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Hello every one, a request from my sister-in-law (I have a few) I show you my last work, again a Tree of life but I liked to make it. I broke 2 or 3 blades but I didn't regret. It's white oak Thickness 6mm ( 0.236 inch) Diameter 15 mm (5.90 inches) The support is tinted.

Here's a look at how I am setting up my shop. I'm using a miter saw stand (works really well with the old Delta, haven't tried the Hegner yet). I chose this miter saw stand because it had the longest capacity, has four built in supports, and extra mounting brackets are easy to find and not too expensive. I'm using this stand to take the Delta to the farmers market that I attend. This really attracted more people to the booth, as well as much better sales. The third picture is the bracket for the magnifying light and power strip. I'll get some more picture tomorrow at the FM.

Converted a H Donovan illustration to a 11’ x 17” scroll saw pattern. Cut panel is 5/32” solid core Maple mounted on a hand painted ¼” thk BB Ply backer. Hand painting done using Artist Acrylic Paints. Panel cutting done using Pegas #0 spiral blades. Assembled panel is protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. Frame is my typical 1 ¾” wide Poplar stained with Minwax Fruitwood and finished with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss Wipe-on Poly. Tried the Fruitwood stain, a new color for me. I like the way it looks for a light color frame on some nice clear pieces of Poplar that I used. As always, comments and critiques welcome and appreciated.

Beautiful work!

ADDING COLOR TO SCROLLING............... There is NO end to what you can do with this technique..... Draw YOUR artwork on a piece of white paper with felt tip colored pencils,......not messy paint. ( I can't paint). Make color copies of your "artwork" and glue the copy to the wood . Add a couple clear top coats, steel-wool a bit with #0000 and you're done. I like to add a thin coat of paste wax to give it a nice finished "feel". JAN

Nice work, the first thing i cut on the saw was a Tree of Life pattern, so i really like seeing the different variations....You did good and your Sister-in-law will love it!

Hi John: This works on other materials also B&W Clipart would be about the easiest way to go I did mine with hockey cards, painted the side to match Glued onto 1/4" MDF Either way, they all look great no matter what you choose to cut out Fab4

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Another work of art.

Cut from 1/2" Red Oak

I hope I am doing this right......I am computer challenged. For the past few years I have been developing a method of adding details and color to scroll-saw projects. The method is not new as Fisher-Price Toy Company used this method to add detail and color to their toys in the 40"s and 50"s before plastic. I would like to find 5 or 6 scrollers (of any level) that would interested in trying this method and tell us your opinion. I would like to know, what you think, if you liked the process and the results or not, if you would do other projects using this method and if you had any suggestions or ideas how to improve it. If you are interested, I would be happy to send the first 5 or 6 scrollers free, full size patterns, required art work and instructions to complete one add color to scrolling project. Just choose one of the project below and send me your mailing address. You are not under any obligation what so ever. If you do try it, please let us all know what you think. Thank you. JAN. my email is: noslenaj35@gmail.com

Oops! Maybe they have something similar. Let's hope so.

Ray, The OP is based in South Africa, so no HF. That's why I tried to keep my suggestion pretty generic.

Toughbuilt TB-S550 https://toughbuilt.com/product/124-miter-saw-stand-based-on-c124 The factory supports are not tall enough for the Scroll saw, I am replacing them with HF roller supports which will allow the height I need. If you are not intending to do over size projects you won't need the extra height. I've used this stand with the HF lunchbox planer and it was rock solid, so it's not surprising that it handles the scroll saw very well.

Fantastic!

Chanceux !

very nice job

Thanks everyone. Exactly what I needed! Happy 4th!

Could you provide information on the stand....brand and model?

I bought a Craftman,s pack of bit and one of those Plastic chart hole card came with them.

I like it. I have often thought about taking my saw to the Flea Market.

Can you get a medium size battery backup unit? I have one for my wifi router and internet system (wireless ISP). Both of my computers are laptops so I never lose internet or computer time to power outages. One of these units may not let you keep chugging away, but they should provide enough runtime that you wouldn't be caught in the middle of a cut.

