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This is a Steve Good pattern titled "Country Church." It is cut on 1/4 Maple using Pegas #2/0 spiral blades. The backing is 1/4 pine painted flat black except for the area of the moon. It was my first attempt at completing a project using nothing but spiral blades and I must admit it took some getting use to. With all the bends and turns in this pattern I would have spent most of my time turning the project on the table. It's finished with natural stain and then received four coats brush on polyurethane with a light sanding between each coat. This was a project my wife plans on gifting to someone. Hope you like it.

Sunday mornings are always busy in the shop fulfilling custom orders from my Saturday market... Got another request for a "double" with 2 dogs and for the first time, a request for a super sized single dog. Photos and comparisons.

Nothing to brag about, but I have not posted lately. Four Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments finished. The patterns are by Diana Thompson. The birdhouses made from Ash and the little birds from Purpleheart. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #6 Skip blades and #5R MGT blades. Comments welcome.

This great H. Botas pattern was slightly sized to fit a 13” W x 12” H panel. The cut panel is 5/32” thk. Solid Core ply affixed to a same size 1/4” thk BB ply backer. Both panels were hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints. The cut panel was cut using Pegas #0 Spiral blades. The assembled panel was finished with multiple coats of Delf Clear Gloss Lacquer. The Frame is a simple 1 3/4”wide Poplar, stained with Minwax Early American and protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Wipe-on Poly. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

Nope, I don't think it is !!! I just read 'I don't understand what a light box is.' I didn't put my brain in gear enough to read the whole thread

I have made a lot of these puzzle stools in different variations. I mortised the legs into the top on my scroll saw. Would be happy to share the pattern along with the lettering.

It’s time for me to make Christmas ornaments. Here is one. Pattern from Scroll Saw Woodworking abs Crafts magazine. Wood is 1/4” flame box elder.

In the Wooden Teddy Bear advanced patterns is one called "The Mill. I believe another name for the pattern is "Marbry's Mill". I found the real place picture the pattern is from, anyone know where the Mill is located? Chris

I thought he was looking for a table with lights in it to make it easy to trace / transfer a pattern onto another sheet. That's what I call a light box. They make small ones about 8 1/2 X 11 and all the way up to huge. Then there are shadow boxes, and the night lights with patterns on the outside. Charley

@Foxfold, Brenda as shown above there are actually lots of items known as a “light box.” There is the type you show, then there is the “light box” used in photography like these on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=light+box+photography&crid=3DEB3B1PWFMTI&sprefix=Light+box%2Caps%2C211&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_9 and there are these that are used for tracing images https://www.amazon.com/s?k=light+box+for+tracing&crid=3Q4D36NVKP1M3&sprefix=light+box%2Caps%2C215&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_4_9 and then there is a “light box” used to help depression or seasonal affective disorder (SAD) like shown here: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-light-box-therapy-3015255 then the OP said he needed a pattern for a light box that is 4” x 3ft x 4 ft. Which is pretty big box thus the confusion on what he wanted help with. Given the size he indicated, I don’t think it’s the type you have shown. Usually those are made to sit on a table top aren’t they? Given his requested size, the only one of these that would make sense that big is the light box used to take photos. However, without @Uncle Ricky giving us more details, everyone is making a guess as to what he in fact needed. I do love those table top lantern style light boxes you have shown. Have you made any? I have some I would like to make someday.

It's a box with four sides and one side has a 'picture' of something scrolled out. You put lights inside and put lid on. It can act like a night light. They are very popular on some FB sites.

It is Fantastic!! Love the Yellow moon, sets it off just perfect.

This project has been haunting me for months. 1/2" Baltic birch ply, some Olson #2 spirals (about 14) FD new spiral #0/2 about 36), pilot holes with a #65 bit, min-wax classic gray 271 stain, DecoArt craft twinkles crystal (clear)(for the highlights),four coats Minwax clear satin finish, pattern by me (from a photo).

Don't you just love it when an OP leaves you hanging like that. Scadi-eight peopele willing to help, but if you don't what the OP really was talking about, how can any one help?

Very nice touch on the painting. Beautiful shading, fading etc. Great job!

Just as I start wearing down from the weekly market, now it's Big Event Season. LOL I have 3 major events coming up, then 3 holiday markets... I'm concerned about being able to keep up, but we'll see.

Looks like a Beautiful Peaceful place.

