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These grey wolves are carved after scrolling and color stained with oil paints. The eyes are formed with ground gemstones mixed with acrylic gel. The two wolves in the lower corners are inlaid oak.

The Owl head is done on a two inch thick slab of Black Cherry wood grown on our property.

Here is a couple more Christmas gifts I did in my shop. I meant to post them but thought I had forgotten to even taken a photo of them, until I ran across these in my emails to myself. The Native American with the eagle and the fox I made this for a Native American friend of ours. The 35 Ford is one a few that I have made for myself because it is a favorite car of mine. Something about this car that I have always admired, I never owned one though. Dick heppnerguy

Cut and carved on a natural edge piece of Black Cherry growing in our property.

I found a pattern a while back and decided to make another lamp. The hummingbird pattern came from Pinterest and the frame is made from 1/4" oak. I rip cut oak strips and I cut the 45 degree chamfers on the router. LED bulb inside with a roller line switch. Finish is shellac with gloss lacquer.

I designed new Christmas tree for 2020 I designed the Rudolph deer Puzzle tree in 2019, and the Alphabet Puzzle Tree in 2020, I hope to design christmas tree every year. I think it’s nice to see the two together "Merry christmas happy" from above and "love" for the treepot. we have a scrollsaw and woodworking group in Korea we making gifts for children, but this year we are making gifts at our workshop. I still need to make some puzzle and cars me and Volunteers we call them Santa~ I feel ChrisMas came early. it's bit early but merry christmas https://www.etsy.com/shop/Namunolie

Following a fantastic vacation at this beautiful national park in Montana, I decided to create a scrollsaw piece of the animals we had encountered during this visit. Interestingly, the frame was constructed first from spalted white oak and then the animals were completed.

Hi everyone. I just received this package today from Kevin (Amazingkevin). He was kind enough to do all this work for me since all my saws and tools are in storage on there way to Florida. He did 21 ornaments and two princess Zoie plaques and he also was able to do the special letter from my 8 year old great granddaughter, thanks to Travis who was able to make a pattern out of it for me. He really saved me this year because I wasn't going to be able to do any Christmas stuff for all my Grandkids. He's still working on a box for me to. Thanks again Kevin.

This is an Alex Fox pattern I resized slightly to fit a 10X17 Panel. The cut panel is 5/32” Maple solid core plywood affixed to a 1/4” BB backer. The Backer was painted with a combination of wet coats of Black and Dark Green spray in an attempt to add a slight green tint to the background color. Did not quite get the effect I was looking for as the Black was dominant. The finished panel was finished with multiple coats of spray clear gloss Lacquer. The cut was done with Pegas #0 and #1 spiral blades. The cutting was relatively easy although a lot of the cut pattern consists of a many very small repetitive shaped cuts and therefore, I found, a little boring. However, the completed cut, I feel, turned out nice and very unique. The panel is set loose in a custom made poplar frame that I stained with Minwax Ebony stain and protected with multiple coats of clear gloss Polyurethane. The following pics were taken with two different lighting conditions. The first photo is more true color.

This piece was cut on a scroll saw, carved with a rotary carver with assorted bits and carvers, and stained with oil paints.

What is this "organize and properly store" of which you speak?

Hi ppl's not cut in weeks, just not had time, finally got to my saw, took the idea from Frank "think it was his" the pic is Bowmore main St where we grew up on Islay with the round church at the top "so the devil can't hide in the corner" it's a house warming prezzie for my wee mum she just downsized, she is 81 needed a smaller house, she misses living there so much, so every day she can see it, it's A2 size, sticking 4 x A4 sheets was a nightmare

Hi ppl's not cut in weeks, just not had time, finally got to my saw, took the idea from Frank "think it was his" the pic is Bowmore main St where we grew up on Islay with the round church at the top "so the devil can't hide in the corner" it's a house warming prezzie for my wee mum she just downsized, she is 81 needed a smaller house, she misses living there so much, so every day she can see it, it's A2 size, sticking 4 x A4 sheets was a nightmare

I know that I should have an inventory of my stuff, especially because I am an insurance broker! But what I know and what I do are very different. Hubby should also have an inventory of all his guitars!! I think we have pictures of them all. Certainly not enough info should we have a catastrophic loss. Others here are waaayyy to organized!! Kudos to you though.

My heart told me to cut this one this morning....12 x 12.....1/2" sanded ply for back, 1/4" sanded ply for wording......1x2's for the frame stained....thanks for looking

I know that we have had a ton of discussion on dust collection and recently a few folks have posted pics of what they have designed for their particular saws. For all that, I thank you all because I have picked up a ton of great ideas. But, with that said, I doubt most of us really understand "dust collection" so I thought I'd post this link to a great video that I just came across and watched. I learned a lot I hope you do too.

All you have to do is ask, and Santa will bring it. At least that was what I was told

I couldn't see another suitable to place to post this. Had a good day at the local monthly markets today. I had concentrated on making stand-up puzzles over the last couple of weeks and had about 25, along with portraits etc to take along. looks like I'll be making more puzzles this month as I put $390 in the sky-rocket . The markets run from 8am - 1pm. Glad they were today when the temp was only 26c not on Wednesday when it is reckoned to reach 39c

That is some bad tear out.. all the above suggestions are great.. but I have simply coated the back side of bad bb with some tongue oil and it helped me through the cut.

Top 2 drawers on my scroll saw cart in test tubes, 0/2 thru #3 in top drawer #5 and larger in second drawer. The tubes I use fit perfectly in the holes in the frame of the saw so the current tube for the blade I am using goes there. If I put a used blade back in a tube I put a tiny piece of blue tape on the end.

