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After I made the last Christmas stuff I posted a week or so ago, Sue Mey actually sent me a message and asked me to cut this and take pictures for her to put in her website. After the swelling in my head decreased, this is what I made. I am very humbled for her even ask me. The pattern is much better than my cutting for sure. The arches are made from Baltic birch and I put linseed oil on them. The base is a very old piece of plywood that's older than I am, with just some polyurethane on it.

Walmart isn't messing around... this stuff is good.. If it wasn't in this box I wouldn't know it was there..

Got it done... I really think the assembly and finishing was more difficult than the scrolling part... Usually is for me...But it was worth the effort,,,, now I have to decide what to do with it! I lined the inside of the "box" part with some veneer that I stained a dark color. Finished with about 6 coats of Deft gloss lacquer. The wood is 1/4" Mahogany from Ocooch Hardwoods. I would like to do another one just because I really enjoyed building this one...

This is another done from the old barn oak a family friend gave me. The center cross is one I cut from another piece. It needed to stand out more. The lower back side I had to use a wire brush to loosen the older rotted wood. I got down to good wood. It’s about an inch thick twenty two wide and thirty inches or so long. It has two coats of semi gloss poly and I’ll probably give it one more. Thanks for looking.

When I asked frankorona about patterns for his Modernist Figures, he was kind enough to send me the original photos he had made them from. Again a big thank you goes out to Francisco. I had created a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture I made and previously posted last Tuesday, 10/5. The second photo was of a piece that was a little strange to say the least. The apparent male and female figures kind of look like two “aliens” lying naked and embraced in some sort of “rock” structure. I think I know what the sculpture is supposed to represent, but my imagination tends to run rampart very easily, so I saw “aliens”. I was able to create a pattern for this sculpture I’m calling “Entwined Bodies”. Frank chose to cut his sculpture all out of one piece of wood, but the photo shows the “aliens” in a light color and the “rock” in a dark color. Therefore, attempting to be true to the original photo, I decided I would use contrasting wood - Maple and Walnut that I happen to have. My planks are ¾” thick, which I stack cut, so I wound up with parts of contrasting colors that made two complete sculptures. It may seem that way, but I was not trying to politically correct, it just turned out that way. These sculptures are about 16" tall and the base is 5" wide x 9" long (width in photoi). I used a Pegas #5 MGT skip blade and found my saw is not quite adjusted correctly as the cut outs would only push out in one direction and when reassembled, one set of “aliens” fit loose in the contrasting wood and the other fit so tight additional sanding was required to allow them to fit properly. Like the Two Heads sculpture after cutting all edges had to be eased and then sanded smooth. This time I was able to use a round over bit in my router table to ease all the edges followed by a lot of sandpaper and elbow greased. And once again I coated the parts with Lacquer sanding sealer before final sanding and assembly. The contrasting “aliens” and “rocks” were assembled using superglue and to attach the upper sculpture to the corresponding base. And like I always do, the sculptures were finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. I'm very happy that I was ble to do both the "Two Heads" and these "Entwined Bodies" sculptures and that they came out fairly well. I don't plan to become Scroll Saw Sculpter, but it is nice to know I can do some 'out-of-the box' projects once in a while. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques always welcome. I'll post my PDF's in Pattern Announcements shortly.

Might work when I want extra shop time, I can cover myself with it and wife wont see me!

No residue with that tape!

When you put it the cart, you save 87 cents. But you you must remember where you put it all the time. That is the hard part. Remembering.

good one! Looks like our Walmart shelf’s.

I ran across this fellow's channel the other day and even though it's all in German, I was able to decipher most of it. There is a setting to translate into English. https://www.youtube.com/user/FEINESausWUPPERTAL/featured He has some things that might interest most any scroller. And in some of his videos he has a Pegas too. I just watched how he managed to cut an 80 millimeter piece of wood on his Hegner by using some bandsaw blade material for a longer blade and open up the spread of his saw. Thinking outside of the box.

I got some in my shop, but I can't fine it.

