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I've haven't been around any forums, but I have been at the saw. Some of my recent. Hope everyone is doing well.

found this pattern and wanted to give it a try. So I purchased it and did the thick on (4 layers) in 1/4 inch baltic birch while the top layer is a wood that I do not know the name of and had it in my wood rack. I found that using 1/4 inch wood made it so the other colors of the different layers did not show very well, so I cut another one in 1/8 inch BB Ply and just stained the top layer. I put four coats of semi gloss finish on both of them. I did decide the thinner wood brought our the detail and other colors more to my liking. Theses will be gifts to some friends of our that also has a granddaughter who's name happens to be Grace. Dick heppnerguy

Found a small fret box pattern I liked. Bubinga wood. Too small for hinges on the top so did a drop in top. Could not stack cut sides because they are too small. Shellac and lacquer finish.

Checking the membership page I discover there over 5500 members. I believe it is almost impossible to cull out the membership. If I pass away I will still be listed as a member as there will be no one to notify the Village. Also there may be many who have left the hobby for many reasons. In spite of this there must be a very large members who never participate or seldom participate. I agree that not everyone has the time I have being retired but I'm amazed at how little participation there has been for quite some time. I also agree that not everyone is a big mouth like me and a few others who shall remain unnamed. Travis works diligently to provide an interesting Village. Have people moved on to Facebook? I see many, many groups there of which I am a member but don't get very active there. The Village is home to me. I'm just perusing. I would like to see a little more participation. OK, I'm finished for now.

I am glad that I became member. The more I ask questions and share my problems the faster I learn. I had my scrollsaw in my garage for >8 years. 5 months ago I signed up in this village and learned about all kinds of techniques. Intarsia, fret work, bowl making, box making. Any shape can be a bowl or a box. I am not a facebooker. This village is the first site I signed up for. I appreciate all the help in the last 5 months.

I'm curious as to how many have been active, even if just lurking one time, over the past year. That may be a better gage of active members. I'm still a member of IAP (pen turners) but I have only been there once in the past year. There's just not enough time for everything I want to do.

I joined in January 2009, the Village probably was only 2 or 3 days old then and apart from a year off I have been here almost every day. This is my home and my family outside of my family. I have met a lot of friends here and lost a few too. I am a member of 2 or 3 Facebook sites but rarely stop and look properly. I would be interesting to know how many were only members for a short time and then stopped coming. Marg

I just looked to see how long I have been a member and wow,, 2014. It certainly has been a great learning experience. THANK YOU ALL, Especially TRAVIS for this great site. I belong to others but this is the only one that is part of my regular morning routine. I also am a member on a number of facebook sites but generally just skip by them. Those ones I joined more for the patterns than anything else. I also get Steve's email daily. This however is where I seem to learn the most from. I don't always post much as I seem to only have time on the weekends to cut and this year fells like it has been a little more challenging for a number of reasons.

Finally got caught up on spring chores, so I got to spend some time in the shop. Cutting my own patterns is difficult though as I can always find things I should have done differently. Maybe I am my pown worst critic?

Coffee Before Talkie is by request from my lady and will be hung in our kitchen. Thank you @WayneMahler for the pattern. It is 1/4" mahogany and is 16" square; I had to glue up 2 8" wide pieces. The locomotive is a Steve Good pattern and will be donated to our church for their upcoming fundraiser. I had to get out the big camera for this as I could not get the iPhone to correctly render the orange backing.

A previous customer sent me a text-- "Bandit"-Cricket--Condor-Kodiak-&-Sweet Pea" ---- make up the stall signs for these horse names--ANY WAY YOU LIKE! I had made horse stall signs for them before. What a fun time this was. Lots of thinking- all designs are from T & E designs =--same source for the fonts. Woods are pine, cedar, fir, & some unknowns- the grips on the revolver are extremely hard, I have no idea of the species- color is just clear coated on them. Some thin plywood shop scraps, etc. Even used rawhide for the hanger on "Cricket". A lot of fun and a lot of work too. Customer has seen pictures of ""Bandit & Condor" only so far. "Bandit" even has turned parts! The pegs on "bandit" are used rifle cases. Many of the pegs on the others are golf tees that I buy in huge quantities for making key racks. Some light torching on some of the signs, then a quick poly spray over it.

