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Hi All Made a bowl to hold the Christmas chocolates. Looks better than a plastic tub. Getting chocolates saturday so will upload another pic when its filled. Also need to varnish it first before filling up with choc's

Just dropped them to my customer, and she loved them

I had a customer give me a bit of a challenge asking for a double dog leash holder... It came out pretty nice if I do say so myself. And an example of a "typical" one also a custom order this past Saturday.

This is also for the person I made the portrait for. I think Jim knocked this outta the park

I made this for my 4 year old great granddaughter. Design is by Sheila Landry. Wood used is Alder.

My latest piece just Delivered to it's new home -- All 3/8 Baltic Birch cut with a #1 modified geometry -- a little over 2 feet from nose to shield tip (The whole time I worked on it I thought it was to hang sideways but found out it sits on the tip) -- Funny story -- 2 guys showed up looking to sell insurance to my roommate -- a week later they're picking this up

Mark, I don't know in which part of the world you are from, but it seems that the preferred timber for portraits in the US is Baltic Birch ply either 1/8 - 1/4" In Aust. Hoop pine ply is the best. Most portrait cutters glue their cut out to a black or coloured piece of ply, some time using coloured felt instead of paint. If you are uncertain about making a frame, a lot of people purchase a photo frame and make the scroll work the appropriate size. Hope this give you a kick start

I have a laser pointer on my drill press, and it is about as useful as a hip pocket in a singlet. The drill bit points to where you are going to drill the hole, so the laser is just a poor duplication to try and earn brownie points and make a sale. It played no part in me making the decision to purchase my press, I wanted the variable speed.

Finished this order of 20 Grinch ornaments today. Painted with craft paints and a clear matte finish.

Now all I have to do is hit the Powerball !!! This was in my email box this morning from WOOD Magazine, along with some other articles. All I can say is WOW!!!!! It would be a decision each morning...fish or work in the shop...LOL Nestled in the forest on a shore of Lake Chelan in central Washington State, Mike Walker's 1,670-square-foot workshop is the epitome of organization. From the outset, plenty of storage space and an efficient workflow dominated the planning. "I am obsessed with organization," Mike says, "and we spent a lot of time planning spaces to accommodate all of the tools and accessories."

This piece was cut and carved from a highly figured maple board, 22" x 16" x 3/4" The frame is red oak with an oil stain. A beautiful sight to capture one of these raptors in action. Nature provides such beauty.

The pattern for this11X14 portrait is from Dugly Graphics Website. The cut panel was 1/4" solid core Walnut Plywood and afixed to a 1/8" natural BB Plywood backer. The cut panel was selectively colored with various color stains except the leaves which was done with acrylic craft paint. The panel was cut with Pegas 2/0 spiral blades except for the perrimeter border that was cut with a Pegas #5 MGT R. Don't know why, but this seemingly rather simple pattern gave me more fits than the much more complicated patterns I have previously done. The finish panel looks much better in person than the photo shows. When a image is superimposed onto a backer, such as in this case, shadows tend to be more pronounced and distract from the image. An 1/8" cut panel may have been a better choice. The panel is set loose, using framing points, in another simple frame, made form Red Oak that was brightened using Minwax Sadona Red stain. and then protected with spray Polyurethane.

There is just one problem with this shop - if you look at the floor plan in the link, there is no scroll saw!!!

from wood magazine. i think that issue came out 10-12 years ago. the amount of daylight(and view) is outstanding. i LOVE his router table https://www.woodmagazine.com/ideas/wood-shop-showcase/ultimate-wood-shop-design?mode=step_by_step

the consensus here so far seems to be laser pointer= snake oil advertising. i personally never understood lasers on drill presses. i only dinked with one laser pointer dp at a woodworking show.the laser pointer made a dot. some of the drill bits i use could make 5-10 holes in the dot

This piece was scrolled on a special wood, Kauri from New Zealand that was certified after carbon dating to be over 50,000 years old. These huge trees, similar to giant sequoias in California, were found underground in a farm area. These huge logs are excavated, collected, and air dried for over a year before they are milled into lumber for use, especially for large furniture pieces. The huge diameter of the logs provides great slabs for very big conference tables and other commercial projects. When finish is applied, tiny golden or bronze flecks appear, called a chatoyant grain,.

