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I finished another car pattern. This one stems off my very favorite automobile ever....the 1935 Ford. Ford made some design changes from the 1935, the following year but pretty much saved the best of the 35 and made a little different look to it. I figure, this way when a person bought the new 1936 it was recognized as a NEW car. Anyway, I struggled tremendously when I cut a detailed 1957 Chevy and was at my wits ends with all the problems I had with it, so much so, that I came really close to giving up scrolling. Luckily for me, I calmed down and finished it. This time I decided to have a go and hang in there and just get this project finished without loosing my cool. I did run into a major problem when a fairly large part broke off but I was determined to not get upset and not give up. I glued the broken part up when I mounted the car on the backer board and commence to make a frame for it. I made it with 1/4 inch BB Ply and made one choice that I wished I hadn't and that was to cut it with a spiral blade. I felt pretty comfortable the last time I used a spiral and decided that if I did not use it more often I would loose what little spiral blade ability I had worked to achieve. I guess I should have not done it on this pattern but I made it for myself so I can live with my mistaken choice, if it did not turn out to be a good choice this time. So here is what I ended up with and it is going to hang in my den with my 1935 Ford that love looking at daily. Dick heppnerguy

Here are a couple cuts I have wanted to do for a very long time. These are in honor of my two most favorite cars I have owned in my lifetime. There will not be a more favored one unless someone wants to give me a Porsche. The Alfa is the first car I purchased when I came back from overseas. I had saved enough to pay cash for it while I was in the service. Unfortunately I was not mechanic enough to keep it running as it should and where I lived,,,, there were no mechanics that had ever even seen one... But a great car and what fun to drive... I proposed to my wife in it.... The Sunbeam Tiger is what I replaced the Alfa with.... It is known as "poor man's Cobra". Talk about fun... Had a Ford V-8 in it... really more of a hot rod than a sports car. I would say it was my most favored of all... Would love to have one again.. I took my wife on our honeymoon in it.... Funny thing,, somehow, after marriage, I ended up driving a big Ford Galaxy and my wife ended up driving a Sunbeam Tiger... I don't even remember how that happen... So here they are.... brought up a lot of great memories while I was cutting these.. and my wife really smiled when she saw them..

Art Nouveau Box I’ve always been intrigued with Art Nouveau. The style ran from the 1880’s to the beginning of the 1st WW. It was a counter point to the staid Victorian era. It became the standard of the Belle Epoch both in Europe and the US and encompassed all art forms. Artists like Toulouse-Lautrec for his poster work and Mucha and Klimpt for the evocative paintings. It was also incorporated in architecture like the entrance to the Paris Metro and the cathedral in Barcelona Spain. American, Louis Comfort Tiffany designed and manufactured furniture, jewelry, lamps and stain glass. The art form was known for flourishing curves know as whiplash and a flatten 2-dimensional style that accentuated plants and flowers. It was superseded by Art Deco after WWI. I have not seen too many scroll saw patterns of this style. I had this pattern for a while and I had enough ¼” Bubinga to make it happen. Cutting was pretty easy once I figured out which blade to use. I started out with a #2 Skip but things seemed to drag along and went to a #5 Skip. I was a little concerned with the mortised side panels in the base but a little filing made it all fit well. I used shellac as a base and then gloss lacquer. Hinges are fairly easy. I always trim out the hinge recess in the back base (1/8”) on the scroll saw before gluing the sides together. 2-sided tape is my go-to for mounting the hinges. I’ll hold down the hinges with the tape in the recess and I have a centering hinge drill bit to mark the holes and come back with a small bit for the screw holes. I’ll pre-tap them with a waxed screw which makes for easier assembly later. Once that is set, I’ll put tape on the top of the hinge and position on the inside of the top and use an exacto knife to press them down on the top and mark and drill for the screws. The hinge sets usually come with ¼” screws and I’ll ground them down to size so they don’t go through the top since the material is ¼”. On to the next project.

I have a neighbor down the street that is always talking about some of the cars he has owned. I asked if he had ever taken any pictures and he hadn't. He had a 67 Ford Fairlane Fastback and remembered seeing one in the transportation gallery that Tennman did and decided to give it a try. It was a fun cut and my neighbor was surprised and happy to get it.

Another one for the books. This was a request from a co-worker for her nephew. Steve Good pattern. Personalized the collar. Walnut craft plywood from KJP Hardwoods. The dog is poplar. Not sure what the collar is, just a small piece from the "garbage bin". Finished with tung-oil.

