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I used a quilt block pattern to make this memory box. It was a lot harder for me than I thought. I cut all the triangles on my scroll saw so there was no way I was able to get them all perfect. I used cedar, poplar, yellow heart, nogal, blue pine and bubinga.

just a few little things I thought id put up...you can never find enough thanksgiving decorations...at least I cant so I make my own lol im always looking for thanksgiving patterns lol I like this little pilgrim boy sleeping some where theres a pic of a little pilgrim girl sleeping to lol and of course I must make toys!!! so when I found this bull dozer pattern I had to have spike help me make it lol and women must have ear rings and what a great way to use up small pices of 1/4 inch wood. and then of course another toy caar with 2 people in it this time....I left this one unpainted so some lucky child can paint it with his or her favorit colornow when my son was a child he loved dinosaurs!! so of course I have dinosaurs patterns of all kinds lol I leave it unglued so the kids can put it together themselves....and of course the parents or children can glue the legs to body if they want. my young grandson loves glueing things together. lol I got to talk to him on the phone the other day and asked when could he come stay with grandma again make stuff!! lol poor boy I had to tell him I didn't know but his dad can help him leave me messages or write grandma a letter...well that's it for now...

Daily Flower Clock Pattern This is a project I designed with young children in mind. It might prove helpful in orienting youngsters to the days of the week, use of abbreviations, and consistency and regimentation. This might also be fun to place on the breakfast table and each day the young children can put the proper day title in the flower frame. Each insert is an abbreviation for the day of the week and has a little creature attached to it. Free Pattern

Children kiss Hello friends, a small job combining scroll saw with dremel. The figure of the children is in relief I hope you like it. Thank you in advance for your comments. Greetings and a big hug for everyone.

Right now, it would probably help orient most of us as to what day of the week it is.

1/4" BB, no backer while cutting it and used a #2 Pike jewelers blade. Someone has posted this before but I loved the pattern. Sam is one of my favorite designers.

Whatcha think?

Just finished these ,need a final sand and then ready to frame,

Here's the completion of that experiment -- I did some more shaping with the Dremel and then applied Danish oil. For those of you wanting to know how -- I'll get it down better but here's the nutshell version -- cut the bowl as you normally would -- then the top layer gets cut on the same line , but both angled in and out, then sanded down to about 1/2 it's original thickness . It seems to work best on thicker wood (tried on 3/8 baltic and failed miserably). Once I get it down I'll try to get more detailed than that . I did end up with a crack in this one because when I went to glue the base on it slid sideways but i didn't catch it for about an hour. I separated it again (cracking it) and re-glued. I'll be trying it again shortly , only larger. Edit -- I forgot to add -- the top ring was cut at 40 degrees outward and 30 inward the next was cut at 22 1/2 - the next at 15 - all on 4/4 black limba -- I may revise those angles on the next one

That was pretty neat.

I just finished 6 states of Australia there is 107 animals in the map puzzle which is Representing and protected in Australia western Australia26pcs northern teritory 17pcs south Australia 16pcs queensland 24pcs new south wales 15pcs victoria 7pcs tasmania 2pc total=107pcs happy to finish second map puzzle South Korea which is my contry will be the next~~~lol making video:

Cut this for a going away present. Used a 3 UR FD blade and red cedar. I then dipped in teal oil. Satisfied with the results, but strive for perfection. Hope you guys enjoy it.

I have recently been sawing some rather large pieces of fret work and one of the most difficult things I have had to deal with, is getting the blade through the hole in the middle parts of the pattern. The holes are quite small and almost impossible to see, let alone trying to get the blade in the hole. I have been using an awl to poke into the bottom part of the hole, so that it is enlarged a little to help with this problem. This does help but I still have a lot of problems. Then I saw someone mention about also using the point of a pencil, sticking it into the hole and turning the pencil so that it also marks the hole with it's lead. This also helped quite a bit to see exactly where the hole actually is. However, as I was watching the video of the moon shiner guy, I noticed the maker of the plaque and the poster of the video, was using some kind of tool on the back side of the holes he had drilled. After I watched it a second time and thought it through, I took on of the pieces I was working on and had drilled what must have been done with a drill bit about 1/32 inch or smaller and with a 1/16th bid, drilled the back side of the hole just enough for a part of the tapered bit head went into the hole. I would estimate it to be, perhaps, one layer of 1/8 inch BB Ply. This created a very small funnel shape in the wood and once that was done, It was so much easier to feel and feed the saw blade into the hole. It was almost like i could do it blindfolded. Dick heppnerguy

