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About a month ago I was at an event and started discussing scroll saw stuff. Was showing someone some of my pictures (because I always have my phone/photo album with me). He really liked the pendant sized gear heart I had made and asked about the larger size. Said he would buy. Went home and made a couple, thinking if he didn't buy I could always put them in my inventory for craft sales. I did send him an email but never heard back. Saw him yesterday and showing him the picture of the two I cut. He wants a third. Luckily I have just enough of the Sapelle (free from another friend) to do a third heart. All sold at $50 each. Wood is sapele & maple. All gifted from another woodworking friend - they were his "scraps".

Cat Stevens, with a nod to a couple of his hits, Moon Shadow, and Peace Train. I didn't add the moon till the end so it's not on the pattern.

Using contact cement to join pieces of timber etc, just goes so far against the grain, (Pun intended). Each to their own, but contact cement is not designed for that. It is perfect for laminating, fixing thin sheet materials etc, anywhere you can apply a heavy downward pressure to ensure a good bond. there are a thousand better products for timber to timber joints.

My little buddy, Rocky, long hair apple head chihuahua, follows me everywhere though never gets under my feet.

This pattern is one FrankEV posted a month or so ago. I love this song and knew I wanted to cut it when I seen the piece Frank had shared. I used 1/4 inch oak ply for the front and a 1/4 inch underlayment material for the backer. (Less expensive and usable since it is painted and a limited amount shows.) As with most of my projects the piece is stained with Minwax Natural and has 5 coats clear gloss with light sanding between coats. In the enlarged picture it appears to have grit (or specks) in the finish but it is actually a reflection from direct sunlight. The piece is actually very smooth and clean. The backer is painted gloss black. The frame is pine stained with Minwax Red Oak. Franks was much better because of the colors he added but I'm still pleased with how this project turned out. I recently purchased some water color pencils and plan to give them a try after doing a little testing first. I started a Jim Blume "American" piece so it will probably be a while for my next "Brag."

Last 2 before the craft show Saturday. Both are Sue Mey patterns

Another 4 Humpty Dumpty Puzzles. If I added my Piggy ones I'd have breakfast

My go to scroll chair is an old office chair as well, it is comfortable to scroll from and I don't have move to another chair when I want to have a snooze

From the comments section, the horses mouth: Thanks, glue - it is called "88" of Ukrainian production, instruction: apply glue on both surfaces, wait about 10-15 minutes until the glue dries, squeeze the glued surfaces. I am not sure that you will find it in your country, one of my customers wrote that in the USA similar glue is called "Contact Cement". Also I know that many of my customers use "Gorilla" wood glue.

Love my boxer dogs and so this had to be my first scroll , Only basic but i like it

My dog smiles a lot.......I don't have to feed him, I don't have to take him for a walk and I do not have to follow him around with a pooper-scooper. This is another example of ADDING COLOR TO SCROLLING. The only painting required was to paint the edges yellow. Art work was simply glued on. The finished results LOOKS like it was painted.

well I dont know where the first post is I put up with my knobe house project pictures so i'll just put them all up here. the first few pictures are of the door and windows and then of the stick i cut in half before I made a grove in the middle of them. these are the window flower pots well for some reason the pictures are not in order! the last 3 pictures are also of the door and window boxes before i got them finished...lol now then the rest of the pictures are of the window boxes after i made the groves I drilled little holes in the groves and then i tooks some plastic flowers i had in the craft room and glued them into the holes. to make it looks nicer i glued some moss in the groves and around the flowers too. then it was off to the craft to get the box of small plastic birds and butterflys and the little medal birdcage i picked up some years back. I got a small stick from the stick pile and a little red bird cut a grove on the bottom of the bird and glued the bird to the branch then glued the branch inside of the birdcage. oh! I cut some small sauares from a plastic bag to make curtins for the windows cut them down the middle and then glued them to the back of the windows pulling them off to the side so they looked like they were tied back....sounds simple enough but easy it was not lol then i glued the window boxes to the windows Now i just happened to see some really small wood fllower pots in the craft room so i grabed a couple of those and painted them then glued some moss inside them then glued some plastic flowers in them as well..iv got some other ideas for the knob house to when and if i get them done i'll put those up too....lol now we just have to wait until it stops raining before we can go about figureing out how to put them on the stump outside

