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A Very Good Friend taught me about making crafts this way. I Loved his work a lot. There is a lot of small pieces that are cut. Most need that TINY hole, so needs to be Spackled before painting. Anyway I ENJOYED doing this project. More to come. Enjoy and Of course Pros n Cons Welcome...............Danny :+}

I have cut about 25 of these 2020 Jack-in-the-Box Ornaments and created a storage box for them as I felt they were fragile and didn't want them to break. I stack cut the ornaments on my scroll saw, I then used the CNC to craft and cut the storage box and then used the Laser to burn the design image on the front of the box and my name logo, signature and such on the back of the storage box. This allowed me to use multiple tools in my arsenal to create these to gift to family and friends. My husband, the real woodworker in the family, helped me design the box and how to get it to stay attached. I sent some of these out on another forum in an ornament exchange. Most will be provided to family for this year's ornament gift. I started doing ornaments for family a couple of years ago. My mother always handstitched cross stitch ornaments for all her family for years (at least 30 years). She would do them on her lunch breaks at work and in the evenings after she got home. I am one of 4 children and she did them for us and our spouses, our children and more family). When we lost her 4 years ago, I wanted to continue on her tradition in some way. However, I don't cross stitch so I have crafted wooden ornaments with my saw. I felt the Jack-in-the-Box ornament was rather fitting for this 2020 year and all of its chaos and craziness that has occurred. The original pattern is not my own. It was originally created in 2006 by Dirk Boelman and published in the 2006 Holiday issue of the old and now defunct Creative Woodworks # Crafts magazine (Page 26 - there were 20 Ornaments by Dirk and Karen Boelman provided.) I ran across the original pattern while perusing a copy that someone had gifted to me and thought I would modify it to 2020 from 2006. As many of you know, Dirk Boelman is no longer with us but his wife, Karen, still runs their website www.theartfactory.com, and I reached out to her and asked her permission to share the modified pattern on the scroll saw forums I participate in noting that I would of course give credit for the original design to Dirk. She graciously gave me permission to share for free with other scrollers. The pattern is not to be sold. If anyone wants to check out other of Dirk's patterns, please visit The Art Factory website. While I was there, I purchased a couple of other patterns myself. Karen noted that she does not have all of Dirk's patterns on the website, so if you ever run across one of his that you would like, but don't see it on the site, reach out to her on the Contact Us page and she can probably get it for you. They also sell other scroll saw related items besides patterns. Dirk passed I believe before I found scrolling, but from all I have seen and heard, he and Karen gave so much to the scrolling community I hope that you all can help give back by checking out their website for patterns or other supplies sometime. ( am sure Karen would appreciate it. Here are the photos of my project, the ornament and the box front and back and showing how it opens and stores the ornament.

Can you guess who these features belong to yet? I'll post the finished product when I'm done, unless I turn it into firewood. ***Finished James Taylor. Nice guess @Jim c! Didn't turn out exactly like I envisioned, but do they ever. He'll live on my shop wall so he's good enough. I used this as a pattern. It is a pencil sketch I tweaked a little done with a pencil sketch generator on the internet.

Thanks goes out to Don in brooklin for making the pattern for me. Pallet wood and some 1/8" BB plywood, Early American stain and some white spray paint with a few coats of clear on top.

The pattern was purchased from Scrooler website and was slightly modified to suit an 11X14 panel. Cut panel is 5/32" Maple Solid Core Plywood affixed to a painted black 1/8" BB Plywood Backer. I used a combination of Pegas #2/0 Spiral and Mgt R Blades. The cutting was relatively easy although the pattern has a number of long, poorly supported, areas that proved to be challenging to prevent accidental breakage until glued to the backer. The panel is finished with multiple coats of spray Lacquer and set lose in a commercial frame. This piece was requested by my daughter as a Christmas gift for special family friend who is a Decon in her Church. It took USPS over a week to get me the pattern from Scrooler located in Michigan so I was under a little time crunch to produce this piece in time to get it to NY via FedEx for Christmas. It was completed in two long Days and will be packaged and shipped today, thus the choice to use a store bought frame.

Jim Blume made this pattern for me.

