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I've only ever done single pieces before as I never had the courage to stack cut. But I'm not displeased with the outcome. A Sam Custodio pattern

It’s called a watch.

Hi all This took a life time to cut so many holes... Was worth it in the end though I think it turned out really good. Time was about 12-15hrs

I don't have a automobile, but I just finished this item and it has wheels so I'm hoping you'll accept it. This is a model of a Stearman Trainer. I hope it will be a whirl-i-jig and the plane will turn to face the wind and the prop will turn. Most of the wood is cedar. The prop is from an old garden spinner gadget that stopped working a couple of seasons ago. I used a bandsaw, drill press, and scroll saw. Hand painted. I'd like to find a plastic pilot, like Gonzo or Kermit from the Muppet show. If I get it running in the garden I post another pic. Posted Sept 6. Well as it turns out this makes an awful whirl-i-jig. Two problems: 1) good whirl-i-jigs are very thin and fairly long, which helps them turn into the wind (my little project is short and fat); 2) my house is located much lower than other homes near us and to the west and north we have acres of wild woods, thus the wind is blocked. Although in the winter when the leaves are off the trees/bushes we get lots of wind.

The parents of my wife’s friend has a cabin on a lake in Cold Spring MN. They let us use it for a week and wouldn’t take anything for it. I seen in the cabin that there was a frog theme lol. I counted 19 different frogs. So what is one more. Made from red oak. Frog is green popular and the tops of the cattails stained colonial oak. Cut with #5 pegas MG. Pattern is by Sheila Landry.

I kind of liked the idea of pinning a stack of BB ply to cut. I have a pneumatic nail gun, but it is 16GA and 1" and larger. So I checked my electric staple gun and found that it will shoot 18GA. So I found some 5/8" and stacked 4 1/8" BB ply, slapped a Bobby Riggs pattern, "In My Life" and nailed it! Tried to grind/file the small points, but ended up smacking them with a hammer! They stuck up a little on the top side of the pattern, but worked ok. I kind of liked the way it worked, and with more practice should be my go to method of stacking.

Steve Good's article is good. Pun intended.

I have 2 digital timers with a magnetic base on each saw. My problem is remembering to turn them on or off. I'm just curious about how long the saw is in operation. It's not a need to know, just a curiosity.

Sam does have great patterns.

Ten dollars my final offer.

I just had a knee replacement last week and am looking forward to getting back to the workshop soon.

Many years ago, my wife and I visited the Napa Valley and had a chance to tour the Francis Ford Coppola Winery. On the property was a museum of some of his memorabilia including his 5 Oscars, the desk from the Godfather and the Tucker car. After WWII there was a demand for new cars and Preston Tucker, the founder, wanted to produce an innovative car with many safety features, like seat belts, padded dash and shatter proof glass. This car had a rear engine and transmission and many versions of engines. (most problematic) He also incorporated a 3rd headlight that tracked along with the steering wheel. His marketing plans and possible stock fraud got him in trouble with the SEC. Even though he was indicted he was never convicted, the bad press led to his bankruptcy and closing of his company. Only 51 cars were ever produced. In 1988 Jeff Bridges starred in a film called Tucker, A Man and His Dream, that documents the history of the car and Preston Tucker. Another fun cut, especially the grill. Time to give the cars a rest for a while. Looking at an Art Deco box pattern.

My wife just got this timer from amazon. Has a magnet an a belt clip. Very easy to read. She got it for her stain glass business.

