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Thanks Paul for the great patterns of my daughters. They were fun to cut. 1/8" laminated Russian BB, #2/0 Pike blades. The first photo. my oldest daughter required 73 holes and 2 1/2 hours saw time. The second is my youngest and required 69 holes and 2 1/4 hours saw time. Probably more than most want to know.

Finished today

A few weeks ago @Travis added a project workshop feature to the site that has directions to go along with a project. I liked his love sign and shared it with my high school kids. Three of the kids decided to make a version, of course being kids only one used the word love. Another student was playing around and made a compound cut puzzle. I had never shown him any compound cutting, he just was experimenting. I am excited to see what else these kids make.

A Botas pattern

Another Steve Good pattern (he is so good to us scrollers), although he suggests 1/2" timber for the basket, I used 1 1/4" Mahogany as I have lots at hand, the top and bottom are as Steve suggests 1/4" again Mahogany, this has come out at 5" tall 5 3/4 long and 4 1/2 deep ( I did enlarge the pattern slightly), not sure what it will used for yet, but I'm sure something will come to mind

And it works! You can turn it in a complete circle over and over and . . . Saw this on Steve Good's website and it grabbed me right away. What should have been a one day project turned into 3 - Murphy's Law paid me a visit with the tension knob not tightening. It's doing its job now, but I need to order a new one. The underside where the tension rod is - well, the indentations that the tension rod sleeve catches on were just about worn smooth. I noticed if I apply downward pressure while applying tension, it will tighten up just fine. If I just move the tension knob horizontally, it doesn't take up the tension like it is supposed to. Anyway, I had a happy ending once I got that sorted out. Thinking of staining/painting the support and base a darker color and just doing a clear coat on the shells.

This is a Sue Mey pattern but I changed the base because I didn't like the big large round base I prefer the smaller oval one. The base is pine and Kokopelli is blackheart sassafras. This one is for me, I have loved this little fellow every since I first saw him about 20 years ago. Marg

Cut from 3/4" Oak with a painted backer of 1/8 BB.

I purchased a Brother B&W laser printer. I usually take my patterns to Office Max and have them printed in red. I used up the sample toner cartridge. I ordered magenta toner and refilled the black cartridge with it. The instructions for doing the refill were kind of bogus so I just drilled a 1/4" hole in top of the cartridge and filled it that way. I put a piece of tape over the hole. I think after the second refilling it should work well. It is impossible to get the black toner completely out of the cartridge so the images are sharp but a muddy red. This should clear up. I have a very nice ink jet printer if I need B&W. I find red patterns easier to scroll because of the contrast between the pattern and the blade. Also when drilling I can see what has not been drilled. Holes and black pattern look pretty much alike and I find myself occasionally trying to drill something that has already been cut.

The yoga girl gave me this piece and as soon as I seen it I knew exactly what I was going go use it for MARANATHA.i had to print the pattern backwards on thee donated by kmmcrafts flat side. Used a #7 pegas prst from Lesley's patterns. WWWScrollsawbladespatterns.com. The wood limb was 3/4" thick.Blades were donated by Kmmcrafts. Thank you Kevin!!!

cool, I am glad that it works. I remember a post from a while ago where folks were wondering if it would.

Story time! When I first started scroll sawing, I started a blog called Scroll Saw Goodies where I posted resources and tutorials. I also started making a few videos on YouTube under the same name and sold a few patterns. Eventually, this lead me to creating Scroll Saw Village. I've always kept the two separate. But, as you can imagine, maintaining two websites is a lot of work. So I've been working on a new section on SSV where I'm going to port over some of these older projects. I created a few new areas: Project Workshop - These are project videos. These tutorials take you step-by-step as I build a scroll sawn project. I'm going to try to include written instructions as well. I'll be adding a variety of projects over time, too. Everybody has free access to this. It's also be posted on YouTube and probably FaceBook. Project Workshop Patterns - I used to sell patterns that I used on my blog. But it's tough to have the patterns in two places. So, instead of selling them individually, I'm going to give free access to SSV Patrons as a thank you for supporting SSV. Design Workshop - This area is is for design tutorials. Usually, these will be tutorials on how I designed the pattern used in the Project Workshop. But I'll also have other design tutorials, too. This is for folks who are interested in the design process. Access to these tutorials are for SSV Silver & Gold Patrons. Again, thank you for supporting SSV! I've been messing with these sections for about 6 weeks now, and I think I have it ready for prime time. This is an experiment that I'm hoping folks will enjoy. Anyway, here is the first project. I'll be porting over the older ones soon. Enjoy!

