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well iv finally got the layered snakes finished pictures of all sides and then with there little hats on.....im not sure if i should just include them with the snakes or glue them onto there heads.they were a real bugger to paint and the colors arent excetly right but i got as close as i could with paints i have on hand i was going to put a jar or can inside them to make them useful as pencle holders or something but with the head and tail glued on the inside of the circlees so far i have found anything that will fit might see if i can cut a round piece of wood to put on the bottom it would be shallow but you could put change in it or something

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 got a message this AM that SSV was offline. There must have been a hiccup in the licensing key for the software. I did a refresh and things seemed to have popped back. If it happens again, feel free to email me at travis[at]scrollsawvillage.com. I'm not on the website all day, so an alert like that is very helpful. Hopefully it won't happen again.

I love shop photos. My shop is small also, 112 sq ft. 8X14. I do not keep my table saw in the shop which helps. You seen to be well organized. I do have a small 220V heater which keeps the shop around 70 degrees. You have a very nice dust collection system and the fact that it is outside the shop is great.

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.

Hi, I am yet to use a scrollsaw, my wife got me one for Christmas and well it's on back order. I tinker with some woodworking and am very much an amateur, I have had some health issues which limits productivity and believe smaller projects will be better for me. I cannot wait to see what I will be able to do. Look forward to all the wealth of information. If there are any 'easy' starter projects for a beginner, known by anyone or a resource of patterns tips etc. (Note am yet to go through this sites info) Thanks, John (Grumps, nickname my grandkids have for me - I'm not really grumpy )

I’ve mentioned before that my workshop is a small 8’ x 12’ Resin Suncast shed purchased from Lowes. I also have a previously installed 7’ x 10’ Resin Suncast shed that is for my garden equipment. The back of my workshop shed is about six inches from the side of the garden equipment shed. Sawdust control has become a problem in the work shop. I only have 4 machines in my shed. Between my scroll saw, router, sander and table saw I have been generating way tooooo much sawdust and it was getting impossible just to sweep to keep the shop clean. My small shop vacuum was filling up the bag quickly and was not very practical to get in and around the equipment stations and work bench. A dust collection system seemed to be a necessary investment. Since my shop is small there was no room to install a dust collector inside the shop, so I decided that I would look for a system I could install in the garden equipment shed and run the collection piping and a remote switch through the walls into the workshop. Locating the Dust Collector remotely in the garden equipment shed reduces the noise of the loud dust collector in the workshop. I also did not want to spend a lot of money for a system, so after some Google searches and a lot of research, I decided to purchase a Woodstock International Shop Fox model W1727 1 HP Dust Collector that was recommended for 3 machines for about $450. Since my shop is so small I figured it would be good for my 4 machines and a drag around hose.. Four inch diameter hose was used to connect the Shop Fox through the walls into the workshop where the interconnection hoses was reduced to 2 1/2” diameter throughout the workshop. This is the hose between the sheds wrapped with foil sided tape for protection. The switch wire also under the tape wrap. This is the tansition from 4" to 2 1/2" inside the workshop. m I removed the On/Off switch that came mounted on the Shop Fox motor and relocated the switch to inside the Workshop. A twist lock male plug was installed in the gem box on the motor where the switch was and a female plug attached to the wire coming from the relocated switch. This prevents the connection from becoming dislarged due to vibration. There is a blast door at each machine so only one inlet at a time will be operated when the machine is operated. I also added a fifth blast door for a 1 1/4” dia. drag around hose for shop cleanup of sawdust generated by portable tools like palm sanders,Dremel carving tools and trim routers. This is to the back of the disk/belt sander. This is the connection to my router table. There is also a lower inlet in the back from the box below that cannot be seen. This is the connection to the back of my contracto table saw. This is the connection to the Pegas and the drag around hose. I made a collection box for under the Pegas table. Although I have not used the system for actual machine operations yet, I have tested the system and it seems to be working just as exspected. Plenty of suction and the Dust Collector can be barely heard. The air flow at an inlet is louder that the sound of the remotely located motor. Not sure if I will run it continuously while scrolling. Might turn it on when dust and pieces collect in the box below the table. The hoses, fittings (i.e.; Tee, Wyes, Blast Gates), hose clamps (lots of hose clamps) and hose mountings added about another $250 to the cost of the system. It took about 16 hours over three days to install the complete system. Hope this was not too boring and possible useful information for any one consdidering a small dust collector system. EDIT 1/14/21: There is a tour of my shop in a reply to Ken toward the bottom of this post.

