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I had a lot of small and average size pieces of wood laying around so I applied it to make this Steve good pattern. The paint is just old spray paint. Used a #3 spiral FD!

A friend asked me to make a birthday card box, much like a recipe box, for a woman celebrating her 90th birthday. She will keep her , approx. 200, birthday cards from church members in it. Flower is a gardenia. Cedar with hard maple inlay. 6"x8"x6"tall.

Here are some of my recents. Since I live here I went to the Birthplace of Elvis and took the photos. I had not made any bowls in a while so I made some.

I can do this with flat blades but can't do much of anything with a spiral, I wish I could.

Just checking out my stock levels. Have not been involved in a sale in a couple of years. Last one was 4 hours in a church where I didn't sell very much. Doing a 2 day indoor event next weekend. I think I have enough!! Lol I will take pictures if the final setup, promise!!!

Been busy on the scroll saw the last few days Made some Christmas ornaments inspired from a Steve Goode design, I changed the patterns a bit to get what I was looking for. I used walnut, ash, alder, and several different colors of polar to get the look I was going for. They were stack cut four at a time, each layer is about 1/4 inch and there are 7 layers in the round one and 6 layer in the other. Finished with WB semi-gloss poly. The size of the circular ornament is ~4 inches the other is a tad over 4” x 3-1/2. All the rings were stack cut 4 at a time on my scroll saw on my EX-21 using a Pegas super skip #6 blade. I really like the super skip blades for thicker material. I I cut two Sue Mey patterns. Both are natural poplar coloring and about 11/16 thick, finished with satin WB poly. They are about 11×7 inches in size.

Doesn't matter if I change the color anymore... dummy me bought a black and white laser printer.. What was I thinking, LOL I import patterns into inkscape and use the fill and stroke function to change the colors..

It's me..... again I'm not stopping! I saw this bird on the web today but I don't remember where Have a good day Eric

With lights!

Lots of good stuff here. The Steve Good video demonstration only works for vector objects (pdf, svg, etc). If you want to convert an image (jpg, bmp, etc.) follow Paul's (Scrappile) instructions. There are other ways but those two will get you where you want to go. The only thing I'd add is to change the thickness of the lines to your preference. I like thin lines because I find it easier to stay truer to the pattern. This is just my preference, though. Good luck!

Maybe I should hope it isn't enough.

Go here and watch Steve Good's video. Explains it all.

There is an article on this in the university I think,,,, let me look.. Well check back... Can't find it right now.. See if this work,,, I saved it a while back... can't remember who provided it...: This is the way I create a grey pattern with a red outline in Inkscape. I have a preference for these colours as I find a black line difficult to follow with a scrollsaw blade whereas my blade stands out against a red line. I've condensed the process into 6 stages. 1) At the Top Lefthand corner of the page there is a 'File' button. Click on this and a box will drop down. Click ‘Import’ button and find the pattern you want and click on it and that will take it to your Inkscape screen. Click on your image so that it’s got a 'box' around it. 2) At the very top of the screen you will see a line of various words (File-Edit-View) etc. Click on ‘Path’ and a box will appear, then click on ‘Trace Bitmap’ a drop box will appear on the screen and show you the pattern that you've 'outlined' Click on ‘Live Preview’ if you don’t see it and your pattern will appear in the box Click on ‘OK’ This will make an SVG copy of your pattern. 3) Click on and drag the copies apart. The ‘top’ copy is the one you use. 4) Highlight this copy and click on the ‘Grey’ paint box at the bottom of the screen and this will turn the pattern Grey and you will see that colour in the ‘Fill’ box that is at the very bottom of the page. 5) While you still have your image highlighted, Right Click on ‘Red’ paint at the bottom of the screen and a box will popup, select ‘Set Stroke’ and this will give you a Red outline, you will see this in the ‘Stroke’ box that is underneath the 'Fill' box. You can also adjust the width of the outline by doing a ‘right click’ on the tiny numbers next to the ‘Stroke’ box, a drop box of widths will appear ( I use 0.25 as this suits my #3 blade nicely) but you can play with the different widths until you find one that suits you. 6) Go to the 'File' button at the top lefthand corner and choose 'Print', this will open a 'box' so that you can chose your printer. I then click the 'Preferences' button and it will show me whether I've chosen 'Portrait' or 'Landscape' on my Inkscape page. I personally then have to go to 'Advanced' and choose A4 paper size as that's what we commonly use here in the UK, I'm not sure what any other country has as a default but there are a few choices. You can then print your pattern. Bear in mind that Inkscape only prints what is inside the 'page' that is shown on your screen. I then ‘save’ these changes so that if I cut the pattern again it’s already sorted and ready to print.

