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I had some very thin aluminum in the garage so I decide to cut a Kokkopelli for myself. Didn't turn out too bad, just wish I had made it bigger. It was cut with Jewelers blades. thanks @Charlie E for the pattern. Marg

I have cut a bunch of puzzles for gifts lately .. many for the grandkids and many for family and friends This is the largest I have attempted to date. It is 16" x 20" using 1/4" BB (285 pieces cut out on Hegner using FD PSR #2/0) I just used a cell phone snapshot that I had enlarged. Lol! Anyhow.. I used the divide and conquer technique (cut it out in sections...)

Finished this the other day, have not done much yet since i got my used hawk scroll saw. Got tied up with other things. Hope to do a lot more looking forward. A Steve Good pattern worked out fine. I have to do the finish yet. I am all out of spray poly.

From Barney's Bullet to a 7 Layered Butterfly. The Butterfly was a bit of a challenge. On 1 layer I forgot to cut a hole out,2nd layer I believe, didn't catch it until I was gluing it all together' I had to scrap to glue off and cut the hole in. Doesn't look to bad. Barney's Bullet was a Joy to cut. Big fan of Mayberry when Barney was a Deputy.

This scrolled Red Tailed Hawk is cut from a piece of purpleheart that is 3/4" x 13" x 11" and finished with a satin polyurethane. It is mounted on a 3/4" x 16" x 15" board that was finished with a hammered aluminum spray paint.

Not fancy or complicated, but my grandson loves animal cutouts.

This one almost broke me. My son in law asked for it for his birthday, yeah no problem says I. Well after cutting the back twice and the front twice, I almost said no more I give up, yes I was ready to walk away from scrolling, it just got to me. I cut the back and started to spray it but the paint bubbled, so I let it dry and sanded it off. I resprayed and it bubbled again, so I went to buy some more paint only to find out that that color was no longer made. I ended up buying engine paint. That worked fine. I cut and painted the front and cut the cardboard center and then the day before his birthday I went to put it all together. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the front was too big for the back. Somehow one of the patterns that should have gone in the recycling ended up being cut, so I had to cut another piece. The only one I had no problems with was the cardboard center. Well it all done now and I will give it to him on Sunday.....He had better like it. The back is 3/4 inch pine and the front is 3mm ply. I used Olson Mack 3 blades for the back and Reverse Tooth 2/0 on the ply. Oh and the pattern was by scrollarific. Marg

This time I tried to make realistic bee Video of making "Bee" project Bee pattern

Straight off the saw. No finish, no frame. Just glad to have him done An H Botas pattern. Niqua #3 blade for all except the 'feathers'. 3mm B/B

This is a great pattern. Making several. Thanks to ridgeback for a wonderful pattern. Decided to paint the eyes for a new look also first wood burning the thorns yes are no?

I see all these post and the problems they have. I spray the 3m45 glue to the board ( a light coat not a heavy one ) then place the pattern on the board. I have never had the pattern come loose. Then when I want to remove the pattern I Dampin a ddrag with meneral sperits rub the pattern let it set for a couple of minuts and the pattern peels right off almost falls off. this leaves a slight amount of glue on the board wipe it off with a rag weted lwith meneral spirits wipe the board. e=feel it for glue and let it dry for a hour or so and It is done ready for the final sanding. A galon of meneral spirits useally last about 2 years IKE

Red Oak cut on the Hegner with #5 Pegas MGT blades.

First clock, this was a lot of fun.

I purchased one.. hoping that many more purchase one too so they can get to making them out of real parts.. Not looking forward to receiving one from imaginary parts because I won't know what parts goes where during assembly..

It has been a long time to say hello to Village members I hope you all have stayed well I made first book with the Foxchapel foe a while, And new patterns I began to make 26 dog species from last week, This is Miniature Schnauzer

Another Steve Good pattern. Matches my others.

Just a reminder, please not to share patterns you didn't design yourself. If they're from a book, there are copyrights attached to those patterns. Instead, point them in the direction where they can obtain the patterns for themselves. This is also true for patterns from other websites and digital products. Even if they're free patterns, many times the artist wants to control how their hard work is distributed. We want to respect the designer's wishes and support the artists that make these wonderful patterns. There are times when the designer has passed away and the patterns are no longer available for purchase. It may seem like copyrights no longer pertain or we may want to extend their legacy by sharing their work. Unfortunately, copyrights still do persist 70 years beyond the designer's death. The rights are transferred to his/her estate. It is up to their estate as to what they want to do with the designs. Also, please remember that I'm just a solo guy who runs SSV on the side for the scrolling community. I try hard to make this a friendly place with a ton of great information and resources. We have a fostered a group of really great people who want to be helpful. Sometimes we don't think anything of sharing a pattern with a fellow scroller. But please keep this in mind. We can't use SSV as a platform to share patterns that don't belong to us. A single letter from a cranky lawyer could potentially shut down the whole website. So I try to be diligent about protecting copyrighted works. SSV is a big place and I can't see it all. If you see something that doesn't belong, please flag it for review (the 3 dots under the upper right corner). Clayton or I will take a closer look. Thank you for understanding.

