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No backer yet but I like how this sign is turning out. It's about 12"X16". I bought the wood at Hobby Lobby. I didn't really care for how it cut. It's Basswood and is very soft which for me makes it easier to mess up. I like cutting Oak. We'll be hanging it on the front porch. If you want the pattern I can point you in the right direction. It's from an Etsy Shop called Buzzcutz. The shop owner also has a shop called Wallcutz where she sells stencils. I bought the image but asked if she could send me the stencil image as it would make a good scroll saw pattern and she did. Happy fall ya'll!

Designed and cut this one today......1/4" sanded plywood

I am 3/4 done with my second peace, using my $25 used Ryobi and had to stop. Between the Ryobi vibrating and my tremors it was just to difficult. So I ordered a DeWalt 788. I cannot wait for it to get here! I have been on the fence between a Quality scroll saw or a printer. The printer is no good to me if I don’t have a decent scroll saw. I have gotten some very nice stencils and templates on the Internet. You will be seeing what I can do with these in bragging rights. NoW I am waiting for delivery of something that has not shipped yet.

3/5" oak finished at a big 6" long dog bones- Michelle is the lady with a warehouse here done in marine plywood 3/8"I just met yesterday and the other Michelle is the UPS lady in cedar.no time to start the last 2 so tomorrow we will see. All projects were cut with Denny,s MGT blade#5R.very sharp blades!!! This is one of those days where things happen for no reason.i printed out sassy but cut two luna??? So I fixed it! I

Made these as a gift for my mum and dad,both Steve good patterns. I had some oak worktop left over from my kitchen so used it up. first attempt at a clock i think it turned out ok, Also added a stand to the Mother rose as it was quite fragile. Finished with danish oil and 3 coats of clear varnish.

I have been in my shop some of the time since I returned to Arizona from Oregon.. I made a name plaque for my granddaughter from a Sam Custodio pattern but I forgot to take a photo of it before I gave it to her and this little rose plaque from a Judy Gail Roberts pattern, I have had for sometime. I am currently working on another intarsia pattern that I will post when I get it finished. The outside temperature today is 108 degrees, beats the tornado on the Eastern side of the U.S.A. and all the fire and smoke on all the western states, right now. Dick heppnerguy

Been busy cutting hoping some shows get started back up and getting a few new things besides the puzzles. The crosses took off quick posted on Facebook and sold 10 just from friends who saw it. Dark one is walnut and the other is cherry finished with Danish Oi The sea turtle is one laying around that we used to test out the photo booth. Clocks are from scrap pieces of pine. Also bought a photo booth and very happy with the results in these photos.

A customer in NY purchased the Pegas Scroll Saw Large Table from me and installed it on his EX21. The initial comments were slick surface so less drag and no vacuum holes.

My 11X14 pattern. Top layer 5/32" Maple solid core ply over a high gloss black painted backer. All cutting was done using a Pegas #0 MGT blade. The panel was finished with mutiple coats of high gloss lacquar. The Font is from dafont.com called Hard Sports and was very scrolable requiring NO bridges, and it lent itself to the subject nicely. I found the free bike/riider figure on line. I cusom made the frame. I cut down a 2 1/2" wide Poplar board to 1 3/4". After gluing up the miters I distressed the wood with various bits for my Dremel tool and then finished it with a combination of Expresso and Weathered oak stain followed by multiple coats of satin lacquar. Hobby Looby sells an almost identacle frame for over $30. This one cost me about $6, the price of a 6' long piece of a nominal Poplar 1 x 3 from Lowes with the understanding that everything else I needED I already had.. This project is what I would call a "half fun cut". The font cutting was time consuming and tedious but oveall enjoyable and satisfying...but not much fun. Lots of eye strain. The Bike/Rider image was an easy and quick cutting... fun to see come together. This project will probably wind up hanging in some bikers man cave. I was thinking this same quote, slightly modified to read "WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU A CURVE...STAY ON THE LINE" with a scroller image might make a good project.

Thanks to Travis for making the pattern for this wall sign. The back story on the walnut is ** About 40 years ago my uncle took down his barn. Best he was told the barn was built around 1860. He was a woodworker an planed down a piece of rough saw board. Story short most of the inside boards was walnut. He sold a lot of them, made a lot of things an gave me a bunch. So I would guess the wood is around 300 years old. The grain is different than most you get now. Back when the barn was built they used what ever was on the farm.

Kevin, it is not only longer, but also wider. About the same size as the Seyco. I didn't like the vacuum on the EX21 and now the Pegas, so I took off the plastic even before starting up the saw. The finish on my EX21 was well worn even after a year. I have had the Pegas for just over a year and very little wear.

