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From his book "Circular Scroll Saw Designs"

This was a good project. This is 3/4 Alderwood. Cut with a #2 Reverse tooth blade. That was a lot of turns! LOL

Firstly I would like to thank Mahendra for the fantastic Meercat pattern. Also to apologise to Mahendra for taking so long to cut the pattern after he went to all the trouble to make it for me. I had a fall at home which injured my shoulder and left me unable to do any cutting in the workshop. thankfully I can now get back to cutting again. The Meercat was cut from 4mm Birch ply and finished with 2 coats of sanding sealer and 2 coats of Lacquer. Hope you like the finished item. Keith.

I completed this project at my wife's request as a donation to raise money for an animal shelter. I did the cutting and finished it in the colors she wanted. It is cut from 1/2 inch sanded pine with 1/4 inch backer. As my usual, I cut it with a #5 Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse. The stain is antique oak, not one of my favorites, and then finished with clear gloss.

There are so many versions of the Corvette and you cut a truck load of BBPW cutting them all. Thought I would go for an early classic.

A big thanks to Multitom for the pattern work on this one. Even with the pandemic going on he spent time to work on this pattern and send it on to me to cut. Took me a bit to get to it with stuff going on also. Here she is, did it 11 X 14 on 1/8 oaK Ply. Did two different colored backgrounds just wanted it different. Thanks again Multitom. jim

So prices have stabilized in my area for hard/soft woods - ply continues to be wonky so I'm avoiding it for a bit. Anyway, just wanted to mention to be on lookout for discarded furniture and pieces. Yesterday while walking the dogs, I noticed a neighbor had thrown out a bunch of cabinet doors. I grabbed them all and found out they are all solid wood - looks like poplar, about 1/2" thick. Neighbor came out and said he had a dresser he was throwing out as well. SCORE! Solid oak! about 1/2" all around. A few drawer rungs were pine but most of it oak! just a reminder to keep an eye out for discarded treasure!

Spent a bit of time in the shop, go rid of some scraps for the yin yang boxes and cut a few 3D patterns using a piece of spruce that was around.

I can't remember the last time I did a full batch of puzzles... But I had to catch up on some items sold the past few weeks to replenish this weekend. Since I started offering the wall mounted leash holders, they've been the hot item lately.

Hi ya'll......I hear alot of talk about swapping out chuck heads, usually for Pegas chuck heads. Clue me in to what the deal is.....Do they wear out periodacally? How do you know when they need to be replaced? Is Pegas the go to brand and how do they benefit a scroller. I appreciate you guys and gals....forrest

This is another Steve Good design called "Reflections." I cut it from 1/4 in sanded pine and backed it with the same material. The upper silhouette is painted black, of course, and the bottom, water, is painted blue. The front is finished with red pine Minwax and the entire piece is sprayed with several coats of poly. It was really a simple project but a lot of fun to cut and finish. Hope you enjoy.

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 :+}

My wife requested I do this project as a wedding gift. I may have tackled a fairly intense project with all the fretwork but overall I feel it came out pretty darn good. This pattern, as well as the pattern from my first project, are from Steve Good.

Once I saw this I had to make one. Nugget the Dog said he was there for sawing support.

This was the first project I completed. My niece has a horse tack store and does horse training and riding lessons. She displays a lot of my projects to see if they will sell.

Hello friends, I show you some small jobs that I have done in these weeks, I hope you like the idea. Thank you in advance for your comments.

Designed this one today......1/4" sanded ply.....rattle can black.....12"W x 7"T.....thx for looking

Nicely done, @smitty0312 Thanks for shring your pattern! God Bless! Spirithorse

Hello friends, I want to thank the administrators of the group for having selected my work of the hummingbird to show it on facebook, it was a pleasant surprise. Thank you very much again for your words, they are very encouraging to keep trying to do better jobs. Greetings to all from Puebla, Mexico

I have one drying now from staining. Thank you again for the pattern. It is one of my favorites.

Very nice cutting, always like the older cars.

