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I had this idea last year in December, unfortunately it was too late for Christmas calendar, you dont even imagine how I was waiting to make this project and finally time is came! I think it is my Best Christmas scroll saw pattern: - this pattern consist of 25 small Christmas ornaments, so You can make multi-layered calendar - or just separate Christmas tree toys or decorations - finished project is great present for kids before Christmas - for marking dates or counting days till Christmas by hanging ornaments - any scroller will be happy to get high quality and detailed pattern like this one All ornaments made at one cute style, size of project is 12 x 16,5 inches, recommended wood thickness 1/8 inch Watch the the video of making Christmas calendar Christmas calendar pattern

I wanted to eat up some time of idleness and enjoy doing it! From start to finish the horse I knew was not going to go together right. To much pushing makes the blade curve in hard wood.so I just glued it together and put on a corian block. The plaque was a dream to cut. 3 _1/8" pieces of wood was what it consisted of. Soft wood.6"x10.75"

I have 3 tiered displays that I built a couple of years ago that work great at events as you can see in the photo of my booth. They are bulky though and transporting was a bit of a nuisance. I asked if anyone knew of foldable/collapsible ones and @OzarkSawdust actually took on the challenge and adapted my design and sent me a video of his work a couple of months ago. I thought I'd rebuild my displays this winter using his method, then realized I could adapt the ones I have, as a test if nothing else. Here is the result... Fantastic. Not nearly as nice as Ozark's version, but definitely proved to be something I want to do. Will save me some space and be less bulky. And here is his video.

Cut this Steve Good pattern for my wife to take to the office. Apparently, mid-October is way too soon to bring Christmas decorations in. LOL 1/4" bbply, Pegas #1MG blades. Backer/posts stained Minwax Provincial, pattern/numbers are Minwax Natural. I ended up scrolling all of the holes, even the peg holes, cutting ON the line instead of just skirting inside it. My drill bits could use some sharpening or replacing, the 1/4 for some reason tends to chew up the backside of the project, unless its heavy lumber. Worked out just fine that way, the 1/4" oak dowel was a snug fit with no need for any extra sanding.

I got the idea for this in the thread: https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/40448-steve-good-ornaments/ The ornament design is Steve Good's. I purchased several of these patterns from Steve and, today, I made a prototype. The mask is held in place with Velcro Dots. Margaret likes the prototype which means that I can go ahead and make about 20 more of these.

Made this recently for friends who just had a baby, It shows the weight,name,and surname, And the date of birth of course, Pattern from Sheila Landry,Keith fenton

Lumber yard 1x pine can be wet and/or have pine sap near the board surface. Either could cause the wood to not slide well, even if sanded. However, it sounds more like (to me) blade problems and an attempt to cut too quickly. Inavertantly installing the blade upside down can also cause some of the problems you described and trying to cut too fast will cause many of the same problems. I recently stack cut two pieces of 1/2" sanded ply and it seemed like I had to slow my push speed WAY down to let the blade do the cutting. As soon as I pushed a little too hard it was impossible to stay on the pattern line and the blade went dull real fast. Even though they need to be changed more frequently as they dull rather fast, I find smaller blades do better when cutting thicker panels.

I am no expert, but sounds to me like pitch from the pine making it sticky.

Well I do read post a lot and sometimes I do leave a reply. Not as much as I want though. Anyway will do better.... :+} Here is a Pattern I just cut where I did have a couple hold the breath instances, but I feel I got thru them and YES I I'm Very Happy with its looks. But....Any and All Comments are Always Welcome. Good or Not so good. Oh yea some details. Did Stack 2 up using 1/4"BB and a 1/8"BB. Both came out Great. Black backer using 1/8"BB Painted. Used MY FAVORITE BLADE.............FDUR #1...................................................Thanks for looking..................Danny :+}

HI All Heres some bits I started today. The soldiers are nearly finished just need to sand the bottom of the bases. The cat is taking awhile lots of blade changes.

