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Finally got around to finishing the Judy Gale Roberts "Smell The Flowers" Intarsia. Padauk, Aspen, Basswood, Yellowheart and a small piece of Walnut and some white pickling gel for the hat, belt and shoes..

Haven't posted in here in a long time so I thought I'd share a couple new designs I've made.. Both from 5/8" cherry cut with a #3 Pegas MG blade

Finished organizing everything in the garage today and made the last trips of moving things. AC unit installed, water in fridge so time to start making sawdust. so back to what I love to do. Cut wood about my sweet chocolate love (chocolate lab) and let the AC flow. BTW, it is cut 1/4 walnut, dipped in Teak oil and finishing wax to top it off. Used a Flying Dutchman Ultra reverse #3.

Made this tray for a good friend of mine, some pieces of wood that I had in the scrap pile, walnut, cherry and maple.

My version of Steve Good pot holder, I had some Zebra wood kicking around, so I decided to use it. The spoons were fun to do, I just used my ball sander to shape them (no finish on them yet). I might look for a fork pattern to match the spoons. Anyway it was fun to do.

Sawtooth Hanger Compound Cut Project Pattern You can go out and buy those metal sawtooth hangers when you have a picture or plaque to hang, but it is just as easy to make your own out of what you cut best -- wood. Download this Free pattern and project VIDEO here: http://baggetta.com/pebooks/FreePatternPage3.htm

I was so inspired with the shop being clean and organized that I cut a new piece this evening. On Steve Good's site he calls it a "Christmas Oval". I cut it, with #3 Pegas blade, from 1/4" Walnut ply with a 1/4" Maple ply backer. Finishing is Watco Light Walnut on the fretwork and Watco Natural on the backer. I may hit it with a couple coats of Lacquer tomorrow to help protect it.

I seen this cut before somewhere a while back & really loved it, so I had some time today to designed my own pattern this morning, I'm calling it "The tree Of Life Cross"..... I had this nice piece of red elm in the shop & thought it would look very nice with this cross, it's 10 x 12 , 5/8" red elm, 4 coats of Deft semi gloss polyurethane with 400 grit light sanding in between coats, chamfered edges. comments always are welcomed. God Bless & Thank You.

I have bought nothing but used saws, all from Craigslist. I watch everyday even though I'm no longer needing a saw. I have purchased and resold 3 saws and now have 2 of the Green Excaliburs and money in my pocket to boot. I strongly recommend doing the same if the market near you is anywhere as good as it is here where I live.

Friend in high school bought one that was really rough shape. should have been a parts car.. but he and his dad sorta restored it and it was an awesome car for a short time.. He turned left at a traffic light when he thought the oncoming traffic was going to stop as the light had turned yellow / red... and the back fender took a pretty hard hit... they pulled it out and made it derivable again though they never really fixed it back up.. I think they had plans to but then he smoked a deer with the front too so.. LOL Boy they had a lot of work in that old car.. I'd have never attempted to fix it.. there wasn't a straight or rust free panel on the car when they first got it, LOL.. nor did it have an engine.. but they got a junkyard motor and rebuilt it etc.. Like I said.. they had a lot of man hours putting that car together.. only looked good for about 8 months before the first mishap.. LOL There was a post about that car on his FB page last week which inspired me to make this clock, LOL

When I first seen the image I thought it was plans to make it. Enjoy the puzzle and assembling it. Sounds like a lot of fun .

Forgive me if this has been a topic before, but I am looking for recommendations for a decent scroll saw, with a price range of $200-500.00. I have owned Dremel; Delta and also have an antique Delta-Rockwell saw that I am restoring. Does anyone have any thoughts about the Shop Fox? Thanks

I'm in the process of making some keepsake scroll saw boxes for Christmas presents and looking for some tips. I have one ready to go right now. It has a hummingbird scroll saw pattern that I will use. I want to set the pattern off with a nice background. I can make the boxes all right. Just looking for some tips on how to line them. I do have some flock. I also like the idea of putting a backing behind the scroll saw cut outs. I see mostly black used for this. My question is what do you use for this? I was thinking of cardstock. I just don't think lining the box with black cardboard would look nice. Then I thought is could line the box with the black cardboard then use some adhesive backed felt over the cardboard to dress it up. Would that work? A lot of extra work, but i do want the boxes to look nice. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Ben This is the box I'm going to make for my grandkids. I also have a butterfly one. It has a purple background. I just need a little help on how to line it and show off the pattern.

Not really bragging... but I did do what I've been putting off. Did you ever get to the place you can't find anything right on the bench? I was between projects this morning and told myself "you've got to do something with this mess"! So I cleaned up the workbench, and found a few things I thought I had lost! I'll post a picture...neat, clean, organized...it probably won't stay that way for long...LOL! Also I got tired of the tubes I have my blades in rolling around all the time. When I bump the saw table they will roll off onto the floor...and I have to stop and pick them up. So I dug around in Steve Good's site and found a "tube carrier" plan I had seen a while back. Didn't take long to cut out and glue up...presto, all my blades are organized and within reach!

