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This was a gag gift from the guy who just loves chocolate chip cookies. My wife makes the best. Made with Cherry 14 x2 filled on front with Sculpey clay

Making this did my childish heart good. Referring to 1 Corinthians 13, C. S. Lewis said, "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." Do you recognize this old television character from my childhood yet? I don’t know if the show aired outside of the US or not so you outlanders may be at a disadvantage.

What I wanted to learn when I started with a scroll saw, thanks to Kevin, for offering to sell me a nice saw to practice on. I learned a lot on this project. Inlay is what I like to do.

From the Daddy Do-List Hi Dad, Is there a chance you could make me any of the animals attached so I have a place for my glasses at night? My Version

My wife wanted me to make another tissue box. I found a nice fret pattern for the sides. Made from 1/4" oak and fits the standard size Kleenex Tissue Box 8.2 x 8.4 inch / 20.8 x 21.3 CM. It has a 1/4" gap on the bottom for easier lifting. Finish is shellac/ gloss Lacquer.

For a change I thought I would do a Intarsia pattern and then cut it ....

Just finished this one, I saved all the dropouts and put all of it back together. I'm planning on this being a display at my booth this summer. 1/4 Inch thick material, FD Polar #1 blades, no finish yet. no idea what the wood is.

Made a frame from pine, burnt it with a blow torch and then brushed it with a wire brush until I achieved the desired effect. Then applied sanding sealer and a clear coat of Matt varnish.

Hello everyone. Dave here. I'm an old, retired guy who loves to play with my woodworking tools. I was a "boomer" sailor many years ago, so I am also an avid "yard sailor", meaning that I'm cheap and looking for bargains. Yesterday was a good day as I picked up a 30+ year old, JET SS-26 26" scroll saw, with it's original box and accessories for $40. It looks and runs like new, but jeez it is heavy! I'm just learning how to do scroll work and I'm pleased as punch with this latest edition. Oh, and got a propane torch for a $1, still in the sealed display pack. This has actually been a great year for yard sales here in the mountains. I've picked up a decent, small Delta 10" table saw with stand for $10. A Kobalt router table with plunge router for $5. A couple of Skil saws for $5 each and a Skil 16" scroll saw for $10. I just have to keep them all separated so that dear wifey doesn't start asking "Isn't this just like that other thing you bought last year?". I like having these cheap backups for when I tear up something good. Anyway, I am so happy to have Scroll Saw Village as a resource and folks for me to beg for help from. I've always wanted to learn how to do scroll work and now I have no more excuses. Dave B

Okay, I admit it. I am a string saver - or in this case a scrap saver. I have a box full of little scraps of walnut, cherry, curly maple, etc. They are just too nice to toss out and besides I just might need them some day. There. I confessed. I have taken a break from scrolling as I am building a jewelry chest for my granddaughter with plus a month of wintering in Florida. So it has been months since I scrolled and I am out of practice. So I thought about creating a pattern that would work with some of those scraps and resharpen my scrolling skills. Here's the result - cut in, as yet, unfinished cherry. This was before I added the oval seen in the attached pattern and added a bit of safety allowance for the dropouts in the word "Peace". This particular stock was 3.5"x 4.25" was and required me to use a Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse 2/0 blade. That took some real getting used to. Man, those blades are thin! I will be finishing this in my new "home brew" Danish oil/ then Shellac sealer and finally, lacquer. (By the way this formula for Danish oil dries much faster than Watco. Odor free in a day-and-a- half and safe to finish coat in 3 days.) If you missed my post on that here's the website where I found the formula. https://vanduynwoodwork.com/2018/09/18/danish-oil-finish-top-3-reasons-to-mix-your-own/ MASTER single belzeir dove final.pdf

Here are the two Hourglass's I made. As I noted in the original post, I was considring darking the wood a little with Mahagony stain. And, as you can see in the photo, I did just that. Not sure which one we like the best. My Lady is leaning toward the original lighter one while I kind of like the darker a little better. Staining the wood, did add some time to the build to allow for drying time and it was a PITA to get into all the fretwork because I only had Mahogany in the Gel Stain. If I had the regular type it would have probably been a lot easier to dip the fretwork pieces.

