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All, because of the SSV family, I have pushed the envelope some in my work. Thank you. Pattern from here, Dewalt 788 with Flying Dutchman #1 reversed. 2/0 was so small, could even see the teeth. Thanks all again.

I have been on a portrait jag for a while, mainly based on Charles Dearing patterns. I tend to torture myself by making them considerably smaller than the artist had designed them to be, often reduced by 50%. It’s become a sort of personal style that I like for the challenge, and the finished product isn’t quite so overwhelming. When using Baltic Birch, I almost always use 1/4”, and back them with a dark stained 3/4” piece of poplar, oak, or pine with a keyhole slot cut in the back to hang them. On this BB King, I cut it 9” x 9” square, which made the the guitar’s fretboard very tight. Other than the long outer cuts I used mainly 2/0 Pegas spiral blades, except a few cuts with #1 spirals. I hope you all enjoy it.

Wanted to show some "keepsake boxes" i experimented with. Came up with a system of matching inserts for the inside and out of the lid. Either one creates some great opportunities for customizing and personalizing for customers, gifts or special occasions. The other shot shows how they can be used for drawer fronts. I've also used other design for cabinet door inserts, kind of makes a personalized raised panel effect.

I found a bunch of patterns set up for cutting pre-hurricane, so I knocked out a few. At least I got to scroll for a few minutes. Nothing special, but interesting what/how I was doing in 2018 an now. A few ornaments, earrings and backdrop odds and ends Thanks as always for reading

I don,t want to spend alot of time just to get a thank you or a smile so here,s some quality time I spent just for that!!!

My shop is my therapist. Not sure if it's cheaper than a real one but it's in my backyard, so. I was a little down and I needed to cut something simple and happy today. I posted this on FB and said if a mom or grandmom wanted it to let me know. A young mom I never talk to but thought about while cutting it said she'd like it. Things like that are what I call God's breadcrumbs. Little reminders that He's there, and maybe we're on the right path.

Again a rather simple piece but one I have made before and have always enjoyed it. This is a Sue Mey pattern. I have quite a few of her patterns and I really like her style. It was an easy cut but looks great on the wall. Starting the next request piece tomorrow. Dick heppnerguy

Unless the threads are stripped, all you really need to do is dress the tips of the thumb screw. This applies to all of the EX type saws including DeWALT, the newer Deltas, king and even the Pegas. Take a 3 or 4” square piece of hardwood or BB. Drill a hole with a drill press in the center. Use a bit slightly smaller than the threads of the thumb screw. Screw the thumb screw into the hole making sure it screws straight into the jig till it just barely protrudes out the bottom. Then, rub it on some 220 grit sand paper till the tip is no longer shiny. This should be a routine maintenance thing to do. I do this every two to three weeks without any degradation to the thumb screw.

I imagine y'all are getting tired of these, but each time I do one, I am less and less frustrated and starting to enjoy the work, and that means I want to share. ROFL fifth one edit: oops, Aspen, mahogany, red oak, and the eyes are from Chicken Express - the corn n the cob skewers - ROFL

My first scroll saw portrait. It's a birthday present for a friend.

With Easter coming there is a demand for Easter related signs, Religious and otherwise. I guess you would call this a religious sign. I wanted something different, so I added the clouds with just a suggestion of the cross covering the top and a dove flying over. I cut mine from poplar which had a nice grain in it and used the off cut for the base. Free Pattern

Well Unless your threads are bad.. I'd just get the swivel tips for the thumb screws.. Yes the DeWalt ones are the same.. I like the DW curved plastic handle a little better than the actual EX-21 ones or the Pegas ones I have so I swapped them out with the extra set I bought for my DW years ago and never needed.. Something I do as a maintenance thing for these is to clean them up good.. make sure the swivel end piece spins smooth.. Pull it apart and wipe it clean.. add a little Vaseline to the little rubber O-ring to keep it working smooth. I put a small drop of oil on the threads of the screw to keep it working nice and smooth.. just be careful not to get the oil on the blade clamping surface otherwise you'll get slipping blades.. By maintaining my clamps and thumb screws.. I ran my original clamps on my DW for the full 10-11 years I used it.. Seyco sells a repair set which includes just the swivel ends and then the set screw.. NOTE: A set is for both upper and lower blade clamps.. I didn't know that when I ordered and I wanted to replace a set on another used saw I picked up.. plus I wanted a extra set on hand so I ordered sets.. LOL I'll have plenty of these for a while.. especially since I never needed to change them out in 10+ years...LOL

Very nice. I always keep some simple patterns around. When cutting a project that takes some time I sometimes take a break with a couple of simple things and then get back to my larger project.

