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I finished the special request Dream Catcher Rose. The rose is made from Purpleheart. The dream catcher is made from Ash and the feathers are made from Maple and Walnut. The design is by Sue Mey and modified with the rose. Cut on the Pegas scroll saw using several types of Pegas blades. The finish is MinWax Lacquer Clear Satin.

Made from some images I found on Google. My grandson and son-in-law love this movie. It'll be on my shop wall for now but I've started adding names on the back for who gets them when I kick the bucket. Which reminds me. Know what my Grandfather said right before he kicked the bucket? "Watch how far I can kick this bucket!"

Did some 3D Christmas ornaments and my brother-in-law wanted a display for his collection of Zippo lighthers. I made that display before for golf balls so I basically copy the pattern without the holes for the balls.

Whole lot of ugly going on around these parts, Alabama, about face masks. ***Please don't state your opinion, for or against, on them as this isn't the place and nobody really cares what you or I think about it. I think this Banksy art is a fitting response to the issue so I cut it and am offering it on Facebook to any teacher facing the battle on the front lines.

Hi all, I wanted to try to make a football using the scrollsaw bowl technique. I chose cheap wood to make the first attempt. Poplar is a poor wood to start with due to finishing blemeshes. Also called blotchiness. During this experiment my friend decided to retire. So the clock was ticking. Less than a week to add clear coats and laces and team logo. I wanted to add laces. Like glue shoe laces to the wood. But I did not want to mess up the ball. I did some gluing experiments on other wooden rings. But nothing really worked. So no laces. I wanted to try to print a sticker for the team he likes. But again if it didn't work then I would have nothing for a gift. I also added a bottle stopper Helmet. This made of really pretty wood called brown mallee burl. First pic shows rings from a failed attempt in front. But it shows how the method of stacking rings will make a football. The 2nd pic shows both the footballs the real one, wooden one, and the bottle stopper. 3rd pic shows the bottle stopper is a football helmet outline. Lessons learned: 1) start with a wood you don't need to stain. like Lacewood from Oochee. It has patterns that look like football texture. 2) Poplar staining needs pre stain conditioner. I need to pay attention to water based vs oil based to match the stain type. Or shelac with no wax. 3) Stain color. The stain stores have wood boards that show colors on different woods. These look good but will not be what you get on poplar. Pine should have been close. But not. I bought 3 colors for just in case. And yep the 3rd lighter color was closest. 4) cutting angles.... the more the angle the harder to hold the boards when blade catches cross grain. Poplar seems to have some really hard spots. So 4 spots as you go through each ring. The end piece calculated angle was greater than 45 deg. Another post in Q&A have me this best answer. Think beyond the scrollsaw and use sanders to get the end pieces to look better than mine. Also make sure you don't skip an angle. The football requires every ring to have different angle. My first attempt i accidently skipped an angle. I had to start over. The first angle is like 6 degrees. This only leaves 0.1 inch for wall thickness. Which is used to glue the two halfs together. Drilling 45 angles... The drill bits for smaller blades are not long enough to drill 1.41 times the thickness of 0.75. So i had to use longer drill bits. This leaves bigger notches to sand down. Start with thick pieces to make sure the last angles do not go beyond 45. I used 0.75 in thick. My next football will be 1inch thick and maybe some 0.75 inch . -.-.-.-.-. So I claim success only because I learned these lessons. The overall project looks Ok. But was not suppose to be a gift. Or have a timeline. In the big picture it is really easy cuts. 6 rings x2 , glue sand and finish. Still to do.... figure out a good way to add team logos and laces. I will try Aleens tacky glue next. CA glue (cyan acrylic) did not do well on the laces. the cotton just soaked it up and made the whole piece stiff. 2 part epoxy did not stick well to the raw wood. This is Not a bragging post project. More of a teaching and learning posting.

I constantly amd tweaking my finishing process. What I usually do is use spray paint. That leads to an insane amount of aggrivation as it seems the better I get at it, the worse I get at it at the same time. Spend more time chasing failures and fixing them than anything else. So figured something has to change. been wanting to use my airbrush and cheap acrylic paints but I need something that covers bigger areas more effectively. Looked at harbor freaight and they have the quick change airbruch kit for $11. Just a little gun with pots for the paints. Just adjust the nozzle on the bottles to get the right amount of spray. Already have a little compressor. This thing works great. Cross between a spray can and airbrush. Not the accurary of an airbrush but you can use just about any old paint you want as long as you thin it right. Plus, the clean up is just cleaning the little plastic pot and nozzle. Sprayed my new project with cheapo walmart acrylic craft paint. gave it a great first coat, Then finished it off with the same cheapo paint and used a magic sponge for a brush for a smooth finish. If you are looking for some cheap fun, this tool is it.

