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An Alex Fox pattern. I've seen this cut and displayed numerous times and have always admired the pattern. 11X14, 1/8" laminated BB, #2 Pike blade. 363 Holes and 8 and 3/4 hours saw time plus drilling and misc. time.

The world lost a lot of future good music when 30 year old Jim Croce's plane went down in 1973. He wrote and sang Time In A Bottle, Operator, I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Don't Mess Around With Jim and many others. "You can keep the dime."

Finished another 4 hearts. Received the pattern last year for Christmas and cut two then. Had a request for another one. 4 layers of 1/8 bb ply, cut with #3 MG blade. Finish is Danish oil, (fruitwood colour) and tung oil.

Solid 3/4" oak cut with several blades to try then on thick oak. From #5 -#12's.started last night and finished this morning. This is the best of all the ones I,ve cut! Practise makes perfect!!!

I just cut this. I found a piece of wood with grain that looked just right. I want to donate this to a local charity to sell. Those of you who sell your work, please tell me what price you would ask for this.

With the encouragement of my wife, it really didn't take much urging to give these little guys a try - both of us really enjoyed looking at everyone else's take on these plans and they really served as the initial motivation to give them a try. A couple of the details on these guys: The pattern was reduced in size - I forget exactly how much but I think about 75% (maybe 80%?) of the original size. The wood used is walnut (backing and suit), bloodwood (hat), padauk (nose), canary (bear, moustache), wenge (belt, boots). Finishing is Minwax Polyurethane Semi-Gloss - 4 coats. We're both pretty pleased with how they turned out but in reality they are still a work in progress - and will be for a while - the plans call for a small oval stand for them to be glued to but between the two of us we came up with a few different ideas - most of which will have to wait until the snow is gone ...... mount them on: skipping stones from the lake, polished agate stones from one of the mines around here, driftwood from the lake and finally some small pieces of burl that are in my own wood supply. In the pictures below I have them sitting on unfinished pieces of burl - they look pretty bland at the moment but this burl finishes up and polishes out to show off quite a spectacular grain. At least at this point it looks like there will be a bunch of other little members to join the family before next Christmas - all with their own unique base. Thanks very much to Steve Good for a terrific pattern. Jay

The Avett Brothers. If you don't know their music you should check them out. No Hard Feelings, Victory, Down With The Shine, would be good ones to start with. Cut on 1/2" live edge Walnut.

Tiger& Cubs pattern Made using 1/4 inch Baltic birch plywood ,and black mount board for backer, used a number 2/0 spiral blade,lots of holes on this one with very small intricate cutting took me about 18-20hours to cut but I think it turned out well just need to finish sanding and stain it and it’s good to go all feedback appreciate thanks Dan

I found a Venice scene on Pinterest I found interesting and not too difficult to cut. It did take a few days to clean up and modify the pattern. I had to go bigger because of the small cut windows in the skyline buildings. 1/8" BBPW on 1/4" backer, 12x15" size. Shellac and Lacquer finish.

I did this a year ago. The wood is Cherry. Love that wood. Give credit for pattern to Sam Custodio Workshop & Designs

I just got the Ryobi cordless one. Really like it and wonder why I didn't get one a long time ago! I also like the cordless aspect as I can use it for anything anywhere...grab and go.

I just posed the other day about my new pin nailer.. I bought it from Harbor freight.. While I have very little experience with it since I've only shot about 8 mails with it, LOL It seems to work great for what I bought it for.. This is the one I bought, I also bought the 1/2" and 3/4" nails from them when I ordered it.. I bought it online since the shipping cost me about the same as driving there.. https://www.harborfreight.com/23-gauge-pin-nailer-64143.html?_br_psugg_q=pin+nailer I had a 25% off coupon and I think the whole order cost about what the nailer would normally cost.

Here is link to discussion on the nailer from Dec. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/41245-23-ga-pin-nailer/?tab=comments#comment-448482 I have used a Harbor Freight brand for several years. Larry

if I had it on my page I would ask $70 for it. Nice pattern and cut and I have to agree with you on the wood. Too perfect Dick heppnerguy

I had the type 1 that I had bought used and did the service on it, the bearings were made in USA and Japan. When I took it apart most of the bearings still had adequate grease in them. I lost that and many other items to hurricane Florence. I bought a New Delta, not as good as the dewalt did a bunch of tuning to make it better but still not up to par. Was planning to buy Pegas when 20 RBI ultra showed up near me and meets all my needs at a much lower price. I studied the pegas trying to figure how they change the aggressiveness and came the conclusion that it is done by changing the length of the stroke. The arc of the blade is not changeable in that design so a shorter stroke will have less for and aft movement. Bob

Thank you very much stoney,I used to hate working with spiral blades it took me ages to get used to them I only went back to them about 6months ago and perseverance has paid off I love using them now cheers Dan

Forgot to mention I used a #1 jewelers blade.

