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I framed Charlie Daniels today. I picked up a 11" x 14" frame at Wally World the other day and was just going to cut the window out to fit with an X-Acto knife. I've been wanting to start building my own frames for my art and other stuff...so I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a Logan mat cutter, a rig to insert V nails in frame corners, and a rig to inert points and brad nails to hold it all in the frame. It was fairly easy to use the mat cutter, and it made nice 45* beveled cuts to enlarge the window. I used black card stock for a backer to keep the thickness down. I could get use to doing this all the time. Those of you that frame your art: 1 Do you buy frames. New or garage sale finds? 2 Do you make your own frames? Details on wood thickness, rabbit depth, any other helpful tips? 3 Do you use glass or plexi-glass? 4 I cut the mat to cover 1/16th of the piece on all 4 sides...is that enough or is it better to have 1/8th or 1/4 "overhang"? 5 What do you use to "fill in" from the mat to the back cover? Normally 1/8th or 1/4 thick wood. Lots of questions...sorry. This is just another facet of the obsession/hobby that I need to learn to evolve.

I was really feeling frustrated by my wooden gear clock so I thought I try one of these amplifiers. There are hundreds of examples on Youtube. This looked straight ahead so I gave it a try. I'm not sure what the wood is, except for the maple highlight. I went through my wood recently and found these items which I could neither identify nor remember where they came from. The finish is just Watco Danish Oil (natural) although the sound channel has a couple of coats of shellac. My hearing is very bad but to me there a marked improved when playing music through it.

it is second country-heart I made beechwood, size140*164mm it is puzzle, heart and letters I made big "A" if you like this pattern, it is in my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Namunolie 15SECOND AMERICA.mp4

Anybody try bleaching wood? I needed a small amount of white. A guy told me about using bleach. Put in pan for 15 minutes let dry did again two more times. You see in picture how much it whitened. Cut off from same 1/8” thick ash board.

She is five an makes her own jewelry. Her mom asked me to make a box for her. The one with her name is a Steve Good pattern. Plywood stained cherry with walnut overlay for name. Other one will be her put up an take care of box lol. Quarter saw red oak an black walnut. Finished with Arm R Seal. Got plans from Woodsmith Plans.

Current Issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts Thought I'd let everyone know that the new issue of "Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts" is now (or will be soon) available on the newsstand. Lots of nice projects in it and they have also included one of mine on making wizard wands on the scroll saw, using the compound cutting technique. I came up with the idea after working on compound cut of different varieties, and was wondering if I could cut something nice and long. What better than a Wizard's Wand (can also be used as a pointer or conductor's baton). Well you can check out the article in the Fall issue #80 if you like. I'm also offering a special eBook of 16 wand patterns, in case you get the wand cutting bug. It is available for $3.50 in my Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/listing/822012980/magic-wand-compound-cut-scroll-saw?ref=shop_home_active_1

Done as a favour for a friend.

My wife really likes ancient Egyptian art so I thought I'd make her an Egyptian artifact. Yeah, I know, sounds kind of crazy, but it was fun doing it as it's for her birthday. This is made of two layers of plywood and a mixture of white sand and sawdust glued to the scroll cut plywood. My wife likes it, so, so do I. I hope you do too.

nowdays I am making hearts and I just wanted to make one for this peaceful place Thank you

I saw this and had to cut it, for no other reason than it made me chuckle. Straight off the saw so no finish or finesse or backer added yet. 20200712_175958[1].mp4

Been having my share of problems with money and computers. Wasted lots of time not scrolling that I can't remember what I've scrolled and how. I'm going to have to look at some things I've done to hopefully refresh my failing memory. I have 4-5 jobs waiting to start from being with out a computer. Now i have an all in one computer . I feel so helpless. I couldn't do anything with out Microsoft word and Rapid resizer. Now that I have it I'm lost. I'm going to have to follow in someone's footsteps to get on track again Duh! Denny sent me some test blades that I like the looks of the teeth but have yet to try,

I don’t know this man he just looked interesting. I’ll bet he has Great character and some great stories to tell. Who knows. Thanks for looking.

love CANADA it is 10letters heart puzzle I like Heart frame got a strong massages I made 2 country logos (CANADA &AMERICA) and doing my country "LOVE KOREA" I made bigger C and one side longger A short video clip how to puzzle canada love small video.mp4

Hello from Richmond, VA. I loved learning steno, but the activity hurt my arms too much. I do love working with my hands though so I sold the steno and bought a scroll saw. Great idea! I am starting with the Scroll Saw Workbook by John Nelson, planning to go through each exercise in sequence. I'm also reading The New Scroll Saw Handbook by Patrick Spielman. I've reached a frustrating project this week trying to cut stacked pieces of acrylic sheet. I used duct tape on the top layer, cutting with a #5 crown tooth blade. I slowed the speed on the saw. Some of the cuts melded back together though. I'm planning to slow the speed of the saw even more and to go slow with the feed rate. I'm wondering if I ought to take apart the stack and tape each layer? I'm also wondering if the material I picked up at home depot just isn't great stuff: Optix, acrylic sheet. I'm pleased to have found SCV!

