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I've had this made but unpainted sitting in my shop for months. There are several more in the series currently suffering the same fate.

This paper-cut pattern I found on-line caught my eye. The pattern itself did not need much work to make it scrollable although I made a lot of edits as I was cutting due the line work being very close together and I needed stronger bridges in many places. I have no plans to incorporate the edits into my reworked pattern. I sized it to fit a 5/32” x 15” x 10” Solid Core Maple Panel which was affixed to a Hand Painted ¼” x 17” x 12” BB Ply Backer. The actual pattern contained a lot of Vein like cuts that formed the images, but they did not open well to the backer, even though I used a very large Pegas #1 Spiral blade. As a result, I found it necessary to embellish the images by also coloring the cut panel abstractly. Other areas were cut using Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. As always, the assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. The panel is set loose in a 1 3/4” wide Poplar Frame finished with Black Lacquer. I’m liking the very clean uniform black high gloss finish I obtain with the Rust-Oleum spray can Black Lacquer. I’m in a learning curve as the application is more difficult than paint or a Stain/Poly to get a nice uniform finish without runs or blemishes. There is one annoying problem with the Black Lacquer finish. It is hard to photograph because of glare reflections. This was the third project that I was doing simutaneously with Splat Cat and Trees of Green. The painting process was time consuming. Comments and Critique welcome.

It's been quiet around the house and got some time to finish a few more projects. A couple of "Magic Dinosaur Buddies", a mother and baby frog puzzle, a T-Rex puzzle, and a couple of compound cut band saw reindeer. The reindeer were both done with 2x4s - amazing woodgrain in both!

A few months ago, my grandson asked questions about the 30x173mm round from a GAU-8 I have sitting on my desk. We watched several videos of the A-10 firing at ground targets. Since then, he asked every time he was here: When will you make one for me? So I did. Burrrrt! My 30x173mm practice round. Disarmed of course.

The neighbor wanted one for her granddaughter. So- as I had made a rocking elephant about 8 years ago'; I readily agreed. When I am drawing up my patterns, I usually make templates instead of just a cutout paper pattern. I am positive that I had made them for the elephant too. OOPS! Absolutely could not find any except the one for the rockers. So-scissors and pencil time again. Well, the picture shows I was at least semi-successful. I now have posterboard templates made too. All cutting of any curved work was on the 21" King. Had to move saw to the center of the shop to get room for the swing cutting the rockers. It is 33" long, 25" tall and 14" wide. All construction is screwed together along with the gluing. There are over 60 screws total in it. All cross pieces are also braced underneath. I will rock on it when the varnish is dry. The handle was turned from a piece of firewood. cherry, I believe. The rest is some pine that I had acquired on a part trade for some signs I had made. The paining is craft acrylics, with a slight torching on the bare wood parts and then a coat of marine varnish. I will make the ears out wider --the handle is between them. if I make another. I will also make the elephants trunk more tapered. All in all; a fun and challenging project to have completed. As always, comments and new ideas appreciated. I will also share pictures of my templates if somebody wants them. Yes, my shop is messy. Note my unusual cabinet handles. I made them too. Actually, are real wrenches.

Jim Blume pattern Colored in using waterpaint crayons.

Hey Gang...I just found your site...I am Tom or better known as Grumpa, I think it should be Dude.... I recently retired and have always been a hobby oriented kinda guy. So built out my garage and added many tools - including a Delta Scroll Saw. Hadn't cut since grade school but it all came back fast and learned lots of new tricks on you tube. Below are some samples of my recent work. I do a lot of custom puzzles - from photos that people send me...complex pieces and my own whimsy pieces. My largest trouble lately - living in MI - has been finding a way to finish natural wood in the shop - no fresh air so fumes are too strong. Looking at adding venting to the shop ... or finding a finish that has much less odor. Biggest problem is finishing walnut pieces....walnut - the wood that hates me OK, I do ramble..Cheers and glad to be with da gang of wild Scrollers Tom

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.

I used mahogany

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'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!

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.

