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A tribute to those who continue to fight. Don’t ever give up. The original quote is from a lady named Tiffany Kairos. Thanks for looking.

My new project - Bible. And two more previous religious projects Video of making Bible project Religious scroll saw patterns

A while ago on September 21st, Francisco aka frankorona (a kindred spirit as I am actually a Francis but I use Frank) posted his “Modernist Figures” in Bragging Rights. I thought they were just outstandingly beautiful and asked him if he had made a pattern that he was willing to share. He replied that he had not made a pattern, but instead, sent me a copy the images he used. I was able to use the images to make a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture. I’ll probably do the other piece in the future. Therefore, from this Francis to my friend Francisco in Mexico, I say Muchas Gracias. This work was not the type of work I usually do, but a change of pace is sometimes a good thing. So, here is my attempt at making this beautiful sculpture. I used solid 3/4” Maple for the busts and a piece of 3/4” thick solid Walnut in an oval shape for the base. The busts are about 16 inches tall, and the oval base is 9” long x 6” wide. Cutting was relatively easy and done with just one Pegas #5 Skip blade. I then used a combination of my rotary carving tools and a lot of sandpaper to ease and smooth all the edges. The wood was left natural color. There is lots of grain coloration in this piece of Maple After initial carving and sanding I applied a coat of lacquer sanding sealer prior to some final sanding before finishing. Finishing was multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Spray Lacquer with some very light sanding between coats for nice ‘smooth-to-the-touch’ finish. Side 1 Site 2 Hope you enjoy. Comments and critique always welcome.

I like doing these, do the color as well as these new black and gray ones.

I ordered blades late Friday and here it is Tuesday morning received them, can’t ask for anything better than that, Thx Denny, RJ

3/8" plywood with dollar tree cheap paint set she loved it!!! She's a yoga teacher.

Nice little surprise when I opened up the most recent edition of SSW&C this weekend. It's funny that they call out the YouTube channel, when all the good stuff is here on the website. But I'll take it! We're also on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for those interested.

I had looked at Pedro's finescrollsaw.com several times and wanted to try one of his patterns. Purchased one of his patterns called the Wiseman Coffer. (9 euro) It was great working with Pedro and he did give suggestion that I either use European "A3" paper or have it converted but retain the original size. My local UPS store made it happen with 2 sets of 17 x 12 prints. I decided to kick it up a notch by going with Bubinga wood $$$. It requires both 1/8" and 1/4" wood. I had some of the 1/8" but I needed 2 pieces of 8" wide and the 2 sq foot packs were only 5.5" wide. I contacted Richard at Richards Craft wood in Clemmons NC. www.richardscraftwood.com. He was able to mill up the pieces I needed and had them in a few days. Lots of cutting and lots of broken blades (Bubinga is hard !) It took about 3 weeks to finish. I used a Lacquer finish and it really brings out the color of the wood. I did used a temporary light wood backer on the inside to accent the fretwork for the picture but removed it afterwards.

Each panel is about 3.75 x 12.5 inches. Total size is 12.5 x 17 ish.. cut from 1/4" maple using Olson #2/0R blades. Has a painted backer and strip. Sheila Landry dedign.

Thanks for the complement RJ and Rodney. I try to get the orders out the next day. It is nice to have the Post Office only a block away. Not sure about the threat of the Post Office slowing down the service. We now have an anniversary special. When checking out, enter ANNIV12 in the coupon code box for an additional 12% discount. Orders over $35 are shipped free. USA customers only. The link is below my signature.

Decided to add Color to this Craft. So far I have Very Positive Reviews. Lets see how is goes over here............. Danny :+}