I cut a couple of Steve Good patterns yesterday. One I did for a neighbor lady just as a little gift. Her husband has bought a couple of pieces from me for a local friend of his but nothing for her and I thought I would brighten her day a little with and easy little plaque. Her husband OKed the gift and I delivered it yesterday. Because my wife is out of state for three weeks, I decided to go to my son's house, as his wife is also out of state right now, to play chess and share a dinner and time together. My son is a big Red's baseball fan and has been since was probably 14 years old. I saw the baseball pattern that Steve Good posted the other day so I decided to cut one for him. I did not put a lot of effort into it as is was not one I would expect him to keep very long. I colorized it just so it would stand out a little better and gave it to him when I went to his house to play chess. I saw that is was an easy pattern and decided to give it a go. Dick heppnerguy

This turn out very nice, good choice of wood, specially the one in the “scrap” box. You should be proud of the finished product.

Scrapplie, you and @munzieb should teach a masters class on plane and automotive portraits! These are stunning.

Love it!!! I know your dog is popular, but kind of wood is it really? LOL

In Canada we got off to a slow start in administering vaccines so the wait time was extended to 16 weeks. I got my first in March and wasn't scheduled to get second until July 24th. Now that supply has ramped up, second doses are being accelerated. My daughter saw on TV that the region next to ours had openings and so they made them available to anyone 70+. (current level is 80+) On the computer and a 30 minute drive later all done. Quite happy. Altered Steve Goods pattern so I could post on Facebook to give my kids a laugh.

Eagles are made from 3mm Aluminum ..14 inches high ..bird is made of ply

I'll add another bird before we go on to the next challenge. I cut it last week. It's a Sheila Landry pattern cut in Maple with a Mahogany backer sprayed with rattle can satin Lacquer.

Here are some of my contributions

Mix and match hummers. I could not get these complete before end of month "For the birds". Also "For the wife". Work got in the way of hobbies. Wood used.. . . -purple heart -walnut -lacewood (good for feather look) -myrtle -osage orange I got them shaped today. Maybe sunday I can go over then with 220 and then 320 grit. I angled the trailing edge wing quit a bit. The intent was to try get some more 3d effect. Making the head and tail rounder and thinner than main body also enhanced 3d look. I got carried away on thinning on a couple of the tails. But hummers are small anyway. I kept the wings as taller than the body for an action of flight look. I cut each one with same pattern from each piece of wood. This way I can mix and match pieces /colors. Then I have 5 of them. The one with no tail will have a darker tail from bocote. The pattern I made / traced with inkscape from a picture on net. I wanted easy number of pieces. The throat transition from body to neck turn out to be similar to a puzzle piece. I just could not use the olive wood (upper left first picture) into the smaller pieces and keep the olivewood grain intact. Maybe next project.

Landing snow owl - my pattern.

Couldn't call it a piggy bank but here is a creation for my granddaughter, Camryn Rose. She was born on our anniversary 3 weeks ago. This is to go with the light that I made for her. Steve Good design. Used some thin plexi sandwiched between the layers. Not my prettiest work but not bad for designing on the go! It will serve its purpose.

Now that is a Beautiful Box. Excellent job!!

Yes ..The Eagles are out of 3mm aluminum cut on a jet 22b scroll saw with a No5 reverse ...Just need to go at slow speed and try not to let blade bite into the metal or it pulls it in ..Here are a couple of better views of them ... I do quite a lot in Aluminum

Very nice.. Too bad with 2 dalmatians, nothing in this house stays clean. LOL Anyone want me to ship them some dalmatian giltter? It's free.

Yep, trust me table saws are perfectly safe.... Ray is correct though,,, they are safe, if you follow safe procedures and do not take shortcuts....and have a splitter....raving knife even better..

Thank you for the nice compliment, It is nice not to have to feel badly when I spend too much shop time but I would give up my shop in a heart beat if my wife objected that much. Dick heppnerguy

Had to look up some of the higher numbers, I couldn't remember what "L" and "C" represented, and had forgotten all about "D". LOL Its been a LONG time since I saw those in school. M = 1000 D = 500 C = 100 L = 50 X = 10 V =5 I = 1 MDCCLXXVI, essentially, turns into a math problem. 1000+500+100+100+50+10+10+5+1=1776. The year that the American colonies told England to stuff it. Then showed them where to stuff it. This was a quick cut, not a lot of internals, six I believe. Outside cut was pretty involved, but nothing difficult. Choice of wood could've been better, I thought the knot and rugged look of pallet slats, since it was a rough year for everybody. The knot (base of the X's) separated on me and had to be carefully glued back together. Again, though, rough-n-rugged worked for me. For the base, I was just going to do an oval, then figured I'd pull in the original 13 colonies and see how that looked. I'm happy with the outcome. The 13 give it a good solid base so I'm not worried about the knots.

