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Another Gnome for the Gnome-oholics. This one is 15 inches high made from exterior ply. (I got a bunch of cut offs from a shed company) Still need to be sprayed with exterior poly.

I made these Steve Good Ball Ornaments for our Christmas Tree this year. Steve designed them for a Laser cutter, but they were easy to cut on a Scroll Saw. I used a lot of 3/32” solid core Maple ply cut offs. Repeated pieces were stack cut. Small details were cut with Pegas #2/0 spiral and long curves and rounds cut with Pegas #1 MGT R blade. Images were hand painted with Artist Acrylic Paints after sealing with a Krylon Spray Sealer. I did a dry fit ups of each ornament to insure all fit before glueing. Where some tab openings were too tight, I adjusted them with a small flat file. I then used Locktite Superglue Gel for assembly. After assembly, each ornament was protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. A few personal notes here: Using a plywood for these ornaments was OK as they are just for our tree, and only come out for the month of December. However, they would look much better if a solid wood was used. Also, I would have prefered Images that were viewable from both sides. The word NOEL on two of the Onaments makes the opposite view read wrong, but that is just being very picky on my part. And BTW, the center Image piece would make nice flat ornamentss just by themselves . Comments and critiques always welcome.

Just to prove that I am doing other things than Wordle. Getting ready for a November craft sale. Also just signed up for another one in December. The forest of trees still needs it's Tung Oil bath! I have a bunch of other items ready to cut as well.

Well I put my parts on my saw this morning and decided to try it out. I wanted to try something simple as this was my first time using a scroll saw. Knocked up this pattern in inkspace with a font I liked taped it up and went at it! Next time I'll make the outline in grey and thinner as the blade was hard to see in the black. I mostly kept to the line (but they are only a suggestion right) but the s has a few flatspots on it ( I'm presuming I'm turning without feeding?) Kind of embarrassing after seeing what you guys turn out but realize we all have to start somewhere. Thanks for all the positive input on my posts so far ( I know the new guy can be anoying ) and any constructive criticism is appreciated if it's going to improve my work, it needs it Thanks for looking !

I’ve been cutting Christmas ornaments lately. Its been a good way to use the small pieces laying around my shop. The patterns are from Sheila Landry Designs.

One I did a few years ago but seemed appropriate for today. A Charles Dearing pattern 16 x 18 inches.

Fantastic work, Frank. My wife is pushing me to do some ornaments. I might give some of those a try. Thanks for sharing.

You're well on your way

Very well done.

These are very nice

Great work Frank. Roly

i agree. i havent gone through that thread since i posted it. didnt make me feel like doing another one but fun to reminisce.

Another perfect job Frank.

Every thing looks great. I feel like wordle is a secondary skill to the saw. Can you direct me to the pattern for the ribbon type tree in the first picture? It looks familiar but I cant place it. It looks like I may actually get some saw time this week and I would like to make some ornaments. Thanks Larry

You have been busy. Looks great.

Been revisiting a couple of old threads lol. It been just over a month since I posted my first cut. I thought a reasonable way to gadge my progress would be to cut another name block. I couldn't find another 3/4 peice of pine all I could find in my scrap pile was a peice of 1 1/4 inch laminated pine board. This is fresh off the saw no sanding and took about 1/4 of the time to do, also the edges are shiny smooth none of those ridges I had to sand out on the first one. For once I'm quite pleased not with the cut (still room for a lot of improvement) but with the progress of my techniques, smoother and more consistent cuts.

You have been a real busy girl, lot’s of nice stuff , hope they sell well

I decided to do an easier project. This is a Steve Good pattern cut from 1/4 Pine with 1/4 Oak as the backer. The front was stained with Natural and the Oak was stained with Red Oak Minwax. Just the pine was finished with a clear gloss. I did touch the bullet holes in the backer board with a torch to give them a black char on the edges. I used Pegas #2/0 MGT blades. It was fun getting away from spirals for a project that I could use straight blades. I believe it was John that said my last "Pair of Colts" was click bait. I promised I would make it correct.

The last of the good excaliburs. What Kevin said about the tables is very true. Here's mine after 2 years

The Christmas tree ribbon is really neat. Are they laminated woods?

Hi Barb: Your Wordle skills might be good, but your scrollsaw skills are much better Looks like you will do well at your upcoming events Fab4

Neatly done and an interesting way to do it.

Just finished cutting this. Pattern by me.

This is the favorite bowl that I have made yet. Poplar and oak 3/4". it is 6"x8" in dimension. Stained with a Red Mahogany stain that was out of date and then sprayed with a satin Poly.

