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I found this photo online and it touched my heart. It is amazing how this photo captures so much emotion.

Today's project Another Botas pattern

My first attempt at a leopard.

Happy Father's day to all the dads in our group. I got the inspiration for these pieces while browsing some website and just kinda winged it, so I do not have a pattern source. (P.s. I know there should not be a apostrophe in "dads"....but I had already cut it before I realized I'm an idiot....lol)

Had to be done for my garden. A Steve Good pattern Rolyfied with eyes and lasered letters. Roly

I had an idea for a Christmas pattern that I didn't get to do last year. I don't know what will happen tomorrow, let alone what will happen in six months, so I made it now. It is simple Christmas tree puzzle which consists of 9 smaller ones. Also you can use them as separate Christmas ornaments or home decoration (pattern includes variant with loop for hanging) Video of making project Christmas treee puzzle pattern

Bonjour tout le monde, I'm satisfied (a little) of this first experience for me. I cut this board from a photograph. I made the pattern with an application. I think redo projects like that time to time. You can tell if it's bad Eric

This should get your spidey senses tingling. Botas pattern.

The ones I am using I use every day and they are over six months old. I use the 100 grit most of the time. The 60 grit I use a lot for shaping intarsia pieces. After they are used for a bit they are not near as aggressive as the grit indicates. For me they aren't as apt to grab my work as a mop is. I don't use them as much on baltic birch fret work. On that I like to lay my piece flat on my bench and run over it with a mop chucked up in my cordless drill.

Very cool. If leaving out an apostrophe is all it takes to be an idiot, sign me up. I saw a post the other day where an elementary student asked his teacher, "Does this word need a flying comma?" She said apostrophes will always be flying commas for her now.

I would love to know if you find some 1/16-inch blades. The last time I looked about a year ago, none were available.

Thx you all for the good information on these different saws, where I am having a problem is the weight, not 50 anymore ( 76 ), I have a good table-saw Sawstop, so i should not need a slider, I will take what you all have given and do more research, will let you know what I end up with, thx RJ

Kevin, I have sanding mops and mac mops but this is my go to in several grits. Takes a bit to break them in. https://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/fw98069/

I've had my Pegas Scroll band saw for about a week and love it.

I have a 10" Dewalt Slider and like it. I would hate to have to carry it around much. Cutting wide boards is a must for me.

I have one on my 14” bandsaw that Ouse exclusively with an 1/8” blade. I have a second bandsaw I use for resawing.

Just bought a DeWalt slider not too long ago. It's probably not what you want as it's big and heavy.. though I bought the DeWalt miter saw stand too so it is compact when folded and has wheels to move it around which is very easy.. Before the DeWalt I had a 10" hitachi.. I really liked it but I needed a saw that would cross cut 14" for ease of making signs etc. on my CNC. My old hitachi had a laser line light. My new DeWalt doesn't have it. I bought a upgraded handle for the "shadow light" but I have yet had time to install this new light so cannot say how well it works personally but read good reviews of it on their higher priced saws. When I bought it I thought it came with the light, thought I was getting a deal because it was cheaper but it's a different saw that the one with the light.. even though really the same saw but different model number and the only difference is the light.

Been shopping around myself. Leaning towards the Makita 10 inch slider. A little pricey but built very well.

Have you tried Timber wolf blades? I use them now thanks to a recommendation I got here. They make them to your specs and reasonably priced

Just wanted to say thank you all for your honest opinions on this idea I had brainstormed, I normally don't add a signature of any kind to ornaments.. they normally get put into small jewelry gift boxes with a business card inside the box. Sometimes I use the stickers to sort of seal the box lid onto the box. I ended up sanding off the clear and sticker and re-coating the clear on this project. Sometimes I brainstorm ideas thinking they might be easier or quicker and in the end I really need to just keep doing what I do. Thank you all for talking me out of doing any more of these like this, sometimes I need outside opinions to keep me on track with quality products.

I agree. Whom ever took the photo was really talented in capturing a moment. And that brings us up to you and your scroll project from the photo. The person talented enough to also capture that moment in a pattern and then cut it so that it can be seen by many more, cut into wood, is amazing as well. I am not sure who made the pattern and cut this, but it turned out amazing as your work always continues to be. Dick heppnerguy

This was a fun to make Steve Good Pattern Backing board out of some scrap laminate MDF,gun out of Baltic Birch,grip out of an unknown hard wood

I ran across this pattern on a European scroll saw page and asked where I could buy the pattern. I was drawn into it at first sight. I never received an answer but posted that I was looking for it. Luckily someone responded and I was able to get the pattern. It was in a format that I have never seen and I was unable to use it. I have a good friend who was able to change it into a format that I could use. After I got it printed, I decided I was not skilled enough to make it. I was kidded a lot about when i was going to make the project. So I finally decided I would at least give it a try. This is the end results and fortunately for me, my wife really liked it and it is now hanging on our front room wall. Each feather has 50 holes and there are about 36 feathers in the project. That meany each feather was going to take in the neighborhood of an hour to cut. Well long story shortened, I finally got through the project. I was not happy with the painting on the body of the bird, but other than that, I am happy with the overall results. Dick heppnerguy

I've always wanted to scroll a sailing ship but never could find a pattern I liked. Searched the web and found a drawing and modified it to be scrolled. All the lines are double cut. The rigging and some of the sails and ship plank were a little complicated.The stem is also a peninsular and I was glad when I finally glued it down to the backer. The bridges were very small but luckily I didn't have any break throughs.

