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I ran across this one and remember how it challenged me at the time because I had my first saw with a really small throat and had to do a lot of maneuvering in order to get it cut. I had no spirals and I was happily surprised that I was able to finish the task. Looking back, if I were to cut it today I would use a spiral and I now have a 21 inch throat on my saw so I would not even consider it a challenge to cut any longer. I guess that just tells me that I have indeed had some growth in my hobby. That feels good too. Dick heppnerguy

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 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.

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.

Jim Blume pattern Colored in using waterpaint crayons.

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.

I've been drooling over a used HP 500 printer at the local ReStore, they had it priced at $300. I went in today and they had dropped the price to $175....SOLD. This is a large format printer that uses rolls of paper that are 24" wide and 50' long. I intend to use this for the large scale live edge planks. It came with a large box of accessories and three extra rolls of paper!

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 have not been sitting on my duff doing nothing all of December. I made a lot of Christmas gifts for the family but did not take many photos of them. Here are a few items I did but forgot to post. Pretty much the rest of them never got a photo so I am unable to post them for you. HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and i will try to do better from now on. Dick heppnerguy

Its been a rough month and a half for our family, but I've managed to chisel out some sawdust time. Finally finished another mandala. 1" whiteboard, stained Minwax "Honey", used a couple of Pegas MG #3 blades. Good project to put on an audiobook or stream music and set the rest of yourself on autopilot. I started with the inner circle of smaller triangles, then worked my way outward, saving the inner spiral for last. I have some epoxy that I picked up over the holidays (Amazon), and am planning on giving it a try with this one. I'll post pics if it turns out.

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

I have done many of the projects in this book as you all know by now and it's been out of print for some time. I just found a used copy on eBay if anybody is interested. With shipping it's under $10. That's a great price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/203104794546?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=203104794546&targetid=1262749490782&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=9031544&poi=&campaignid=15428034462&mkgroupid=133947154481&rlsatarget=pla-1262749490782&abcId=9300763&merchantid=112336994&gclid=CjwKCAiAlfqOBhAeEiwAYi43FwVlwlcobhCXLiIM81w249j2ujrNqMUadn_ws-vkOGyanTbAFZkbCBoCAREQAvD_BwE

Excellent! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Rolf, You did the pattern proud!!! It is wonderful to see someone elses take on a pattern I made available. Very nicely done. I do like the bevel on the base. Adds a little bit more class to the overall piece. Your original post would have been more appropriate in "Bragging Rights". A project to really brag about!

It was shared by @FrankEV in the patterns subforum here in the Village. There are two different patterns in that post. This one is the first two labeled Two Heads Sculpture

Rolf that is gorgeous! I just joined this group. Can you tell me how to finding the pattern? Cheers!

John, I bought an Eclipse saw in 2003, S\N 84. The belt broke. I would like to buy a belt and 2 seals and a light bulb. I would appreciate any advice you could give me on replacing the belt.

excellent job

Great use of different processes and techniques.

Wow! That took a lot of spins to cut with a flat blade. Even back then you were an accomplished scroller. Great job.

Ray, when you open the document properties menu, do you have the option to "resize page to content" ? it should be File > Document properties= pop up dialogue box Within the dialogue box: Page> General> display units (in)> page size (us letter)> orientation (portrait)> custom size (width, height, units) just underneath this (within the same thin line connecting them) is a right arrow (black triangle) that is labeled resize page to content. If you select this it take you to the margin adjustments. Have you tried tweaking these adjustments?

Oh I love them, they are super cute. You did a lovely job. Marg

Fantastic work. Can't wait to see them with the epoxy in laid. Marg

Love it. I think you did a terrific job. Marg

You did a fabulous job. The lights certainly make it pop. Marg

Lovely. You did a great job Frank. I'm not sure but I think the song is actually 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong. Marg

Ray, Thanks for your response. But then you respond to everything that I post no matter what. And still nothing from anyone else. Charley

Good score Ray, RJ

I think they're cool.

That looks fantastic! I betting epoxy will step it up a notch!

Charley, I was going to mention that you had the "perfect woman" but thought better of it. Oh well, now I'm in trouble for sure.

