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Daughter got me this new sign for Christmas. Made from heavy maybe 10 gage metal and powder coated. Can’t wait for some warmer weather to hang it up on the shop.

Hi All this is two projects one is one of my first one that I can say I was really starting to get into the hobby. The other one is peace on harder and thicker wood I was lucky to get. Did it over the holiday was worried my machine would not take it as it was my first peace of hard wood. It was a champ was worried for nothing. The first one I used old X ray film and carben paper to put it on wood and drew the pattern on paper by hand. Then came the computer in our lives with the internet and all ye ha then the fun really began. Barbara

I think I am Well into using Acrylic Paints on my Projects lately. Was Only a thought to only add A Color with mostly the wood showing. Anyway here is a Couple Wishing Wells. And As Usual.... Pros and Cons Always Great to read.... Danny :+}

Patterns from Sheila Landry, it was nice to be able to cut sitting outside in the sun.

I normally prepare my stock for cutting with Walmart "Duck" self adhesive shelf paper, then comes the pattern printed on full-page adhesive labels. Finally apply 2" package tape over the pattern. This does a good job of minimizing the tendency for the pattern to delaminate and lift in those small sections. Unfortunately the clear package tape gets slippery with the fine sawdust that is missed by the dust collection system. I soon find myself pressing down way too hard to move and hold the workpiece. This brings on so-called "scroller's palsy" I have found a trick that helps. I apply double-stick tape (aka carpet tape, seam tape or golf grip-tape) to the back of used sand paper and cut these into 3/4" x 1" squares. I then remove the protective paper to reveal the sticky surface. I stick these in strategic spots on the surface of the work piece (see picture). I have found this allows me to work comfortably with very light finger pressure to the board. It has cut down fatigue, increased accuracy moving the work piece and no "scroller palsied" fingers. NOTE: If this is simply restating someone else's earlier post I will claim "Senior Moment clepto status". With my 74th birthday now in the rearview mirror I am entitled!!!!!

Hey Frank: I think Danny is going to use his Well to WISH that you never asked that question.............LOL Fab4

Graham Greene and Kevin Costner as Kicking Bird and John Dunbar from Dances With Wolves. One of my favorite movies and one of the most beautiful scenic movies I've seen. Can't believe it's almost 32 years old. 1/2" Red Oak with a light stain, about 9" by 11" cut with FDUR#1. Not my pattern, I bought it on Etsy.

Started my inventory for next year, pattern from Steve Good

I think they're cool Danny! Maybe you could use them to wish people would be kind. Good job.

New segmentation project. Pattern by Worthington House

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.

My first cutting of 2022 - Coral reef fish, set of 4 projects. 4 layers 1/8 inches (3+background), project size 7x7 inches Video of making project Coral reef fish patterns

While the only folks ever going past my place is the neighbors.. I have had 3 intruders.. first time was a chipmunk, second time was a large blue racer snake, and one other time the neighbors dog got loose and come to visit me, LOL.. My old shop had a neighbors cow get out and she thought my old shop was better than her house, LOL Oh.. and their chicken roosted in there for a few days once too.. LOL

Super, RJ

DOulbe stick tape works go for holding lots of things. Some of it holds to tight.

very nice

Brilliant !! What a lucky dad, what a thoughtful daughter. !!!!

The top one is far more striking IMHO.

I didn't really complete the pattern as in this case I didn't clean up the wheels / spokes and also didn't make bridges for where to stop cutting on the wheel profile and the riders head. I don't normally share my patterns because I almost never make a completed pattern. I knew what I wanted to do with it so I don't take the time to make a cleaned up completed pattern. With that said you're welcome to use it if you can.. or have someone finish cleaning it up to make it a more comprehensive pattern. I should take the time to do this on many of my patterns but I don't because I don't sell them or typically share them.

A few new ones I finished up and finally took some photo's of them. The Cheetah is by Russ Beard, the hawk is one by Ian Thorley, the crow is by Kenny Hopkins and the LA Kings helmet is by Jeffery Flick. Thanks to all you pattern designers for letting me have so much fun. The Cheetah, LA Kings and Crow are done in 1/8 A-4 oak plywood. The hawk is done in 1/2 inch oak strips that I glued up to make a blank for cutting. All work done with flat blades from a bunch of different manufacturers. All cut on a King Canada 20 inch saw.

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.

Hello folks as you can see from my title I am scrimperuk from England. I have always been a scrimper, more to do with making do and mending rather than saving money. Most of the things I do are done with stuff others have thrown away. I have been a fretworker since I was a young boy, both my late grandfather and late father were fretworkers and I still have my grandfathers original Hobbies treadle machine he bought back in 1900, although nowadays I generally use a Hegner machine. My main fretworking interests are in the history of the UK Hobbies and Handicrafts companies and their early fretwork designs of which I have a large collection. For quite sometime I have been working on my website entitled The "Fretworker" however I am not ready to publish it yet as it isn't finished. I am sorry to be going on a bit but if you want to find out why my friends think I am an oddball you might like to have a look at my Youtube channel which you will find under my user name scrimperuk. you will find over 200 of my videos on lot's of subjects but many on fretworking and scrollsaws, plus the first four parts of my history of the Hobbies and Handicrafts companies. Thanks for taking the time to read thus far.

