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Another strangman plaque im working on

Finished this little guy up. Made a couple of changes and I am very happy with him.

Tommy Lee Jones. Great actor! Cut in 1/2" mystery wood.

Jaws is my favorite movie, and 2020 was the 45th Anniversary of the iconic movies release. So i decided to take the famous movie poster and turn it into a Scroll Saw Pattern. Hope you all like it and enjoy the video I made as Well ! This was my first pattern I designed. #ArtisanPirate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3mRbupvdZg&t=221s

Knocked this out before 9am. Gonna be a good day. Customer wants to paint it. About 26” wide.

In another post under “Scrollers Q&A” I asked about what projects I should/could do with some beautiful Walnut and Soft Maple I just acquired. A box, made of a combination of Walnut and Maple, was suggested in a number of the replies. The walnut plank was 3/4” X 17” X 8’ but had a large knot hole in one end. I was able to cut about 14”off the end with the hole and cut the cut off up into a number of pieces. I was able to cut up the cut off into the various sized pieces I needed for this project and actually re-sawed them into 1/4” thickness on the table saw. (I do not have a band saw so, not the best way, but my only choice). This nominal 5" X7" Tribal Box is a Steve Good pattern which I followed, but not really. I did not cut the boxes from thick material but instead formed them from the 1/4” material I salvaged from the cut off pieces. I did use the fret work patterns except that I stack cut and only cut half of the top pattern and opened it like a book to apply to the top. I also stack cut the bottom scroll work also. The top projecting pediment was the only piece that was a single layer. I mitered the corners of the boxes and bottom fretwork at the vertical belt sander and used my strap clamp to hold it square while the glue dried. I rounded the corners of the boxes and the Maple top and bottom slabs at the sander. After some hand sanding with 100 and then 600 grit paper I applied a coat of Lacquer sanding sealer, then finished sanding with1500 grit paper and finally applied multiple coats of spray clear gloss Lacquer. OK, so does anyone know what a Tribal Box is used for?

So after reading all the responses (thanks all) of what to do with my scraps, I've decided to make the following Children's sets. When I place patterns for cutting, in all the gaps, I also place any of these smaller patterns giving me a lot less scrap overall. It also allows me to use the new scrap pieces I get from the local lumber yard they are giving me. These sets are made from Basswood and Pine scraps and can be painted/colored and are becoming fairly popular at our events. I have several more made from Oak and poplar scraps as well Thanks as always in advance

Sold 3 hearts too a lady for her kids teachers. other one just a sign.

Finally got my #3 blades in the mail and started on this. 3/4" Pine with the Horse letters of the pattern still on. Another Steve Good piece. This will add to our granddaughter's collection, who has a bazillion toy horses already. This was fun to do and I'm sure I'll be making more puzzles.

Been a bit behind on posting finished work, here are several cuttings I have finished up lately. As always thank you to all the pattern designers who share their work with us. You folks make me look good. jim

I did ordered some marquetry kits at least 15 years ago which consists of the solid oak board with the design printed on it and then all the different colours of veneer to cut and glue to the oak board. Also I noticed that there is still some kits available on Etsy. Here is a couple of kits that I did.

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.

These were a request from a shop owner where my daughter sell some of her jewelry. Both made from 3/4in pine with scrap booking paper on the front. It doesn't show very well in the photo but the love paper's got small hearts over it. The Love pattern is one of Steve Goods but I altered it a little. Marg

That's how I currently resaw. I seldom glue boards to make larger however

Nice looking horse! You should name him after me! Charlie Horse!

Nice job on the pattern and cutting. Awesome movie for it's time. DAAAAA-DUN.........DAAAAAAAAAAAAA-DUN.......DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN!

I have the HF 14" saw. Yah, is not a high quality saw, but it works. I did add a riser to it, and cool blocks. I've been using the greeny for several years, and no problems. As others have said, put on a good blade, it makes all the difference.

I resaw with my 10" tablesaw. I can resaw a little over 3". Flip it over and get 6" total. Works for most of my projects. If I need more width I just glue them together. I just did it with sapele. I needed 1/2 thick for a project. I used my tablesaw to make 1/2" pieces 3" wide, Glued them up to create a 12" wide panel. Be sure to use a really good glue line saw blade. Can barely see the rip lines.

Very nice!

Very neat cutting and a really great way to use up scraps. As long as you have an outlet for them its a Win-Win situation. I have a lot of small 1/8 and 1/4 panel leftovers. I know I should do a bunch of ornaments for Xmas or some of the small multi layer patterns that are available, but the bigger projects always seem more satisfying to complete.