Pattern by Travis. cut from unusual 1/8" BB. I purchased this BB several weeks ago from Paxton Lumber. I can't use a telephone so my daughter ordered it for me based on instructions I had written down. We picked it up. I remained in the vehicle while it was loaded into the back. I did not see it until arriving home. It is beautiful but surprise, it has a plastic laminate on both sides. They had cut the 5X5 sheets in half so I could not return. It's ok though. The stuff is beautiful. Went back this week and picked up the regular BB. Anyway, after all that explanation, I did cut Travis's pattern from the coated BB. Nice thing, it requires no finishing. Project is about 10 inches wide, I think. #1 Pike blade. Cut without a backer. No fuzzies on the back due to the coating. Whew, that's all folks. Oh yeah, I know the grain should run horizontal but this was the size of scrap that I had.

totaly awsome its beautiful!!! i love it!!!

they came out great!!! I do a lot of stack cutting as i try to make up stock to sell on ebay.... im hoping to make up a bunch of new stuff before nov to try to sell for christmass..but ya never know....life somehow tends to get in the way lol theres good and bad with stack cutting...if it comes out good...you have severall pieces yea!!! but if it dosnt come out well then youve lost several peaces lol like i said you did a GREAT job and they came out great!!!

Must admit, I was expecting 'a mess' but fortunately they both turned out fine I think.

I used to connect a clock to the foot pedal circuit, but that only gives the cutting time which i think is about half of the real time spent on a project start to finish

What a fighting machine!!! Love your choice of projects!!! Beautiful work!!!!

That's a great job on that. I don't think I would tackle something like that.

They are tricky to stack cut sometimes. You did great on that one.

Very nice

Absolutely beautiful. Great piece.

Wow !!! A beautiful cut !!! I would definitely hang that one on my wall.

A very nice cut. I think I'll leave the leopards alone, now a Panther I would be interested in cutting.

I did have 2 breakages can you spot them ???

Great Job, thanks for sharing it with us. Travis

Some where around 360 cuts. I think it was 7 1/2-8 hrs cutting and 8 #2 blades

good job. I would go nuts doing the cats. IKE

Hello friends, I show you this work that I did yesterday. I hope you like the idea. Thank you in advance for your comments. Greetings from Puebla, Mexico.

Terrific job

I looked at the 12", it's a 96T I think. It was my next choice...but it is $120.

All of these great automotive cuttings are getting me motivated! Some beautiful work. I had Commissioned Charles Dearing back in 2007 to do a fretwork pattern of my car, maybe it is time for me to finally cut it. Actually I want to do an Intarsia version of it that I will design myself. All I need is time.

Here is one of my favorite toys. These little monsters are a bear to cut on a scroll saw. The body width is right at the limit of the scroll saw. It will remind you real quick where to keep your fingers.

Itty Bitty Mini Model-T is only three inches long.

Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee.

Welcome to the village

Hello from Balbriggan Leonard. Great to have another local. You will enjoy the village. Very friendly bunch. Bob

Welcome, Leonard, Looking forward to seeing some of your projects. God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi Leonard and welcome to the village from East Tennessee. I had the pleasure of getting to visit your country several years ago now. It was beautiful and the areas we visited reminded me a lot of here at home.

I cut this out last December. I had to put my touch on it.

Pleased you joined us.... Got any pictures?

Welcome friend!!! Pour yourself some joe and sit back and have the time of your life creating beautiful saleable work from dead wood. We love pictures so send us your first firewood project so we can relive our beginning days again. My hardest trick was to be able to make a turn cutting without stopping the machine. It took a while but i don't even think about it anymore. When in a turn just keep moving forward. You can go back to day one in any forum to see what's been talked about back then and find many useful tips and tricks to help you on you scrolling journey. Hope you become a regular as more is merrier around here. Everybody's comments are welcome and needed! See you soon!!! Welcome again friend

Welcome to the Village Leonard. You'll enjoy it here. Lots of friendly, helpful people that will answer any question you ask.

This one is not real sporty, but it is different—everything except the axles. While making these toys, I discovered that it is easier and quicker for me to cut wheels on the scroll saw than using hole saws.

Here's my Addition

My grandson saw a photo of something similar and asked for one. That started the ball rolling.

I made this Norm Marshall car years ago and kept all these years. I made a lot of them. I don't remember if I used a scroll saw when I made these, but I did have one. A cast iron AMT brand scroll saw I no longer own, but it is still being used. I gave it o a friend after I bought my EX21. How long ago did I make these? Pretty close to forty years ago.

Here's a few of mine that I've done over the years.