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This is an intarsia horse I made for a grand daughter. I used a pattern from Kathy Wise' book, Intarsia - Woodworking for Beginners. Overall dimensions: 13" wide by 14.5" high. Wood used: walnut for mane cherry for head and neck wenge for eye, nostril and mouth I also used a medium brown wood but I do not know the name of that wood. Here are some photos taken while building this horse. *** Pattern still applied. First cut done except for pieces to be cut from wenge. I had a lot of trouble with the eye area. Had to cut that section twice. Cutting done and some sanding done. For sanding, I used belt sander and found it left some flat marks. Using a sanding mop removed the flat sections and showed contours much better. Ready for top coat.

I could not resist doing this doggy bank. 3 layers thick I wish I had cut on the band saw instead of the scroll saw .just clear coated with poly quick dry. Polplar wood sands so hard with 220 on a drum sander.3/4" poplar 3 ply ears,magic marker eyes and mouth,lol I,m lazy

I learnt to make mini bird houses. Have always loved them but my previous attempts at any 3D work always ended in near tears. However my first bird house was perfect so now I am hooked. Marg

The Playful Dolphins are a pattern by Steve Good I needed something quick to cut. I used 3/4" Pine and cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #5R MGT blades. I stained them with SamaN stain. Azure on the water and Whitewash with a few drops of black to make the gray. Finish was dipping in diluted Shellac. Comments welcome

I found this on the internet a long time ago. Never could fine who’s pattern it was. I really like it.

I think most here know where I stand on buying American made products and not only American but also small ( especially local ) business's ... Even if that means waiting 3 months for a scroll saw to be made, LOL Many things I use there is no other source than China.. I'm not knocking China made products.. they do have some things of very nice quality and price.. I just look for American made because I'm supporting some American family somewhere.. Which could be a farmer in Bushton KS.. or someone that works at Next Wave in OH... Now with the Tariffs on import products.. The prices of cheaper imports have gone up.. many things are priced very close to a USA made product.. you just have to seek out the right product for you.. be it a import or not.. just remember who you're feeding..

It's late but not TOO late. If we all make the effort to buy American we can do it. I know what it's all about trying to save money. I'm retired and on a fixed income but I still TRY to shop for U.S. products. Heck, I even have 2 American cars and an American motor home. I really try to shop U.S.A.

Thank you Mahendra for the great pattern of my friends step daughter. The other is for a friend of mine. I missed her wedding. So I hope this makes up for it. Thanks for looking. Have a great rest of the weekend and be safe.

Thanks Marg. I am sure they would like them filled with money, but we will leave that up to the daddy.

You are bound to enjoy your new saw Ike. My worst fear is that when I die the missus will sell all my tools for price I told her I paid for them

It seems to be a little slow in the village, so I was wondering what everyone has learned or relearned this year that has really helped you. I guess mine would be upgrading from a 13 inch craftsman saw that was built when I was still in High school to a Dewalt 20 in that was built before this millennium. What a difference it makes! So glad I made that purchase. What is yours?

i love making these type of lamps? night lights?

I have 5 great grandchildren and I will make one for each. This is #2 and others as they get older. The pattern is by Paul Meisel and found in SWWC issue 66. I used 3/4” Pine for the body and 1/2”Cherry for the ears. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw with Pegas #5R MGT blades. Comments welcome.

I like it very much good one!

They are good saws Ike.. BUT, that said.. they moved production of the EX-21 to China and the NEW 2017 and newer are made in China.. there have been lots of issues with the "NEW" China made saws.. I have one and it has had some issues... however.. the issues I've had was mostly minor.. BUT then again.. I'm mechanically inclined and do my own diagnostics and repairs so something minor to me might be a major issue to someone else.. Ray at Seyco doesn't support the new 2017 and newer saws.. But.. He claims the parts are interchangeable but he also won't guarantee they'll fit.. I'm getting ready to do a complete rebuild on mine.. so I should be able to testify this soon.. I ordered the parts from Ray and have them now.. I just need to take a half day off to do the repairs.. I'll try to at least grab several photos of the rebuild if I don't get video of it.. I have about 400 hours use on my saw.. and the two main issues I had with it was.. 1) The upper blade chuck kept giving me fits.. I believe it was defective but it could have been just user error too.. Upgrading to the Pegas blade chucks made it a much better saw... 2nd issue was the back knob at the back of the saw kept turning on it's own.. and loosing tension of the blade just doing small amount of one cutout.. Many have shown a rubber band wrapped around it to hold it in position proved to work well for them.. But I opted to take it apart and put blue loc-tite on the threads.. which about 200 hours run time and still working well for me.. I've had the dreaded bearing issues that you get with the DeWalts.. Not sure if it's because of the 400 hours run time or bad quality bearings or grease.. The one bearing I believe had no grease at all as it had rusted to the bearing pin / sleeve.. I freed it up and greased all the bearings last year but sadly it really needed new bearings.. There are no sources for parts or service with the China made saw.. But it is basically the same saw as the others so I'm chancing that the $300 in parts I just bought for it ( all new insides ) from Ray that is made for the original EX will work in my China made one... as I said.. we'll find out in a few weeks.. when I take the time to rebuild it.. wish me luck...

