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I made this for my wife. Everybody comes with baggage, she came with cats and for 44 years she has pretty much always had two cats. Steve Good pattern. Made with 1/4” African Padauk and Zebrawood and a Baltic Birch backboard painted black. I tried to stack cut them first, but I used too small of a blade and it flexed just enough to not give a mirror image. It wouldn’t be worth the amount of sanding to save it, so I cut them individually with a Pegas MG#3 and it was a piece of cake. I applied several coats of semi-gloss lacquer.BTW, my wife loved it.

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.

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.

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.

Well after a little bit more examining how I had my blades clamped on the bottom clamp holder. I finally think I have it fixed (for now). I think the screw might have been pinching the blade which was causing the blade to go all wonky on me. Anyhow, I put a new UR3 blade into the Hegner Saturday and after cutting 5 puzzles and 2 key chain/dog leash holders I was still using the same blade. This is a first for me. The most I was ever to cut with one blade was 2 maybe 3 puzzles (3/4 inch poplar) and then the blade would normally break. But Saturday was a good day of sawing and then Sunday I spent the day sanding 32 puzzles and the 2 key chain/dog leash holders and putting them into ziploc baggies for this coming Saturday's craft show. Thanks for the help everyone. Jim

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!

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.

As y'all know I pulled the trigger on a new scroll saw about a month ago. The reason was to get something a little more portable than my Delat P-20. Well now that I've had some time on the new King 16" starting to get it dialed in. Still have some tweaks to do like adding the Pegas blade clamps and such. The King is definitely a step up from the Delta, I've had the Delta for something like 20 years and was sure it couldn't get better, I was wrong. I'm still experimenting with blades, Flying Dutchman, which I've been using for years, and Pegas. Now the dilemma, do I need 2 saws?

I am so glad to have designed a pattern at 11 X 14 that you cut at 8 X 10. I'm impressed dude. Some of us can't see that good....LOL Well done.

Cutting that pattern at 8 X 10 had to make some mighty small holes. You did a great job. I'm working on a couple Jim Blume patterns myself right now.

Hi Mark, this one is in Castle Rock at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. It goes from 9 a.m. to either 3 or 4 p.m. Then Nov 20th is at the Fountain Creek Nature Center and the last one (for me) is at Doherty High School Dec 4th and 5th. Swing on by if you can make it there. Jim

On my fan I use 3 L brackets one on the bottom and one on each side. I also have the WEN 3417 (my son lost the remote) air filtration as well as a single stage Delta dust collector and a Elipse P100 mask. I always use all of them.

Hi Jim, Where is the craft show Saturday the 6th? I live in Colorado Springs also. Mark

Very nice, are you one of iggys puzzle zombies, RJ

I think having a backup saw is important If your primary saw should break down. Sure, your King is shiny and new, but what if it had an issue and you are right in the middle of an important project? I got a Pegas 21” saw at the beginning of the year, and it’s great, but I am still keeping my DeWALT as a backup. Sure I don’t have room for it, but it’s there just in case!

Of course you need 2 scrolls saws Hawk. Everyone needs at least 2 scrolls saws. And if after you get the second scroll saw and decide you need a third scroll saw. Then go ahead and get a third scroll saw. It's always good to have a extra scroll saw or two on hand. I'm sure this reply helped. lol Jim

I’d like to stack these but they all have a diff name and lining things up - especially stickers - is not my strong point. my wife is going to paint them so little detail mistakes are no worry as the business of all the decorations will mask them. Also, I’ve found I see the mistakes until I pull the pattern and then they are much harder to see.

Hi Al, Great job on your scrolling your project out Al, Thank you for showing us all, Bob

Very nice work. Yep, taking good pic's of flat work is almost as much work as cutting the panel. Good lighting is key. Very dificult to get proper color reproduction with out proper lighting.

Very interesting project. It looks like the octagon parts are end grain glued. My experience with end grain glue joints has not been good. I'm wondering how you glued them to get a strong joint.

I've been cutting a bunch of the Christmas ornaments for friends from 1/4" poplar. They are the ones Travis sells that you can customize. I started cutting them with Olson Mach Speed 5R blades, and actually bought more just in case I run out. Yesterday, just for giggles, I tried a Mach Speed 3R. WOW! These blades just rip through the wood like mad! I've had to completely re-learn what I'm doing to keep them in control. They cut so fast I had to slow my blade speed down to avoid making mistakes. According to Olson, they have the exact same tooth counts; which I find odd. The only thing I can figure is that the narrower blade width lets it go faster. On a side note, it takes me about 1.5 hours to cut one ornament. How long do you guys take? I kinda feel like I'm going too slow. Laters!

