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A couple of quick and easy ones from the weekend. Both Botas Helder patterns. Loved the female face one first time I saw it, 6 X 13". The woman one is on a black poplar burl slab, approx. 11 X 14. Jeff

The patterns are by Keith Fenton and found in the current issue of SWWC. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1R MGT blades. After sanding with the Sand Flee, dipped in diluted Shellac. After drying, a final sanding with the Mac Mop. Jute string for hanging. Comments welcome.

hopefuly the pictures i still have to make pillows blankit and mattress for the one doll bed welll had a ittle trouble uploading the pics for some reason so some of the pics are on here twice!!! ah well hopefuly i ll do better next time!!

Here,s what she wanted, not my best and not my worst, 3/4" ply ,galleria acrylics

I just finished cutting out two of the three patterns for "Wizard Wands" that Al @baggetta had published in the Fall 2020, Issue 80 of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine. There are 3 patterns for wands in the magazine. Then there is a pattern and instructions for a "wand stand" on the magazine's website. I have not yet cut out the wand stand. Besides the 3 wands in the magazine, Al has several more patterns for sale in one pattern set on his Etsy site. I believe the patterns from the magazine are included in his set on his Etsy site and you get a total of 16 different wand patterns. I had already purchased his set from Etsy but haven't had a chance to cut any of those yet. Lots of HP wizarding fans in the family so I suspect more will be made and given as gifts. Al put a post up last week with information on the magazine article and a link to his Etsy shop. You can find that post with information here: https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/39244-magic-wand-scrollsaw-article/ and here is the bonus stand pattern on the magazine's website (I haven't cut any of those yet) : http://scrollsawer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/WEB-SSWC80-Wizard-Wand-Base-Patterns.pdf Thanks Al for creating these patterns. I am sure lots of wizards are going to be thrilled with them! (For those not sure - there is a "curve" created on the wand on the right. I didn't accidentally cut it crooked. )

I know I have not posted anything for a while but I have been scrolling. I cut this Star Wars pattern for my grandson who is Star Wars mad. I have always told him that he could have the paper pattern but I would never cut it for him, what a surprise he is going to get on Christmas Day. The pattern is by Janevski. There are 338 individual cuts and it took me about 19 hours to do. I cut it from 2.5mm Bamboo ply. Marg

Found a pattern for this photo awhile back and decided to use it to dust off my scroll saw. (it's been slacking lately) With everything going on I haven't had much time in the shop. Took a few hours but I think it turned out great.

Here's a fun historic project you might like working on. It is an ornamental old fashioned tavern sign with a 1776 label at the bottom. You might have seen a sign like this had ou been traveling on horseback through the country side in the old colonial days. Also included a video of the put together process. Download from the Free Page

First of all nice pattern and video. Just a tip on placement of overlay letters. When I made my Cora box I used the blank that I cut the letters out of. Placed the blank in the position and spot I wanted the letters. Put glue on letters and inserted them into the blank. Then carefully raised blank. Very easy and no measuring

I agree with Ray. If you are going to use a bit once then a HF but might be good enough but bits you use over and over you want a quality carbide blade. Consider Whiteside bits. They are made in NC.

Our club was asked to come up with a project that could be sent out to the Seniors in Oshawa. With the lock down in place, the seniors who would normally come to the center for activities were being sent an monthly goodie bag that also included an activity. We were asked to come up with the July project so we did a group effort. I did the scrolling of the flowers and leaves and the turners in the club did wooden pots. (This was an idea that I borrowed from Rolf from a number of years ago). The total was 160. Been a great project to get a number of our club members involved and hopefully some seniors a break in these troubling times. Would be a good project for Senior homes too,

How did you get my wife to model for you?

After reading the comments, I have nothing else to add other than more passes. I have had to learn to make more passes myself.

The bit you might try dressing the blades with a stome.

Quality router bits make a world of difference. One thing I have done on hard maple, is I put a layer of blue tape on the edge that the bearing rides on. That offsets the bit by a few thousandths of an inch. so I will do what you did with a couple of passes. then for the final cut remove the tape. As the others have said all router bits are not created equal. There are differences in the grain structure of the carbide that affect the edge. Oak is tough. Nice project by the way.

I spent the last week cutting 4 commissioned wedding signs. They are 18” in diameter and double layer. Top is 1/4 bb ply and the backer is 1/4 mdf using a #1 MGT blade on my Pegas saw. The design is done by my son. Backer is painted gloss black and the top is stained and then has a coat of spray polyurethane. I edge band with copper foil to dress the edge.

Les Try cleaning your router bit. If it has a bearing, remove it before cleaning. Routing out curves takes a little longer which means the board gets fed slower to the bit. This can also cause burning the wood. Going in two passes is best, you could try even adding a third pass just enough to clean it up . Hope this helps some, good luck .

Thanks Ray. It is a HF bit so that is probably the answer.

I've had that same problem. I attributed it to a couple of things. None of my router bits are what I would call top quality so probably not the sharpest. The other is my inexperience with using a router and probably either going too fast or too slow. But, I think in your case, you have a dull bit. Try taking a stone to it and see if you can put an edge on it. If we were a bit closer to each other, I'd let you borrow one of my bits to see if it made a difference.

Go for it Barb

Awesome job Marg !

Thanks. I really liked making these.

My mother-in-law requested a small name plaque for one oh her best friend. I contacted Don in Brooklin who came up with the design. He told me that he is not an artist but I do not see anything wrong with this pattern. Again thanks a lot Don.

Very well done.

My wife wanted a napkins holder for our backyard table, I asked Sue Mey for a pattern and this is the end result.

My router with a round-over bit burns my projects. My router is a small trim router housed in a cheap Rockler $49 router table. The project that was burned is approximately 5X3-1/2 inches and 1/2" thick Oak. I did the round-over in two stages. Fist was with the router cutting shallow, the a second a finishing pass. The router is either dull, the router does not spin fast enough or whatever. I moved the wood across the bit as fast as I could but the bit will only cut so fast. On straight pieces it is not so much of a problem but on the curve I can't guide the piece fast enough. Perhaps I will just redo it with Poplar.