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Spent most of the day at my saw, it's great for making time fly. @Helder Botas pattern.

Iv been doing all kinds of crafts lately. These are some pictures of the wood crafts. My grandson was out for the weekend last weekend and we were looking through some of my wood patterns. In one of the books he saw this wood box and told me his mom used to have one just like it but it got ruioned so spike went out to see if we had the wood needed to make and since we did we made his mom a new box lol . I would have liked to have done some carving on it but we wanted it to be like the orginal so just left it blank, i would have liked to have put a cousion on it too...but her orginal didnt have a cover sooo we just left it lol . I am going to make some more of these if the wood prices come down so i can cave on them and put cousions on them. As i was looking through my wood i discovered 2 fret work peices all ready to be cut out. I have no idea how long they have been sitting in there but its been at least 3 years. I know because until last year I hadnt been able to do any of my crafts for about 3 years. there just simple easy fret work peices as when i tried to do more complex things i always wound up with breakage. since being here iv learned the reason none of my attempts to do more complex work is because i have cheap plywood. lol I am going to try to get some better plywood once the price of wood goes down somes. then i will ask you guys which type of ply wood i should get for the more complex patterns. at least now i know its not because after all these years im still just not good enough to do them lol I also love plants so i got out steve goods dog planter pattern and made that. I painted it to look like our new 1 year old dog bonnie. lol as soon as the paint drys im going to put the one plant i ordered through the mail that didnt arrive dead in it and put it outside. I have far to many plants in the house!! lol we're being over run with plants and the houseplants need to be thined out again and everbody put in new pots..... where im going to put them God only knows. My daughter in law said she will take some for her and my grandson connor as he started getting into plants at school this past year. I used to give my overflow to my daughter to take to work with her when she worked at the caseno.... for her friends but since she graduated collage shes moved to maryland with her husband and is teaching art in the schools there. My friend who i used to give plants to has moved so thats out, espically since she got good at keeping them alive. lol she now has as many plants as i do the only thing is id like to get rid of some of the plants i have so i could get some different kinds but i dont see that happening as like i said its time to thing out and repot the plants i have again! somehow i just cant just let them die or throw away the offshoots that are ready for there own pots. not only that but im not sure spike will be willing to buy me more pots to put the over flow in to. lol humm maybe my brother will take one or two again. so far he hasnt learned how to keep them alive yet. lol Im going to make the swan plant holder to and im going to send these patterns to my friend and see if she can make me a cat and a turtle planter....i do miss my little turtle spock, but it was just getting to hard for us to change his water and clean the apuriam and he was ready for a bigger one already so i gave him to one of the elemantary school teachers for her class room. she already had some land turtles so i knew hes be in good hands. Iv been thinking of maybe getting a land turtle if spike would let me but id have to look into more. I dont want to get one and then have to give him away .... but thats kind of mute spike said i cant have any more animals inless i get rid of one of the ones i have lol and thats not going to happen. He thinks 2 dogs, a cat and a bird are more then enough animal children to help me cope with my empty nest syndrume lol anyway the other 2 pictures are of the things my grandson cut out while he was here. ones a christmass solder and the other is of a knight jumping toy we still have to put the strings on. now i just have to find some new patterns to start on tomorrow lol time start some woodcarvings i think. My friend who moved up north wants me to make some for her to sell up there..... well off to go through my crocheting patterns a woman at the store asked spike if id make some hats to donate for giveing out this winter. lol I have several usb fill of crochet patterns to look through. lol Iv already made 3 of the baby grover hats. now im looking to find another pattern, for older children lol

Did this as requested by a friend. I hope she likes it. Happy to be back at my saw. An A4 piece of 3mm B/B, #3 Niqua ultra reverse blade, 3mm birch painted black for the backer. The frame is Oak and was a tad fiddly to make and not perfect by a long chalk. 12½" x 9". H. Botas pattern.

