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A Puppy Coin Bank finished for a great grandchild. The pattern is by Paul Meisel and found in one of the issues of SWWC. If you want to know which one, message me. The body is 3/4" Pine and the ears are 1/2" Walnut. Finished with one coat spray Shellac and two coats Minmax spray Lacquer Clear satin. Comments welcome.

Finished these 16 name puzzles this morning that I cut yesterday.....painted 93 letters in all......have to say my brain is a little fried......but I'm happy with the results.....thx for looking

Hello friends, here in Mexico we are in the middle of Summer and the rains and cold are at their maximum. For the moment, I show you the last work I did. Thank you very much in advance for your comments and greetings to all.

Hi to All.... I have been Scrolling All kinds of Crosses in my time, but as far as color goes Its Always the Black as a Backer.... A Good Friend got me into Color and a New Way.... Here is one of Crosses with Color. Look forward to replys. :+} Pretty sure this is a Terrence Thomas Design. Danny :+}

I made this for a Friend that has a 65 Corvette That he shows.

At 82 I'm not only done but can't. I can't walk across the lawn as any slight variation causes me to loose my balance. I have to use a walker. We hire a lawn service to cut, fertilize and do weed control. My wife goes ballistic if the yard is not pristine. Fortunately we have two daughters and sons in law who do a lot for us. We will never move to a retirement place. We are not willing to give up our home. Neither would our girls allow it. Would be different were they living a long ways off. We may be old but we are blessed!

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.

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

Outdoor activities are year-round here, golf, lawn work, etc. Winters, when we have them last a week or so. But the summers are as brutal as the winters are short. I have a window mounted AC in the shop for the hot season. I am 78 and hire out most of the lawn work. And I am lazy and am behind on the parts I failed to hire out. With your words as inspiration, maybe I will get around to some of that soon.

I moved to Florida and bought a home on a very small piece of property so I don't have to do much house and yard maintenance. Like Les (rockytime), I have a yard service and I only have to deal with some of my potted plants and keeping the weeds from growing between the pavers in my walk and patio. I can still manage to spray a little bit of Roundup every once in a while. I also have a small AC unit and a small heater for my very small shop, so, like some others, I could scroll 24-7-365 but don't. I do it when I want, usually 2-4 hours in early mornings when it does not interfere with my afternoon nap time.

I do all of my own yard work and most of the work that the house requires. There are, however those things that I can do but no longer want to. Like roof repair. Those I hire out. My scrolling usually slows down during the summer when the car and boating season kicks in. I am working on getting my boat in the water but have to fix something that has not been touched since 2005 (prior owner and myself to blame) Unless like like right now we have high heat and humidity so I have been scrolling a significant project for SSWWC in my basement shop.

Last few years (just after the Hurricane that nearly wiped us out) I avoided the shop in the summer- just too unbearable for me This year however things have significantly changed. Since we're both scrolling a lot these days, we've purchased several heaters for the winter that worked really well - Winter for us is on and off between Dec and March. Some days/weeks are really cold, some not so much Recently (in an other thread) I sectioned off the working portion of the garage/shop and added a window A/C (5k btu) it does a fair job of keeping that area cool enough to work Basically, we now have a 12 month a year working environment - so far so good Oh and we're in NW Florida hot/cold/humid/raining you name it we have it

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.

we live ina mobil home have a small 8 X 10 shed as my shop large fan no air or heat I useallly scroll about 10 month per year but with the heat we rare having now ia don't do much, at 82 i can't take that 90 degree heat, so I am on the computer looking for patterns and playing solitaire. IKE

I live in South Carolina and during the 100 degree summer, I have an AC pointed at the scroll saw. I still sweat out three pounds of water, but at least it is bearable. The winter does get chilly, but usually I can do things in the afternoon. I have scrolled when it was 40 degrees. Didn’t last long though.

It does have it's perks. I've often wondered.

I scroll in my dining room. One big advantage of being single.

Well, living where I do, I can pretty much do whatever, whenever. I've got a small heater in my shop and I just installed an a/c unit through the back wall for when it gets hot. We live in a very moderate climate. Right now, it looks like rain but the rest of the state is in the 90's and 100's. The only thing that stops me from getting things done is me. I'm basically lazy when it comes to stuff that I don't feel like doing. Like painting. We've been putting that off for a couple of years now.

Hi I have done another steve good pattern. Surprise for my girlfriends mum who is into a card game called Skipbo.

Charley, Thanks for the info. Still considering my options.

I bought one of those and still haven't used it. Added a small AC unit that did not cost much more than the personal cooler, and gladI did. Now, I can work even when the temps get fairly high outside. You might take want to take a idea from new2woodwrk. Read his post above. Sectioning off a smaller area and adding an AC unit is much more practicle and not a very expensive ordeal.