Haa haa even the brits in the UK would like to tell them where to stick their taxes the rich get richer and everyone else suffers but I remember in history 1773 Boston tea party.

Great Job. I might do a car at some point.

very nice job

I bought a Wen 6510t about 2 weeks ago. My research showed that it is identical to several other spindle sanders on the market save for color and brand name. I find it quite aggressive in its sanding, too much so for doing fine work on inside curves, etc. I will look for additional drums with less aggressive sandpaper. Other than that I am pleased with it.

Am now about to order some more toys/tools for the Triton. I want both sizes of bowl sander and the flexible shaft with the dust extractor handle with the extractor extension. It really is to make it easier on myself when sanding which I find is a huge chore.

Thanks Dick, appreciate the kind words!

Peter Brock is a very famous Australia racing car driver in Australia. Thanks go to @Charlie E for the help he gave me with this pattern, it was very much appreciated. It will go to a family member next month. It was made from 2.5mm Bamboo and is an A3 size ( 11.7" x 16.5" ) Marg

Beautiful and useful. Well done.

Barb that’s great, what a very creative idea. Well done.

Are the eagles cut with the scroll saw? Very nice.

Thank you Ben that’s a great suggestion. We do have a table saw that would be able to do what you explained. I bought the table saw for Christmas present for my sweetheart about 10 years ago and the only person who has used it is the carpenter guy we hired to help us build a bar in the basement. After seeing pictures like @Scrappile hand and reading other gruesome stuff I’m scared to give it a try. And my husband well he’s not comfortable using it either. I guess stack the present up to” it was the thought that counts”.

That came out very nicely Barb. I like the pattern and nice choice of wood.

Nice project and well done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse Winfield Collection has plans for a leash holder that I have made here: Wood Plans, Full-size Woodcraft Patterns and Supplies (thewinfieldcollection.com) It was easier to look up the pattern than to look up my photos! LOL

Scrappile, you really had a couple of nice cars there and you made some excellent portraits of them. Here is a listing from Auto Trader so you can buy another Sunbeam Tiger: Sunbeam Tiger Classics for Sale - Classics on Autotrader Hmmm, I wonder how your wife came across a Sunbeam Tiger? LOL Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

WOW They are Awesome!! I do remember the Tiger The Alfa is Beautiful.

I have cut a lot of horses because a lot of my family own them and they always make great gifts that they always enjoy having. I also enjoy the great work you did on this one and hope to see more of your projects in the future Dick heppnerguy

Barb, I do not spend a lot of time on my computer and have missed out on a lot of wonderful posts here but glad I am able to get on when I can. I love this piece as I have never seen it before and if you just made the pattern on your own or not, I do not know, but it sure is cute and well made. Very nice project Dick heppnerguy

That is awesome.... Very clever, very cute and very well made...

Nice!

That was my mother-in-law's name.

Nice work Marge,Very Nice !

Here is what I made from some of the leftovers from this project.

Just completed this piece.

I have a over abundance of this 7 layer cabinet grade plywood. I decided to try it out with this Steve Good Country Church Pattern. This is the first project that I only used spiral blades and somehow it was so easy I feel like I cheated. I am going to clear coat, back in black and make a frame out of some super old cedar that I have laying around.

Ciao, Sorry for this late reply but during the day I don't have many opportunities to follow the network. First of all thank you very much for the advice and anyway after I read your email I remembered that I have a Pegas blade pack and then I checked what you told me and clearly I immediately understood what you told me, like I said It wasn’t easy for me to understand the possible orientation I usually use FD UR # 3 or 5 and work with 3/4 thick pine, unfortunately I don't have much time to devote to this hobby and even if I don't participate much in the forum I am always amazed at what you guys are capable of doing. Thanks again Angelo

Here is a Bald Eagle cut in plywood that measures 44 inches tall. Cut with a Jig Saw and stained with Ebony stain.

My wife and I enjoy a local restaurant because of their good food, but mostly because of the employees. We go there about twice a week and everyone of them takes a second to acknowledge, not only us, but everyone who enters the restaurant. So to thank them for what they do and how they do it, I made them a sign with their logo. The restaurant is El Pollo Loco in Goodyear, Arizona. This is my contribution to the "For the Birds" Scrollsaw Challenge.

I didn't think I've done many birds.. then after going through my pictures.. maybe I did more than I thought, LOL