I have been busy in the shop and with other things and have not posted most of the projects I have completed lately. I get then done and mail them off and forget to even take photos of them. I remembered to photograph this item I made that is going to the National Parks Dept., I believe in South Dakota. The person who ordered it should be receiving it today, I believe. This is a Judy Gale Robert's pattern and I got lucky as it was on sale for $5. My timing was right about that. I have not done very many intarsia pieces for awhile but I am happy with how this one came out Dick heppnerguy

I like it. The peace train. World peace. oh that is the moon. Instead of smoke coming out of the stack you could make musical notes.

I have been using 3m 77 with out issues. Have to check out his video.

I haven't used that but I have been using spray glue which is really easy. .

I have an old drafting stool. Looks something like this; It was destined for the dumpster, at work. The upholstery was shot. I dragged it home, added padding and re-covered it and have been using it for several years.

I agree with you 100% Frank. It was after I glued the front to the backer that I realized the backer should have been larger. Live and learn I guess!

For my shop I went to a Used Office Furniture store. I need a back rest due to my bad back. I bought a used Office Chair that has wheels, a back rest, so UGLY Upholstery, It is Adjustable for height, and it is so very comfortable and it rolls around my shop perfectly! The beauty part of it is that I dickered with the guy and got him down to $25 including tax! Dick

This was done for my family physician's first grandchild, a sweet baby girl, using carved fretwork techniques.

A friend lost her long hair Chihuahua so I made her a cell phone prop up. She sent me a picture and I super77 it to a red oak board and winged it. Drill and then used a #3 spiral blade. Then I stained it with wipe on gel stain Java. Arm R Seal final finish. Me. Mark Eason

This was a custom order. Pattern is from Steve Good. I added the custom collar.

I recently received an order to do a Thank You gift for a graduation speaker. So I did another Montana barnwood wallhanging, with the county highlighted. One logo the speaker's alma mater Bluejay (that school is no longer in existence), and the other is Graduating class's Wildcat, which is where the speaker had his first job before moving on to becoming an amazingly successful collegiate basketball coach.

Done for a friends Birthday, I hope she likes it. An @alexfox pattern. 3mm B/B with 6mm ply backer.

Did I see Alex Fox use Contact Cement for Securing a Project? Think I did. I watched his Video making the little Doggie or Kitty key chain holder. Any How.... Does anyone use this method? He makes it look so Easy.... Pros n Cons Please....Thanks Danny :+}

These are cool cuts, love um. Roly

That is awesome! One of my sisters has asked me for one just like this. Thanks for sharing the pattern she's going to love it.

I saw this on the local, Woodworkers of Houston, facebook page. It looks like a very nice shop stool but perhaps a bit pricey at $170. Adjustable Shop Stool With Casters | DEWALT. The post went on to mention a similar, if not identical, stool at Menards for $90 Masterforce® Premium Shop Stool at Menards®. I wish we had a Menards close to where I live.

I try a any species that comes my way, soft woods like pine, spruce have more tendency to break along grain lines. Was given agift certificate from Windsor hardwoods so bought Canary,wood, tiger wood, yellow tarara and zebrawood all 3/4 in. and around 20 bucks a board foot the other day was well pleased

awesome job

This is the method I use but I never thought of saving a block with the blade number on it for an easy setup next time. Thanks for that I will do that in future and probably end up with various blocks using various blade widths/thicknesses. I can't remember the last time I tilted the table or what I was doing it for but this is a good idea to keep in mind. Don W

Oh I remember him well. Love His Peace train and Wild World songs. You did an Awesome job!!!!

Yep - got it - thanks

Looks great, and good sale, RJ

I use the same method. I usually use a credit card or protractor to set it up and then use the "Flip the cut" method to check.

Good to know. I'll try to keep that in mind.

I have a bar stool my Wife's best friend wasn't using, heavy cast iron, swivels, I padded the seat and I am HAPPY HAPPY

I will second Ray - recovering isn't difficult at all.