We just got back from our first event as a vendor! First, I'd really like to thank everyone here for their help and guidance. If it were not for the great people on this forum, I doubt our event would have gone as it did.., It was really an interesting day and I was extremely surprised how well we were received. We sold 20 units total! The big sellers were kids puzzle @ 2 for $25 The 2nd biggest sellers were my fantasy and sea creature puzzles: Mermaids, Pegasus, Turtles and Manatees Interestingly enough I only sold 1 dog puzzle - Boston Terrier LOL We also got our first pre-orders for 5 more kids puzzles for next week and a bunch of dungeons and dragons puzzles. I have to find a bunch of DnD oriented puzzles, so if anyone knows where I can get a few quick DnD puzzles, let me know. I have the few books that are available I think Thanks as always in advance for reading

I had a spare 3 minutes on my hands and started looking for simple type puzzle/brain teasers and came across this one from Steve Good and made one... It's pretty cool. I think I'll put 2 out on display at my upcoming holiday event, one completed, one in pieces and a sign "If you can solve in under 1 minute, you WIN one, but if you don't solve it, you must BUY one" They have a choice of assembling or disassembling. First I need to master it. LOL

FINALLY DONE. Lots of stuff going on .. not able to work in the garage too much lately - and - finally got this one done. I really like the piece of burl walnut I put it on - came from that source I have here - he thinks I'm using it for firewood, I think. hahahahaha And that Maple - that used to be part of a HEADBOARD for a Queen Bed someone was giving away. Now ---- it's a clock. hahahahaha .. I love this scroll saw stuff! I used a #1 NIQUA (Flying Dutchman) - and a 2/0 Pegas on some of it. Pattern is in the library - but - I would do a few things different. The stripes on the back - very delicate - I would stop them before they get to the top of the trunk under the spoiler. And I made a few changes on the fly near the headlights and things. I think it came out ok. The pattern was made from a picture I took of my son's car.

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Hi Sed from just up the motorway in Doncaster. Welcome to the Village it's an amazing place. Lots of lovely people willing to answer any question and always happy to see the work you've done on your saw.

Welcome to the Village from across the pond in the state of Tennessee. Look forward to your participation.

I get all my lumber, plywood and solid wood from specialty lumber store about 2 hours away. I make the trip once a year. I take the wife and we stop of lunch and maybe some other shopping. So I come home with a truck load of wood (baltic birch I normally get 5 or more sheets). The wife is happy. Happy wife. Happy life.

Go to your scrap pile and get another board. Since you cut it before, it should cut all right again. If you still have the problem, it's the saw or blade. If it cuts all right, it's the wood. Tom

Sue May NW1902 Christmas Tree Wreath Pattern. Believe it or not I did not see the little trees untill I started to cut the pattern. I used 1/2" sanded ply for the top and 1/4" BB ply for the backer. This seemed to be a very simple project but took way too much time to complete. The cut was relatively simple and repetative, but when cutting the 1/2" ply I cut out the middle before doubble stick tapeing the backer to it, so I had to do the middle cut out twice. All cutting was done with Pegas #1 spiral blades except the small stars on top of each tree for which I used a Pegas #1 MGT. to get pointer stars.. Then I decided to paint the trees green and the backer that shows behind the trees red. That was easy, until when overlayed, the red was vissable all around the edges both inside and outside which ment I now had to hand paint all the exposed edges of the backer green. I also painted all the stars gold, but the craft paint did not cover the green sparay paint very well reguiring multiple coats and my hands are not to steady these days. I'm Not quite finished yet. I had the bright idea (no pun intended) to add mini LED lights through holes in the backer. I found a cheap 100 bulb string of the mini LED's in Big LOts. Searching through my numbered drill set I finally found the correct size bit that would hold the light in place with out glue. All is good except there is way too much wire bunched up behind the wreath. As they say: Live and learn. Not, IMHO, the best project to undertake and wouldn't do it again. I'll hang it in my house for the holidays but not sure is it will be a keepsake. And I did not mention that it takes 3 AAA batteries that will need to be replaced regularly if left on for any length of time..... Unlit Lit

She owns Hip Hop Kids and I made a hip hop kids scroll saw project for her. Priceless I'm sure but I'll never see the light of day on a dollar,lol just some thing more nice to brighten up someone's day before I leave this good ol earth.i love making smiles to briten some ones day before I go!!! Don,t even ask how long it took. It's a labor of love!!! i had to wait for the paint to dry and her she come and wants the project so the two people got more paint but you don't see it!

Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee.

Hi Sed/// Pleased to have you.

Brenda, If the pin is a solid steel one then you could try putting a spring roll pin in. My Delta has them and they don't come out, in fact they take some getting out when needed to be removed. You can get all sizes from most suppliers even Aldi and Lidl have packs of them in now and again and cost pennies, I'm sure if you measured the length and diameter of the original pin you'll find one to fit. Steve

I'm not sure you were asking me but I forgot to add, if I don't have enough clamps I use landscaping bricks sitting on another piece of wood on top to hold it down.

