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Not sure how long it’s been since on the saw. Probably over a year.just started back with some ornaments and frig magnets.

Finished this pattern today, will need to source some new frames as this one is a bit tatty. Should be delivered to my friend tomorrow. Thanks again to grampa for a great pattern.

After I did the epoxy fill clover made of hard Maple as a sun catcher a coworker asked if I could make one for them. Except they wanted dark wood and on a stand to use as a center piece for a table. The clover is Walnut and the stand is hard Maple. Chris

I had this cutting setting around for a while now. I was trying to find a home for it so I finally decided to paint it and use it as a refrigerator magnet. This was from an Alex Fox pattern that I made to have 1 layer and smaller. I also put the 45 deg angle on the outer edge. I found this difficult to do. Painting skills are poor. I had to mix colors to make pink and light blue hippie style. I wanted a grey military for the bottom text. Yellow green mixed to attempt spring green. Just winging it with paint scheme. Cheap hobby acrylic paint in tubes was used. Shrinking the design made cutting center of letters very narrow. 1/8 inch solid maple. Cut with 2/0 spiral Pegas. Outer edge was cut with MGT #1.

As you may have read about Alex fleeing from Ukraine to Latvia with basically nothing. Living in a hostel with his only source of income is his patterns. He is a great asset to the scrolling world and such a humble guy. One way, we as a village can help is for everyone to buy a pattern or two. His site is http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA I already bought one this morning and waiting for my wife to choose a couple more. Lets all help out if we can. Original post https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/46625-3d-preview-for-patterns/

To be clear, these are intended to be rustic and use nearly free material. Why nearly free? There is some cost involved in using this material, as with any reclaimed material, there are processing costs that you would not have if using prepared wood. I have just started putting these in my shop. I haven't sold one there yet, but sales are extremely slow. However, I sold one cross before I had listed any of them.

When you start preparing for Christmas? Here is one more new pattern for those who prepare for Christmas in the summer. Project consists of 4 layers, recommended thicknes 1/8-1/6 inch Merry Christmas pattern

Met a nice talkative person in the record aisle at the thrift store 3 blocks from my shop. He was interested in what I was telling him about cut records. So I made his name on one to see where it goes!!!

I have hit a run of finishing problems that threatens to ruin several plaques. Years ago a relative gave me a 36"x4"x4" piece of Cherry. I estimate this to be 40 years of air drying and it had a crack that I had to work around. Going from this stock to a plaque that was ready for its final finished involved a lot of work as only we scrollers can appreciate. Upon finishing I discovered this cherry had areas that absorbed lacquer like a sponge. In short I was never able to get a coat of lacquer across the entire surface. Here's a sample to show the issue: The picture shows 2 scrap pieces of this cherry which are "book cut" to provide identical surfaces for finishing. You can see the piece on the right with 4 heavy flow-coats of lacquer has a sizeable area where the lacquer has been fully absorbed. The piece on the left had 1 coat of sanding sealer shellac and 3 coats of lacquer. The difference shown in the picture doesn't do justice to the actual difference. I could do a light surface sand the piece on the left and apply the final coat of lacquer and it would be ready for the final hand rubbed finish. The piece on the right would take many more coats of lacquer which might defeat the spongy areas. Only a scroller can appreciate the frustration this causes. The sanding sealer shellac (a wax free shellac) eliminated the absorption issue. I applied a coat of sanding sealer shellac (which dries in 30 minutes) to the plaques I thought were ruined and then applied lacquer. I think I can salvage them. Going forward this will be my finishing routine. The shellac works equally well over properly dried "danish oil" as a sealer as well as on bare wood before the final finish. I love scrolling. I don't love finishing. Hopefully this will help others who are similarly challenged.

I have also used shellac for woods that get really blotchy when applying stain. Pine, Poplar Sheet goods. That stuff can save your bacon in a lot of different ways.

SealCoat is a great product. I use it to seal MDF before I paint. I have also used it on hardwoods to get a faster final coat.

My thought yesterday was just to order 4 or 5 of the same pattern. But he does not have a quantity column in the shopping cart. So I just ordered 5 patterns. The intent is to use Etsy as a tool to get him funds. Before work from home, I spend about $30.00 of gas each week for commuting. So I will use some of this saving to donate to his future. The first year of stay at home the hair stylist industry was stopped. No work. I donated my gas money to my wife's hairstylist until they were given the ok to work. She was so pleased. Me. Mark Eason.

Very good idea, I like his new Christmas pattern and will get it, let’s show our support E9616904-BA34-42C9-8B9D-6B00AAD7D99A.webp

There was a large stack of flooring. Unfortunately, most of it was vinyl with some rubbery backing that was glued to that was glued together in a multilayer sandwich. It cut easily, but the rubber mixed with the glue and left a black sticky residue that I could not remove without damaging the vinyl. I stacked it out by the road, and someone took it all, so even those did not go into the landfill.