I did a few of Bobby Riggs 2020 ornaments the other day. A friend in south TX wanted to know if I could put their name in it. So I got ahold of Bobby and told him what I wanted, he came up with a spot I could insert a name! After I got it into Inkscape I managed to get the name in it, and out to the shop I went. About 2 hrs. and 47 holes later I dipped it in Watco Natural. And thanks to Don in Brooklin for helping me with a problem in Inkscape!

done my way,lol! Very thin wood 1/8" 3 ply craft wood from the dollar store. #3 scroll reverse blade from flying dutchman primed ,painted glitter rattle can paint, and triple coated poly. Magneto font,titebond 2 glue under all the glitter and a thin thin coating on the 2020 and then I use a pencil to clean up the numbers of excess glitter. I dip what ever gets glitterd on to waiting wet glue and it sticks just the right amount of glitter and then tap the ornament to shed the excess on to a piece of copy paper and the back in the bottle. I want to get long smaller covered boxes to have what I need when I need it. This year I have used more glitter than since I joined SSV thanks to RDatelle!

A last minute cut of the 12 days of Christmas ornaments. I stack cut 4 of each ornament out of bb ply using a #3 Pegas mgt blade. These were pretty fun. Enjoy and be blessed this Christmas season.

Finished this this past weekend. Second sign I've made. This one is for my uncle for Christmas.

My latest desk clock, Requested by someone in my family. A nice easy one for a change. Walnut and Western Red Cedar. Their choice.

Here is the end product of the sign I made for the workers at the company hubby works for. I hope they get a good laugh out of it. Thanks again Don for doing the letter patterns for me. They worked perfectly.

Inspired by a post by Charlie E "Initial Ornaments", I decided to try my hand at these reatively simple Steve Good Ornament poatterns. I made the clamp he suggested with the patterns for holding the block while cutting. I used 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" Poplar I purchased at Lowes. Nice and square and cuts well. The cutting was done with Pegas #1 MGT R blade. The Red ones are stained and lacqured, the green trees simply spray painted. As I was informed, these are not very dificult and that was correct. Centering the hole for the hanging hook was the most difficult. I do not have a drill press and the pre-drilled hole in the block was not perfectly vertical in the red ornaments. I waited to drill the holes in the Green trees until after the cut was completed. Using my small drill bit in my dremel i still had difficulty centering the hole. This was a fun little project and these will be hung on my tree. However, I don't think I will be doing much compound work in the future. Not quite my preference for the kind of work I like to do. In case you are wondering they are hanging on a stretched piece of fishing line .

You can spray at least as wide a pattern with an airbrush as a rattle can. I have a bunch of airbrushes. I make mostly toys. My favorite and the one I highly recommend is the Badger 155 Anthem. It will spray as fine as most of us are likely to need and wide enough to cover larger areas using the same tip. I spray mostly acrylics and shellac, but Badger airbrushes will spray anything while the China airbrushes will not hold up to things like lacquer. The China airbrushes are cheap until you break something and need parts, as I discovered when I broke a tip. The replacement parts cost almost as much as I paid for the airbrush, and they were tough to find. I can buy Badger parts direct from Badger, Amazon, and many other places on the internet. Badger will rebuild your airbrush for the cost of the parts.

hell, you are just a child... I am going to be 77 soon... I don't want to be,,, but well..... at least I am old enough now that I can act and look foolish and no one complains....

@FrankEV, if you enjoy compound cutting and I do, here is a fun pattern.... from JEPlans. I made a couple of them... one little one larger... They are fun and when the hair is done,,,,,,, it is amazing what comes out....

A Jim Blume pattern

Yep, dipped in Minwax Barn Red stain then a quick wipe off with blue shop towels. I tend to use small blades for most of my cutting. Better line following control. Easier to make those "going in the other direction" turns. I onlyt use a large blade when I'm cutting a long straight line...it seem easier to do a straight cut with a large blade.

This combination has been very popular this Christmas. The wreath is a part of a Steve Good pattern and is cut from 3/4 poplar. The Merry Christmas is an Alex Fox design although I cut the back layer out of 1/2 poplar to give it some heft and help it stand up more easily. The other two layers are 1/8 bb ply. Most have sold unpainted as customers wanted to get creative. This set was painted upon request. The combination came about as an idea from my wonderful wife who put them together after I cut sample pieces for her. They are all cut on my Pegas with #3 mgt blades. Be blessed.

I had a gorgeous pattern of a Robin done for me by @Helder Botas for which I am incredibly grateful. Fresh off the saw. Yet to have a finish applied and framed. It's a gift from my daughter to her Mother in Law. I've just sent her this picture, keep your fingers crossed that she likes it.

Nicely done. Looks elegant in that frame. The Deacon will be well pleased, I'm sure.

That is an awesome piece of work. Well done. Marg

How it makes sense! that’s a nice idea an gift!

That is a cool ornament!! Great job! Oh, my you CNC people are getting way too suffocated for this Old Goat, but I marvel at what can be done with them... Great job.

and here is the pattern for anyone who would like to create their own ornaments from it. I have shared as a PDF, an SVG and a JPG so hopefully I have gotten everyone covered. JacknBox2020.pdf JacknBox2020.svg

That's both big and beautiful! You did a great job.

