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Thank you Don for the Steve Good pattern renovation. I think it turned out great. Taking to my friend this weekend so she can give it to her husband for fathers day. Great present i think Hope everyone has a great and safe week and keep that saw dust flying Mimi.

Some of you might know how difficult it is to keep a scrolling project a secret from a better half that likes to visit you in your shop and see what you are making. That was the case with this project. I’m hosting a family get together in Virginia Beach the third week of July that includes my Son and his wife, my Daughter and her husband along with my Lady and myself. It has been about 10 years since we were all together. I’m trying to make this vacation a little special as us all being together at one time is difficult to arrange. We live in different parts of the country, namely NC, NY and FL. Back in early May, Danny Knappen had posted a couple of Sue May Pattern Dream Catchers he made that caught my eye and decided I would make one for each of the ladies as a surprise, hence the need to keep the project secret from my Lady. Sue May has a couple of offering including a Dragonfly that is perfect for my DIL and a Hummingbird that is good for my Lady, but wanted something different for my Daughter. I found a Butterfly pattern on-line that worked well. I stack cut 1/4” thick solid Walnut for the circular body. The creatures were cut from 1/4” solid Maple affixed to a hand painted 1/16” thick plywood backer material I found in Hobby Lobby. The feathers are cut from 1/8” thick solid Walnut and Maple. All cutting was done using Pegas #2/0 and #0 spiral blades. Based on the write up that came with the pattern, I decided to fancy up the cutting by adding Gold colored beads and a hanging chain, which I added after the wood work was all assembled and finished with many coats of clear Gloss Lacquer. The feathers and beads were fixed in place with Cyanoacrylate Glue. I spent a lot of time in the beading section of Hobby Lobby trying to find what I wanted/needed. Deciding on what chain to use and finding tiny screw eyelets was difficult. Cutting and assembling the various parts of the Dream Catchers, times three, was very time consuming. Not something I would care to do on a regular basis, but I enjoyed doing it for these special gifts. I now need to find some approximately 12” square by 2” deep boxes to bubble wrap, store and carry them in, as they are quite fragile. I may have to resort to some Pizza boxes from my local Pizza place . Thanks for reading! Yep, the Butterfly got placed a tad bit off center during glue up. I don't think it will matter to my Daughter.

Hi All. Better late than never. Been wanting to get this done for a long time. Love the patterns with two images eg leaf and bird. I used other materials on the outside and it helped to stop the wood splitting Barbara

Wife wanted something to hang a calendar with. I had a Montana stencil so I glued up some scrap walnut, cherry and paduck, planed it down, did some inlay and then cut it out on my saw. Was a nice break from other projects.

Made this for my wife's cousin who has a few goats and chickens. Goat stencil from Etsy and added the text. Made from some very old pine from a door frame I picked up on the roadside.

Hi all here's is what I have done for fathers day.

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

My boss's sister passed away last year. A few months ago I made him an over-sized heart key chain with her name on it. A few weeks ago his mother came down and saw it and loved it. He asked me if I could make something for her with her daughter's name on it. Wayne made me a pattern of something he uses for people who have passed away. I finally finished it last night. Wayne, thank you very much for the pattern! I used a FD UR1 which I had to practice with to get the hang of a regular blade again after using spirals for so long! 1/4" BB ply with 1/8" ply as the backer stained with something I found in the shop. Rattle can spray for the finish.

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.

I generally always keep a gallon can of MS in the shop. I have a spray bottle with MS in it that I use for releasing patterns and general adhesive clean up. I also use it for cleaning brushes/body parts etc after painting or being in the same zip code as an open can of roof patch or tube of grease. Maybe you've heard of the product called Goo Gone. I believe it's simply MS with some other additives thrown in to make it smell a little bit better. I think it may be a little less combustible than MS also. A 2oz bottle of Goo Gone is about $5 on Amazon. A gallon of pure mineral spirits is about $14 at Lowes.

Actual photographs on glossy stock work very well for puzzles. You just have to glue the photo to the wood (I like 1/4" Baltic Birch Plywood) and tape the puzzle template to the top of the photo and cut the template. You may also like to use a sacrificial board under the puzzle/photo so there is little or no tear out on the good puzzle. Good luck and God Bless! Spirithorse

I use Rapid Rizer a lot . It is simple easy and gets me any size I want I don't make patterns off it. IKE

I just get what comes, I'm happy with that. Computers and I do not get along to well together so the easier the better. Plus I have a photocopy machine. Marg

I don’t do this, because I don’t know how and I don’t understand most of what you said. I pretty much take what I get. If I want it resized I go to Office Depot and use their copy machine (I do understand how to do THAT).