Just a thought, the wood appears thin, perhaps double the thickness by gluing 2 together cross grain would keep it from splitting? Very nice clean cut for it's size though. Chris

I am retired and also a nuisance in the kitchen so shop and scroll saw has become a passion I buy patterns from pattern makers, use the help yourself pattern makers from SSV pattern site. I have tried a few pattern making projects using the HB pencil as the inkscape programs are bit beyond my computer ability. A few days ago I down loaded a picture of a kitten that I found on Frank Ev's brag site. A simple easy cut pattern .

My first event of the year just ended, 2 days (Friday and Saturday). Large event with 160 vendors in a beautiful park. Weather was great, crowds were huge. I didn't make as much as I expected. Inflation is definitely tightening some wallets understandably. I sold a total of 62 pieces at an average price of $32.50 over the two days. Overall very happy. All vendors said the same thing "Sales were good, they just weren't fabulous." Next event in 2 weeks, one of my best 1 day events each year. See how it goes.

Zodiac signs - finally done (I started to make these patterns before the war). Project consists of 4 layers 1/8 inch. Each Zodiac sign could be made separately of Zodiac circle. Zodiac signs pattern Video of making project

I like that a lot! A+

I like that a lot! A+

I like that a lot! A+

I like that a lot! A+

I remember watching as a kid.

I think they ran the reruns back to back for after school “babysitting”. We watched them both - plus the original Batman and Robin show with the cartoon “Pow” and “wow” (I had a brother who always wanted to watch that. I also remember liking to watch a show that I think was called “Dark Shadows”. It was sorta like a soap opera style show about a vampire(s) as I recall. Barnabas was the vampire guy’s name.

Nothing much beats a hot out of the oven chocolate chip cookie. Nice idea and work.

There is a scroll saw club that meets at the Klingspor Cary location the first Sunday of the month at 2:00. Maybe you can check out the saw and club at the same time. I would call the store to see if they have one on hand.

I own an older Excalibur EX21 and an old RBI Hawk. If I were buying new today, I would buy the Pegas scroll saw.

Very fine work!

A nice looking box. Well done. I have found that tissue boxes are very popular because, not only can they be decorative, but they serve a purpose.

The Munsters along with The Adam's Family. I think the Adams Family was more popular here. A great likeness of Herman

Looks good Charlie. Adding him to your collection on your shop walls? Nothing wrong in having a bit of childhood fun.

Keep in mind that the Pegas blade holders come on the Pegas saw but will be a $100 add-on to any other saw. If you have the budget, buy the Pegas and get to scrolling.

I was wondering what you were saying Barbara but now with the explanation I get it. It would have been great if in the world everybody spoke the same language. Be well.

