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Hello to all, I joined the forum recently and I am very happy to show you my very first work ! It is of course not perfect but I enjoyed doing it. It is a light box based on the following https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2018/11/leaf-light-box-scroll-saw-pattern.html I modified it a little bit, I used plywood of 3mm thick and led lights replaced the classic bulb and cord. It was a great first project and look forward to my next one Thank you Stork30

3/4" Pine from HD using Pegas #5R Modified Geometry blades. Took about 8 hours over two days. And boy, oh boy, did I get some experience with the letters (as in, "Man, That's Hard!"). And a lesson in how fragile pine is. The 2nd e in "need" snapped in two where it loops around and meets itself when I removed the pattern (at least I think that's when it happened). I was able to glue the piece back using wood glue, so am happy about that. Used the duck brand shelf liner and Krylon Easy Tack spray adhesive. Now to figure out what to do with it - clear coat/paint/stain/backing. The cutting was slow, but I am getting more comfortable with cuts and turns. Still working on relaxing, but I'm aware of it and working on that. All in all, I'm happy with it (another Steve Good pattern).

Based on this thread, I ordered the videos and booklets from Paul Schurch this morning. The videos are very high quality. The camera show exactly what Paul is describing as he works. The editing is proper and professional. The information in the videos are recapped in the booklets. I watched about 30 minutes of the Marquetry techniques video and so far it is very clear on how to perform the process. The way the ordering process works is that you order and pay on his website. The cost is $60.00 for the two videos and the two booklets. About five minutes after paying, you receive a link to the two videos and two booklets. You download the videos and booklets to your computer. The videos are in a zip format, so you will need to extract the videos. I have a high speed internet connection and the whole process of downloading and extracting took less than five minutes. My thoughts are the videos and the companion booklets are of a high quality and will provide the information needed to get started and to learn how to do marquetry. I would prefer to have a hands-on class, but that is not happening right now. The price of $60.00 seems appropriate based upon the high quality and the amount of information provided.

Here is a box I did not two long ago that I cut out on a scroll saw with the packet cut method . I have since put a velvet liner in the box after these pictures. Also the inside of the box looks like it has one very light peice of wood but it does not look like that, its just the picture for some reason?

well this is a few things I’ve done since thanksgiving till now. How you enjoy some of gators gifts.

First of all I found this so usable when I stumbled upon it today I thought I would share. It may be out there, but I have never seen it. For a long time I have looked for any resource to file and sand inside cuts on very small cutouts. I have tried mini files, dental files, hand held scroll saw blades, and even cutting down fingernail files. I am working on a very intense piece with hundreds of very small cut outs. The smallest needle file at any store will not come close to getting in the areas I need to reach. I do realize that a perfect cut the first time is ideal, but few of us make perfect cuts every time. Now for a long time I have used the opposite side of the scroll blade to "shave" down a slight bow or irregular area. It does work well but when you have say many hundreds of cuts on a single piece, you know you will have irregularities. I just don't like them, so I have looked for a long time for a solution. Sandpaper on a scroll saw blade on the saw? Yes I do that too. Self adhesive works well and is smaller than commercial solutions. But that solution is for somewhat larger areas to sand. I needed very very delicate control over the sanding blade. Perhaps ten years ago I bought a very used exacto knife set. The blades are now rusted and dull. But in the case there were Three mountable exacto knives in the set in good condition.{ Case had been closed for years. } The kind that you screw open and slide the blade into the top of the knife and tighten it down. So who says an exacto knife blade has to go in there? width size is perfect! See the pics I took two sizes of blades from 1/0 to 3/0. 400 grit The blades fit perfectly into the knife ends and tighten down nicely. I use used blades: Clean them and mount the self adhesive sand paper. [I buy it by the roll] The blades are cut in half with a fine cable cutter so as to add stability and less flexibility. They are sturdy enough to do extreme fine sanding with. And you can even use the knives to put a scroll blade into and "feather" a vein more carefully by hand. Now I can sand the wider areas on my scroll saw, and the most delicate of parts by hand. Sandpaper on only one side of the blade makes it even thinner.... Not sure if I explained this very well but if you experiment with an exacto you will no longer need to hold onto that tiny blade. Now you will have a handle and more control over your work. Try cutting the blades in half Two knives in pics with 400 grit. [One with the Exacto blade still in it.] NOTE: Scroll Saw blade edges are stamped left or right, and.... This can break through the paper and damage the work piece. Solution; Simply quick file the full edge of the blade to smooth using a grinder or file. Exacto knives can be found on the cheap at Walmart. Say three bucks?

Finished The Rifleman Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford as Lucas and Mark McCain. Loved this show growing up. Chuck Connors played Major League Baseball with the Cubs, played in the NBA with the Boston Celtics, and had a successful acting career. Don't you just hate people like that. 1/2" Red Oak with wormy Black Walnut backer.