Challenge accepted -- Nailed it I believe 30 x 40 overall - all in 1/4 and 3/8 Baltic birch except frame. All cut with a #3 modified geometry. Learned some new things to add to my arsenal - always a good thing!! Sorry haven't been on here much -- spend most of my time with this work and grand littles

I cut this 11X14 Alex Fox Pattern titled Eagle-Flag from 1/4 inch thick Oak solid core plywood, that I stained with Minwax Weathered Oak stain to enhance the Oak color. The cut panel was affixed it to a 1/4 inch thick Mahogany solid core plywood backer that I darkened with Minwax Mahogany stain to improve the contrast. The panel was finished with multiple coats of spray lacquer. The cut was done exclusively with Pegas #0 spiral blades. Cutting the Oak was slightly more challenging than the Maple or BB Plywood I usually use. Had to cut a little slower and even the cutting sound was different. After the cut was complete the vertical grain alignment produced an interesting look. The panel is loose fit into a solid Red Oak Frame which I made and also darkened with the Minwax Mahogany stain. The Frame was finished with multiple coats of clear Gloss Polyurethane.

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I think these will do the job for my intended use. I just want a HEPA system for cutting in the house. I'm OK with only using it on the scroll saw. I don't know if I want to sand in the house. I guess that depends on how well these capture the dust. I mentioned the Festool model I did because the price was decent for a HEPA system. I think the drawback is it has a 2 lb bag, but that should be plenty for scrolling with a cyclone. My main focus is to keep as much dust out of the house as I can. I can't find it now, but I thought I read somewhere the Masterforce I bought was in the 60 db range. I don't know what it is, but its nowhere near that. With ear plugs and earmuffs on I can still easily hear it. It still feels like I have the TV turned up really loud. But I can deal with it for now. The WEN air filtration system I can't even tell its running with the ear protection on. I can always use this outside when the weather and have it outside the garage.

Goat I have a Festool CT MIDI, I believe all of the Festool and Fein vacuums are setup with an outlet so that they come on when you start the tool that is plugged into it. My Festool claims 62 DB at 3 ft at the lowest speed. That is the level of normal conversation. I think the Fein is a bit cheaper, the one I looked at was not variable speed but had a sound level of 66 Db. One thing to note about theses "dust extractors" they are not very good for large shop cleanups. They all use a smaller hose, for shop cleanup you still need a shopvac.

Nice looking project. I have seen this pattern and considered cutting it a few times. Would be nice to get some details with a posted pic. Panel material, backer, blade used, finishes, etc.?

I liked this so much I'm starting to cut it myself. All I can say is this is allot harder than it looks. You have some serious skill to pull this off. I can see why you chose the spiral blades now. I'm cutting a stack of Aspen that is a little under 1". I'm struggling with it right now. I was able to use some #5 Ultra Reverse on the stars and they turned out OK. However I was butchering the lines in the wings. They are a challenge because most the spots you cut aren't much wider than the blade itself (and the size of the piece is kinda hard to spin/control). So one side of the cut I can do fine, but then when I turn around and am just shaving off the rest its hard to make the turns without having the blade totally in wood. I've tried spirals in the past and quickly went back to regular blades. But this time I think I'm going to have to use them if I want to finish. I'm trying out the FD New Spirals. Smallest I can use with my stack is #3. So I'll have to sacrifice some of the finer details. They cut OK, but I really don't like the mess they leave on the bottom of the cut. I hope all the boards in the stack won't have that mess. I only have Olsen spirals for comparison, but I don't like the "shaving" ability of the FD spirals. What I mean is if you need a cut about 1.5 times the width of the blade it cuts nice on the first cut, but to widen that cut with these blades is a challenge. It wants to grab and skip, making a smooth line frustrating.

That's a cute kitten, smashing work

Very nice, very interesting pattern. Great work. Marg

Very nice! I must have been born in a barn. I never heard of the little fella.