I joined Dec. 2010 after the other group I was active in closed down. some of those members are here also. I have a routine every morning I check in on all my groups. This is the first one I check. I don't always comment, most time I just read and move on. I have looked at the members list also and there are so many members who have joined and never posted or even done a *like*. I can only image what a job it would be to delete those people. Like Rocky I consider this *Home*. Judy

I have been here since about 2014. I know I have been somewhat of a pain in the butt at times but I really like it here and enjoy all of you folks. I also belong to most of the scroll saw groups on Facebook but I don't spend much time there. But, I do try to spread the word there about SSV and suggest that they come over here to really get involved in the hobby. I see Rockytime there and also Kevin but I don't see many others from here. Maybe they use different names there. Anyway, to my point, this is my home when it comes to the hobby of scrolling and woodworking. Thanks to Travis for all his hard work and thanks to all of you members for putting up with me. I hope some of the lurkers will make themselves known. It would be great to have some new members to help. I want to give back for all I've received.

Thanks for your posts.

Very, very nice work. I especially like the first one shown. It is beautiful. Can you say where you got the pattern? Thank you for posting!

I agree with Marg. Although Paul had a couple of songs I liked. after they broke up. Excellent job of cutting. Looks just like them back in my day.

In the Catholic church they perform baptisms on your children and babies. I have a great grandson that is getting baptized on my birthday, in Los Angeles. Several of our family members are going there for the event, including us. I wanted to find a plaque commemorating this event in James' life and looked to Sue Mey to see what she had to offer. I came up with this one and decided to also make this cross for his parents as well. I have not posted anything for some time, although I have made many things in my shop lately. So, here are two of pieces I made this week. Dick heppnerguy

Last year at my son's conferences the teacher talked about how he had gone to the same career center that he now teaches at, I mentioned that I also went there for auto collision repair. We started talking about cars etc. he was showing pictures of his Porsche that he restored.. I could tell he was really into his Porsche cars.. This year with Covid and all my son has helped a lot with the school both grade school and the career center school with computer tech stuff. He is in computer networking classes and does cyber security work and competitions etc. Anyway since I live out in the boonies we are limited for internet to slow DSL and with the wife working from home and son doing zoom classes etc.. so the teacher had given us some tech tips and a device that sped up the internet some. I made a clock of his car similar to this one as a thank you for a couple computer parts he gave me. ( I didn't get photos of the actual one ). Well I used the same pattern but I didn't like how the wheel wells blended with the body so I redid it and changed it around the wheels. My son took it to school today to give him. He open the box and was like "oh cool" then said I must have done that with a laser or something, my son said no he cut it by hand on a scroll saw. He didn't believe my son and actually took it to the construction class teacher and he said it was done on some sort of laser as well. LOL My son showed him my website and he told my son that I need to be charging a lot more money, LOL Tonight the phone rings and its the teacher.. He just had to say thanks but he really had to know how I made it. He still can't believe it was done on a scroll saw. He has a big Porsche meet tomorrow and he asked if he could take it and display it at the show and asked if he could make up some fliers with my website and email etc. My son sent him links to some of my videos on my yourtube of me cutting so he could see how it's done. Anyway, cut from Cherry as usual and used a #3 Pegas MG blade and a FD #2/0 spiral for widening some of the veining.

I actually cut this a few years ago and never finished it because I didn't like it. Wrong size wood, chipped a lot, wood was soft, just a learning experience. Since I've been in the dog house all weekend, I saw it sitting there and decided to finish it. I think more of it now. I don't remember who's pattern it is or even the wood, I can tell you it's stain vintage blue, because I had a bunch of that and really want to get rid of it.

Love the Background. Down Right Awesome job!!

Maybe Travis could automate a method of labeling "inactive" members who haven't logged in, in a year, month, or whatever and add this to their record. That would at least make it easier to know who is active and who is not. Then a list count of "active members" would be easy. A woodworking site that I am also a member of does this, and you loose your ability to "PM" or post "For Sale" items if you haven't logged in for a defined period. Once back and logged in several times over a short period (month), you get all your restrictions opened up again. I'm not logged in every day, but I do try to get here at least once a week. I get overwhelmed with work occasionally and have no free time at the computer to visit my favorite forums, of which this is one of them. I try hard to be here at least once a week, even during these high workload periods and sometimes I'm not posting, but at least reading other's posts. I really enjoy it here. Charley

