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Spent all my shop time this week making signs for my grandson’s bedroom. Fun!

Hello tout le monde, It's almost Easter I found the pattern in Steve Good's catalogs. I reduced by 40% and it gave lace. Sizes are approximately 4.72 X 5.11 inches. I'll hope you enjoy. Have a nice day. Eric

Spent more time than I thought I would on this, but mostly pleased with results. A Steve Good pattern I stack cut - two 1/8" pieces of Baltic Birch. The only bad word that came from my mouth was because of one of the tail feather cutouts - The blade went wonky on me, no matter how I tried to steer it. My guess is it got twisted at some point and that's what caused it to wander. I'm going to try to fill in that small area with a tiny bit of super glue and a pinch of sawdust sand. (years ago I used flour and super glue to repair the tips of my powered paragliding propellers and that worked really well - bonded well to the carbon fiber and could be sanded afterward) Anyway, used some #3's, 2/0s, and 1/0s Pegas blades. Still have to do a light sanding/cleanout. I stress over backers and finishing. The pattern calls for 1/2" backer and I'm having a time finding 1/2" material that wide (almost 8"). Then there is the whole finishing thing - stain/paint/dye and colors. I'll be selling them and I always get hung-up on what will appeal to the customer. It's good to get back to cutting again. Life, of late, had been getting in the way.

I made this for a friends birthday. 6 1/2 x 8 1/4, 1/2 thick basswood, Minwax golden oak stain (aerosol spray) #2 FD polar used throughout.

Pattern by Jim Blume with thanks, cut from sweet chestnut

Most of these projects have been cut over the last six or so weeks but the finishing and framing was on hold due to a non-scrolling project that had been occupying my time. Finally got a few days break and was able to do some finishing up. All patterns are conversions of various free images I found online. All cut panels are 5/32” Solid Core Maple, Birch or Walnut affixed to a ¼” BB Ply backer. Coloring was done by various techniques such as: Hand Painting with Artist Acrylic Paints, Painting with rattle can spray paints or Staining. Cutting was mostly completed with small Pegas Spiral blades. After assembly, all panels were protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. Frames are made from 1 ¾” wide Poplar finished with Stain and Polyurethane or Black Lacquer. Trees in the Night, 10” Diameter panel mounted on a 12” x12” Backer. Parrot Pair (*), 12” x 12” Leo, 11” x 14” Chrysanthemum Bouquet, 11” x 17”. You all know I welcome comments and critiques. (*) I have cut various Parrot Portraits, all of which have been sold, so I had to make another but different one, to replace the latest to be sold. Although I am very happy to sell my work, certain pieces are missed from the display more than others. This is the case with the various Parrots I have made.

I created this Beveled inlay guidelines chart for myself. I would still do a test cut

The designs were something I created from clipart. The box designs are John A. Nelson with some modifications by me. I bought the hinges from https://www.nationalartcraft.com/product-index.asp I don't think the rectangular ones are available any more. I stopped making them as they wasted a lot of wood. Having said that, I still have some of the hinges and should use them up. This was my collection.

All are good I prefer the lion with green eyes(or yellow?)

Great question for a conversation thread, @Gene Howe and a fantastic chart to help us, @Rolf God Bless! Spirithorse

Take your time when cutting inlays and make sure not to push sideways. These were 1/4 into 1/4 inch material. Olson 2/0 R 28 TPI

Now they are waiting for a background... Birch plywood 5/32 inch, size appr. 11 x 8 inch each, together appr. 1100 entry holes.

I made this the same day Steve released the pattern but, I narrowed the slots to 1/4" and used 1/4" Baltic Birch. I was happy that I kept the slots the right size and centered so the puzzle came out with no large gaps and assembles tightly but, not too tightly. I actually think it is harder to disassemble than to assemble! LOL God Bless! Spirithorse

Well done, @Charlie E In my opinion, that is quite a sense of accomplishment completing projects for the grandson. I'm sure your grandson will be extremely happy with these fine projects. God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nice work. Great pattern by SG. I did this same piece a while ago and treated it like a Plaque, as suggested by Steve, with a 1/4" thick Oval backer. The cut panel was stained dark Walnut and the backer left the light color natural maple I used as a backer. I sanded and stainded the edges of the Oval to make the plywood edge not too noticable. An option would be to mount your cut panel on a square/rectangular backer of a contrasting color and mount it in a frame. Either way would look great. Here is mine I made for my Lady and hangs on my wall in my home. It was one of my very early work nearly three years ago..