Portrait art is what I started out doing. My very first projects was more complex and not really beginner type portrait projects. I do not have pictures of my very first few projects as they was given away and the pictures are long gone from a computer hard drive that crashed and wiped out all my patterns and pictures. Fortunately I learned to make back-ups and back-ups to my back-ups and also have cloud storage for some of the more important things like patterns. Frank is quite fortunate to be able to get into the art museum to sell off a few of his works of art. Portrait work is what I started with but as has been mentioned, finding subjects to cut and in my case finding shoppers that like the said subjects.. Portrait art is probably one of the hardest things to sell as it is just that.. " wall hanging art " not to take away from shelf sitting art. In one way shape or form we all are creating art.. I think some use the term with a lot of emphasis while others don't put in enough on the term, including myself LOL.. some see portrait work as just a piece of wood full of holes.. Just as I see some of those art paintings that look like several paint cans exploded onto a canvas just that.. paint can exploded, LOL I'm probably one that doesn't use the term art strong enough.. BUT, I do that because of the wide open opinion of the term and many forms of art out there. I show pieces to my friends / family / customers and let them say the term for me if they see fit. I've had many "most" folks say my car clocks are works of art.. I've seen people say they're just a clock too.. and that's okay.. In my head they are art and I don't need to prove it or point it out to anyone.. I just don't push the term. My favorite things to make is the things that people want, LOL.. ie I like making that special personalized gift that's exactly what the customer wanted. Aside from that my favorite is Christmas ornaments because being a Christian, Christmas time is a special time of the year for all Christians. Making ornaments that people buy ( some personalized ones ) that are gifts bring a couple different things to mind. First being the purchaser got a gift for someone special in their lives. Second is the fact that that person digs out the gift every year for decorations and is reminded of the moment / gift giver etc. of the said gift. Many return customers come and custom order a design that is themed to special moments of the said year. I have pieces that are special to people that they hang up as a decoration in many peoples homes all around the world. Selling online ( in my experience ) opens up a communication / friendships so to speak with many customers. While craft shows you get the one on one in person interaction but many of those customers you never hear from unless you run into them at the show again the following year. You hardly ever hear back from them or get any kind of feedback.. While you hand out business cards.. most get lost / tossed so said customer may not ever give you any feedback or reviews. I have a large number of emails/ messages because the customer has online records of their orders and my contact is all over the place for said customers to freely contact. It's really cool to get a follow-up story and some even send videos of my item ( their gift ) being opened to see the reactions etc. So at the end of the day, I do this for the smiles and the special gifts.. doesn't really matter to me saw time is saw time.. doesn't matter what I'm making. Some think it's about the money for me and it's totally not. But without the money I couldn't stay in business to do this kind of thing so it does have to be a little about money. If I was mostly worried about the money I would be doing a different business that created larger profits. This portrait is one of my first few projects.. How to know? I didn't learn about the stability of plywood until I progressed 6 months or so into my scrolling. This piece is made from solid 1/8" red oak. I also learned that red oak while it was widely available in 1/8" also has a lot of distracting grain when doing portrait works.. I switch to basswood after red oak, before finally discovering plywood. LOL

beautiful job

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you....I was having some problems with my headaces and migrines....it happens sometimes when im close to needing my next series of shots...frontly I got my shots this morning so I should be feeling better by tomarrow. I'll show this set of messages to spike and i'll take a look at it tomarrow too. Thank you all so much...I didnt intend to be missing a few days after we talked.

Herman Munster, the father from The Munsters. You know, the big tall lanky green guy who looked like Frankenstein.

AS I progressed, I started out with pictures found on Steve Good's website. They were plenty challenging and I learned the needed techniques needed to branch out into other projects. I stumbled across Sheila Landry's website: http://sheilalandrydesigns.com/free-pattern/ and started word art plaques done in cherry. These have been gifted to people on various occasions and seemingly appreciated. Then, thanks to Travis' great work in teaching the ins and outs of Inkscape, I started designing my own word art plaques. I enjoy the process of making the board stock out of cherry and the process of cutting the pattern and the finishing of the final product.

I agree with Frank. The portraits and scene cutting isn’t for me. I enjoy making the big fret work clocks. I do other kinds of woodworking too but the scroll saw is my favorite tool.

You might try contacting Sue Mey, she's listed in the pattern shops, as she is based in SA. The member map shows 29 members in the Johannesburg area. If you could get together and put in a mass order.....

Don Thanks for the friendly help will also try to share with you any help I can. We over this part of the world have thttps://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjCgr7lpaL3AhXLse0KHUIwB9AYABAAGgJkZw&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESbeD2uHr5loe8x9qB1z7PZtPp2RxPoquZQeTq9qzOB-o4OGlh-VCMLBF6etC1rh2dBeX0Q1iNW0cUOhqQT2gGyKwkUBe1dcsheFMoDN5zkOjamiViN8_-ZXeWvVcbTtaxIl_zfmcJwah3yZR-YIc&sig=AOD64_2aDdyy0hTuAZcJ3hNxZSW7yrW8Mw&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiB07blpaL3AhXLQkEAHbSnAQ8Q0Qx6BAgDEAEo help each other. My husband i always on the hunt Adendorff does some times have stuff he said they have a low end scroll saw but a up grade from mine and last time I got blades was in Randburg a hardware store. If more info needed I will look up the address.