Yeah, avoid car waxes because they contain Silicone. When silicone gets on your wood, it will prevent the wood from accepting finishes. The result will be what is commonly called "Fish Eyes" because they are usually round with a small dot in the center. The silicone drop prevents stains and varnishes from bonding with the wood. Anything that contains silicone has been banned from my wood shop because it is so hard to detect before finishing. I destroyed a lot of good wood that got silicone on it years ago. I never want to go through that again. Johnson's Paste Wax is the easiest to find and about the cheapest good wax available. I had a partial can of Butcher's Paste wax given to me once, and it worked great, but when I went to buy more, the sticker shock made me try Johnson's, and the result was about the same. Most any clear wax that does not contain silicone will work fine for this need. Charley

Good morning, I just checked and I have been a member since 2014, I check in everyday but don’t always post, and thx to Travis for giving us this play ground, RJ

Being a new kid on the block (joined in 2018), this where I come for anything and everything scrolling - for me there is no other place, so you're all stuck with me! I check in to FB for other reasons, but not scrolling. Usually just to piss off the fake fact checkers there when I post memes and to give others a dose of needed reality! I do have several business groups on FB but don't really manage them much. I haven't posted much lately because well, all I do these days is puzzles, wall hangers and similar items - I figure there is nothing new for me to show so I don't. I do have a post coming up though, regarding my new trailer setup Stay tuned

I too am on groups on Facebook , Instagram, Pinterest but my happy place is here! There is always help here when needed and the general thought is positivity!

Time does fly, I just checked as well and I joined in 2015. I rarely post anymore, not sure why, but I enjoyed this community immensely as I learned and progressed. I know I learned a lot here, and I hope I returned some of what I learned to others. I kind of wish JT was back, I enjoyed the contentious spirit between him and Kevin, and I also learned a lot from him too. Back to lurking I guess

Well, this thread did make me look to see when I joined this forum. 2011 I'm not a Facebook guy. A few woodworking forums and subscriptions to 2 or 3 YouTube sites, that's the extent of my "social media" presence. I enjoy the forums. I don't participate a whole lot, but usually check in regularly just to see what is going on. I was a member of the SSW&C forum before I discovered this one and still visit there regularly as well. Just not as much traffic there anymore. I used to check in at Steve Good's site, but haven't been over there in a long time.

fantastic box, it's beautiful

As usual with you Bernd, that is stunningly gorgeous!

Those guest could be members as well, just not logged in.. You're considered guest until you're logged in. For many folks there is no reason to log in unless you want to comment on a post OR look in those certain post where you have to be a member to see them. For the most part.. I think everything is open to guest other than if they want to open up a photo. Not sure if you can view the bragging section logged out or not. I do know you can't view the photos / patterns in the pattern request section unless you log in.. but you can read the text I think..

Easier than you think. If it was 1/2" or larger material, I would have to cut the miters on a table saw or router but since it's only 1/4" I use my belt/disc sander. It has a plate on the disc side where the angle can be adjusted and I set it to 30 degrees. It has a sliding miter on the plate and I feed the piece against the disc until I get a sharp edge. I just make sure all the pieces are the same length. I did the same with all the small pieces I used for stops on the top.

I have recreated several pieces of gingerbread on overhangs of some old houses over the years. Great cutting!!

Welcome to the Village, I use Johnson paste wax for my saws but I've found that the Hawk tables don't seem to need waxed as often as the old DeWalt I had did.. Also my Excalibur has a painted table top and that also doesn't need waxed as often as the old steel table of my DW. I still wax them about once a month or so.. but the old DW needed it at least every week.. sometimes more.. I wouldn't worry about any of the marks on the table just be sure it's clean and waxed.. don't use a car type wax.. They can cause some reactions to some of your wood finishes..

Hi Jim and welcome to the Village. No, do not remove the swirl marks. These are caused by a fly cutter of some kind during the machining process. They actually help you. They consist of very small peaks and valleys, Your wood will only be supported by the peaks. Therefore in theory (I think actually) your wood should slide easier as t is only in contact with half the surface of the table. Wax is good. I may get some comments on this but I am convinced. I've had three Hawks and never had a problem with the table surface. Now go and enjoy that saw!

I also like the first one. The roses in circle is great. My wife likes the humming birds.

Dang I love that first one! The rest are well-cut as well....but the first one really caught my eye.

This is really cool. Is it one pattern or did you make a combination of two? Either way, I love this project. Dick heppnerguy

I've been wanting to do a Paul Simon for my shop and while browsing some images last night I ran across this concert poster from 1968 which had an almost ready to scroll image. I've got a snapshot memory of being in a pool in Panama City, Florida 50ish years ago and hearing Cecilia for the first time. I picked up some 1X5" X 18" quarter sawn white oak at an estate sale for $1 a board. I edge glued it for this and the Bob Marley portrait. Love me some cheap hardwood!