well right now im working on putting my sweater together and iv started carvining on the 2nd bulldog tooth pick holder but i thought id put up a few pictures anyway as i have no idea how long those 2 projects will take to finish. lol now lets see the first one is a puzzlee of a roman solder i think ..lol then theres the pumpkin lamp it looked pretty good when it was all let up, and now still with the howlleen them i made a pull along black cat. lol i used my zapped cat pattern i got form the winterfield collection and just paited it blaxk and put it on a base with wheels...i sold 3 of those right way lol then of course dragon lovers must have at least one dragon in there kitchen so heres a dragon paper towl holder lol l thught this one was cute. lol and then theres the airplain lamp someone asked me to make for there son, i didnt have a lampshade to put on it but the people didnt care they could get there own lamp shade..now lets see oh yes the bless this house sign i took a pence and outlined the tree and house so id know where to put the green and blue on the baker boad. now my girls used to love barbie dolls and of course they needed furnture for there dolls so i learned how to make a few things for the out of wood, those sold real good to lolo and the last picture is of my oldest daughters shapie dog named coco. he died a few years back but helen really like the picture of him and she still has it hanging on her wall. the front and baker board are made from the same materal...i just turned the baker board over and painted it black. i think it came out pretty good and helen loved it so thats all that matters to me. lol well im off everyone have a great day evening or night depending on where you live lol

When using very small blades like 2/0 or #1 I use a #68 drill. There are several ways to drill those small holes. Seco makes a drilling device. I have a Dremel plunge router as well as a 6" bench top drill with a chuck that holds those drills nicely. I've used the Dremel for a long time and the thing I'm not happy about is the drill bit has a tendency to wander at times while I'm trying to drill a critical hole. The other thing I do not like is the changing of the drill bit. The Dremel has a small button which needs to be pressed to lock the spindle so the chuck can be loosened. Access to the small button is awkward. I tighten the chuck with a pliers as it is awkward to use my fingers in the small space. My drill press works very nicely but since I smoked the motor and won't get the new one for a couple of weeks I can't use it. Also if the pattern board is beyond 12" I have to use the Dremel. A year ago or so I purchased a Stew Mac router attachment for the Dremel. Stew Mac makes a very nice plunge router which mine is not. It is called a router base selling for about $65. I just replaced a couple of springs from ACE hardware and 4 1'4-28 and it makes the perfect plunge drill.

fantastic!!! i just love john wayne lol

They are fantastic I love the eagle it's awesome well done

One of these days I'm going to have to convice you to run a Carbide. Seem like all blades cut like butter, and are a joy right out of the box. All blades I've tried, including Infinity seems to get out of the butter phase pretty quickly when re-sawing. The Carbides cost a lot more, but give you a much longer windows of butter cutting. For impatient me, it seems like when I have to exert any significant amount of force, the blades start doing their own thing, and the consistency and smoothness suffers. And some pieces of wood have demons in them and try to drag the blade all over, which is very frustrating, but much less so with a larger Kerf blade. Here is a cross link to the old SSWC thread on this: https://forum.scrollsawer.com/forum/scroll-saw/tools-and-blades/834886-lenox-trimaster-high-end-carbide-bandsaw-blade For those of you that didn't see it back when that thread was active, check it out to see my awesome (or maybe adequate) phone photography skills . . . . . You can also see some comparison cuts.

Mighty fine work !

One nice cutting and one super piece. The eagle is marvellous

Same here.I was out at a Flea Market selling my Wears several years back,and over the coarse of the day about a dozen people had ask me for Bama stuff.

I've got a similar drill guide by General but it is pretty sloppy. I'd go with the one Les has if accuracy is primary.

You still did an awesome job Dave. Marg

That's beautiful!

Thanks for the welcome...Yes, the type 2 is a Taiwan machine. I don't think I would buy the newer 788 as I'm trying to keep my money in the US. It seems all the good ole saws are worth waiting for...and I have plenty of time to wait for the right deal as you suggested. I joined the Village so I could browse through the threads and finally pick a model to watch for. There's a couple of RBI's I'd like to go look at and a more expensive Type 1, a couple of Hegners but they're smaller than I want. It's been recommended to me to stay above the 20" mark. Not sure that's valid yet as I will mostly be making box tops and some templates... I'll be narrowing soon...

I'm retired so that would be handy for me all year long. Thanks. Tom

Well done!!!

Great pattern and cutting.

oh WOW those are fantastic!!!

Brilliant work as always Kevin, no wonder you have the 'Amazing' in front of your name.

Better make a 6 foot pole with a basket to take the cash and hand back the puzzle. RJF

Try this link Dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNV87woP6U0

Thanks Meflick!!! She has a vacumn store and plenty of room for my stuff which she gladly displays and sells.hervdaughtet is an art teacher who just fools around with coating things in epoxy period.

Very nice work !

