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I had his pattern for quite some time. My dad bought me a book on scroll saw work back in the early 90's. I finally got around to doing it. It is for 3/4" wood. I finished it with 321 and I had mirror and glass cut for it in case my wife and I ever take another picture-it's been a while. It only cost $10 for the mirror and glass. It's 16x12.

My wife and I made the kid's Christmas toys again this year. My son is 10 and daughter is 8. I do the scroll work and assembly and she does the painting, craft and detail work. The truck and helicopter came from toymaking plans. The doll high chair is a Steve Good pattern increased to 300% size. The washer dryer is modeled after the american girl doll version. Good friends gave her the American girl dolls a few years back and its been fun to make the items that are a bit out of our price point. The fun part about the truck/trailer/helicopter is I used my father-in-law's (he passed 10 years ago) craftsman scroll saw and the oak for the truck came out of some old shelves from their house that were to far gone for anything else. Wife repurposed the lower half for a butler pantry. They have had those shelves for over 40 years. All my wife's brothers were in town for the first Christmas together since he passed. Wood used for the truck was walnut, maple and oak sizes ranging from 1/8 inch to 1.5 inch. 1/2 inch plywood for the chair and washer/dryer. I struggled with the 1.5 inch maple interior cuts on the scrollsaw. I'm not really sure how to do interior cuts on thick hardwoods without bending the blade. Side note: I've been following everyone's brag posts for a few years now. Yall are amazing. Your talent and skill is often results in me sharing your uploads to family and friends.

Scroll sawing area. My new she shed where I will be doing all my scrolling. Still need to put up (buy) the wall paneling and ceiling tiles. Half of the shop is for Scrolling and the other half I will be doing my Stained Glass. Oh! and a spot for Sadie............................Hubby made me a new stand for my saw and it works like a charm. Currently bidding on a Craftsman's work station, my desk is buried in the barn (will get in the spring). Will put up shelves after the paneling in up. All other furniture and cabinets will go in the shop in the spring. Did do a test cut to try out the new saw stand......................game changer. I can see so much better with the saw tipped. Should have done it long ago. We put in 3 LED shop lights (Menards). Very bright. Still need to find a good propane wall heater and bring my hot pot in for when I want a cup of tea. Also will be putting running water in come spring time...................Looks like we will be really busy this spring....lol

I would wait until Kevin has a comment on the price, sounds like a lot to me,

I got off work early today so I thought I would work in the shop this afternoon cutting the last 2 dog puzzles that were ordered at the Craft Shows. I spent 3 hours cutting out 1 AUSSIE dog puzzle. Broke 6 blades all up inside the upper blade clamp. But I forged on and finally got the 1 puzzle done. Tomorrow I will work on easier puzzles before I start my dog puzzles I have left to do. It was a long afternoon, but it was still better than going to work. Thanks Jim

After first cutting, a C. Dearing Cat Pattern, I also found and converted a few other free Cat images into scroll saw patterns. This group of Cat portraits is the result. All cuttings are done in 5/32” solid core Maple ply. Backers are hand painted 1/4 BB ply. I used Pegas #2/0 and #0 Spiral blades to cut the patterns. All panels were hand painted with Artist Acrylic’s and finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Spray Lacquer. All panels set loose in 1 3/4” wide Poplar frames that were finished with multiple coats of Black Lacquer. Grey Black Cat - 9” x14” Black and White Cat – 9” x 14” Orange Cat - C. Dearing – 8” x 14” Comments and Critique welcome.

I see a used RBI Hawk for sale. Asking 400. From the pictures does not seem to be maintained and well used. I don't know that much about them and wonder if this is a good deal. What should be looked at? I have an Excalibur, not the new ones, that I got from Sayco and like it. Thanks

This is my second from Jim Blume's Americana series and I plan to cut at least one more. Like the first which was a wagon wheel, this is cut from 1/4 Maple ply stained natural with multi coats of spray clear gloss sanded between each coat. The back is 1/4 Pine. The frame is cut from a 1X Pine board that I actually tried out my new router for the first time. The frame is stained with and antique oak. I'm posting two pics. One of the single finished project and another with both I have cut. I feel they complement each other.

Congratulations! My wife keeps throwing the suggestion up to me to put a shop or shed out of the garage. She has a nose like a blood hound and always smells any dust, smoky smell, etc I guess I should probably beg her for the money to follow through with the suggestion, God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice workshop. Put pegboard on the walls it opens up all kind of storage possibilities.

Thanks everybody, I have been saving up for this shed for a while. It is Amish built as a garden shed and Hubby is converting it to my She Shed. He is doing all the re-studding, wiring, insulation, flooring, paneling and ceiling. It is 10x16 so it is easy to heat. Just big enough for my two hobbies. We will paint it to match the house and other outbuildings.

Brilliant !!!

Brilliant, it's going to be great. Enjoy !!

fantastic job

congratulations on your new shop

Thanks everyone. I hear alot about the Hawks so I was not sure what to look for. As others mentioned, not sure why the seller didn't clean it up but I think that shows how it was maintained. THere could be other reasons as well. Just wanted to see if the price was in the ball park.

Beautiful piece.

Congrats on the new setup. I've been thinking of doing something similar. I have a 1600 sq/ft shop but it's not climate controlled. Thinking of either building a room or purchasing a shed to go inside where I can put my saw and a few basic tools... as well as heat and air.

Very nice, better late than never

Wow very smart. Excellent work. Marg

What a great New Year gift for you. You certainly are going to be busy in the spring. I would like a new shop but I will have to put up with sharing the garage with hubby. Marg

Last year my wife got me a kerosine heater for the garage and it does make it tolerable . . . but adds to the cost of the addic, er, hobby - at $3.35 a gallon it adds up. Luckily my wife suggested using the heated mud room and that has been great. I use a box fan and filter set up right beside the scroll saw and it appears to be doing a good job of collecting the saw dust - I dusted around the room and didn't find any, so I'm good to go.