Wondering----Do I need to remove our Corion counter tops since they come into contact with food sometimes? Hope Not!

Myself and a couple of friends were BIG into the OA at the time (the only reason we stayed in Boy Scouts), and we must've seen this movie 20 times in the theater. At one point, I think we were sitting in the dollar theater on base, with notepads, taking notes on various outfits. Nicely cut!

Id check about wether its a good idea to use corian or not - some materials are not food safe etc. plus you will need a better than average mask - at least a N-95 for your own health - maybe better if you use wood -

Nice work, Barbara! As far as cutting hardwood goes, the only difference is the speed of the cut and the number of blade changes (due to dulling). I cut the pictured piece out of Jatoba wood (called Brazilian cherry in the US). It is extremely hard and dense (and isn't even remotely related to cherry). Jatoba makes hickory seem soft by comparison.

Sun ? I wish we had sun I make tons of these, they seem quite popular over here. I just do 'Names' though as we don't have 'States' !

They look very nice.

another + for the HF one - In fact I have 2 one at each saw station!

Very nice, I love the coloured lights behind the creeper.

beautiful work

Well done as for what to do with it use it when you have a charity drive. Barbara

I think they look great. I have no painting skill at all, so you have my admiration. !1

They are great Danny but I must say the top one really pops. King of the paint. Marg

That is awesome. Great coloring. Marg

Beautiful piece of wood and great job cutting a cool pattern!

Very nice! Any biker would love one.

very nice Kevin, RJ

I agree. I bought mine some years ago and since then have replaced the bulb with an L.E.D. bulb so I've got about $75 invested in it now.

Thanks for the replies!

Always meas the Most at First Sight and this one caught my eye and has to just keep looking n looking. I really like it. Everything pops out and looks Great. Another Job well done................ Danny :+}

fantastic job

I frame quite a few of the things I make. I get 1x2 pine or oak at Lowes, I rabbet the back for the scroll sawn project and cut a 1/8" groove near the front of the frame. The groove holds a glass panel to keep the dust off. I cut the miters, slip in the glass as I'm gluing the frame together. The project is then inserted into the rabbet in the back. I use a sawtooth hanger to hang the piece.

If you design you portrait panels to be 8x10, 11x14 or 16x20 (all standard photo sizes) or 8.5 x11 or 11x17 (standard paper sizes) you can use commercial frames from places like Walmart, Michales, and Hobby Lobby. The less expensive frames usually come with glass and a cardboard backer which are discarded. However, I ahve found more and more of my portraits are not any of these standard sizes, so custom frames are necessary. My custom frames are usually simple 3/4" thk x1 3/4" wide and usually Poplar, rabbeted 1/4 x 1/2" and mitered on table saw, no glass. I use a homemade miter sled to get relatively neat accurate miters. I glue the miters with Titebond Ultimate using a frame making strap clamp and reinforce the joinsts with frame V-nails. I have standerdized my portrait panels to 5/32" thk cut panel and a 1/4" backer, so the 1/2" deep reabbet always works well. Frame finish depends on portrait subject. I have done almost every thing from distressed to, most recently, high gloss Black Lacquer. Most often I use various Minwax stains and finish/protect with either Clear Spray Poly or Wipe-on Poly. I have use Polycrylics, but not a big fan. Application of a pre-stain and a lot of sanding makes for a quality frame. My portrait panels are set in the frame loose using framing points (glasier points also work). Since Scroll Work portraits look best when hung flat on wall and are very lightweight, I install just one small saw tooth tap-in picture hanger centered on the back of the top rail. A very small headed nail is all that is required to hang on wall and they do almost no damage to wall.

For my personal use, I frame with glass to help keep dust contaminates off the piece. If you've tried dusting a detailed fretwork piece you'll put glass in it to help from having to do the horrible dusting job, LOL That all said, portraits I sell.. I do not frame at all.. Selling online has it's benefits and my conclusion on frames or no frames has come from being able to "offer" just the piece and framed and framed with glass. Over the years I've only sold one piece that was framed.. I think it has to do with a few things... 1) shipping cost is substantially more with a framed piece 2) homemade frames aren't as cheap as a dollar store or even hobby lobby etc. and I'm not competing in their category for frames 3) customers personal decor style.. Before I gave the options for unframed.. they'd ask if I could make a dark wood, light wood, painted black, blah blah blah.. and then offering different prices for unframed vrs. framed and not selling any framed.. well.. one less thing I gotta make to sell it. LOL I have thought about re-offering framed again to see if maybe things changed in the last 8 years... 10-12 years ago portraits was the main things I sold aside from ornaments.

great job

Had to do some on the table editing as I cut it 8.5x11 instead of 11x14

Hello friends, the next job I did not do with a band saw, since I do not have that machine. To make the figure I used 3/4-inch pine wood with my old scroll saw and blades No. 5 I really wanted to make my lamp and it was quite an experiment and surprise that it cut well with wood of that thickness. Thanks in advance for your comments and greetings to everyone!

Hello friend, this time I show you the bike I made. I am a fan of all types of motorcycles. I hope you like the work, it is pine wood in 3/4 inch, length 13 "high 9" Thank you very much in advance for your comments.