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H Botas pattern made using an A4, 1/4inch baltic birch plywood sheet and a #2/0 spiral blade, lots of holes to this one took about 11hours of cutting,

Hello friends, some years ago I abandoned these mirror projects (10 years or so). First jobs I did with my scroll saw. Now with a free time I finished them. I hope you like the result. Thank you in advance for your comments. Greetings and a big hug to all.

If you're old enough and grew up in the U.S. you probably recognize The Partridge Family. I would never have missed an episode. I believe they aired on Friday nights after The Brady Bunch in the early 70s. If you're not familiar with them it was a sitcom about a family musical group. They actually did record and have some hit records although the only cast members who were part of the actual recordings were Shirley Jones, top left, and David Cassidy, top middle. *Added an edited image of the cutting if anyone would like to use it as a pattern.

I have done some pretty intricate patterns over time, but I have to say this one was one that really tested me... I failed in a couple minor areas,,, but I will not point them out.... The hair, oh that hair, was very tense,, around the ear. Didn't help that the last BB I purchased was not very good quality... Almost didn't buy it but I was out, so thought some is better than none.. This is a Charles Dearing pattern. Just off the saw... will have to make a frame and put finish on it... A present for my son..

Mike Williams designed the pattern for this beaver. He calls it 'Working Man' but I call it 'Nature's Lumberjack'. I completed cutting it last week. It took me about 11 hours and the work has about 610 holes. The material is 6mm thick panel with a thin quarter sawn White Oak veneer on top. I’m planning to take 'Nature's Lumberjack' it to Pellow's Island and to frame it with poplar “logs” much like the mock-up that utilizes Spruce below: I may or may not decide to frame it with a green backer-board. By the way, I’m going to use Poplar because, over the last 15 years, beavers have “chopped” down all the large poplar trees on Pellow’s Island.

This was fun to cut. I must be the slowest scroller in the world. I spent 15 hours and 36 minutes on the saw. Probably another 5 hours changing blade from hole to hole and drilling 786 holes. The image is 10-1/2 X 8. Used 27 2/0 Super Pike blades and cut 3mm Pre-finished BB.

Excellent work!! hope he’s back in 2024

Handsome Man and I know he will make a come back.... Your Scrolling is Near Perfect. Master for sure.... Danny :+}

A few weeks ago I asked the scroll saw community to make something for Memorial Day to either donate or sell and contribute the proceeds to any veteran organization of your choosing. Here is mine. If anyone can't figure out what this portrait depicts, it is the backside view of the Three Soldiers sculpture which is located at the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington D.C. I have also include a few of my patterns here if anyone would like to cut something as a tribute to those who served. I will be donating this portrait to The Highground, a Veteran's Memorial site in Neillsville Wisconsin. https://www.thehighground.us/

I believe they are wire gauge bits.... And the higher the number, the smaller the bit.... anything to make life easier for us common folks... right??!!

Here is a copy of the copy right laws and what is not protected by them. Hope this helps solve your question. Copy right laws and what is and is not protected by them.pdf

I only counted 784 holes.

It is not a race so it does not matter how long it takes, it"s what it looks like when it's finished and this is awesome. Definitely time well spent. Marg

I just don't know what Ray is thinking, trying to sell a non-supported saw for $500. I'm kind of hoping he was on vacation and a employee did this without his knowledge. Ray has repeatedly said that parts were not available for the older saws, so I can't imagine this one is an exception. For a bit more money, a EX16 could be purchased . . . . once they are back in stock. Or a New DW788 complete with warranty. I was very surprised to see some of the older saws listed on the site, especially at those prices. I would not risk buying anything earlier than the Purple EX-21, and especially for those prices. Holey moley! ps. I'm sorry if all this seems a little harsh, I get a little hot about stuff like this, similar to when I see listing on Craigslist asking $700 for an old scroll saw worth $50, or anything that is really out of whack, intended to rip off folks that don't know the value or lack thereof. So, that said, I purchased my EX from Ray and greatly respect him, however, this feels unethical, like preying on those that don't understand the relative value of stuff. When I send someone to Seyco saying, "hey, I know these guys and they will treat you right", then see something like this, I feel a little betrayed.