Yep .. Made the SHELBY I put in the pattern catalog for one son - just bought the Shelby - and this one for the other son - just bought the Challenger. I think they will love 'em - and just like the cars themselves - will compete over which I did the better job cutting hahahahaha .. "Mine's walnut - he loves me more!" "Mine's Maple and Walnut - I'm his favorite!" hahahahahaha

In my opinion the Porter Cable is not a full step up. The Delta or Dewalt is. It’s just a little more and a much better saw.

Most importantly, Welcome friend!!! Secondly we love pictures!!! Your in for a treat from building your own scroll saw stand to The Eiffel tower and all in between. We can tell you what you need to be a proficient scroll before you get started. Patterns for scroll saw stands ,pictures of our stand and the like. Your in good hands here as everybody is family. I've never seen a question not answered more ways than one so jump on in, Pour some joe sit back and makes some scrolling friends around the world. Who knows we may learn something from you too!!! hope you become a regular.

I purchased from Rugby Architectural Products in Atalanta, GA. Unfortunately Rugby Architectural Products does not have any stores close to MI. It was the best Baltic Birch plywood I have ever purchased. No flaws at all. They said the Russian Baltic Birch is hard to get now because of the weather in Russia. bb

Lol, you made me laugh!!! If i try to separate the pieces they will come off almost but hang up and you could stand the horse up in one piece sideways.

Thanks all, Using a scrap is a great idea! Why didn't I think of that LOL I'll try that later and report

Looks great, well done. Marg

Sounds like wet wood to me. Buying pine for the home stores can be a lesson in frustration. It's never dried enough. Especially down where you are. I'd try to order some from one of the suppliers in a drier climate. You've been scrolling long enough now to know the basics and it doesn't sound like you have done anything wrong. As suggested, take a piece of scrap wood that you have had laying around and see how it responds to the same setup you are using on the new wood. I'll bet it works great.

It shows you're in SE MI.. so could be a drive for you.. It's a bit of a drive (40 -45 minutes ) from me but I buy a lot of stuff there.. they put you in their system and the more you buy the better pricing they give to loyal customers.. I pay $12 for a 5ft x 5ft sheet of 1/8" and about $15 for 1/4".. Never bought the 3/8 so I don't know.. Anyway this place is in Charlotte MI.. so I'm not sure in relation to you this is.. There may be a place near you with these kind of prices.. I haven't bought any in just over a year so maybe the prices have went up some too.. The place is LLJohnson Here is a link to the site.. you can look up the prices online but not order http://www.theworkbench.com/ EDIT: They have raised the prices since I last looked. It was $12 sheet for 1 sheet pricing just a couple years.. maybe last year..

Nice looking system for sure!

A.K. BEING--A/ K/! Just the usual fine job!

I have my Make Shift way of doing the same as Rays Does. Cheaper also. I use a Bad Ash Vac. Quiter than normal vac. Smaller also. Sits under table. Table I made and my Hegner Purrs like a Kitten with almost no Vibration..... Thanks for putting up with this. Took the pictures upon completion of assembling it. Lots of sawdust underside. But this unit will Suck all the Dust immediately.... Danny :+}

i agree with everyone else its simply beautiful!!! and i love the lights!! there must be some way to try to clean up the wires a bit.....but all i can think of is buying a smaller set of lights but not sure it would look as good in the front that way.....humm maybe make some kind of covering for the back that can be opened and closed?

Ray, you’ve been here long enough to know, “no pictures, didn’t happen”

I have two Ex's and I built stands for both of them. I like to sit at my saw. I made them with 7" wheels at the back end of the stand and rigged up some pvc handles so that I can move the saws around like a wheelbarrow. I now have incorporated small vacs on both of them with cyclones and cpap hoses for dust collection. I'll post pics one of these days.

very nice

Now your sure that that's a mask and not a gag Frank??? It is very cute idea, well done. I guess the next 20 are for family... Marg

Thank you Ozark for the pattern. Cut out of a scrap piece of 1/4" BB. Working on a frame for it now. I think my son will like it for his new apartment!

Al, I guess I misspoke when I referred to the jobsite saws as contractors saws. I know the difference and what you have is what I would be looking for. But, it seems that they are holding their value. The cheapest one I've seen on C/L was $550 and it looked like it had a lot of "contracting" on it. I'll be patient and something will come along. It's not like I have to have it yesterday.

Dennis Where are you located as it might make a difference. For shipping etc. I have an older EX-21 with Pegas blade holders and love it.

Your 1 Big Teddy Bear Kevin. And A Master at your craft.

Looks great Kevin. Well done. Marg

Sometime a smile can make you feel richer than a pocket full of dollars.

You have a lovely generous nature Kevin, that's worth more than money.

terrific job

Fantastic Kevin...you are some good to the girls...good stuff...