Well, I've had my new saw now for two weeks and I've used it every day almost. What I'm quite childishly happy with is that the 'insert' is still like new !!! That means that all the lessons about 'offering the wood to the blade' - 'let the blade cut the wood' - 'don't push' - 'relax and breathe', that all you good people have given me since I joined almost 2yrs ago must have actually sunk in !!! Just wanted to say a Huge Thank You to all of you.

I had been looking at this car for a while. I was impressed with its style and innovative design. Even though the company went out of business in 1938 I was always impressed with it Art Deco features. Only 8 were ever sold and probably had to do with the cost of $10,000 back in 1933 during the middle of the depression. One of the most unique features of this car is that they put the spare tires behind the front tires in a concealed panel. Different from cars of that era that had them mounted on the running board. I believe that gave them more room on the interior. As usual, the design clean up took longer than the actual cutting. (2.5 days) I went bigger because I wanted to get the grill right. I used my straight edge scoring technique for the grill lines and I painted in some of the bridges on the hub cap and body lines. The 1/8" plaque is 11.5 x 18" on 1/4" backer. Finish is shellac with Clear Gloss Lacquer.

Wow! That is impressive! Thanks also for the info about the design of the car. I never knew any cars that concealed the spare tire like that. God Bless! Spirithorse

That’s cute Brenda, nice job!

My question is how deep will the bleach go? If you are doing an Intarsia project, then shape it, will you have to bleach It again?

Your a quick learner and it shows, Very nice clean job!!!! Keep them coming!!!

I'm 483 miles away,,, does that mean that I had a shot at buying it for around $100? LOL

very nice puzzle

terrific job

This is what 90 boomerangs looks like. Now I an 40 into the next 90, I am sick of boomerangs. 3mm MDF cut with a #5 Flying Dutchman Polar blade. Marg

All done now. Marg

Good one!!!

More than one way to skin a cat, Gets the job done!!!

Different strokes for different folks, Great job of it!!!

My creative juices were running dry and my wife asked about me making another joint box box she could paint a still life. I had plenty of 1/4" poplar so the sawdust started flying. Once my I-Box tool was set up, I was was done with the cutting in a few minutes. I added a tray too. Painting came out great!

That Woman sure added value to your box!!!

I just used bleach right out of bottle. Told that by letting wood dry it will draw more bleach into it. Don’t know if true but it worked this away. I didn’t have any aspen an don’t need much. Thought what the heck try something new lol

Interesting. Never did that. I use Aspen for white wood.

Welcome to the Village forum from TN

Beautiful frame for a beautiful piece.

That’s very cool. Well done.

Yes, you did get a good deal! Especially since one cne buy a brand new Delta for $350 at Home Depot. I have one of those Delta's and almost identical to the DeWalt BUT with a 5 year warranty! Why did you sell? What are you using now? bb

Thanks LauraBeth, I thought it was one of those but then I thought maybe it was a type of craft machine in America that I hadn't heard of. Yes I can see that it would be hard on the back, hands and wrists. Just remember scrolling is addictive and there is no known cure. Marg

Welcome to the group LauraBeth, we are a pretty friendly bunch here and more than willing to help with anything you need I did a search on Steno Machines and could only find the one you describe, at first I thought you were referring to a woodwork machine, this clears things up As for acrylic, I have not cut much of it. I have stack cut it before but was only two layers. The acrylic we get here in Australia has a layer of paper on it, so when I stacked them and covered in clear packing tape I didnt get any fusing together. Apparently the packing tape help lubricate the blade a bit when cutting

Welcome! The short time I've been here I've already learned so much. Add to that stacked acrylic cutting!