Another lazy frame

Never having had the pleasure of cutting 1/8th Baltic Birch before, I bought some and this is the first thing I've ever done with it.

Thei is the first project off new Excell 21 It's alittle slower tha my sast 2 saws Dewalt and Delta. It is reallly a better saw for fret work useing the same blades I am happy with it. It's a Russ Beard patten. useing a #5 olson Match blade

I would think some heavier card stock wrapped in self adhesive felt should work. Just be careful gluing it on. I use E-3000 for this when I do it. Nice job on the one posted it really looks great.

This is an excellent piece of workmanship, it will be cherished, I am certain. I made someChristmas boxes and used some colour felt on the bottom

Jim Blume pattern 8 1/2×11

look great~ nicely done

Not sure which you're talking about. I have a Central Machinery 8" bench drill press on the far right. I use it a lot and keep a 1/16" bit in it mostly. Then between that and the sander is a Dremel in a plunge router attachment. I use it for tight fretwork and keep a #56 bit in it mostly. Both work out great for what I do!

Very unique! Great work.

I was like you with the same price range. I thought about a shop fox. It didn't tickle my fancy. I ended up finding a Dewalt 788 type 1 that with shipping pushed 500 with a stand, and a light. might have been a little too much for a 20 year old saw, but I have absolutely loved it. I have since tore it down and replaced all bad bushing, which was one. I would say a Dewalt or delta as they are about the same. It is up to you though as it is your money. If I had to do this all over again, I would still take the Dewalt 788 Type 1 as it is North American built. Type 2's are made in either China or Taiwan (Senior moment I am experiencing) and from what I have leaned, it is a roll of the dice with them. Good luck.

That is one smart dog to lure someone over that way! must play rough. I have a chocolate that is nothing but sweetness. Only thing that is more accurate is the beware of wigglebutts!

Thank you Marg! As for patterns, not really but sort of, LOL.. I buy vectors of car images from a couple of etsy sellers.. they are just the image of the car... I then put the drawing into inkscape and add the part below the car with the car name then add the spot for the clock... this is why I don't share the patterns as the car portion really isn't mine to share.. Sometimes I'm able to work off of a coloring page.. Oh and I modify what to cut out or not while on the fly.. so I've gotten pretty good at knowing what will be a floater in a pattern and what have you.. I don't clean them all up as a scroll saw pattern normally would be.. just follow my gut on where to cut.. Also these vectors work with my CNC and laser for future projects.. Hope to one day open another store with my CNC / laser work.. I'll keep KevsKrafts a scroll sawn store and open up something new for the other stuff..

Always wanted to do this one .Marvelous job!!!

My grandkids are not aloud in my shop. They Touch things. I have two shops we make things in the basement, lots of fun.

Beautiful. I love the colors. May I ask, what is pickling gel? Marg

Love it. Marg

Thank You all...I will look into these. I have some other DeWalt tools, and they are really good quality.

Nice work area. Is that a mini press in the background? How is that to use, I mean easy to drill pilot holes?

Looks great! A broom is one of the best tools in the shop. Also a place for everything and every thing in it's place. You did well.

Looks great!

$200-$500 is a small window I would choose a Dewalt788 or Delta 964other than that there is a Porter cable. Check out the scroll saw review under the resiyurses. Home Depot has the Dewqalt 788 for $508. IKE

I do one in October and one in November. Neither has officially cancelled yet, but I have decided that I’m not doing any shows this year. It’s just not worth the danger of it all.

I liked the one I had. 3 speed floor shift, bucket seats. But oh man the rust!

NEAT!

I had a Ford Maverick. I bought it brand new in 1970. Piece of junk. That model didn't last long. Kind of like the Pinto.

yup they look great to me to!! and another project i havent gotten to you yet lol would make great christmas presents humm and i can change the fret work into different things that the kids like....star wars for my son in law and Dr who for daughter in law.. skulls for my youngest daughter and snowmen for my oldest daughter...and dotsons for my brother!!! lol humm maybe some grapes and wine glasses for my sister....and of course for me star trek lol

Looks good Frank!

No need to wait for Mother's Day or birthday to make a gift for Mom Mother pattern Video of making project

Beautiful baskets FrankI really them!!.......A+

Dominic Pace is an actor who plays "The GeKKo on the star wars show The Mandalorian. He is here for an autograph session at a local business. Here is the original image the pattern was made from

Belated Fathers day Present working puzzle! something to drive me crazy

I'm going to make some scroll saw keepsake boxes for Christmas presents this year. Looking for suggestions on the best type of hinges to use and where can I buy them?. I will make the boxes out of solid 1/4" red oak or maple. Maybe both. Below is one pattern I will use. There are others. Thanks

wow! That's right uptown! Get to truckin!

Hey that's Cool!! I got a Locomotive for Dad's Day,300 pieces.already have it put together.Your gonna have a Blast.Mine is from the same Company.

Lets hope the instructions are in English too. Marg

I know he is back to trucking again. Not that he wanted to but it became a necessity. He's had a tough run of luck over the last few years. I hope God shines on him and his wife at some point and they get a break. I go back and forth with him on Messenger almost daily.