I hate finishing and sanding but, I was interested in your exacto knives. When I was just a young fellow I saw a little wooden case with those same knives in a store window. How I wanted that knife set. When I was a kid $5 was a princely amount. Sometime later my father and I walked by the store and low and behold my father turned into the store and bought it for me. I was ecstatic! One day my mom and dad were gone for whatever reason and I was home alone. My dad had a razor strop hanging in the kitchen pantry to be used for disciplinary purposes. I wanted to try out my new knives. Ah, the razor strop, that should work. I sat at the kitchen table and started whittling. I only wanted to just make a few slices but the little knives cut so well I could not stop. Ultimately I had nothing but a pile of tiny little leather chips. Oh my gosh, what to do? I wrapped them up in newspaper and burred them in bottom of our trash barrel. Some time later my dad went looking for the strop and could not find it. Good thing for me. He asked mom where it was and she had no idea. Long after I was an adult I told my folks the story of the missing strop. We all got a good laugh.

I'm just curious... Any one here do marquetry? It has alway intrigued me... the difference between scrolling and true art... If I was young I would go all out and take classes or what ever to learn to do it,,, but I am not.... But I do want to try some of it... like the double bevel marquetry where you can still use the scroll saw... Like I said, just curious and maybe I should be satisfied with what I know.... but I love marquetry.... anyone else...?

I like deer projects - they always looks great. Here is my latest cutting - deer family Deers Pattern Video of making Deers project

A couple off the saw lately.

Maybe one of our marquetry pros can put together a step-by-step tutorial of a simple project and we could all get started. Wink, wink. I'd be willing to join in.

Dan , Paul's a good guy and great teacher get the video's its a cheap way to learn. .... and no I don't make a dime on referring them.

I just took a picture of the finished interior for reference. As that first picture bugged me.......

Paul, I did take a marquetry class. In fact, marquetry is what started me in scrolling. I was at our County Fair about 5 years ago the the woodworkers group was out there as usual but this year was different. There was a guy there who had built his own foot powered saw that was different than anything I had ever seen and it intrigued me so I stood and watched him cut a few pieces of his picture. Anyway, long story short, he gave me his card and invited me to come attend one of his classes. I did that and was so interested I just had to buy my first saw. If you want to try it the same way he taught the art, I recommend buying this book. "The Art of Marquetry" by Craig Vandall Stevens. I bought it from Amazon and I think it was only about $15. It gives great pictorial views on exactly the same method that I was taught by Ken Cowell. The strange thing is though that I never went any further with it. I got side-tracked on other forms of scrolling. What I did learn from it though is that you have to have some project intended to use your finished marquetry on. A box, a cabinet, a table top or something to use it for. And, whatever you apply it to, you have to attach something to the back of whatever you attach it to. I guess it's like any other laminated object in that you have to have offsetting pressures so the board doesn't warp in one direction. Am I making myself understood? I'm not sure. Anyway, get the book and read it. You'll have a much better understanding once you do. I did this little leaf/stem as the first project. I bought another pattern/kit from him along with the woods. They are still laying on my bench where I put them 5 years ago.

Paul, I do marquetry and I have taken two different class, one at the American School of French Marquetry with Patrick Edwards and learned how to cut with a Chevalet ( In fact I made one of the Chevalets to cut with) and also, I took a class at Mark Adams School of Woodworking with Paul Schurch and we cut on a scroll saw but not the double bevel cut method but instead we did the packet cut method (much easier). The classes were great and I learned a lot. But if you want to learn without taking a class, I highly recommend Paul Schurch's two videos ( in fact they are part of taking his classes requirements ) and they have everything you need to know on how to do the marquetry packet cut method and has the same information in them that we learned at the class. I guarantee that you will be able to do marquetry if you get them … given your ability of being a good scroller. Richard http://americanschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/WPASFM/ https://schurchwoodwork.com/

You just insulted @octoolguy,, Methuselah is not older than me!!

Ray @octoolguy took a marquetry class, and he is as old as you, Paul. I’m sure he will chime in here shortly.

When I first started scrolling I would spend as much time touching up as I did cutting. Now my cutting ability is a lot better. If I cut out a fret an it is a little off I use the side of the blade to trim. Sanding mop to remove fuzzies or torch to burn them off. WE are our worst critics.

I agree with Dan on his suggestion, but if you are trying to reshape the cut, you do it when you make the cut. I use the burr on the blade to shave the cut till it’s where you want it. Otherwise, there is no need to sand the inside cuts, especially in fine fretwork like you are showing. Once you apply a topcoat, the edges of the inside cuts will never show.

Hubby and I went to LL Johnson yesterday, it's a good hours drive but the weather was beautiful and perfect for a road trip. Hubby headed to the Machinery section and I bee lined it to the wood Section.......................Talk about a happy camper. $60.00 dollar later I had a nice little pile of lumber. Since I do mostly ornaments and refrig magnets I buy the 5-6inch width boards.

Hello I have been rearranging my shop for several different reasons However I just started feeling cramped and having no real follow. In my task of organizing I did not realize I had the amount of blades that I have. Although you can never have too many blades. So I can up with this idea in the picture so that I would know what I had and start acquiring the other blades that I wanted/ or needed. I built a cabinet with having a special drawer dedicated for my blade`s.

