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Hi all I have to say I have had a talking to me as I am ashamed of me. You all keep me hooked on your work and I battel to get work out. So these are to job done. Barbara

I did a cutting of Stan a few months ago and messed his hair up. Since I see it every time I go in the shop I had to do a do-over. I'm much happier with this one. A lot of you didn't know who he was before so as a reminder he's the writer/creator of such characters as Spiderman, Ironman, Hulk, Thor and many more. He's feigning shooting his Spiderman web in this picture. Done in Red Oak with a rough cut backer. Around 7" X 13".

The Marquetry discussion seems to have tapered off. Since last posting I have joined the "American Marquetry Society" and participated in a few of the weekly Zoom meetings conducted by its parent, "The Marquetry Society." This group is based in England and the attendees comprise a most helpful group of well-established marqueteers. Their work is most impressive and their willingness to share and discuss technique reflects patience (no doubt a benefit enhanced by the practice of the art form) and experience. For a rank beginner like me, the difficulty with this informal structure is that at present I have nothing to show or discuss. Ernie Mills, the U.S. Rep, has a website known as "Marquetry Magic," ( See www.marquetrymagic.com) which is well worth visiting. Be sure to check out the section entitled "Tutorials.". After selecting this option scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and select the link to "The Beginner's Guide." After introductory material is covered there is a section entitled "Basic Techniques" which is well worth your time to review. The basic "Leaf Pattern" seems to be a classic introduction to the window method of cutting veneer. There are also several variants of the exercise to be found on Youtube. No matter your skill level this exercise is well worth the small amount of time and materials required to complete it. For this novice the simple act of cutting the first piece of veneer was a learning experience, in that I quickly found that choice of knife handles and blades was important to my success. If it doesn't "feel" right to me I tend to distract myself and to begin fussing with my work. (I also learned that not all #11 Xacto replacement blades are created equally, but that's another story.) Although I ultimately plan to use a scroll saw for my marquetry work, I concluded that learning several different approaches to cutting and developing "windows" into my work would only be helpful. Ernie Mills has been most encouraging and helpful in launching my efforts and I highly recommend joining the American Marquetry Society for its benefits. Since marquetry, as opposed to inlay, is a relatively obscure approach to woodworking and art (especially in the U.S.) it would be useful to have a regular forum for exchange of ideas and information about projects on this site.

Well, it's been a hectic and interesting year so far. Our small business has expanded enough to outgrow our ability to transport our products in our SUV. So we purchased 6x12 enclosed trailer - waiting for delivery and then the customization fun begins. I have several decal signs waiting to be ordered, eTracks and shelves to build and more. Also, I got fed up with not being able to easily sand circles and half circles so I bought a WEN 6524 Oscillating Belt and Spindle Sander! I was going to buy the Rigid, but everyone was out of stock with no time frame for fulfillment. Plus the wen was $100 cheaper! I'll post some pics once the new items start to arrive and we start to get them set up and customized as needed. Also purchased some new rails for our tent display signs. They are able to rise up to 5 feet above the top lip of the tent! I'll be ordering a new sign for the rails next week after Saturdays sales which hopefully will help pay for the new signs Thanks as always in advance for reading

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.

"Welcome" sign finished. The pattern is by Keith Fenton and found in CWWC March 2014. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1 and #5 Skip blades. The wood is 1/2" Poplar 8" x 14" and backed with Baltic Birch plywood stained blue. Comments welcome.

Wishful thinking of summer.

I made this for my daughter for her birthday and room addition. She doesn't know it, but it's on the way to Florida. Her and he husband converted a storage room to a sort of family room in the back of her house and she mentiond she needs some stuff to decorate the walls with. So I thought I would surprise her and her husband with this. I have made items for her in the past so she is familiar with Intarsia. I hope she likes it. Wood used Western Red Cedar Canary Wood Walnut Cherry Aspen BB Plywood Red Heart Finished with 5 coats of Deft Satin Lacquer

Just ordered a new Hegner 22" with the stand and accessory package. Hopefully I'll only cry once. I'll post updates as time allows.

good luck with yor new trailer, hope you have a lot of sales.

I thought I would post this group of cuts so you did not need to read the same thing over and over. These are all patterns converted from ZM Creations Illustrations. All of these portraits were completed in a similar way with a smaller sized 5/32” thick solid core plywood cut panel affixed to a larger 1/4” thick BB plywood backer. Each backer was sealed, then coated with the white Krylon Spray Gesso (Acrylic Paint primer) and the 1” borders were painted in various rattle can Krylon Fusion All-In-One Matt colors. The areas under the open cut areas were colored with Acrylic Art Paints, using the original illustrations as a guide. As usual, each panel was protected with multiple coats of clear gloss spray Lacquer. Each cut, being quite simple, was completed in less than one 3-4 hour session. That was a one per day but painting and framing added many hours to each. Cuttings were completed with Pegas #1 MGT R and/or #2/0 spiral blades. Each panel was set loose in a simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar frame that I applied a coat of pre-stain conditioner followed by a coat of Minwax Brazilian Gel Stain and protected with coat of Spray satin Polyurethane. Peacock: 9” x 10 ¼” Maple Toucan: 9”X12” Maple Birds3: 9” x 10 3/4” Maple Birds4: 11 1/2” x 9” Birch Bird5: 9” x 9” Birch Bird6: 6” x 11 3/4” Maple The following .zipx file contains all of these patterns including the Simple Eagle. Birds - ZM Creations.zipx Hope you enjoy!

