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I just finished this and hung it on the wall. Happy to say my wife likes it (or at least says she does). Done in 1/4" plywood with Pegas MGT3 blades. It is in 2 levels, the black back piece and the white front piece. The hooks are metal.

This is the 2nd Merle Haggard cutting I’ve done. I like this better than the 1st one. I’m feeling haggard, too.

Just a simple daisy for my yard....2ft in diameter.....sunset yellow/white......I plan on making a few more colors......from scrap 3/4" plywood I had.....comments welcome

My great grandson is really into trains so his grandfather,(my son), asked me to make a train plaque for my son to give him for his birthday. This is a Sam Custodio pattern that I have made once before, a long time ago. I personally like this pattern and since I had it on hand, I choose to cut and frame it. Dick heppnerguy

I was asked to show my Bear Bryant, so here it is. As is some of my latest cuttings all of Steve Good patterns At least I'm pretty sure they are. My Tribute to Our Fallen Hero's is my newest cut. Finished it this morning. Loved doing the Locomotive.

I have a couple of friends that have the Taig lathe and mill. Nice little machines. All my big machinery is gone, Bridgeport and nice 12 inch lathe. My age and strength no longer allowed me to bigger projects. I still have a Sherline lathe and mill, Grizzly mini-mill, MaxMat 7 lathe. I do very little in them anymore. I also made pens for several years just giving the pens away. After while I ran out of people to give them to and it gets pretty expensive if you can't sell. I sold all the pen stuff including several hundred blanks. Small fortune there. Kept the wood lathe and chucks. I don't sell my scroll work either. It just stacks up. I think this thread has been hijacked!

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

Here are a couple of birds that I have made and decided to share in the fun by posting them for you to look at too. Dick heppnerguy

I understand exactly what you are talking about. I take the extra hot summer to the cold and ice, any time. I never snows in Casa Grande and the population here is way smaller then Phoenix area and the traffic is more to my liking. It is 102 here right now but in one month we will go to Oregon for two months and enjoy the much milder summer there. So far that has worked for us. Our rainy times are few and far between but it does get down to almost freezing temperatures for a short period of time but no snow or ice. One of the strangest things about living here for me is seeing Christmas decorations up when the daily temperature is warm enough for the tops on the convertibles to be down and enjoying the rather warn and sunny days. Dick heppnerguy

scrap plywood ? That can be a whole 2nd business? Retirement fund or college fund.

The houses are going up quickly here as the Phoenix area is in fluxed with 200 families moving here per day, on an average for quite some time now. Most homes are only on the market for 5 days or less and the asking prices are using a starting point for them and are often offered above that in order to get the house. I wouldn't wait much longer to look. We live about an hour south of Sun City. That would be really cool if you were to move in our area. I would really like to get to know you on a personal basis. Dick heppnerguy

I have a HF spindle sander. Don't use it alot. I mostly use my 1" belt with 5" disk sander. Also a 4" Belt and 5" disk sander. For small radius clean up I use a Dremel with the little sanding drums. I could do without the spindle sander.

les, i have a taig lathe, a taig mill and lots of tooling.only thing about the taig is no way to cut threads. you have to use taps and dies. not a big deal as most what i do is small stuff. i bought both for my other hobby of pen making, which i like but nobody wants to buy a pen for the amount of time and money i have in it. i guess i could say the same for my scroll saw stuff also. just a fun hobby. doug

Am sure these will cherished for a long time, great cutting Dick. Jeff

This Portrait is the Best and Most Winning-est Alabama Coach Ever.... He is gone now, but Never Forgotten. People call him Bear Bryant.... I cut stack of two using 1/8" BB. Also has a Painted Black Backer. Great Man.............................Hope some fans out there.... Danny :+} P.S. For those who wonder. The Daisy Mae is a cut out of a Pattern Plaque I cut for his and his Wife's loss of their lil dog.... :+}

here is the picture of what i use to to make the thumb screws. sorry it took so long. doug

For my friends tattoo shop and the other for his wife

This one turned out super good. I added a little epoxy part to it.

As someone who has also worked with handicapped kids and adults, I know you will miss some of them quite a bit. I did my old job for 19 years and I still miss talking to a lot my friends. Not everybody can do that kind of work, so you should be proud of your retirement job.

kevin, the plastic ends come seprate from the screws. they sell them in different colors and sizes. they have the big aluminum knurled ones also but i could not come up with a good way to drill them out and still accurate on the hole being centered. if you have a wood lathe and a few tools you could drill the screws out. just go slow. a beall collet chuck and some scrap brass or aluminum rod drilled and threaded to screw thread size and you can drill on a wood lathe. i have done it before i got my taig lathe. doug

A Great Big Congrats!! Enjoy your Retirement. Looking forward to seeing your work.

