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Clock is finished My picture taking is not very good. The hands we picked out are too small. I have ordered some larger ones. They will be here next week.

Just finished this H Botas pattern using a #2/0 spiral blade on an A4 1|4 inch BB plywood sheet

Hello friends, I made a few small jobs to distract me a little, almost no sales by the pandemic, but we must go forward, greetings to all.

This is a sign for a house that will be given to the daughter and son- in-law to be,on Saturday when they wed. It is made from 3/4 inch cedar with a 1/4 inch baker board painted black. The receivers of this are horse people so that is why the horse head was chosen for this item. Dick heppnerguy

After a need to rest my eyes from fretwork this is my diversion. It is a pattern by Ian Thorley. It's about seven inches in diameter.

1938 Lancia Astura Cabriolet Lancia is one of Italy’s oldest car companies being founded in 1907. The Lancia Company still exist in Turin and now is under the umbrella of Stellantis Auto Group which also includes Chrysler/Fiat, Citroen, Alpha Romeo, Maserati and Peugeot. The 1938 Lancia Astura was the epitome of the late Art Deco auto design period with its large flared front fenders and extensive use of chrome on the windshield and grill. The Tipo V-8 3-liter engine provided plenty of performance for either touring the Apian Way or along the shores of Lake Como in style and comfort. This model was only produced for 2 years with WWII disrupting car production for military purposes. I designed the pattern with MS 3D paint and used 1/8 BBPW with ¼” luan backer. Finish is shellac with Gloss lacquer.

It is 1/4"solid walnut except for the backer behind the dial (1/4" oak) and a 3/8" piece of walnut for the housing base. I used 2/0 Olson reverse tooh blades for the entire clock. Yes, the walnut and the Westminster movement were over a hundred bucks. Plus others costs. Deft spray lacquer, dial, hands and whatever., I'm keeping it for now. Probably some family member will want it sooner or later. They know what a sucker I am. I never sell anything I make. I do this for the enjoyment and fun. I like to make clocks. This is my 4th fretwork clock. I have one more that I will (hopefully} do starting this fall. It is called the Guardian Angel clock. Thanks for the compliment Frank Ben

One of my favorite Christian musicians ever, Rich Mullins. If you don't know him he wrote and sang songs you probably know including Awesome God. I love him because he was sort of a hot mess. He drank, smoked, cussed, didn't bath regularly. He also made millions of dollars and gave it away to charities and churches except for a small living allowance. He worked with Navajo children on a reservation. Sounds like a disciple, and I'll bet one of God's favorite sons. Cut in wormy walnut.

Now that is a Beautiful Clock I made a similar one for my Wife for our 25th Anni, It took me 2wks Still running. Again Beautiful Clock Awesome work.

You definitely have the right attitude on using the spiral and the rewards for taking the time to learn them are well worth the struggles at first.

That’s it Frank exactly, I struggled to use them at first because I was too busy looking at where I didn’t want the blade to go instead of just blocking that out and concentrate on the line.Now I use them for nearly every project I do ,in my opinion they are the most under rated blade ,you can do some incredible detail with them just takes practice and patience,I still have a lot to learn but am enjoying the journey and learning new things everyday

I verey rarely break a blade on my Hefner. The only ones I ever break are 2/0. They only break because I'm careless and bend the blade or eventually the blade will break after long use. I believe the blade eventually breaks because of heat .

If you're wanting to tilt the table for cutting angles you don't use an inclinometer, use a digital protractor like a Wixey found on Amazon. Very inexpensive. Works great on the table saw. The Wixey is magnetic so hopfully your table is cast iron or steel, otherwise you can still hold it.

very nice job

Learning to use spiral blades is intiminating to most, but once they are mastered they become the "go-to" blade for most work. I have found that even on projects that would be easily completed with a standard type blade I will use a spiral. With me it ws all about not looking on adjscent parrallel cut areas. There is a tendency for the blade to go where you look and it would always go toward the adjacent cut area. Now I can ignore the adjacent cut area and the blade will stay on the line I'm cutting. Since I do most of my work on 1/8" thick ply of various types, I find I even tend to predomintly use the very small #2/0 spiral blades so I can get nice pointy/sharp intersections and corners.

Here is the Indian Warrior I have been working on. 230 holes. Cut out of 3/4 Zebra Wood. Bare and then Tung Oiled.

A photograph of the finished puzzle and a scroll saw to the rescue? Maybe?

here are a few birds I've cut over the years

That is a man with no cats or kids for sure.

So i met a woman last night at a craft fair event. She knew exactly what we had and was impressed that we were so focused on our product lines. Her husband had passed away in January and was very into scrolling. She offered to sell me her husbands saws if I go pick the up outside of Atlanta, and so there is the rub.... I have no idea what a good deal for both her and I would be on 2 used saws. One is a new Seyco 21" I think she said, maybe purchased from Ray at Seyco and a newer Excalibur (china model) which I believe has not been repaired since he posted about here in 2019 Any idea or thoughts on the pricing for these would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to "steal" them from her, I want to offer a fair price for both of us since I have to travel 4-5 hours to get them and since one is still in need of repair. Thanks as always in advance

Clock is on my list of things I want to make. Then After a clock that I didn't do the motion for I like to make one motion and all. Great work.