My heart just sank. I was doing some maintenance on the website and I thought I was removing a test area. Instead, I ended up deleting the whole school. The whole thing is gone. And to make it worse, I just sent out a newsletter promoting the classes, too. I feel sick. I have the class content still, but I have to rebuild the whole University from scratch. Those that were enrolled will have to re-enroll again if they want to check it out. All of the comments are gone forever, though. I think I'm going to go on a walk, then I'll get back to rebuilding it. I'm really sorry you guys. Never turn your back on technology.

I stacked cut two of these over a year ago. Gave one to a co-worker for his son, just got around to finishing up the second one. I'm not real happy with how the easel turned out on this one. After looking at the pictures I think that I need to cut the top of the middle piece a bit shorter. I used scrap Pine for the stand and BBP for the plaque and backer. I know that Pine doesn't stain very nice so I use a pre-conditioner on the stand but it still didn't take a stain very good. Oh well, the wife is happy that I finished another project that I started last year,, well almost finished,, still needs a finish sprayed on the stand.

Hi here is some more work in progress What to do when you need to cut extra small bits and dont wont them to fall through the saw. Cut a new plate to fill the hole PXL_20210314_180747770.mp4

I cut these out of BBP with a FD UR1. The backer is some 1/8 scrap cheap ply that I had laying around. The first one I done several months ago. A co-worker saw it and wanted one. I made another but just a bit bigger. I'm not a frame maker.. at all! I found another similar image online that I wanted to cut but it needed some tweaking. Thanks for the help Birchbark!

This is the 10 year old daughter of a friend of mine. She just came home from a chemo treatment. Gampa (Paul) was so kind to make the pattern for this portrait.

A couple of months ago my daughters friend asked for a Dale Cooper portrait, so I asked for help and Mahendra kindly obliged but could not do a pattern of the picture she wanted but did one of an alternative photo. Any way the girl was moving at the time and a lot of things went wrong for her so while we were waiting my daughter started messing around to see if she could make a pattern and low and behold she did. I had to do a bit of tinkering to get it cuttable but hey she loved it. She got the finished piece yesterday and she was over the moon with it. So thank you to Mahendra @multitom for going to the trouble of trying to help me. This was cut from 2.5mm bamboo and is an A3 ( 11.7" x 16.5" ) and the frame is store brought. Marg

Cut this out while the tree guys were cutting down our trees around the house. The wife saw this pattern and wanted it for the guest bathroom. Except for one moment of not paying attention -which will be fixed - it came out OK. Now it's her baby to do with as she will. 9" x 13 1/2" using 1/4 Birch and #5 Pegas blade.

Well I know the group. Never a fan but order is a order.

The Butterfly box is a birthday present for the Mother-In Law, I'm quite pleased how these both turned out The boxes are Mahogany and the inlay thanks to the recommendations from you folks is Maple

This is a Russ Beard pattern which has been cut many, many times. I see it often and is very popular. Russ is one of my favorite Designers. I would rather hang a calendar from the local grain elevator or feed and seed store in my home than Picasa. My wife does not agree but it works for a country bumpkin like me. I love cutting rural things. The pattern is cut on 1/8" laminated BB. I drilled 1108 holes and saw run time was 11.5 hours. That's only the time the saw was actually running. Then there is drill time and time for changing from hole to hole. The image is fairly small. About 10.5 x 7.5 inches if memory serves me right. I used #2/0 Super Pike blades. Enjoyed cutting every hole.

This was a fun cut

Hi all This is a plaque im working on the a strongman / women competition.

I'm off to the show in Chantilly, VA, today. Hope to see some nice wood and a couple of attachments for shop tools. Other than that, I have a padlock on the wallet pocket to keep me from using it too much. anyone else going from this area (PA, MD, VA DC, WV)?

Finally done! 50 patterns - US states. I tried to make detailed but not to difficult contours of states, size is 9 x 5,5 inches. I cut only one pattern - Texas, I used 1/6 inch birch plywood and wood stains for finishing (recommend to use 3 stains or 3 types of wood) Video of making US state project US states patterns

Well after Therapy this morn,[Bad Shoulder] I,m gonna try to back in my shop and do some Serious cutting. I have only been doing some light cutting, shapes then painting them. But my therapy is coming along fairly well, so with their permission I want to do some serious cutting, really make some sawdust. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Spidey was (and still is) one of my favorite characters when I was (and still am) growing up. Stan did alright for himself.