Busy week and what time I got on the saw was spent just cutting line,curves and corners trying to improve my skills. I must admit I got very frustrated with myself, don't tell anyone but I was cutting a corner and made a mistake and just pushed the whole peice of wood through the blade and threw the bits on the floor Anyway I sat down for a few hours this morning and cut a Steve Good pattern. I must admit I did struggle with the small details, but my cutting was smoother, not happy with it but I see improvement. I also knocked up a quick Halloween lantern my wife had asked me to do.

It looks like you have arrived but now the journey begins. I see mountains of saw dust in your future!

Hi Colin, Well finished with care, Again Colin you did very well on your first project! Thank you for posting, Bob

Got some time to myself this morning put a little paint and lacquer on it after sanding. It's a little janky but my wife has already snagged it for her desk at work lol

excellent job

I had the same issue with the Harbor Fright lens. With a better lens, the sweet spot is bigger and I have both eyes open with no problem. Everyone's eyes are different so the reaction to different lens will vary. When I do Intarsia, I need to cut on one half of the line to get a good fit. I can not do that without a magnifier.

Magnifiers make me dizzy so I wear a pair of glasses over my glasses works for me

A pretty good effort for a first go. My 1st attempt, you'd of been surprised to know I followed a line Definitely worth getting a quality glass and light. I purchased mine many years ago from the WA Blind Institute. I don't usually wear my glasses when using the magnifier, I find that a very low power set of readers are all I need. If I wear my normal glasses It all goes to mud. Try Cutting on a red line, I always convert my patterns to Red line with a very light grey, blue or green infill. Keep on Keeping On

I'm sure the lens is sub par, it's harbour freight! But saying that my eyesight is not what it used to be and I wear glasses. I don't think it's the lens because if I just look with one eye (either one) it's fine. My light is attached to the saw but there is little or no vibration and the light is steady with no movement.

I'll try but I'm no expert by far, I know just enough to be dangerous.

Maybe you can contribute in that area. I've been trying for 5 years and can barely do anything. I might become your least favorite Villager.

Thanks as I said earlier I've had a bandsaw for years and the technique is pretty similar so.....

Thanks just 3/4 pine pretty soft, I didn't realize thicker was harder to cut, probably helped me as I have a tendency to rush and I had to feed it slower.

I think it' great. I'd struggle to cut anything that thick now let alone when I first started. Well Done. !! As others have said, perhaps changing your patterns to a grey background with red lines would help, I do this to all my patterns as my old eyes lose the blade with black lines.

Flying Dutchman #3 reverse Magnifier messes with my vision too !

I have a harbour freight magnifier and light, magnifier makes my eyes go funny so I just use the light lol. Thanks for the kind words but I'm gonna have to work on some of those curves they are rough I'm pretty familiar with SVGs as I have to make my older kids custom tee shirts and vinyl stickers for their vehicles. The stuff they want usally is custom so I have to design them too.

Nothing wrong with that cutting. Did you enjoy doing it? If so you are well on you way.

Be sure to date it too. Look back a year from now. You'll be pleasantly surprised. I wish I had done as well on my first cut. Great job.

Looks great to me. I started using red lines to help with shadows and tracking the blade. I have started using a magnifier as well, but sometimes it actually makes my vision worse if I get the focal length off. What type blade did you use? Thanks in advance

Looks good especially for a first try.

Looks great to me. A lot better than my first cutting

I see nothing wrong with your first cut. In fact, I think it is pretty darn good! If you are familiar with Inkscape, I might suggest putting the cut lines in red and your pattern fill in a light gray. I set my stroke (lines) at .009 of an inch and try to split the line when I'm cutting. If you drift off the line, don't try to jump back onto the line quickly. Gradually work your way back toward the line. As Darryl (Ctutor) said, a light also helps. I have a lighted magnifier that makes the lines look huge and makes them much easier to follow. When I sometimes look around the magnifier straight at the pattern, I think to myself, darn those are really thin lines. Keep up the good work. You'll be jumping on some major fretwork very soon.

Thanks Denny ... will do!

For the first, looks real good. A suggestion, keep your first project in your shop and watch your progress as you scroll through life.

My 89 year young eyes also find it hard sometimes to see lines. I put a light down on the side of the table so it shines across the work piece. By moving the light I can make a sharp shadow on the line at the saw point that tends to highlight the blade. Works real good on a 2.0 blade that is small to be gin with. Your work is nothing to hide ;looks great!.