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I made a big pile of Junk --and they love it! 25 x 18 overall I started with a 5 stack of 1/8 baltic cut with #5 and 3 Pegas mg blades to cut the junk pile -- the black is 3/8 and the letters 1/8 That pile thoroughly intimidated me from start to finish but it came out fairly close to my idea

The birdhouse is Ash and the little birds are Purple Heart. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #5 and #7 MGT blades. Comments welcome.

Hi everyone, I just want to give a big shout out to a few of the pattern makers and Especially Wayne Mahler for being able to cut all these out for me. Grampa Paul did a couple of the dog patterns for me. Wayne and Don from brookline did the teacher pattern for me. I couldn't decide which pattern to use so I went with Wayne's for the big one and Wayne was able to put Don's on a flat piece of wood for me. so it looks like a certificate. I had seven things that Wayne did for me but I wasn't able to take pictures of all of them. Maybe Wayne can put them on. I'll be so glad when I can start doing my own scroll saw work again. It's been eight months since I was on my scroll saw. One more week and I will be in Florida. The closing is the 16th. Yeah. Thanks again guys for all your help.

I made the lemming awhile ago. I though he would look even more cool with the lemming logo. Made cool spot to the left awhile a go as well. I belive i did him with a jig saw before my dad brought me a scroll saw..

The guy in the middle was our leader rusty rankin. He lived on his property which stretched back to the original Spanish land grant. Was 7 miles by 7miles. Originally it was down to 5 acres on the neches river in Sweeney switch Texas. We lost him 2 weeks ago. Got to go down and say good bye to my best friend in the world the day before he decide to turn oxygen and antibiotics off double pneumonia. Other guy is Bob. We spent years cooking on the Chuck wagon at Dollywood. Silver dollar city rodeos. Best times of my life outside my kids I ever had. End of the trail. Fixing to take this to brother Bob in Tennessee. for those that got there picture 10 years before last year Rusty was Dollywood Santa also. my tribute to my friends. Love miss you rusty.

finally done with this one other than still not sure of what color background. light blue, some kind of sunset, etc. any ideas?

This is my very first puzzle. Just got done with it for my Son's Birthday tomorrow. Its 66 pieces.

I got to post this a couple of months ago when the topic was Sports. Now I get to post it under Games. It's Chess board and pieces designed by Steve Good : This time, I will add photos of the drawer and a cover designed by me. I made all this for my grandson Ethan.

Pícaro Gordo Woodcuts

I did this out of cherry, and I have to say hanging it was the biggest problem. I ended up using the command adhesive hangers, not my favorite but I could not figure another way to get it close to the wall. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

As I said before spray a light coat of m45 spray glue on the board when you are done cutting take a damp rag with meneral spirits wipe the paper in a fuew seconds the paper will peal off some times falling off. i then take the same rag and wipi across the wood and remove all the glue. galon of meneral spirits will last about 2 years. no sweat to it. IKE

Well, since JoeW. started the brainteasers, I'll show a couple of those I've cut, plus a puzzle I did mostly on the table saw, back when I was just starting to discover woodworking (and had yet to really get into the scrolling side of things).

We pretty much only cut puzzles these days - about 20-30 a week sometimes more. Here are just a few...

I guess this is a game because all you can do is play with it! Nautlus by S. Good. Click through the sequence quickly and it looks like it is rotating

I have made a few puzzles. Here is my favorite.

Here is one that I quite like. Not sure I want to do. My sister helped with the paint suggestion. One side is summer, the other fall.

Not sure if this qualifies, but here tis anyhoo... Another Steve G. pattern on 1/4" BB.

Im am feeling really pleased with myself. Someone asked me if I can make them a Staffie dog leash hanger. I told her im only a learner in scroll sawing but I will try. So this is what I created using Inkscape her 2 Staffie dogs.One of her dogs is black and the other is a silver blue grey colour. Customer is over the moon. The customer is going to put her own hooks on it to hang the dog leashes on. In the photo I have it laying on a large plate

Here is a Tiger I just finished. My daughter goes to the University of Memphis. Their mascot is a tiger and the school colors are blue and gray. That is why I painted the backer blue with a gray border. These colors appear to match the University colors pretty close. I used 1/4" maple plywood and cut most of it with a spiral blade. For the straight sections I switched blades to a straight one so I could cut a straighter line. Believe it or not, I did not break any of the whiskers when cutting. I saved them for almost last and had dreaded cutting them the whole time I was working in it. I made sure I had a fresh blade to reduce pressure in an attempt to not break the thin wood, and I got really, really lucky. The frame is maple that is stained Red Oak and sprayed with lacquer. The overall size with the frame is 17x20". The pattern is from Alex Fox and it said there are 447 holes. I'm not sure there are that many holes but I have not counted.

Grampa made this "Bill & Bob" pattern for me, it turned out great. Both of these pieces are for an auction to raise some money.