Fresh off the saw. This was a fun one! I made it for an auction piece to raise money.

Hey everyone. My name is Tim. I live in Mooreville MS which is right outside Tupelo where Elvis was born. Lets see, I started scrolling on a Craftsman saw when my son was a baby. I made him a lot of his toys. I continued for a couple of years just doing small projects here and there. Then life happened and I let alcohol take all of my hobbies and health away from me. Finally this last year I had enough and sobered up. I dug out my old saw and started enjoying being creative again. Decided I wanted to get a little more into it and replaced the Craftsman with the new Delta. I LOVE IT!!!!!! I love making bowls and fretwork. Sometimes I scroll something out that should be cut with a spiral blade using a regular blade just for fun. I have a local place here that displays and sells my perfectly imperfect projects. I give some away and make things to donate for some local groups. Go check out my gallery and let me know what you think. Tim

This is just FYI. As I have mentioned more than once, my shop is a small 8X14 Resin Shed I purchased through Lowes. During the summer last year I could only work for a few hours, very early in the morning, before the temps here in Central Florida reached the high 90's and the sweat would be running down my brow and into my eyes. I had gone to Lowes yesterday to pick up a few thing I needed and as I was walking out I pased a Stack of GE small room AC units. The smallest is 5000 BTU intended for a 150 SF room. My Shop is only 112 SF...Perfect. Price $159...not terrible. Military discout kept it under $160 after sales tax. After going home and checkiing on the dimensions of the unit and the space I had in my gable end wall (the only feasible location) I went back ane purchased one. Today I installed the unit. I don't have a window so I had to make a cased opening just the correct size to fit the unit. I first made a frame to varify it was correct for the unit and then use it to mark out the openening in the wall. My jig saw made quick work of the resin wall, just above the metal header for the doors. I cased the opeing on both sides and fixed it with some screws into the metal header. The frame in place is more than strong enough to replace the cut out wall section. I slid the unit into the opening and, WALA, everything fit nicely and now is working fine. I know the power in my shop is fed from only one 20 AMP breaker circuit in my main panel. Was concerned that the AC would overload the circuit if it was on with my router or dust collector. I'm happy to report I have no problems operating those three heaviest draw items as the same time. However, I will probably turn the AC unit off when I operate the Router station with the dust collector running to make sure no overloads. Any way, maybe I will be able to work in the shop more each day with out worring about heat exhaustion . Inside Outside

Excellent and a great likeness to the best pres ever!

A Most Excellent job

I make my own frames for the portrait type panels I cut. Have been using a presice hand miter saw to cut my frames, but decided to see if I could not make a presice miter sled to make the task easier. I found a video on YouTube and decided it looked like its would work so I decided to build it. In principle it works but I had to make a few modifications to make it "more" usable. My bigest problem was attaching the runners to the sled so it had no play in alignment and getting it a true 45 degrees to the blade. After a lot of trial and error I was able to get them mounted true and now I get precice 45 degree cuts. What I like about this sled is that you don;t have to calculate the cut lengths adjusting for the rabet. Here is a couple of pics of my sled. Take note of how my sliding block clamp needed an extra piece of wood glued to the top of the square to make it hold better. I did not like his version. His sled was also too big for my small shop table saw, so I trimmed it down which resulted in me having to add the one piece back as you cab see in the pic. And, since most of my work is a cut flat panel affixed to a backer I was having difficulty applying even pressure accross the panel using my various clamps. I tried to use heavy boards on top and bottom to spread the pressure. However, the need to move the work around to apply the clamps often resulted in the panels sliding and not remaining square with each other. I decided I needed a clamping fixture that woul eliminate the problems I was having. Using some good grade 3/4" thk plywood, some poplar 1" square dowels and some 1/4-20 bolts, flat washers and wing nuts, this is what I came up with. The cross dowels are epoxyed to the plywood and the bolts and washers are epoxyed in place. Only the wing nuts are loose. The whole thing is quite heavy but makes clamping the flat panels, without fear of them sliding out of place, very easy. Hope this might help someone.

