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In this project I combined peace symbol and an anti-war slogan "Make love, not war". Top layer has quite fragile areas, but I didn't change it because I liked the way it looks. Peace pattern Video of making project

Celebrating with a new puzzle "Meeting on the Mound" 11.25”x12” - 240 pieces

Zdravím vás. Jen tak pro radost jsem vyřezala.

I used a basswood round for this and learned that basswood is really difficult to stain and finish. It cuts easy though.

Wall plague for my daugther - birch plywood 5/32 inch, backer birch plywood 1/4 inch stained black

I cut this out of red cedar and poplar. I used the cedar because the knot was the perfect size for the stone! Because of the grain direction, the crosses are fragile.

So people expect it on the 1st so I run my jokes late, lol.. I have another one I wanted to do but I suppose it'll have to be next year.

I've been wanting to cut these Steve Good patterns for some time. The horse is 3/4" Select Pine with Pegas MGR # 5 blades. Now to figure what to finish it with. The switch plate toppers (1/8" BB) I'm going to see if they will sell at the town farmers market this summer. Used some #5's and #3's. And now . . . time to relax.

Pattern by H. Botas

I use a drafting chair which is taller than a regular desk chair as well as being adjustable. I built my scroll saw stand a little taller than table height (about 4 inches) and I have the chair adjusted to where my elbows rest on the arms of the chair comfortably while my hands are placed on the piece to guide. I can turn around to my finishing table, lower the chair a little and be comfortable working on staining/painting/etc. When I guilt my stand it vibrated pretty bad initially. At the time I the top was only half inch plywood. I removed the top and replaced it with 1 1/2 solid wood and that cured the vibration. Good luck.

Slow and steady wins the race they say. But then too, since when is scrolling a race? I don't count anything these days, time spent, number of pilot holes, blades used per project, etc. I do count the number of things on the honey do list though. Need to keep that number under 100. LOL

That way you can practice your cuts.

Oh go ahead. If you are anything like me, next year you won't remember it.

Well it looks like im going to have to buy a new scroll saw....Im looking for a price range between 500 and 600 dollars. any suggestions?

I'm betting someone else out there already knows this, and it's probably already been posted before (I'm too lazy to check). Inkscape uses the SVG format/file extension. Turns out, so does the Brother Scan n' Cut machine. I suspect the Cricket machine does too. Anyway, I imported a Steve Good PDF pattern into Inkscape and then saved it. From there, started up the Scan n' Cut program and imported the saved Inkscape SVG file, enlarged it, and cut it out using cardstock. It took 6 minutes for the machine to cut it out. My cutting depth was a hair shy so I had to coax a few letters out with an exacto knife. It may come in handy for making stencils.

Finished this morning. Botas Helder pattern on white poplar burl slab. 21 X 11 X 3/4 109 cuts with Sawbird #3 ultra reverse. Pre-oil and post oil pics.

I have a question please, due to knee and back problems I can’t stand and scroll. I made a stand for Marlet Scroll Saw (your Wen, Ryobi, Record and a host of others), so I made a stand that was 20” high it was great but very unstable and it vibrated a bit. I asked Mechanical and Civil Engineer how do I build a solid stand that will reduce the vibration. He told understand the frequency and you can sort out the vibration so he sent me a design I built the stand it is rock solid and a glass of water does not even ripple through the speed process. I choose to build it 28” high and with the saw on top of that I am not feeling comfortable when cutting. So my question is what height of the stand be, looking at it I think I can reduced the height by at least 4-6”. I would appreciate some expert advice before I tear off and start making changes.

In the progress of cutting another pattern by Jim Blume, '' Roaring Cat '' . Looks like this after about 20 hrs and 200 entry cuts . The mouth part is cut out except a few spots to keep it there till all the rest of the pattern is cut out, to protect the whiskers from being broken off, very delicate.