It's possible to change the colour of both the background and the outline of the patterns in Inkscape, I change all mine to light grey with a red cutting line as I have never found following a black line easy. which pattern are you using and what format ? jpg, pdf, svg ?

I didn't mean to hijack Kevin's topic regarding PS Woods Super Sharp blades but I sort of did. I showed the beginnings of a project and gave the SS blades a try on 3/4" oak. I tried #7's first and then tried the #5's but went back to the 7's. After making the initial framework using the SS blades on my Hegner saw, I had to switch saws to my EX21 because I just felt more comfortable on it. I also switched to Pegas #5 mgt blades. They are still my favorite blades. They performed so well on the 1/2" oak I can't say it enough. I'm not going to change blades in the future. They will remain my "go-to" blades. Anyway, here's where it's at so far. I cut all the 3/16" bands and it's just sitting together right now. Still have to do all the sanding and then the glue-up. This has been a fun project with a lot of head scratching to get all the angles and measurements right. The next one, if I do a next one, will be much easier.

Jim Blume pattern in the library 1/8" bbply 8" X 10" I am not very happy with the picture, am happy with the cutting. Added 2nd picture which is a little better.

Looking cool!,, and looking like a lot of work..

Getting up there in the years is a pain sometimes. Has anyone figured out how to deal with problems cutting on black lines ? How do you change the color of the pattern in Inkscape so it's easier to see the blade and not mess up the cutting? I'm working on the Serenity pattern and sometimes find I'm following the white side instead and the letter ends up to big. Working on this pattern is it possible to change the color of the all the letters at once?

Brilliant, I love it.

Seem like it have been awhile since you last posted one of your cool boxes.. A beauty as always... I have to say though,,, I spent some time trying to wipe that black mark appearing on the lid, off of my computer screen before I realized it was in you picture! Trying the inlay is about three places down on my bucket list... Keep the inspiring boxes coming..

Another beautiful piece Jim, where do you get your cedar at, RJ

Maybe some blue leds lights will halp set the snow mood.

That is beautiful. I can smell the cedar already. I hope it fits all the cards. Great inlay. Mark.

One of the first pieces I ever done was the Lords prayer Over the years I've cut about 10 of them Shown here are 2 of them,the third is one I came across while on holiday in dingle,Ireland this summer

I have the same Grizzly.. that other one looks interesting.. I find the box fan does way more than the Grizzly but maybe because the box fan sits closer to where it's needed while the grizzly just hangs around from the ceiling.. I never liked using the N95..but I do use the Elipse mask. https://www.gvs.com/en/catalog/elipse-p100-niosh-respirator

I have these two filters besides my Grizzly dust collection system - The mobile k is no longer made , but basically its a box fan with a filter on a roll -looks like a fiberglass filter medium - ive only pulled it up two times - basically theirs like 90 percent of the roll still their [ i clean it with a shop vac every now and then - but my primary filtration is from my N-95 Mask ! ( never a mistake to over do protecting your lungs ! - ) Actually i dont think the total shop is made either - But i saw a smaller simalar unit on amazon

I’ve done it. Use a sharp, wide chisel. It will work fine. There is nothing wrong with trying different things. Sometimes it’s fun.

I did one, made from 3/4" oak, walnut bowtie, painted, cedar nose, painted. Stands about 8 1/2" High. Was fun, thanks for pattern. Carl

terrific job

good luck with the craft sale

Good luck Barb, bet they'll ask for something you don't have with you. Roly

This isn't in the 'university' Paul, it's what I did for you a while back, but happy it helped.

