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It seems I haven't been active in the village for a long time. I think I was only doing pattern making and family work. I wrote two books and studying drawing.while taking a break It was a good opportunity and I published my first book with foxchapel publishing Track man, I hope you get better soon I hope other members are healthy too. design this pattern yesterday and made it Smiling inside ~

This is project number 1. I went to a course at the Durham Woodworking Club put on by Don Gaudet and we cut this Wolf. I had an old Craftsman single speed with pin blades. Never knew about patterns being available, pin less blades, threading the blade, or why the table tilted. We where using DW788 that did not vibrate like crazy. That was on Saturday. I researched machines and ordered a EX-21 on Tuesday - delivered Friday and as they say the rest is history. Best $4 I ever spent.

Got em' finished. Walnut and Maple. Final finish, Krylon or Rust-oleum, I forget clear gloss enamel. One for each of my girls but they can't get them before Christmas. Now for the next one. Just waiting for the lumber.

Summers spent camping and hiking with friends, way back in the day. Dad was in the Air Force, stationed down in South Georgia (fart, and they smelled it in Florida kinda South). We'd get away to go camping as often as we could, and once we had access to cars, we started driving up to the Appalachians to camp. Mountains will always hold a place in my heart. We lost track of each other after highschool, I went and joined the Navy and had a stroke or something that caused me to volunteer for submarines. Qualified on three of them before getting out in 1998. My Dad, who passed in 2009, was a big fan of Texas history, and grew up on Westerns. He knew every John Wayne and Clint Eastwood western by heart. First time I saw "Outlaw Josey Wales" was sitting on the sofa, watching it with him. Still love that movie.

Here is my first Halloween project this year - Halloween countdown calendar. Gravestones are removable parts. Project size - 7,5 x 6,5 inches Video of making Halloween calendar Halloween pattern

Hey Don, that was my first project too. I also cut it at a course conducted by Don. My course was conducted at Lee Valley Tools in Scarborough.

My first Serious Fretwork challenge. I had only been scrolling for a couple of years and it was my first ribbon presented to me by Wes Demarest who was an editor for Creative woodworking and crafts magazine back then. 2006 It was a Jeff Zaffino design. It was also my first homemade frame and attempt at matt cutting. the frame is Cherry. Baltic birch stack cut 3 up.

When all the grandkids would get together back in the day, this is where we would hang out. This is a Charles Dearing pattern but looks so much like the barn at my grandparents farm. It was the most fun right after the hay was cut.

Cut this a few years ago as a Father's Day gift, from a photo of my son and his kids, walking the beach and heading for the water. Fortunately found a pices of oak veneer that reminded me of the pattern water leaves on the beach as the tide ebbs and flows.

Remembering my first day in Basic Training with the promise to get my first clothing issue the following day. And then the Sergeant saying, let's see how many of you will walk the walk, so you can have the right to talk the talk. I made this pattern for all of those who have earned that right.

Very unique pattern and nice cutting. Took me a few seconds to figure it out. I'll check out your book on Amazon. Hope it does well!

Ha, ha,, ha, I have owned a DeWalt, Excalubur, Seyco and Hegner and I could/can not top feed on any of them... I need a video of someone feeding a 2/0 straight or spiral, or a 3/0 spiral blade, down through a #70 drilled hole in fret work.. I do it by removing the blade from both top and bottom clamps.... hand feeding the blade through the little hole in the wood and hole in the table, then clamping the blade in both clamps... Is that how it is done? Is that called "top feeding". I can't answer your question,,, I can not top feed on any scroll saw (for my kind of scrolling)... I am too much of a clotz I guess.

Nice to see you on the Village! Congratulations on your books.

very nice, I hope your book sells well

My Black Panther cut, that I just completed and posted in Bragging Rights, was actually cut because it was trully based on a nostalgia memory/reason. Back in the fifties my High School Teams were called the Panthers and this particular pattern is almost identical to the Black Panther Images use on the team jerseys and jackets. None of my other work fits the challenge criteria.

Canoes on Lake Pivabiska: Some of my happiest times have been spent in a canoe. The photos are me canoeing with my Granddaughter Isla and my Grandson Ethan; both photos taken 17 years ago. I designed the frame, the layout and the matting. Timothy (worbler) designed the pattern for the scroll saw portion in the middle and I made a few modifications to his design. This is in the predominant place for art in our home, that is over the mantle-place in our living room.

This takes me back about 8 years when I was trying to think what I was going to give to my wife for Valentines day. I was looking through some patterns and found this one a on a CD I had purchased and decided that that my wife might enjoy having this one for her decors. I hit the target with it, as she loved it and has it now in a prominent place in our home to this day. I also had a request for one of these from my grandson, for their wedding gift. They did not need anything for their wedding, in the way of gifts, except to maybe one of grampa's tower clocks. So this clock with always have a special place in my heart. Dick heppnerguy

I knew this would happen and I'm sure Oneida is not happy. This looks like a good price and probably is pretty good quality. China is eating our lunch.

To me this is one of Steve's best pattern ever. Everyone seems to like it. I cut if out of 3/4" Red Oak.

very nice

Very well done,,, Beautiful clocks..

They are Awesome!!!Your Daughters are gonna Love em. Down Right Beautiful clocks!!

I'm a top feeder on my Pegas but a bottom feeder on my Hegner. Too awkward for me to try to hold down the top arm and get the blade correctly in the clamp.

I use 2/o lades all the time and I only top feed , and no problems with #70 drill.in my Excalber

Thanks alot, Writing a book was an opportunity for me to grow up have a nice day~!!

Cut out of 3/4 Alder.

The problem with that is that the blade slot in the quick release clamp would then face the back.

Never tried it on mine.

Ditch the Krylon brand and use shellac or deft and when your done using them turn the can upside down and spray it til the tip cleans off. It helps to also manually clean the tip front after with mineral spirits before you put it away.

FYI, you can buy the solid core Cherry plywood through HD. However, for such a beautiful project as that clock, solid wood is IMO the only way to go.

I have your book. I preordered it from Amazon. Recommended.

Awesome work~~

great work both color look nice~

Indian Warrior Pattern by cjsturnings from the pattern library,made using #2/0 spiral blade on anA4 1/4 inch BB plywood sheet with black mount board backer then made an oak frame for it too

The plans came from Scroller Unlimited. ( I hope I got their name right). I just finished a 3d picture of the Last Supper, the table and figures are cut from 1/8" birch plywood and stained with diluted craft paints. I copied the back ground from the famous painting of the Last Supper. I used Pegas 2/0 reverse tooth blades to cut it.

This was my first band saw box. I made it for my Mom. I asked her what she wanted for Christmas one year,, she said "not a thing". So in the drawer of the box I wrote on a little card, "Not A Thing". She's been gone now for 3 years.... The Good ol' days.

This is a fairly new cut,, but my Dad in the pic has been gone for 8 years,,,,, Good ol' day's.

I am a top-feeder (Pegas). After reading so many posts about Hegners and how much those who own them love them, I became curious and in a moment of weakness, bid on one on eBay (a ridiculously low price i thought, but it is an old 14" single speed) and I won the auction. So, the question: can one do top feeding with a Hegner. Look at the pictures below before you answer. I put the quick release clamp on the bottom and the standard clamp on top. It seems to work although it is quite awkward, at least for a right-handed person. You have to hold down the arm with your right hand and then feed the blade and tighten the clamp with your left hand. Has anyone else tried this?