I am sure you met such optical illusion before. I decided to make real object with such optical illusion effect and here what came out. Illusion pattern Making of project

I made my grandson a chess board and now he wants me to make him the chess men. He wants the chess men to be made of padauk and hard maple. I made the king yesterday out of padauk and it was a bear to cut. To cut this I used the # 5 Pegas (MGT) Blades. It took me over 2 hours and about 8 blades. The king is 3 3/4" tall and 1 1/4" at the base. Here is a picture of the king I cut. I will have to do this over because there is a bad mistake on the other side.

This is my favorite band Dream Theater. Due to chemo side effects, I have no feeling in my hands and feet so this is about as fancy is I get for a while. At least I get to enjoy all the amazing art posted here. Happy scrolling all and God bless

My best on recovery. Take it slow and easy one hole at a time.

That is really nice, Dave. Do you tip the stool upside down to get the letters out?

My version of band saw box but made with a scroll saw.

I love bubinga, padauk and especially bloodwood. I have scrolled all of them. I use a FD UR #5 and due to isn’t density, I put painters tape on the back to help with the burning. You have to cut very slow and let the blade dictate the speed. If it still breaks blades, then opt up to a FD UR#7. If that still breaks blades, take a chainsaw to it and tear it up and then go online to see if you can find those pieces there. Good luck and nice board

Just now ran across this Dave. Hope someone asks me to make a stool soon! Very nice!

In another thread, folks were discussing the hardness of various woods. I have this chart saved to my computer and if I remember to look at it, it helps me determoine which blades to use, and also if I really want to use that wood at all. Hope this chart helps. https://woodandshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/janka-wood-hardness-wood-and-shop.pdf

Maybe it's time for the grandson to take up Scroll sawing and you can give advice as it goes. I have done she pieces and board a few times they are always a challenge. I often get the blank set up and cut one taking the time and energy it takes then put on a few ornaments or other small things and have time with easier cut fast as you want then cut another chess piece seems to go faster but I am sure it is slower.

As Frank and others have said, it is a hard wood and I would use at least a #5 skip tooth, even a #7 and do take your time and don't push the wood into the blade! Denny made the comment about the dust, it is a fine dust and one of the things I have discovered about the dust, when you finish cutting all of the pieces make sure that your saw and table are absolutely clean and do not use the blades to cut any other woods! The dust will find its way into a cut or will pick it up off of the table and will stain lighter colored wood especially maple! The chess board you have made is top notch and once you have all of the pieces cut, it will be a joy to play on! Erv

Here is a good reference you might wish to copy and refer to as time goes on. https://woodandshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/janka-wood-hardness-wood-and-shop.pdf

The last compound cut chess set I did, I used walnut and birch, both which cut nicely with great contrast. Not sure what the density of padauk is, but hard maple is a bit tough as well. I wish you the best as you continue with the project, and I am sure it will end up being an heirloom piece treasured forever.

It's been a long time since I did any scrolling. I was pretty happy with how it turned out, even tho I made a bad mistake. Frank, Padauk is a very hard wood, but it's is pretty and that what we wanted.

I have done these two. The dinosaur was the from Steve Good and just added the filler strip between & cut the middle for the clear part. The fairy is also a Steve Good pattern. The plexi was cut with the pattern so it is one of the layers.

I've never been able to do this on inkscape either.. and the eraser tool seems to me just smears the line you're trying to erase around.. Sometimes I get lucky with trace bitmap and other times it sucks and I can't figure out how to make it look good.. maybe it's the photo quality that is the issue.. As for erasing I found going to the gimp program and doing the cleaning up works way better than trying to use the stupid erase tool in inkscape. There must be a better way within inkscape that I just haven't learned yet as it's a powerful program..

I made my own pattern of a goat a few years ago. I just took a silhouette and replicated for front and back removing tail and udder. Middle has tail and udder but no horns or legs. The middle also has slot and hole to get coins out. The big problem was cutting the plexi and affixing. It would be much easier with a hardware you get from Paul Meisel. WHY a goat. I made a deal with my grandkids that if they filled the goat we would buy a couple of goats from UNICEF. Actually they had enough in the goat to buy 2 (their parents stuffed it) and so I bought 2 more. Fun to teach them about donating and what a goat means to an African family.

I have made a set of these for my grand kids. The patterns came from Paul Meisel . Very similar to the puppy above in style. There is a variety of shapes he offers. And they are not all that difficult to cut. The wife painted them.

I have done several different images on the legs. I used 3/4" lumber. Emma Stool1.pdf Emma Stool2.pdf Emma Stool3.pdf