Well I am back in my shop, making some sawdust, I made AlexFox pattern. Love it!! and Steve Good pattern.This is my first time doing layered patterns. I will be doing more in the near future.

That's exactly what I did for years, then I tried other ways to do it. I'm going back to my old way of spraying the back of the pattern and applying it directly on the wood or shelf liner.

I'm nowhere near as experienced as most of you but what I have found is, after reading the hint by someone a long while back, if you spray the pattern very lightly with whatever adhesive you are using, and let it sit for 15-20 minutes, it becomes almost dry like contact cement. THEN apply your pattern to either bare wood, packing tape, blue tape or shelf liner. It will still very well and when it comes time to remove it, use a heat gun. It works great for me and if there is a spot that doesn't come right off, use a dab of mineral spirits. Well, mineral spirits if you're outside of California. Here in the sunshine state, we use turpentine/paint thinner. It smells so good too.,

WOW!!! Bet ya got a little crossed eyed a few times Down Right Awesome work!!!

Poplar is not easy to get around here, have not seen any that big in about 10 years and the thicker ply is cheap and nasty that's why I use pine and 3mm A grade ply. The pine I was using I had already cut some off and used it, no problems what so ever, so I figured it was the paint. Marg

That looks great Marg.

Marg, The dimension your giving this is light years ahead of it's time!!!

Must have been good meds they gave you for your finger. Your work is something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After seeing her cuttings, theses pieces I figure, my cutting time is about had it. What extremes talent she has! Better than i ever was!!!

The end product looks great!

Anybody seen the latest Steve Good blog? Kinda seems like an April Fooler, but ya never know...

Van Halen might have needed your skills!!!

Museum quality workmanship!!!

I have had that type of project also. Just fights you at each step! But if it was always easy it would be boring

Hang in there Marg, we all go through something like this every once in a while! Very nice looking plaque!

great job!

beautiful job!! Hes sure to love it!! and your hard work is going to be really apprecited

very nice job, sorry it gave you so much trouble

Marg all that work was worth it, the piece looks fantastic. Love the way the words have been created and the colours are stunning.

That’s great Ken. I’m assuming that the picture is of people you know, which makes the puzzle even more special.

I think he'll absolutely love it Marg. It's a beautiful piece. It was well worth the frustration.

I know it was fustrating, but the end product is very well done. Had to look the name up to see who/what is was. Not an everyday name over here in the USA. The pine must have had been still wet with pine sap ozzinfg to surface causing the paint to bubble. Lumber yard pine is often still full of sap. An inexpensive wood like Poplar is a better choice for a backet if you want to use solid wood. Of course, plywood may have been a better choice as it is more stable and dry. Using a primer will also make a better paint job and may have prevented the bubbling.

If he does not like it send it to me. I like it. Was it the painting that got you upset ? The cuts on the script word "storm" looks very clean cut.

Sure you had great time with your kid I did scrolling 3times with my 10year old son kids love to scroll And make their own patterns

I have thought about you I disapeared for 3 months Pocus on making books First book will published on june hopefully Please think it was my winter vacation Have a gooday Trackman

Beautiful schnauzer you have created. Sounds like you are busy. Welcome home!

Nice work. You were missed. I noticed your article in the last SSWC magazine. Good to hear you are working on a book with them.

That came out great Craig! You did an excellent job on it. Can you give us a little more details, wood, blades, techniques? Here’s a tip for the backer board. Paint the backer board with a flat spray paint before you cut the interior cuts of the overlay. Flat paint dries faster, and glue will stick to it better. While the paint is drying, drill the clock opening and cut the interior cuts. Now glue the overlay to the backer board. When dry, cut the exterior of the pattern. That way the backer board will exactly match the overlay. Then apply your topcoat.

Neat work Bobby great to see you back at it. Roly

Don't you just love Grand kids they make you young again. Great work. Roly

I've meant to post this the last time I used spray glue and got side tracked and forgot.. 6 months later here I am doing a larger pattern so I need to use spray glue instead of printing the pattern on a peel and stick full sheet shipping label. SO here is what I've been finding.. The shelve liner has always worked real well for me... never had a issue with it being stuck too good and peeling up pieces of the wood fibers like I have seen others post about from time to time.. BUT, when I use the spray adhesive ( in this case I used 3M 45 but has done the same with most other brands I just never put it to thought that it was the adhesive ) I find that the liner comes up harder.. I do place the pattern on the liner / board while the pattern is still somewhat wet.. maybe next time I'll let it somewhat dry out more and see if that affects it. I notice that the liner looks like it gets soft looking if that makes sense like maybe the spray glue chemicals is softening or melting the liner some.. which maybe bleeding through the liner and making the liner stick to the wood harder? Anyway, just thought since I've just peeled off the pattern and it came off hard.. reminded me that I've been going to post this observation for a long time.. I just keep forgetting. Okay.. better get back to work..