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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

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".

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

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

Ok, most everybody has seen the votive candle holders that I've made in the past but for those who might not have, I'm including a picture of a finished one. I'm also posting pics of all the parts for the 4 that I'm currently making for my wife to give away. She likes this particular thing more than any of the other stuff I've made for her and so it has become her "go-to" gift. The original pattern called for a glass of some sort with a votive candle in it but my wife went to Hobby Lobby and found the flameless candles that just fit so she includes one of them along with the holder. The pics show all the parts both cut and still to be cut. The 8 side panels for each one take about an hour each to cut out. They are compound cuts and just take a long time to do. I've tried every way I can think of to speed up the process but it just can't be done any faster. Lots of taping and re-taping to hold everthing together while cutting. Time consuming to say the least. The other pieces are 4 tops, 4 bases and 8 supports. 4 of the supports are recessed into the tops and can't be seen but the other 4 go at the bottom and are attached to the base unit. The bases still need to have the outer edge routed. I should have done that when I routed the underside of the 4 tops but forgot. I hate routing anything because of the noise and the mess but it's a necessity sometimes. Anyway, I hope you understand what all this is about. Please don't pay any attention to the 4 base unit patterns. When I scanned them in, there was a shadow on the pattern and I could not get rid of it so it just came out this way.

Beautiful work!

I have had the spongy problem with cherry as well. I am experimenting with a home made danish oil that has a higher concentration of polyurethane. This dries in a day and a half. I then apply a seal coat of unwaxed shellac which dries is an hour. I will be spraying lacquer as the final finish to see if this resolves/reduces the uneven absorpsion problem. I have a number of items awaiting a less windy day so I can apply the lacquer.

I have done a fair amount of work with Jatoba wood which US wood dealers usually refer to as Brazilian Cherry. (It has nothing to do with cherry other than the fact it is reddish in color.) It is the most drop-out resistant wood I have used to date. The downside is that it is the hardest and heaviest wood I have ever used. Resawing it on my bandsaw is an extremely slow process and if you try to hurry that you can break the bandsaw blade. Likewise scrolling requires more frequent blade changes. When it is finished it makes a beautiful plaque.

So it is a production line, nice work Ray, RJ

Great work, well done, and great sales as well. You have excelled with this. Don W

Wow that's great congratulations. Awesome work. Marg

Terrific - I love that work!

Wow 40 hours so far. At $20hr ... 10 hours per candle holder. The friends gotta be very good one. I hope they appriciate your work. I like your work. .. hint hint .

Update! I have now completed all the cutting and it's on to the sanding, assembly and finish. This represents about 40 hours so far. I can't do more than 2 of the sides at a time or my eyes fall out onto my cheeks. Very intensive up close cutting. I used a combination of # 1, 3, 5 Pegas MGT blades for all of it.

And sometimes the wood nymphs smile upon you As I tell my kids: K.D.W.Y.A.D. (Keep Doing What You Are Doing)

Beautiful job! Sounds like you ran into someone who appreciates nice work.

Thanks to All that replied and Especially to "WICHMAN". Just to clear the air I have Always used the Super Glue products for this type of securing wood to wood. I have used Contact Cement in the past and THOUGHT hey if this is the way with some I will give it a try, but Now not sure about it. Thanks Again

Great work Barb I did one a month back still haven't put it together. Roly

terrific job, congratulations on the sale

Unique looking pieces Barb. Very nicely done. Good sale

A Big Congrats, and Awesome sale!!

That's great Barb been meaning to do a couple of those (Steve Good pattern). Great price also doubt whether I wood get that around my neck of the woods but will try....

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

Looking for a playmate ?

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

Just the easiest way I've found. I don't have a stand for my planer, nor room in my shop for one. The first time I used it I sat it on saw horses in the yard and it made a massive mess so I just decided to sit it on my tailgate and blow into the bed of the truck where its easy to clean up. Not a perfect solution, but it works.

Ray, your work always amazes me.. the quality of products many folks do on here and the uniqueness of some of the projects. A lot of folks say they envy the people that can do what they like for a living and I am thankful to be able to do that but at the same time I envy those that can take on and create unique projects. Dave Monk with his inlay work is another that I like to see. I wish you all would post more of your works and some of the process to get those beautiful results.

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.

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."

That really is a lot of work there Ray. This is a very big project to take on and I wish you well with it, you look as if you have it covered and the recipients will be truly grateful for them I think. Don W

Very fine works!

Jim, you don't know how close I've come to scrolling this little cutie. Reason being, my little buddy, Hershey, looks almost identical. He was a rescue and when we got him, he was completely hairless from fleas. Always wants to be held and loves his belly scratched. I think I'd get rid of the wife before I got rid of my little buddy!

$50 each? I am impressed. I think they are quite unique when I saw the pattern, but I really did not think people would be interested enough to actually pay money for one. There I go judging what others are thinking. I wonder some times when I overlook something like this item, how many sales I have missed because of my judgements on the likes of others, thinking that if it does not interest me much, how can it excite anyone else. The dog puzzles are a good example of that thinking. Dick heppnerguy

I love it! Simple, easy, and cheap. Plus, the bed of the pickup is a hell of a lot bigger than a dust collector. Hmmmm….. I wonder if my wife would let me buy a new “dust collector”.

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

Maybe your should give another a try. I started out making intarsia and after about 4 years I got into scrolling because it didn't take to long to finish a project. I only do intarsia every once in awhile because I have several patterns laying around that I have never done Dick heppnerguy

Good cuts, they look great. Roly

These are cool cuts, love um. Roly

Yep - got it - thanks

I'm surprised we still have anything made of glass, or pointed, or sharp, or.... When I was still selling tools it amazed me when seeing warning labels on things that should be obvious to anybody with more than 2 brain cells. The problems were all created by lawyers.

absolutely nothing wrong with being silly. I love doing 'silly'things for the Grandkids, although my daughter is running out of shelf and wall space. Gary Larson and his Far Side books are my kind of silly. What I've always lacked is the skill to finish things in coloured paint, so I like your cow a lot.

I did a little creative change to a Steve Good pattern and I really like the way it turned out. This is a gift for a Very Special Friend of mine just to say thanks for being my friend for so many years. We have been friends for 65 years now. Dick

Looks like a big project. Looking good!

Thanks Barb. I've tried using the clamp but it just didn't work out. Maybe I'll give it another try or figure out a better clamp. One of the 2 long cuts on the side either starts or ends in such a way that the clamp side is in the way. Maybe a small relief cutout on the clamp wall would help. Now you have me thinking. Thanks. My brain gets fogged often so I need folks like you to blow away the haze. Lol.

Nice work Ray. I hope the people that receive them appreciate the amount of work you put into them. Thanks for showing us.

Those look great. I remember seeing this pattern somewhere, but can't recall - who is it by? On the top rings, are you using a router to make the recess for the other piece to fit into?

You're quite a busy man, Ray. Great work!

Very nice.

Oh yes. I love doing it.

Great work.