Beautiful work !! Don't beat yourself up about how much work you do. We each have times when scrolling really does have to take a back seat. Scrolling to me is something I do for pleasure and if I put myself under stress to 'get it done' it stops being a joy and becomes a chore and that defeats the object. Just do what you can when you can, that's good enough

As Dan said, Welcome to The Village! I'd like to see some of your dioramas and warhammers figures.

Thanks for posting this. Back around December I saw this event scheduled for the first weekend in May on the internet. Looked again this morning and now I can't find anything. I'll keep looking, but if you find anything, please let me know. I wanted to attend as it looks to be the nearest scroll saw event to me.

enjoy your new saw

I am selfish but I sigh a bit when the big wig makes a oopsy as I am always landing in the you no what when it comes to tech work and the rest. we are not laughing at you we know the upset to well know. Barbara

Nor me Ned. Never seen one episode. I just cut what the customer wants. Marg

My Hegner arrived about 5-6 weeks ago. Love it - it is much better than the DeWalt I had several years ago. Suggest you watch this video on blade tensioning -

One of the greats, Ray Charles. Done in 1/2" Red Oak, around 6" X 8".

awesome job

A Sue Mey pattern. I have made about 6 of these. This is one that has been hanging out in the shop for several months so I decided to finish it up yesterday. 1/2" Walnut and 1/8" BBP. Cut with a FD UR1 with Arm-r-seal from General Finish as the clear coat.

Not a show I've watched or an actor I know Marg, but the cutting is very well done

She is only getting the one Marg, she can't fit two on her broom stick LOL

Nice work. Great cutting, it looks stunning

Excellent job!!My Wife and I rewatched the show a few mths ago. My wife was really disappointed on how it ended. I always loved the music.

Hello friend, this time I show you the bike I made. I am a fan of all types of motorcycles. I hope you like the work, it is pine wood in 3/4 inch, length 13 "high 9" Thank you very much in advance for your comments.

Now, I know absolutely nothing about bikes, but a friend asked if I could do this for him. I've never painted anything before as I prefer plain wood and plain backers however I said I'd give it a try. Just hope he likes it as it's going to the USA and I don't want it back. It's a gift so he can do with it as he wishes. It was, to me, a pain in the backside to get right, so I doubt I'll do another one

So the other night we had the neighbors young kids over and I tried to lay hands on my Penny Drop game I made a few years ago (BSS - Before Scroll Sawing). Not to be found, we went with a card game instead. After searching the house twice over to no avail, I remembered a Penny Drop pattern on (you guessed it) Steve Good's website. Shocked and amazed, I got this cut out and assembled in what seemed like only 2-3 hours. But who knows how long it took - when I get cutting, I lose all track of time and the clock is behind me. If you've never played the game, give it a try. You can even make up your own rules to include your favorite beverage (wink and grin). On a side note - I'm thinking this could be a money maker for those that cut for a living with stack cutting 3 or 4 at a time. Thoughts?

Howdy My New Friend. So Happy to know you. This did come as a Surprise. I LOVE SURPRISES.... See yas.... Danny :+}

I will stick with Johnson's Workbench wood expo the weekend after Labor Day. I usually drop enough money between wood and equipment it takes a toll on my shop budget. The rest on purschases are from the local woodworking store where I give presentations every now and then. I get a $50 gift certificate for each presentation which adds about $400 dollars to the budget. I always have my eye on something I don't need but get anyway. I always spend more than the certificates cover.

Fox chapel is having a "garage sale " if I remember the announcement correctly.

BTW - for those who are thinking about a Fox Chapel show in May -- unless you have other information, I haven't been able to find anything about one. Carole Rothman said she had found some info on an Open House, but not a full sponsored show. Fox Chapel held a show for a couple of years, but dropped it because of the high expenses. They partnered with a Steam engine/tractor group for a park for a couple of days. The problem was that those wonderful big steam engines rolling by, often interrupted the class sessions. I have emailed Fox Chapel Publishers directly to see if there is anything happening there, this spring/summer. Based on their reply, I post what they respond.

I'm considering going to this one in May in Houston https://www.expohour.com/woodworking-show-houston Not sure if I will be able to though, and then as old as I (we) are I am cautious about attending if this corona thing starts expanding

I may be mistaken but I don't think Denver has had one for years. I attended one here years ago long bèfore I ever had an interest in woodworking. Went with a friend who was though. That is where I saw a Hegner demo. Don't remember much about it but I was thoroughly impressed! Wow I thought, I'll never own one of those. I'd love to attend another large show.