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I made the pattern for this piece from a photograph I found online. It's 11 x 14", cut with Pegas 2/0 spiral blades.

I made these signs to be part of the Easter displays at my church.

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 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

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

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 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.

Well, here it is in all of it's "colorful" glory. One coat of tung oil mainly because I had never used tung oil before. I figured this was a good time to try it since the project is flawed anyway. It still has some spots that are a bit pinkish but all-in-all it's useable. I'll use it on my desk for odds & ends. Next one will be better.

Pattern by Jim Blume with thanks, cut from sweet chestnut

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

That is why you need to do test cuts. Since different blades have different tooth offsets. Also the quality and adjustments of a saw also impact the kerf.

Nice cutting Kris. I have stayed away from cutting cheetahs, for the obvious reasons

I cut one yesterday out of poplar. I agree with the harder to disassemble!

Don: Something has happened to @OCtoolguypost. Those photos were there Saturday morning. Hopefully Ray can repost them.

Ray, the pics I see are the teeniest pics known to man, I can't see a thing except for a tiny coloured square ??

They are fabulous and fun. He will love them and you. Marg

They are all great but is the trees is my favorite. Excellent work. Marg

Absolutely love, love, love the board. Marg

Excellent work on all. Marg

I think it came out awesome. Congrats!

Why not?

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..

Thanks for that info. Unfortunately, 63 years have passed since the last time I used that sort of math so I'll just have to take your word for it. Lol.

Thank you Jim for your kind remarks.

Well, to update, I figured I had nothing to lose at this point so I filled a sink with cold water and set the basket in the water. I figured that if the padauk continued to bleed, it might even out some. But, to my surprise, nothing happened. So, I got my spray bottle of alcohol and spritzed it really good and then the color began to run. It's the alcohol that was causing the bleeding. The lighter poplar is taking on a pinkish hue and the cherry doesn't seem to have been bothered. And, my mixture isn't 90% as I thought. It's really just 70% straight out of the bottle. Anyway, I let it sit for about a half hour and low and behold the glue started letting go. So I now have the top and bottom loose from the rest of it and soon, I'll have it all apart. Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel and it won't be an oncoming train.

That's incredible! Great work.

Kris, every pattern you make seems to be better than the last one, once again that is the case this time. Yourchoice of plywood panel really emphasizes the movement in the image. Thanks, as always, for sharing. Rick