I'm not retired yet so I scroll pretty much every day from 7-8am until lunch time usually somewhere around 12 - 12:30 pm and usually back out scrolling from 1 - 3pm or 4. Pretty much every week day and sometimes on the weekend too. Every once in a while I stay inside doing website work or bookkeeping for a half day or so. I'm not a strict worker in the shop.. I've taken several days off woodworking the last couple weeks because I'm rebuilding a engine for my daughters Jeep. The rebuild has taken a lot of time sitting waiting for this part that part etc.. seems there is a shortage of everything including workers LOL.. People still shopping online though so that's good.. not sure how long that can last if nobody is working. LOL I have a zero turn mower and a couple large older John Deere Garden tractors.. but 5 years ago someone gave me a John Deere push / walk behind 21" mower.. I had a lot of fun tinkering with that old mower. Friend of ours was throwing it in the trash and my wife said she should have me look at it. she didn't want to fuss with it as it was old and scratched up said if we wanted it she would bring it over, LOL. I drained the gas and the float bowl and poured fresh gas in darn thing fired right up one pull, LOL. Soo, I've been mowing my 3 acers with the 21" mower for 5 years now, while the zero turn sets there.. real hot days or real busy weeks where I'm crunched for time I do use the big mowers.. which end up being about 2-3 times a year. Tractors pretty much stay dress with the snow blower on one and a snow plow on the other. My father told me if you set down too long you may never get back up.. I pretty much stay busy from daylight to dark.. not a TV watcher but I do spend my TV watching time right here on the SSV probably every day, This place is about the only entertainment type thing I do on a regular basis. I have some car, tractor and RV forums I like to read on every now and then but nothing like here.

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.

¼" plywood - 12" x 11" because I misjudged my cutting H.Botas pattern

Since I don't design patterns myself, It doesn't really matter to me if it's a positive or negative pattern, or a combination of both. If I like it, I try and cut it. The KISS principle for me.

Evaporative coolers are widely used in Colorado as we are semi arid. We've used them in houses We've owned in the past. They are quite efficient.

This is real nice, you did a great job. Is it your own pattern?

If you live in a humid area, buy an air conditioner. Do not buy one of those coolers that blow air through trickling water on a filter. It will raise the humidity, rust your tools, and make things worse than they are now. You want to remove humidity from the air, not add to it. Those work well in the desert South West, but not in the South East, US, even though they try to sell them here. An AC unit will remove the humidity and then cool the air. It is not as effective at cooling until it gets the humidity of the air lower, so don't try to use it with a window or door open and letting in more humidity. Keep the area closed up and the humidity low in there and you will get the best cooling possible from the AC unit. If a window AC unit and it just can't seem to keep up on those brutally hot days, a garden hose spraying a very fine mist on the outside coils of the window AC unit using very little water will help the AC unit remove the heat and it will work better to cool the inside. Only do this if you aren't paying high rates for your water though. Us with our own well water supply will benefit most from this. The plants and grass below the AC unit will appreciate the drink too. Charley

Just like the rest of you in the south and west, things are starting to get a little warm here in upstate of SC. I try to limit my cutting to mornings before things get too hot. I have a fan on a stand but was wondering if anyone has tried those small personal air conditioners like the ones advertised on TV? My shop is in a 3 car garage and I know they can't cool the whole thing down but it would be nice to get some cool air blowing on me while I'm cutting. Any feed back would be appreciated.

Some have asked for dozen packs at the gross price. To make this possible, I entered into our online store Pegas Repackaged in a 3 dozen pack. This is both the MGT and Skip blades with more to follow. To find, go to the website and enter in the "search" box "repackaged". This will bring up all the repackaged items. Orders over $35 are shipped free.

No air or heat? That sounds brutal. I wouldn't last 5 minutes. My folks are from Ohio and it gets pretty toasty in the summer and really cold in the winter down there. It's much like where I live in SE MI.

Looks like a Red Letter Day for you! Well Done.

very nice job

I used an aquarium air pump on an AMT scroll saw for years. They are cheap and last for years.

So, where is here?

After you install the hinges, please post again, would like to see how your expert talent does this, thx RJ

That's a lot of cutting. Well done.

Yeah, with a "full-auto scroll saw".

I can immagine why your fried. Select all letter that are yellow, put them to be painted. Select next set of letters and paint color. Ater your all done waiting for paint to dry you have many groups of letters to find the places. Yep puzzled sounds correct.

Yep that picture is the same as as I thought. It is just a matter of preference and how the blade reacts. Oh and tension of the blade. gritting teeth because I'm tense.

Spray painted the letters……3 sides….everything else left natural

Well done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

As Ben said, I cut the image because I like it, whether it be positive or a negative. I honestly never paid any attention to that myself and I never had a customer ask to make it a certain way either..

A project well done and with great intentions for it. i love to give my work to others and watch to see how they react to it. Very nice of you,,,and I do not think it will take him very long to notice it. Dick heppnerguy

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.

great portrait for a retiring person

great job

I'd rather be fishing too. Oh, back to your project. It is very, very nicely done. It will be appreciated for certain!

I hope you get to go back soon, simply so he can find it and be thrilled with it as he will no doubt be. Nice job.

Wen now has 2 scroll saw models. The model #3921 is similar to the Shop Fox model Ben asked about. The other, model #LL2156 WEN LL2156 21-Inch 1.6-Amp Variable Speed Parallel Arm Scroll Saw with Extra-Large Dual-Bevel Steel Table - - Amazon.com is similar to the DeWalt 788 and is a more capable scroll saw. I think this is the one you are recommending to Ben.