I just love all my life cutting with #12-#9-#7 blades. Get in and get out quick and simple, always moving forward. Now having done some (a lot ) of projects for Rdatelle with his advice I fell in love with fine tooth blades! Even in 3/4" thick oak they performed beautifully. No where near as fast a cutting speed much like cutting with a spiral. Let the saw do the work. This project here I wanted to do but the pattern was not up to par. So high detail us scrollers are used to deminished. Thanks for looking!!!

Hey everyone ! In this Scroll Saw Project video I make a beautiful Valentines Day Rose designed by Steve Good ! Valentines Day is right around the corner and this would make a great gift to present to you Significant Other ! Hope you all like the video ! The pattern was designed by Steve Good and is avaliable as a FREE download over on his website at; -www.scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com Remember, If I Can Make It Or Do It So Can You ! Please continue to Like, Share, and Subscribe to my Channel to see all future uploads ! God Bless ! Here is the link to the build video !

I quit using packaging tape and have been using blue painters tape. The blue painters tape hold my stack cutting together great and comes off easy after.

I have a friend here in Texas that has a cnc with laser, has built a plexus glass encloser with an outside exhaust, RJ

Great work for a first project. Dan mentioned using printer paper of velum on the inside to make it look a little more finished. I totally agree. Another choice is to put some 1/8" thk colored plexiglass inside. It would add a lot to the project. I'm attaching a photo of a lamp I did a while ago to give you some idea. You can find the Plexiglass on line.

I looked at a lot of these tools yesterday and watched many video reviews about them. The measuring tools are almost all metric. I live in the US, and I don't own any metric woodworking tools. These are mostly useless to me. However, I did find a few tools that I am going to buy at some point.

Great Looking finished portrait Charlie, well done. Marg

I'm sorta hoping there will be enough interest here that I could request Travis add it as a forum option.. not so far but maybe.. @rustynail, I have looked a many plans of Chevalets, and would love to build one,,,, just to build one... but I do not have the room... That is why I am really, I think, in the double bevel marquetry.... I have scroll saw... But "come'n man" there is so much neat marquetry stuff out here... Thanks for all the input so far... checking it all out...

Great looking portrait. Loved that show.

Thanks Ray

Hi, I have a Dewalt saw similar to that one but earlier. Mine has a plastic body without all the round tube stock. I do have the folding cart like that one but a bit different. I like it alot. I was going to upgrade a while back to a contractors saw but I just couldn't afford to buy one so I searched youtube for a good video on how to "tune" this saw. After I did that and bought a good quality blade for it, I've very happy with how it saws. I also mounted a 7 1/4" blade on mine for cutting small stuff. The kerf is much narrower. It's a 40 tooth carbide blade and it also works great. Before buying a new one and laying out the big bucks, search Craigslist or FB Marketplace for a used one. I see them all the time for great prices. You won't be disappointed in this saw especially after you tune it up.

I saw a segment on a Los Angeles news channel last night showing the backlog of cargo ships anchored out side the port. They blame the backlog on the fact that half of the dock workers are out from COVID or are quarantined. I assume it’s the same on the East cost.

You’ve made some great pieces!!! I particularly like the look of the gun holster.

Yeah I did, but I need two of them.. .. well maybe not "need" but I've been wanting the laser attachment for it.. but that alone cost $400 ish.. for $500 more I can have the machine with the laser so I can laser on one and route on the other.. My current stand alone laser is limited to a 8 x 10 ish size.. I want something that I can laser large portraits with... My currect CNC work size is 24 x 24 x 7 inch. The smaller one I'm thinking of buying is 12 x 18 x 3.. perfect for laser work.. and if to small it's easy to swap the laser head to the bigger machine.

I do scrollsaw during the winter or rainy days during the summer. I play golf as often as I can and really enjoy the game and where I play. So most of my scrollsaw resolve around golf as far as sport design goes. Attached are a few pictures of some of the stuff that I cut and mostly gave away.

Now that we have become a totally Marxist nation this now the norm!

I live a mile from the Pacific ocean. We hike the local wetlands and can see the stack up of cargo ships sitting in the L.A. harbor. Last week we had a pretty good storm go through and many of them moved further off shore to avoid serious damage. It really is amazing to see just how much foreign goods we import. Sad state of affairs!

Made this stroller for my granddaughter way back when. Then I got a little braver and made this clock tower

Nicely done.

Very neat job!

Awesome! yes that day is approaching fast. My wife used to work for American Greetings and Valentines day was the single busiest day / season of the year for her. That was a bit awkward since it was/is also our anniversary.

Nice cutting. Good trick with the washer.

@CharleyL I am sorry for the loss of your friend. It is very nice of you to help his girlfriend with an Urn. I’m sure he would appreciate knowing you helped her during this time, prayers said for you all.

Beautiful work Charley, RJ

Amazing work, as always. Your precision is next level! Plus, and I think best, your work is just fun to look at!

Don't know what is better--the cutting or the finish. Both are top shelf.

I like the cabinet idea. I use the Baby soda bottles for my blade storage. I want a clear tube so that I can see how many blades I have left. And these tubes are bullet proof.