I'm building a frame jig similar to yours. Got the base cut and the pieces ordered have all come in. Hope to get back to it in the next week. Also building a cross cut sled. It will be a little larger that the one I gave to the guy that bought my Kobalt saw. I'm using nylon runners this time, the wood ones on the last sled were always changing size. If I remember I'll put up a picture when I get it finished.

I hear ya Kevin! My shop is a 18' x 30' x 9' metal building that I had put up shortly after we moved here ( between Joplin & Kansas City MO ) 3 yrs ago. That fall I got it spray foamed so my shop is an Igloo cooler! I first got a 24" barrel fan that worked pretty good most of the day. It gets direct sun in the morning, but big trees shade the whole building after about 1pm. Then last summer I got a 5,000 btu window A/C...because that's all that would fit in the 1 small window, but my scroll saw is set up close to the window and I can point it in my direction. And the cement floor helps in the summer...but sucks the heat in the winter. But...I don't have near enough heat! I have a 220v 5000 watt (about 17K btu) heater hanging, and have to put a patio heater in the middle to get it to warm in the cold winter months. We should be on the Mexican border in the winter...but when things like COVID happen and all the shows shut down I need heat here. The electric heater really cranks the bill up and a propane bottle, at $20 each, may last 2-3 days if I run it low and shut off when I can. I've thought about a mini-split system, or having a natural gas line run from the house and a "real" heater LOL. I thought maybe I could score a central heating unit from someone upgrading their house and stand it in the corner...hasn't happened yet. I can work if it's a little too hot, but I hate to be cold!!

KG5WZI here

Excellent job! What a great pattern.

excellent job

This is a Steve Good project the one on the left is the original done on 1/4"BB and the right one is done on 1/8"BB which I made a couple changes, I sorta like the one on the right, what do you guys think.

Fantastic work from pattern to cut. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Very cool. I never missed the Partridge and Brady families on Friday night.

Your patterns are so very lifelike. Great pattern design and wonderful cutting.

Just love this one, well done.

WOW Beautiful job. Awesome pattern and cutting

Well done. The expression in the eyes are great.

I totally agree with what you are suggesting. I don't expect to be able to cool the shop down a lot, but if It keeps it from being untolerable and reduces the humidity a little, it will be worth it. I had already consider the insulation on the under side of the roof if I find I really need it. There is very little exposed wall as I covered most with plywood in order to hang tools, shelves, etc. Also, the shed sits below a shade tree and is located in the space between the two adjacent houses, and does not get direct sun until late morning and during mid day. I don't ususlly work durring those hours anyway. I may not be a Mexican, but that is my siesta time.

Looks great!

The Clarke website is here: https://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/product_manuals/woodworker_scroll_saws.shtml I didn't see your saw listed, but there is a way to have them search their archives to see if they have a copy.

I did just the opposite late last fall.. I installed a furnace.. got tired of working in average 15-20F in the winter months.. Thankfully most of the winter is doable.. but from mid January - a couple weeks into March are hard to deal with temps.. Not no more though... Shop rarely gets above 80 - 85 in the summer if I keep it closed up.. during the day and opened up the 7 windows over night.. stays really cool in there in the hot summer days.. I kept it about 60F in the winter this year.. and was able to get a lot of cutting done that normally wouldn't happen until summer to restock my sold out inventory from the holiday sales.. There is nothing like being comfortable while working.. whether that be heating it up to your desired temp or cooling it down.. Hope it serves you well this summer.. I didn't realize you was in FL.. I have a brother in FL