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

Our Grandsons have it made. When one has a Birthday - they both get a gift! John E.

I agree to that. In my 17 years of making and giving away reindeer I never found anyone who said "Hey, I can make them too". Most men who are woodworkers make me tell them how I do this and then they want one, but other non woodworking men will ask questions, but won't take one for themselves. Most of the women, however, can't seem to get enough of them. When I first started, I was cutting them out and then using a re-purposed air powered dentist drill and 1/8" shank bits to round their corners to make them look more of a proper reindeer shape, but it was very time consuming. Staining and finishing was also done to the early ones, and it too took a lot of time. Then I found out that they liked them unfinished just as they come out of the saw, so I cut out all of the finishing steps, but I still do QC on them to remove any splintering of the edges, put eyes and red nose on them with marking pens, and spray them with clear lacquer so they, especially the ones that become jewelry, stay nice looking. At least some of you have now made some reindeer, and even made other 3-D items. I was hoping more would try it. My first 3-D items were from Dianne's books, but then I started looking everywhere for other 3-D patterns because I enjoyed doing the 3-D cutting so much. Others liked what I was making and most couldn't comprehend how magically the item being cut came out of the middle of the block of wood. When I first got the idea to make the reindeer I had watched it being done on a band saw, but what they made was over a foot high. I wondered then if I could do the same, but much smaller on a scroll saw. After a few attempts at drawing my own and not being happy with the result (I'm no artist who can draw pretty pictures), I found the little 3-D reindeer pattern on www.woodgears.ca that Mathias had made. Then I used his pattern and Photoshop to clean it up a bit and resize it. I also used Photoshop to put as many copies of the pattern as I could fit on one sheet of paper before printing them, keeping the edges of each in line to make it easy to cut them apart from the sheet later. Once a full sheet is made, as many full sheets of that size reindeer are easy to print out or even photocopy. Once I could cut them out reliably, I then decided to see if I could make them smaller, and did so. I now make 4 sizes in quantity, with the largest (original) about 4" tall, and the smallest about 7/8" tall. I did make some even smaller, but the number of bad to good ratio convinced me that it was a waste of time, if I was going to make things to give away, quite a challenge though. Then friends discovered that I was making them, and it seemed like everybody, but especially the women, went crazy over these, so I began making and giving them away. They do make nice Christmas presents. The middle sizes look great as a necklace or pin, and the smallest make great ear rings. I also make 3-D Christmas Tree ornaments in quantity. Another production item, but they take longer, so are only given to close family and very close friends. A gift of a dozen or so sure lights up faces when they open their package. I have always enjoyed scroll sawing, since I began back in about 1965, but once I began doing the 3-D patterns I have never seemed to want to cut anything else, although I still do flat work occasionally. For me, 3-D cutting on a scroll saw was yet another slippery slope in woodworking, and it was almost straight down for me. It sure is a great way to reduce the scrap pile of "nice, but too small" pieces of wood. Much of my waste wood is now so small that my #2 son, who heats his home with a wood fire, complains that it isn't very good even for kindling, but he keeps coming back and cleaning out my scrap bins for me. I have also been designing and building Science Exhibits, off and on, for the NC Science Museums since 1996, mostly for Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC. For these, I usually begin with a request for something from them and work to develop a concept to suit their need. I usually then do the cabinet making, wiring, programming, hydraulics, pneumatics, etc. to complete the project. Sometimes I work in my own shop to build them, or work on the sub-assemblies in my shop for the larger projects, and then work with them in their larger shop to complete the exhibit. So I do anything and everything needed, except for the graphics, but they have a department for that work. Photography and woodworking are now my two main hobbies, and both at a bit out-of-control professional level, but I still tackle electrical and electronic projects frequently. I was into metal working pretty heavily too, until I had the pacemaker installed, and my heart doctor put an end to my metalworking. I gave most of my metal working tools, torches, welders, etc. to my #2 son, because he is a certified welder, fabricator, and senior certified refrigeration technician. He now makes the metal parts that I need, and his home and shop are just across town from me, so I can go there and use my tools and his that don't make sparks, if I need to. His shop is 6 X the size of mine too. Charley

