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Just finished this one today! When I first started this one, I believed the wood was red cedar or red oak. Upon finishing it, I think now that it may actually be cherry. The wood had some worm holes with I left - kind of remind me of rust spots on the car. The fenders are brazilian cherry. The car was finished with 4 coats of Formby's Tung Oil. Here's the pics of it along with the last pic that shows the 4 Fords that I have completed so far. One more to go in the series.

The last CD Volume 6 covers Holiday 2015 - Fall 2018 Issues 61-72 I see that https://www.feinschnitt-kreativ.de/ has already been mentioned. I subscribed fairly recently. I can still read German. Frank for the cover price of $8, I think that is probably less than a burger at Mc Donalds. You get a lot of different projects and ideas. Scott, nice job on that Nativity! I have made a couple of those, they are very popular. I modified the design a bit by making the background larger. The other nativity was also from Feinschnitt. I also modified that design to reduce and combine some layers.

Posted by Charles Hand this morning: "Scroll saw friends. This is the latest (7:00 AM ET) from our friend Alex Fox in Kherson, Ukraine. "Now Russians are all over the city, all shops, pharmacies are closed, there are no civilians on the streets, no one leaves their houses. Our mayor made a statement that the administration is working, the life support of the city (gas, water, electricity, the Internet) is working. No one from the Russian military addressed him, the flag on the main square is Ukrainian. It turns out that after the fighting, the Russians drove into the city and are probably waiting for further instructions.""

This is a box I made from a bit of scrap walnut. The box is 2 1/2” X 2 1/2” X 1 1/2”. made from one inch walnut with 1/4” walnut top and bottom. I flocked the inside. It will hold the necklace.

Found a pic online and used it for a pattern. About 8"x11", BBply. Not sure if I will put a backer on it or leave it open. It will sit next to a Flag that I just finished making and both will sit on the outdoor fireplace mantel. The Flag is approx. 9"x 17". Included pics of with and without a backer.

The chipmunk is Dale of Chip and Dale. Still need to fine sand and get rid of the fuzzies. The Gnome is a Steve Good Pattern and he is cut from left over floor tile.

I guess I am the lucky one I still have the CWCM issues from 2000 to the last one before they went out of business.

Yes there website can be read in English but their printed material is in German. This i the project I mad. Like I said a pattern is a pattern.

Cool. When I opened it on my tablet using Google Chrome I got a pop-up to cover to English. Seems to work well.

Hi everyone, just want to let you all know that I received my new replacement saw today. All hooked up and runs great so far. No knocking in this one. I want to thank Denny again for great service and Patti from Pegas who got the ball rolling. They shipped mine out Monday and I got it today. Great service so far.

I made a mistake, part 2 (see part 1 under "Other Woodworks") Last year, in discussions in this forum about dust collection, we talked about vacuum cleaners for dust collection. Per the discussions, I installed a small Oreck vacuum cleaner for use with my scroll saw. I cleverly (or so I thought) wired it to turn off and on with the foot switch which also powered my scroll saw. The vacuum cleaner soon died and wound up in the trash bin. I now have another Oreck dedicated to my scroll saw, not wired to my foot switch. I turn this one on when I sit down at my scroll saw and turn it off when I leave the station. The first one lasted a few months and this one is now going on a year. Conclusion: Vacuum cleaners (Orecks, cannot say about any other brands) are not designed for frequent turning on and off.

Just finished cutting and framing another great pattern by Jim Blume, '' Leopard, Who Goes There " Not as intricate as the first one I cut, ''Wagon Wheels" , but It was an interesting pattern to cut , having many sharp inside and outside cuts. I was able to resize the pattern to 10" x 10" and print it on my printer on 2 sheets of paper after after following a tutorial by Travis on " How to print oversize patterns with Inkscape". Thanks for the pattern Jim Blum, I'm sure I will be downloading and cutting more of your fine patterns. beaver

Hello everybody, Spring is almost here for a few days, it gave me an idea (I found it on web) I added something I like. see you soon Eric

My BIL passed away last March and I asked for a pattern to be made. Grandpa made me one that was really cool looking. I started cutting it last June and finally finished it a few weeks ago. Longest time ever cutting out a pattern for me! Only cut a few lines at a time, eyes kept filling up each time I would start cutting,, hard to see the lines with tears in your eyes.. LOL. Grandpa had some very detailed wheels in the pattern and I knew that I would deviated a bit when cutting them. By not cutting this pattern out in one sitting, I messed up on the wheels, front doesn't match the rear. Not a very good cut overall but it is for me and not for display. Thanks again for the pattern Grandpa! Btw,, Muscovy was his CB handle in the 70's and 80's.