I just purchased some parts for my Excaliburs and it helped so much. Ray is a very good guy to deal with. I can't believe how much better my Excalibur is performing now. I replaced the upper blade holder and the set screws and knobs and now I barely clamp the blade with almost no pressure on them at all, and they NEVER slip. Love it. Dick heppnerguy

Not a Canadian source, but you might check with Rsy at Seyco. They have a parts page here on their website: https://www.seyco.com/partspage

We are heading into a political season here in the US. I'm sure it's not surprising to you that politics is a seriously divisive topic. I just want to remind everybody that political discussions and debates are not allowed on SSV. Politics is the quickest way to ruin friendships we've tried so hard to create. If you want to ruin friendships, Facebook is the place you want. If you want to talk about making sawdust, SSV is the place to be. Here are a few things that ARE NOT allowed: Inflammatory patterns/cuttings Political soapboxes discussions Political hot-button topics Political Jokes/Cartoons Political Internet Memes "I can't believe..." discussions. (c'mon...you know it when you see it) Here are a few things that ARE allowed: Respectful cuttings Respectful portraits Respectful patterns (seeing a theme here?) This certainly isn't an exhaustive list, but it gives you an idea. Here are the rules regarding politics and religion found in the User Guidelines: If you have a question regarding the appropriateness of a pattern, cutting, or discussion, let me know. If you see anything that you feel is inappropriate, please flag it and a moderator will take a look. More Scrolling! A political platform I can stand by.

I lost a dear woodworking friend, farmer and relative.

After finishing a rebuild of a teak swim deck for a friends ski boat I have finally had a chance to get back to my scrollsaw (hooray!). The first design is courtesy of amazingkevin, cut from walnut and given a dip in DO, thank you sir. The second is a design baggetta posted yesterday that I really liked. Cut from poplar, dipped in DO with the base getting a med walnut DO vs Natural. The last is a wedding sign done for a church friend who is getting married. The design is done by Keegan Wade (my son) and cut from bb with the back out of mdf. Now to find my next project although I do have some more Sue Mey bunny letters to cut for Easter. Have a great day and be blessed.

This is going to be the door prize at a local Universities children's Christmas event this December. The theme of this event ,this year, is "Charlie Browns' Christmas" Our club supplies this door prize and about 400 toys that we give to the children attending. (Toy cars and reindeer this year). Box measures 11"x 8" x3"deep. Woods used are Cedar, Bois d arc, Padauk, Walnut, Purple heart, Oak , Poplar, and Maple. No stains or paint. All natural wood colors.

Toy food & gas stop. Several different woods. Made two sets.

Looking for Excalibur blade clamp knobs to have on hand. The saw is 20 years old. Appreciate if someone knows where they might be avaiable. Thank you. Ron.

Machine screws have size and thread count. There are gauges that can be bought and kept around the shop to check. It's size and thread count per inch. So you could have a 6 - 24, Size six, 24 threads per inch. If you can get it apart and take it to a good hardware store, they should have a gauge or just pull out a few screws and fit it. Once the size and threads are found you can pick any nut, knob, screw with that size. Works for any machine screw, knob, nut on anything. If it's missing or shot use what I have or fix it up from the other posts. If you look up screw gauge on amazon you can keep on in the shop. Sometimes they are in hardware stores, but not recognized or sold much. RJF NOTE; Screws, nuts come in imperial and metric like other things. Gauges are also combination of metric and imperial either separate, in sets or combination. RJF

Also according to QTE Pegas no longer sells just the swivel ends you have to buy the whole thumb screw. Pegas thinks that people are damaging the O-ring when installing the swivel ends themselves and then it does not swivel correctly. I have never had any problem when cleaning them or installing new ones.

Stunning

Ralph I started a couple + months ago with the spirals, after first trying unsuccessfully about a year ago. This time it just clicked, and now I have at least a couple of hundred hours of using them. I find them to work great on portraits, especially those with tons of details of things like hair. I’ll probably never do a portrait like this one with just flat blades again.

It’s fun to scroll no matter what we make. Nice cuttings.

Charlie, Thank you!!!

I agree very nice work, and some of my simplest projects have given me a lot of joy.

beautifull work by a beautiful person. My daughter suffers from depression, I often remind her that by doing things for others she helps lift herself out of depression. God will find ways to help us in way we don't often u;nderstand

You could get them from Ray at Seyco or get then from a Pegas dealer they are the same knob. Also Dewalt will fit I am sure but the plastic knob end is curled instead of straight I believe. To my knowledge ( which isn't all that great ) they are the same threads. I know for sure the Excalibur and Pegas are the same as I have purchased the Pegas knobs from QTE North America for my EX.

Nicely done, I tried to make a cross this weekend, can't cut a straight line if my life depended on it

A good, comfy chair makes long scrolling sessions easier. A good magnifying lamp makes seeing the pattern and blade so much easier. The thinner the wood, the thinner the blade and lower the blade speed. Thicker wood = larger blade = higher speed. Spirals can be fun! There's absolutely no rush. Love the sound of a blade running through wood!!! Every project, no matter how daunting it seems, is nothing more than one-hole-one-cut. Some merely have more holes than others. NEVER end a cut on the tip of a delicate piece unless you're willing to risk losing that piece.