Here is a handy maintenance video for all the DeWalt 788 owners. Check it out if you want to have your scroll saw running well for years to come. Dick heppnerguy

Me and my spiral bades got together again to produce this 11" x 14" Charles Hand Pattern having 260 holes. Both layers 5/32" thick solid core ply (top maple, bottom walnut stained a deep walnut). Pegas 2/0 spiral blades throught out except for a Pegas #5 MGT for the lower area perrimeter straight line edge cut hidden under frame. Panel finished with multiple coats of high gloss lacquar and installed loose fit in a store bought frame. Managed to do all the cutouts with only one minor break through between adjacent cuts. I actually found I could stay on the lines fairly well. Of course, there are really no smooth line cuts so who will know the difference anyway. Cutting time overall around 12 hours, but most of that time was used threading the blade through the holes. Of course I did use about 15 blades as the threading would oftern kink the blade and then, within one or two more cuts, "snap" another blade breaks.

Hi all you good people. I am looking to purchase this John Wayne pattern but for some reason I haven't found to name of the person that made to pattern so i can buy it. I have seen this cut several times and I have someone that would like to have me cut one for them. Thank you in advance for the information I am seeking Dick heppnerguy

I had one and it ran good for 2 years and then everythin happend . It vibrated a lot and made the noise as yu discribe it was still under in the warent area. so Itook it to a repair shop that was 4 month ago and the repair shop is still waiting on parts in lthe mean time I bought a new saw and it wasn't a delta. I wish you luck. IKRE

Appears to be the same width? just about 7-8" longer from looking at the photo. Nice to see a picture of one.. I'm torn on the vacuum holes or not.. I'm probably the only person that hooked up a vac to the port on these and actually liked it other than the loud vacuum running.. I bought the Seyco vac.. and I do like it but it's not enough power to put a T fitting in and get an above table collection.. I used a powerful shop vac hooked to the existing port on my EX-21 and it did very well at getting even a lot of it from the top side... The downside was it does suck the project down to the table and you have to keep it really slick ( coated with wax good ) suspect that's why the paint worn off my table so quickly too maybe.. The Seyco dust collector works decent and a lot quieter than my big ol shop vac.. but needs some sort of above the table collection.. Kinda wish i had gone the higher priced route and bought a Fein or Festool quiet vac and run both top and bottom collection.. long hose so it could go through my ceiling and park the vac upstairs in my loft.. LOL Another thing that helps a lot with the dust above the table is putting the blade in right side up... Don't ask , I just was getting a lot more dust than normal and thought my little Seyco was plugged up and checking everything... except the blade.. when the blade got dull and I removed it.. I noticed something was odd about it.. then it hit me.. Guess what.. put it back in the right way and it was sharp on that end.. Got double life out of that blade.. Anyway, Looks like a nice upgrade... Guessing it's not available with the holes at all.. since most people don't like them, LOL..

I also have a Sand Flee, but use it to remove fuzzies.

Thanks ,it's my first try at making a clock my dad loves grandfather clocks so I thought I would give it a bash,it was a fun one to make cheers dan

Thanks Dick,yes it gives you a real sense of achievement and it's a much more personal gift than just buying something

To me a fun cut is something thats extremely challenging - sometimes even something very simple is fun - depends. At the moment almost anything is fun -as long as Im on a saw !

Excellent work. Amazing detail.

It is just 4 weeks till Thanksgiving here in Canada. Thought I would get an early start. My patterns, 1/4 and 1/8 BB.

Great work. I love the wood you put it on. I bet your wife loves it.

Beautiful gifts your parents will love.

One of a kind great.stand up and take a bow!!!

I third that. I needed to use those very very small bits, and this chuck is pretty painless. I've been using since Nov 2018 without any issues. I'm thinking Dremel should toss one of these in with the higher end dremels they sell, though they are pretty cheap.

Now that is Cool,and Very well done.

The Rose is Awesome!!! But the Clock,it is Truly Awesome

WOW a Truly Awesome sign.

Excellent work on both. Marg

Thanks Les. I used FDUR #1 except for the straight lines around the edges where I used FDUR #5's. I don't have much luck with spirals except for opening up a line I've already cut with a flat blade. I cut mostly thicker solid wood, this was 3/4". I imagine it might be easier to follow a line with a spiral on thinner plywood. It did make for a lot of tight twisting and turning on those small letters on the bottom. Probably took me 10-15 minutes per letter. I could never make good money at this.

very nicely cut. I think, if I remember correctly, that you cut your pieces with a hand powered scroll saw. Very nicely done. Dick heppnerguy

You can't get a better reaction then that. It is so heart warming to have someone react that to a give you made yourself. I made a plaque for our mail lady a few years ago and took it to her in the morning before she started her delivery day and she also cried and then she began showing it to everyone that came into the post office. Dick heppnerguy

Nice!