I agree with you Kevin and I do see both sides. But when I read this, it really changed my mind about this company. "We have never and will never roll our plans and patterns and ship in a tube. Tubes get damaged way too easily in shipping and with 1st class mail the postal service does not cover any of that." That simply is not true. I have ordered plans from JGR (intarsia.com) for about 20 years. Judy packages all her plans in heavy duty tubes and not once in all those years have I ever received a damaged tube. And there are never any heavy creases in her plans. They are a joy to work with. I wish all pattern makers would do that. Downloads are quite different. Unfortunately with downloads you need a large format printer for some patterns, or you have to take them somewhere to have them enlarged. "It's always something". Roseanne Roseannadanna Ben

I was introduced to fishing by my grandparents, and I still love it. I got to teach my own grandson to fish, and it is an absolute joy to spend time with him out fishing at a nearby lake.

I tried a fence many years ago with marginal results. I prefer to drive the straight line without a fence.

Well, selling physical patterns is got to be tough to please everyone.. Years ago we used to buy packaged patterns from a local lumber and tools supplier. The patterns was packaged in plastic envelopes and hung on a turning display rack in the store.. The patterns was folded as to fit into these packages. Same with the scroll saw magazines.. they put patterns on a very large sheet both front and back and fold it all up to fit into the magazine pages.. you have to take the staples out of the magazine to get the patterns out in one piece, LOL. BIG reason I no longer subscribe to them. I'm amazed that they say the tubes get damaged more, I sold decals for about 8 years with over 20,000 orders before I handed that over to a friend that still runs the shop. I only had maybe 1 issue with damage and always used the tubes to mail the decals in.. The decals were reproduction tractor emblems and logos to restore classic tractors.. so they had to be perfect in order to use them.. It appears it's more worth stating up front that you'll be damaging the patterns before you put them into the small box. I think the real issue here is more about cost effective shipping rather than mailing out a undamaged pattern.. With all that said, I can see both sides.. It's hard to ship practical for patterns and yet compete with electronic files being downloaded from other sites. Seems like there could be an option to let folks know that their order will have the patterns crushed into a box or for extra shipping they can have them mailed into a tube or other means they prefer that makes it easy for both parties to be happy and no squabbles about crushed patterns if they choose the cheapest method of shipping. I don't know the answer, but I do feel like there could be a resolution to this to maintain and gain happy customers that come back to order again.. and stating that it's just how you do you packaging isn't really that answer in my opinion. I've lost a lot of money up front a few times over the years of doing business just to give a customer 120% satisfaction.. a bragging customer will almost always bring in more customers.. a dis-satisfied customer can chase away several thousand customers and for many years.. Look at the issues of the type two DeWalt scroll saws as an example.. They went to the type two saw nearly 20 years ago.. moving that production line to another plant and calling the saw the type 2.. having issues with it's first run of production and people still talking about the type 2 saws being junk and recommend you find a type 1 that is now 25 years old.. just because a few bad apples slipped past quality control 20 years ago and this is still brought up in discussions today to stay away from any type 2 saws.. With the internet these days it's never been more important to leave a customer with a positive experience because the word gets around very fast and sticks around for years.. Not like the old days where the local town might hear about a bad situation but with internet the whole world seems to hear about it.. and within only a few days.. and basically sticks around forever..

Started using the same sprayer a few weeks go. Still learning but I do like it. I use the same paints and they work just fine. I also use Pledge floor finish for a gloss coat over the acrylic. A lot cheaper than other gloss finishes. Tom

I'm not sure how often I might use this but I can see where it might be neat to have. It would take a bit of adaptation to mount to any of my saws but it could be done. https://www.instructables.com/Scroll-Saw-Parallel-Fence/

I wont. Great job on the cutting.

Well, what I meant was the part about the clock insert. That does add something to the story. I agree with you about a larger box but somebody in the shipping department didn't want to take the time to check with you. As for the folding of the patterns, I told them that many other sellers use mailing tubes with no problem. Anyway, what it comes down to is that Cherry Tree has more business than they can handle and don't really care if they piss off a few folks in the process of doing business. To me, all businesses should have a live person that you can call or that can call you if there is ANY question as to an order. It would have been a simple thing to contact you and ask how you'd prefer it to be handled/packages/shipped. For me, I won't be doing business with them in the future.

I've never had a saw cut straight enough to use such a thing.

That is a great idea for when you are cutting straight lines, I will have to keep that in my bag of tricks if I ever need to do something like that.