A couple of things I have been working on, now completed. The 2 boxes are Steve's I just personalized them. with some Railroad Heralds. Mingo is my pattern. It took longer than I had thought it would to paint the Railroad box. I waited until it was done, then as a second I decided to paint it. That's the reason it looks a little crooked in some places. Found a small screw for the knob. If I make another one no painting. Well maybe not as much.

Needed to take a break from doing framed, flat panel portrait work and make something different. I have had this Side and End wall bird battern for a very long time and have revisited it often. It did include the base pattern, but there were no patterns/details for the top or bottom. I had to design them on the fly. The box is nom 12” wide by 8” deep and 4” high. I really did not realize how large the box was until I began to assemble it. Since the box was quite large I decided it needed a divided drop-in tray. The box outer walls, base, top and bottom is solid red oak. The red painted wall backers, inside box bottom, inside base top and the inside box tray supports were made from 1/8” BB ply (cut from my cut-off scrap pile). The tray was made from 1/4" Red Oak solid core ply and has a depth of 1 1/4 inches. Because I did not realize the size of the box, I was forced to purchase a 6 foot length of Red Oak 1” by 12” (3/4” by 11 1/2“) to make the top and bottom. Big $$$$$. The available 2 foot long boards at Lowes were not quite long enough as I need 26 inches. So I now have a nice 3’-10” length left for another future project. I planed the bottom down to 1/2”. For the top I rabbeted the bottom perimeter 1/4"deep so the top has a lid keeper that projects into the box. I sanded a small round on each corner and I used a small ogee router bit to put a decorative edge all around the top and bottom. Everything was finished with many coats of clear gloss Lacquer after which I lined the tray and the lower box with red felt. A very sticky job as I was using contact cement. I'm contemplating installing some small hinges as the top is heavy and will be cumbersome to remove and replace during use. I’m attaching a few pics as it is hard to show all the detail in one. Feel free to critique my work. . Edit 7/3/21: It was requested I post pics with the hinges installed. I was able to mortice the hinges into the box and lid to get the lid to land flat on the box. The lid does not need a hold open device because of the lids overhang.

So I have a co-worker who loves to hunt, fish.. all of it. He's walked a property I have access to hunt earlier in the spring to help me since I've never really hunted before. He's gonna retire next year, and we are all still working from home. So I cut this for him without him knowing, and I am going to just hang it in his cube before we have to go back, so when he gets in, it's just there, and I see how long it takes him to notice it. It's about 1/4 - 5/16" hard maple, with a ply backer... Cut with Olson #2/0R blades Another Sheila Landry design.

Something about old Brit Sports cars, like wearing a bowler or saying "Bond, James Bond" . If you're not dusting off bugs from your right( left, U.S. version) elbow, you're not going fast enough. A true classic. 4 and 5 speed trannies at 190HP, TOP SPEED 120/130MPH. Cut from 1/8" bbpw with 1/4" backer.

I used the porter cable for 3 years. Gave to a friend that's still using it

I have had this pattern for a long time and I believe I got it from the Scroll saw magazine, quite awhile back. I just ran across is as I was looking for a different one and I showed it to my wife and she said she would like one of them. So here it is. I do not remember who the pattern maker is. I am quite disappointed in how it came out, as I found myself having to take it apart but still could not seem to get it right. From the far side of the room, it looks ok though. I only posted it because I don't want anyone to think I am sitting on my duff, watching TV Dick heppnerguy

I don't! My single 28 year old grandson who lives on LI in NY has just purchased his first home. He is fixing it up, but things like wall art is not one of his priorities at this time. And, although he is 28 and an IT Tech for a large Senior Health Care facility, he still loves computer gaming, and likes watching odd entertainment like Adult Anime Animation. From what my daughter tells me, one of his favorites is called Castlevania...I've never heard of it, but found a lot about it on-line. I decided I would make him a house warming portrait piece as a present for him to hang on his wall. I found this image of a Castlevania character, Alucard, which I converted into a 11” x 15” scrollable pattern. Cut in 5/32” Maple solid core ply with Pegas #2/0 spiral blades and attached to a simple black painted 1/4” BB Ply backer. The panel was finished with multiple coats of clear gloss Lacquer. Cutting was a little chalenging as there are a lot of long unsupported thin pieces. The panel is mounted loose in a custom frame made from 1 3/4” wide Poplar, stained with multiple coats of Minwax Ebony and finished with two coats of Minwax Satin Wipe-on Poly. I think the Dark Ebony stain color affords a nice rich contrast to the portrait rather then just being painted black. Mailing it to him this comming week. Critique of my work is always welcome.