I almost had it..... .....but it didn't end well video-1654434109.mp4 video-1654434158.mp4

I ended up ordering the Mac Mop. The Flap Wheel thing Dave mentioned really reminds me of the same thing as those sanding balls from HF.. they do last a long time however for what I use them for they aren't as aggressive as I'd like so that is my reasoning to try the Mac Mop.. will see how I like that I suppose. Thinking when I order again I might try buying the refill kits as Ray mentioned. The sanding ball from HF comes on a mandrel that comes apart so I'll just use a old one and instead of tossing it into my metal recycle bin I'll take it apart and try the refill onto the mandrel. Thanks for all the info everyone

That looks like it would last a good while too.

Ok thx again for your information, I will investigate the 7 1/4 blade miter saws and see what they are like, should be lighter and to see if blades are available. If anyone out there that has these small 7 1/4 miter saws would like to know your opinion, thx RJ

Also, you will need to buy a GOOD blade. It makes a huge difference in quality of cut.

very nice

very nice

Someone here a year or so ago was looking at buying a small one that was light weight, I think they ended up with either a ryobi or Kobalt and they got the little 7-1/4 inch blade one. Not sure who it was now. It was small for tight spaces and I assume light weight. The 7-1/4 blades are cheap but not sure how plentiful the specialty blades would be. anyway that might be something to look into. When I bought my saw not long ago Home Depot had one of those.. don't see those real small ones much. I never know they made then in the 7-1/4 blade sizes.

I have both, the Sanding mop and the Mac Mop. I have found that a 180g Mac Mop is suitable for everything I do. It will soften the edges of puzzle pieces, knock the fuzzies of fret work etc. 240g is just too fine, however if you only wanted to use it on large portrait style fretworks pieces to get soften the face, it would be good. I have not used the Sanding mop for awhile and can't remember what grit that is. I did make one using 120g belt and it works fine. A little aggressive however just the shot for rounding over those V's cnrs on toys where the router bit won't reach .

Yes I agree with the apostrophe, it means belonging to, at least that is my understanding. Either way it looks great, well done. Marg

Looks great. Will have to look for the pattern, my grandson is a hugh fan. Marg

I have a 305mm (12") Dewalt sliding mitre saw and it has proven to be a fantastic piece of equipment, however I think it would be a bit heavy to cart around. My Mate has Makita 260mm (10") sliding compound mitre saw and it is a little ripper. I don't think you could go far wrong with one. https://www.mitre10.com.au/makita-1400wsliding-compound-mitre-saw-260mm

I have this one: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Metabo-HPT-was-Hitachi-Power-Tools-10-In-Slide-Miter-Saw/1002652924 It is a good deal with many nice features and is easy to adjust and pretty accurate right out to the box. I like the space saving folding feature and that it goes to 60 deg. miter.

I have a 10" DeWalt compound miter saw that I have been useing for probably eight years now, and it's extremely accurate and I have NO complants whatsoever. I wold buy it again. I didn't want a slider, this one does everything I need to do.

Nice work, Roly. Wonder if I made one it would keep the rabbits from eating all my veggies?

Nicely cut! As far as I recall from grammar lessons [mumblemumble] years ago, having an apostrophe s makes it possessive. The garage/workshop belong to Dad. Without the apostrophe, its just plural. Multiple dads in this garage/workshop. From what I can tell these days...none of that matters anyway. LOL

Both are nicely cut and the lettering on the "Semper Fidelis" is much neater "cleaner" than the one done with the wood burner. (Understand that isn't a snub on you. It's obvious a computer and laser will be much more precise.) I have nothing against using a laser... and maybe one day I'll have one for myself. Concerning the veining, when I first started scrolling I realized cutting veins with the blade I was using to cut the project often left the veins quite small and sometimes hard to see. I started cutting veins with a spiral blade, usually a #2/0, and they were large enough to see the detail the veining projected.

55th Anniversary wall plaque. A Sue Mey pattern modified for the 55th. I used 1/4" Walnut plywood approximately 10" square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1R MGT blades. The finish is one coat spray Shellac and two coats MinWax spray Lacquer Clear Gloss with sanding between coats. Comments welcome.

Thanks, but ours will be 56 years

Kev, I think I would have preferred the hand signing. I think the sticker makes it look "cheap". Not really the word I am looking for but not sure what works better. It just looks "wrong".

Cut out of 1/4" bb with a painted pine back, frame is red oak, finished with 2 coats of clear paint. Used #3R Pegas blade.

Did a "summer" market today. Debated going because of the weather. Decided to go because they were doing, and did, a lot of advertising. Shoulda stayed home. Glad I wore my down vest with rain jacket and had gloves. Would have prefered the winter coat. Temperature was 10 celcius with wind gusting to 60 kph and intermittentrain showers. The cinder blocks held the borrowed canopy. Couldn't do the setup as planned because of the wind. Sales wise, I made table cost plus $20. The bragging right is I survived the sh*t weather.

I had a customer who wanted something related to Pirates of the Caribbean, so I found a pattern by Botas Helder.

Well here is my newest works. Miss Betty, Scooby's Favorite Snack and some Knives. The wood I used for the Knives are from some wooden blides that I was about to throw out. Glad now that I didn't. I have enough to make a lot of knives. At least 3in from top to bottom.

I've been asked to set up a booth at a community yard sale in my area this weekend and had to crank out a few projects to display/attempt to sell. This is my first cross. It is a Steve Good pattern cut using 1/4 maple ply for the front and hummingbirds. The back is 1/4 underlayment. The cross is stained with Minwax Natural, and the edges of the backer and hummingbirds are stained with Minwax Red Oak. The paint is artist acrylic paint. The piece was sprayed with four coats clear with light sanding with 320 grit between coats. My wife has already claimed this one if it doesn't sell.

Finished this up yesterday...only my second scrolling project... 3/4" clear pine