What a Great theme idea. You sure turned your room into an adventure

It is no longer a mystery as to why you are such a great pattern maker and scroller. With a wife of such talents, you have no choice but to be especially good at what you do, or you would have to feel second best

Your usual standard I see. It is so cute too. Come back soon. Marg

Thank you Tomanydogs, Believe me, I don't let things like this get under my skin. I am happy with this project. I appreciate the critiques I received but seeing how I only started scrolling about 3 months ago and I'm using material I had on hand... Yes, I could have purchased a more exotic wood. Yes, I could have framed this with some elaborate material. And yes, I could have sent the pattern to those who critiqued and asked them cut it and show me their design. But, I am totally happy with my finished product.

The issue with this method in my opinion is you'll have to adjust it every time you un-do a blade clamp.. if you're doing fretwork it would be a royal pain. Basically what you'd do for this method is: Install blade in both clamps then "slightly lower the parallel arm via knob at back of saw" then apply the tension via the lever, then if changing to another hole you'd need to release tension > turn knob at back of saw to raise the arm back to where it was switch blade to another hole reclamp again, and lower arm via knob at back of saw then apply tension. You see.. basically the parallel arm is not meant for changing once you set it parallel you should never mess with that adjustment again. IF you forget to turn it back or forward once or twice you get the saw alignment all out of whack. Just my opinion but I'd say bending the blade over some while installing it like in Randy's ( Hotshot ) video is a better method. OR buying another DW, Hawk, or Hegner where there is no fuss with small blades. I'll note that, I typically run 2/0 spirals on my Excalibur EX21 with no issues of blade breakage at all, and I don't fuss with the knob or bending the blade over to get less tension. I think a spiral blade breaks easier than a straight reverse blade does too. BUT.. going with a smaller than 2/0 might start causing some issues.. I half wonder if the breaking blades issue in the other topic isn't a bad batch of blades.. As far as availability, I'm guessing Seyco will have some inventory of their saws most all the time.. Pegas is / was a very hot seller and they had been selling out faster than they could get them.. and with the shipping ports being backed up because of Covid etc.. they have had trouble getting saws. Not sure if that's still the case or not, I'd contact Denny and ask if that is a concern.

The Pegas blade holders should last the life of the saw. The thumb screws will need servicing periodically as was mentioned above. The ends of the thumb screw will wear and get shiny and slippery causing the blade to slip. Here’s what I do: I take a small piece of hardwood approximately 3/8 x 2”x2”. Drill a hole just slightly smaller than the threads of the thumb screw. The hole has to be absolutely perpendicular to the wood. Screw the thumb screw so the tip just protrudes through the wood. Now, sand on a flat piece of 220 grit sand paper till the tip is no longer shiny and flat. This procedure applies to all saws with a thumb screw. I’ve had my Pegas saw for about six months now and haven’t needed to dress them yet, but I know they will need it at some point.

Pegas clamps are the best out there and they are made for many different saws. In reality, all saws chuck screws wear. This is due to the motion of the saw while in action. It holds the blade tight while in operation. Over time, the heads wear and allow the blade to either lose tension or just come off completely. One thing you can do to prolong them is to sand the ends some so that the whole pin holds the blade. If gone unserviced, would make cutting anything a challenge. Every new scroller usually learns this lesson.

I mainly cut 1/4"-3/8" ash, maple, cherry, and red oak.

Get a Hegner and stop worrying about breaking #2/0 blades. They are my go to blade. The break when they fatigue from heat. Has a lot to do with the material you are cutting. I cut mostly 1/8" BB and the blades cut for quite awhile.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Very glad to hear that you have mended. Excellent job my Mahendra, and by you.

I also talked with Karen about the slide through Christmas ornaments. I couldn't find them on the website nd she found them for me.

Glad you got it worked out. The nice thing about going directly to the Boelmans’ own website https://theartfactory.com there is no middleman taking a cut so his family gets the full proceeds from the purchase. I have gotten several things from Karen there in the past, and she has always been prompt and helpful. Note that Karen has told me before that not all of Dirk’s patterns are listed on the website but that if there is one not there you are looking for, she can usually provide it with a few details of what you are looking for. As pointed out, you have to have the word “the” in the website name, no spaces.

A plaque a made for my wife's guild at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.

I have been doing some simple little things lately between other projects and have been enjoying them.

This project (set) was found on the net and unfortunately there was no name to give credit. I tend to finish my projects where the grain from the wood will show but on this project I decided to blend some paints and try to give it a desert effect. Both the front and back are 1/4 inch sanded pine, some I've had for over 20 years. It was very brittle and there were a few chip-outs in places. It was cut with a FD #5 Ultra Reverse blade. I was happy with the way it turned out and apparently the first person I showed it to thought so also. He purchased the set before I could carry them across the road to show my niece who is a horse fanatic. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I did cutting them.