Looks great!

A Most Excellent job.

Lots of sanding! Many years ago I made a full sized wooden football. LOTS of sanding.

Ok its friday night I can go back to the scroll saw and try all these tips and tricks. I am building flower to feed my flock of hummingbirds. Then make another flock flying in from the left. And I want to thank everybody for pitching in there 2 cents. I really appreciate it. It was a good topic for us newbies to learn tip and tricks.

That was book matched maple.. I buy 5/4 resaw it and bookmatch it.. that stuff stayed perfectly flat. not a single cup or twist to that maple. was soo nice not having wood bounce up and down from a cup when cutting.

Wonderful plaque. He will be blown away...gauarenteed. Nice clean cutting of the font.

great cutting very nice

Try the pegas super skip. That's all I use

Very, very nice! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice work! I really like the frame you designed for the Mingo pattern! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Here are some of my recent Christian cuttings depicting important events in the life of Jesus. Baptism; Behold the Lamb of God; Last Supper (backlit); Temptation by Satan

Those are super. You must be a railroad fan.

Nice clean lines. Being on the saw is always a good time.

Try here: ScrollMania!

Oh she should, It is Awesome.

Lots of very clear crisp sharp points...very nicely done!

terrific job, it's beautiful

Nice work, brings back some good memories !

Back to your usual standard, excellent. Love it. Marg

Oh nice, stylish, (both actual and cutting). Excellent work Bernd Marg

Beautiful job Frank. I too like red oak. I know it's not very exotic but neither am I.

Nice job and glad you're back at it!

Good to see you are back at it Brenda, very nice work!

An oldie but a goody! Very nicely done.

Great work, Brenda! Glad you are getting some peace and some time for yourself. I personally know about how this virus can unexpectedly catch people off guard and really cause a lot of heart-ache. My condolences and prayers for you and your family. God Bless! Spirithorse

I agree with @WayneMahler, then sand the hell out of it.

I don't think he's interested in changing the original clamps... just looking for additional ones.. These have the lower barrel style clamp like the old RBI Hawks have.. Very slightly different size but I've read where people use them on the Hawks.. The price for 3 of them is the same as 1 from Hawk.. I looked on ereplacement parts for the jet model and it's not listed on their site.. Amazon has the barrel clamps but I'm not sure about the spring. Seems like since Jet had distributers in the UK they'd support parts or someone there would.. Not being from the UK I have no idea what options for stores you all have. eBay also listed some clamps.. again.. don't know what you need for the spring piece you mentioned.. that might be something that could be matched up at a hardware store?

beautiful work, I still dont do the crafting like i did before my mom passed. she was my worse best critic...when she said it was well done I KNEW i had done a good job. she would inspire me and give me tips on howto make what ever i was doing better. i still miss her. I have found however that thinking about her when i do crafting gives me a warm feeling and i strive to make my work something she would like. but this of course took time...its been 6 years since she left us. condolences on your lost. perhaps putting yourself and your friend into your work will help you deal with your pain until the wounds heal a bit.

simply stunning!!