Put the date you made your first projects. Then look at them in a year an see how much you improved. Looks good for first time. Don’t worry about your English it is better than some Americans lol. An much better than my French.

hello, I send you my works but don't forgot, I'm beginner, I bought my saw around three weeks only. The first picture show my first tests. the second are more serious, I took Halloween for subject despite isn't really our traditions , but I like and justnbefore, the stork, it's our regional emblem here. The third Photograph shows my work for the Christmas tree, I still have to paint them. Sorry for my bad English I try don't to use Google Translation too much I'm waiting for your criticism and advices. Have a good day Eric Some patterns comme from here : https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/ I can't remember for the others

I have traditionally purchased my blades from Seyco and also use Flying Dutchman. I have been pleased with them. (sorry for the sideways avatar. Hope to figure out how to fix it)

We have the suppliers list right here on the village.. It's under the resources tab. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/suppliers/

Thanks everyone for the compliments. The 3 dozen packs are a great buy.

You did a great job... I love the Schwibbogens.

WOW That is some Awesome work!! Beautiful.

Beautiful!! Love the different woods. Awesome work.

No Bar Code. It's FREE!

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Very ornate. awsume work. I see that father time is smiling. The face above the clock face. That is cool. Some young child on the side standing on a long tube trumpet. So well done.

Absolutely a work of art! Wow!

Very nice looking. I bet that it took a lot of "time" not to mention skill. Thanks for sharing!

Remember, I was born and raised in NE Ohio. So very different it very true!

I speak ONE language, and do THAT poorly.

I like the contrast

How does the clerk find it on the belt? You might get it for free. Just don't forget it's in the bag. I see a lot of problems here.

You did a wonderful job!!

After reading all the above posts I was thinking Eric is going to post Scrolled pieces that are not good, but Hey I was Fooled....Your Scrolling is a Natural. All cut with what I would classify as a Intermediate Scroller. Much Better than a Beginner.... Danny and Welcome to our Group. You will Love it.

awesome job

Forest village arch!

Awesome piece of art.

Looks very nice, like the lights.

Beautiful work.

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.

Maybe everyone could list there suppliers so we can have an updated list. Blades, wood, saw parts,... Flying Dutchman | Mike's Workshop – Mike's Workshop | Flying Dutchman Scroll Saw Blades (mikesworkshop.com) Just recently http://www.hawkwoodworkingtools.com/ Because I can't pronounce it Ocooch Hardwoods - Thin Wood for Scroll Sawing, Laser Engraving/Cutting, Woodturning, Intarsia and More and of course https://www.artcraftersonline.com/ Yes, No, Maybe Mark

I placed an order the other night, got an acknowledgement right away, got a thank you in the morning and the blades were sent out the same day. I'll probably have them tomorrow or Monday. Great service and great pricing. I love that Denny will split up gross packaging so that we can try different blades without having to buy too many. I wanted some MGT blades but in the smaller sizes so I ordered 3 dozen 2/0 and 2 dozen #1. Took advantage of his deal right now and got free shipping to boot. What more can you ask for?

I second this suggestion Denny provide the best service and his prices are real good.

I think they may have shut down.. I don't know for sure but I noticed the site has been down for quite some time now.. You can get your blades from @Denny Knappen he has great customer service and quick on getting orders out in the mail etc. He is a member here on the Village too. Last couple times I needed blades I ordered from Hawk as I was getting parts anyway but I normally go through Denny.. Switched from DnD to Denny a couple years ago.. because he was here in the forums regularly and I like to support the small business's Edit to add link: https://www.artcraftersonline.com/

Fantastic idea. Definitely not out of the box, rather ingenious ingenuity. You took a pattern and made it your own. The wood you selected is spot on and inlay just adds to the project. That is one great piece! Well done!

When I was using the sprays all the time I tried a can of this and it was actually one of my favorite ones.. I just always had a harder time finding this in my area..

Did these for my neighbors last year. This year they will get Christmas subjects. Added this one to my collection that I hang on my house this time of year.

Every year I challenge scrollers to make something to donate to a Veteran's Organization. I am on my way to making at least 100 of these ornaments to donate to a Veteran's Memorial where I live. They will be handed out to Vet's visiting the site. I save up all my scraps over the year and so the cost of these is almost nil. Please help these folks out even if you make one little thing and hand it to an old crusty Vet. I am sure they will appreciate it. I have included a pattern I worked up for this year, and the other one is a free pattern made by Dirk Bolman many years ago for this very purpose. Not sure if I can share that pattern though. I will check with Dirk's wife Karen at The Art Factory to see. I know many of you already do this, and we hope to see a few more joining our ranks. One little act of kindness goes a long way. Thank you all.

Cool stuff! Nice job!

Great work!

terrific job, they're all awesome

Your painting skills are excellent. They will certainly be winners. Marg

thank you for the nice compliment. I appreciate it a lot Dick heppnerguy