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Huge thank you to Frank EV!! I saw this Frank EV. design and new that I had to cut it. I absolutely love it. It is cut from 3/4 maple and the base is black walnut. Pegas MGT 1 and cut the base at 10 degrees. I did some shaping like I was doing Intarsia. For the internal shaping I used a Rampower hand piece with assorted burrs and small sanding drums. Pegas MGT 1 and cut the base at 10 degrees. Two coats of Danish oil and then a couple of coats satin wipe on poly just to add some highlights. This is the darkest black walnut I have ever seen. From a neighbors tree.

I ran across this line image on-line and just had to convert it to a Scroll saw Pattern. I sized it to fit centered on a 5/32” x 12”x 12” Solid Core Maple Ply panel that I affixed to a Hand Painted ¼” thick BB Ply backer. The Tree of Life pattern needed a bit of work to eliminate a lot of dropouts. Also a lot of bridges added to the font letters. The lettering font of the lyrics to the song “Trees of Green” was very irregular shapes which made cutting with a spiral blade simple. Pegas #2/0 and #0 blades were used to do all the cutting. The Panel is set loose in a 1 3/4” wide Poplar Frame stained with Minwax Dark Walnut Stain and protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Wipe on Poly. Comments and critique welcome.

Two puzzles finished yesterday. The pattern is by Harvey Byler and found on WoodcraftbyScott.com. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3R MGT blades from artcraftersonline.com. Finish is diluted Shellac and sanded with a Mac Mop.

Not the normal kind of thing that I make but a friend asked me to come up with something for her dinosaur loving grandkid. I think it turned out pretty well.

The concept was pretty cool.....but they turned out butt ugly, in my opinion.....lol

This is a converted stencil pattern I found on-line that I sized to fit centered on a Hand Painted 9” x 13” BB Ply backer. The cut panel is a 5/32” thick solid core Walnut stained with Minwax Dark Walnut to darken the panel. Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades were used to cut the pattern. The Panel is set loose in a 1 3/4” wide Poplar Frame stained with Minwax Ebony Stain and protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Wipe on Poly. I do not feel the quality of this project is as well as I can do. This is mainly because of the difficulty of cutting the thin and pointy whiskers and pointy openings and outline with spiral blades. Had I taken the time to use flat blades it may have produced a better product. As always, comments and critique welcome.

I started this lighted wolf before Christmas and finally finished it. All done with 1/4BB, frame from alder. Pattern fromScroller patterns, lights from Ace hardware.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder they say. Did you enjoy your time making them? Win Win.

Beautiful? No... Cute? Definitely! I think you did a great job.

Frank, you are too hard on yourself. If that is "the quality" you can do, then I will just hang up my blades. It looks fabulous as always.

I like them. But I also like Cincinnati chili.

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.

I think they are really cute little birds. Thanks for posting. Dick heppnerguy

Excellent job, Craig. Trying to figure it out. It is layers but what I'm thinking is the front, is that slats with alternating species of wood with a walnut or ebony between the slats?

This is Beautiful. Eye Catcher. Different.... Great job of Scrolling....And Love how you added the lights. Wonderful piece. Danny :+}

Fantastic work all around Frank,pattern and cutting....love it...

Very good Frank. The shape of the lyrics form an old record 33 rpm.

As always -perfection!

Wow, that is beautiful!

awesome job

very nice, far from ugly

Hello friends, good start to the year for everyone !! I show you my work, I made it from a Steve Good pattern I just changed the sentence and put it in Spanish "I love you! I hope you like it, I send you a big hug.

excellent job

These were made from 1/4" oak a pattern from Gayle in the scroller cafe. Roly

very cute, nice work

Outstanding. You just keep getting better and better!

Sorry about that Ray, I thought I read in a previous post that you got what you were looking for Good Luck Fab4

What is the brand and model of your printer?