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 am down to several pieces of scrap 1/4 &1/8 BB might get some ornaments off it but will have to buy more , I through my change into a coffee can every night to buy BB ply with so I may have enough for a couple sheets. This is what I call my slush fund. from old Navy days. You can't even find cheep ply at HD any more it seems like BB ply is cheaper. No matter what I will keep on scrolling I have a goal to meet Scroll till I am ninety 8 years to go. IKE

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

So added about 6 hours to my Excalibur’s hour meter this week but actually spent about 4 hours a day in the shop, lol. A good example of those folks that say they “run”their saw 8 hours a day. This is my thought when I see people say that. “ whatever” . I didn’t saw nearly as much as I’d like to have but had errands to run and a exhaust to replace on my wife’s Jeep. Anyway this weeks cuttings and the 6 hours of time added to the saw and 16 hours to the shop. Still working out here today so not a full weeks work either yet. 20 Aussie Ornaments 1 Aussie desk clock 1 Aussie wall clock 1 Basset Hound desk clock 1 Blue Tick desk clock 4 Dachshund puzzles 1 Stiletto shoe clock 8 Masonry ornaments 8 Medical Helicopter ornaments 8 Paint Roller ornaments Note: pictures of the shoe clock and Dachshund puzzles packaged and gone to customers before taking pictures. Lol darn it!

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

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 had no idea that I was that bad. I will stop "liking" everything. I do it so I know which posts I've read. I guess I've developed a bad habit. It stops now.

That really pops. Very nice piece

I make these reindeer I found in an old magazine. I didn't do much to them and I have sold two sets so far. I had one person that wanted the larger ones. Larger than I could cut on a scroll saw. After several attempts at it with a bandsaw equipped with a carter guide and the smallest blade I could find I gave up. I could cut out the reindeer, but the antlers kept breaking. I could probably have cut them from some better hardwood. I spoke to the customer about pricing and she was not willing to pay enough for me to cover wood cost. I wasn't willing to spend $40 on an experiment that I could not sell. The experience got me to lusting after the Pegas scrolling band saw. I could not find one anywhere in stock or I would have bought it. I love photography as well. My Cannon T7i just recently rolled the counter over. That's more than 10,000 photos. Sitting on my hard drive right now are more than 47,000 photos.

Great job on that for sure. Love it. I have that image, from a movie poster and was about halfway through making it into a viable scrollsaw pattern. Looks like someone beat me to it. LOL

That came out beautiful. Well done all around.

Now THAT'S eye-catching! And a beautiful piece.

Stunning. Here is the pattern to make it easier to find than digging through the files.

Heirloom piece for certain. Well done.

Lovely. Great coloring. Marg

I’m looking forward to it

eBay

My order is in!

I think it is a great looking piece.

Is it full of ink I hope?

50ft patterns is a little excessive don't you think.. must have one massive scroll saw.. Congrats on scoring that.. sound like a very useful printer.. I had a large format but only 11 x 17 inch.. I bought specific to save me from having to piece together those large patterns.. But, I only printed a handful of the larger patterns and when it was worn out I went with a standard cheap laser printer that only does black.. Sure wish I had thought that through a little better since I like red lines on my patterns.. But I do like this laser printer better than the inkjet ones I've always used in the past..

In other (expensive)( Coreldraw) programs most of these issues are taken care of by a "printer properties" file, Inkscape does not have this, neither does GIMP.

If your printer can't do edge to edge printing, then you can this sub menu to account for that. If you had the margins set to 1/2 inch all around the page (you don't) then using the "resize to page" would shrink the image a small amount. So, this is not the issue.

Beautiful! I'll have to see if I can find that pattern. God Bless! Spirithorse

We are a group on our own. Very exclusive.

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!

Thanks very much meflick, Rolf, and Frank EV. John E.

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.

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.

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

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

I noticed that the reindeer pattern on woodgear.ca does not have the dotted lines to help line up the pattern. Has anyone modified the pattern with dotted lines?