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The "Re-do" is the "Bread and Cheese" pattern by Fiona Kingdon. I completed it once before, then destroyed it trying to round over the outside edge.... My mistake,,, picked up the wrong router bit.... All okay I loved scrolling it so I cut it again.... This time it is cut in 1/2" Maple... Dipped in Tung oil. I will probably cut this one a third time, just because I like cutting it... The "New" Fiona Kingdon's "Bee on a Comb", cut in 1/2" Beech. I have not sanded and finished it yet... I really enjoy cutting her patterns... I have several more to go..

And look who I found hanging out!

Things happen, and they did in a big way, in my second attempt at a fretwork/sculptured project. The pattern is Owl by Seyit that I modified to suit an 11”x14” panel and adjusted for carving. The panel ‘started out’ as a piece of 3/4”x11”x14” and the pattern was cut with Pegas #1 spiral blades. The many-hole cutting itself was quite time consuming as the pattern has many very close together cut outs and required very slow cut speeds. After completing the scroll work I attempted to lower the background using a small trim router and a router sled to create a uniform lowering. I was removing 1/4” of material and as I moved across the piece the panel began to warp, causing the cut depth to vary, making the surface uneven. I stopped and when I returned to the shop the next morning, I found the panel had flattened out and I was able to clean up the uneven cuts. I was close to being finished when, in attempt to clean up a remaining small area, I proceeded to put a big, unrepairable, gouge in the panel. In order to try to save the scroll work I cut away the background from the image area. I then proceeded to do the necessary carving and painting of the image before affixing it to a 1/4” backer that I embellished with some colored work. The Frame is just pine with a detail trim strip, stained with a Minwax water based stain called Royal Pine that turned out to be very ‘Blue’ and not the color I was looking for. I added the gold color to the beading with Acrylic Craft paint and then finished it with Minwax water based Polycrylic clear satin protective finish. The water based products do dry much faster but I don’t think I will be using this system in the future. Every project is a learning process, and boy, did I learn a bunch with this one!

Superman & Batman guarding their cities of Metropolis and Gotham, I converted this from a Vinyl Car Decal. Scroll work is 1/4 inch plywood and the frame is a ripped down 2x4 #ArtisanPirate

Well I re-cut it,,,, and it turned out better than the first one.... Cut this one in Maple...

Another H.Botas pattern. Some of the cuts are razor thin, the branches, for instance, I would run my blade up one side on the first pass, turn, then coming down the other side there were a lot of places where I was just shaving the kerf a little bit wider. Used Pegas #3MG blades, 3/4" whiteboard from Lowes.

He can only cut to the left!

Trying to send a video. 20210126_121621.mp4

My brother wanted this sign making “Heimelig” it means cozy in German.it’s made from an A 4 Baltic birch plywood sheet with a black mount board and I made a oak frame to finish it off, then 3 coats of danish oil and some clear varnish ,thanks for looking

Since I haven't been able to doing any scrolling since August, I thought I would put a few of the things I did before August. I'm getting bored. Can't wait for March to get here.

I got the shot s few days ago... along with my wife.... Got up the next morning and looked in the mirror!!!! And we now found if we talk to each other when standing close to each other,,,, we hear "feedback".....

This one I cut for RDatelle.1/8" birch cut with a scroll reverse#3

I had posted some puzzle videos on my TikTok page and got some request for custom cars and names etc.. This particular one kinda struck me funny.. The car is a Geo Spectrum Pattern was done by Harvey,

Finished this Pegasus project today. It is 11x14"

Well not really,,,, stupid got me! I ruined my last Fiona cutting that I posted last week... Decided I wanted to round over the outside edge and a little bit of inattention and the router ate it for me..... Oh well, got the pattern all mounted on another piece of wood and will give it another go... If I let my mistakes discourage me,,, I would not do anything...

Well done Les.

Which is more important,,,, speed or accuracy? The DW788 is faster because it has more from to back motion... It is more aggressive. I think the only importance here is how you like to cut. I am old and slow.... My hegner is the least aggressive saw I have owned... I love it... would not trade it for anyother saw.... Like the tortoise and the hare... Your Dewalt is faster,,, but while you are doing maintenance and repairs,,, I will catch up... And yes you have to use the same blade on each saw to make a comparison.... and how did we get back to 2018?

After reading 4 pages of comments about scroll saw speed it makes my head spin. I'm just glad I'm a hobbyist and really don't care how fast my saw goes. I could have a Ferrari of a scroll saw and it wouldn't make any difference to me. It would take the joy out of it for me if I had a deadline. Just my opinion. My nearly 29 year old RBI Hawk still works just fine and it runs at MY speed. I don't sell any of my stuff or care how long it takes. I give away about 75/80% of anything I make. All I care about is, take my time and do it right the first time. As Norm said..."measure twice and cut once" that is really good advice. To all of you that use your scroll saw to make a living i commend you. You are a hearty bunch and I wish all the best for 2021 and beyond.