Fantastic job, @FrankEV I like that very much and the legs on the bottom really accent it and add a lot to the over-all aesthetics. As far as a Tribal box, I think the name Tribal is just referring to the cutting style such as this link scroll saw tribal patterns - Bing images and you can see quite a variety of patterns if you type something like Scroll Saw Tribal Cat, Scroll Saw Tribal Wolf, or Tribal Horse or what-ever may seem interesting to you. I would just consider it a trinket box with tribal like embellishments. Thanks for showing your wonderful project and God Bless! Spirithorse

Whoah!!!

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!

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.

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).

As Perfect work as always,!!!0

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

I think all those kits are is the veneer and the pattern???

Also wondering,,, has anyone ordered a marquetry kit? I have been looking at them and wonder if would you learn much from doing one.

Beautiful job.

Good work! I have avoided that movie from the day it was released.. Now it is a genuine classic but I still cant bear to see it.

Too bad Steve isn't on this group, he would certainly enjoy seeing his designs being cut out and displayed all the time. Nice job on this horse! I might give it a go as well.

very nice job

Very nice job!!! No doubt my big mitts would make a mess of trying to glue the paper on afterwards.

Nice idea.. My daughters boyfriend has a 3D printer.. very small desktop thing.. don't know what brand or anything about it but we talk a lot about files and design work as that is what he is in college for. Those Gcode files etc is the same thing my CNC and laser run off of.. There are many free designs on a site called " thingaverse " or something like that.. I'll go look it up.. There are designs on there that'd work for scroll sawing too.. Anyway, I wonder if I would keep these longer than the wood ones I made a couple years back.. I did different angles just by taking 2.5" blocks and getting the saw at the angle I needed and cut into the block. I then wrote with my wood burner pen the angle etc on it.. However I did some practice ones too so to get the angle 100% correct.. anyway forgot about then and thought I had put them in my tool drawer.. turns out I didn't and when cleaning the shop I tossed them into my campfire with other scraps.. BUT, needless to say I rarely ever angle my saw so it was never a big deal anyway.. I did these about 3 years ago because I was experimenting with inlay work and thought they'd be handy but never did any inlay since.. Edit: Here is the site I was talking about. https://www.thingiverse.com/

Not knowing where you are located I will say this. I have bought almost every power tool I own now from Craigslist. I live in So. Cal. so there is a lot of action here. But, I'm very patient and watch the listings everyday. If you must buy a new saw, I'd buy either a Delta or one of the main brand names if for no other reason that being able to buy parts for it down the road. My bandsaw is the Delta 28-280 with the built-in quick tension lever. I have tuned the saw up using the cool blocks on the blade and it does everything I want it to do. I bought a good quality 1/2" resaw blade and so far so good. I paid $300 for it. '

Glad to have found this site, it's great when people share ideas. Thought I'd just say hello before looking for some answers here. So much to learn ...

Sometimes it's just bad luck. I'm no expert and I break stuff all the time, but there are a couple of things I do. If a pattern is drawn with something that seems unnecessarily flimsy I alter it to make it stronger. Add a bridge, widen a small bridge. If you're cutting something that's going to be very fragile there is usually a better side to cut first if that makes sense. An example would be this lower case e. If you start cutting with the inside line rather that the outside you stand a much better chance of not breaking the fragile part held by the tiny bridge. I'd probably also make the bridge a bit larger too. I'll sacrifice a little on looks to decrease my chances of breaking something. Especially as I get closer to finishing. Probably stuff you already know.

I struggle with compound cutting, I'm same as yourself wanting to rush every cut, I try to finish before I've started lol, really impressed by this work, and clock is something new I'd not come across before, very well done

Here is another piece from that book. Burning on the wing, one part is very thin. I am still practicing. Learning to go slow, let the blade do the work, etc.

I only see one ant carrying something. The bottom ant.

Not sure if this link will work. (1) Facebook Made this walking chameleon for my granddaughter today. Very fun build. Even if the Facebook link doesn't work you can check them out at this Etsy site. Patterns and vectors for DIY wooden toys by WoodCreationPlans (etsy.com)

you alway do good. IKE

beautiful piece!!! someday im going to get the more expensive woods and blades and then maybe my stuff will look as good as all of you guys work does

Dynamite Kevin!

"Barney's Bullet is complete. The pattern is by Steve Good. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood approximately 12" x 10". Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #! MGT blades. Of course framed at ArtCrafters. Comments welcome.

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

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.

Christmas tree ornaments for the family...

Hi Everyone My brother decided to take up running socially as a means to lose weight. That progressed to running a short-distance races, or a few half marathons, all in a attempt to support his friends who were more serious into running as a sport. After a while he had accumulated more participation medals than he had place to put them. So, for Christmas 2017, I made him this wall-hanging board on which to hang his medals. This poorly taken picture was before I had given it to him. It is now about half-way full. When I have time I have a personal goal to make a complete chess board and pieces, and the storage box for the pieces etc. Well done, Trackman. You encourage me not to give up on my dream!