Nice work, I'll post you a quarter to put in it

He looks cute. Great work Kevin. Marg

I always look forward to these! Throw away the metal detector,, you already found your treasure!

Had a bunch of short scraps laying around and used a whole lot of Titebond3 and nearly every screw clamp I own to make a laminated blank for birdhouses. I cut one into the face of the blank and rotated the other one 1/4 turn and cut into the lamination. Used #5 crown tooth blade (one per birdhouse). Got some burning on one of them, but some good old 220 make quick work of that. Just an idea to use up small scraps. Might have been better with some thinner boards, but you play the cards you're dealt.

Nice use of scraps. They look great!

Mine also. 10 minutes away.

fantastic!!! you did a great job!!! now could i ask who he is?

I decided to make something different, and chose box - it is practical and new for me. Also I added layered technic. Size: 7,5 x 4,5 x 3 inches. What do you think? Video of making box Flower box pattern

fantastic puzzle!!! and thanks for the pattern....i'll try to make a couple of these for the churches around here....

Loved cutting this one, It is a pattern of Sam Custodio I think it is quite humorous. It was cut from 4mm marine ply with No1Penguin Silver Reverse blades. This one is No 20 for my best customer. Cheers Peter

My closest place is Office Max

It takes longer to prepare the wood to get the proper size then it takes to cut the houses. Excellent choices of wood and the sky is the limit as far as choice of colour combination, and the pile of scrap wood goes down.

Thanks John. I love the term “money boxes”.

very nice work

A Helda Botas Pattern. He made this when we had the bushfires in Oz. I love it. Very well executed

Thanks Kevin. We may give it to her tomorrow.

Great use for that scrap wood, the bird houses look fantastic

Choice creations craftily done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the tip on using thinner stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well and staying safe. I wanted to share my latest scroll saw project, Kris, from the Scroll Saw Village, allowed me to use his pattern that I cut as a gift for a 10 year old baseball fan. Conner was aware of Babe Ruth, but had no idea of who Lou Gerhrig was, his mom told me that he went on the internet after we left and he did a bunch of research on Lou, who is now on his list of baseball heroes. I added the iconic Yankee Stadium Frieze, which I think is historically correct to the time frame that they played in the old stadium. Ann Marie cut out the names and the patriotic baseball images on her Circuit vinyl cutter and we attached them onto the homemade frame to finish the job.If you're under 75 yers old, you may not know who these guys are.Thanks for looking.Rick

G'day all, Not really bragging, I was just looking something on old drives and came across this plaque I made for my Daughter's friend about 14 years ago. From memory, it was something to do with a game?. The angled shot is the true colours. They are real photos, not digital, that I scanned into the computer way back then

Those are beautiful!

Lovely piece but the stand magnifies the beauty!!!!

I have shown this before but not in this topic area. I started on it during shut down. Made for my youngest son. Black walnut and white maple.

