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Yeah still getting orders for Christmas ornaments. This one the customer sent me a clip art image of a BMX bike rider and asked if I could make an ornament. I thought it might be cool to put the image into a bike sprocket shape so this is how that came out. Cut from 1/8 BBply with a #3 Pegas blade. These measure about 3.75 inch diameter.

Pattern by Brenda's Wood Creations purchased through the Wooden Teddy Bear. 3/4" oak.

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.

I would use plywood on the walls. That way you can hang aything on the wall anywhere you like.

I took a short break from the normal picture type projects and completed this at the request of my niece. This is a Steve Good pattern. I was wanting cedar planks but the only thing Lowe's had at the time was pine. They were very rough cut so I sanded them to knock off the rough edges and saturated them with Thompson water seal. The letters are cut with Pegas #3 MGT from 3/4 pine ply since they were going to be painted. The bell topper is cut from 3/4 pine and painted also. I also cut the bell topper with the #3 Pegas MGT. The Valentines topper is a Steve Good pattern I modified. It is cut from 1/4 pine ply using Pegas #1 MGT. To switch out the toppers, I placed a rare earth magnet in the top of the picket and attached a 1 X 1 metal plate on the back of each topper. I also have a gnome for New Years but it is drying after gluing. I have patterns for most other American holidays that should also work as toppers. Hope you like!

Thanks for that, I had Frank's name at the back of mind for some reason.

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

Thanks for the information, I have plans but have not yet got around to making them up. I am glad it is of benefit having an angled table as the vision over the cutting edge should be better. Don W

Hubby made the table for me. He measured my saw's base to make sure it was the correct size and he bolted the saw to the table. I have 4 different height adjustments. It sure helps with my ability to see what I'm cutting and I don't have to bend over to see what I am doing. Of course a LED shop light directly over the saw helps also.

Love the 'furry' bits. !! Love the cutting, it's beautiful ,,, but like @barb.j.enders said, 'Cat in the Hat' meant something else to me.

Can someone tell me who made these patterns please ?? Don W Entwined Bodies sculpture upper.pdf Two Heads sculpture busts.pdf

I was commissioned to make this pair of Chinese Dragons panels. The client chose this Dragon from a group of different Dragons I provided. The patterns were found on-line and had to be only slightly modified to make it scrollable. The original had the “ribs” (for lack of a better word) bridging to the opposite side making a multitude of dropouts. The cut panels are 1/8” x 20” x 30” BB ply mounted on a painted black 1/4" x 20” x 30” BB Ply Backer. The cut panels were stack cut to make mirror images with good side up. Shelf liner was applied to both sides to minimize possible tear out. All cutting was completed with Pegas #1 spiral blades. A number of blades broke, mostly because it was difficult to thread the blade from below without kinking the blade. Keeping the panel flat while cutting was difficult, especially so after some of the larger areas were cut out. Used a lot of blue tape to hold cutouts in place to help keep the panel somewhat rigid while cutting. Yes, the little piece in the Dragon’s nose had to be glued back in after the panel was affixed to the backer. The 20” x 30” BB ply panels were special ordered from Ocooch Hardwoods. I did not find the prices to be too unreasonable for this special order. They responded to my request quickly and the order was received within just a few days. Great service. Now here is where I need some help and opinions. I need to make frames for these panels and cannot decide what width rail/stile I should use. I typically use 1 3/4" wide, but not sure if that will look the best for these panels. Often large frames are narrow (3/4”) or, like large paintings, use a much wider (2 1/2” +) that may be more appropriate. Please provide you opinion on what size I might use and tell me why. You might want to let me know what color the frame should be also. Thanks for you help. EDIT 12/22/21 I made the frames from 1"wide x 3/4" thick Poplar. I think the 1" frame width works well for these Chinese Dragon mirror image panels. I did a significant amoiunt of hand sanding to obtain a very smooth surface. I then applied two coats of a Rustolium Black Primer sanding between coats, again to a very smooth finish after which I applied multiple coats of Rustoleum Black Lacquer. Just as I was finishing the final coat, the nozzle on the spray can stuck in the open (spraying) position and made a mess, but fortunately not on the frames. After drying almost 24 hours, I found there was some areas of blush. Two light coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer did a nice job of getting a bright uniform finish. This commission project was difficult in many respects, but I feel it came out fairly well and am hoping the clients are happy. I'm not sure I would want to tackle a large panel project like this again. Thanks again to all that offered comments and advice. When appropriate and a black frame is needed, I think I will be using Black Lacquer again.

Welcome to the Village form SE North Carolina. Don't forget to post pictures of your projects.

Hello I'm from quebec and i serch this pattern of the dragon that you were made. Can you give me the internet link to buy it. ?? I managed to reach this page with the photo I found on the net. my email adress is philibert.sabrina@gmail.com

The magnet idea is getting stolen....I mean borrowed. Great work for a good cause. Keeping relatives happy is always good.

Hi Don, it looks like it was FrankEV. Here is the link I found. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/44200-two-heads-and-entwined-bodies-pdfs/#comment-476296 Jim

Love the design and job you did.

Very well done. Lots of holes on that one.

Ok, Rodney, I missed this whole topic. Sry well done and nicely framed too.

Mighty fine, Rodney. I too like your magnet idea.

Congratulations on a new start to the year. I am thinking of doing something similar but the main point will be a sloping table like yours.

Here is the St. Patty and July 4th topper. Again these are modified patterns from Steve Good. They are 1/4 pine ply either painted or stained. Both are sprayed with clear gloss. the Easter, Veterans/Memorial Day and Halloween are still in the works.

Thank you. They have both enjoyed them so far. I love the suggestion of the date on those. Knowing my memory, I'll need to do that before I sleep.

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

I am putting paneling on the walls to cover the insulation, Then I will put some pegboard up in two different areas. We are putting shelves (stud to stud) to flat set my scrolling wood on. I don't want it standing on end as it will warp. I'm afraid plywood is just too expensive right now to use on the walls. I appreciate all the suggestions. Thanks.

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

congratulations on your new shop

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.

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

This saw here in somewhat the general same geographic area is the same vintage as the one you are looking at.. This saw has the round clamps as I mentioned. Has been rebuilt with new upgraded front upper tension and clamping system. Upgraded flexible air blower.. clean looking saw that someone put some money into to keep it nice. Has the older motor on it.. This is just like a saw that I sold another member here a couple months back. With the work and the upgrades this saw is actually not a bad deal for a old saw.. Some may say too much.. but boy there just isn't much that wears out on these old saws.. so this $500 saw would last just as long as the brand new one of these same models that cost $1450 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1356988461381679/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Acfa17f72-7bec-49d6-a10f-2b7c17239ddd

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. )

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.

Thanks all. I finished the New Year's topper today. Another Steve Good pattern cut from 1/4 pine ply painted with craft acrylic. I must say the wife did the painting.

Merry Christmas, Scrollers! My cat loving wife loved this one.

Not what I was expecting, but I Love it. Awesome job.