Well, being somewhat new to scrolling (a little over a year), I still enjoy the portrait type projects although they can be very time consuming. I do like the western themes as well as some of the more rustic patterns. I try to sell some of my work as an attempt to re-coop some of my expense however I know I would never re-coop my time on some of the more elaborate projects. Someone posted a few days ago that it had taken them about 40 hours to finish a cutting. If you value your time at $20 an hour, you would be looking at $800 for just the time alone for a single piece. Don't get me wrong. I scroll for the relaxation and joy of scrolling. I like to know I can take a raw piece of wood and turn it into something I call art. Selling projects is just a means of a supplemental income to augment my scroll saw hobby. I've done a lot of Steve Good patterns and I'm currently working on a couple commissions using several of his patterns, but I look forward to completing these commissions so I can get back to what I enjoy most, the portraits. I've dabbled in pattern creating and actually completed my first pattern recently. I haven't posted it because it is a pattern of my best friend Hershey who is a long hair Chihuahua sitting on a stump after Hurrican Matthew. I like the subject and surrounding area but there is a lot of distraction in the background. In other words, I feel it needs work. I hope to one day be able to tackle one of the large elaborate clocks or towers you see with the very detailed fretwork, but then I see some of Frank's posts with the beautiful colors... or some of the works from other talented scrollers on this forum. I'm in awe at some of the crafts the members on this site create. I've rambled enough and will close by saying I scroll for ME! It relaxes me, it is something I enjoy, I learn something almost every time I sit at the saw and the outcome is something I, and hopefully others, enjoy looking at.

That's a neat idea! Beautiful work too.

I always like thinking outside the typical patterns when I can. I still haven't been able to make myself sit down and learn the pattern making programs-a short attention span does not help that endeavor. That being said I often look at a pattern I like and then butcher it in my own way. I posted an example -I took a Steve Good vase pattern and turned it into a blue tooth speaker vase. I think I understand what Frank is saying and I agree with him. As an aside one thing I learned while venturing into all of this is to CAREFULLY look over any pattern before trying to cut it. It seems there are people producing patterns who never try to cut them after they create them. If they did they would have seen that some things are impossible to cut due to size, position etc. And kudos to Frank's work with the color-like your parrot cuts-the color really makes them pop.

I fully agree with what you had to say Frank. I too really enjoy the more intricate patterns .I do a lot of "Faith" based or "Religious" work and sell a lot of it. Just part of doing business. So the simpler patterns are easy to get out quickly and are a better choice for those selling their art work. There are many great designers out there that do more detailed patterns. There many different aspects to what we do. From cutting to creating to helping others. Sometimes finding that next piece takes as much patience and effort as the work itself.

Thank you. I know I am but I only have them after doing a lot of buying/selling of used saws. I realize how lucky I am to be where that is possible. I hope the best for you and all your fellow scrollers in So. Africa. It's a shame when a government makes life so difficult when it's not necessary.

GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!

I was about to say the same thing Norm. I don't think I'll whinge about Aussie prices again. I probably will but .............................

CONGRATS on a good beginning. May it continue for the year. I'm going to try my luck this year at our Farmers Market. Excited, and figure the worst that could happen is that nothing sells . . . on the other hand, that's not so bad. .. it means I'll have presents for family and friends for the next year (or two).

I did a mock set-up at my house today and so glad I did it. Realized items I was missing that I had sold at my last event back in December and didn't remember... Arranged a couple of things differently with help from the wife. Displaying fewer non-dog puzzles to make room for more racks and other new items. Dog puzzles and leash holders are far and away the top selling group. This year going with black tablecloths versus white. It was very windy so I couldn't stand any puzzles up on the tables. Happy with how it looks and ready for my first event coming up Friday & Saturday.

Got some birds right here lol: Thanks as always in advance for reading

A piece I finished cutting today, this was cut from a piece of wood given to me, when I took the pattern off it fell apart, it "broke" on a grain line. I'll fix it with super glue, but still. It seems all the wood in this batch is very brittle, most of the panels have a split in them, the board this piece is from had a split down the middle, I thought I had avoided the split, sigh.