I use a re-purposed whole house vacuum cleaner, installed with inlets in several places in my shop, upstairs in the shop attic, and one to the outside next to the passage door, for vacuuming my cars and trucks. Between the piping and the vacuum is a Dust Deputy with a repurposed 25 gallon grease barrel below it. I use it for all of my fine sawdust producers, the sanders, scroll saws, drill presses, etc. and for vacuuming much of the floor. My shop is too small for a real shop dust collector, so the chip producers and table saw get shoveled out with a small shovel frequently. I'm more concerned with the fine dust getting into my lungs anyway. The vacuum is located upstairs and the exhaust from the central vac exits just below the roof soffit, so the dust collected never gets back in my shop if it should somehow get through the Dust Deputy and vacuum. Since adding the Dust Deputy, there is nothing but a trace of micro fine dust inside the vacuum. It's all in the 25 gallon drum. Since I'm not in the shop every day, I can go about a year before needing to dump the barrel. I do my planning with a DeWalt 735, outside in the driveway, using the original hose and barrel cover that was once available for the 735, and I found a 60 gallon plastic barrel with an open end that I collect the chips in. It resides upside down behind my shop when not being used. Charley

Great job I really like Eric

My current DIY dust collector runs off of a whole-home central vac motor. Its connected to a treadmill controller so its variable speed DC rather than single speed AC. Aside from its a bit loud as its a universal type motor, but it works great. My next will be based on a DIY impeller and washing machine motor - hopefully I can salvage a 3 speed; this will be MUCH quieter. Look up some of Matthias Wandel's youtube vids. He has made many DIY dust collectors. They take a bit of work but can be customized to the exact application.

I'm kind of partial to the Thumper - looks great!

Thanks Rolf for giving that info on the last CD covering through Issue 72, Fall, 2018. I thought it was 2019 or 2018 but couldn’t recall off the top of my head and I confess I let my lazy side win on this one. I have also purchased a couple of issues of the german magazine, I think after you and/or Scott had shared about it I think with that nativity pattern. I also think I still need to make that one.

The content in recent issues is a good bit different than the content from say 10 years ago. I let my subscription expire because issues over the past couple of years had very little that interested me. I've saved all of my old issues, because they still have a number of patterns I may want to cut someday. I could probably toss most of the issues from the last few years. I won't, but I probably could.

very nice work

I got the option to go English on my Android. Their German~English translation is very good, based on my limited German from college 45 years ago.

These are my first cuts of the year. The patterns are by Sue Mey, cut from 5mm pine. They look brighter that they do in the photo and the noses are pink. Marg

Even if the Rand is at 21 to the GBP my saw was only R1050 and even today that would be about the correct price for a Lidl or Aldi saw. I think at the bottom end " you pays your money and you takes your chance". Import duty etc. is another bone of contention that we have to live with.

Google Search "Craftsman Auto Switch". Amazon or Google Search "IVac Vacuum Switch". Charley

I sorted a bunch of patterns from the New Patterns section. I created a new album called Pets for our furry little family members. I pulled out all of the dogs, cats, horses, and other pets from the Animals section and put them there.

Frank, there is not. Each of those 6 CDs have a couple or so years on them. They do not have the last few years out yet. (I forget what the last one covers through.) Besides Buying physical back issues of the magazines (if available, not all issues are) this is the only way to obtain the issues and patterns.

I have not been checking the site for a bit and was looking at the new patterns and must say love your work and thank you so much for sharing your talent with the rest of us.

It’s good to hear about their customer service. It’s rare these days.

There is only one magazine for scrollers that I know of. Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts. https://scrollsawer.com/ Also, you can get issues 1 - 72 on CD. Worth it as patterns can be accessed by computer versus scan and print. https://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?_q=croll+Saw+Woodworking+%26+Crafts+Archive+CD&f=scroll+saw+woodworking+%26+crafts+archive+cd&q=scroll+saw+woodworking++crafts+archive+cd There used to be Creative Woodworks and Crafts. Long gone but you can sometimes pick up old issues on Etsy and eBay.

Interesting and informative discussion. FWIW, my first vacuum cleaner was completely dead, no funny noises, no slowing down, or such. Suddenly one day, it quit. I think Charley and Scott might have diagnosed what happened and have the answer. The problem is that I can get perfectly good used Oreck vacuum cleaners of the type I am using off eBay for around $25 and it is cheaper to just replace the vacuum cleaner as needed. That leaves more $ for other scrolling toys/tools, wood, patterns, etc.

No I used Tombow Dual Brush Pens. I will take a photo when I get chance. Marg Here they are.

I do inlay with my scroll saw and sit at my saw for hours at a time every day. I tried using shop vac for dust removal running all te time, and it worked well but I killed three shop vacs doing that. Two used and one new. Killed them all. Seems they are not designed to run for hours at a time.

You have all been most helpful and yes the good brands are out of our price range. Import price is not funny.