What do you mean I didn't give the whole story? I said they were stuffed in a small box and wrinkled. I didn't actually measure the box at that time of posting. But cramming 17" wide pattern in a 9" box apparently is acceptable. Tammy said they were put in a small box and folded 4 times. What did I leave out? I never said anything about an envelope. Did you actually read my initial posting? The clock insert had nothing to do with stuffing this pattern in a small box. They could have easily put it in a larger box and maybe charged me for it. I would have paid if I knew what the outcome would be. Instead they chose the cheapest way.

If you want to avoid that construction you could get off at the Bellevue / Olivet onto M78 ( Butterfield HWY ) take a right ( east ) off the exit go to the stop sign ( about 1 mile ish ) which will be named... well they name it everything, LOL. Marshall Rd. , old 27, whichever it's called in that particular area but same rd. take a left ( north ) follow it all the way to Johnsons as they are on that road and the road pretty much goes right along side of I69. You'll go through small town of Olivet then then it's a decent two lane rd with a 55mph speed limit until you come into Charlotte.. Old 27 goes all the way down to near the state line just south of Coldwater Mi. I don't know how the road is after you go about 15 mile south of Marshall as I've never been on it any farther south of there.

Enjoy the journey regardless of what you decide to do with it.

Thanks Kevin for the traffic report. I guess a 15 to 20 minute earlier start will be needed.

Looks like I'm stuck with these. I'll see if I can use an iron and flatten them somewhat. I have never had any problems with any other pattern suppliers. JGR puts her patterns in heavy duty tubes. The Art Factory breaks up the pattern into manageable pieces with sometimes 6/7 pages instead of folding them 4 times with multiple large creases. Others package their patterns in a envelope with heavy duty cardboard or in large box. Lesson learned

I just received this from Cherry tree Cherry Tree Toys Service Dept <service@cherrytreetoys.com> 10:53 AM (49 minutes ago) to me Good morning Benny, We have received your email. I am sorry for the delay in a response but we receive hundreds of emails on a daily basics from customers, vendors, carving and scroll saw groups, etc. so sometimes it takes a bit to scan through all the emails. I checked with the shipping department and with the owner. Our plans have always been folded and will always be folded. We fold 11x17 in half and all D patterns are folded to 8 1/2 x 11.Your order would have went into a 9x6 box because you choose 1st class mail. So yes 1 of your plans may of been folded 4 times. We have never and will never roll our plans and patterns and ship in a tube. Tubes get damaged way too easily in shipping and with 1st class mail the postal service does not cover any of that. If you choose Priority mail the box is at least a little bigger and if damage does occur the postal service will cover up to $50.00. You have ordered numerous patterns from us and not once have we ever received a claimant from you. All complaints are documented and logged. Tammy That's not true Tammy. I gave you a negative review on one of your clock patterns earlier this year but you never posted it. Ben

Thanks Bobby for the nice comment

great job

Just a heads up, They have I69 tore up and it's only 1 lane for several miles before you get into Charlotte. They've needed to repair this interstate for at least 10 years now and finally doing it but everyone complaining about it. LOL They have the southbound lanes completely torn up and have them crossing over to the northbound side. It was pretty smooth going for me last week but that was mid morning.. I could see that being a jam during busy times of the day though. I probably won't be making it to the expo again this year. I bought 200bdft. of Poplar and 100bdft. of both oak, cherry, maple, and walnut back in January when I learned I get the same pricing as the expo sale if I buy 100bdft or more. LOL I also picked up 20 sheets of 1/8 BBply and 5 sheets of 1/4".. I've barely touched any of it other than the Walnut and Poplar and haven't used much of those yet either because a bunch of my freebie lumber from my brothers mill is finally dried good enough to use. Depending on what's happening I may show up to the expo if the wife and I decide to not take a short trip for our anniversary. The expo always lands on our anniversary, had I known about this 28 years ago I would have changed the date. But that being said it is frontier days or something like that so lots of activities and a nice crafts show on the courthouse lawn that we like to attend.. which is actually how I learned about the expo in the first place, LOL Anyway, we was thinking about going to Niagara Falls so I'm probably not going to the expo.

I don't remember the movie, but a very well cut project.

Remember the movie, Excellent job!!

I have a Harbor Freight nearby I will have to ck it out. Thanks for the info.

My daughter would love that. One school holiday she watched it every day, sometimes twice. Even after all these years she still watches it. You did a fabulous job. Well done. Marg

That makes even more beautiful and special!

very nice work

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.

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.

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.

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.

great work~~

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.

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.

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

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.

I hears about the pledge but walmart was out. Did you have to thin it?

It's Wednesday, and still no reply from Cherry Tree. Proves what I said earlier. Lousy customer service.