I decided this year that I would give Gifts of my cuttings for Christmas to some local friends and to also send them to members of my remotely located family. Because I made this decision early, I also decided to interrupt my regular work and spend some dedicated time doing Portraits of Santa. I’ve spent more than the last two full weeks cutting and finishing this grouping of portraits. I obtained great patterns from Botas and Fox along with a few stencil patterns I found which I converted to work as Scroll Saw patterns. I had previously cut the Santa Portrait by Fox last year which had been given away once already. All cuttings were done in 5/32” thick Solid Core Maple or Birch panels using mainly Pegas #2/0 and #0 blades. All cut panels were affixed to 1/4” thick BB ply backers that were stained with Minwax Barn Red and as always protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. The Frames are simple 1 3/4” wide Poplar and finished with Krylon Hunter Green all-in-one primer and paint. Santa 1 is an 11” x 14” Botas Pattern Santa 2 is an 11” x 14” Botas Pattern Santa 3 is a 12” x 15” conversion Santa 4 is a 11” x 14” Blume Pattern Santa 5 (Father Christmas) is an 11” x 14” conversion Santa 6 (Merry Christmas) is an 11” x 11” conversion Santa 7 Is an 11” x 14” Fox Pattern I plan to gift these pieces to all by Thanksgiving, so they only need to be hung for display for about a month and then put away with their other Christmas decorations, maybe to be displayed again each Christmas thereafter. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques is always welcome. PS: If you are wondering where Santa 4 is...it is J. Blume's recent offering which I msay still add to the group, but these had been started beforehand. Santa 4 Added. Watch New Pattern Announcements. I'll post up PDFs of the converted patterns shortly. Posted.

I've ordered from Artcrafters several times and their service has always been outstanding.

Every year, between first part of Aug through Oct, I'm crazy busy at work and hardly able to get into the shop. But I was able to knock these out, which was a lot of fun. Wooden Jack-o’-lanterns made out of some cedar fence boards. Playing around with different finishes. The darker one is burnt with a torch before staining it, which adds a nice effect.

Just playing around in the shop this morning…..

BOY,,, I HOPE SO! ENOUGH SAID, I WILL GET IN TROUBLE..

Well I have made a Personal Choice, after a Long Personal battle with myself I have decided to stop cutting scrolled plaques, the ones like I've been doing. All the Cowboys and Country Singer's. and Cars. Instead I will be making Single Layered Plaques maybe double. much easier on me and my Back, which I have been having a lot of problems with lately. After 20 plus yrs it was a hard choice. but one I had to make. Not giving up Scrolling, just changing Lanes, heading down a new road.

Nice job.

Here are two Steve Good patterns that I cut last week. This is my first time posting a picture. I hope I did it right.

Yeah the local place where I buy it is.. or was.. $12.95 for 1/8 x 5' x 5' But I've heard it was up to around $15 ish now.. I have them cut them in 1/3rds ( 20" wide ).. They'll cut free so long as it's under 5 minutes work. I buy 10 sheets at a time usually and they can cut 5 sheets at a time on their panel saw, so they don't charge me.. I do get a few of the football patches on some of them but usually not a issue to work around them and use as backers or ?

Beautiful job!!

Down Right Awesome job!!!

Beautiful. Thanks for showing the end view to show depth.

Very well done, Frank.

Halloween is not my time of year. If fact when we are home, the lights are off. There is one I did several years ago. This is a Sue Mey pattern.

I've been using a lot of the Aleene's tacky glue. I used to mow her lawn when I was 16-17. She had a great business but was not a nice person. Started out in a little store in Temple City, Ca.

I use Aleene's Tacky spray. you can find it in any craft store ,Like Micheles, or Hobby Lobby.

Just wait guys. Just wait. 2022 is soon upon us.

Looks great! Especially with red background.

looks very nice.

Thanks. The font is Euphoria Script. I found it on 1001 Font.com.

Impressive!

Excellent sign. You did a great job. Marg

Easy and fun...Win win. Marg

Beautiful piece. The cuts are very clean and the wood grain is outstanding.

Beautiful sign Dan!

The 735 has two feed speeds. The faster speed is for rough planing. When you are close the the thickness you want, you flip it over to the slow speed. This leaves a very smooth finish, about 150 grit sand paper. On some woods, I don’t even have to finish sand! I don’t see any reason for a spiral head. I’ll say it again, I love my 735!

