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Alright SSV Nation, I haven’t posted much of my work lately, but thought this would be appropriate. It is a 20 MM aircraft gun barrel mounted on Bloodwood, which is the most dense wood I have ever played with). The mounts are Bubinga with inlays to the coins, patch and the nameplate. The nameplate is scrolled in Canarywood. I was so surprised to see a red streak within the Canarywood. Never seen it before. It is finished with Teak Oil. Feel free to ask questions. I totally enjoyed this.

Here are some of the projects I have done that have "Gone to the Birds"

I did this a few years ago. It is a Judy Gale Roberts design. I recently gave it to my son-in-law. It now resides in sunny FL. Wood used Aspen Walnut Western Red Cedar Cherry Yellowheart Maple Poplar

Another H Botas pattern of a lion & Cub done on a 1/4 inch A4 BB sheet with a #1 and #2/0 spiral blade need to finish it off but will use black mount board a few coats of danish oil and some spray varnish,172 holes on this one thought I would give myself an easy one after the ape thanks for looking all comments welcome as always thanks

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.

Beautifully done. Hard to beat a Judy Gayle Roberts intarsia pattern to make. She has the best way to send her patterns to her customers. Your work is fabulous. Dick heppnerguy

You also posted a nice variety of birds , all are done quite nicely too. I have cut some of these myself. My personal favorite is the little comical owl sitting on a branch. I have always loved this little fellow. Yours has a little more detail than the others ones I have seen and made but very similar otherwise Dick heppnerguy

Here's a flock of birds I've done.

You’re right Dick I should have sanded the stem and added a leaf, wish I would have though of that at the time. Actually my daughter-in-law’s mother liked it so much she bought herself a scroll saw just to make the hummingbird. Now she makes a variety of things.

There is a rather inexpensive spray gun called "the Criter" runs about $50 that will work on any type of paint , varnish, lacquer. It does not allow you to change the pattern of the spray but that will probably not be an issue. If you get the critter make certain it is with the stainless tube not the aluminum the latter will bend when dropped. It uses a pint size "Mason" jar. I use lacquer and keep one filled with lacquer the other with Acetone to clean the spray head when done. Darryl

Nice fret work. I can tell you are not afraid to go after the challenges. Hard to pic a favorite one here as all are so well done Dick heppnerguy

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

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.

This is another conversion of a ZM Creations Illustration I made into a Scroll Saw pattern. Just had to add another piece to my "birds". The cut panel is 5/32 x 11 x 15 Maple solid core ply affixed to a hand painted 1/4” x 11 x 15” BB ply backer. All cutting was completed with Pegas #0 Spiral blades. The backer was given a coat of Acrylic Gesso and then hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints. I used additional copies of the pattern that I cut out with an Exacto knife to help locate the areas to be painted the various colors. Of course as always, the assembled panel was finished with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. My usual frame width is 1 3/4, but, because I messed up a cut and did not want to waste the wood, this frame is only 1 1/4” wide Poplar stained with Minwax Ebony and finish with multiple coats of Minwax Satin Wipe-On Poly. BTW, they are Parrots, if you had not figured that out!

Found this Plan online reminded me of when I lived in rural Pa. A beautiful time for my young Family

birds are so amazing. I can't say that I love all birds but I can say they all are a real gift from God to mankind. Your work is all very well done and interesting to view. Thanks for posting them. Dick heppnerguy

Thank you TDpainter for the great pattern. I think it turned out great . My co worker really likes it also. She will be giving it to her husband as an anniversary present. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Mimi

It depends on what I am painting. I have a drawer full and some paint guns. A gravity feed airbrush can use as little as a drop of paint at a time. They clean up easy so swapping colors is relatively quick. On the downside, if you need to see over the top of the airbrush, the cup can be a problem. Gravity feed airbrushes don't work well for covering large areas. They shine at detail work. Siphon feed airbrushes work best for covering larger areas with a single color. You can get large bottles for them. Bottles let you store unused finish. I find them more challenging to clean. They are not as good at details. As you go up in size, the ability to cover more significant areas increases, and the ability to paint finer details decreases. I cant imagine a scroll saw project that would require an HLVP gun. Looking at your intended use, I would recommend using a siphon feed airbrush with larger needle size. A Badger Anthem 155 would do the job. Badger makes a version of this airbrush that does both gravity and siphon-feed.

I'm looking at that :"critter" - please post your experience when you try it out?

That is amazing the likeness is spot on, fabulous work by you and @TDpainter. Marg

Doesnt seem like that many cuts. I drilled 40 more holes tonight.

After Ctutor said that I looked it up also! I remember hearing about them a year or so ago... but forgot. I ordered one from Amazon, should work good for a lot of things. Thanks Ctutor!

I looked at the Critter on line. Very simple and a cheap pancake compressor would work with it.

Here is version 2 The cats aren't quite the same but this will be a little more solid. cat hanger.2.pdf

I spray everything with lacquer. No more than I stain it's just as easy for my to use a brush. In the past I used to build a lot of big things and I sprayed them. It was messy as heck. I still had to wipe them off.

After my "USA Eagle" project, some of my customers (from other countries) asked to make same eagle without letters, here it is. Video of making Eagle Eagle pattern

Now that is Beautiful wood.

I have tried using the spray stain in the shaker cans, wasn't to impressed, Haven't tried the others.

In the past I've use both HVLP and LVLP For paints the HVLP works best for stains and finishes the LVLP works best I don't have an airbursh that others here have so can't comment on that I used this page for my original guidance in selecting:

I would prefer to stay away from epoxy and re-cutting is not really option - I'm not good enough to duplicate a piece. I've tried and it's way out of my league.

That is sure beautiful. I call it Flame Maple.

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

Thank you. This one was a movie poster that was almost scrollable to start with. Just had to add a few bridges, etc.

Thanks. I agree with you that, if I use green, it should be a darker green.

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 .

Thank you Dick, I enjoyed this one especially taking the pattern off to reveal what the finished project looked like,cheers Dan

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

Here is a couple of birds I have handy.

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 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:

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

Hi All Made a shadow butterfly another one of steves patterns

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..

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,

Very beautiful cross Dick. It snowed here last night, how’s that for cooler.