My wife says I'm a dumpster diver and chastizes me when I drag sonethibg home. Anything I bring home had better be used or hidden in short order or I'm in trouble. Can you tell who is in charge?

My niece's stepdaughter asked if I would scroll her name. I was able to create a pattern using MS Publisher with Brush Script font. The size was going to be 20 inches and I thought I'd have to use spiral blades because my saw only has a 16 inch throat. I was able to complete the cut only using regular blades. The project came out so well that my niece wanted one for her. I decided to do one for her and her husband in a matching set. If anyone wants to know how I created the letters using MS Publisher, let me know.

That is Cool. A job Very Well done.

Very nice. Marg

My first attempt at a pelican (JGR pattern). A bit loose on some of the areas but it's a start.

I love it. Would you mind sharing your pattern?

We were married on July 2nd in 1966. Steve Good has an anniversary pattern for most years and I made one last year. This morning, I relpaced last years plaque with an updated one. The plaque is located on one of our kitchen widow-sills The foreground is made of 6mm thick Figured Maple and the background of 18mm thick Baltic Birch plywood treated with Light Green Saman stain.

A couple of big home improvement projects have kept me off the scrollsaw for 2 months or so and they are finally complete. I recently received 2 requests for a couple of my wedding/anniversary signs. They are two layered and cut with pegas skip tooth #3. It was great fun to be back on the saw. Be blessed.

In my introduction post I mentioned I usually cut animal projects. I did complete a lighthouse project recently. The pattern is from Steve Good and I tried to be a little artistic with the painting on the backer board. I'm in NC and we have 7 coastal lighthouses. I started to try and copy one of the patterns on the state's lighthouses but decided I liked the grain of the wood better.

In a prevous post, about two months back, I mentioned I had been accepted to join a local Fine Art Artist Cooperative where I could disply and offer my work for sale. Of course there is a fee to rent the space, but there is no commision taken from any sales other than any credit card sale charges. The Coop takes care of taking sales tax so every thing is simple. Each month the first Saturday of the month is Art Walk night where a lot of locals, as well as tourest, visit the various Art venues in the area, indulge in a little wine and snacks, and maybe buy some Art. Tonight was the third Art Walk Saturday since I joined the Gallery and it is was very well attended. And tonight, I sold two more pieces for a total of five pieces in just a few days more than two months. With these sales, I have covered my first four months rent plus and anything sold hereafter will be on the profit side. More importantly to me is the comments and praise I get from those who take the time to look at my work. Those who actually stop and look at my disply spend a good deal of time scrutenizing the pieces and are amazed at the cratmanship and artistry. Certainly not everyone buys, but compared to the time they spend looking at the fine paintings and other art, they tend to linger at my display for quite a while. When I'm there to answer questions, the positive feedback I get is just awsume. One of the pieces I sold tonight brings with it the potential for some commisioned pieces for this couples home that they have up north. Ask me if I feel good. I'm sure you can guess what my answer wouild be!

We no longer have a beach on Pellow's Island. But we do have plenty of places to swim. Here is a photo of two of our grandchildren and I (taken about 10 years ago) at a dock near the front of the island. I've made a lot of scroll-sawn art that would be appropriate here, but will chose just one piece: This plaque measures 35 centimetres by 42 centimetres. The background and frame are made from Cherry and walnut. The foreground pieces have been made from figured maple. The basic design is by Sheila Landry. I modified the design in order to have the island a cabin simulate our cabin on Pellow's Island in Lake Pivabiska. Many many loons make Lake Pivabiska their home in the spring and summer.

Freestanding Seahorse Puzzle made several years ago.

Living in a beach community, many of our customers want beachy items. They don't really go for things with the area name in them but they do go for Sea oriented items. Some of our best customer are little ones and often know what they want and what they don't want is what their parents want them to want LOL. Here are some of our little ones most popular items (unfinished so they can color them) And one of our colored samples the kids love The adults go for other items however

Here's a few beach type things I've done. Guess I'll have to cut something else "beachy" this month. The two lighthouses are window shutters I did for a lady last summer. I made two panels from Poplar, about 16"w x 26"h x 1" d