Well, I haven't really completed any scroll saw projects yet. I've been working a little bit out there, but not a lot. First, I had both of my eyes lenses replaced in the couple weeks just before the pandemic shut everything down (think same surgery as for cataracts, but without the cataracts). Was having my one week checkup on my second eye about the time they started slowly shutting many things down. As a result, I have been out of the shop letting my eyes heal and staying away from saw dust. I have recently been out there for a little bit, wearing eye protection and face mask. Maybe I will have something to share wood related soon. I also have had my adult daughter home from grad school (physical therapy) for the past 3+ weeks. She was "passing through" on her way to a 10 week clinical rotation when she got word that it was being postponed "indefinitely". It was suppose to go until about the end of May, and so far its looking like she (and all of her classmates) will not get this one in right now. We are praying that she can start her next one in June on time. As a result, she has elected to stay here with us for now. I enjoy having her, she likes to cook! Anyway - my husband is in healthcare - not frontline, front and center like in the ER but still out there everyday so I made him and us and some extended family members face masks once the CDC recommended that we all wear them when we go out. The camouflage ones were for him - I thought they were fitting in that we are fighting a battle in healthcare right now! I used a couple of different patterns. I said its funny, i can saw a much straighter line on a scroll saw then I can sew one on a sewing machine. My mother was the seamstress, she sewed us barbie clothes, clothes for us when we were young, older, and for our children. She made baby blankets for ours and anyone else she knew expecting (including every baby in her church.) We lost her to Alzheimer's 4 years ago this week. I said she is either up there laughing at me, or shaking her head in despair at my sewing skills. She would have had 100's made in the time it took me to make 10! I used two different patterns. The second photo shows the ones that "fit" your face a little more then the first ones. The first ones are more like surgical masks that are not as form fitting to your face. Here is the links to where I found the patterns. This is link to the first one: https://www.joann.com/how-to-make-a-face-mask/042188731P321.html and this is the second one: https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/#face-mask-video

Been cutting these out of 3mm Aluminum

Since four of my shows have been canceled I have spent some time doing some things that I have wanted to do in a long time but have put off. I have a mini split heat pump in my shop for heating and cooling. It wasn't designed for a super dusty environment like my shop. It has a filter in it but not adequate. When in use I had to blow it out every other day with my air compressor. Came up with this idea. The box hangs on a cleat for easy removal. I used foam around the bottom to seal it up. Time will tell how it works. I also built this lumber rack on wheel which I desperately needed.

A very humbling group of projects that everyone is doing. I've departed from scrollsawing a bit and am on a major restoration and refinishing of all our old furniture - (started long before the coronovirus crisis started) - the project on the go now is our dining room set - it's claim to fame is that we purchased it as an "antique" at the beginning of our marriage - we married in 1973 and think the set was probably made somewhere around 1920 - 1930 (ish) - in our almost 50 years of marriage since we've added a whole lot more "patina" - and decades of family memories. So far have the table is done - 3 chairs now on the go - all at different stages - after the chairs (6 of them) are done - then the hutch - and then manufacturing leaves for the table that disappeared long before we ever acquired the set. This project has introduced me to the world of HVLP spraying - not a tool I have ever used before - and - so far - a tool that I am having a tough time mastering ..... The work so far .... (chairs and hutch not yet started in these pictures) . Jay (EDIT: not sure why my pictures aren't showing up properly - they seem to be changing format from a JPEG to a JFIF file on their own when I try to attach them - no idea why .... so if you can't see them you'll just have to imagine they look GREAT!!)

Since we had to self quarantine for 14 days upon our return from Florida, I had lot’s of time to spend in the shop. Weather here not the greatest since our March 17 return so the basement was my refuge. Here are some items that I finished. Enjoy and stay safe the scrollsaw or the wood does not carry the virus, I hope. ps The Kleenex box pattern is from Sue Mey (not easy) The bunny head pencil from Bagetta and the wolf from Alex Fox

Just a few - plus about 10 more I haven't posted

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.

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.

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.

ive started making one of these,during the lockdown,ive made a few of these over the years ,but i think i will make a change on this one,i plan on changing the frame to my next one,it take a while to make but while this covid 19 goes on i have plenty time to do it,i got left go from work 2 weeks ago ,and no signs of going back until this passes, keep safe everyone,

I have started to attempt things that I have not tried before and am unsure of. The first on my list is to master the use of epoxy with scroll sawn objects. I started this a couple of weeks ago and am documenting my successes and failures in the thread: In the meantime, here is a photo of my latest experiment which is currently underway: When (not if) I finally succeed, I will insert a photo of that project here: xxxxxxx

I wish I would have known that some/allot of wood is toxic and can actually harm you. I also wish I knew that Baltic Birch/plywood has some nasty glue/chemicals that is harmful to your health. I always thought you just wore a mask if you were allergic to the wood. I hated those dusk masks as it always fogged up my glassed. I had no idea some woods were actually harmful and no clue plywood was harmful. When I signed up to this site a little over a year ago is when I learned of all these cool colors of natural wood people were using in their intarsia. So naturally I couldn't wait to try some out. Luckily I didn't work with too nasty, but wish I knew about the dangers before cutting that wood. Now I wear a respirator when doing any work. Just wish I knew how important it was sooner.