I have a Brother all-in-one laser, model HL-3180 CDW. A crappy printer for photos but it does provide me with accurate circles. At this point I can only suggest the following method: Put you right foot in, take your right foot out. Put you right foot in and shake it all about. If that doesn't work If you do that your prints may not be accurate, but you can do the Hokey Pokey.

Excellent execution of the project.

That came out great.Beautiful finish to.

That looks great the ay it is I think.

Looks pretty good Frank. Doesn't look like an easy job to cut.

I enjoy the skill you have in every part of your projects. The cats eyes really stand out and accentuates the stare this cats seems to be giving to you. Dick heppnerguy

I have to agree with tho others. This is a great and beautiful project. Thanks for the inspiration and for posting it. Dick heppnerguy

Really a nice piece. I have never tried to use lights on a project but I really like the ones, like yours, that I have seen lately. I need to give this a try sometime. Not sure how to go about it though. Dick heppnerguy

Hi dakota I just used a piece of 1/4 in BB, measured and used my table saw blade to make 1/8 deep by saw kerf wide cuts. I used alternating stain of walnut and (maybe oak) and a dark stain in the cuts. Hope I made sense

Now this I like! Besides being beautiful, I would consider it to be very "Clean" looking. NICE!

Nice work, Frank. As far as the pointy whiskers and hair, I believe the thickness of the piece and the shadows creates the illusion of them being thicker than they actually are. Although it isn't one of my favorites pieces I've seen you create, you did a fantastic job.

Beautiful piece Rolf. I'll most likely cut this in the future but am certain it won't turn out as nice as your piece.

So, only 1 "Like" for the above post with my photography assistant's picture attached? In fact, nobody has made a comment, like maybe "How dues an 80 year old guy find a 20 something year old beautiful assistant to work with him?" Well, that was kind of a test to see what response I would get from all of you, and it looks like I scarred everyone but @Octool Guy away, and he only posted a "Like" with no comment. The truth is, she is a mannequin. The cheapest mannequin that I could find on Amazon at $86. Her hair came from the Halloween section of Walmart for $7 and her dress from Goodwill for $5.50. Her jewelry was all donated by my wife and neighbors wives. When first setting up my photo studio I asked my wife to pose for me while I adjusted the lights and took some test shots. Ten minutes after she asked how long it was going to take. I replied "about an hour". With that, she got up and left, saying that she had better things to do. Other photographers that I know told me to "get a mannequin, one with glass eyes so you can see the catchlights (reflections of the lights) in her eyes)", so I ordered a mannequin from Amazon. she's just a full size "Barbie" with the right shape for a woman. No sex features, but shaped like a woman. She has been perfect for helping me adjust the lights and take test shots, but this has gotten more complicated since, and I will explain. My wife wasn't very happy, at first, that this new woman was in the house even though she wasn't real, but she was quite pleased that I was no longer asking her to pose for me. When I ordered "Linda" I had no idea how pretty she would look, but she does improve the environment of my otherwise plain studio. It took me over 2 months to get over the feeling that "someone was watching me from behind" while I'm sitting here at the computer though. Linda is usually in the gear closet, unless I'm making changes to the lighting or trying new ideas with the camera. I had just been setting up 8 LED light panels, each containing 480 LEDs (8 X 480 = a lot of LEDs) so that I could get adequate and shadow free lighting for a video shoot that will be happening soon. Linda was out of the closet and helping me get the lights adjusted. This was just one of the test shots that I took of her. Attached is a photo showing some of these LED lights that are attached to the studio ceiling. Sorry, I don't have a wide angle lens wide enough to get them all in the photo, but there are truly 8 of them total in a kind-of wide U positioning. I was working to get them placed in such a way that would allow me to leave them up, yet still let me use my strobe lights below them for still photos. Each of these LED lights can be controlled via an APP on my cell phone that lets me turn them on and off, and also adjust the brightness and color, so no wires to deal with, and with them attached to the ceiling, no tripod stands to trip over. Charley

Thanks. I like the patterns by Harvey Blyer.

That is another gem Frank..and little kittens have tiny and pointed whiskers,so you did Great...

Started my inventory for next year, pattern from Steve Good

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 :+}

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

Bill has given you most of the reasons for your issue, except one. I have found that to slow a blade speed will cause your problem. Try speeding up the blade speed. I teach my students to start with a medium speed, then adjust from there.