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This hummingbird was one of my first projects, made for my daughter-in-law for her birthday. I found the image on line, but the stem was added my me and since I’m not very artistic the stem is not very appealing. I hollowed out a rock as the base.

Fresh off the saw!! Made using a #1 spiral blade on a A4 1/4 inch BB sheet with black mount board just need to sand and give a few coats of stain, lots of holes 458 to be accurate ,thanks for looking .

A couple of feathered cuts I've done. And a couple that have wings, but not necessarily feathers.

Eagles have been one of my go to patterns since I started scrolling. However, birds in general has been my popular subject and makes up a large part of what I have completed. In fact, not shown yet, I just finished another Parrot cutting, but is still in the finishing and framing process. Edit 5/15, see added pic at bottom. Edit 5/15:

The wife wanted a welcome sign with hummingbirds. This is what I came up with.

Got some birds right here lol: Thanks as always in advance for reading

Like FrankEV, birds make up a large part of the scroll-lsawn work that I have done and, right now, I am just completing and framing another one. But, unlike him, I will only post the photo of one bird in this thread. I'm going to go away for a little while right now and figure out my favourite, then post it here. ... ... I'm back. My favourite is Brrrrdbath: I designed this based upon a serigraph by Charlie Harper. I used Baltic birch plywood for most of the the pieces and the backing. The snow pieces were cut from maple dowel and the water drops were fashioned by sanding down axel caps originally intended for use with wooden toys.

A pattern by Sue Mey. Finished two different ways. One is framed with a Birdseye Frame and the other backed with 3/8" Baltic Birch plywood stained black. Stack cut 1/8" BB plywood on a Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1R MGT and #1 Spiral blades. The MGT blades on the lettering and the Spiral on everything else. Comments welcome.

My Mother's day gifts for the wife are delayed in shipping. Fortunately I had these pretty much ready to go. The patterns are from scrolleronline. Padauk, maple and walnut.

I've got a couple of orders ready to go, and I haven't posted a picture in a while. So...here are 3 Breast Cancer ribbons and a Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ( EDS ) ribbon. They are a Sue Mey pattern cut from 1/4" BB ply.

I have been looking for patterns of Southern/Beach/Nautical/Tropical subjects for a themed grouping of cuts that would be appropriate for the Beach Community here in Florida with little success. I did find “Beach” by Janevski in the SVV Pattern Library that I modified a little and sized to suit an 9X12 panel. The hand painted panel is 1/8” BB ply mounted on a 1/4” thkx 11 x14 hand painted BB Ply backer. The cutting was done with Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. Beach: Looks OK from afar but don't get too close, my painting skills still need some improvement. For the following, I did not create the original actual art work but I did create the patterns from free image files of art I found on line. In each instance, the art was only used as a basis for the pattern and much of the conversion into a scrollable pattern changed the image significantly by omission, addition or modification of subject matter. The Theme for these patterns became “Dolphins”. All patterns were sized to suit 11x14 panels. All cut panels are 1/8” hand painted BB Ply affixed to a ¼” thk hand painted BB Ply backers. Again, most of the cutting was completed with Pegas #2/0 or #0 spiral blades except for the long straight line frame cuts were made using a Pegas #3 MGT R blade. Mermaid and Dolphin: I enjoyed making this piece, but I’m not happy with my paint work. Artist Acrylics are just not working well for me. Jumping Dolphins: Simplicity personified but quite dramatic I think. Painted using spray cans (Woopie!). Dolphin Portrait: The original art for this was actually a metal sculpture that stood about 6 feet tall. The backer was painted with spray cans and the panel was painted using Artist Oil Paints. I like how this one came out.

A pattern by Sue Mey. Finished two different ways. One is framed with a Birdseye Frame and the other backed with 3/8" Baltic Birch plywood stained black. Stack cut 1/8" BB plywood on a Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1R MGT blades. In fact, I used only one blade on the project.

I just put up a bird feeder outside my office window and I'm patiently waiting for my bird friends to discover it. So until they do, this month's scroll saw challenge is bird themed! Post your scroll saw project that is related to our feathered friends. Bird portrait, eagles, puzzles, clocks, bird houses, bird feeders or whatever! I can't wait to see them. When you post, tell us a little something about it. Or maybe share which birds are coming to visit your house. Have fun!

Ran across this and just tought it would be a Good Conversation Piece. Danny :+}

I finally finished two Dream Catchers, one with a Cardinal and the other Hummingbird. The dream catchers made from Ash and the feathers Walnut and Maple. The Hummingbird is Cherry and the Cardinal from various hardwoods. The finish is a coat of spray Shellac as a sealer and two coats MinWax spray Lacquer Clear Satin.

