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My wife wanted a portrait of a boxer dog to give her dad for Father's Day ,found this pattern on here from sue walker/shadylady so big thanks for the pattern turned out ok I think !

I was asked to make this for a Halloween wedding. Each guest is to sign a bat. It has 250 bats and is 24 x 48”. Stained black on tongue & grove pine. Thanks to Don from here for finding the font!

Just bought this board for $35. The store is going out of business and everything is discounted. The man who owned it just past away and his wife just wants everything gone. It’s 48 x 17 x 1 1/8.

This 3 day weekend was very busy and very enjoyable. Got lots done. I hope the person I made these for likes them also thanks for looking. Mimi

I'm re-doing the little flower bowl in a larger size and this time I took some progress pics that may help you see the method I came up with. In the first pic I've already done the outside cut at 40 degrees angled outward and set up for the next cut - this time at 35 degrees inward on the same line. The second pic shows that cut complete. From there I dropped the angle by 5 degrees per cut -- starting at the beginning it's 40 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 20 - then 15 for the final cut (the base). You do have to adjust the cut lines as you go inward or you won't end up with enough glue surface --each layer needed re-drawn as I went -- I feel like there may be a smoother way to do it but I haven't found it yet (maybe reverse the cut order and start at the base?). Also sanding the sides can be scary as some of the wall areas are thinner than I'd like because of the angle changes - especially in the 5 corners -- In these pics nothing is glued to together yet -- it would almost look cool to leave the outside like this and just smooth out the inside but we'll see next time.

Just got this finished. You can read about the progress in the works in progress tab under Another something new.

I made a bee house. The bees are going in it. Try to get them away from the house.

Cut this out of some 3/4 ply I had left over after building a twin bed for my daughter. Pegas #7MG blade, Minwax Cherry stain.

A friend of mine flew his drone over my local weekly market today and started this video clip at my booth. I definitely need one of these drones. My first event of the year. It was so-so, nothing fabulous and below what I had hoped for a holiday weekend, but hey at least I'm doing markets again. DJI_0028_3.mp4

While working the large flower bowl I decided to go for a rectangle -- my take on a bread bowl of sorts. I think it came out pretty sweet!! 4/4 Black Limba (love this stuff) cut with a #9 modified geometry - 30 degree angle on this one. These are a bit more difficult than the ovals were - mostly in sanding those inside corners. Also they are actually thicker in the walls than the shape of the top suggests

I tried the aggressive position one time on my 226 vs ultra didn't care for the way it cut.

I have never seen this drill press before. It sure appears to be made well. Nice when you find a tool that works really well for you, Enjoy it for a long time Dick heppnerguy

A friend of mine needed a portable table saw...I gave him a Skil I wasn't using...he gave me the Walker that he was no longer using for mortises. He had upgraded to the Jet mortiser...I think I walked away with the better deal...

I don't necessarily like to deal with these guys on a regular basis.. as sometimes they're slow.. But they do offer all three of the major brands and they also offer sample packs.. of each style blade.. Just click on the brand and then the style blade ( ie go to Pegas and then choose MG blades.. at the top they offer Intro packs ).. I bought samples of each style of Pegas when I first learned of the Pegas blades.. The intro packs of each style Pegas offered.. Yeah was a bit pricey but I quickly learned which blades I liked best and what ones I'll likely never use.. It's nice to be able to buy all the Intro packs from all the major brands all in one place.. Used to be everyone sold the intro packs.. now I rarely see them.. and it's a shame they don't make these more available.. I wonder if this company re-packages the blades to make the intro packs.. because i never see any others offering them any more.. Mike from FD blades used to and maybe they still do.. They don't ever make it easy to find that's for sure.. LOL http://www.scrollsawbladespatterns.com/index.htm

Olson and Flying Dutchman blades are both available from The Wooden Teddy Bear, and yes Denny supplies Pegas blades. The Wooden Teddy Bear bought out Flying Dutchman a few years back. If you order direct from www.mikesworkshop.com, you get free shipping. If you order from TWTB, you pay for shipping.

I prefer olson's blades and I buy them from The Wooden teddybear. unless I need them now and not 2 days from now I will go to manards they have a good selection of olsons. blades. IKE

As a scroll saw instructor, I recommend starting with a skip tooth blade first. A skip tooth is a good general duty blade that clears dust away more efficiently than most others blades. Without reverse teeth you don’t have to worry about The the blade trying to lift the wood off of the table. Flying Dutchman, Pegas and Olson all have a good skip tooth blade. I would get sizes #1, #3 and ##5. Once you master those, then go on to different styles. When I teach a beginners class, I start the students off with Olson #5 skip tooth blades, on 3/4” pine. Personally, I use mostly Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse blades in sizes 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. I also use FD Polar blades which is a skip tooth blade, and I also use Olson reverse tooth blades. I have tried Pegas Modified Geometry blades, and they are good, but not good enough to change over.