I used flying Dutchman #3. My memory is not so sharp any more so I can't remember what the blade is called, but it is a double tooth blade. It is a slower cutting blade than the normal #3 so I found it to bey go to blade when cutting fret projects in 1/8th in BB Ply, . I don't really count the holes in a fret piece as that does not interest me enough to do so. I know there are 50 holes in every feather plus if I remember correctly anther 7 in each of the very outside added piece at the outside end of each feather. Then the two body pieces have several of cuts to them. Dick heppnerguy

This kooks like a great idea. And something new to explore.

Just Love anything New and also Exciting. This fits the billet. I Cheated some by just getting the Pattern from the Google Image Clip Art and carefully cutting it out on the 1/4BB.... I love the Look. So does my better half. Yea! Here are a couple pics............ Danny :+}

Nice one Don. It looks like you used a piece of live edge round disc as a base. Clever!

Nice work, Eric. I've cut a similar pattern which was quite fun and somewhat challenging. And fortunately I only have one sister-in-law and she lives many miles away.

Barb...those are great! LOVE THEM. Easy huh? Keep experimenting...you will be surprised the end results .....Let us see your next designs. JAN Ray....Yes find the artwork first ....enlarge or reduce the size to suit and use the artwork for the pattern. (I usually cut the object out about 1/16" larger all around the artwork. I usually paint the edges of the project white. When you glue the artwork in place it all blends into the white edges and looks like you painted it. The paper will hardly be noticed. Try it.........JAN A few more ADDING COLLOR TO SCROLLING examples...............

Great modification o a wonderful pattern.

Really like the simplicity, sometimes less is more! lol

That is exactly what I did for these. Found the clip art, printed, glued to the wood & cut. They were for a Halloween costume.

Programming note: If anyone has downloaded the PDF, it was created with Inkscape 1.2 using multipage option. It opens just fine in Acrobat but if you want to modify I have found that when I open it I get a grey desktop. I found that if you open new document and then import the PDF it gives you a clean SVG to modify. (you can delete blank page and the instructions with the page option- the bottom of the left tool bar)

After your initial post, I gave this process a try. It works great on other things too. Thanks. x

Beautiful. Impressive work Frank. Marg

Nice, very nice....Love the color!

I learning about colors. However, I try to use something to go by to select my colors. In this case the Illustration is in color and I basically did what the original artist did. In other cases I will look at photos of the real subjects. The hardest part is blending the paints to get the colors correct. Not alwasys easy. Yes I do use Minwax pre-stain wood conditioner before staining. It is supposed to reduce blochyness, but does not always work. That is one reason I keep trying new stain colors. This Fruitwood color worked well with the Poplar. First coat brushed on and then wiped off in about two minutes, let dry well. Second was a thin coat, applied uniformaly with a foam brush and allowed to dry throughly. No bloches or streaks. It was the first time I used a throw-a-way foam brush to apply stain...It may be the trick to uniform application. Gonna have to try with some of the dark stains that tennd to be blochy and streak.

Outstanding!!! I'm always impressed with your work, Frank.

Great workmanship and artistic style. The frame looks great and the floral color choices outstanding.

Another outstanding work of art. Your color choices always impress me-I always have trouble using colors that compliment each other-wife says I am color blind but I argue I just see colors differently! Did you use a pre stain before staining your frame-it looks really good with no blotchiness, I tend to have trouble with that.

Had to look this word up. Informal Ausie word usage for "something Impressive". I'll take it...thank you!

Beautiful piece, RJ

great job, it's beautiful

this one is an absolute pearler Frank. The scrolling, colours, back ground and frame all came together on this.

As always, your works of art . . . are works of art. It pleases the eye. The leaves' shades of green is a subtle but nice touch.

Dick, it was my pattern and cutting.

Just bit of humor and critic... It is fresh cut in Florida, beautiful pedals, and leaves. Not China. The wood is from baltics I think, not China. So the only complaint is the name. Florida roses look great. The brain adds branches to the existing branches. So the artwork does not get too detailed trying add more branches. Elegant.