This is not a picture of mine, but I have made three of these, two before I ever realy got into doing Scroll Saw work. Owned a Scroll Saw for many years. The first two feeders was the only projects I used it on when I was up in NC. Making the third after moving to Florida was what actualy got me interested in doing more scroll work, that was about 20 or so months ago. The one I currently have in my back yard looks like a bomb exploded in it as the squirrels tore it apart. Even so the birds love it when I remember to fill the tray with seed. We get Cardinals, Doves, Bluejays, all sorts of small brown birds, small Wood Peckers and Painted Buntings (I swore were small parrots or parrakeets...my ladey corrected me by showing me them in a book of birds we have.) The feeders were made of untreated 1/2" ply and painted with oil based enamel. However, even well painted they don't hoild up well in the elements, especially here in the florida sunshine...both the hot kind and the wet kind. I intend to remake it again and this time try to find some better wood, like maybe marine grade ply. (We have lots of boat building places around here.) Anyway the pattern was in SWW many moons ago. You can down load it here: https://scrollsawer.com/2011/05/04/victorian-birdfeeder/ Travis did say we can post aboth Bird house and Feeders also, so I took him up on his suggestion.

A Sue May Pattern. Cut from a Walnut 5/32 solid core ply panel and mounted on a 1/4x12X18 Birch backer. the Walnut was stained with Minwax Dark Walnut to improve contrast. The backer was stained with Minwax Natural. The assembled panel was finisshed with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. The cut was done with Pegas #0 spiral blades. The Frame is a smple 1 3/4" wide Walnut which was also stained with Minwax Dark Walnut to enhance the color and finished with multiple coats of Minwax Satin Wipe-on Poly. Edit 5/11/2021: Just a little added information and rational. When I do a pattern like this that is applied on top of a backer so the image is raised, I'm very careful to make sure all the cut edges are stained as well to match. If left unstained, the cut edges are very noticable and a big distraction to the viewer. In addition, by making sure the cut edges are stained, the fact that the panel is plywood is not as apparent, again making the image much more attractive to the viewer. Also, it may be just me, but I realy like the presentation in a Frame rather then, how many would make it, as an unframed plaque. IMO, I think it is much more elegant. Thanks to all who have made such positive comments.

I have a jet, a little bit pricey. I like the fact that the chuck cranks down to '0' will hold any size drill bit

She probably has no clue of a price and would have to get someone else to help her... I think I would offer her straight out what they would be worth to me..... I would give her time, if she wished, to consider my offer, meaning she could ask someone else for advice if she chose to... I would not try to dicker with her or cheat her,, I would just say what I would be willing to pay...

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.

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams." Willy Wonka

Did this little contracted piece. Hired a designer he does them better cheaper and gives me more time on saw.

I do a bit of fretwork. I don’t use my drillpress to drill those holes. I use a dremel in the plunge router base. It’s quick and easy. A drillpress would be cumbersome and hard to get it in the exactly right spot for those tiny areas. I think you might want the scrollers drill from Seyco.

Here is a couple of birds I have handy.

You are definitly taking scrolling to a new place. The wood grain on the beach did suggest the layers of sand in the appropriate direction. Well done. The mermaid does have a sketchy feel but that is a style of art also. The moon lit dolphins is a great concept. Simple . I'm thinking of separating the sky and ocean. Dark stormy blue water maybe ? Maybe sprinkle some pin point stars in the sky. Yep the last picture just stands out more than the others. The different tones of silver / gray works well. The dolphins eyes stand out also. The eyes draw me (the viewer) into the picture. Seeing the pictures on my computer screen is missing the feel of scroll saw. Can you describe the in person feel that seems to missing from viewing these pictures on line?

My wife would love that one also. I've done several hummers already. Guess I'll have to put it on the list!

Thanks that’s an awesome photo

400 too many holes for me.

Thanks Frank I do like a challenge

The largest fretwork that I do is 11 x 14 like what Charles Hand designs. I use a small Micro Mark drill press. I have had it for many years. It easily holds the #70 bits. The throat is large enough that I can get to the middle of my projects. For a normal Drill press I went nuts! I do a large variety of projects not just wood. I hated moving the belts on my Delta floor model so as most of us probably do I left the speed in one place most of the time. I now own a Nova Voyager , No belts direct drive like my Nova lathe speeds 50 - 5500 . 6" spindle travel. This thing blew my mind when it first came out.

amazing work

Wow what a lot of holes. Great looking cutting, well done. Marg

Beautiful. That’s fantastic. Well done.

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.

Boy, that’s an old show. I watched that when I was little. Getting old I guess. Great job.

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

That Is amazing! You sure have patience.

From the wooden teddy bear.

I definitely want a drill press that will handles 2 and 3 inch forstner bits. Takes a pretty good drill press for that. I currently have a small drill that Seyco sells that works similar to your rotary tool for drilling fretwork.

Great job. Reminds me of Koko.

Looks scary to me! Very nice cutting. You are a brave soul with that spiral blade. I count holes too.

Great Spiral Blade cutting. Gee, only 458 holes,,,why dont you do a hard pattern?

Great work. My lady would love the Humming Bird catcher.

Well since her and her daughter bought it for him as a gift they should have some idea of what they paid for it at least.. which in my mind can be good or bad.. I mean, they may think it should be worth what they paid.. as he didn't get to use them much.. if any.. The Seyco can't have much run time on it, he had health problems and wasn't getting in the shop much.. you know they paid $900 ish.. To me since the saw is basically new but still second hand top dollar and being generous I wouldn't give but maybe $600 - 650 but in their mind they paid over $900.. and might be thinking it's worth $800 -850

Yea, there is always something left.....

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.