Gosh, I have never ruined a piece. FYI; I also have a bridge for sale, if anyone is interested. Cash only. No checks.

If you would heat your darn shop, he wouldn't need to bundle up like that.

That’s funny, RJ

How's Bernie on the scrollsaw?

Beautiful piece of work Paul. Lots of cuts but the resulting detail really makes it stand out. Thanks for showing us.

This post is 3 years old.. The saw was brand new still in the box Hawk that I bought in 2014-15? .. but the saw is actually a 1998.. sitting all those years the grease dried up in the two bearings the saw has that are greased bearings.. Replaced the bearings and 600 hours later still going strong.. Not bad for a $350 saw and $12 in bearings.. Produced around $60,000 - 70,000 in products with that saw.

Hawk says to oil that wedge thing.. but I've read where someone said Hegner says not to.. I never could understand that theory but whatever.. Hawk doesn't have the brass bushings and there is no oil needed for the bearings in the arms at the pivot points.. so there is only oil on the cam lever area where you tension the blade at the front and that wedge at the rear of the saw.. I wish saw manufactures would put hour meters on the saws.. based on the amount of hours I run my saws since installing hour meters on them.. I'd say I have around 400 hours on the oldest 1993 Hawk I have.. it was well used and needed some parts when I first got it.. I have about $200 into that saw ( $100 I paid for the saw and $100 in parts ).. The Ultra was new when I got it in 2014 but it's a 1998 saw.. It needed two bearings shortly after I got it.. the grease dried up.. Anyway I'd say that saw has 600 hours by now.. other than those two bearings I've done nothing to it.. Newest Hawk had just turned 200 hours today.. The EX I'm guessing around 500 hours and about 300 hours is when I took it apart and cleaned / greased the bearings ( after it was too late LOL ) but I did manage to get another 100 hours before I had to buy new parts last summer and do that rebuild.. I just rolled the hours another 100 hours since that rebuild on it last week. so the saw has a total of 500 hours.. I've not had to do any repairs to the Hawks other than that one bearing in the ultra.. and the worn parts on the first Hawk but I bought that knowing it needed work. I'd say most of the DW - EX type saws should run 400 - 600 hours if they are not the China made ones.. But I really would be curious how many hours a Pegas etc type saw would run before needing bearings etc. since I had the China made saw I'm curious if one of the other better made ones would run longer without taking them apart for grease etc.. JT claimed ( and a few others on FB ) that they've never oiled the Hawk saw.. I know JT used to pump out a lot of work on his saws.. I bet they have over 2000 - 3000 hours.. Only thing he talked of having to replace was the tension cam mechanism a couple times.. That's really impressive to me.. considering never being oiled. I'm in no way trying to say Hawk is better than the other saws.. I'm basically stating my experience with Hawk and EX type saws based on my production cutting with each saw.. Not every saw in the same brand is going to be a great saw.. every brand has a lemon and I realize my EX was probably a lemon..

I get instructables but if it has anything to do with exercise I would never open it! Makes me feel threatened.

Finally got a chance to order my parts I needed from Bushton on Monday.. parts came in the mail today.. I just came back in a short time ago after putting all new bearings etc. in Is it safe to say I wore out a brand new Hawk in 5 months.. bought the saw in May and replacing the bearings in it already.. Pretty sure it would have lasted much longer had the bearings actually had grease in them.. Not sure to blame that one on Hawk.. or China.. Bearings say Made in China.. Hawk says Made in the USA.. I picked up the bearings from a local bearing supply house.. The parts needed to complete my bearing job was the darn special spacer (washer) that goes in between the lower arm and the connecting rod.. I dropped the darn thing while trying to put it together last month.. I seen the general direction it took off to and i moved all the lumber around... never could find it.. now that is back together it'll show up, LOL Needles to say.. she's got all brand new bearings ( with grease too ).. and is running smoother than it ever has.. It's virtually smooth all through the gears until the very highest one.. she's got some vibration at top speed.. but used to have a pretty bad area right around the middle speed and would walk across the floor on just before high speed and up from there.. Hawk mailed me a paper with alignment instructions which one I had not thought of myself or tried.. which could have been part of the issue.. however no grease in the bearings I'm sure played a part too.. Now I need to put my new updated upper clamp / tension mechanism on my old Hawk 220.. the tension lever wouldn't stay down into the tension position.. guessing that's why that saw kept breaking blades.... This saw is one oldie as it doesn't have the small set screw to adjust to give it more tension.. so the whole new updated to the BM series style upper clamping system had to be used.. But since I am taking the arm off etc.. I also picked up new bearings etc for this one.. so if anything is bad or worn.. should be like new when I get this one done too..