The Owl is cut out of 1/4" Oak and the easel (thank you flarud for the idea) was from an old piece of square pine, from a pipe boxing job, pattern for the Owl taken from a stencil that can be found at various shops on line P.S. 81/2" x 10"

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.

3/4" Red Oak.

Thanks for your input. I accidently came across it on Pinterest and had to do some searching to find the actual pattern. I found the designer on Thingyverse. Here is a pic of his name and contact info.

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

That is such a unique bowl. I really love the look and you’ve put it together beautifully.

great job they all look spot on.....Paul

fantastic job

About 2 1/2 hours (147 miles) East up I-4 in Ormond Beach.

Great work Wayne. Village friends and family working to help each other--------priceless. Marg

Awesome looking piece, great work

Making it down here to FL just in time for the Hot weather. By next weekend it is suppose to rain for about a week straight. Welcome!!

I'm sure Covid has a lot to do with it for several reasons. One being the mills were closed for a while. Another being people didn't go to work and needed something to do at home,, lots of renovations, tree houses, fences, etc. were taking place using up what was available. I also read somewhere, not sure how true it was.. about 17 years ago a beetle devastated millions of trees in Canada and the affects are being felt now. I throw my sawdust over my fence,, I'll ask my neighbor what he does with it next time I see him!

Bread crumbs gave him away.

My wife is a nurse, so this is especially nice for me.

I just finished cutting out another cupcake holder for my sister-in-law saw. And experienced the same thing you did using the Duck brand shelf liner - hard to release - had to use mineral spirits even after removing the paper pattern. I think the manufacturer is using a different formula adhesive. I experienced the same thing a couple weeks ago, but in my book, two is a trend, so I'm going to up my patience level when it comes to removing the patterns to avoid ripping up any of the plywood.

HI I got my lates SSCW magazine and I find nothing in it worth doing. Its to bad they focus a whole issue on one subject. Renewal time is not going to happen. Bill

Ya know, I read a lot. I've read thousands of books. Mostly all fiction. There are some that stand out in my memory and I might read them more than once. But there are others that I wish I had not wasted the time. My point is, not everything is going to be great or even good. But, I will still buy a book and read it and take my chances. Same goes with magazines. Not all good but most are somewhat interesting. That's all I ask. I'm really happy that we have at least this magazine as so many others have gone down the drain. I can afford the $50 every two years.

I use Spar Varnish. As used on wood boats for years.

Guys in my CNC groups use Oramask.. It's used for painting.. ie sand your blank and top coat with clear sealer of choice such as shellac or poly.. place the oramask on then carve the piece on the CNC. Once carved you paint the carved out area. without having to worry so much about getting paint where it isn't supposed to be painted.. then peel off the oramask. I'm not sure what the material is made of.. but I tried using shelf liner instead of the oramask as a cheaper product. But the CNC sort of shreds the edges of the shelf liner and also the paint softens the liner to create a large mess, LOL The oramask could be used in place of the shelf liner if you like paying more for products.. Also heard complaints about the oramask removal is hard as it sticks very well.. We used the stuff in the autobody world for custom graphic paint jobs like flames etc.. Good stuff but pricey. The scroll saw stick and release tape sounds interesting, but again.. seems a bit pricey considering the shelf liner is like $5-6 a roll.. and I want to say those rolls are longer that the 20ft. scroll saw tape stuff is.. I don't have issues removing the shelf liner when using the full sheet shipping labels.. but it is more difficult for sure when using spray glues.. Maybe if you are set on using the spray glues.. Oramask may be a better option or the scroll saw tape. I just know that the oramask holds up well with some pretty potent chemicals.. Then again.. it sticks well to so removal might be worst than the removal of some of those very sticky shelf liners.. Again, only time I have had issues with removal of shelf liner is when I use the spray glues.. Possibly need to let the spray glue dry out more on my pattern before placing it on the liner covered wood blank.. Maybe that's my issue..

The sewing tool will perforate your pattern and put pin holes in your wood. The only time I touch my original pattern is when I scan it. From there I can scale, edit (which I do frequently) and print as many copies as I need, especially when doing Intarsia.

Instead of complaining and threatening to not renew, why not write or send an email to Fox Chapel what you would like to see more of and less of? This is the only way they will know what you want!

Absolutely beautiful !!!

Finished this up today. Thought I would post both together. I love working with Cedar.

I march to a different drummer, I have read over the years about adhesives, good sides bad sides, so I'll just stick to my carbon paper, I don't have to worry about glue, or extra sanding, It may take a little longer having to trace the pattern on to the board, but then the pattern last a longer, And it's just the way I'm use to doing it. Happy Easter Every One!!

Beautiful work! Adding color to the eyes really appeals to me but, I am not a fan of the wood-burned thorns. Just one person's opinion. God Bless! Spirithorse

Like the burn thorns. The eyes do make it stand out. But I think he would have had brown eyes because of were he was.

Excellent job, love the eyes, RJ

lovely!! and yes i agree the eyes really make a statement