Most people find that the scroll saw table cutting height is best for them when their forearms and hands are close to level when they are seated and placing their hands on the saw table as if to move the work piece around. Some prefer that the saw is tilted a bit toward them, others prefer it level. A 3 leg table makes this easy by adjusting the rear leg length to tilt the saw forward. Others, with eye problems, common to old age like me, need to be closer to the cutting point in order to easily see the cut, and so may want slightly higher seating, slightly lower saw, or a slightly longer rear saw table leg. Only experimenting with these positions will determine what is best and most comfortable for you. There is no one setting of these that will make everyone happy. Keep trying the adjustments to find the combination that works best for you. This is supposed to be fun, not unbearable pain. For lighting, I found that two LED lights, one on each side of the upper blade arm and positioned to be slightly forward (toward you) but pointed at the cutting point, eliminates almost all shadows and upper arm flicker to let you easily see the blade cutting point and not a blade shadow. These lights need to be bright and white, like about 56-6300 K color temperature. Mine are attached to a 2 piece DIY aluminum bracket that wraps around the upper arm of my DeWalt saw, with a thicker, stiffer flat piece of aluminum connected to the wrapped piece with an 8-32 X 1/2" bolt to attach the wrapped piece to the flat piece. the flat piece needs to extend out from under the upper saw arm about 2" from each side of the arm to leave ample space for attaching the gooseneck of the light. I'm now on my 4th version of these lights. Although LEDs last nearly forever, the power supply circuits don't. Blinking LEDs and dim LEDs don't make cutting on a scroll saw easy at all. I use a metal shop stool with a metal back and attached cushion. It came from a factory surplus sale. I have 4 of them that I purchased for $5 each. I'm using my original DeWalt scroll saw stand tilted slightly forward. This is working well for this 80 year old 5' 8" big belly guy, but I do use a 2.25 X magnifier headband on top of my reading glasses to see the really small work like the reindeer posted here. He is just under 1" tall and resting on my left hand ring and middle finger. Notice the partly plugged hole just under his antlers. I drill this before cutting him out because the flat surface works better for drilling. The hole is cleaned out when inserting a gold or silver 13 mm ring to which the ear pieces get attached. A pair of these reindeer get made into ear rings, to be given to special women, like my sister, cousins, doctor, wives of close friends, certain waitresses at my favorite restaurants, etc. at Christmas. The two larger sizes get given to any woman who helps me in some way during the Christmas Season, like the sales clerk who took the time to help me, etc. I have never, and won't ever sell them. Every Christmas Season I make four sizes of these and give them away. I've been doing it for 18 years. The two next larger sizes become pins or necklaces. The largest, at about 3 1/2 inches tall is just for sitting on a shelf or for use as a Christmas Tree Ornament with a ribbon tied around his neck to hang him. Each of the size shown in the photo take me about 15 minutes to cut, about 50 minutes to make a pair of ear rings complete from small block of hard maple to placing in the gift box. I do batches of about 20 of this size at a time, take a break, usually including a meal, and then make a batch of a larger size. Twenty of this size is about all my eyes can handle at a time. I have made smaller, but the good to bad results ratio just isn't worth the time for the few good results. Almost every one this size is a keeper. Those of you who have been on this forum for a while have seen these before, and I have shown many photos and provided long explanations of how to make them. A search of my posts should find all this easily. I do make many other things, usually cut in 3D like these (I'm hooked on 3D). I have a nearly complete pro level cabinet shop including two scroll saws, but all crammed into a 1 car garage size outbuilding, so it's a true one user shop (almost no room for others). Charley

Amazing and beautiful! I always think of themself as patient, but that'd push me over the edge.

Nicely done... FWIW: I've been using basswood for several years for our children's line of puzzles. We selected it specifically because it doesn't stain well and does not "shine" when finished nor does it have many if any knots unlike pine which we always had to work around and had way more waste than was practical. It does however, hold colors very well. Colors such as Water colors and food dyes are really well absorbed in Basswood.

i agree you did a wounderful job with this !! I also think some kind of grass or lines at the bottom of the bufflo would make it even more beautiful!

A zero insert is one thing, but that is the new zero kerf model.

Sounds like the clamps are sprung if double blade will work. Have Spike swap the clamps from your old saw if they were working properly. Takes about 1/2 hour total, including pulling table to get to the bottom clamp and reinstalling. Maybe a bit longer.

or spike said maybe you could look at the old one and see if you could fix it and how much it would cost....we're opened to what ever you want to do

It depends on what you are sitting on. Also remember that you probably want to pay attention to the table height which is a few inches higher than the bottom of the saw. If you are sitting on an office chair, aim for desk height. A stool should be be a bit higher.