Ha! It's when your gold migrates into your doctor's Ferrari fund. Getting old is definitely not for sissies. I hate getting old, but I'm not fond of the alternative either. I've been falling apart quite rapidly since early 2000. So far, my doctors have succeeded in putting me back together every time one of my parts starts falling off or needs replacement, but the replaced parts are not nearly as good as the original. I'm becoming "Bionic". The last time that I went on an airline flight I made a comment to the security guy running the scanner that "I had a lot of metal and plastic in me". He shrugged and waived me on. When I came out of the scanner he yelled out quite loudly "Man, you twinkle like a Christmas tree". I felt a bit awkward when everyone turned and looked up at me. I've now had 7 heart surgeries, so lots of metal, titanium wire, and plastic in my chest, and two full knee replacements, so lots of titanium down there too. Also a pacemaker that keeps my ticker running at the right speed. I guess I did light up his scanner screen, but he let me on the airplane without a problem. I guess nothing metal in me is shaped like a knife or a revolver, so not a threat to the airline. I've also survived cancer twice, so far. Not many have ever done everything that I have done in my lifetime. The list is too long to post here, so lets just say that I have had many different kinds of jobs and many significant adventures in my life, some of which were quite hard on this old body, but I've always strived to be very good at whatever it was that I did. I built my own Pro Photo/Video studio, beginning about 2 1/2 years ago, because I have always wanted one of my own. I've been a photographer since high school. It was a challenge for me and something "New To Do", but "not so great timing" for me, because I was ready to put it to use just about the same time that COVID arrived. I've been using it, but not very often, because "we are all in isolation" from each other as much as possible. But it was a "Bucket List item" that kept me busy building and creating. I have never been happy if I couldn't create in some way. So without anyone to photograph, I got an assistant who lets me adjust my lights and photograph her whenever I want to try something new. Linda will pose for me for hours and never complain. She's quite pretty too. Charley

It turned out great, Tbow. I'm sure she as well as her grandchild will love it.

That is totally awesome. I want to cut that one.

They have lots of character. Tom

Looking good Charley, glad to see your doing ok. Tuff to get old. Remember these are the golden years.

I saw that pattern to but now I think I have to make it.

Nice job Charlie.

I like the horse a lot!

Charley, Thx for all your information on the ibox, I was looking at the D4R figuring I could do both dovetail and box joints, but I think I will just start out with an ibox. There is a person in my area that is selling one brand new in the box for $150.00. I want to start making boxes for gifts, thx RJ

I cheated this year and paid a lovely lady to do mine for me. How lazy is that My knees are not what they used to be

I love gnomes too Roly and these are adorable. Lovely work. Marg

All very well done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse P.S. I made large round welcome signs with interchangeable signs. One has the ever popular red truck that really seemed to catch on and the parts that inter-change just slip behind the wood planks on the truck bed. The other says welcome to our home and the letter 'O' is changed out with the seasonal items which are attached with velcro.

Nice job, Roly. I actually did my first gnome a couple weeks ago but I must admit the wife was the one that did the painting. Turned out really good for the Welcome sign topper I was doing.

Great work, Dick.

Very cute Roly. I always enjoy seeing your work. Thanks for displaying them for us Dick heppnerguy

I make many boxes, and now mostly make them with box joints. I have made box joints using DIY jigs, purchased jigs, table saw, and router tables. I now use an Incra I-Box jig, my Unisaw, and usually a Freud SBOX8 box joint blade set for 1/4 and 3/8" box joints. For 1/8" box joints I found a Freud ripping blade that has a FTG (Flat Tooth Grind) on the teeth that makes great box joints for tiny boxes. For box joints larger than 3/8" I use my Freud Dial-A-Width DADO blade set. It doesn't make great flat bottomed cuts, but on these larger box joints, it isn't as noticeable in the finished box. The I-Box jig makes it easy to change from one size box joint to another because as you change the width of the cut, it automatically changes the width of the pin to match. The second feature in the I-Box is the sacrificial strip that minimizes chipping of the cut edges. Each time I am about to make a new box joint size, after making all of the adjustments to the saw and the jig, I make a test cut to be certain that everything is right and then I move the sacrificial strip to a fresh position. Then I proceed to make my box joints for as many boxes as needed at that setting. The sacrificial strip is just a piece of 1/4" MDF with 4 screw holes in it, so the original can be copied to make many spares, but Incra sells them in 3 packs for about $10 plus shipping. Since this piece can be moved and used again for each use, and flipped over to use the top edge too, many box joint cutting sessions can be done before this piece needs replacement, but I found it easy to just get a 2' X 4' piece of MDF and make a bunch of these by copying the original in a little over an hour of shop time. I doubt I'll live long enough to use all of them, but it was fun shop time at a cost of about $6 for the MDF. I think I've found the ultimate way of making chip out free box joints with this combination of jig, saw, and blade. I was once told "You can't cut box joints in plywood", but I do it frequently in Baltic Birch plywood and solid wood with no problems. Attached are a few photos of some of the boxes that I've made. Most are just to contain tools and jigs that have many small parts that would be easily lost if not in a specially designed and built box to keep them together. I have more photos, but want to keep this post short. Charley

WOW You outdid yourself again, that is an unbelieveable pattern Kris. Thanks for giving us a look. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you & everyone you love Rick

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fantastic job

Nice job, Kris... On both the cutting and the pattern.

Wow. Excellent work. Marg

Nice cut and pattern