That is lovely. Your friend will love it, no doubt. Marg

Just completed two of each of these. Cut from 4mm Hoop Pine Ply with a 3mm MDF backer painted flat black. Blame it / 390 x 320mm Wine / 320 x 300mm Friends in Low Places, Garth Brooks Wine Me Up, Faron Young

I have about 3 projects in various stages at this time. Work on them a little bit at a time. Still have to rush the last week before Christmas. When you have 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, it takes a while to go through the list. Tom

As many of you already know I and my family left Ukraine and we are safe in Latvia now. We had to make this difficult decision and leave everything to be safe. I spent a lot of time to draw up many documents for different social and government services and finally it is time to return to pattern making. I used to make photos and video to show my customers how finished projects (mostly layered) look like. Unfortunately I cant do it now. But I started learning new for me program - LightWave 3D. Luckly I have experience with programs for 3D modeling and visualisation. I took my recent pattern (C198-fox) and tried to work with it. And here are first results. What do you think about such 3D previews? Fox pattern

I'm a housewife, I'm making something out of wood. I am a hobbyist who builds with materials and skills I have acquired over the years. I just joined you. How are you feeling today? I hope everything is okay.

I was excited to get the 20 Minute puzzle book. I originally wasn't going to buy it because if exchange and shipping rates. Found it at my local bookstore when I was there with my cousin. She purchased it for me as a thank you gift. She was staying for a family wedding. I got some cutting time today and knocked this one out. It did take me longer than 20 minutes to cut. And much longer to finish. This is 3/4"Aspen, cut using #5 mg blade and finished with Osmos finish (1 coat).

Ray, when I am staining BB, I always apply a coat of WAX FREE or dewaxed shellac then lightly sand with 320 after it is completely dry, tack cloth then stain. It is important to use dewaxed shellac as waxed shellac does not play nice with water based or solvent based final finishes. The amount of sanding you do can be played with is you want a less consistent stain job, play with it and you will figure it out quickly.

I have used this procedure for a long time. The only issue I have had is I need to be patient, let the shellac fully cure, not just dry before you put a top coat of lacquer on. If you are going to do a final hand rubbed finish you will need to let the piece sit and fully dry for at least a couple of weeks before you start. I have had to refinish some pieces that I have left finger prints in just moving them around the next day.

Hello and pleased to have you. In the Village you are a student and teacher. Pleased to have you show us your wood finished.

awesome job

excellent job

welcome to the village

That turned out great....Very nice

Looking good! You don't seem to have lost your touch around the saw.

Welcome to the Village Tabetha, always room for one more scroller!

Those are neat, they bring a smile to my face.

this is a Steve good pattern and i decided to do a double

Very impressive. I love it. Marg

Oh so cute. Love it, you did and excellent job. Marg

Very nice piece, Chris.

Welcome to the village. Feel free to ask questions, complaints are ok also. Frustrations are usually solved with all the know how of the elders. One of the saying is "it did not happen without pictures". We like pics, and videos. Bragging rights area is fun to browse around in. We like to know wood type and usually we say blade type in our bragging rights area. But not needed. We like new ideas and techniques. So we are thirsty for your ideas and questions. Me. Mark Eason

I have done the same with "Neon Moon". They are true poets.

Brookes and Dunn have one of my all time favorite songs, "Believe." I've put it on repeat for like 30 minutes while working at the scroll saw.

Good stuff Don. I'm sure your mate will be impressed.

Very Nice Chris. It is sure to be a conversation starter. Excellent job.

Thanks Charlie. My introduction to Garth was a concert he did in New York, quite a while ago via VHS I don't know how a bloke could still sing while doing all that running and jumping he does. On my wife's and my wish list is to see Reba and Garth. We did see Brookes and Dunn in Perth a few years back.

I don't know about others, but I been cutting for Christmas for weeks. (A little bit at a time)

That is really outstanding!!!!!

Thanks for your support. When we were leaving we could take only some clothes and essential goods. I will not be able to cut new projects in the near future (even if I would get a scrollsaw, there is no place and no conditions to use it). For this moment we were provided with temporary free housing - a room in a hostel. I already bought a laptop here to contine making patterns (for this moment it is only one income for my family). So if someone want to help and have such possibility - you can purchase patterns at my Etsy store.

nice work Kevin. He is sure to love it. Glad to see you getting back into the “groove”

Looks like you did a great job and your coworker should be quite happy.

Nice. After taking care of so many very young grandkids, I visualized a different variety of "Pot Chair". Bruce

Nice. Hopefully it was an LP of Punk Rock! Bruce

I sent him a photo of it and he was amazed!!! Thanks John B

Hi Kevin: What's your process for cutting these vinyl records? Did you make the template yourself? For someone who out of practice, you nailed it Well done, hopefully Mr. Johnson will appreciate your work and get you a few orders Fab4