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My new Celtic cross project and old one. Which one do you like more? Video of making project Celtic cross pattern

Our assistant pastor is leaving to become senior pastor at a church in Georgia, so I made this name plate for his new desk. This is 5/8" cherry that was milled from a much larger chunk given to me by a friend. He said it had been in his barn for 20+ years and I've had it probably 5 more years. From the size of the original piece and the backstory, I would estimate that tree probably started growing around the early 1900s. Got through it with no burning until I went to cut the base on the table saw. Got a slight burn on the trailing edge. Sanded out easy enough. Finish is Watco Gloss lacquer.

Ship is Steve Goodes scroll saw pattern and the CNC coaster is my design.

For a friends birthday

This is a AFL Football Plaque (Aussie Footy) The black back is 1/2" pine, the red front is 3mm ply and the white is white cardboard. Pattern was by @scrollriffic. Marg

Well today I started taking the saw apart.. I did a short video of how loud the saw is before I do the rebuild.. I have taken a lot of pictures that I'll probably put up later.. I have it almost put back together.. I worked on this a good 6 hours or more.. and I'm still not done.. but real close to being done.. I'll say there is a big difference between the original EX parts and the China made stuff as far as tolerances.. I'll add more to this post later on to describe some of the issues I had and the tolerance things etc.. Meanwhile check out how sloppy and noisy this thing was in the video

This project was suppose to be completed sometime for Freshman or Sophomore year as a reminder of my son's confirmation verse. I was glad that I got it completed by his HS graduation party yesterday.

Yeah it's been a frustrating machine for me for sure.. from day one of opening the box and setting it up it was issues.. starting with the blade chucks.. The Pegas chuck upgrade made the saw usable, LOL So I bought new rocker assemblies as well.. and they came with the blade chucks.. and these was what the biggest difference between the China made saw and the original EX saw that I had... See next set of photos.. These pieces that screw into the arm tubing of the saw are different size.. The China made saw they used a smaller tubing than the original EX Here I'm trying to show a visual comparison of the size differences.. Also a few photos of where I measured them as well.. I ended up trying to grind enough of the bracket material away so they would fit into the tube of the arm.. Turns out.. once I get it to fit into the tube the mounting holes do not line up.. Note the photo above where I'm holding the two pieces.. one goes into the hole farther than the other.. so while I think the holes would have been lined up they didn't go into the tube far enough to put the screws back in.. and they was close enough that I wouldn't be able to re-drill and tap them either.. So thankfully the rocker assemblies was the same so I was able to swap the assemblies to the China made brakes and all worked out.. If not then I would have been stuck using the worn out bearings etc on the front part of the saw..

Well I got it back up and running. Now I need to dial everything in and it should be ready to make sawdust. The job wasn’t too bad, I took it farther apart than I really needed to but I was also making other repairs than just the bearing assembly. I bought the whole assembly from Seyco. The pictures of the parts below. I’ll try to upload the instructions that came with the assembly since it’s just a few pages. I found them not very good because they was photo copy pages and the pictures was very poor. Since I can’t read words and the pictures was bad they might as well not sent them.

Hi all Thought I would show you my latest cut. This was made for a family members birthday. Cheated on the little bird at the top was a bit to small to cut with out it breaking.

She coated them in epoxy.

My first segmentation project as a housewarming present for some family friends. I wasn't a fan of the black wood stain that I used so if I do it again I'll probably make the cat mat black. I got the design from Shelia Landry's website. https://sheilalandrydesigns.com/

thank you for letting me know its a steve good pattern, now all i have to do is look through ALL my wood patterns and see if i can find it!! lol

Wow! An amazing accomplishment especially considering the tools he used.

Great cutting. Great patterns. Well done to both of you.

Nicely done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithose

It's a looker!!!

That's dissappointing from a new saw. It's no wonder they are selling them at dewalt prices right now. So glad I bought the king

Marg, the contrasting colors make it really stand out. Good on Ya!

Very nice. I'm sure your grandson will be over the moon

very nice job

A quick tribute piece to a team that is very popular here in San Diego.

Love the colours Marg. Very well cut. Striking.

Looks like a big project I wouldn't want to take on. Good luck and I hope it's so quiet you don't know it is running.

Nice work, Frank! Original and well done. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

I don,t think the ciggy manufacturers are hurting in sales. Still lots of smokers. I think it,s a pretty Kool design you came up with, very original Frank!!!

Your taste in projects is impeckable. Thanks for showing Pete!!!

@amazingkevin, Your not fooling me. I have seen your work and even if you lose 50% of your ability, your still better than many, myself included. Once you cut a forest, it will come back to you.

Great attention to detail. My eyes popped when I saw the front axle being assembled. Was waiting on some toothpick size king pins to be pressed into place.

Make sure that you start cutting in the center, & keep working your way to the outer edges. If you start on the outside (or even one side), you weaken the area supporting the center. jerry

I have cut 1/8” stacked 3 pieces with no problem, maybe your blade is too aggressive, I would use a #3 or even a #1 blade. Hope this help

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.

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

Here is a BBQ plaque that I cut from 1/2" maple. The designer is Keith Fenton from Sheila Landry Designs.

Interesting process, looking forward to see the finished truck, RJ

Well good news. I sold my DeWalt 788 for $350. I was asking $400 but the guy that's buying it is coming over 100 miles away so I told him he could have it for $350. He got a good deal with the stand and all.

I have done only one motorcycle and found it a pleasant challenge. I like design you've chosen and you've done a super job.

Wow, lovely cutting,very detailed, On my to do list

I have one just like it and the book as well. I loaned mine to my brother in law because I didn't need it as much as I needed the space. Mine cost me $50 15 years ago. Nice find and great job on bringing it back to life.

Looks like a cross between something from "My Favorite Martian" and and industrial malt machine.