all the together, the cut out a circle on my scroll-saw: I then sprayed everything with clear semi-gloss "rattle can" stuff, attached a brass plaque and hung it on our bedroom wall beside 'Double Dragon':

Dave, how did you do the black edge on your Arrowhead. Looks very impressive.

Thanks Jeff, i just can,t find rubber bands that are any good. Must be the same rubber car headliner is made out of they don't last either.CLAMPS,lol I,ve even wedged tension on some boards with wood . Any way long as it works in a pinch huh?

I'm fortunate in that my shop is just downstairs in my basement. Unfortunately my house is heated with electric so there is zero warmth in the basement, so I had to have an electric heater installed. Takes a while to warm up on those cold New England mornings, but in the summer it is like free air conditioning since it stays nice and cool even on the hottest summer days. Here's a picture of it after a clean up.

I gave up using glue and saw dust due to finishing issues. I use Timbermate to fill wood areas and it takes stain and finished well.

And a watch dog Paul, RJ

Two things that sometimes work: 1. Take a flat end punch the size of the screw head, & whack it with a hammer ("forcing it in further"), sometimes this helps break the bond. 2. If it's not a torx head, clamp the screwdriver shaft with a vice grip. Simultaneously hit the end of the screwdriver with a hammer & turn the screwdriver with the vice grip. This keeps you from slipping & rounding out the head of the screw. jerry

i AM AFRAID TO TAKE A PICTUR OF IT FOR IT MIGHT BREAK DMY CAMERA ike

Here is a link to a topic just like this where others actually posted their shops.. when they was clean maybe? LOL.. My shop was a mess but I took pictures anyway, LOL.. Always figured a clean shop is one where nobody works.. just a hang out place.. I clean up the dust etc.. every day after working... but it still gets dirty etc.. doesn't help when the kids go work in there and don't clean up.. Put my foot down on that one.. they seem to be getting better at cleaning up..

This is my corner of Tonys workshop !! Photo taken before I actually used it I'd be ashamed to show you what it looks like this morning. Don't think I can see my bench !!

What does my shop look like? A disorganized, cluttered, crowded, cramped storage space for wood scraps and sawdust, with a bunch of tools buried somewhere under the debris.

All that space makes me drool!

Wow many nice workshops.. I wish I had a workshop to work in.. I work right in my driveway when it's snowing hard it's hard to see where my lines on the pattern are. .. I'll grab a few shots of my driveway.. when it's not dark out..

Just a quick note about furnaces. I know most folks already know this but I had to find out on my own so I'm sharing. Every year when it turns cold enough here to warrant using the furnace, I vacuum out all the ducts and clean out the furnace filter before lighting it off. I did all that and then bumped the thermostat up to call up the furnace. It tried to light. It actually did light but with a very weak flame and not hard enough to open the gas valve all the way. Anyway, after watching a couple of youtube videos, I jumped in and took the furnace apart. What I found down deep in the gas valve inside the actual gas jet, a tiny spider had spun it's web and was restricting the flow of gas so the flame was too small to get the valve to open all the way and the flame would go out. So after cleaning out the web, I tried it again and it fired off and stayed lit. I learned something that will save me money in the future. I hope this is news to some who might have to call out the repair guy. Ray