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Greetings! Here is a Dragon Sword that I cut for my grandson. He was born in the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiak. On the back of the small shield, I typed some of the characteristics of the Chinese Dragon. lucky numbers, lucky colors and a Chinese symbol that says Dragon. I don't believe in astrology or most of these items like the Chinese Zodiak but, I thought it was a fun little project and should entertain him and his parents. Ironically, Steve Good called his pattern a Dragon Slaying Sword but, I have represented it as a symbol of the Chinese Dragon birth year. Nothing to brag about but, shown here for your amusement or critique. God Bless! Spirithorse

I was really pleased to see a Resurrection scene pattern by Steve Good due to the topic. I changed the color scheme so, let me know if you think it was good, bad, or indifferent. I did clean up the fuzzies and tried to get another photo but, for some reason the next photo I took had horrible colorization. Nothing at all like the true colors of the project. God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi everyone, just thought I would show you a couple of pieces I just did on my new Pagas 21 from Denny. So far it runs great and is very quiet. These are Steve Good Patterns. The flower stand chair isn't sanded or glued yet ,so you might see some fuzzies. I just put it together to see if everything fits. Now I'll go sand it and paint it white.

Hi all My girlfriends mum wanted a sun flower as Ukraine peace symbol. Here is what I came up with

My wife saw this somewhere online, asked me if I could make on for her. I couldn't remember where I saw the pattern, so a quick post here and Wayne Mahler pointed me to where I could find it. Her only request was to change the tail position, she's a show dog person, Springer Spaniel. I used Ash and Butternut. Took less time than I thought. I gotta say I'm really loving the King SS I picked up last year. Chris

Some of you may know I upgraded to a King 16" about a year ago and im loving it. So I'm not using my Delta at all. And with a small shop like i have, floor space is a premium. So if there's anyone interested in the saw drop me a line. I figured I'd start here to see if anyone was interested before I got to other places to sell it. Chris (Wasn't real sure where to post this)

I needed a fourth statue to fill an open box in the cabinet next to my desk and have been meaning to cut a Kokopelli for a long time. I have a few different Kokopelli patterns on file, but for this Statue I needed something different. I did find many images on-line and did use two different Kokopelli images I found, to use for the basic outline. However, I added my own designs and put two together to form this Statue I call Kokopellie Band. My final version is 13” tall and 11” wide cut from ¾” Red Oak. I added tenons to the feet of the statues that fit into mortises in the Base. I used my table saw to make the tenons about a half a blade width narrower than the ¾” thickness of the statue. Cutting was relatively easy and done with Pegas #5 MGT blades. The base is about a 3 ½” wide x 11” long x ¾” thick oval with about a four-degree perimeter bevel all around eased at the top with a small round over router bit. All statue edges were eased with my Dremel using sanding drums followed by a good deal of hand sanding using 200 grit up to 1500 grit final sanding before finishing. Finishing was my typical multiple coats of clear gloss Deft Spray Lacquer. As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

I think this is the first scroll saw item that I have used Oak for. 1/2" thick, about 6"x8". Still need to do a little sanding and decide on a backer. Used a 2/0 spiral on the whole piece. While on the bottom part, around his chin a wasp decided to play "lets scare the hell out of the person concentrating on trying to cut a straight line" and I got off the line a bit. I can sand it back smooth though. The first pic, it is just laying on a table. The second pic I was walking by the outdoor flag and lean the piece up against the flag and took a pic... kind of eerie looking. Reminds me of his song, The Ragged Ole Flag.

Jim Blume pattern - 1/8" BBPLY - 02 spiral blade - No finish right off the saw

John if you are like me things are less noisy these days as my hearing has gone to "hell in a handbasket". If anyone finds it please return. My memory and hair may also be there.

I cut Abbey Road again for a friend. The red oak and walnut worked well together for this one.

Trivet #1 and Trivet #2 of a set of 8 designed by Sue Mey and finally finished. The Trivet #1 wood is 1/2" Walnut 8" square. The Trivet #2 wood is 1/2" Cherry 8" square. Cut on the Pegas scroll saw using Pegas #3R MGT blades. After sanding, dipped in BLO, dried for a day, sanded again, dipped in BLO again, final sanding and then a light rubbing with paste wax. Comments welcome.

nice arangement. I like southwest art. The Kokopelli was a good choice. My opinion is the basket behind the eagle needs to be upgraded with a scroll saw bowl. Or a tall vase with southwestern feel. I like it. Me. Mark Eason

Me too

Thanks for the comments, Frank. Always appreciated. I did not have a lot of 1/2" stock to chose from, so I used what I had.

Good to hear.

Thank you sir!

Regarding the mention of luan plywood, when I first started scrolling, I had some luan scraps from a RV remodel that I had done and was using them for practice. I had the worst allergic reaction of my life from that wood. It was also before I got smart and bought a good respirator mask. Anyway, just a word of warning to anybody who may be sensitive to that type of fine dust. For me luan is the worst. I'll not use it at all.

I started with a very similar type gun called "Little Beaver". I've had 2 of them, the 1st I bought about 45 years ago and I think the 2nd is still in the shed somewhere? I found them pretty noisy, but things do improve with time, well mostly When looking for a pic, I found an old ad My 1st was blue.

Thanks Marg. Two more made from Cherry. Maybe posting later

I just called my local source for 1/8" 5 x 5 sheets.. quantity discounts of more than 10 sheets is priced at $39.89 per sheet.. last time I purchased it was $13.. He said once it's gone it's gone because as has been mentioned.. we aren't importing anything from Russia.. OH forgot to mention.. this is the price of only one good side and football patches on the other side..

H. Botas pattern

Last year a young fireman bought some plywood pieces that I put on OfferUp for sale. He was interested in my work back then. Last week he called me and asked for something for his girlfriend. He said she likes the Miami Dolphins. We decided on a wall plaque. It's 1/4" BBply, about 15"x15''. It is actually a bit more green in person than the pic shows.

Beautiful scene! Great job!

Been a few since I've done any Celtic knotwork, but here's a couple from not too long ago.

Alex had posted on a facebook feed that I saw yesterday. He said they were safe at that time and were donating some of the money from his Etsy site to a charitable organization. Of course I can't find that posting now.

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.

Thanks for the updates on both Alex and Anatoly. Hopefully they will continue to be safe in these horrible times.

Thanks Gary for the update on Alex and his family. Glad they have stayed safe so far, I have not recently seen any updates on Anatoly since the last one from 2 days ago on the 24th. Prayers continue for both them, their families and all of Ukraine.

Prayers for those folks in the Ukraine. Let's all hope and pray that this is over quickly with a positive outcome.

On last night's new, it showed Kherson being overrun by the Russians. Prayers going out to all of Ukraine.