Sitting bull ,another Steve good pattern with a black mount board .made from an old shelf off a pine bookcase

CharleyL posted how he developed a precision drill press table. This started my search for another bench top drill press. I have a floor drill and a bench drill press but it is in my basement shop which does me no good in the scroll shop. I use the Dremel plunge router to poke holes in my patterns but it does wobble a bit and is cumbersome to change drill bits. I had looked at several from Ryobi to Harbor Freight. Last night i spotted an Atlas bench top drill press. Circa late 40's to 50's. This is a fantastic piece of iron. Very heavy with a chuck that will grip a #70 drill bit accurately. It had been posted for only a couple hours on Facebook marketplace. Price was $75. I committed to buy it sight unseen. Picked it up this afternoon. Should say my wife and I managed to get into her SUV. Getting home a neighbor carried it into my shop. A new belt, a little rust remover and a few drops of oil and it's good to go. CharleyL's lazer information will get the lazer ordered and installed.

I will sometimes use it for long straight cuts in thick wood.. but that is about the only time I'll use it..

Now that's cool!!great work

Fantastic work.My neighbor has one.

Now that is Cool.Awesome work!!

I love Evapo-Rust. It works great, especilly for small parts. What I like best is that I can keep using it until it stops working, and when I'm finished I can pour it on my lawn as an iron supplement. There are no chemical burns or hazardous waste to dispose of. You can probably get molasses in 55 Gallon drums. I seent rust removed with all sorts of things. Potatoes and water being the strangest. It smells terrible. Lye solution will remove rust and seems to work better if you add a piece of zinc. I used to hunt civil war relics and used this method to clean heavy rust off of cast iron. It takes a long time, but it works.

very nice job

That came out great!

it was a lot easier than knockin my blade storage off the bench. sorting the spirals and straight baldes was easy. sorting the numbers of them blades? close was good enough. i narrowed it down to ,"thats under a 5 and thats over a 5."

Excellent. Lovely wood, looks a lot like our Blackheart Sassafras. Marg

I love boxers. That is a great pattern and you did an excellent cutting job, well sone. Marg

I have never experience blades with obvious oil on them. I have found since I changed my clamp inserts I have never had a blade slip on me since, I will continue to do a bi yearly insert change on my clamps now. However if I do get blades with a noticeably amount of oil on them, I will use your tip anyway. Great idea. That is one of the things I love about The Village.....new ideas and people that share them with everyone else. We can all learn from each other here Dick heppnerguy

Looking good.

Another attraction gimmick having the advertisement sign with the 3d drone view so they can see how much entertainment is available!!!

Only a face a mother could love, Very nice work!!!!

Outstanding work!!!

I don't know exactly how they are made.. I've read they are stamped and I do think the majority of them are.. Pegas MG ( Modified Geometry ) blades cut straight.. as does the Olsen PGT ( Precision Ground Tooth ).. That I know of.. those are the only straight on cutting blades there is..

You certainly did!

Impressive design and cutting.

I use danish oil then finish off with satin polyurethane -- from what I've read given time almost any finish (barring nut oil like walnut) is food safe --- I think I read 3 to 6 months to fully harden and it's fine -- oh I also finish off with a beeswax and orange oil polish

Been there done that once.. Took a little while but I figured it out..

I barely have room for what I have Doug. No room for a second bandsaw. Or the budget. But, things might be changing. We are thinking hard about moving to Knoxville area. If that happens it will open up many possibilities. Fingers crossed!

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.

As a distributor for Pegas, I recommend the Pegas MGT blades and as Dan suggests the Pegas Skip blades. I don’t have sample packs available, send me a PM and I will get you started.

I just finished this one for our remembrance of all the men and women who fought for our freedom. Never forget!

First off welcome to the addiction ( hobby ) . I would suggest trying different brands and sizes of blades. You'll get a lot of information here as well as opinions. Personally I like Flying Dutchmen . Other swear by Pegas, Olson and many other brands. Each brand has it's own feel and they all cut wood, but have a slightly different feel to them . I get my blades from Mike's Workshop ( also the same as Wooden Teddy Bear ) at a very reasonable price and free shipping. Other will chime in on their particular blades of choice too and places where they purchase them for you. As for other questions, please feel free to ask, a lot of the people up here love to share knowledge and experience and opinions. Just an all around great place to be. Remember to exercise patience while learning and most importantly, have fun.

Pegas MG #3 blade is the ones I had a lot of oil on.. I'm not certain they came that way though, they was in the zip lock type package that they come in however had been open but it was zipped shut so I'm not sure.. The first bunch of blades I took out didn't seem oily.. I emptied the package today and they was really oiled compared to the normal "slightly oiled" .. I had a full quart of brake fluid fall off a shelf and broke open, Brand New bottle.. LOL I doubt that got into / on them.. as I was right there when it happen ( I was the cause LOL ) but quickly cleaned it up and the outside of the pack wasn't oily

Seems like if it isn't one thing it's another. Hoping things work out for you and all the others involved with doing craft shows .

My neighbour, the one that restores old engines, uses molasses. It is a real eye opener. He showed me a rusted seized crank , put it in the drum of molasses and three days later there was not a sign of rust and the you could of knocked me down with a feather, it had freed up. I think it may make machine tables a little sticky

I don't know that my success with the product was as good as yours but I recommend the product because I've never found anything better.