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Morning ALL!!! Just wanted to share with you a scroll saw pattern that I modified and cut with a laser. Pretty cool. Thank you Deborah

I cut this from 6mm thick 1/4 sawn White Oak faced veneer and backed it with the same. The backer is stained with Saman Canadian Maple water-based stain. All the sawing was done with Pegas #2/0 spiral blades and it took about 9 hours to cut. The Rosseter-Pellow frame is made of 1/4 sawn White Oak and stained with Saman Black water-based stain. After staining, the frame was sanded to give it a distressed appearance. Everything is finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss clear rattle-can spray stuff. Here is one photo taken before framing and another taken after framing:

This is made up of 6 layers of 3mm thick Baltic Birch Plywood. Layers 2, 4, and 6 are stained with Saman water-based stain. the layer 2 colour is Canadian Maple the layer 4 colour is Walnut the layer 6 colour is Dark Walnut All the sawing was done with Flying Dutchman #1 Ultra Reverse blades and it took about 3 hours to cut. The Rosseter-Pellow frame is made of 1/4 sawn White Oak and stained with Saman Black water-based stain. After staining, the frame was sanded to give it a distressed appearance. Everything is finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss clear rattle-can spray stuff. Here is a photo of the layers before staining and assembly: Here it is after staining and assembly: And, here it is after framing: Unfortunately, the layering is hard to see in a two dimensional photo, but it is quite effective.

I wanted to make a rose pattern, but just a rose is too simple. I added dome to make 3d effect more effective. What do you think? Rose pattern Video of making rose project

Steve is indeed a great guy. I was one of the first persons to join his community forum many years ago. I asked my wife who is a nurse about this disease. And though it is incurable , it is very treatable. If properly treated, he should be fine.

You all probably already know these things, but for those new scrollers that may not here are a few discoveries I made this week... Veining - Veining has been a problem for me. I don't have anything small enough to get inside some of the veins on the puzzles I've been making to clean out sawdust or fuzzies. What I found is for most of the veining, I can slip a piece of paper into the vein, slide it back and forth and use it as a quasi sand paper to get into those really tight spaces! Evapo-rust - Incredible.... Again! So I found a tool box a few days ago while walking the dogs. I looked inside and found a bunch of tools badly rusted. I took the box anyway as I was hoping I could clean up the box and re-use it. The box had wrenches, driver bits, lots of sockets and a few socket wrenches, needle nose pliers and some odds and ends tools. Here is an example of how rusted the tools, sockets and bits were: On a whim, I filled a few plastic cups with Evapo-Rust and dropped a few of the tools and sockets into each and let them soak over night. Here are the bits after the over night soak All or most of the rust has been removed but not really good for using as there is a black film on them I ran the bits and tools through a sanding mop and this is the result of the bits Easily usable now! I don't have any pics of the tools before or during soak but the results were identical. All the wrenches came out clean, the sockets all came out near perfect, the needle nose pliers are now in my stock. I was only able to salvage 1 of 3 socket wrenches... So far - I put them back in a clean Evapo-rust solution hoping I can salvage them as well. They've been soaking for 3 days now and I'll let them go one more day before tossing them out. Thanks as always in advance for reading

In the thread: Alex Fox claims that his 'layered' version is more interesting than his original fretwork pattern of a similar scene. I purchased both patterns and made them using similar stains and similar frames. Here photos, showing both: I asked Margaret (my wife) which she preferred and her comment was that the layered version was "funky" and drew her immediate attention but that the fretwork version was "beautiful" and had more long term appeal.