Waiting for spring - Birdhouse project, 5 layers makes great 3D effect, 1/8 inch laminated MDF, project size - 7,5 x 7,5 inches Video of making project Birdhouse pattern

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

I cut this Steve Good pattern way back when I was starting out in 2011. This was a very challenging thing for me as a newb. It turned out pretty good but the flower stem was too fragile and eventually boke. I used 1/2" BB. Probably would have looked much better in a hardwood.

Read this yesterday. Quite the setup you have going there Frank. A remote dust collector, has to be a dream to live with out all that noise. Thanks also for the tour, nice looking shop.

A small electric heater designed to be used in a workshop. When temps are in the 40's. it takes about an hour to bring it up to a comfortable temp to work in. If it drops much below 40, I just skip a day and the temps will bounce back up. Not often here in Florida will the temps stay below the 40's. No possible A/C. Power suppy not adequate and no wall space for one. I work early mornings with door open and a fan on. Bought one of those portable personel cooling units that uses ice to cool the air and the fan operates on USB voltage (about 5 volts I think). Havn't used it yet but the high temps will be back in a couple of months. Should add a few hours a day of work time.

Wow, Thanks for the tour! I like the light on your Pegas. How do you heat it in the winter and cool it in the summer?

Thanks Frank. You are as short on space as I am. My shop is 9 x 13. I have a small entry door so that gives me one more wall than you. I take my Dewalt saw out on my driveway to use it. No room in the shop for it. I have a 14" bandsaw, 2 scroll saws, a stack tool box, an 8 foot long work bench, a Fein/DustDeputy, and a ton of hand held power tools up on a shelf. I bought a ton of woodworking quick clamps from a guy whose Dad passed away. I should never need another clamp of that type. I would like to buy a couple of 24" Bessey bar clamps though. They are nice for glue-ups. I bought 4 of the 4 foot LED shop lights when H/F had them on sale for $20 ea. They are so bright I have to turn them off if I want to look up at anything on the shelves above them. Anyway, we are both using our small area to the best of our abilities.

Thanks. Thought maybe you and others might want to see the whole 8' X 12' shop: Looking in the front double door. You can see I don't have to walk very far between work stations. The shelf across the rear wall has a bunch of my extra Motorcycle parts. These will probably be relocated to my storage unit when I need the space for more wood working stuff. Right side. Light wood storage on shelf, lots of clamps, hand tools, etc. Left side. Ive had that narrow work bench for about 40 years. Top shel has a bunch of portable power tools in their cases. Lower shelf for all those small items you reach for, for every project. My home made Router table. The wood tool chest was inherited from my father who got it from my grandfather. Probably near a hundred years old. The battery in the back corner is for my box trailer and is on a battery tender There is alittle Echo Dot out of the pick just above the plugs. that lets me listen to my Sirius/XM. My Sanding station on a home made roll around cabinet. The yellow motor with wand is a slow speed carving setup that I currently have a sanding mop installed. Works great to get the furries off the back of cuttings. A few hand saws hang on the wall behind the station and a little plastic drawer cabinet for small picture hangers and such mounted in the back corner. My Dremel area with my upside down dremel drill press and separate dremel with wand for using high speed carving bits. After drilling blade holes I use the wand with a small ball carving bit to taper each hole on the back side of the cut to make threading the blade easier. I generate a lot of sawdust with hand tools (drils, sanders, small routers, etc.) on the work bench, so the drag aroung vac hose will be very nice to keep the area clean. Contractor table saw with a small pancake compressor in corner, used for pin nailer and air duster nozzle. When I have to rip long pieces or cut large panels, I move the saw outside onto the paving in front of the shed. Then it easy to clean up the generated saw sust with my leaf blower. Another view of my Pegas saw setup. Those are blade storage test tubes with caps in a flat board mounted to the side of the stand. Very convienent reach. The flooring material you can see in this photo needs to be replaced. Used a cheap thin stick down vinyl material that is not sticking well. Rain comes in the doos while ';m working weting the floor and with the high summer temps,the floring material is lifiting. I need to replace with a more durable permanently secured material. Next Spring's project. Unfortunately as you can see I have no wall space to hang any of nmy work.

I have been chasing that elusive dream of a neatly organized shop since I started woodworking…but I've come to realize that some dreams never come true. Besides, I'd hate to throw away my son's inheritance!