This is an interesting question and discussion. Rolf's graph is helpful. I do have a question about the graph. I think the width of the kerf is the important variable rather than the blade thickness. I have tried measuring the kerf and found it always to be a bit more than the blade. I measured kerf by taking a piece of wood about 2" long, cutting in two and remeasuring it. For anyone with a calculator---- I think that the angle equals the inverse sin of the kerf divided by board thickness.

I had an old 788 ran it for years gave it a grease job went together fine and ran just like knew wished I hadn't sold but there was a young person wanting to get into scrolling thought it was best to have him start on good saw

Joe, Beautiful cutting of a great pattern! And I really like the color of the backer. I would not have noticed the bit with the tail feathers if you had not mentioned it. We love our hummingbirds and they are starting to pass through right now, I need to get my feeders up. Their sound is more of a chirp than a tweet. Thurman

You did a great job, for the backing I would suggest wood veneer

very nice work

beautiful work

Hello Joe I like it when it's cut very thin. great job.

My type 2 showed date of manufacture on the motor tag. At least I think that is what the numbers meant as I bought it in 2008 and the tag said 2008.. it didn't really say on it that it was the date.. if I remember correctly it was just at the end of the serial number.. so I never "really" knew if that was what it meant. I just assumed it meant the date. Edit to add: I'm not exactly sure but I think the Type 1 saw ended around 2003 - 5 ish.. and that was when they moved production to Taiwan.. Then for the first few saws that came out of the new plant had some alignment issues with bolt holes somewhere in the saw that made the blade have a lot of forward / backward motion which made the saw cut very aggressive.. They got a bad name going around for the Type 2 with everyone saying stay away from the type 2 saw.. and still to this day everyone says to buy a Type 1 However, now days in 2022 a Type 1 saw is really quite old and would likely have the grease ( if never been opened up and greased ) dried up and probably would have issues sooner than later.. ( just my opinion ). There are no parts differences between the two types.. just means more about what plant it was made in.. If I was buying a used one I'd probably not consider a low year type 2 such as a 2001 - 2006 as you might get one of those first few from the new plant that had some issues.. Plus if you're getting that old of one you might as well plan on takin it apart to grease it etc.

Mine came with a label attached to the motor with the date on it.

Love them all but for me the parrots are the winner. Very clever cutting and painting involved in this and a lot of thought working it all out. I must try this some day when I have time. I also love the chrysanths, I think it is because you have used colour that is making me think of copying this idea and I am sure I mentioned before when you did the WIP demo I would like to make/copy these. Don W

Very nice Charlie. Great decorations for a young blokes room. I have made hundreds of these about 150mm (6") high.

Very nice Rolf. I have a dozen of each of these type of hinges, circular and rectangle. Have had them in a box for years, just never got around to using them.

Another thing to consider when cutting inlays is the direction in which you cut. Because of the angle of the cut, a very sharp (pointed) turn can try and force the blade to cut across itself. I don't think I am explaining this very well, but if you set the blade at an angle and try and cut a sharp point in one direction, then the other, you will see what I mean.

All is very well done - but the trees and the lion are my favourites!

Very well done - your grandson will be happy!

Very nice work Rolf. Both are beautiful.

Nice work. While the trees are nice, I am quite taken by the Chrysanthemums. Is there a layer on top of the panel? It kind of looks that way.

Beautiful work is this a pattern?

Nice work. I’m also a fan of the trees.

Well done! God Bless! Spirithorse

Great work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nice! The trees is my favorite. God Bless! Spirithorse

They are all great but the eyes on the lion are amazing!

Wow! those are outstanding!

nice trees in the night. i had to think about how shadows would appear at night. you might add "winter" since there is no apparent leaves. Me. Mark Eason

Is there a way to determine the date of mfg. of the 788 scrollsaw. Thanks for any info.

Thanks Rolf. Great helpful chart.

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I often tell folks that patterns are only a guide and that once you decide to cut it and adapt or modify it to fit with your ideas, then you will open the door to your own special creativity. I absolutely love what you did with this. Amazing results.

Thanks John and, Dan.

I also cut that one out the other day. Try the wooden knot one he has also.

Those look great!

Russ Beard pattern Lot of fun to do.

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