Easiest way to change black line to red -- Irfanview -- https://www.irfanview.com/ It's a freebie. Once you have it installed -- 1. Open Irfanview 2. Load or copy your black line pattern into Irfanview 3. type a [shift]-[g]. 4. Move the 'R' tab all the way to the right and click the OK button. Your pattern is now a red line. 5. Save it as a redline pattern and print it.

If I can do it, anybody can do it.

Thank you for helping. I’ll give it a shot.

Careful Barb,he might want to be cashier lol

Very nice job, Ron. Isn't it funny that someone can take what most of us would throw away and turn it into a work of art.

Best of luck, Barb!

Dang! Now I have to buy more wood (smiling). Nice work.

That has the look of many (x3) hours of Ssawing. May your sales meet your expectations. And from the looks of what you have there, they should - really nice work and packaging.

I suppose it depends on what you 'started' with when you first learnt to use a scrollsaw.

The "smell" of Propane is Methyl Mercaptan (Sp) and not Propane, and it really stinks, even in very small quantities. There is no significant Propane smell without it. They add the Methyl Mercaptan to the Propane so a leak is easier to detect even with just your nose. Unfortunately, it doesn't vaporize at the same rate as the Propane, so smelling it or not may not give you a good reliable clue as to the presence of Propane. I'm hoping that whoever is making these decorations is either using manufacturing reject tanks that were never used for Propane, or they have some sophisticated means of rendering them safe before cutting into them. Pulling a vacuum on them to 29 or more inches of vacuum will remove the propane and the Methyl Mercaptan quite well. Filling one with water and draining it twice is a good method too. Removing the valve and then opening up the top area around the valve hole with a non heat/spark method will make them quite safe. If it does ignite, the large opening will prevent the explosion, but maybe not a small quick fire. They might be filling them with water and opening the top while the water is in it. If there is anything in it that will burn, the remaining volume above the water will eliminate a chance of explosion. You get an explosion when the fire suddenly expands the vapors and air within at a rate that exceeds the ability of the vent hole to release it. The pressure inside builds until the container ruptures. A large hole prevents the internal pressures from rupturing the tank. My #2 son and I are certified refrigeration technicians. Some of the new refrigerators and freezers are being made using unscented Propane as the refrigerant gas. It's still very flammable, but sealed inside the pipes, coils, and the compressor of the unit, at least until a leak occurs. Then, it has been determined that the leak of this small amount will likely be so small that it will not be a hazard. However, a sudden opening and rapid release can cause a hazard, if there is an ignition point nearby. You only need 7% Propane mixed into the air for it to be ignitable, but it has a 270 to 1 expansion ratio when going from liquid to gas. Less than 7% of the Propane gas in the air will not ignite. Many new refrigerants are being tried in an effort to replace Freon, which was discontinued 20+ years ago, because of it's hazard to the Ozone layer above the Earth. Even some of the replacements, which were temporary fixes until new refrigerants could be developed, are now being discontinued. Propane has always been a very good refrigerant, as was Ammonia, and Sulphur Dioxide, but we have been avoiding using them since it was felt that the Freon was so much safer to humans. Safer to us, yes, but not to the Ozone layer in the atmosphere. Ammonia, even in low percentages, is lethal, but commercial frozen food manufacturers and distribution centers are switching back to it because of the Freon problems and because Ammonia is so much more efficient and cheap. Sulphur Dioxide is toxic even in very small quantities, so just not a good alternative. Refrigerators made in the 1920's and 30's mostly used Sulphur Dioxide. My son is certified for Ammonia, and is maintaining the refrigeration systems at a 3.2 million sq ft frozen food warehouse, but he hates working with it because of the dangers. Household Ammonia is only a few % Ammonia. The rest is water. Refrigeration Ammonia has no water in it at all, so much more dangerous to living things like us.

T-Rex vs Triceratops. Which one do you like more? Here is my new 3D project - triceratops. It was qute difficult to create such pattern, but cutting and assembling was fun. Dino skull patterns Video of making Dino skull

They look terrific. Marg

awesome job

Those look great Tony, very nice cutting and I love the design of The Lord's Prayer. I cannot imagine how much work it was to do that with the tools available in 1915.

There are two patterns one with seperate horns but I might have made another with different horns sometimes I can't keep up with myself Marg. Roly