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I have spent in the past to much money to get a case for my iPhone. I found pictures and a video on YouTube and tried these myself. The first in I made was Cherry. To thin and to soft, it broke when I dropped it. Next was walnut and it came out pretty nice. Next was worm eaten ash and I really like it. The grain is beautiful. Next I’m going to try hickory as soon as it warms up in the garage. Thanks for looking.

My daughter's best friend had to put her pet bunny down the other day. I had posted a photo in the hopes of having a pattern made but it was to dark. This is what I came up with. I hope she likes it. I know my daughter certainly did. This is solid cherry wood cut with Pegas mg #3.

I made this for one of my granddaughters ( her choice) who loves butterflys. It is made from blue pine, Western Red Cedar frame, and stained BB background. Deft satin lacquer finish. Looks like the frame is smaller at the bottom and not at 90 degrees. It's just me and my picture taking skills that's off. It's a pattern from Wooden Teddy Bear

Made this happen for brother in law.

I am always on the lookout for wood for my ornaments. I found these 3" x 7" wood planks which I think might be popular (not sure). I found them at of all places Dollar Tree. So I bought two packages. Today I did a test cut. Yikes! The wood cuts like butter, there is next to nothing in sawdust and sanding is minimum. There are 6 plank in a package for $1.00. Dang I should have bought more. Went to the website hoping to buy a case and of course they don't have any..................Crap now I have to go to all the Dollar Tree stores near me a see if I can find more.

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).

I have been working on compound cuts. I just wanted to get better and more comfortable with them. This is my latest one. The clock was cut from walnut. The shell and snail is cut from red cedar, the swan from popular. The bottom is weighted with lead.

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

@lawson56 and @new2woodwrk guessed correctly in the comments!!! Sorry if these are annoying. Do you recognize this character lined actor's face? I'll update when I finish.

I designed these very basic alignment blocks in Fusion 360 and printed them on my Prusa 3D printer. The scroll blade fits into the slot snuggly making it a quick affair to set up a repeatable angle of 0, 2.0 , 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 degrees left tilt. They took about an hour each to print and cost about 50 cents in plastic (each). I will no doubt print more angles as the need arises but this is what I got so far. I enclosed the STL files if you wanted to print these yourself. 3.0L-2021.stl 3.5L-2021.stl 2.5L-2021.stl 2.0L-2021.stl 0-2021.stl

Saw this pattern and had to try it. Started out on quarter inch HD (baltic?) birch with a 2/0 blade and then tried a #5 for a couple of the ants. Got another lesson - a piece of the bottom ant head broke off. Guess I should have used solid wood? And maybe add a category on the forum called Oopsies! Lord knows I'll be making more of them!

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

Finished this Black Lab, pattern is from Gayle in scrollers Cafe. Did this after my surgery. edward

Already did that. Ebay has some for $4.00 each. I'll pass on those. They will eventually get them back in stock.

At one of my schools I had a few 10 inch band saws (deltas) One time I tried resawing a 2x4, the 3.5" height was near the capacity of the saw. With a new blade it was a slow cut and required a lot of clean-up afterward, but did technically work. If you have wider boards that you hope to resaw, you will not be happy with a 10". If you have a planer to do the clean up, and only need 3" wide pieces the 10" saw might work (but buy lots of good blades)

I would buy a larger saw used and get a better grade saw ,than a small cheap new one. As they just don't cut it... HA Ha

If you buy cheap, you are likely to spend a lot more time and effort tweaking and tuning the saw to get it to work well. I would not buy a saw that did not have a fence or at least an aftermarket fence available. Even if it has a fence, it might be junk. I would not buy a benchtop saw or a saw with three wheels. They are not powerful enough, and the small wheels are hard on the blades. If you do go this route, Makes sure that good quality resaw blades are available for the saw before you buy it. As with other types of saws, the blades are one of the most critical parts. The blade that comes with your saw is unlikely to be suitable for resawing, and it may not be good enough for anything. If you have a planer smoothing the cut side of the wood is easy. If you do not have any way to plane the wood and want to sand it smooth, you will need excellent blades and a well set up saw to make this possible. If it were me, I would look for a used brand name bandsaw 14-inch or larger. It might need some TLC, but your chances of getting a good saw for less money is excellent. They don't wear out. I would check and grease or replace bearings and replace the tires if they need it. Then make sure everything is aligned as per the manufactures instructions. Even if you buy a new saw, you will need to do most of this.

It is originally a Steve Good pattern. I then "cut and pasted" the heart and name on the pattern. I don't know how to use inkscape, to I used MSword and cut and taped the pattern together!! lol

I am willing to hazard a guess and say Tommy Lee Jones.

Dr Adams. Gunsmoke ?

Great design and equally great cutting. Very nice!

How gorgeous is that ? She'll love it for sure !!!

I made these earlier in the year for my son a Man U fan, and his mate a Leeds fan, my sons is on his desk at work, I made detachable feet for it, and his mates is in his mancave at home, both are made from 1" thick Indian Rosewood from a repurposed table top, both finished with homemade Bees Wax

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.

Made this last Spring when everything shut down, including my curling club.

A couple of plaques for my daughter and wife to hang their medals on for each run they've done. They are cut from purple heart mounted on maple.

I made these last year, 8" wide and whatever height that gave me - Used 1/4" MDF , fun little project

Made this plaque for my neighbour. His granddaughter will be starting at Saint Francis University in Loretto Pennsylvania In the fall of 2021. She was accepted on a Sports Scholarship. “Lacrosse” not bad for a Canadian living in Ontario. This is their “Red Flash” school team logo. It’s Approx. 11” tip to tip. 4 layers of 1/8” and 2 layers of 1/4” Baltic Birch.

