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

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.

Maybe it will show this time

Very nice ornaments.... Hope this helps others see them

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.

Boy, people are crazy for these!!! I,m getting mega orders!!!

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.

My neighbor commissioned this piece as an update to an existing piece they had, It's a door topper. The old one was 4 ducks and they wanted the entire family laid out. If I used the ducks, this would have been 78" long. I opted and they approved of standing pelicans instead. Made it more beach oriented and saved lots of space. It's still 48" long though and 10" at its highest (the first pelican) I'm hoping the pelicans will stay on that bar - I used titebond I and had to sand a bit off the bottoms Not the best picture so I'll have to take a Panorama of it when it fully dries Thoughts and critique are welcome Here it is mounted to the top of the door Thanks as always in advance

Every year we make and send out an ornament card for a select group of family and friends. Thirty cards this year, we have been doing this now for 15 years. The highest number was 40. The ornaments are stack cut 1.5mm ply and mounted in photo cards with removable adhesive. My wife writes the sentiment. This one is from 2006. The second ornament is a laser engraving. My dental hygienist knew that I made ornaments and asked if I could do an image of her parents dog that recently died. I was going to try and design a cutting but I just did not have the time and I have never really done a fretwork design. Intarsia yes fretwork no. I found this pencil drawing that looks just like their dog, then engraved it with my little engraver on birch plywood. This was also my first attempt at something like this. I am very pleased and in return I accepted a box of exceptional homemade cookies. I look forward to hearing from her after Christmas, I suspect that there will be tears.

Hi everyone My name is Kevin and I am in BC Canada...I got addicted to scroll sawing after seeing a video on you tube and have never looked back...my wife says I spend more time on my saw than I do with her (which she is probably right lol)...I started out with an old fixer upper Ryobi which soon got the name Franken saw and since then I bought a Makita saw which I just love the way it cuts...I am always looking to better my technics and always learning and I look forward to participating here ...Most nights that I can not sleep you will find me on or near my saws that is why I am called The Mid Night Scroller usually on my saws after midnight...lol...I say saws because I have more then one saw..I still have the Franken saw , the Makita , a skill scroll saw and a trade master that I need to do something with the speed switch because it is broken...I think I will try and wire it to almost full speed and connect it to a foot pedal , what are some of your thoughts on doing this as my funds are next to nil but I am not going to get into that...lol...here are a few pieces I have done...just remember that I am still fairly new to this addiction...lol

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.

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.

Print your picture and cut it. I see the photo as a pattern.

I apologise for another long story. A couple of recent post showing a box projects got me looking for one I might like to do. I found a Steve Good box pattern called Hummerbox, which has a Hummingbird and flowers in the top panel (Perfect for another Christmas Present for my lady). As downloaded, the box was 7”L x 4”W x 3 ½” H and was suggested to use 1/4” thick material. The pattern was for notch and tab construction which left panel edges exposed. The pictures which came with the pattern showed using painted backer to highlight the scrollwork, an idea I liked very much. I decided on this cut pattern for my first box as it was relatively simple, but did not think the box size was correct and I did not like the method of the box construction. My previous woodworking (BC scroll saw work) box building skills prevailed, so changes were necessary. After converting the PDF pages to a JPG file and then inserting the images into Inkscape, I used the TRACE BITMAP command to make an editable pattern. I then did some editing to increase the box size to 10” L x 5 1/2” W x 5” H and eliminated the notches and tabs. I converted the line work to red with a light gray fill at the same time. I cut the scroll work out of 5/32” thick Maple solid core plywood and created duplicate size backer panels out of 5/32” thick Walnut solid core plywood. I darkened the Walnut backers with Minwax Walnut stain to improve the contrast. The backers were glued to the cut panels (which I had stack cut) forming 5/16” thick side, end and top panels. After the glue up of the panels was complete, I used my table saw to create a nominal 1/8” W x 1/8” D dado for a 1/8” x 9 ¾” L x 5 ¼” W BB ply bottom panel. I then stack cut the glued up panels to remove the bottom cut out area between the legs. Like the process I use for the Oak Hummingbird Lamp I previously made, I beveled the vertical edges of the end and side panels with my vertical belt sander to 45 degrees, which allowed the box to be assembled with clean sharp corners. Before final assembly and glue up, I applied Red Felt to the interior face of the box walls and bottom using contact cement. Since the top is also two layers of plywood, the edges are exposed in this design and I was not happy with how it looked. I used my router to create an L-shaped trim piece out of some solid maple that I applied like a frame to the top and hung down about 1/8” all around which acts as a lid keeper for the un-hinged top. (This worked but, if I was to build this box again, I would do the top differently, using 3/8” or ½” thick solid wood instead of plywood with and undersized ¼” thick backer that would act as the keeper. if I can find a piece of Solid maple I may redo the top for this box.) Here is my version of the Hummingbird Box. And, just for your information I've attached the Steve Good PDF. hummerbox.pdf Late edit: As I looked at my box I think a big upgrade in the design would be a felt lined drop in comparmented tray easily constructed of 1/8" plywood. My Lady is a jewleryholic and never has enough storage for her jewlery.

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!

Hi Kevin, welcome to the Village! If you are a newbie you are certainly off to a terrific start. Nice work. Lots of nice and helpful folks here.