I don't split the line. I cut to the side of the line. I always cut counter clockwise. If I cut clockwise, for some reason, I lose control. In sharp corners, I cut up to the corner, and back out a tad, then sometimes I come in a little to the side to make it so that when I finish getting to the corner, I have cut just enough that I can then spin the piece and put the back of the blade in the corner and start cutting again.. leaves a nice corner for me. I have a hard time on like 1/8" thick wood spinning the piece and not screwing up a turn especially with a new blade. What I do a lot if I'm doing a sharp turn but not a full 90 or if it's past a 90, is I cut up to a spot, I take my foot off the pedal, I spin the wood like 30 degrees, and tap the pedal to make the blade do like 2 cuts, which lets the blade straighten out again, and I may do that a couple times till I'm around the corner. On sharp rounds, I tend to keep doing small taps of the pedal as I spin it letting it take like one or two strokes per tap till I get around the super tight turn. Someday I may break out the spirals I have so I don't HAVE to turn it... but the person who had them when I bought the saw from him, coated them in a ton of oil.. and I am not sure I want to use them and get oil residue on the wood..

Lots of knowledgeable folks here. Thank goodness caus I couldn't even understand the question

You only go clockwise if you live south of the equator!

I only finished the Red Oak with the clear Lacquer. The color is not very deep, but I is much richer looking in person than what is seen in the photo's. Often when I use Red Oak for my Frames, I will deepen the color with Red Oak stain. That improves the contrast between Frame and portrait, but in this case I prefered to just maintain the natural wood color. Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated.

You could just make it actual size but you might need a lot of wood and a huge saw.

Thank you, it does help but only time will heal.

I would like to extend my thanks to Lawson 56, Grampa and TD Painter for creating great patterns for of the VW van from the attached photo. Of the 3 pattern creators, I chose TD Painter, he had the detail I was looking for on this project. I still hold down a full time job so with work, this project took my a week to complete with doing a little at nights. I already had the frame made from my last setup on making a number of frames for future projects, just had to apply the finish. There were approximately 90 cuts overall and the pattern was enlarged slightly to approx 10" high by 14" long. I used baltic birch ply at 1/8" thick and stack cut 4 pieces. I also cut the 2 mats for this project and even included a dust cover on the back of the frame along with appropriate hanging hardware. The frame is made with Philippine Mahogany with an inlay if Purple Heart. The interior dimensions of the frame is approx. 16" high by 20" long. Thanks for looking and I look forward to any comments.

I love my... Cat or Dog? I had two dogs and now my pet is cat. Here is my new project for cat lovers. Making of Paw project Paw pattern

Here is some pictures. For a non segmented approach. If you cut angle at fixed angle for all slices you wont get a curved sphere. So here is pics that helped me get close to a sphere. You have to change angle for each slice. it is good you are starting with 3/4". This allows you not to calculate past 45 deg. If it did go past 45 you would just cut from other side of board. Assuming your table only goes to 45. Ok I have not cut this out. but i did pencil it down at scale. 1st pic shows scale drawing. notice how the bowl gets thinner walls. I had started with 1inch thick. 2nd pic shows calculation and side view of flat board. I added 1/8" to each offset. Then I calculated the angles. 1 equation is shown. notice that the top will still stack and match the thickness of the previous ring. Build 2 halves, use magnets to hold together. That way you have 2 bowls. just remember what the mathmetician said when he stubbed his toe. SOH CAH TOA. Sin angle = Opposite/Hypothenuse SOH Cosin angle = Adj / Hypotenuse CAH Tan angle = Opposite/Adjacent TOA Here is my bowl, the 3rd and 4th pic, that cut at 22.5 deg for each slice. It looks like a boat. It took me 3 hours to figure this out. I have not used geometry for awhile. What was hard was to figure a way to illustrate it. Easy to make after i drew it to scale.

If I calculated this correctly your angle of cut would be 18 degrees. 360 degrees in a circle, and 20 layers would work out as 360 / 20 = 18. You would need to calculate the circumference of each layer divide that by2 to get the radius of the circle to cut, then divide that in 2 to setup your compass to draw the next circle. Another way which is simpler would be to to take your compass. put it in the center of the piece you just cut on the shortest side. Keeping the it on the center expand the other side to meet the outer circumference of the piece you cut ( on the shorter side ). Once it is equal on both sides 180 apart you can draw your next circle to cut at 18 degrees. Repeat till all pieces are cut.

Love these great work. Roly