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Cut from 1/4BB and backed with1/8BB I used Aspen for the frame and added the inlays. I also used my spline jig for the first time and used purple heart for the splines. The addition of the splines was easier than I thought-I will probably use them more. Any advice or suggestions are appreciated.

The Christmas Gnomes are Sue Mey patterns, made from 4mm pine. Tom's Happy Feet is made from 2.5mm Bamboo, in a frame from a cheap shop. Marg

I showed this pattern to my wife and she said she would like one for your front room wall, so here is the results of it. This is a JGR pattern and it might be a perfect pattern for someone who has been thinking about making an intarsia piece but strays away because they are not sure they could make one. Give this one a try if you even thinking you might like to try it. You can do it. Dick heppnerguy

Sheila Landry pattern, cut in 5/8" Red Oak.

I finished all four on Monday. The patterns are by Harvey Blyer. The wood is 3/4" Poplar. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3R MGT blades and Pegas #1 Spiral Blades for veining. The finish is dipping in diluted Shellac. Comments welcome.

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

Just sent this off to a good friend. She requested it for her daughter. I'd done one for her in the past and wanted another with 'birds' in the tree.

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."

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.

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.

These are my latest cuts, a Big Thank You to Botas Helder for sending me the patterns it’s truly appreciated. I’m going to paint them ( with my daughters help, she does art) one set is for my son in laws 50th birthday later this month. I’m not sure about a backer yet, was thinking painting 1/8 MDF black and the glue Yoda to that, I have a good idea in my mind as to what the backer should look like when finished. I’m very happy with the cuts considering this is only my 6 & 7th cuts, the big Yoda was quite challenging for me but I’m more than happy with the results. Any advice on backed is most welcome.

I, personally really like the inlay exactly like it is. Where did you purchase the inlay? I would really like to see what all they have. The cutting is excellent. This is one really wonderful project in every way. Dick heppnerguy

I would say How? But I know - lots of time and patience. Good job!!!

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

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

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.

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.

Mighty fine cutting on a delicate pattern.

Nice clean cuts. I like the verse too!

My latest project done!

I really like all the projects you have been posting. You certainly have a handle on your scrolling projects. Love them all Dick heppnerguy

word art can be quite challenging for many, but practice sure makes it easier as we go along in advancing our efforts. This is a great piece with a lot of wisdom in the message of it. Dick heppnerguy

What a wonderful project. I was told about this pattern by my good friend, Scrapile, Paul, when I talked with him yesterday on the phone. He told my, he is also cutting this pattern. I can see why. It is amazing. One of the best 'word art ' patterns I have ever witnessed. Dick heppnerguy

The cut panel is 8x10 and the backer is 10x12. I used 1inch rails and rounded over the outer edges. The inlay is 1/4 inch width. I think I got carried away with the inlay-if I were to do it again or use inlay in the future I would center shorter strips on the rails, maybe 8 inch lengths or so.

Excelent job on both the cutting and the frame. The nice wide border between cut panel and frame really works well and makes the piece seem large. What size is the cut panel? What size backer? What is width of frame rails?

Beautiful job. The inlay really pops and the purple heart compliments the inlay nicely.

Beautiful. Done with skill I can only dream of. !!!!

fantastic job, it's beautiful

WOW!!!! You did an Awesome job!!! Love the Frame.

Beautiful piece. The inlay really pops.

That is awesome. Love it. Marg

Wow! Very impressive!

The only thing I can suggest is, that is beautiful and you should be proud of what you completed, especially like the inlay on the frame, RJ

Very nice, Marg.

Good looking work!

Look great Marg. Glad to see you are keeping busy.

It was a typo. Should have been apitong. He never talked about it in any of his videos. I contacted him and asked about the wood he used in many of his projects. He wrote back to me and explained that a friend gives him lots of scraps from whatever they use it for in Japan. Sorry.

This is an Alex Fox design that I modified slightly to hold keys. Hard Maple and Walnut. Chris

awesome work, I love the ornaments

Aww, so cute

Bummer, Sometimes you just can't win a kick in a stampede. More stock for the next show.

You should see the scars on my back!

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".

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

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

Very Nice Rodney One of my favourite songs. This a great adaption enjoy.

I made this guy for no one in particular, but I will probably give it to someone on a whim. I don’t paint many of my projects, but this one wouldn’t look very good unpainted. Anyway a birder friend saw it and said that studies have shown that birds shy away from houses with faces if they have eyes, so I whited out the eyes. You gotta take curb appeal under serious consideration when showing a house. Hopefully this will be Gnome Sweet Gnome for some finely feathered friends.

I did a panoramic photo of part of my shop. Modern technology is amazing.

Hi Don Regular craft paint and wood glue will work fine when gluing MDF to a backer Fab4(DVR on FB)

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.