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

Here are some of my latest projects. I like making the frames, I guess it feels more finished when I do.

Hello friends, a little detail for Christmas, I hope you like it. Thank you in advance for your comments.

Made this wind mobile bat, but it got away and started flying around the house. Finally caught it and all is well. Tom

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.

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.

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.

My wife's sister likes dragonflies so I cut this for her birthday. Wish I had Fiona's talent and could work without a pattern. This would have been a more enjoyable cut but apparently I didn't get enough adhesive on it and had to fight the pattern lifting. I added a bit of detail around the eyes to help them stand out a bit more. Red oak with Danish Oil and a stained glass backer.

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 don't like doing too many of any one thing. I like to change things up a bit. New day, new challenge.

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.

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

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.

Here are my current wands :

Sorry about your back, but old scrollers just find new ways to scroll

Halloween my favorite time of the year next to Christmas. This is my chute from last year. I am working on revisions as last year was a done quickly due to covid. We have a lot of families in the neighborhood so we expect a 150 or more.. I hope movie plays. Movie doesn't play so I uploaded to YouTube. https://youtu.be/YYwsc0VFnk4 MVI_8189.MOV

Yeah, that's what my saw was doing.. and it was the bearings in the back of the saw by the motor.. By the looks of the table it has had a lot of use.. If it's never been apart and had grease added or new bearings installed then I'd almost bet that is the issue.. If it's not the issue right now, I'm thinking it's coming sooner than later. Ray sells the whole assembly with bearings already pressed in and it's not too hard of a job to do really. I did it a year ago and posted a lot of photos.. Parts was like $120 that made my saw brand new again..

Ralph I had the same problem and noise. I called Ray and had a long talk on the phone with him. I was told to hold both the upper and lower mounting clamps and see if I could still feel the play when I tried to move them Mine eventually got tracked out to the arm on the motor that hooks up to the parallel arms. Ha a dry bearing from the factory and it was worn. New bearing and all was well. Just a thought, it is a slow gentle process but may reveal where the issue is. Good luck .

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.

Sorry to hear about your back. Hopefully you can get something worked out for comfort. I o quite a few different things on the scroll saw. Depends on what the customer wants. If the back issue from bending over, you may try to lift the back of the saw a bit. Being at a different sitting angle may help.

I top feed an when I put the blade in I pull down on the blade to get all the slack out of the arm. You can do the same thing if you bottom feed by pulling up on blade. Don’t know if this will help but my EX sounds like that when the blade gets loose.

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.

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

I have found something new to Scroll, I will be posting them soon, They don't take long to cut. I paint them, so I am moving from my saw to my other table. It was the lifting of the plastic tubs going to flea market's that was hurting my back, with all the heavy plaques, I went from 3/4in to 1/4 a few yrs ago. but I layered the 3/4 so it didn't help to much. Now I will just cut single layers maybe double. A lot lighter. Thank you all for your concern and suggestions. I Love this place.

Wonderful, very well done!!

I can definitely understand a change if what you are doing is painful. Just stay on the saw even if you have to get up and move around occasionally. To me, scrolling is very relaxing but I do fell tension in my shoulders after sitting behind the saw for a considerable amount of time. At that point I'll usually get up and move around or work on something that requires a different position for a while.

I saved all your rebuild info for when I do it. Thanks Kevin.

Here's the link. https://www.fionakingdon.com/scrollsaw-patterns/drips-dragons-scrollsaw-pattern-instant-download

awesome job

Back problems seem to be an issue among a large portion of us-especially as we age. I hope you find projects that are fulfilling and positions that are comfortable.

Outstanding as always, Frank. I agree that the wood grain stands out making the piece that much more beautiful.

Great letter work.

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.

The site for this font is 1001freefonts.com It is also available here. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/euphoria-script

I bottom feed and I pull down on the upper arm before tightening the clamp. Takes all the slack out before tensioning.

I know a Few Personally I agree 100% Awesome job.

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

The Helical head planers use less power ( Those who run the country should give tax credits for buying these as they are more energy efficient LOL ) run ALOT quieter, create a very nice surface with less chip out and snipe. Both my wife and my youngest son work here from home and I get complaints from noise from them when running my planer. LOL So the additional cost is worth it to me personally since they both help me pay bills LOL, I understand it's not for everyone. I personally use a planer about 3 times a week.. Usually only long enough to run one board through to get it down to around 5/8 - 3/4 from a 7/8 board.. Using the logic that for a hobby worker you don't need the top of the line machine kinda backwards when you have a Hegner when a old Delta would do the same thing though ain't it? Just messing with you, everyone has their high end tool and their cheap tool priorities at a different level from one another.. but your statement above made me snicker a bit.

Just playing around in the shop this morning…..

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

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.

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

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

Have not posted for a bit, finally got health back enough to get back to saw and finish this, made it from 1/4BB with a BB backer. Biggest project I have done. Thank goodness for FD New Spiral 3/0 blades

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.

terrific job

That is one fabulous portrait. Excellent work. Marg

Outstanding! Clean cuts and nice wood. This should be a huge hit with any children in your family. I understand about drilling holes. I'm working on one of Jim's patterns right now and have three others pending.

Cut on a Kennedy. I’m a little rusty, but getting back the feel.