Hi LauraBeth and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. I happened to be browsing for some other things today in some old magazines and ran across an article regarding working with Acrylic. The article was by Faye Benezue and is ironically enough entitled "Working with Acrylic". Unfortunately, the magazine it was in was "Creative Wodworks and Crafts" which is no longer in publication AND thus it is hard to track down back copies. I have a few a fellow scroller passed on. This particular article is in the June 2010 edition, no. 148, for anyone looking. I will give you a quick summary of information from the article. First, she notes that while the "big box" stores sell some acrylic, that in her opinion, the quality was not as good as some. Note, this was 10 years ago SO that could have changed. She preferred to get her acrylic from a glass store. She also noted that she had tried with acrylic pen blanks used by pen turners but had not been successful as it would become so hot it would melt back together. This sounds like what you experienced. She doesn't say so, but I suspect it would happen because it was thicker. She also noted that while you can get it in various thicknesses, that she preferred to work with 1/8" thickness for the best results when scrolling. She says she was able to cut any design that se could in wood and that small, intricate designs worked really well for her. She clearly said that cutting acrylic did not work well with stack cutting because the layers tendered to melt together and even if you could later pull them apart. You would need to do a lot of sanding. She also noted that if you did want to try to stack cut, she recommended that you put something between the layers like wax paper, thin paper, or thin scrap of wood. but that even if you did that, you would probably have some places where the acrylic melted it together. She preferred to adhere one sheet of acrylic to a piece of scrap wood to cut in order to have a firmer foundation and give it more thickness to cut beyond the 1/8" acrylic. She used double sided tape to secure the wood and acrylic together. She indicated she preferred to use Oh Line Premium blades - No. 5 for regular cuts and No. 2 for more detailed cuts but notes that these are what she likes, others may have others they prefer. She left the paper on both sides of the acrylic while cutting. She did say that "the most important thing to remember when cutting acrylic is to GO SLOWLY". She indicated that in her experience, it was best to slow the RPMs down and to keep the blade speed at about 2 or 3. "Take your time, letting the blade tell you when to advance. Don't hurry the blade, otherwise the blade will get too hot. If it gets hot, the acrylic will melt and fuse together behind the blade." She further noted that going to get can also leave a residue, similar to "fuzzies" like cutting wood. She said if you "smell" the acrylic getting hot, your are too too fast or the RPMs were too high. To add color, she would cut two of the same piece, then add a piece of thin colored paper (she liked to use origami paper) between the two and glue it all together. Hope that gives you some information to try again. I have not yet tried to cut anything in acrylic yet, but it's on the "to do someday" list. I will try to remember this information myself when I give it a try.

Thank you for the welcome! I've set the acrylic project aside. I enjoy wood so I'll stay with wood projects for now. I got a variety of blades in the mail recently. Today I plan to order some wood online. Wood from my local woodcraft seems pricey for a newbie like me so I'll try using a link from a resource listed on SSV. -Marg, a steno machine is like a specialized typewriter. Court reporters use one to write in shorthand every single word being said during court proceedings. Sitting for hours on end and holding my hands, arms in position writing on the steno ended up too much for this body. I'm simply so surprised at the timing. The very day I sold my steno I picked up a book of puzzle scroll saw patterns and couldn't resist checking the activity out. I tried using my father-in-laws very old pin-end Craftsman once. Within days I took the cash I got from the sale of the steno and bought a Delta. I'm learning so much just every single day, AND the hands/arms don't hurt!

It's an amazing pattern in that whoever did it made is so simple yet so effective. As you say, only two cuts and an easy piece to cut.

Amazing picture with only two holes to drill! Shows you don’t always need 300 + holes to get a good portrait.

Nicely cut! Be careful, though....if you make a mistake, you can't just throw those away. They'll keep coming back to haunt you.

Thanks for all your comments. I was a little annoyed with the response from Bushton support when I entered my not very thoughtful topic. I'm more calm and relaxed now. The RBI model is 220VS S# 30976 It has the latest , blade holders from looking at pictures. upper holder is machined rectangular block with wing screw. It attaches to a bracket that has the tension lever. The two pivot points which are 1/8" roll pins have at least 1/16" movement . I haven't measured with calibers , when cutting 3/4" oak the noise and vibration is intense if I try and push wood faster. Slow is a reasonable vibration at 1/2 rotation on speed control. Already ready replaced pitman arm bearings that was a big improvement a few months back. Yes, I'm not in USA. My second request to support got a better answer. They only ship within USA. There web store does not indicate that at all.. Still no confirmation that there Blade holder assy conversion kit will fit my 220vs. I'm sure it will by looking at pictures. Frank P does not supply upgrades any more per website. I'm in Vancouver BC Canada area and would normally ship to Blaine WA but border lock down has stopped cross border shopping. My daughter works in San Francisco area so I will ship to her. I hope they will accept a different Bill address and ship address will try that tomorrow. This self isolation has many people working from home and finding new hobbies or doing more gardening. Certainly is annoying occassionally. This seems to be working for BC (2K cases) and Canada (around 200K cases) THanks for all your input. This is the first time I have ever gone on a forum and opened a topic. I am making toys from toymakingplans site. Currently making Dinosaurs . I grew up in a wood boat building shop , dad and grandad pleasue craft and commercial trollers . I am 80 and doing well, no meds , busy from 6am til 10pm. Try and do 3 hours scroll saw a day. Wish all good health and stay safe Gord C

Yes, thanks Travis. I know I'm the biggest offender. I'll try to watch myself a bit closer. Maybe we need another icon that is a slap to the side of the head just for me. Sorry everybody.

I'd also like to followup....dealing with political posts, either explicit or subtle jabs, is my LEAST favorite chore in running SSV. If anything, please make my life a little easier and refrain from politics. It will really help my stress levels.