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A good friend of mine is a die hard fan. Each October, he starts planning the parade and the party for the next Stanley Cup finals. By January, he is down to when the Liefs make the playoffs. We joke all the time about when the Leafs are going to win another Championship. I made this with a white board for the year. If they ever do, he can whip out the year and the pen is there. I just hope the pen has not dried out by then.

We are fine, thanks for asking. Just busy with 'other' things

Thanks to Jim for these great patterns......It's been so hot that I have been unable to spend any time scrolling out in the garage, so I thought I would give watercolor pencils a try. The projects were previously triple stacked cut with # 3 and # 1 fd scroll reverse blades and I used Arteza 48 count watercolor pencils. Also, I Just want to say that I visit this website frequently and I have been inspired by and in awe of the wonderful group of talented scrollers that populate this site. Thanks to all..... Any and all critiques welcome.....forrest

That is why I waited so long to come back, I knew if I did the place would fall apart! I am working on a project I started months ago, one of Jim Blume's patterns. I have always been a slow scroller,, now I am a really slow scroller, but I am persistent.. I will complete it.

I’ve been dealing with drain and plumbing renovations. Also built a new top for our dining room table in the last week. Wife whitewashed the old base and I built the top out of red oak. Still waiting on roofers to come put a new roof on the house. Also been fishing a lot this summer. I don’t know when I ever found time to work.

I recently went to visit family in Greenville, SC. While there I saw an art piece outside that was a large piece of metal with butterflies cut and the wings were raised out of the metal. I cut a vinyl record. All Steve Good Butterflies . I warmed the butterflies with my hair blower and used metal dental picks to bend and support the wings while it cooled

About 175 pieces of wenge and aspen. I really don't consider it intarsia because every piece is the same height and very little shaping.

Summers usually slow way down....but it has been extra quiet this summer. Probably everybody anxious to get out of the house. Toward the end of the month, we'll see a ramp up of traffic as we start heading into fall and the holidays.

I quite liked this one I did for a friend. 20220803_222726[1].mp4

HERE IS MY, FUN DAYS SCROLL SAW CHALLENGE FOR AUGUST........................ I have found scrollers are very serious about scrolling. Sometimes you have to lighten up and make a few FUN, silly projects. Pigs really can fly you know! There is NO painting, except for the edges, in doing this project. Art work for this project was done on a sheet of paper using COP/C dual-tip, alcohol base markers. A copy of the artwork was made, cut out and glued to the wood. A light clear top coat was added. It is almost impossible to see that the art work was glued on. DID YOU SMILE? JAN

This is a Grampa pattern I finished this weekend. Double stack Oak and Maple 1/4 ply with 1/4 pine ply backer. The Maple piece was stained with Minwax Colonial Pine as well as the Maple frame. The Oak piece was stained with Minwax Natural and the Oak frame was stained with Minwax Red Oak. Both were sprayed with 5 coats of clear gloss and lightly sanded between coats. I used Pegas 2/0 and 0 spiral blades. Approximate size is 11X14. It was a fun project and thanks to Grampa for the pattern.

Just wanted to put a couple of these on that I did today. Want to give a big shout out to Don in Brookline for taking the time to work on these for me. He did seven patterns for me for all mr grandkids. I have five more to do. Once I cut them all out I will sand them with my mop sander attached to my drill. My granddaughter is going to paint them all there favorite colors. Thank God I don’t have to do that. Lol. These are 9 1/2 x 7. Thanks again Don.

Made a clock of the car I'm building.. BUT, now that I made it and the local performance shop owner that specializes in these cars is really into these little Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged cars and has been consulting me a little on my build.. well I may just give it to him since he has helped steer me in the direction I'm going with my street / track car and has saved me a ton of money.. he could have sold me a lot of parts I really didn't need, LOL Anyway, cut from Cherry using a FD-UR #5 balde.