I purchased Lou, my Paint Mare, in 2006 at the age 6 or 7 - previous owner was unsure of her age. For the first year we had some rough times as she was barely green broke but soon we had some wonderful rides together. When my eldest daughter and her family came into my life in 2008, she too developed a great relationship with my horse but experienced her own issues (bulging lower disc in the back after a fall from Lou) with her. When we left Colorado for Ohio in 2012, Lou stayed behind until we could get into a better financial position and finally joined us here in 2017. Unfortunately, we learned that she had developed Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Cancer) in her left eyelid which is a common problem with Paint horses that have bald faces like mine. I wasn't able to afford the surgery at Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital so we decided to try other medications that ultimately did not help matters. After some aggravating and heart-wrenching thought and discussion, I decided that Lou would be euthanized and so Monday, yesterday, she crossed over the Rainbow Bridge onto greener pastures. With much thanks to Grampa for his efforts, I made this memorial for my eldest so she could keep something of Lou (I have my halter and saddle). The picture is of my eldest's last rodeo with Lou this past August while the horsehair is a lock of Lou's mane. Charmayne Picture of Lou by Scott Baker, on Flickr I'll give the frame to my eldest when she comes back out this next weekend as I didn't put the last pieces on until tonight.

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.

When I got the Hegner this Christmas, this was the first thing I tried to cut out. It is a classic Steve Good pattern. Sharon loves hummingbirds so I figured I couldn't go wrong with this one.. After all she approved the Hegner purchase (Lol!). I can't remember if I used the FD Penguin Silver Reverse or the FD Ultra Reverse.. In any case I am sure it was a #3.. Sharon suggested that I trim the backing with gold so I got that done this morning after taping it last night. All in all I am very pleased with how it turned out. The wood is BB 1/4". The stain on the backer is Minwax Dark Walnut. I applied Minwax polyurethane to the fretwork.

I got back to my scroll saw art after a month break to work on other projects. I made this one for my wife, Leslie, because she taught me to love nature.

Sharon and I care for her mom (who lives with us). One day as she was wandering down the hall I asked to see her "hall Pass". The hall pass turned into the daily joke that got her to smile, so today I actually made her one ..

Another compliment from one of the best, Thank you!!!

If you chose a wide enough piece of wood to scroll you can then have the grain horizontal, Thanks Gordie!!!

Very nice scrollin. Excellent, I like tht pattern. Where did you get it? What blade did you finally use?

Great job. Glad to see more finished project of this pattern, it is one of my favorite pattern.

Looks just perfect!

My rule of thumb for saving scraps is; If I can find a place to put it, where I don't trip on it, or bang my head on it, or knock it over, every time I reach for something else, then it gets saved.

Now that its decided that beer cans will be used as a material. I give you the first beer can pattern. RJF

love them they came out great!!!

Great work Kevin!

those came out great!!!!

Great job Barb!

terrific job

Excellent work

You are a scrollsaw CNC

Great job on that Kevin...might give that one a go also.

Welcome to the Village John. Lots of friendly folks here for you to meet. Lot of people here willing to answer questions and help you in every way.

A.K. being A. K. AGAIN! Sure makes the rest of us look like slouches!

Especially love the nurse one. Roly

if its exotic lumber i keep it. must be 3" wide and 6"long. anything smaller gets scrapped.native lumber(walnut,cherry,oak,pine,etc) goes to the fire pit. i have a 3 foot long 2 foot wide set of shelves my shorts are stored on. i can get a LOT of scraps on it but i dont allow that to happen any more for a reason: what better excuse to go to a lumber store than i truly do need a piece of lumber.

i MADE THAT ONE OUT OF WALNUT AND IT WAS NO TIME BEFORE iT GOT BUSTED, SO PLYWOOD IS THE BEST BET ike

Gorgeous. I really must try those mg blades.

Spiral blades are very brittle, particularly those sized #0 and thinner. That coupled with the very thick wood meant that I broke most of them while getting them through the holes and attempting to clamp them rather than when sawing.

Hi Ken: You just proved it again - it doesn't have to be a big, shiny, expensive gift to make someone happy The kids today could learn alot from this Life Lesson - Such a small gift but great rewards - Great idea Thanks for showing us Take Care, Stay Safe Ken Fab4

Very cool!

Great Idea. I see this village is also about exchanging ideas. Not just "scrolling". But there are some pros (pun intented) that do both exhange ideas and perform great crafting.

Very nice!

very nice job cutting and finish Ken. Anything that keeps someone else smiling is a nice payday. Bob

Busy shop with 5 guys. And their hats date it also

This is the set I bought. I wasn't really expecting too much but I was pleasantly surprised. And for what they cost I thought I'd take a chance. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075C72PGK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1