I am yet to meet a boy that does not like trains. You did a great job Dick, I like the frame too. Marg

I appreciate it, Dick, You and your family are in my prayers also. God Bless! Spirithorse

Here are some of my Trucks,

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.

I did this for my neighbor who has a 71 I think It's the only car cut I've done to date, but I have a few lined up for cutting soon.

This is the extent of my "wheels" projects so far. Lately, with the Arizona heat, I haven't been in the shop at all, so I have to post what I have done in the past. I hope that's okay.

All the toy cars being posted I dug out the pictures of one I did several years back.

It's not a car, but if you have a car you might need a tow truck. I've made several of these and have a smaller one in the works. This one is part of my grandsons fleet.

I don't have a automobile, but I just finished this item and it has wheels so I'm hoping you'll accept it. This is a model of a Stearman Trainer. I hope it will be a whirl-i-jig and the plane will turn to face the wind and the prop will turn. Most of the wood is cedar. The prop is from an old garden spinner gadget that stopped working a couple of seasons ago. I used a bandsaw, drill press, and scroll saw. Hand painted. I'd like to find a plastic pilot, like Gonzo or Kermit from the Muppet show. If I get it running in the garden I post another pic. Posted Sept 6. Well as it turns out this makes an awful whirl-i-jig. Two problems: 1) good whirl-i-jigs are very thin and fairly long, which helps them turn into the wind (my little project is short and fat); 2) my house is located much lower than other homes near us and to the west and north we have acres of wild woods, thus the wind is blocked. Although in the winter when the leaves are off the trees/bushes we get lots of wind.

All of these great automotive cuttings are getting me motivated! Some beautiful work. I had Commissioned Charles Dearing back in 2007 to do a fretwork pattern of my car, maybe it is time for me to finally cut it. Actually I want to do an Intarsia version of it that I will design myself. All I need is time.

I cut this out last December. I had to put my touch on it.

Here's my Addition

My grandson saw a photo of something similar and asked for one. That started the ball rolling.

This one has one of my at This one has one of my at painting peg dolls. I'm not to good at it. However, someone bought it. It now lives in Germany. I had a problem drilling the hole for the peg doll until it dawned on me to wait until it was done and drill the hole with it painted and the wheels on.

These are from the The Great All-American Wooden Toy Book by Norman Marshall published in 1986. I was also published in "Great Book of Wooden Toys" It's all old school as in you will need to make/enlarge patterns by hand. Some of the plans were also published in the Shopsmith Hands-On magazine. That is where I first encountered them. I need to make some more of these. I have a box of parts that I haven't used.

I made this Norm Marshall car years ago and kept all these years. I made a lot of them. I don't remember if I used a scroll saw when I made these, but I did have one. A cast iron AMT brand scroll saw I no longer own, but it is still being used. I gave it o a friend after I bought my EX21. How long ago did I make these? Pretty close to forty years ago.

Bare with me on this. The top photo is an F-16 as we were coming home. It is a unit that a mentor of mine was in during WWII. The bottom photo is a cut I made of his aircraft from the same unit, just 70 years later. The middle photo is one I made for my workcenter that operates F-16’s. I was torn which one to post because the P-51 is an awesome aircraft that changed the tide of the war and I am honored to know this gentleman, but yet I worked on or around for close to 30 years. Now one can see my problem? That is why I have both.

Here's something from a few years ago.

I can only think of one thing I've cut that has wheels....or that I plan to cut that has wheels. But, I'm a military history nut, so I had to cut this Steve Good pattern:

I made this Hot Rod as an experiment to see if I could use woos with knots. It was a pain to cut and sand, but I like the look of my rat rod.

GTHO Falcon A few other's I have made

I made a set of these for my grandson and my nephew for Christmas gifts. Both were just under 2 at Christmas. I know my grandson loves his set!

My son in law has one just like this

2017 or 18 volkswagon.

Hot Rod 27 T Coupe MDF Air Brushed with Pink Acrylic, Metallic Blue Hubs, and Amber Shellac on the Wheels. The body is 1-1/2 inch thick MDF cut with my scroll saw.

How about a lawnmower...LOL? It has wheels! I did this a month or two ago for a local business.

Well...I did Santa's Pickup earlier this year. I made and sold a 57 Chevy for a car show in March...if I can find the picture..LOL.

Ohhh Boy... I'm looking forward to this one.. Only thing is.. I need to pick one or maybe a few of my car projects since I have over 60 car clocks listed on various websites not to mention puzzles, portraits and ornaments.. I'm going to have to think about what ones have the best story to go along with them.. I guess since you said your first car was a 83 Camaro.. I'll start with one of those, LOL.. I'll think about something personal and post it along with a story behind it I suppose..