I was able to knock out a couple of puzzles today, hope you like:... Not sanded or finished, that comes later in the week Update: Forgot to add - Cut from Maple, with Pegas #3 M.G. Thanks as always in advance for reading

Nice Dick. The owner of our building is a professional fisherperson. Maybe it should be "with her best catch".

I searched support and got a general page. Community forums or support from the programs here would be a source. RJF https://inkscape.org/community/

Get knocking out the scroll pieces... make the heart warm and fuzzy Dick heppnerguy

Wilson, I also just reordered a mess of 2/0 and #1’s from Denny @Artcrafters, along with a size I have never used before- size 0. I wish I could get even smaller Pegas spirals than 2/0.

I work with hardwood and make sure the wood is flat. I Plane both sides and sand with 220 grit. This is so the wood does not wobble as I cut. Sanding is important, so I'm sanding wood before I drill, after I drill, between each cut and a final sanding. Especially to get rid if burrs. Finishes are important, read directions and take your time. A good eye for painting is quite useful. I don't have that talent and often wish I did.

Nice work. Cool shot with the mirror,too!

They are beautiful. Love the woods that you chose too. Well done. Welcome to the Village. Marg

lol well now to do that we'ed have to move away from each other...we're old not dead lol

beautiful!!! I have a segmeation book, did a few things out of it, maybe i'll get it out again and try to do something different. My ssdi doesn't give me enough to buy hard woods. lol but doing the segmention is similar. lol the pluse size is I have more colors to choose from with my paints. lol

Nice work, Gordie! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Not only is this a nice pattern but your added touches are really nice. I love this one even though I am not a motorcycle kind of guy Dick heppnerguy

lol I know that feeling to, lol besides woodworking I knit sew crochet and do plastic canvas. then theres ingraving on glass with my ingraving tools. I also know how to do sandblasting. when my ex died I inhearetd his blasting cabnit. when we were together we used an old washingmachine for that. I have every thing I need to start doing that again, only problem is I don't know how to hook everything up to air compresser so it will do the sandblasting lol spike dosnt either...I hope this summer I can use the computer to find some examples and instructions on how to hook everything up.lol but of course that's not what were here for!!! im just taking a break from hunting up a new wood project to start. lol huumm I bet that's how i get a box or two of unfinished crafts!!! lol

Guess you can say I'm a seasoned scroller , but you never know it all and I never claimed too . Been scrolling for over thirty years , I wore out a 16" variable speed Craftsman scroll saw after using it for a good 12 years and just wore out the jaws . I decided to buy a new Dewalt model 788 verses buying new jaws for my old Craftsman scroll saw . Glad I did , I know there's all different prices and brands / models out there . I love my Dewalt and I can tell starting out on the Craftsman brand was a cheap try in case I decided not to pursue the hobby . I can also offer that the scrollsaw blade I use is flying Dutchman blades they were made in Germany - can google to buy them online . I buy my blades in bulk in grosses - there cheaper that way .I Started out by making just the letters of the alphabet , remember to start out with three real important things is too practice practice practice . I make Christmas ornaments , , name plaques and custom plaques since I'm retired now . First two years I was retired I keep the scrollsaw hot , but since then I decided to get a part time job being a commercial delivery driver for O'Reilly's auto parts . But being a scroller is my passion in wood , I could go on and on - but maybe I've offfered a little aid to the new scrollers out there . My dad always wanted to woodwork but told me growing up he couldn't afford it , I did what he wanted too do . Loved my Daddy - bless his heart - thank you and go scroll some wood Trust me you'll find it too be more than just a hobby . MD

I am pretty much self taught. If I was new at this today, I would join all of these great scroll saw sites. Scroll saw villiage alone has thousands of years of experience amongst it's members. The community is a great place to learn and make friends. Keep making saw dust.

I started on a cheap saw my wife bought. To her defense, it’s what I picked out. I wanted to go cheap to see if the hobby would stick. After a few years, I bought a dewalt 788 and that changed the game all together. Being able to feed the blade from the top, made things easier and much faster. Really started enjoying it more. The saw didn’t vibrate as much. I agree with everyone that you should start with small projects and learn your saw before trying something more advanced.

1. Any cuts on the scrap side of the line are not mistakes. 2. Any cuts off the line are "artistic interpretations". 3. Make sure what is in the spray can is what you intend. Clear lacquer and black gloss come in VERY similar cans. 4. Most important--have fun; don't get hung up on details; don't be afraid to fail--and remember to laugh as you sail those failures into the burn pit.

My first German style woodcut along side my most current on.