Cuttings look great, but our opinions don't matter. What matters is what did they think about being emortalized in wood?

At Lowe's it's $599, I get a 10% veteran discount.

@MrsNwhere do you teach? Which state? I want to commend them for still offering woodshop.

HI This is interesting, I guess I knew about that from the book, so what do you gain by channging to the inner hookup, I do a lot of 1/8 inch bb plywood stuff Bill

I do not know of anyone that uses the inner thread.... Maybe if you made very thin fragile stuff.

I noticed that in my searching. When I find where I use it most of the time I'll pull a separate 30amp circuit and a plug close by. That will eliminate the problems some have had.

Nice work Marg, he is an interesting little guy for sure!

They are really cool.

Nice stand, Marge. I am also a Kokopelli fan. Can't remember when I wasn't. Partly because I like to say the name... Makes me smile. Good thing I had my kids before I knew of him,,,,, my son may have been named Kokopelli!!

My daughter coaches synchronized swimming. I did these ornaments for her team. Glittery paint in the background and "diamonds" bling around the edge.

great job

If you're on Facebook be sure to join the Facebook Group dedicated to this saw. Just search Delta 36-725 owners and it should come up. loads of little tips and tricks about that saw. Also a guy on there sells a motor upgrade kit you could call it that fixes most of the motor problems some have with the saw.

Love him, I agree I like the smaller base better. Great job.

He’s really cute Marg. Well done.

This is my second project. This is a Steve Good pattern. I'm still amazed I didn't break any small pieces. I did martial arts when I was a bit younger and competed in a few competitions.

I really like the fence and I haven't even got it all out of the box! That puppy is solid.

I made this for my nephew's birthday about 10 years ago. We visited just before the lockdown and it is still on the shelf. PM me for the plans as I only have them on paper. The LIAM was done by a a friend who did chip carving.

Great idea Les save a bit of money on inks that way. Roly

I like using a red outline and light gray fill. Since I got the B&W Laser I had to adapt to black again. Glad you found something that would work. Hopefully it cleans up the rest of the way for you. Please keep us posted on the progress if you would.

Was looking for something different and I found this 11” x 14” pattern called Double Trouble by Jeff Zaffino on the Scroller Website. Looked challenging…boy, was that quite an understatement! This cutting took toooo many hours as the pattern has well over 400 holes and many of the cuts were not much bigger than the #64 drill bit I used for the Pegas #2/0 spiral blades I used. Because of the many tiny cuts it was difficult to work cutting on this pattern for more that 2 or 3 hours at one time. The cut panel is 1/4” thick Mahogany solid core plywood affixed to a 1/8” thick BB plywood backer painted Flat Black. I chose the Mahogany plywood because after studying the pattern I knew that I was going to add color and the Mahogany color would work well for the tree. The coloring was done with Artist Oil Paints using the dry brush technique in order to obtain the shading and highlighting. This requires the first application to be dry before applying another tint. Oil base Artist paints take a long time to dry and this extended the project time considerably. The border is painted also to create a matted effect. The finished panel was protected with two coats of clear spray Polyurethane after the coloring was complete and dry. The Frame is another simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar frame stained with Minwax Brazilian Rosewood Gel Stain and protected with two coats of clear spray Polyurethane. I used the Minwax pre-stain wood treatment before applying the Gel Stain. In my opinion this stain color is about the best looking slightly transparent color for the Poplar wood.

It is for the Buffalo Bills. I have wanted to do this for a while, but finally found time. Growing up in Western New York, being a Bills fan is required. They had a good season this year and looking forward to next year. Go Bills!

Since we're getting close to Valentine's day, here is a new one. I did this in 2016 and is probably my most popular project I had to date. It's a fun project and super easy.

Made for my nephew

My WEN Air Filtration System was delivered today. Looks like it will work perfect for my work area. Still trying to decide on a decent dust collector. What do you guys think about the Masterforce™ 8 Gallon Certified HEPA Wet/Dry Shop Vacuum? I didn't see what the FEIN or Festool level of HEPA filtration is, but the Masterforce claims 0.3 microns. It also claims low noise. I could get this vac and a cyclone for less than half the price of a FEIN/Festool. Do you guys think this setup would be safe for indoor cutting?