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This was my first show since November of 2019. This is an annual Christmas Boutique at a local church. Been going on for over thirty years. I’ve been doing it for the last six years or so. I’ve always done very well at this boutique, and this year was no exception! They always place me near the entrance to woo the customers. Here are a few pics of my setup. Of course it changes as things sell. I have more stock than I can display, so the display will change as the weekend progress.

I will be selling out of my church to raise funds for the building of a local men's shelter

Here are a couple that I have done before but made again because they did so well. Now its time to do a little cross country driving so I can get a photo of my Mt. Rushmore project at Mt. Rushmore and some of my buffalo projects at a Bison Ranch in Colorado. I should have made a Wild Bill Hickok to photo in Deadwood SD but I didn't think about it.

As a person who served in the Army, I was invited to two of my granddaughter's school to have lunch in honor of Veterans Day. Because I will be attending there for two of different girls, I will also be in two different classes. So I decided to make a couple of these teacher crosses for the girls to give to their perspective teachers, as a little gift to honor their teachers who do such a great service to our kids, helping to educate them. I saw a photo on another scroll sight of one of these crosses, so I looked and looked to see if I could obtain a pattern from the designer. I was unable to find it again, so I just made one on Inkscape from the way I remember it to look. Not sure how close I was to how it was originally made and if I find out who the pattern maker is, I will pay him for the pattern, if he or she has a charge for them. Dick heppnerguy

We have a knitting club in our community that meats every week to spend time together. I was asked to make a ball of wool holder, they show me a sample and I came up with these. Got the lazy Susan from Lee Valley ( 4” and 3” ) used some wood that I had and then my wife took over the painting. I made two sizes as requested. Will display on Saturday our Craft Day, if I have any left.

Had a really good time at the Craft Show today. There were a lot of people who remembered me and I remembered them. I sold a total of 44 puzzles and have special orders for 6 Dog Leash Holders. Here is a link to the video I took before the show started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLOgtGGMhs&t=6s Thanks Jim

After all these years of scrolling one thing I've never done is cut a project on just 1 layer of 1/8" stock. I've always stacked the 1/8th" material to get it to 1/2" or more. With my new saw I'd thought I'd give cutting just 1 layer of 1/8th" a go. You know, it's much more difficult than I would have thought. The biggest issue for me is control of the cut. I've been trying different speeds, different blades and bottom line it's tough to control the cut cutting only 1 layer of 1/8th". I would have never figured that. I plan to keep experimenting with different blades and speeds, a great learning, and frustrating at times, lesson. But I'm confident that when all is said and done cutting 1 layer of 1/8" not the best idea, need to stack the thin stuff for more control. Anyhow, thats my 2 cents... Chris

yester day was my first show of the year. I only took items Dog puzzles, clocks and lighted Christmas trees, This was a 4 hour show which had 30 venders and I had the biggest show ever $460. It shows sorry about no pictures I have a new computer and haven't been able to set my Cammmmmmmmmmmra uet. ike

Wonderful work as always Brenda! I also learned scroll sawing on 1/8 and 1/4 material without stack cutting. If you're pretty proficient at it ( looks like you are when I see your projects ) you probably will have the opposite of what everyone else has.. Most think the thin stock cuts way too fast for them and they' cannot control the blade.. If you stack cut you might find ( like I did ) that each layer you add to the stack slows your cut down. When you cut thick stock it goes way to slow for you and many times you start "pushing " too hard and bowing the blade..

Been absent lately.. But I got another project done. Total size is about 12x16 inches. It's cut from about 1/4" thick quilted maple guitar second blanks, using Olson #2/0R blades. It's a Sheila Landry pattern.

Just finished cutting these. Now for some sparkle paint. 1/8" BB, 8 layers (1" thick), #1 FD polar blades Can you tell which was the top and which was the bottom?

My family and I are big Atlanta Braves fans. Especially my 7 year old grandson Ryder, and his favorite player is Freddie Freeman. I cut this for his Baseball wall. 11X14 in 3/8 red oak.