Just off the saw, a Native American with a Buffalo Skull, pattern by Charles Dearing. I modified it because there was a structure in one portion that, to me, did not represent anything except to take up dead space in the pattern. This is approximately 15" x 14" and, since I use strictly flat blades and do not have a saw with an upper arm that lifts, and therefore bottom feed, this took me over 6 1/2 hours to cut. I m don't know if I am going to leave it as is or add something to take up some of the dead space around the Native American. Suggestions welcome. God Bless! Spirithorse

I just can't sit around on my days off.....so I designed this sled door hanger......frame made from 3/4" pine......slats are 1/2" sanded Plywood......initial is 1/4" sanded plywood......wire hanger.......fun to make with scrap wood I had.......20"T x 11"W.......decided to keep the slats natural for more detail & look natural.......comments always appreciated......Thank you God Bless Smitty

I saw this pattern in the Scroll Saw Woodworking and Craft, magazine and showed it to my wife. She said she really liked it and so did I so I cut it about a week or so ago. I have just not got around to posting it until now. The pattern is made by Fiona Kingdon and is on page 36. She had a better wood choice then I have but I cut mine in BB PLY with a Pegas #3 blade for most of the piece. I did, however use a #2/0 spiral for the vaining. It was an all evening job in my shop to cut it out as it went pretty slow, but I am satisfied with the results. Dick heppnerguy

In the blog post I received today, and on his website, it appears he has received uncomfortable news regarding a condition he has: Amyloidosis https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/ Best wishes he comes through this well!

Thanks to Don in Brooklin that made the pattern for me, the lights were purchased from Amazon (Canada) https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B072Z7NX1B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I am pleased with the way they worked, I used dowels and just wrapped the lights around it. My daughter will get this one for her birthday, Ihave already some customers that are ready to order.

For veining, I use Pegas Spiral blades the number depends on the thickness of the vein. Pulling the blades back out the vein cleans out most of the fuzzies.

As others are doing I'm getting a early start on making some planned give aways for Christmas. I looked for a pattern that could be hung eiither inside or outside and found this S Good 7 1/2 x10 1/2 Merry Christmas/Cross/Oval that I felt fit that desire. I wanted to make six plaques for my neighbors and family, so I decided to attempt stack cutting. Cutting stacks of 3/4" and 1" was not difficult but was a lot slower than what I am used too. Also, dulls the blades real quick. The Oval is 1/2" Sanded Ply that I stack cut two at a time. I rought cut the oval with a #3 Pegs MGT blade staying on the waste side of the line and then used my bench mounted belt sander to true up the oval eliminating the typical marks from starting and stopping. The ovals were then sanded to a fine finish with 1500 grit paper. The Crosses are 1/4" thk BB Ply stack cut three at a time using a Pegas #1 MGT Blade. After cleanup the crosses were painted rattle can spray Hunter Green. The final coat had green glitter applied while still wet.. I did brake a small bit off in one of the stacks and had a beast of a time getting it out without destroying the stack. The paint and glitter hides the mess in one place. The words Merry Christmas is 1/8" BB Ply stack cut all six at one time using a Pegas #0 spiral blade. After clean up the Merry Christmas was paintd rattle can spray Bright Red. And Again, the final coat had red glitter applied while wet . Waiting for paint to dry and then glue to set takes a lot of time. I first glued the crosses to the ovals and then glued the words to the cross. After which I added a picture hanger on the back side and coated the entire assembled plaque with multiple coats of clear polyurethane. . Dusting the glitter onto the wet paint made it them sparkle and added another dimension to the plaques, but it is a messy job. I'm goning to have sparkles in my workshop forever .

I'm with you on the " all week"

That's good to know.

Steve is an outstanding person.. I'm not sure when he first started his blog.. but I've been following it since around 2005-6 ish.. I wish him well and will be praying for him and his doctors to help be able to come up with a manageable plan..

Steve is one of the really good guys and I wish him well in fighting this terrible thing.

Even though you are going to give it away, I think its a keeper. Nice job.

Nice work Marg! Yes, it looks just like a Dodge Challenger.

Wow, that's beautiful. !! However, it would take me all 'week' never mind 'all evening'

Had a real good day in the shop and my wife had a good day painting the COVID decorations. So far I have 56 of theCovid decorations and it might not be enough, already 21 sold.

Did a sign for my step-daughter's 20th anniversary. almost forgot to take a picture as I was packing it up to ship.