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

I am in the middle of a new project I am making for my son for Christmas. I have the white pieces cut and looking for wood for the black ones. I choose to put this photo up to show you how I made the decision to go ahead and try to make this chess set. You can see that one of the Knights is smaller then the other one. I cut it first to see if I could do it with all the turns and in and outs on the different ones. I know that bigger is easier and found I could handle it OK and proceeded. The taller one is the size I am making for him. The pieces were designed by John A. Flaig and are obviously compound cuts. I am using a piece of wood I have had for several years and never got around to using it. Not sure of the tree it came from but I believe it was retrieved from a saw mill that cut the trees for paper making. I have found the project to be easier to cut then I anticipated. The smaller piece is just under 2 inches Dick heppnerguy

All those places sound familiar to me. We lived in Woodland Park from 85-91. We owned/operated Barb's Hallmark Shop at 19th & Uintah at Uintah Gardens shopping center.

Well, I have 5 saws and might be making an offer on a Hegner soon, LOL.. By the way.. I have a third and fourth saw for you if you should be interested in more saws... top of the line Hawks.. and a Excalibur could be yours and I'm willing to deal, Seriously I have 2 Hawks I'd like to move out of my shop and into someone else's shop.. if you all know anyone in or close to MI.

Yes I am rjweb. Jim

terrific job

very nice work

Dan gave some good sound advice.. It's not about going fast.. it's about quality saw time and a quality product at the finish line.. LOL Way too many things go into the speed factor to make it a apples to apples comparison, for instance blade types, quality user friendly saw, experience and complexity of the design being cut.. and the list goes on.. As Dan said.. stack cutting you make more pieces at one time cutting.. I stack cut 4 - 6 pieces of 1/8" and typically cut 3-4 stacks per hour..

I used a box fan filter for a long time and got rid of it because I constantly bumped into it and knocked it over. Plus, changing the filters was a pain. I taped mine on so it did not leak. Unless you are doing a controlled scientific test, I do not see how you can determine if the box fan works better. Having used both, I can say for sure that a box fan has a lot lower initial cost, but not that it works any better. I have a WEN 3417 3-Speed Remote-Controlled Industrial-Strength Air Filtration System (556/702/1044 CFM) that I run at low speed most of the time.

Just one word: Beautiful!

Very nice work and a good conversation starter. While my wife was alive, we always had a minimum of two cats and one dog. Always loved having pets but since I moved to Florida have I gone animal free. At this stage in my life I prefer not to have to worry about the pets when we want to travel.

I too thought the the octagon parts were end grain glued. Yep, I could not make the one piece hoops on a table saw.

To help with cutting control, stack cut! Layer two board together. This helps with control of the cut, plus you get two ornaments in one. I usually cut three layer of 3/16” for my ornaments. To stack cut, I use a hot glue gun on the edges of the boards to mount them together, but you can use blue painters tape. As far as time, it all depends on the complexity of the pattern.

Yes this is a great useful project. Love the ideas of 8 sided bowl. The outer frame to hold rings to make the gaps look really different. A framed gapped bowl. Mark

That is a good use of zebra wood. Of course for the orange cat Padauk. I like it. Ooops do I see little hearts on the ear holes? Oh that get extra points. Mark

The contrast between the cedar and maple are beautiful. Fantastic job. I'm sure she will be very pleased.

Excellent job, Ray.

Right! and that's the only time I do use Oak.. LOL when it's requested..

Not glued at all. They were all cut from one piece of 1/2" oak. Like concentric circles only octagons. I'll try this again. I converted my pdf to a jpg. This is what the pattern looks like.

Looking good Ray! But as Paul said.. looks like a lot of work.. That oak is a material that I don't mind cutting.. but I hate finishing.. I love working with cherry actually I like most hardwoods but oak is my least favorite..

Looks great, and to think, done on a scroll saw, amazing on what can be accomplished on a SS. Chris

Yep, that's what I do, I use .25 as that's as wide as my favourite blade.

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

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

yes,some of the text is different at the bottom of the piece,nice to see though

Hope the people are in a buying mood, all the best.

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.

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