So I tried a 3d cut this morning... My first. I've been thinking of making a themed Chess Set. I don't play very well (actually, I don't play at all), but I love themed chess sets LOL Anyway, I used a Pegas #5 mfg brand spanking new blade. The dimensions of the piece ended up at 3 3/8" H x 1 1/4" W Here are the pics and then the lessons I learned - feel free to add your lessons as I may do this again with more scraps It's been dipped in polyurethane and is drying - this is the 2nd dip I don't think it came out to terrible, and I learned a few things which is always good. So for others who have not done this type of cut, but may be considering it here is what I learned... 1. Wood species - very important. I used poplar since that is what I use mostly at the moment. I can see this being a real problem with a very hard wood or a very soft wood. 2. The blank - I used a piece of poplar I had left over. It wasn't exactly cut to size (1 3/4" x 13/16"), but this was a test so I used it. This was the biggest problem I had... The problem was it wasn't a square piece, but was rectangular. This caused a problem when cutting the tall side as it barely fit below the arm of my saw and I couldn't get a good hold of it to guide it through the cut, the arm kept banging the heck out of my fingers. Even with a jig (which was also not set up correctly) I had a very difficult time holding the piece to cut. I think if/when I do another I'll cut the wood more square and thinner and I have to fix my jig to lock the piece in place. 3. Gluing - I used a glue stick and glued right to the wood. Since I had read the outside was going to be throw away any way, it seemed like the easiest option. It was easy, and the correct selection for me. Oh, and I hate to throw things away so I saved the pieces that are throw away. I can use them for framed scenic units when I make them and glue them to the backing 4. Drilling - I used a 1/8 drill bit and probably should have a little smaller for the starting holes. Problem was the rectangular side also posed a problem with the bit size. 5. Blade - There were 2 sides to cut on this pattern, and one side (the deepest cut side) as mentioned in #2 above was a real bear to hold onto and guide. However, the selection of the #5 was spot on, if I used a harder wood I would most likely use a #7 blade instead. 6. Cutting - The cutting of the flat side, was fairly smooth. But again see #2, not so easy. And the tall side took a lot longer than the flat side - makes sense cutting through more wood 7. Taping - Once I had finished cutting the flat side, I had to tape the cut piece in place with clear packing tape. I should have taped the whole thing BEFORE starting the cut. Well there it is. Another type of cut under my belt! Thanks as always in advance for reading

Sweet! Florida is a "bear" to work in my garage during the summer/hot months! This year, I've installed a curtain system to enclose my work area to encompass a window unit I have. At the moment it will be for the cutting area, but I am considering enclosing right across the garage so the sanding area gets the benefit as well. I'll see after I get it all isolated how much more I can section off Pics will be forthcoming of course Thanks for sharing your setup - would be nice if I could just cut a hole in my garage LOL

Welcome to the "Cool" side! Pun intended. I've had a/c in my shop for several years. Bought a new, bigger unit last year.. much better now. My shop is 12' x 22' but I only cool 12' x 14' of it. I have the walls and ceiling insulated half-ass and a thick clear shower curtain separating the cool side from the non-cooled side. You may laugh but it works very well. I also have an oscillating 18" fan going. I can get the cool side down to 65°! Makes it much easier to work when you are comfortable. I see the open gable vents in your shed,, do you get lots of wasps in there? On the "hot" side of my shop I installed a 4' wide corrugated metal roll up door. I'm guessing that's how wasps get in my shop. My paddle that I made to lay patterns on when I spray the backside of them with 3M77 doubles as a big wasp swatter!

I hope you folks realize that the original post here is from 2016. Some of these need to be marked dead and buried.

I haven't either. It was a brain f...a senior moment. Should have been 4X8. Good catch. HD does cut in half or quarters for me.

I find 3D cutting fascinating... It is always a surprise to me what comes out when you remove the outer wood... I love the mini bird houses,,, so does my daughter, she steals every one I make and my favorite is the 3D nut crackers I have cut... she stoled that also... but she use to dance in the local Nut Cracker productions when she was a little ballerina many years ago... Like you,,, I have patterns to make a chess set... hope to get to it this year.. Show progress on yours,,, it will keep me interested in completing one.. I will be a thanking you...

KG5MCE here I noticed your call sign.

fantastic job, it's beautiful

Great job! A very tranquil scene.

Great looking cut! Slowest? Nah, @15 hours to cut that would have taken me 15 weeks! LOL

Good looking, worth your effort!

You have much more patience then I do. Great Job.

Nice! How many times did you blink while cutting it? LoL

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.