To clean veins I use non waxed dental floss.

I believe that I agree with Margaret. For me, the fretwork pattern here is much more appealing and I believe provides more “depth” to the image.

I don't know Steve personale and I didn't begin this great hobby with his patterns until I happened to run across his site sometime around 2006 or so. Since than I have cut many of his patterns and have also requested if he could make up different patterns and he always answered back if he could or not! Here's hoping that he can ,with the help of the doctors , maintain his health for many more years. Erv

Steve and his family are in our prayers. He is unique to this hobby, I can't even begin to imagine home many people started this hobby with Steve's patterns.

It would be hard to find a more generous and giving person than Steve Good. He contributes more to the scroll saw craft than anyone I know. I wish him the best outcome possible from his latest medical diagnosis.

I made several of these a few years ago. I adapted a pattern from Steve Good. His had an open back, I wanted to close it in. I use 0.36 watt LED to keep it cool. They come in red, yellow, blue, green and orange. I just use printer paper to diffuse the light. It's 6" x 6" x 2-3/4". I think I'll give it to my granddaughter.

Terrific work Brenda. Your friend will love it. I too have short arms and every time I do an A3 I say that it's the last but it never is. Marg

Thanks for that Dan but unfortunately it wasn't me, it was Brenda's. Marg

What a great project! You’ve Done a great job on that Frank!

Those are one of my favorite cars, and I think you did a wonderful job with this.. SIL should love it.. someday since I'm not rich enough for a drivable one.. I'll make myself a portrait one to hang on my wall..

Very nice @scrollerpete and thanks again to @don in brooklin on for helping with so many requests. God Bless! Spirithorse

I've picked up two different seasons of SSWWC magazine at Barnes-n-Nobels before, and I've seen them at various other places (Target, Walgreens, etc) that have large magazine selections. Occasionally I'll see a copy at Lowes, but the one near me usually only has magazines dedicated to larger projects (decks, furniture, sheds.....weddings?!?).

I read this earlier on Steve's blog. Hoping that treatment will slow everything down so he can be with us for many more years. My heart goes out to him and Patty.

I was able to meet him at a wood show. He is as he seems, a good guy.

Prayers going up for him and his family. Sad to hear about this. Such a great and giving guy.

Very well done. Any car guy will know what it is. However I have seen some cuts like this have the cars brand and model cut into the background somewhere. Helps with presentation when hung where non car guys might see it. Quick question. What is the standard photo frame sizes over there? Over here standard photo sizes are 8"X10" (20.32x25.40) and 11"x14" (23.94x35.56). When I can, I will try to size my panels to suit the standard frame unless the pattern will not allow it. I will often enlarge or reduce the pattern as needed to suit a standard Photo size. An 11"X14" is not that difficut to reach while cutting. I don't use paper sizes like our Letter (8 1/2 x11) or Tabloid (11X17) for portraits, as they are not quite as proportionaly appealing.

Hope that they diagnosed it early enough that the treatment will help him, he is a great guy for our community.

You did a beautiful piece Dick. I am sure you and your wife will love it hanging on the wall.

Here you go Frank. This is a bottom view. These lamp cords were from Hobby Lobby but you can get them from Amazon at a lower cost.

fantastic job, it's beautiful

Lovely. Great work Dick. Marg

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

NICE WORike

Very nice! Smooth cuts!

That is VERY VERY VERY nice. Great Job! She doesn't show that pattern on her site. How can it be obtained? I don't subcribe to that mag.

Just finished this project for my mums birthday at the end of the month ,she loves Elephants and I saw this H Botas pattern and thought this would be just right. Made using 1/4inch BB Plywood using a # 1 spiral blade ,stained with danish oil then a clear varnish, Also made my first frame ,you think it would be easy to make a frame but it was a learning curve lol! My joints are not perfect but for a first attempt I thought it was ok. Frame made of oak also stained with danish oil and clear varnish then used black mount board for backer ,thanks for looking

This one is very popular where I am, I must have cut ½ doz this summer