My new pattern and project - Cardinal, the first Christmas project this year Video of making project Cardinal pattern

A few items I put in the church craft fair. My daughter painted them

My granddaughter ask me if I had a pattern for a Farm Combine. I could not find one. After she was gone for about a month I found one and purchased it. She wanted to give it to a neighbor who had been a big help to her and her husband on their farm, as a thank you gift. I have never enjoyed wooden toys much but I decided to try and make one anyway. It was a little complex to understand the patterns at first and I even glued one of them on backwards and had to cut it off and hopefully it could figure out how to do that without damaging the preexisting vehicle. I got lucky on it and was able to cut another piece and put it on without it being noticeable. the wheels and the front cutting roll and the yellow grain shoot pivots too, to give it some interest. It was a little difficult for me but I am glad it came out as well as it did. I plan on making one for a farm guy who gave me a ride in one as he cut his field when I was in Oregon a few months ago. Dick heppnerguy

I have a Granddaughter who is married and her husband is in the Army, so they move every couple of years or so to a different state. She has some state plaques I made her of a couple of the states they have lived in and she asked me for these two so that she would be up to date on them. They are now living in Arizona, not far from where my wife and I live so we get to see then a little more often now. Both of these plaque patterns were made be Sam Custodio. I have cut several of his patterns and enjoyed doing these as well. They are made from 1/4 inch BB ply and have two layers. I used a number 2 MGT Pegas blade. Dick heppnerguy

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!!!

My wife's great grandfather invented and had manufactured, the first gasoline tractor. He sold more then 10,000 of them. It was called "Little Bull". When the company, he hired to make them, could not keep up on the quoted number they had agreed on, he found out it was because the engines were taking them longer to produce then they said they could make in the time frame, so her great grandfather started a company to make the engines for the tractor, in order to keep up with the amount he needed to have. The company he started is still in business today although they no longer are in the tractor engine business and you are most likely very familiar with the company......it is Toro. Did you see the name familiarity here? Little BULL and TORO? Dick heppnerguy

When you get used to cutting fast ( thin materials ) and then you start cutting thick hard woods etc.. it's like watching paint dry. I think this is why some folks get the impression that I'm all about cutting fast because I'm doing this for a living to make money and time is money.. which is true time is money.. but liking to cut fast has nothing to do with trying to be in a hurry to make that extra $$.. I charge based on my time and don't worry about what others charge. I just like cutting fast as that is how I learned to cut..

I must be the 'odd one out',, I've only ever used 1/8th singly for my patterns, as photo. I very rarely have reason to stack cut. I generally use Niqua #3 blades and have my saw below full on and never really had a problem. In fact stack cutting scares me a bit as I'm not sure I'm good enough to try although not sure why as I learned to scroll on ¼" wood.

Hahaha...true. Yah, sometimes I'm really busy and it's hard to keep up with SSV. Other times, it's slower and I can focus on our humble little community. One thing for sure, I keep trying to make the place better. Sometimes it works....sometimes it doesn't. It does take a fair amount of work to add a new feature, but once it's set up, it kinda is on auto-pilot. For a little peek behind the curtain, I have a Groups/Clubs function on SSV that I haven't really turned on. It's basically a special interest area. You basically join a group to get access to that section. It includes discussions, galleries, files, etc. The nice thing about it, it's segregated away from the main forum. So unless you're apart of that group, your feed won't be cluttered with stuff you're not interested in. I've been trying to think of a way to integrate it into SSV, and I think it would be good for specialized interest and interests that are a bit more off topic. I figured CNC/Laser would be a good test if there's enough interest. Then I can open other ones. Just off the top of my head, it would be things like General Woodworking, Wood Turning/Pen Turning, craft business centric, maybe one for pattern designers specifically. I'm still kinda working through the details in my head. I think if I was to do this, it would be a premium feature for SSV Silver Patrons and above. I worry about that because it limits the audience. But since it's so specialized and focused, it seems like a nice perk for patrons. A little something extra for those who support SSV. Who knows if it will work. But it's worth considering and maybe giving it a try.