Hey Kevin, this is why I skipped the first week of the market, I wanted to see how it went. The organizers mandated gloves, but masks were optional, which quite honestly was pretty interesting as gloves don't do a thing unless you change them every time you touch something. However, when I went out there as a shopper the first day, none of the vendors were wearing gloves... very few wore masks. I have come up with how I plan on doing things in the new environment. I will ask that folks not touch any of the puzzles, I'll stand them up, etc if they'd like. I'll stand near the back of my tent at first with my mask down so that I can speak to them, give my "pitch", then I'll slide it on if/when I need to approach any closer. As to payments, I can hold the credit card reader, they can slide their card in. No cross-touching of anything, no signature required. If paying cash, i will have 2 small boxes, one for them to place their money in and if they need change, I'll have another box with 5's and 10's that they can get their change from (with me supervising of course). I'll have sanitizer and wipes for anyone to use as I hand them their purchase. When I get home I will strip down in the garage and drop my clothes in the washing machine and step right into the shower to avoid bringing any cooties home to the wife. Or screw it, I'll just go with this option...

We are very fortunate Ralph, we have a big house with a 100ft outbuilding. It's divided between my workshop, storage space, dog kitchen, dog kennels and Tony's workshop. I'm very thankful for what we have, although truth be told it's way too big for just two of us. !!

Thank you meFlick after south Korea I will take a time for small and cute puzzles but I am sure I love map stuff

I made this for my grandson who is a die hard Patriot fan. 1/4" BB glued to a 1/4" BB backer and a plywood frame. Rattle can paint.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee - glad to have you here. Look forward to your participation. I've been happy with an older Excalibur (made in Canada) and a new Seyco (that is now I think 3 years old as I got it for Mother's Day and my birthday that year - and those just came and went! - Time sure does fly! )

Just finished these two patterns by Paul(Grampa). I want to thank him for his hard work. The heart one was hard to do. Almost gave up on that one. A few more coats of lacquer and they will be done.

I made the infinity heart, I used poplar and stained black walnut.

Hi all , I am relatively new to scroll sawing and thought I would share my couple of projects recently finished during "lockdown" any feedback would be appreciated,I have just started using spiral blades a lot harder to control but I quite like them now,thanks Dan

A bit late, but this is a project I have been working on over the weekends during this time. This is the first project I have completed in over 30 years. I learned that I need to work on patience, scrolling requires much patience and I am glad I picked this back up again. I learned can not feed the wood quickly or "force feed" the saw to get done faster. I should have known better than cut the outside first! This was my first try at epoxy resin, I like the idea and may try this in some other projects that I am planning, like drink coasters. Comments and suggestions are definitely welcome. Tom

I cut 1/8 from time to time without a scrap sacrificial.. actually cut thin stock quite often around the holidays doing personalized ornaments.. I also use the #3 MG blades.. The hardest for any scroll sawer to learn is feeding the wood to the blade control.. many people will adjust a saws speed to help them control.. or they'll cut easy to cut areas until a blade starts to dull a bit before doing some delicate works that might go too fast for them with a new blade etc.. I learned to saw on a old two speed saw that low speed didn't work, LOL.. I now like to run my saws speed nearly full speed and I never adjust the speed unless I'm cutting metal or plastic.. My point is.. the saw isn't cutting too fast.. it's you feeding the wood to the blade too fast for you to control.. I think a faster blade speed gives a smoother cut edge and back side of the wood than a slow speed.. Everyone has their way of cutting.. and if you have to use a sacrificial piece or slow the blade down etc.. that's okay.. whatever gets you to a final piece and puts a smile on you is really all that matters..

Not all of my projects have been scrolled, but I have gotten some of that done. Tree is a sweetgum, we got it planted right after the quarantine went into effect in our county. Planter-box was built yesterday, with my wife's help (and no blood was shed!), it'll go in the back yard where she can plant some herbs/veggies. The compound cut is for one of my daughter's favorite teachers, an Army vet who has really helped and encouraged her this year. Navy compound cut is up next, for myself.

Another Steve Good pattern, iPad stands

I have been working from home, it’s been challenging so I haven’t had a lot of time in the workshop. Here is what I haven done. The vase is from Steve Good . Everyone stay safe.

As I am a healthcare worker, time away from the hospital is very valuable. This is the only thing I’ve cut, one of Steve’s latest patterns. I got a friend with the last name of Swann so I’ll send this to them.

Because of the issues I have with my neck I rarely get to do scrollsawing. I have turned to other crafts/hobbies that are not so straining on my neck. I have many, many hobbies to keep me busy during this time so all is well. Yesterday we needs some groceries. Do NOT want to go into any stores we ordered our groceries on line from Walmart. They shopped for our requested groceries, bagged them and brought them out to our car and loaded them into our car. We were able to get what we needed and not endanger our health. Kudo's to Walmart.