Jason, I'm also a pro photographer with a digital photo/video studio. Can you send me the photo? A Private Message with your photo attached would be best. Keep in mind that not every photo can produce a good scroll saw pattern, but I'll do what I can for you. Charley

Nice job, Frank. Did you dip the red ones in the stain? I like them colored as you have done. I am surprised you were successful with that small of a blade. I haven't done a whole lot of compound cutting so I just assumed I had to use at least a #3 or larger. I do like compound cutting. It always amazes me what it looks like when the waste is removed. Kind of like packaging present.

Hi everyone! Retired from almost every aspect of the automotive industry and now in a retirement apartment (read small) wondering where the years went. Planning on scrolling since my entire woodshop is just a memory now. Never had a scroll saw before and now I'm going to have a small one mounted to a wooden TV stand that can be folded if necessary. Because of the severe space confinement, I'm thinking about the 87776 MicroLux Mini Scroll Saw. I know I'll have problems along the way but. I've got time to solve them along with all the knowledge on this site. Looking forward to the experience and new friendships.

A bunch of horse stall name signs for a customer. Rescued wood for 99% --but, new rope, & new hardware. Even a little rescued oak trim pieces used too. Various woods a few unknown, cedar, oak, pine, & ???1! Cut on King 21"- Designs and fonts by T & E designs again too. Most are lightly torched then have a quick spray of poly. I was given by my request-- "artistic license" on this project. Customer has only seen a couple of them as pictures. States in an email--"waiting anxiously to see the rest! " There is one I do not like as well as the others, guesses welcome, Please comment as to what you do & DO NOT like-- I learn form both. I will be waiting to see her reaction to the hard! Honu has a light pack Hanger. Rescued from a Christmas tree that was in the garbage, Used because I found it in the drawer when looking for something to make a hanger of some kind!

I just watched this video. Other than the fact that this guy is a "craftsman", he presented a lot of info and a couple of what I would call just the right ways to go. I was enthralled with the way his thought process worked. I am in awe of his ability to think, reason and design. Everything in his shop is done just the right way. It's 45 minutes of pure enjoyment. At least it was for me. I want him for my neighbor.

Les, he’s a singer/song writer has had a number of hits. You have probably heard many of them, maybe just don’t realize it at the moment. He’s a 5 time Grammy winner and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 (according to my google search just now ). this list claims to be his top 10 songs (but he has many more). https://ultimateclassicrock.com/james-taylor-songs/ nice work on him Charlie.

Hi Ya Doing Frank.... Your Compound pieces look Very well Cut. I learned from my first venture that you can Screw a Small Eye Screw right into the top. Easy Peasy.... :+}

Excellent! I see it now and can't figure why I didn't see it the first time. Mind if I use the pattern?

You did am amazing job Danny. I'm guessing it's a football logo. Marg

Me too. I'm only 60 but I've had 5 neck surgeries fusing my entire neck so I have my share of aches and scrolling sometimes adds to it. Not much to complain about compared to so many others though. And I'm blessed with the best family I could ask for so I'm enjoying every moment as well.

Cannot be made any better!!!

Good one!!!

Looks amazing! I am new here. Where can I find Jim Blume patterns? I searched and found lots of pieces using his patterns, but I haven't found where to get them.

Gr8 job!!!

Great Job. I assume if your uncle is like me, a Harley Rider, he will love it for his man cave and display it with pride. I made one of those a while back but it did not come out anywhere as good as that looks. I note you did the real Logo, cutting evey piece individually and afixing them to the backer. Did you use one of H-D's window stickers as a template?

Put your cursor on "Community" and in the drop down below it Click on "Forums". When the page for forums is displayed,, scroll down to the forum you want to go to...

terrific work

I see Robin too, but it's not him. Hope he's more recognizable when I finish.

Not a clue Charlie.

I have also put things aside to cut something that has caught my eye. My problem is that the 9 - 5:30 full time job gets in the way of cutting!!

Love it!!! Took the evening off from a Russ Beard owl to cut these two little guys! I'm forgoing the bases and drilled a little hole in the tip of the hats, gonna make ornaments out of them. Still not sure how I'm going to stain em, but I know the frizzy-beard guy will have red hair (Minwax "Gunstock" stain).

Looks great. I got as far as printing it. Actually downsized it to 70% and hope to get to the saw this weekend. It will mean that the mandalas I have been working on get put aside!

Nice - Needs color

I haven't finished all the pieces or did a final sanding and finish..but I am pretty happy with my progress