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.

This is similar to the bottle opener a few weeks ago. I decided that all bottle / lid openers did not have to be turned handles. Niles bottles stoppers sells this lid can opener. It looked liked it could save some cat lady's finger nails. Ok my wifes nails. So I hand drew some cat face on paper and and put it on some really hard dense wood Purple heart. I tapped the wood. Then I scroll sawed the cat face. The cat has a really shiney nose. I used CA glue on the threads like lock tight. I want the grip of the lid opener handle similar to a base ball. Your fingers goes around the handle to get a better pull. Added bottle opener. 1inch thick acrylic. Drilled and tapped for bottle opener. Cut with Pegas #11 skip, really slow motor speed. No melting was done. Arrowhead for a friend that likes NFL. He named his cat "Chief".

A quick project. Steve Good pattern, reduced 50%. A piece of tongue and groove pine that I removed the t&g. Gnome and letters all off cuts from other projects.

Regarding the clock, I'm glad you chose the maple & walnut. For a project like that, I think you will like the results much better than using stained BB play. Use any glue that works with wood for assembly, but check the fit several times before committing to permanent assembly. Spray it with the the clear coat of your choice. A project like that is a little hard to use a brush or rag to apply a finish, so spraying is easiest. As for resawing on a table saw; It is certainly doable, but not something I would necessarily recommend for anyone who is unfamiliar or uncomfortable with using a TS. You need to have really good control of your off cuts. If you resaw on a TS, make more than one pass to rip the entire thickness. If it's wider than you can resaw with the blade the whole way up, you can flip it over and cut from the other edge to maximize the width of stock you can rip. However, if your last pass cuts the rest of the way through the wood, the off cut could get caught in the blade as it falls away and kick back at the operator. Some folks will leave a narrow strip in the center uncut to hold both pieces together. This can then be finished with a hand saw and cleaned up with a block plane. Not the easiest method, but the safest. If you are resawing thin pieces, make sure they can't fall down inside the gap in the throat plate. A zero clearance throat plate should be used.

A few years ago I cut a small plaque out of some 1/2 " red oak I had lying about. It was perfectly flat when I cut it. After cutting, I dyed it with RIT water based fabric dye. I laid the piece on some paper towels to dry. When I checked on it the next day, it had warped and curled so much that it looked like a potato chip. I turned it over to let air get to the other side and the next day it was flat as it was when I started. Point is, wood will do what wood will do. Our attempts to make it do something else may or may not be successful. You could try wetting the convex side, then allowing it to dry in the sun. Sometimes this will cause the wet side to shrink as it dries, thus drawing the edges up and hopefully flattening the wood. It's a long shot, but worth a try. Wouldn't want to waste that beautiful piece of wood.

Here's my take which is a little different then yours. First, I looked back over your post and no where did you ask for "constructive criticism" to be provided. Further, it was posted in the "Bragging" sub-forum so you were clearly happy enough with your work projects to post them there. As a result, I would not have offered any criticism (if I had any to give) in that instance. I would never offer criticism, even if I considered it "constructive" if someone had not specifically asked for "insight" or "suggestions" or "ideas" on what to do differently/change. My theory is that if they are posting it for others to see - and did not ask for our "insight" or for "constructive criticism"- they were clearly happy with their end product and just wanted to share it and show it off and be happy with their finished piece. I would not want to hurt or offend anyone by providing criticism that they did not seek. Further, "Beauty" and a "great looking project" is as the old saying goes "in the eye of the beholder". Clearly, they liked the project or they would not have posted it. While I do think that we can learn from each other, I would only want to do so if someone asked for that help or insight. I would not want to hurt or offend someone by offering my unsolicited advise as to what I thought they had done wrong, could have done better, etc as that is not what they posted it for (because if it was and they wanted insight/feedback, they would ask for it.) I do agree with Frank Pellow, most of us are not very good at giving or receiving criticism especially when it is not asked for. I have seen many people in my years here in the village who do ask for insight/help/what can I do better. I have done so before. When they do that, they clearly want some help/advise. If I don't ask for it - I just want you guys and gals - who understand the time and effort that can go into a piece to see what I did and be happy for me! I liked the piece and that is really all that matters to me. I do know that when folks ask for help/insight or advise most people do their best to provide good, kind feedback that will help the OP with what they have inquired about.