You nailed that one.nice work

I sometimes get snipe with my cheap Ryobi.. If I do get it it's not "bad" to the point I have to chop it off and throw the ends out. I usually sand my work down to 320 grit before cutting anyway so the sanding that I do normally takes care of any of the minimal snipe I get. My manual says not to run anything shorter than 14".. so I've never really tried anything shorter than that, LOL. I'll probably end up buying the DW planer when my Ryobi bites the dust. Could be soon too, last couple times I've used it it has like bogged down and fluctuated the speed while running ( without a board being fed in it ). I'm going to pull the motor brushes and check them out... I'd like a excuse to get a new one.. but I'm cursed with knowing how to repair things and I'm not a person to sell things or throw things out that are repairable, LOL.. Biggest thing I hate with selling in person is the people drive me nuts saying their coming at X time and then no show.. I hate that for some reason.. the tire kickers.. I used to love wheeling and dealing but over the years I'm not sure if people do not give respect in saying they're going to be late or not coming etc..

Beautiful saying. Cutting is as equaly beautiful. Please name that Font and where is it available from.

@Foxfold as you can tell, I am a little slow. at least amazing Kevin is back.

10" x 8" 1/8" BBPLY cut with 02 spiral Got lots of practice drilling holes and putting the blade in and clamping it.

Great work! I really like that.

I guess I was lucky, or the Delta I received was really tuned in... In all the time I owned it,,, I only got snipe a couple times, and that was trying to plane a short piece of wood.. I have read about it from a lot of people with planers... but I did not experience it to any extent... I will be anxious to see on my DeWalt 734.. although in my current mode of wood working I doubt if it ever gets t the use my Delta did. I would love to experience a 735 with a spiral head on it to see it it is worth so much money,, I have always been satisfied with the finish I received from the Delta... The few boards I have put through the DeWalt 734 with straight blades have been even better... WIth a spiral ,,, wow,, must be ready to finish right off the machine.

I have owned several small planers and continually wanted a better planer. I ended up getting a DeWalt 735 because you can put pieces as short as 12" through it, and snipe is almost non-existent, if you keep the work level both in and out of the planer. I now waste much less wood using this small planer (small? It weighs 95 pounds, but has handles). It also has a built-in blower, so a shop dust collector is not needed, but it does require a chip collector bag or barrel. The first board that I ran through it was a scrap of 2X4 with no dust collection hooked up. The chips hit the shop wall 14' away at almost the same level as the planer. I have a plastic 60 gallon drum and DeWalt's accessory barrel cover and attachment hose to keep the chips out of my neighbor's pool and I always use my 735 outside the shop in the driveway. It's just too hard to clean the shop when the collection system develops a problem, like the cover coming off the barrel, or a leak develops. My shop is small and I don't have a large dust collector, but probably wouldn't use it for this planer anyway, because I can nearly fill that 60 gallon drum with chips in about an hour of planning. Snipe problems were my main reason for buying the DeWalt 735, because it was always a major issue with the other planers, and they didn't work well with short boards either. I had some tricks for minimizing the snipe back then, but even with those tricks, snipe was a problem. Snipe occurs when the feed rollers tip the cutter head as they ride up onto and off of the board. This causes the cutter head to tilt and take a deeper bite (snipe). It can ruin the first and last 6-8" of a board, and when you are planning a board of 1-2' in length, you can have nothing good left to work with. You can frequently find the DeWalt 735 on sale for in the mid $500 range, but they usually sell for over $600 and they are sometimes coming up used for as low as $200. I almost never buy used because of a lack of warranty, and who knows what the previous owner has done to the tool. Charley

Nice to be mentioned by others on the WWW. So that's only 16 years for you to be an overnight success. Keep it up Travis. Bob

Last year I cut over 150 of these critters and since we still wear masks I thought maybe they will sell again. My wife is the one that paint them, this is a big help.

Just biding my time away . Waiting for the big one! Still scrolling but found other things to occupy my time.

For the new girl at the grocery store

Okay I am pretty proud so far.... Not finished, need to take it back apart, for final sanding, and fitting, then apply a finish.. Finally re-assemble with glue. But I thought I'd show it now... gett'n old, you never know.. The cutting was pretty easy, the getting assembled took as much time as the cutting, well not quite ...But I it took some time. Just one I have wanted to do for some time... I purchased the plans a couple years ago from Pedro in Spain... (Finescrollsaw.com). It is called the Cremona Wall Clock. The clock is 31" tall, 12" wide.