This is Sue Mey's Jaguar getting some Sunshine!

ok these are not scrollsaw but these are gifts I am give to my Secret Santa's in my Facebook gardening group.

Each year I make gifts for the teachers at my daughters school. She is the principal. This year it is mini birdhouses. Numbers way down this year as some of the teachers reassigned to the virtual school.

I love listening to Christmas music and making toys!

Our friends dog is nearing the end of his journey so Russ did this off thier favorite pic of him. Sorry I don't have the original pic she sent to show how close the pattern is

The grommet came out of my 560, I've not replaced it and still use it. I think it's purpose is to stop the blade tensioner rattling when there's no tension.

Would have to see it..

Looks great.

Great job.

Give me a week and I'd have that place so messed up you wouldn't be able to even see out the windows. But if the windows were kept clean I'd probably be enjoying the view and not paying attention to where my fingers were going. OOPS!

I rebuilt one of these saws back in / around 2005.. I still have the saw but haven't used it in years.. I think the part you're referring to is like a rubber washer.. I cannot remember where exactly it goes.. so I'll look my saw over and reply back later.. unless someone beats me to it.. If I remember correctly it didn't seem like I had to take anything off to put this piece in.. and the saw will work without it but it will vibrate pretty good on the high speed setting.. It's only used as a damper

Hey guys and gals, I did a little bit of scroll saw work in woodshop classes back in the day, but its been a while so I'm hoping I'm not biting off more than I can chew with this project. I'm trying to make a portrait of my girlfriend and I as a Christmas gift. I have someone else converting a picture to pattern for me because I wasn't happy with my own attempts. If anyone is able to offer any tips for me I would be so appreciative! Suggestions for type of wood? Blade? Mounting it (thinking mount the cutout onto something dark(?) and make a frame of some kind)? General newbie scroll tips? Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer advice! I'm really nervous but also super excited to get (back) into this!

I pre-sand all of my wood before cutting. I also use the Sandflee, but mostly I use a MAC MOP 240 grit. Yes even on my delicate ornaments. I just support the ornament on a piece of wood, It removes the majority of any fuzzies that I have.

WOW! Thanks for the link. That is some kind of shop!!

Fleet Farm had the DeWalt 735 Planer on sale last week for $150.00 off. It came with the table extensions and an extra set of blades. I couldn’t pass it up. I was never really happy with my old old Delta. The DeWalt has 3 knives and gives a very nice finish. The snipe is .003, not too tough to sand off. The chip blower on the DeWalt will blow the chips from here to Kingdom Come. Definitely need a chip “collector” I do some re-sawing and the planer is a very valuable tool to have. Although you can hand plane the wood. I also think a jointer is a good tool to have. I have a Craftsman 6”. However, it is old and tired also, but for now it does the job. Based on doing mostly scrollsaw work, If I were to pick which tool, I’d go with the jointer.

I use 1/8 Baltic berch with a cheep ply backing painted black. the cheep ply is floor underlayment It use to be $15 per sheet but the way wood is going up it's hard to tell what it is now. I use a #3 olson blade . IKE

Looks good on the cut and paint work...But...other than some sort of shield I have no idea what it is!

Gotta agree. Like an ashtray on a motor bike

I made one recently but put a backer on it. It's for my daughter who is not a lover of Christmas, too commercialized. Marg

Pretty sure it is licensed.. I made a few of this design a year or so ago.. believe it is the same pattern.. I never sold any as I just made them to give some friends..

Beautiful cutting on a great pattern!

HI everyone, I made a deer hunter picture for my grandson and a friend of mine asked me for the pattern and he has an old single speed Delta 40-150 with the twin blade holders and was having problems with blades breaking etc. So I went out and took a look at it and I brought some of my pegas 2/0 blades and they won't fit in the blade holders. I tightened the holder down tight and they fell out. Does anyone make any retrofits for them? I thought I would see if they did. I found a parts direct on line and it says they are not available anymore as the originals. Just trying to help the guy out and I told him nicely he would not be able to cut that picture out on that saw. Thanks Bill

This place might have something. http://www.pozsgaidesigns.com/page0007.htm

This was done by a friend on another site, but I thought people might like to see it as I think it's stunning, and a brilliant idea.

