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I was getting ready to paint a backing for a piece and was going to do the usual and lay it on some scraps. I saw I had a bunch of paint can caps and came up with this idea to put some screws in and turn them into free painters points.

I haven't been on much lately. As some of you may know, my wife died suddenly last week. With the help of patterns by Botas Helder, I finally made it out to the shop yesterday to cut a couple portraits of her for the memorial service today. Her name is Connie, and I hope you see the likeness

When I was doing the finish on my stagecoach project I wanted something to cut while the stains, finishes or glue was drying. This is an 8 1/2 X 11 pattern by Grampa that I double stack cut using 1/4 Maple and 1/4 Oak ply. The Maple was finished with Minwax Colonial Pine stain and finished with 5 coats of clear gloss spray sanded between cuts. The Oak was finished with Minwax Natural stain and also has 5 coats of clear gloss spray. Something I did a little different is I sprayed the Birch backer with flat black rather than my typical gloss black. Both frames are pre-manufactured framing material that I cut to size. I used a Pegas 0 spiral blade. This was a lot of fun to cut after the more demanding requirements of the stagecoach. Thanks Grampa!

Been gone for sometime, having to readjust my life to the trials and tribulations of getting old... There are no "Golden Years" brothers and sisters, there is just "getting old, body wearing out" years... I have had to make some adjustments, but I am getting it figured out and am getting a chance to to spend some time in the shop..I really have not left the forum, I have just been present as a by-stander.. Got to say people, you have raised the scrolling bar. I see things being crafted that we did not use to do, well not much anyway... The addition of color in scrolled pieces is getting a lot more attention.. I see some really unique and beautiful productions... Kevin is back! That really had me worried.. So glad you are okay Kevin.. Scroll Saw Village would be less without you here. Over the past few weeks I have worked on a coupe things. Got to say if I had to pick a pattern of the year, for me it may be @FrankEV 's "Trees of Green". That is one of my favorite song, always lifts me up when I am somewhat down... The song has been going through my head every since he posted it.. Thought if I cut it, it would get out of my head, but it has not. So I cut it, but with a little modification.. I wanted to see some real rose looking flowers in it, after all it speaks of "red roses too". So I found some rose silhouette pictures and added them... Not real satisfied with it but am going to try some more. The four bottom black blobs were suppose to be silhouettes of rose bud... I will look further. Also I broke our three or four pieces after I finished cutting it. Got them glue back in, but it is far from good. Bad thing I cut it in a great piece of wood... but it is only wood.. this was trial one. The finished product I intend to add some color.. One thing that is an added bonus to Frank's pattern,,, If you cut the tree as one piece you get this neat little tree, to do something else with! The second thing I have recently built, this weekend in fact was just a fun project to help me keep my dogs balls in a good place. I made this ball dispenser. He is pretty happy with it, but he is pretty fussy about his balls, and was somewhat miffed that I screwed up a little on gluing the last "S" on the front.. So there it is.. Missed participating in this forum. I will be here when I can..

Here’s a birdhouse I made

If anyone is interested in the pattern let me know and I’ll send it in a message.

Steve Goods pattern on Monday July 25th was called Word signs. 67 words with a backer. I was talking to my Granddaughter and she was interested for maybe doing some shirts on Circut. She asked what words were available and so I took the PDF and extracted the words and page numbers and also sorted alphabetically. I thought I would post the PDF here if anyone is interested. words with page number.pdf

Great cutting. Not only do I have the song running through my brain, but I now have tears leaking out of my eyes. This was one of my dad's favourite songs and was played at his funeral. Most recently, my sister used it as the song to dance with her son at his wedding.

Like everyone prior, my greatest sympathies on the loss. I don't know that I would have been able to make the cuts you did and I admire the abilities of you and the designer.

Happy to see your return. I understand old and can relate. my dad just turned 100 in March we talk often mind is still good so I enjoy and am blessed by his advice and discussion every day.

First, my condolences on the sudden loss of your beautiful wife. My prayers for you and your family as you grieve and process your loss. Second, you did excellent work in creating your patterns and cutting them to honor her not only at her memorial service, but to be treasured for years to come in remembering her and your life together. The fact that you were able to create and cut them so quickly even amidst your grief is a tribute to the love you shared.

This is the Jim Blume stagecoach I've been working on. The darker one is 1/4 Oak ply and the lighter one is 1/4 Birch ply They were cut by stacking and using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. I lost count on the number of blades. My upper arm does not lift and the pieces are so large I would inevitably bend the blade when trying to feed them which eventually caused them to break. The Oak was finished with Minwax Colonial Pine stain while the Birch was finished with Minwax Natural stain. Both have a 1/4 Birch ply backer painted black. Each also has six coats of clear with light sanding with 600 grit between coats. Both frames are pre-made framing material. The darker of the two originally had a rough gray finish. I gave it a light sanding and then covered it with Minwax Espresso stain. I then gave it 2 coats of clear. The lighter one is Maple stained with Minwax Natural and also has two coats of clear. Both frames have shim splines in the corners to add strength. Total time including the frames I have about 40 hours in these pieces but I feel they were worth every minute. Thanks again to Jim Blume for a fantastic pattern! By the way, the reason the Oak piece is facing the opposite direction is because I messed up when I stacked them and put the finish side face down rather than face up.