But, a very good looking clock.... Job well done.

You can make a cupped board flat with a planer if you do it correctly and if it is not toooo severely cupped. You need to only take a very ligt cut with each pass throught the planer flipping the board betwee each pass. It does not remove the cup, it will simply thin the board to a uniform thickness dimension. Since the board is already cupped it will not cup any more. I've used this method to make flat many rough sawn boards that are cupped right out of the drying kiln. Most often you can get true 3/4" thick boards from rough sawn 5/4, or sometimes 4/4, material. Yep...lots of waste. This method is what commercial lumber mills use, only their planers are 2 sided and it only requires one pass to reach the desired milled thickness.

If you can get the page you want flat try taking a photo of the pattern.

This is the place to come for help when it comes to scroll saws. There are many knowledgeable folks here.

I have had my Hegner for 13 years and like Paul was breaking to many blades at the beginning. Tension seems to be critical with these saws. You don't say how long you have been using your saw but for me there was a learning curve. I would suggest experiment with your blade tension first and see if that helps. I set my tension quite high on my saw. Also if you are breaking the same brand or size blades maybe switch to another size or brand. On the most part I like Pegas Modified Geometry blades as they work well in my saw. It could be as simple as a bad batch of blades. Good luck!

Excellente on all levels. What a stunning automobile and your rendering is perfect.

very nice

Nice Kitty, WOW What an Awesome job!!

Nicely done! But oh, aren't those whiskers a bugger to do? H.B. has some very interesting and unique patterns!

Really detailed!

It's killing me to not share this publicly so I decided to share it here. Thanks to the Help of Jessica Boehm for making a pattern from a photograph, I'm shipping my son's present overseas. He lives in Germany! So until he gets it, I can't brag publicly . So here it is!!! I'mm really happy how it came out!

Here is one of my Dog Nuggets Birdhouses I had to make him. He rents them out. He calls it NugTown Villas, Gated Bird Community.

I've been a Morgan Freeman fan since he was Easy Reader on The Electric Company on PBS in the early 70's. Thanks to Botas Helder for a fantastic pattern. Cut in 1/2" quarter sawn oak with a wormy walnut backer.

To fix a cupped piece you need a jointer, not a planer. A planer will press the wood down and remove wood, when the wood exits the planer it will just cup again. A planer makes each side parallel, not flat. Wetting your wood and weighing it down might flatten it.

Really cool pattern. Where did you ever find the little cat hooks?

Thanks Don.

Beautiful wood. Also looking forward to see what you do with it. I don't own a planer either, but that is about to change. I have a birthday comming up and between my Lady and Daughter they asked what I wanted and I told them to get me the small Craftsman Planer that Lowes sells. It is a small bench top planer that I really do not have room for a permanent setup in my shop but will come up with a way of using it on a portable stand when needed. JUst have to find a suitabl place to store it in the meantime. I have access to Rough sawn lumber of various kinds but the cost to have it planed is high. I'll only be doing small pieces mainly to reduce rough sawn 3/4" material down to 1/2" or 1/4" or 1" down to 3/4" for frames, so I'm hoping the Craftsman unit will do the job.

and my wife gets upset when she sees me carry out a 2-3,000 piece puzzle! I will share the video see what she thinks of that.

I have a Delta 18" drill press I use for everything but scrollsaw work. I use a seyco drill for scrollsaw work. A dremmel drill press setup would work well too.

Thanks guys, I am going to pass as stated no variable speed and the age and I don't really need one but I thought if it was a good deal what the heck, He is at about $200.00 for the saw if anyone is interested I can send the link. Richard

I am certain you are going to love the Pegas saw.... Great choice...

Thanks guys! That's reassuring to hear that the Pegas is well worth it. I was originally planning on spending a little less but features like the head lift and tilting really sold me on it. I will be getting the stand too. For blades keeping it simple does sound sensible, and as a benefit I will hopefully learn the feel for the blades quicker if I stick to a type until I run into issues. Most of the practice exercises i'm going to try out first are not super detailed so I guess that is why they are suggesting #3 and #5 to begin with - that or it's targeted at beginners like me that are guaranteed to break blades, haha. I'm eager to get past these though and move on to more detailed projects though for sure, and prepared to break some blades in the process of getting a feel for them

I would pay up to $400 if in pristine condition. However, I have seen them for $200.

Yeah., she only mentioned the scroll saw - I think her son is taking the rest of the tools for himself

Could the model number be 40-540? The manual for that one doesn't even show a fuse. It must be part of the control board. Anyway, do like CharleyL suggests.

Yeah I think his name was Bob.. Not positive though.. I was helping two people with almost the exact same situation with the China made saw both never really posted in the forums.. they just PM'ed me for info. I get quite a few people that do that.. get PM's from people I never ever seen in the forums before.. But pretty sure this is the same person I'm thinking about though. Good luck on whatever kind of deal you come up with.

The car in this barn is pretty old but newer than 1919. I did get the plate out of a similar barn where my grandfather kept his 1936 Chrysler.

All very nice! I remember when you cut out the truck next to the cabin. I think I bought that pattern after you posted... I still haven't cut it yet. LOL