Beautiful pieces that all of the ladies are going to love. Now that you are getting them put away - don't forget them when you leave for your trip!

Very well done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Thank you, sir. I will be giving it to him today.

They are 4 and 6 years old? I actually have 5 great grandchildren. They range from 4 to 9 years old. I have made them some toys, small animal desk clocks, but never puzzles. Thanks, I'll take a look.

I had stack cut a bunch of the feathers, so I had extras. And yes I did break a couple that I had to replace. The quills are quite thin, thus fragile. I would do something different if I was to do them again, which I'm not likely to do. An eylet at the end of the quill would allow the fethers to be hung like Danny did, but I was looking for the fan arrangement that Sue May showed. I had to take the pics, get the pizza boxes, bubble wrap and store away right now so she dosn't see. I'll be careful to not let her look over my shoulder when I might have the pics up. A buck apiece for the Pizza boxes was a steal. Now they will be outa sight out of mind until the trip in July. Not going to post on FB or both my DIL and Daughted would see them. I'm glad to have the project put to bed.

Those look great, Frank. Everyone will be thrilled!

Very nice. Did you have to redue any feathers. Did you break any? I am surprised you posted the pics before the event.

It all depends on the pattern and it's intended use. Some as is, some go through editing and resizing. Inkscape and Corel Draw work great for this.

I run everything through Inkscape to produce patterns I like and easily resize to the size I need. I'm not an expert Inkscape user. When I need to do something I don't know how to do, I look it up. It's well worth the effort to learn.

The print dialog on my Mac allows me to adjust the print size of a PDF by percent so it's not necessary to go to a Office Depot or similar. Would assume that Windows may have the same option.

They are adorable!

That is really super.

yep. It does look crisp and sharp. If he has big family you might need to stack cut some more. Otherwise it is a one of a kind.

Looks terrific!

favorite car brings memories

Firstly I wanted to make just tractor, than added grass and fence, then decided to add background - barn and trees, so came out whole countryside scene. Tractor pattern Video of making tractor project

Are the PDF's saved with the editable box clicked in the preferences? Why not a JPG? I like my attachments to be high quality so most of mine are TIF's. I caught your funny right off the bat. LOL

Very cute. Well done.

That looks great with the different colour woods and the inlay. Very nicely done.

Here they replaced MS with something called "turpatine". Sort of like turpentine but smellier. The MS has hardly any odor so they decided we should use the smelly stuff so we would be more aware. I'm sorry but I'm sick & tired of someone telling me how to live my life. When I get to 100, I don't want to be laying in a hospital dying of nothing. Let me alone!

It has not. When I first applied moisture I really soaked the cupped side. Next morning it cupped the opposite way lifting very heavy weights. I re-moistened the cup side but just barely. Placed a board on it with weights and it straightened real well. Trick I think is to only very slightly or sparingly dampen the wood. Hopefully when I do this again its not me that's all wet!

Great Job. I'm with you 100%, I hate cutting loose block fonts. One trick is to drill a blade hole near the first. letter. Cut the letter and before it even has a chance to get away, use a piece of blue tape to keep it in the cut out. Cut over to the next letter and do the same, etc. After the last letter is cut and taped into place, the entire panel can be removed from the saw and all the letters will stay with it until you need to use them. Of course you need to cut out the center of "o's" and others first.

You over estimate my cutting abilities. Thanks for the compliment though.

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..

Not sure who created this pattern but a buddy of mine sent it to me and I really liked it. Made it out of 1/4” walnut and added a black backer-board to make it pop. Left the walnut unfinished as I think it adds more character to this particular piece. I still need to make a frame for it and display it at home. Im so happy with how this turned out that this one is surely staying home.

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.

The man who once killed two stones with one bird, the reason Waldo is hiding, the man who sleeps with a pillow under his gun, the man whose cowboy boots are made from real cowboys. Chuck Norris Cut in wormy live edge oak. The worms and the edge are now dead.

Finally got caught up on spring chores, so I got to spend some time in the shop. Cutting my own patterns is difficult though as I can always find things I should have done differently. Maybe I am my pown worst critic?

Finished this on Monday. Jeff Zaffino pattern, double stack 1/8 inch BB ply. Cut with #1 Niqua spiral 16 X 20. 1302 cuts with 772 just in the grass. Well worth the effort. Jeff