Yep, 25/30 years ago. Not that long ago considering how old the earth is. Not many people knew of Amazon or Jeff Bezos back then. Now look where he is at. The richest person on the planet because of a vision. The competition got a bit much for me at that time. I was 70 then and didn't want to fight for a tiny slice of the pie anymore. It's been almost 11 years and I'll soon be 81 and doing what I like in my basement workshop. It's just getting a little harder to navigate those darn stairs. But I'm still plugging along and I'll keep doing what I'm doing until I can't.

Years ago I borrowed a camcorder and video taped all of my tools in the shop and personal items in the house & stored the tape in our safety deposit box at the bank. After reading this thread I was reminded I hadn't updated this in a long time & after talking about this to the LOML she reminded me we don't even own a VCR. Good time to do this all over again.

Golly, don't know where I would start,,, Think I'll just scroll

I've never heard of it. And I see you can buy one at Menard's for $81. For that small price, I'd give it a try but I wouldn't expect too much out of it. I'll bet it will be noisy and if it is that good at filtering out the dust, it might not suck well. But, like I said, for $81 I'd buy one and figure at the worst I'd have a good shop vacuum for cleaning up the place.

Finished pieces drying

terrific job, the lamp is beautiful

Kevin's work is awesome

Wow, what a friend to have. He does live up to his 'name' doesn't he. ?

That's a lovely piece, beautifully cut. !

awesome~ nice photo~

this is awesome I saw this asian Dragon as a tatoo in my hometown somtimes they got a ball

Be sure to ask for one that holds the smallest drill you ever use, wiht a deep throat. mine is a 10 inch and some times I have to use a plung router. IKE

Brown for me.

Very nice work Dick. Of all the things I have made over the years I only have a key rack at home. The War Office has Jewell y box, so I may just take a leaf out of your book and do some things for us. Well done mate

Great work Dick. It's nice to be able to make something for yourself every now and again. Marg

That's great, Ralph! Glad everything is working well for you. @amazingkevin That is especially kind of you to do so much work for a fellow forum member. May God Bless You, Buddy! God Bless! Spirithorse

stuffin stunning!! simply stunning!! espicaly in the dark

wounderful work!! im sure the children will enjoy everything santa sends

Wow! Way to go @amazingkevin.

I keep an Excel spreadsheet with all my tool info including pictures up to date. I did this several years ago after my sister had a theft of a bunch of tools out of her garage, She keeps meticulous records of everything, the LEO was shocked when she pulled out all the info on all the stolen tools. They actually found everything because she had pictures and serial numbers of everything. Also you should check your insurance policy to be sure you have enough coverage, I had to increase my content coverage to include the value of my tools.

When I tryed the search, nothing came up, so I asked and I am glad I did, as I learned more than what I was looking for ... Thanks for all the help people. Richard

They are both good, so I will be a fence sitter. Marg

What an impression you've left on all that see your work!!! They will be back with friends!!!

I have my items in a store locally its in a small rural town and called The Country Boutique. She charges a 25% commission on everything sold. I've had stuff in there about a month now and made a few sales nothing to write home about though. She had a Halloween event and we went over and took a scroll saw and cut little puzzles for the kids just to get our name out in the area. She does a great job promoting the stuff on social media and she also sells it online too. Everything we bring is posted to her website for people to buy for store pickup or shipping. So that aspect has been great and I think it will go good in the long run. She pays weekly through Square Payroll so I don't have to go pickup a check or anything. Get to know the other vendors because they may make things that you can make a little side cash with. Example I'm cutting out some turkey's this week and the lady does a craft night with the kids where they come in and paint them. So I'm supplying the turkeys just cut from the 1/4 birch plywood from Lowes.

Oh Wow. That looks amazing !!

never heard of laser ply .. but no matter what wood you use it all come with a warning on the saw dust is harmful to your health ... so you will figure out just like i did in the beginning what is good and what is not for fret work ... good luck and scroll on ..

Brenda, yes Niqua give their blade types names, such as Pebeco are standard non reverse teeth, Speed are reverse tooth blades etc. I now mainly use the Speed blades unless I'm cutting something that doesn't warrant the reverse cut, ie. compound cutting, or metal and plastics. A 2012 Niqua catalogue in PDF form you can have a look at. Niqua_Katalog_Holzlaubsaegen.pdf

Brenda, if you want to stick with Niqua and buy in the UK then try Original Marquetry, http://www.originalmarquetry.co.uk/category_Fret_Saw_Blades_1.htm they have a wide range but postage could be expensive. or HegnerUK, https://www.hegner.co.uk/products/spares-accessories/scrollsaw-bla or Hobbies sell 2/0 blades but are out of sock in the gross bundle. https://www.hobbies.co.uk/tools/power-tools/yellow-label-fretsaw-b I have used all 3 but have settled with HegnerUK for the time being. If you don't mind buying from the USA then Mikes Workshop, they're called Flying Dutchman blades but are in fact Niqua blades renamed by Mike Moorlach for the American market. https://mikesworkshop.com/collections/blades

Thanks Steve, however, I've looked everywhere for a 2/0 blade and can't find any. I usually use Niqua.

#3 is a pretty big blade for that thickness so you might try a smaller one. I use a 2/0 for 1/8" bb on the very slowest speed the saw will go. Notice how the blow outs are all on the cross grain edges. The lines that are going with the grain seem fine. Just something to keep in mind when laying out the pattern on the wood. Dont know what type saw you are using but if you have a larger size hole where the blade goes into the table, that is where the wood is unsupported during the cutting so those tiny extra vibrations can cause this too. A zero tolerance thing might help fill that hole a bit. I live by the beach and keep my wood near an open window and think that some pieces seem to be more affected buy that then others. Like the glue reacts differently somehow. Of course I cant tell until I start cutting but sometimes have to just start over with a different piece and its fine. Just something to think about.