We are blessed to have our 13 year old grand daughter spend a week with us. I am in heaven when she asks to spend time with me in my shop learning a new scrolling technique. She did just about everything herself on this Spiderman box. She is definitely a perfectionist.

Made this for my grandson, who is on the Havana Ducks basketball team this year. All cut on the scroll saw, with 3/4" poplar for the body and 6mm BB for the wings. Finished with craft acrylics, but still needs the final clear coat. I have a lot more to make, and I don't work very hard at them, so it takes a while. Tom Havana duck movie.mp4

Great garden pics. I'm an avid gardener as well, but in Florida summer is the death on veggie gardens with the heat and humidity. Two measly cucumbers, a few lima beans and a ton of black eye peas and peppers of various kinds which are now looking sickly. But I got the tomato seedlings started to plant in September and ready to start the lettuces and other cool weather crops fairly soon. Actually doing some cutting but in half hour spurts before the heat takes me back into air conditioned splendor.

That looks amazing! I'm a terrible gardener. Envious of folks that are good at that. I've tried a few times with limited success. I did enjoy making a lettuce garden. Nothing like fresh veggies for dinner.

Been hot and dry in our area, finally getting some much needed rain. Our garden keeps us busy with weeding, harvesting and canning. With now getting a ton of rain lawn mowing is a ever couple of days on our acre of land. Plus we finally got a cooler day to paint my Workshop.

It's only depth that varies, Charlie Sorry about the 10 grand though but ....... happens Seriously, Hope you got it sorted mate

Still working full time, lots of honey do jobs too. Although I check in everyday I rarely have time to reply.

I was asked by the owner of one of the local golf courses to make a 19th hole plaque This was his idea, I just did the easy part. Water Park is the name of the course Fab4

Charles Dearing has a quick video on how to adjust your arm https://youtu.be/M4bQY8mFdY8 Also Keith Fenton has a good article on adjustments for the EX-21 Tuning Your Excelsior Or Excalibur Scroll Saw - Sheila Landry Designs

Found these two. The set of three is from Woodenteddybear.com so if you want the pattern you will need to contact them. Then there is this silhouette that could be adjusted.

The bolt that you adjust the tension no to adjust how hard it is to raise and lower the arm, has a little metal bearing in it that runs against a piece of medal... You might test the status of it and maybe that little ball bearing is worn.

I did these as a "reverse" mother's day gift for my two daughters. I figured it was time they knew the truth!! This was a couple of years ago!

What is everybody doing? On vacation? I certainly hope, with all the violent weather, that everybody is safe and well.

Been using an old cloth dresser as a scrollsaw stand/ table, i,d be lookink to make a more costm fit one being 5’inch 10, how high shoul be the top ( will working sittin on a stool… are there soecific rules? ’

Spent a bit of time in the shop and then moved outside fir the shaping. One bowl will be given to the Knights of Columbus for a prize on their annual golf tournament, the other will be in the inventory

Hi, this is Jerry a Native of Colorado. Grew up on the farm, served our country as Air Force navigator in cargo aircraft, retired as a computer programmer and now live in Arvada, CO. I have no regrets, but there are a couple of things I wish I has done. I like to do fret work on the scroll saw.

Bet is is a nice looking combine!

Made a desktop Bucking Bronco for my home office.

I'm jealous as I have been eyeing this pattern for awhile and it is one that I really want to do. You did a magnificent job on it and you are right, it is well worth the time invested in it. I like the lighter wood as it stands out better, in my opinion. Superb project. I do not expect to I will be able to match your skill here, but I am going to do my best anyway and not worry about not being able to match yours. Dick heppnerguy

Thanks Travis, I'm a country kid and have had a garden for years. This year was a challenge but with hubby's help we got it to grow. The pictures are just of the square foot gardens we also have raised gardens (I can't get on my hands and knees to weed anymore) and they are going great guns also. A lot has to do with the soil plus I plant Marigolds among the Vegetables to ward off the bugs.

I have been checking in most days. I have a couple of things cut but not finished so I haven't posted.