Well, got things set up today. Sale starts tomorrow at 10! Here is what I got set up.

When you get these Sue Mey patterns .. does she also tell you what lights to get to light it up? That is a FANTASTIC pattern and cut !!!!

30 Years ago I found a Reindeer Pattern that was big enough to be cut out on a Bandsaw. I tried it and my wife absolutely loved it, but she wanted the deer to be smaller so that she could use them as Christmas decorations. So, I used my scanner and I kept reducing the size down to about 3 inches tall by ¾ ths. Of an inch thick. Thus began a love affair with those little critters that has spanned 3 Decades! I have made them and shipped them all over the world. I have them in all 50 states of the USA, Every Province of Canada, England, Sweden, France, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Australia, New Zeland, Hong Kong, and Japan. They are a Tradition for me that I enjoy and I make them all year long, I have made them out of Rosewood, Purple Heart, Teak, Ironwood, Walnut, Maple, White Ash, Pine, Fir, Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Aromatic Cedar, White Cedar, Red Oak, White Oak, then I laminated different woods together for unique looking deer and several other woods that I have accumulated through the years. I have named them Washington Raindeer ( in honor of the State of Washington and what it seems forever to do here on the west coast of Washington.). The first few years I struggled with cutting them out but I finally managed to get a consistent way to cut them out that fits my style. Not to mention that I upgraded my scroll saw from a $199, 16 inch Craftsman Scroll saw to a 20 inch RBI Scroll Saw that I finally wore out last year. So I replaced it with another RBI 26 inch saw. In the last year, with my new saw I have challenged myself with making the Raindeer smaller and smaller. My latest size is a tiny 7/8 inch tall baby deer. I now have 5 different pattern sizes that I use consistently. Dick

Not really sure how long this one took me. Worked on it over two different days. I am fairly positive it took longer to get put back together and lined up than it did to cut out though. 1/2 inch birch ply top and backer. #5 olson reverse tooth.

Very noble cause

great job

great display

Hello Everyone, I finished this job today in my garage, sunny day but cold 46.80F. My wife said, you are crazy (but she came with a cup of coffee) I don't know how to make the edges, did you have an idea? Eric

They look fabulous. Marg

I love the idea of them being double sided. They look terrific. Well done. Marg

Amazing selection. Hope you did well. Marg

Nice work Barb!

My wife bought me my DeWalt and my King

CONGRATS and now enjoy reflecting on the fruits of your labors.

Looks great to me!

I like your project!

I just finished cutting this backlit scroll saw picture. A little late for Halloween but oh well. This one will go up in my Voodoo Lounge.

terrific job

Dick, that is impressive. I really like the paint job!

Good job

I wouldn't really know either. I worked on a farm through high school and college and we had a couple of Internationals and a Ford. I probably wouldn't remember how to crank one anymore.

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.

Not into Halloween, but with my hearing, the amplifier might help!

I suspect that if we all were to write a list of the 10 things we are most grateful for, at least 5 of them on each list would be the same. And there is nothing wrong in that. I had an old man tell me one time to go beyond the typical list of things and find the eleventh thing you are thankful for. Once you begin to go beyond your typical answers, 11 becomes 12 and so on, ever increasing. It is really amazing how many things we have to be thankful for, although it is easier to go along with those who tell you how bad things are. Today as I attempt to consider something to add to my ever increasing list of things to be grateful for, I suppose it might be time to thank all of the folks who have allowed me to be helpful to them in whatever small way it was. Yes, I am thankful to and for them, and that I can still find something purposeful to do in each new day.

A flock of turkeys.

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

Even without the dots and strips, looks great.

Someone I know saw the pattern laid out, and claimed it for herself before it was even cut.. but it's 3/16" thick black walnut with a backer. Measures about 10x17. Cut with Olson #2/0R blades. Sheila Landry Design.. (do I even need to mention that anymore? LOL). Backer is painted with 3 different colors. The skull is painted not the board it's on.

Thank you very much for your comment. It is made with 3/4-inch pine wood I put alcohol wood stain on the heart