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 :+}

My name is Mark. During lockdown I can work from home. So I'm not retired yet. But I do have more time to play with tools. I finally looked at my scroll saw and asked when was the last time I played with that? So I decided to re-learn scolling and get better at it. So I found this place (Village) and can read great lessons learned and tips. I'm amazed at the quality of work and projects that I see here. Tools: I don't have laser or 3D printer. I do not have band saw. I do have drill press and have done some wood turning using drill press accessory. Cut off miter power saw, and power hand tools. Oh and a router table. All tools are entry level. Scroll saw is Porter Cable from Lowes. Right before lockdown I started G scale (garden) model railroads. So I have some ideas of making my own train cars with scroll saw. I turned some wood for barrels for train cargo. I can print some labels and detail some brand names for cars. Here is 1 minute video of my unique locomotive. M.E. preprius

Jim Blume made this pattern for me.

No telling how many folks have cut this one. This old piece of pine shelving from my carport closet worked well with the pattern I think. Another one for the shop wall.

My wife, Ann Marie, volunteers at a local organization that supplies cooked meals to families’ of cancer victims on a weekly basis. Every year she talks me into supplying a handcrafted Christmas ornament for the folks and their families to maybe bring some joy to them. These are the 6 ornaments for 2020, stack cut and hand painted a total of 75 pieces. We had to be careful to not offend anyone with our religious beliefs, which I was willing to do…but I refused to call them holiday ornaments. The ornaments were packaged separately in glassine envelopes, and each family will receive one next Monday with their meal delivery. Thanks for looking. Rick This is what I wanted my originalpost to look like. Thanks again for looking. We hope everyone stays SAFE and enjoy your Christmas. 2020 Sparrow's Nest Ornaments

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.

N ice looking set. I use that glue with good results.

E6000, I use it all the time. Just need to give it time to cure.

Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse and or their Two Way Cut blades would solve the issue..

I know some scroller's frown on this blade. But if all else fails try the Olson "Crown Tooth" blade. It cuts on the up and down stroke and leaves a smooth edge. I have used this blade successfully many times. It is not my go-to blade. But what the heck, give it a try. "Unique tooth design allows the blade to cut on both the up and down stroke. ... Cuts a little slower for more control, useful in delicate fretwork. Finish is smooth with clean, sharp, splinter-free edges in hard/soft wood, plywood, plastic and Corian®." Slow the speed down and also feed a little slower. Olson makes a 2/0 in this style also.

Don is right. I made one back in 2017. The pattern is by Judy and Dave Peterson. If you don’t have the magazine, contact Fox Chapel. The have back issues.

Wonderful projects. Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee.

It is in Holiday Ornaments Volume 2.. Has head line of 125 Scroll Patterns. Pm me if you need more info,

Yes Frank, I should have. It's my mule deer because I cut it. As facts go, I have really never seen on in real life. It's on Oak, 10" x 12" Sorry it's a boring story From now on I will tell a little more.

It's in the SSWC holiday issue from 2010

awesome job

Ok, you got the pic back in the post and it looks great. So why not add some info to go with it. Pics are necessary but the story that goes with the project is also great to read. Your post title make me want to know more.

Nice job it looks stunning am just about to try making my first box, I might steel some of your ideas I love it when ppl go into detail about how they did something I learn so much I also wish ppl would put down what font they use on an item the more info we get the more so we learn, so thanks Frank good read and a great box mate

Looks terrific. Lovely wood. Marg

Very impressive work Frank. Marg

Welcome to the Village Kevin. Your lettering is excellent for a beginner. Keep up the great work. Marg

Hi, Kevin, Thanks for the nice intro and thanks for the pics! Very nice work you have shown! Welcome to the forum and God Bless! Spirithorse

If you run the lines correctly yes, it will do that and more. HF has 2 dust collectors: 2 HP and 1 HP - if you are only running those 2 machines, the 1 Hp will probably be more than enough However, if you are considering adding more machines, I;d go with the 2 Hp - it's not much more and will be all you need.... Forever LOL I have: Table, Miter, 2 Scroll saws, 2 Drill presses 1 used as a sander, Belt/Disc sander, Grinder, Dremel and 3 work benches - my 2 hp handles them all and I can vacuum the floor when I'm done. It's a real workhorse! At 4 years old it's probably the 3rd best piece of equipment I've purchased with no problems

Lucky you!!!

Very nice.

Very nice. Great combination of wood and colors

HI guys, Thanks for the input, I was going to buy the dust collector that goes on the wall and the guy at Rockler talked me out of it. He said if all I was gonna do was scroll saw and sand I didn't need it. Does he really know what he is doing????? According to reviews on the harbor freight one also, everyone likes it and it does the job. I personally would rather have the dust collector so is that gonna pick up sawdust from my scrollsaw and my sanders? Thanks Bill

Very nice job. Hummingbirds, we have some visit us every year right here in SE MI.

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 .

He has been a harley rider the whole time I've known him. With a ton of memorabilia already. I made one for a cousin's boyfriend and he asked where was his. Now he will have one as well. Yes, each letter was cut separately painted then attached to the backer board. I used a vector of the logo that I blew up to be 2 feet wide. Where I work has access to a plotter printer.

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.

The hat makes me think James Taylor.

1. Any cuts on the scrap side of the line are not mistakes. 2. Any cuts off the line are "artistic interpretations". 3. Make sure what is in the spray can is what you intend. Clear lacquer and black gloss come in VERY similar cans. 4. Most important--have fun; don't get hung up on details; don't be afraid to fail--and remember to laugh as you sail those failures into the burn pit.

How thick of puzzles are you cutting? If you are doing traditional thin puzzles, you want a narrow kerf, so you will want to be using the Flying Dutchman puzzle blades. These are not reverse teeth, but they don't seems to splinter badly. You could always try Flying Dutchman FDUR blades which have reverse teeth mixed in all up and down the blade.