Good HOT DAY to All.... Not know either Designers. Sorry.... :+{ I have these two for sharing with all. Any comments are Great. Danny :+}

Glad to see you back Paul, you've been missed. Beautiful work as always xx

Good idea, does your head hurt from being so smart, RJ

I am 87 years old and you have to keep thinking POSITIVE ! You'r "Trees of Green" are positive and make me smile. Thank you !

Beautiful work as always. Good to see you back in the shop making that Hegner hum, and thanks for posting an update. Hope to see you posting more again..

WOW! You caught them doing and coming! Amazing scrolling... I'd go blind trying to cut something like that. Great job!

Commission piece all done and waiting pickup! BB ply, #5 mg blade, acrylic paint, blue is a custom colour, shellac finish.

WoW, Thats some amazing cutting. Where do you even begin on something like that. How did you ever avoid little pieces falling out with so many tiny cuts?

You did a great job on cutting those. Sorry for your loss.

nice work

Great job Rodney, Thanks for bringing the pattern to life........Paul

Well done, I use flat black most of the time-I seem to have trouble getting gloss to not have brush marks.

Thanks. Yes took quite a while for the painted one, quite a few steps to cut out the different colored parts by individual layers, but enjoyed every hours involved.

I'm so sorry to hear of your lovely wife's passing. May she rest in peace.

I am so sorry for your loss, You did an Outstanding job on both of them.

He uses LaCrosse balls,,, and yep pour old Ali has been neutered. I go him at 14 months old... I got him from a young Chinese couple that had to find him a new home, the mother and number 2 son were allergic to him.. we have had Ali for over three years. They still keep in touch with us. On Ali papers his name is "Sparky'. Not a name for a lab.. they said it Chinese Sparky would be Ali.. Ali made a better name, so that is what he goes by. This couple, Chinese Americans.. their sons first names are Walter and Forest... how is that for Chinese names.. They are really a great family.

I can't possibly say how impressed I am with this project, especially since you cut it on a fixed arm saw. You Da Man Rodney.

This thread made me glad that I only scroll saw for my own enjoyment. Spent most of my life working to put food on the table and now just do things I enjoy. Worrying about liability insurance or making a spreadsheet of costs are not fun for me. However, if people enjoy that...OK.

So sorry for your loss and my prayers will be that you find comfort in your memories with Connie. There is no doubt the two projects will be recognized by all that they are your lovely wife. Peace be with you, friend.

I saw yesterday that the MOST expensive vehicle driven today is the shopping cart at Costco.

Definitely cheaper as she won't buy a whole shopping cart full of things we didn't know we needed until she found them on sale..

Dang, just heard that. So sorry to hear about your loss, you and yours are in our prayers.

Those are “samples” given away by your chief sales staff to help make further sales. Thus a deductible business expense. Besides, probably still cheaper then her having to go to the store and buy a much more expensive gift. Plus, happy wife or (“war office”)happy life.

I messed up and made Gayle,s pattern from Scrollers cafe too big . Now the red messes it all up. #3 double tooth flying Dutchman blade

Very nice cutting, Charlie. I do like me some Garth!

It looks like you used an old tv tray.

Thanks. I don't think I am a great painter. I certainly haven't tried any shading/contouring that I have seen on others.

Great gob on that and the frame.

Sorry for your lost, will keep you and your family in our prayers, beautiful job on the portraits, RJ

I have used them in the past, never had any problem with them. I am presently using Sharktooth now. bugbear is a new one for me too. I have got to remember that one.

Don't know what effect you were trying to achieve, but like some others, my first thought was, wow, scrolled in a beautiful piece of leather! I agree with most of what Frank says but with this piece, in my opinion the leather look fit great! Nice job.

Love the addition of the roses. I actually thouht about adding a rose also, but just didn't yake the time to add it to the pattern. Great cutting ⁷

Sorry for your loss. Those are great patterns and well executed.

Nice pattern and cutting sorry for your loss.

awesome job

That really turned out nice!....Love the color.

Beautiful work Rodney! I'd love to have that above the cowboy section of my wall but, wow that's a lot of holes. Maybe some day. You did such a great job and I'd say turning the oak one backwards was a fortunate accident. Hard to pick a favorite as both are great in their own way but I do love how the grain of the oak adds to the background. Excellent!!!

This saw looks similar to the Dremel I purchased about 30 years ago