Kev, I recently recovered/padded all of our dining chairs. Not difficult at all. I bought the padding at Hobby Lobby. 2 inch thick so they are very soft and comfy.

While that Masterforce looks real similar it also looks to me like it has less and maybe cheaper padding in the cushion part of the stool. I bought a really nice looking and well padded stool about 3-4 years ago and since I couldn't find the same one that my other one was that I've had for a lot of years I bought a cheapy from HF.. I know you get what you pay for but it was real comfy and well padded.. tricky scammers though.. that padding packed down and became what felt like literally no padding at all after about 3-6 months, LOL while the stool is in good shape and the covering is holding up good.. but to be comfy it needs some better padding ... Like I said, sometimes you get what you pay for.. I've had some Masterforce power tools ( sander, Sawzall, and cordless drill to be exact ) and I got less than I paid for.. (ie I could have bought better quality for less money at HF)..

I mainly use Cherry, Poplar, Maple, Cherry, Red Oak, and Walnut. Have used many others too.. Red Oak is my least favorite.. it likes to break along the grain.. I know any wood can and will do this but Oak seems to be the worst in my experience.. however since it breaks along the grain it's usually pretty easy to glue and not be noticed.. Finishing oak is another issue for me.. the edge / end grain is like a straw that sucks up finish.. then if it's dipped in a oil finish that finish holds a puddle somewhere in the middle and then seeps through to the face grain later on when you least expect it. I've had wood of all types have spots in the face grain where is seems to be really dried or had started to get to a point of maybe decaying and thus finishing is like you mentioned.. a sponge so to speak, this is why I never ever use a top coat spray finish without dipping it in either 50/50 blo and mineral spirits or Danish oil first.. In most cases I solely use Danish oil and done.. some cases I'll top coat over it with water base poly. Cherry is probably my most used and favorite wood followed by Maple and Walnut. Not a huge fan of Poplar as far as looks.. but love to work with it.. mostly use it for my puzzles as it cuts nice and it's cheaper source of wood.

Not sold in stores anywhere! they will be a big hit!

In my previous post “Cube Tissue Box Cover w/ Hummingbird design” I mentioned I did not do a good job on the corners. Well, I thought I would try again, but with a different panel pattern. The design for mitered joints should work. Everything seemed to be perfect. I did my miters on the table saw very carefully and they looked about as perfect as possible. Well assembly proved to be another story. I used blue tape to form hinges to fold up the box and clamped with two Sedy strap Clamps. The Top was set into the box and clamped with squeeze Clamps. Well as you can see the joints did not closeup and gaps resulted along each joint. Not sure what went wrong, but I’m thinking I needed temporary internal bracing (square blocks) to prevent the clamping pressure from bowing the side panels. The Seahorse panel design looks nice and was an easy stack cut with Pegas #2/0 spiral blades. I played with the coloration of the seahorse to get a multi-colored effect, like those in photos of Seahorses I found on-line. Well, as I originally mentioned, we have many tissue boxes around our home, so I guess I’m going to have to come up with another panel pattern and try again. I will post the Pattern in the New Pattern Announcements for your use and enjoyment. You may have better luck producing tight joints then I’m having.

I see a magnifying glass in my future

Some early silhouettes. Yorkie with the pink bow was for my aunt, the Great Dane was ours (we will always and forevermore have a Great Dane in our lives). Perch is still being used by Rosie, the very inquisitive Eclectus Parrot, and the person loving on the pupper....well....we're dog people. I also have a little wind-up key I cut out of some scrap wood that was supposed to get strapped around our tortoise, but the wife didn't see the same level of humor in it that I did.

I do 'memorial' pawprints for departed dogs from our 'Foxfold' family.

Most make puzzles or leash / key racks from these patterns.. I make them into clocks.. or ornaments. As of a little over a year ago I'm no longer a pet parent.. Miss my dogs and cats but really allergic to cats and dogs bother me some too, now that the kids are kinda grown and wanting to start doing some traveling etc. we have not took on the pet parent responsibility just yet.. SO, I just make them from wood and sell them.

That is super, Dick. Nice to be well received by the customer.

Really nice Dick, what woods did you use?

awesome job