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This Steve Good pattern grabbed my attention as soon as I saw it. And it was surprisingly easy to cut (I really shouldn't have said that out loud - Murphy never sleeps around my house). Now to find a place for it.

Good to be back on my saw at last !!!

I made this for Julia, as it's our 32nd wedding anniversary today, it's funny but it only seems like 99 years ago we tied the knot lol Steve Good pattern once again, altered it from filigree top to inlay, wood 1 1/4" Mahogany body and 1/4" inlay, and 1/4 Oak for top and bottom P.S. the bonus with this is the Mahogany I cut the inlay from will make a filigree top for another box.

Four Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments finished and ready to display. The birdhouses are Ash and the little birds are Purple Heart. I used Pegas #7 Skip blades on the birdhouses and #5 Skip blades on the little birds. The finish is dipping in Shellac further diluted with 50% denatured alcohol. Comments welcome.

I did a Tiger earlier this year.

A few I have done...

Here are a couple I've done. Have some more but can't find their pictures. The lion is a Botas pattern, and the lamp is adapted from an internet picture.

Did this several years ago.

Where does the time go? It's been five years since I completed this 'Kittens and Tiger' piece from a pattern by Mike Williams.

Alright, now the cat you might be expecting, but this is a rule within the house as it is so true. Taken before applying Teak Oil and cut in Red Cedar.

Here are some of the big cats I've done over the years

We are about to cut a whole series of cats but here's one we do now. Our Rescue Cat

Learned more about interior cuts with this Steve Good pattern on 1/2 inch pine. Oh, and discovered that while the blade will cut upside down, it will bring the cut paper pattern up ahead of the cutting line, laying on it and blocking your view of the line you are trying to cut. At first I was wondering "what the heck" and then the light bulb clicked on. Another lesson in what not to do (eye roll). Still have to touch up a couple spots and decide on a backing, but overall pleased with it.

Love Dolly Parton. Classy lady, in spite of looking cheap.

SUMATRAN TIGER cut from a slab of natural edge tiger maple. Finished piece is 31" x 11"

This project of LEOPARDS was cut from a large piece of natural edge hard maple and the finished project is 36" x 15"

I haven't done big cats, but I did this stack of cats for my sister's birthday last year. Three of the cats are painted to represent the three cats that she has owned.

These are older cuttings and I may have posted these before.. anyway.. here is what I have..

Charles Dearing pattern. I did this a few years ago. I believe it is 3/8” yellow heart. I also made the frame.

I cut this a few months ago, but compared to all the others posted I think I will use it for firewood!

He visited here 4 hours ago..

I've been off on for the past two weeks on vacation.. traveled to South Carolina spent some time at Folly Beach.. Cut our time short as my daughters ( our ) cat was kind of sick when we left.. and we got a call saying she wasn't doing good so we came home and ended up having to put her down.. she was a good cat for the 20 years she spent with us. I laser engraved a ornament for the Vet that took care of her and one for my daughter.. I forgot to get pictures though.. however I'll be making more since I want a ornament for my tree too, LOL.. Anyway, haven't touched the scroll saw for almost 3 weeks now.. I think that's the longest time away from scrolling I have been in the 18 years of the hobby.. Hope I can remember how to use it.. as I have 3 orders I need to get working on.. You know you love what you do when while you're on vacation all you can think about is getting back to the shop.. Most people enjoy vacation and don't want to go home and go back to work, Here is a picture from the living room of the vacation home we rented.

That is the most unique horsefly I've ever seen. Great job! Definitely worth framing.

This is the first big project I did about 9 years ago. All with #3 an #1 FD spiral blades. The frame was done at hobby lobby.

Another pattern converted from a ZM Creations Illustration. Cut panel is 5/32” x 9” x 10 1/2” Maple solid core plywood affixed to a 1/4” x 11” x 12 1/2” backer. The backer panel border was painted with rattle can Krylon Fusion All-In-One Matt Fire Red, just to be different, and the areas under the pattern colored with Acrylic Art Paints, somewhat following the original illustration. As usual, I protected the panel with multiple coats of clear gloss spray Lacquer. This was a very quick cut using just one Pegas #1 MGT R Blade…amazing since I hardly ever get to use just one blade on a project, I break a lot. And, once again, a simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar frame that I applied a coat of pre-stain conditioner followed by a coat of Minwax Classic Grey and protected with coat of satin Wipe-On-Poly. In the pic the joints seem to be very pronounced but when viewing live they are not very noticeable. The lights seem to make them stand out in this color. Here is the original Illustration: For those who love to cut Eagles, here is the pattern Eagle - ZM Creations.pdf

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

Has anyone heard from Dave, I know he lives in Texas and we had that bad weather and lost power, but haven’t seen any post from him lately, RJ

Nice job on that. looks great.

Ralph, looks like the cat is getting a prostate examination in the third pic! LOL Nice work on all of them.

Sorry for your lost Kevin, RJ

You did an Awesome job.

That is stunning, I must try a portrait soon, something I've not done yet, I might try something a bit easier to start though lol P.S. I see you are just down the road from me

Easy to cut!!! it's sending me crossed eyed just looking at it for a moment, god knows what I'd be like following the pattern lol, seriously though really well done, does/will make an interesting talking point

Many thanks to you all for the anniversary best wishes and comments on the box, Julia did love it, and it now has some trinkets in it and pride of place on her dresser, thank you all once again, fingers crossed we will get to the high numbers anniversaries mention above

Your cutting looks great and I like the pattern.

Glad to hear you are healed and doing well enough to saw. Looks like you haven’t missed a step. Beautiful work.

Sorry for your family’s loss. Glad you enjoyed your time away.

Thought that might have been a Botas pattern! Nice cutting.

Glad your finger has healed enough to be back at the saw. Nice cutting

Great cut. Gee, you were missing...thought something just wasn't quite right!!

Looks super, nicely cut. jim

i love pieces that show action. Cat jumping is great. I also like bobcats. so I am voting for both.

awesome job

A couple of cuties. Great work Les and Paul. Marg

Ike, you are treading on a dangerous subject!

Not my .........! And yeah, the idiot in ,,,,,!

Thank you for your welcome I am looking forward to been here with you all

The items that immediately come to mind are the two Spring themed Welcome Plaques that we hand on our front door (only one at a time ). The first one is a Sheila Landry design: The second is my design but incorporates bird patterns that I purchased from Sheila: Right now, the second plaque is on our door to welcome visitors (I'm sorry to say, from a distance of 2 metres).