What happen to your DeWalt? I will likely be selling a saw soon, but I'm unsure what one or how soon it'll be. It'll either be a Hawk 226VS or a Excalibur EX-21. If I remember correctly we in the same town.

Or keep watching the Want Ad posts for someone selling a lightly used saw of the brands that you find acceptable. Many people buy scroll saws and find that it just "isn't for them". I bought my DeWalt Type 1 saw this way for about half of what you are willing to spend. That was about 12 years ago. They said that they used it for about a month and then it collected dust after that, so time to sell. I have run greased it and ran it until it needed bearings and rebuilt it, again with re-greasing, Now it is about time for new bearings and grease again. Charley

Naw.....only about 3,000 minutes.....guess I'm a slow cutter....

The quick answer is always to watch for Dewalt 788 to go on sale.

Great job! I really like the burl slab and the grain but, I did like the portrait better before the oil. God Bless! Spirithorse

Excellent, the title of your work reminded me of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zX5jdbhmQ0

So, is it April Fools month now? I'm just trying to keep up.

I got "sucked in" on one of your previous April 1 jokes, so always a little suspicious of your early April posts.

Sorry, I was just joking around, I wondered if anyone would catch it as a joke or not. LOL

Kevin, if you read the very fine print in the instruction book, it says to use a metric crescent wrench when assembling table. I would venture to say you used an ASA standard crescent wrench when assembling.

I beg your pardon! Nice job.

I am just sitting on mine for now. The prices are crazy so when that happens, it can just sit right there on the shelf for all I care because I wont pay it. Switched to working on my artistic painting skills for now. much cheaper and still satisfying. Once the world stabilizes and gets back to some sense of normalcy, I will hit the saw again.

If we are going to cut trade with Russia, won't the Finnish birch still be available? That's my point. I know it's going to cost more. What doesn't these days.

Love the use of the burl.

Frank, No offense was taken or disrespect perceived to your comment. It was just a little tidbit about Inkscape I discovered and thought I'd pass along.

That's all beyond my capabilities,, but my wife has a Cricut and has made several things that I have used in my woodworking. I am on the team that thinks Cricut's, lasers, and CNC's are in a different category than woodworking, but it is a form of arts and crafts or computer crafts if you will. I don't knock it, but it isn't something I see myself getting into. It definitely takes skill to do the programming.. and you know what they say about opinions.

Thanks for the post. I don't have one of those machines nor do I ever intend to have one, but it's still nice to know that one exists and could be of use. Much appreciated.

I think that one may have been in the wrong pile.

Wow John they are beautiful...

Dang, some really neat stuff here. I don't have much in the line of critters. I have made my grandson a couple wood trucks, not critters. I did make him this dragon, he likes dragons. It is called the Time Keeper or something and was suppose to hold a clock, but for some reason I pictured him holding a crystal ball.

A selection from my toy making days. I used to see yellow, my hair would be yellow, my clothes everything was yellow when I made the ducks. Besides the ull alongs like in the photo I used to make flappers that had a handle that you'd push and their feet, made out of vinyl would flap on the ground. I'd do dozens at a time as I just couldn't keep up with them. From memory they sold for about $20 each. All the googly eyes are recessed and superglued in place

The old one i had just stoped working...not sure why so spike went on facebook markit place and got me another DeWalt. The guy bought it for his father in law but his father in law soon lost intrest in it so it was just sittinig...now i know why his father in law lost intrest for some reason this one wont take a 5 inch spiral scroll saw blade, i dont know if it would take the fret blades or not...spike can put 2 blades together and i can use it that way...but its not great for fretwork or smaller projects. if you fix scroll saws we have my old dewalt sitting in the gragre if youd rather trade. the one in the wood shop now spike uses i dont know what blades he found to use in it, there rather big so he can use it for building stuff..(which would be good for me as when he uses mine i need him to take his blade out so i can put mine in lol his hand tight is a lot tighter then mine lol).it just dosnt work for what i use it for. I would defently be interested in buying either one of the saws your planning to sell! I had cut out a lot of stuff to pratice my wood carving on before the dewalt died so iv been pratceing my carving but im nearing the end of those....still no rush as it takes time for me to finish a peace. And yes we live in the same town!!! Yea!! you can email me with you phone # and address or i can email you mine when your ready to sell one of the saws. It will be nice to be able to do some scrolling again lol