Anyone tried on of these 3D puzzles? I enjoy the few flat type puzzles I have cut.... may have to give this a try one day. Also check out his scroll saw.... Guess you don't need fancy.

Some orders came in out of nowhere from a store full of recipients that got plenty of free name he gave to his new car his wife bought him!from me.hadvsome spots lifted and will glue back.blue bird is the

Here is a Steve Good design that I made for X-mas that I modified. I left off the built-in hanging hoops on top and made stands for instead. Richard

Take the cans back. Buy some more beer. Have some more beer and consider cutting those cans, or return them for further consideration. RJF

You went all out on that one Les. great job.

Beautiful piece, excellent cutting, RJ

Really like the wood look I painted mine.

They look great! Excellent work!

Love the look of these. By doing it this way, they are no long just a Christmas item. Now I am going to have to give that a try!

Those are great. I really like the idea of the different types of bases you are considering. I'm sure the burl will look spectacular with a little oil on it.

very nice job

Not sure I've heard that one. I'll look it up.

We have several of Jim Croce's cd's on one is a song *The Ball of Kerrymuir*. It was a rather *naughty* song for the 70's. I crack up laughing ever time I hear it. However I do have a warped sense of humor. Thanks for sharing Jim's Portrait.

Super work Les.

Now you have me perplexed, Do I take the cans back for 10c each return, or cut them up ?????????????????

Thanks Kevin mate.

Very Nice. You did an excellent job. Marg

Oh my that is one excellent looking piece. Well done. Marg

Nice!

Ok guys, thanks for the replies and recommendations.There are 2 Harbor Freights about 10/15 min from me. I'll have someone pick one up along with some extra nails for me tomorrow. Thanks again Ben

Great job!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much. I do the same thing. I looked at the beard from Charles Dearing's Gandalf when working on the beard for this one.

Yep I can sing along with all those songs. "I've got a name" is another song. An addition scrolling piece can be his guitar. Maybe a backing?

Well, I got commissioned by my wife to make a sleigh this year. The book that had the pattern that she liked was "Classic Fretwork Scroll Saw Patterns" By Patrick Spielman & James Reidle. My first challenge was to find some 1/4" walnut large enough for the pattern.. I ordered some 8"X12"wood from an ebay seller and that worked well but I had to shrink the plans slightly to make it fit. I used Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse blades. Had a piece of the fretwork snap off on me but I am not sayin where (Lol!) Anyhow, Sharon was so pleased she bought me a new Hegner for Christmas (LOL!!!) She wanted to put the sleigh under the tree but we discovered that it makes an excellent candy dish on our dining room table.

Nice portrait. I am familiar with the songs mentioned but never payed much attention to who sang them. What made you think of him so many years after he died? Just curious Dick heppnerguy

I would stack cut 4 then try to sale each one for $50. That away get $200 which is what my time would be worth. An more likely to be able to sale at that price, at least around here.

Well done and cute...the best acalades I can come up with.

It’s a great cut. Well done.

Everyone has said it already, but it is worth repeating...great cutting. Those spirals work great once you get used to them. The subject is beautiful but the pattern itself is very busy. It took me quite a few minutes before I actually saw the second cub below mamas jaw. You said you still had to stain and finish the panel so, and this is only my suggestion, you might want to consider selectively highlighting the lion and cubs and/or jpossibly just darken the background a tad to enhance the viewability of the piece.

Yep, I agree with Rolf, Many people are quick and easy to suggest a saw without really knowing what the intended user will plan to cut with it.. I can't imagine trying to cut some of that paper thin wood that they use to make pictures with different types of wood etc.. Can't remember what it's called but it's real thin wood.. I think it'd be pretty tough job to do on a aggressive cutting saw like a DeWalt.. Even a lot of folks struggle with learning and trying to keep a blade cutting where they want it to.. a aggressive cutting saw just makes that harder to learn.. so in my mind the best entry level saw is going to be one that has a adjustable blade movement for less or more aggressive cutting styles.. I'd say a Pegas would be about the best fit for a new person.. Not really built like a tank like a Hawk or Hegner but very versatile saw with all the user friendly adjustments and whatnot.. seems it would be about the easiest most sensible saw for a wide variety of scrolling styles and projects one might want to try..

I really like the vase, Roly.

Nicely done!

You Sir are a genius. A drinker, but a genius.