FrankEV recently created this and told us about it in the thread: Parrot and Peony - Bragging Rights - Scroll Saw Village Here is a photo of my attempt: And here it is hanging with other birds on a wall in our (very small) downstairs Loo: This is cut from 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood and the backer board is the same material. I painted the backer using many different acrylic paints. I found it hard to locate the correct colours exactly behind the holes that I had cut. The painting was much more difficult than the sawing and I won't be doing anything like it any time soon. The frame is made from 1/4-sawn White Oak and I gave that a distressed look by first painting the frame then sanding off some of the paint. Everything was finished using clear gloss "rattle-can" stuff.

I squirreled away some money from the sale of my bass boat for shop equipment. My three major items are a Delta 36-725T2 table saw (on order) a DeWalt DW734 planer (in the shop) and a Wahuda 8" jointer (ordered yesterday) ! Then I'll make some rolling tables, one assembly about 4' x 4' same height as the Delta saw's table for an outfeed and assembly table. Then one each for planer and jointer also sized to match the assembly for extended outfeed. I may even make one for my benchtop drill press and get it off the main workbench. When I rearrange the shop they will roll up to an outside wall for storage, leaving the center of the shop open. Well...at least that's the plan...LOL.

I really like both of them Paul. Very nice patterns and cuttings, now be careful cleaning up what appears to be a couple of little burn marks on the bottom of routed edge of the bee cutting. LOL

Lets test a " HAND FRET SAW " vs ?saw. We have had some who use the hand fret saw. They do beautiful work.

Scrappile, Accuracy is what we all strive for (I think) Nothing OFFICAL about that test, it has no declaration and no meaning. It was Iguanadon cutting a pattern to show he cuts slower with the slower saw.

He won't be any help wearing THOSE MITTENS. RJF

amazing work

Great job on both! Just wish her patterns were available for purchase without restrictions of use. And wondering if all those little holes on the bee's head was actually cut on the Scroll saw or just drilled holes? Hard to tell in the photo.

You should have used the exact same blade on each saw to get accurate results. Just my humble opinion.

Wow, Looks super!

Nice work! Looks Great! Here is a recent story that came to mind after reading your post. I did an 8X10 winter scene fret piece (from Steve Good) during Christmas using BB and as I got into the last third, the saw started getting hard to control. Up till then, I had never had a board bow while cutting before. (yeah, I am still trying a lot of stuff for the first time Lol). I ended up using the "foot" to help hold down the bow. The piece turned out fine but I ruined it by staining the backer with the wrong shade of stain.

This is what she wrote in the Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts Magazine #81 where I got the pattern from: "

Sorry, @ben2008 That's twice in less than a week that I have made a mistake like that. I think I need a vacation and some alcohol to get me thinking straight! God Bless! Spirithorse

Well done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Yah, I like it. Reminds me of home!

That is great. Tools for the shop and fishing. Two good recreations

Hi Les, I agree with everything you said. I'm 76 so not all that far behind you. I used to do as much maintenance on things I've owned as I could but now find myself not all that interested in doing that anymore. As far as scroll saws are concerned what ever gets the job done. I will say I have had my Hegner since 2008 and haven't had to replace any parts yet, knock on wood. The only maintenance required is oiling bushings and waxing table. Oh and occasionally blowing off the sawdust. LOL

Ha! After 3 1/2 hours of downloading, I finally got to see your shop!! Worth the effort, very nice shop. Looks to be about twice the size or more than mine... Very nice layout.. I really think I could be happy with that! The tool you have that I would most like to have is that drum sander... I bet it come in handy... Thanks for taking the time to share with us..

timer I have one of these( a dumpster rescue) but an analog plug in clock works also. I have an outlet strip plugged into my foot switch. the saw and the timer is plugged into it. I also have a timer that keeps track of my total saw hours for maintenance reasons. This timer is easy to reset, but it is a bit pricey.

Alright Kevin, I have popcorn in one hand and a beer in other, waiting, RJ

Ok Iggy you asked for it so I'll do my bit to keep this thread going. Unlike David Allen Coe's The Prefect Country Song, there doesn't appear to be a perfect scroll saw that everyone agrees on. At my age my perspective is naturally going to be somewhat biased compared to some of the younger whipper snappers here. LOL I personally couldn't care less how fast one scroll saw cuts in comparison to others. Of course I say this because I don't use one for production cutting. That being said I do understand why that might be one of the primary concerns of some of our members. From what I have learned here and through my personal experience It appears that at least for now Hawk and Hegner are both low maintenance scroll saws. I think that fact alone might influence my decision even if I was into a production enterprise. I don't now and never have liked mechanical equipment that is prone to high maintenance.

Looks like it was a good turn out and a good time.. Surprised you didn't video the ribbon cutting for all to watch :( Hope your newest path turns out very well for you..

Ha! Nice to see my topic is still alive and well as I've been focused on the ribbon cutting event for my map business. Pictures of the event from last night. Yes, I used some of my puzzles as decoration. LOL Keep the "discussion" going.