You've been making your scroll saw hum a lot. Nicely done pieces. I think my favorite one is probably the Easter bunny because of the use of several natural color woods, that really make that one pop. I enjoyed viewing your posts. Thanks for sharing. Dick heppnerguy

A co -worker left to go to another center on base so they asked me to make her a p!aque. She really liked it. Everyone that didn't realize I did this type of things were very impressed. I got to really show off some of my work.

If you are up for a challenge I recommend this shelf. It took me forever to complete. If you have already done this one, I'd love to see it.

Nice!!!

Ha, I hadn't notice the ticket prices. One of my favorite songs of theirs is, "The Sound Of Silence". In the "not judging a book by it's cover category" this group that I would never normally listen to did a fantastic cover of the song. I like it much better than the original. Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence" 03/28/16 - YouTube It made me realize how powerful the lyrics are.

Very nice work. I am a fan of Russ Beard and love Native American art.

StewMac makes the finest tools! You will love it. This is what I use. One hand operation and deadly accurate.

Bought the pattern on Etsy and tweaked it a little. Also added the "3 little birds". He'll be living next to Willie. Figured they'll have something to talk about. 3/8" white oak with walnut backer. ***Richard commented below that I'm getting quite an array of celebrities in my collection. Wanted to share my reply so I can brag on my forth coming Hattian Grandkids. I am getting a fairly diverse collection of celebrities. I think 42 portraits now, some with several people in them. I noticed a few months ago that, unintentionally, all I had were white males. (Except for Aunt Bee in an Andy Griffith group ) I'm intentionally trying to diversify my collection in race and sex. I'm very excited that my son is adopting twins, a boy and a girl, from Haiti. I realized one day how my new grandchildren might feel if all they see is white men on my shop walls. Besides protecting their feelings, my shop is a happier place for it.

I can see why you are so excited by it. What a perfect gift that will be cherished for a life time or two or three..... It will be in an honored place long after all the other wedding gifts are gone and forgotten. Dick heppnerguy

My new clock. Walnut and oak.

First off Ray, I have to ask, why to you want to combine these products? I try to keep my finishing methodology within a few general rules of thumb. One is that simpler is usually better. Don't add steps to your finishing schedule, unless they bring something useful to the party. Next, you have to figure out what you want your finishing process to accomplish. Do you want to add color? Do you want grain enhancement? Do you want a protective finish? What level of sheen do you want? What application methods fit into your skill set? Next you choose your finishing product(s) based on the answers to the above questions. Only use what is needed to accomplish the goal. To put it another way, there isn't much benefit to applying a Danish oil, then topcoating it with oil based polyurethane, or even shellac, for that matter. Why? Because if you are using Danish oil to bring out the grain, you can get pretty much the same results with shellac or oil based polyurethane, so the Danish oil step really doesn't add much benefit and just complicates things. Now, if you were topcoating with lacquer or a water borne polyurethane, then that's a whole different kettle of fish. In that case, I might use BLO or Danish oil to pop the grain (I usually only do this with woods like cherry, walnut or mahogany. It won't do much for the red oak and maple), then apply a barrier coat of shellac Seal Coat. This prevents any adhesion problems between the oil and the lacquer or water-borne top coat. If you want a film finish, with a little bit of gloss, then I would just spray the whole thing with shellac and forget all the other stuff. If you want less sheen, then the Danish oil is probably the simplest option. You don't have to have a pan deep enough to completely immerse the basket. You just need something to keep the fun-off contained. Pour a little in a pan, put the basket in, then dip a narrow brush or foam brush and start slathering the Danish oil all over the basket. Don't worry about getting it nice & even. Danish oil is meant to soak into the wood, not lay in it like paint, so you want to slop it on heavy, working it into all the nooks & crannies. Pick it up and let the excess drip off. Set it on some paper towels and let it drip off some more, then start wiping down where you see excess. Maybe use a little blast of compressed air to blow it out of corners. Bottom line is you want full coverage and you aren't building a film finish, so getting it all even isn't really a concern. You just want full coverage without a lot of excess. This is probably long winded enough, but as a final point, I highly recommend a couple of books if you want to really up your game and take some of the mystery out of finishing. 1. Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Finishing - by Jeff Jewitt 2. Understanding Wood Finishing - by Bob Flexner