Mine isn't a septic tank issue but a replacement head on the boat!

They are so cute!

Very nice!

Thanks for the info! I do order patterns from the WTB, didn't thank to look there! The one on the left looks like what we are wanting! Again thanks to all with your help and photos! Erv

Hate to brag but I've been dealing with septic tank issues. I know you're all jealous. Turned into about a $10,000 project.

Many of us like a stand that tillts the scrollsaw towards us. This helps us to see the pattern and blade without leaning forward.

It depends on the type of chair that you prefer. Find a chair that is comfortable and build a stand to match. I don't like sitting so my stand is designed for me standing. The miter saw stand worked out perfect, and I'm 5' 9". I have a chair that I can use with the saw, stand or sit depending on what's hurting.; the chair is a hybrid ( bottom from HF top from tractor supply ) and I cut a piece of plywood to be a foot support/foot switch platform, the plywood rests on top of where the legs bend. From the floor to the saw table is 39"

I know this for a fact. When I was in the Police Force, the Air Wing had a poster on the wall with a flying pig on it and the words" "Pigs Might Fly" and under it "We Do"

that's beautiful rodney. superbly crafted.

Hi Ray, I'm still here..... But I'm not as active as I used to be! Hope to change things in the near future, See you later, Bob

I believe that it is part of the "follow" option, the button just above the right hand side of the thread . After "following" a topic or forum, to access the items go to your profile > scroll down to "settings" > "manage followed content", click on this link > scroll down to "Forums" and select "topics" This will show all the topics that you are following, and will allow you to change how you wish to be notified of changes or unfollow a topic.

They do look Fantastic!! I have had the same happen to me, but worse. I had to sand it off and do the painting over.

Nice car Kevin, Are you a bit of a Petrol head? Your project looks neat! Thank you for posting, Bob

Great looking project and awesome looking car. Marg

I finished this project this morning. The pattern is by Jacob Fowler and found in the book “Woodworker’s Pattern Book”. I cut it on the Pegas Scroll Saw using several Pegas #1R MGT blades. The wood is1/2” unknown and 3/4” Red Oak for the base. The finish is spray Minwax Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

When working with free stencil patterns or other images that can be found on-line, the image is not always made up of sharp clear deliniated line work. When I convert these types of images, I basically follow Brenda's procedure to convert a B&W pattern to a R/G pattern. However, the quality of the 'Trace Bitmap' fuction does not always duplicate the image acccutately if original line density varies or if there is any background clutter. The folloing is just for some FYI: In the 'Trace Bitmap' pop up box there are a number of setting that can be adjusted. There are 5 scan types. I've only had sucess using the first two. Brightness Cutoff works the best for most but I have done a few using Edge Detection. Then there is the threshold settiings for these that can be rasised or lowered to give varying results in the duplication. These 'Threshold' settings can help reduce or even eliminate background clutter and/or improve line detail. I'm not sure what some of the other setting do... yet! After converting to R/G and setting the line thickness, I will usually resize the pattern to suit the size of board I want to cut. I fit a pattern to a board, not the board to the pattern. I mainly do this using the "X', 'Y', 'W' & 'H' values in the top tool bar. This allows me to center the pattern and leave the appropriate balanced amount of "white space" around the pattern. I most often find it is necesssary to edit the actual duplicated pattern using the 'Edit by nodes' comand to move/delete linework and the 'Draw Besier' command button to add/draw linework back in as needed. As, mentioned, the 'Erace' function is not very easy to work with so I don't. It is easier to delete/draw back than to erace. I'm still learning how to use the many Inkscape commands. There is a lot to learn if you want to edit. As and example, even if the 'Snap' command is not turned off, it can make editing difficult. Learning some of the many commands found under 'Edit' 'Layer', and 'Object' can get you started to modifing an image into a scrollerable pattern. The 'Undo' command under 'Edit' being the most important and most often used . Inkscape is not intuitive and takes a long time to learn. Experimentation and practice is how I have learned what I have so far.