Learn something new every day.....Thanks Scrap.

Yes sir, still going strong. I was fortunate to have my local weekly market this year but all of my big events of course were cancelled.

The season is fast approaching, so I thought it fitting to add to my Christmas projects. This first portrait is an 11X14 Alex Fox Santa pattern cut in 5/32" solid core Maple plywood with a 1/4" thick solid core Mahogany plywood backer stained with Minwax Barn Red. The panel is finished using multiple coat of clear gloss spray Lacquer. A majority of the cutting was done using Pegas #0 spiral blades The panel is set loose in a simple custom Poplar frame that is painted dark rattle spray can Hunt Club Green. I had a difficult time choosing which to use, a standard black backer or the red backer as both looked good to me. So I let my lady, Robin, chose and she selected the Red. She also suggested the green frame. My second portrait was inspired by recent postings by Woodrush of his very well done Jim Blume Pattern Gandalf. I have had the H. Botas Gandalf pattern in my "TO DO" pile for a while, but I kind of liked the background on the JB version slightly better. However, I was unable to find the JB pattern so I used Inkscape to modify the HB pattern to be similar and fit an 11x14 panel. When comparing the two patterns, I did note that the HB pattern was quite a bit more detailed and required a lot of holes. This cutting was also done in solid core 5/32" Maple plywood with a 1/8" BB backer painted rattle spray can Gloss Black. All cutting was done using Pegas #2/0 spiral blades and the panel was again finished with multiple coats of clear gloss spray Lacquer. The panel is set loose in a custom Poplar frame that I distressed and stained with Minwax Espresso (dark brown - almost black) and then protected it with multiple coats of clear spray Polyurethane.

Everything is do clean. I think he spend all his money getting the shop set up. No cash left for wood. I like how his dust collection is below the shop.

Love that wood and all your work. Were going to have to step up our game here now.

That looks great,, nice cutting. Xmas has been cancelled in my house though. Won't take the risk with Tony's health, so we've got all the kids to get Facetime/Zoom and we're having dinner together that way on our dining table. !

Another place that has walnut via mail order is Ocooch Hardwoods.com, Larry Hope you find what you are looking for. Dick

Nice project and well done. This may be the Christmas no one can forget!

I obtained the SVG pattern from Following Daisies/Etsy and modified it to add the oval and sized it to fit inside an 8X10 panel. Although it looked like it would work, this pattern IS NOT intended to be completed on a scroll saw as it is listed for Cricut and Sihouette. I managed to cut it, but the details of the flowers and the hummingbirds wings were very delicate tapering to very fine points and very difficult to cut as the wood lost all rigidity as the cuts were completed. The cut panel is 5/32” Walnut solid core ply that I further stained with Minwax Walnut stain to enhance the contrast. The cut panel was affixed to a 1/8” BB Ply that was enhanced with a coat of Minwax Natural Stain and the panel finished with multiple coats of Clear High Gloss spray Lacquer. I attempted to use Pegas #2/0 spiral blade with poor results so after only a few cuts I switched to Pegas #1/0 MGT R which produced much better results. The panel is loose fit into a simple Pine Frame the I made and stained with the same Minwax Walnut stain and then protected with Clear Gloss spray Polyurethane. I am totally unhappy with the finish. The stain may not have been thoroughly dry when I applied the poly and it did not lay down flat and smooth. I intend to replace the Frame and only used it for the picture. I’m attaching a PDF of my completed pattern as a challenge to anyone who might like to attempt cutting it. If you do, please show it to us and add your thoughts. BTW I was making this for my Lady who loves Hummingbirds. Already have two others hanging and wanted to supprise her with this one. FollowingDaisies_Flowers_Hummingbird.pdf

I downloaded the pattern and hope to give it a go before too long. Nicely done and thanks for the tips. I saw some small changes I will make when I cut it too. Dick heppnerguy