That's a pretty old saw judging by the air blower tube. I'm guessing it has the round barrel clamps which nothing wrong with that and nothing wrong with a very old saw other than the price.. also as others have mentioned, the pile of sawdust around it does show it works.. but really one should clean up the items they're selling and honestly I think you're way farther ahead to wait it out for a better one.. Or wait and watch to see if the price gets lowered on this one. $200 would be max. on this saw if it worked good and seemed to be is decent condition and that's being a bit generous LOL and assuming not much wear on it.

Congratulations on the new stand and shop. Sadie looks to have a great spot to supervise from. My golden does not like coming out to the shop. She prefers the comfort of the house. I pray that Spring comes early. For you. (and all of us. )

There are many things to know and check on Hawks. I think $400 is too much. When someone posts pics and does nothing to spiff up their saw I figure they don't really care if they sell it or not and probably maintained it the same way. The first thing I'd want to see is the ser. number plate. Which blade clamps does it have, which motor? Need more info. I bought a like new 226 Ultra in mint condition for $250. Where are you and the saw located?

Beautiful! Spirithorse

Sorry i don't know much about Hawk saws, Kevin will give a better idea. What I don't understanding is why when someone is selling a tool, that they don't clean it up and have good pictures (pictures are worth a thousand words), RJ

Looks good Charlie!

Terrific job Dan, it’s beautiful!

These are the pictures from the post.

Some photos of the Hawk you are looking at might help Hawk users give you pointers.

Very elegant. Well done!

I found this free stencil pattern on-line. I converted it into a scroll saw pattern and sized it to fit a 5/32” x 10” x 11” Solid Core Maple cut panel that was affixed to a hand painted ¼” x 12” x 13” BB ply backer. All cutting completed with Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades The colored portion of the backer was painted with Artist Acrylic paints while the 1” wide perimeter mat area of the backer was painted rattle can spray Chocolate Brown for a strong contrast with the natural Maple panel. As usual, I protected the finished panel with multiple coats of Deft Clear Spray Gloss Lacquer. Once again, the panel is set loose in a 1 3/4” wide Poplar Frame stained with Minwax Honey Maple and protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Wipe on Poly. I plan to remake the frame for this piece as I am unhappy with the corner miter joints. Comments and Critique welcome.

Loved this pattern and wanted a piece of wood with some character to cut it on. Looked through all my bits and pieces and found this piece of oak with a live edge. It's about 5" X 7". I know some don't like this much coloration on a portrait and I get it. Personally I see it more as the piece as a whole coming together to make an art piece. Kind of like how Mt. Rushmore might have been a bit more polished cut from a square piece of granite, but wouldn't have been nearly as majestic. No right and wrong, just different views. Happy New Year everyone! H Botas pattern available here. https://www.etsy.com/listing/869966491/jesus?click_key=394d54e4281a09de4f5f2b794a437927d62c7156%3A869966491&click_sum=b00911b6&ref=shop_home_recs_1

happy new year hope this year will be better than the last one . hoping for more sales I can attend. I only had one I could attend made almost $500 at it and the other one was a church salee I couldn't go because of my cancer but the church took my wares they sold them at no table charge . they sold $345. those church ladies are great.. I was a seller at the first one they had and had never missed one. That was a total of $845 enough to buy a new saw.. HAPPY NEW YEAR IKE

Well, I don't, but our Postal worker does. This pattern was posted on a forum, and I had to make one for our Postal worker. The pattern is by Steve Good listed as "I Deliver". I used 1/2" Hard Maple for the upright and 3/4" Red Oak for the base. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #1R MGT blades for the interior cuts and #3R MGT blades for the perimeter and veining. The finish is sanding sealer and two coats spray Lacquer Clear Satin with sanding between coats. Comments welcome.

Thank you. Dr Ford is such a nice “small town” vet and has saved us hundreds of dollars through the years. It’s past time I returned the favor. Felix Ano Nuevo!!!

Never get as much done around Christmas time as I'd like to. I did get these done for a family gift exchange. I picked the patterns up on Etsy, I believe that they're for silhouette/cricut. Cut from 1/2" sassafras or 1/4" red oak, each about 4" long.

Jim, These are great patterns and some great cutting by everyone. I have been opening the patterns as PDF and then printing in poster. Then taping the pieces together. You mentioned guide marks. How do you get these? Is there a better way to use smaller paper to get the bigger prints? Is everyone using sprial blades when cutting these? Thanks

I'll send it to you in red. Also, if you download Adobe Reader, you can print any sized pattern although it will be in sections with guide marks so you can line up the sections. Let me get that to you in red. BRB.

Thank you Travis, Seems to be working right now.

I put up all of the Americana Series patterns I could find earlier today. Enjoy the ones you like. Also, if you have any other ideas or images you would like to see made scrollable. don't hesitate to reach out. Happy to assist where and when I can.

Thank you Travis. All appears fixed and working properly now on my end. Thanks Kevin for bringing it to our attention.

Got some birds right here lol: Thanks as always in advance for reading

If that's your first cut then I can't wait to see what else you do. That looks great. Love the background. That's a perfect picture for that piece.

Very well done. Your use of the photo brings it up a whole nother notch and the light behind creates that special effect.

Very well done, great choice of background.

I think that's THE best tree of life I have seen. You brought it to life with the photo in the background. Excellent work. Marg

Very nice for a first cutting. You're a natural mate. Tony