The Chiefs is one of the first things I did a little over a year ago. Looking forward to seeing the Chiefs win the Super Bowl this Sunday!! Although Jimmie Johnson is retired from full time NASCAR the Daytona 500 starts this year's season later this month. Jimmie was on the 2nd place team in the Rolex 24 last weekend and will run several Indy Car races this year.

A couple off the saw lately.

Great looking Pattern. Looks to be cut Perfectly and that Frame is really a Keeper.... Have cut Many Butterfly patterns in my time.... Danny :+}

Beautiful! Who couldn't like that?!

I'm going to pretty much echo what the others have said in this thread. I doubt very much that you would ever be happy with a 10" bandsaw for re-sawing. Re-sawing successfully requires a fairly robust saw and a good amount of tuning to get it to cut straight. You may be able to make curvy cuts in 1" thick material all day with a 10" saw, but when you start re-sawing, you are putting much more strain and stress on the blade. It has to be adjusted perfectly, both for alignment and tension. Re-sawing also requires a wider blade than most most other kinds of cuts on a bandsaw. I don't know what the maximum width is of a blade for a 10" bandsaw, but I doubt very much it's wide enough for effective re-sawing. I don't know any thing about Harbor Freight's bandsaws. Personally, I'd be leery and would need to see a lot of really good, objective reviews before I would try one. I have a Grizzly 14", the popular G0555 model and frankly have never been completely happy with it for re-sawing. It does OK, but if one little thing is out of tune, the cuts are poor. It's very fussy to get adjusted correctly, at least in my experience. I know a lot of folks have that saw and love it, so my issues are likely due to operator error and impatience.

That’s a wonderful tribute.

Is it two pieces screwed together? Looks great!

John Goodman

That is so pretty

Here is a video from Silas Kopf which shows the double bevel method. His works are top end work. I prefer the stacked or packet method as they are much easier to do as you can stack up to 16 layers of veneer in one cutting and cut every thing all at once and then just assemble it in the back ground which you just cut as well. Also octoolguy thanks for the complement....:) and it seems there are a lot of marquetry class and iinstructors out there in Cal , as one of them that I took was in San Diego.

When doing marquetry with the double bevel method (tilted table) a lot of instructors want you to use the thicker veneer which is hard to get and costs more or you have to cut your own. With the stacked or packet method you use regular veneers which are easy to get and cost less with more options. If you really get into marquetry you will find there are lots of ways of doing it. Some easier than others and some faster than others. I have read lots of books and watched a lot of videos, and classes and now there are the lasers to cut it as well. Good luck with what ever method you try. Matt when you finish the videos and books you got from Paul Schurch let us know if you feel the same as your quick positive review of them and of course show us what you made.

Great job .IKE

WOW!! That took a lot of work!! read how you said you did it and it is beyound me!! I love them !!! Thanks for shareing!! Im sure there are others on here who could understand your directions and can use your post to try to make one themselves

Never was much of a sportsy person....I can usually recognize the shape of the McGuffin used in whatever sport (volleyball, soccer ball, football, baseball, puck, etc), but that's about the extent of my knowledge. I played backyard versions of most, but it wasn't until I got introduced to running that I really became "athletic". I can put one foot in front of the other, I discovered. Generally an 8-minute-mile pace, but used to be able to hold that for hours. Wasn't in the competitive leagues (took home two trophys...in races where I was one of two people in my age group), but until my knees gave out, I loved running. Still miss it. Tried to pick it up again during the quarantine, but nope, knees are still adamant that it ain't gonna happen. Archery is another sport/hobby the family and I have picked up. GREAT upper-body workout, y'all! And cheaper than firearms....you can retrieve your arrows after a round (provided you can hit the target and don't lose them in the weeds). Cut these after the wife and daughter got really into the sport.

Absolutely gorgeous !!!

Wow that is impressive, beautiful craftsmanship, RJ

I am along time eagles fan and was glad to see my team in the Super Bowl.

I have shared these before back about 3+ years ago when I cut them. My daughter played volleyball. She played for her middle school, high school and many years of travel ball across the US before playing all 4 years in college. As a result, we traveled many places (after many years of traveling gymnastics with she and my son in even younger years) and watched many a volleyball match. I have made many sports related things for my kids and their teammates over the years but these are probably my favorite. These were made form daughter and her team mate for their "Senior Night" of her last season of College ball. The teammate was a front row hitter, my daughter was the starting Libero (the one who plays the back row only in the different colored shirt, the one that is always diving to the ground to keep the ball up! ) for 3 years at college after playing as a regular starter on back row her first year. The original "hitter" pattern was created by Steve Good but the pattern its self was not actually "shared" on his blog. He did happen to share a photo of some he had created for a local team in his area which I happened to see. So I wrote to Steve to see if I could get the pattern which he kindly provided. I was originally going to make them both the same from that pattern, but since my daughter played the back row, I decided I would rather do one that more accurately depicted her playing so I took a photo of her and with inspiration from Steve's pattern, created the Libero pattern. I then added their numbers to the jerseys, their names, and the College Initials and their sports team's nickname. They we given to them on their Senior Night.

This was a Christmas present for my husband. He loved it.

Another unbelievable project. You are simply amazing. So glad you explained it all so now even I could make these......NOT. I am completely baffled and understood none of your way to do these, but that is me and you know me well enough by now to know I am out in left field most of the time anyway. Seriously, these are really cool pieces. I simply love them/ Lucky for you, I love on the western side of the USA and you live on the eastern side, otherwise I would be knocking at your door every day so I could learn a little bit about scrolling from you Dick heppnerguy

Great work! I see some other fretwork boxes in that picture too. Fantastic!

Wow, Cant imagine getting things down to such accurate angles like that. That wood sounds pricey too! Well it turned our looking absolutely perfect, Well done and congratulations!