Same here, my first saw was a DeWalt 788. After 15 years still use it in the shop. Also Ex21 and Pegas at ArtCrafters.

Wow, what a nice sign. One could never tell it was a problem to cut. Dick heppnerguy

I love that one and have been going to cut it for some time and then I don't seem to get to it and forget about it. Thanks for posting your well done piece and rattling my two brain cells to look into it again. I am not sure where I have seen it, but I will start my search and see if I can find it once again Dick heppnerguy

Both look very nice. It sure brings one a lot of pleasure when you give a piece of you hobby to someone else to enjoy. I especially like making things for my wife and family. Dick heppnerguy

They are both nice but I live the clock. Great work Dan

Does the manual show you where to greas? If not I can figure it out.

OKAY Frank .. here it is with base and lettering

Nicely done!

I,ve tryed them all and this one works for me and even let's you remove it once down no problem

From my understanding the best way to flaten a board is the Jointer, then the planer. I have had a Sand flea since 2005, absolutely love it. But not for a larger or longer board. I have not seen any adds for it in a while?

only on cutting boards

Your the best to agree with me,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank you Melanie!!!

I think this is a pattern by Charles Dearing. https://woodenvisions.com/shop/john-wayne-rooster-cogburn-on-a-horse/ If you are a big John wayne fan he has it in a book of 4. https://woodenvisions.com/product-category/books/john_wayne/

I'm just 1 1/2 hours away, you can come up and use mine!

Still on pursuit of that portable scrollsaw, this is the 9th scrollsaw I've taken home since starting this hobby,and this is the worse piece of Junk imaginable. Proxxon, you should be ashamed to ship products outside your country and tarnish the reputation of great German engineers. I was warned by a friend that these were bad, and I read the bad reviews and thought, "The saw can't possibly be that terrible." I was curious, and got it cheap on ebay. I needed a portable saw, and it is definitely portable. Summary: The design of this saw is beyond poor. This saw makes the latest Ryobi look awesome, and that is saying something. You can trust me and just take may word for it or your can read the following write-up of the suckiness. 1. Plastic Case. This really makes the saw feel cheap, but admittedly, the saw arms were more rigid than I expected. 2. Looks like motor came from a childs toy and feels weak like a toy. Didn't take much to bog it down. 3. Bottom blade holder is beyond reach of your hands, You have to remove the side panel, guide the blade down through the hole in the table, and into the hole in the shaft/clamp, while using a tool with long shaft to tighten the screw in te barell style blade clamp. Since there is a wide variance to where the blade can be clamped in, finding the center of the clamp will rely on your visibility through the side panel, which is tricky. In order to see the bottom clamp clearly, I had to turn the saw on its' side to look through the "cave like" access panel that is in the side of the saw. (Yes, really) 4. The second worse thing about this saw is the tensioning mechanism. It was crazy trying to get blades in this saw in a way that I could get enough tension. I kept having to adjust where the blades were in the clamps, then depress the clamp into the hole while trying to use their feeble tool to tighten the screw. What a mess. 5. If your doing small hobby parts or christmas ornaments, the size might be ok. I'm a coin cutter, so it was definitely big enough for that, but for most mainstream projects, the table will be way to small 6. The worst thing is that once the blade is loaded and tensioned, It cuts like crap. Seriously. There is a roller built it for stabilization, if you can believe that. If you use this saw, you will need that to make it "more" usable. Though I'm highly critical of this saw, there were a few positives. 1. The vibrations are within reason, especially at lower speeds which is surprising for a saw this light. I must mention that was without even being fastened down. Add a little mass, and magic will ensue. 2. The saw is so small, and weight was so light so you could take it anywhere. You can carry it with one finger. 3. The noise was minimal. 4. If you were using a spiral, you could use the miter gauge or other guides to make "perfect" cuts. Some folks see that as silly, I kind of like that. 5. Can cut thin Balsa with ease, and other materials with some patience (a little sarcasm) 5. If you are really looking to dissuade someone from this hobby, give them this saw as it will perform that task flawlessly. (just a bit more sarcasm) To be absolutely fair, if someone was using bigger blades on very soft wood where changing blades/tensioning task was much less frequent, this might get the job done for someone doing piddly stuff.