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This Alex Fox pattern is kind of haunting, what with everything going on in his home country. I cut this out of the suggested 1/8” the first time, but I just didn’t like it. I ended up using a piece of 1/8” mystery wood that I had around for the back piece, then 1/4” BB for the other layers. I used Natural Danish Oil on some parts, and Walnut Danish on others, trying to give a bit of subtle contrast. Additionally, I made a solid Walnut base so it can sit on a shelf and also put a link loop on the back so as it can hang on the wall.

I have posted a few of the results of my first Christmas order and I stated that the request involved several patterns that I was not fond of myself but a customer's request is not to be argued with. I add some of my own colorization and backer boards that were not part of the pattern as well as framing some that really was not part of the item either. In these last two item I added both a frame and on one, corner decorations to try and help it to be a little better appreciated by the receivers of these items. Dick heppnerguy

I posted a while back about making layered ornaments and painting for contrast etc.. These are not handmade as I made them with my laser. But is hand painting them still make them somewhat handmade? LOL Anyway showing off my painting not the lasered ornament, LOL I might be biased but my favorite one is the Ultrasound Tech.. biased because that is what my daughter does now that she graduated school.. The last two I'm not sure about the black.. it might show up better if my box had a different color bottom on it as it blends in with the box too much.. It's supposed to be MRI Tech and Xray Tech.. one has a skull on the back piece and the other the bones of a hand.. in case you can't make that out.. I might change the colors of the lettering..

Here are a couple more for my wife's cousin's Christmas order. I have two more to post and I should have them packed and ready for the post office on Monday. I thought they were a little the way she ordered them so I framed one and added a little color to the other one. I am happy to be getting these finished and on their way soon Dick heppnerguy

Was on another CNC site and it was brought up about a sale on the DeWalt Miter saw.. This is a good deal with the free rolling stand gift that you get to choose.. If my old one would have broke closer to the holidays I could have saved me about a few hundred dollars.. I see stores starting to offer some deals already. https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-12-in-Double-Bevel-Sliding-Compound-Miter-Saw-Blade-Wrench-and-Material-Clamp-DWS779/321488482

Last year I purchased Business kit 2021 edition hoping to generate sales of a new product at my local craft fairs. Unfortunately all the shows I usually sell at were all cancelled once again. This year the shows are a go and I was at one last week where I sold 12 and I am absolutely amazed with the response. I also just purchased the 2022 edition pattern set. Really looking forward to my next show this upcoming weekend. Many thanks to Travis for the program Regards Brian

It didn't take me long to realize my rookie mistake with my dust collection engineering while cutting this Seahorse for my granddaughter. A couple of minutes into cutting, the wood hit the pvc piping. Thankfully I hadn't glued anything and it was a quick fix to move it back and out of the way. On the positive side, I cut the whole thing and had virtually zero dust on or under my saw. I'm thinking I may be able to do without the dust mask. You can buy these Seahorses on Etsy, but they don't have the love in them.

I’m trying to support Alex Fox as much as possible. This is my 3rd new piece from his patterns in the past couple of weeks. I made this one from a 1/4” piece of Lacewood that I had around, back piece is Baltic Birch.

I did not want to Highjack the thread on compound cutting clamps. I cut lots of them especially at our clubs woodworking shows and give them to the kids. Occasionally I will show off the capabilities of the scroll saws for cutting small stuff. The smallest reindeer in this image is a bit less than 1/2" and the smallest and most delicate compound cut for me so far. I used a Pegas #2 28TPI blade no reverse teeth. The trees are turned and carved. I did not sand any of them.

Made using A4 1/4 inch bb plywood sheet using #2 spiral blade with black backboard mount like the look he’s giving on this one thanks for looking

I like your idea of putting them back together and taping them for gifts. However, I need to make reindeer from a different pattern for that.

Ha, I just cut 9 3d patterns of the same thing and was amazed 9 times!! But I go around pretty amazed most the time.

With the change in hours at work, my time on the saw has been limited... very limited! I finally finished this cut from a BirchBark pattern using Maple with a Birch backer. The frame is pre-shaped Walnut and I shimmed the corners for strength. The cut is stained with Minwax Natural and the backer is stained with Minwax Espresso. The frame was pre-finished although I did touch it up with Minwax Dark Walnut stain. For the first time I used my new air sprayer with Polyacrylic and was pleased with the results. I cut it using Pegas #2/0, #0 and #1 spiral blades. I stack cut this but the other piece was Birch and delaminated in places when removing the shelf liner. I hope to paint it in the near future in hopes of hiding the delamination. I've about decided to start placing my wood face to face when doing cuts. I know I could only do this on pieces that were not limited in left or right such as patterns with words. But doing so will prevent delamination from happening on the face of the projects. For instance, the Jim Blume Stagecoach I cut was a double stack and faced different directions. I tell people one stage is going east and the other is going west.

Cut on a cool piece of oak.

I made this napkin basket for as a gift for my wife a few years ago. She usually receives many compliments on it when we have guests.

That's a really good deal. Jim

The switch works fine. Since I was measuring the output of the controller card with the switch in the circuit and I have DC volts, the switch is OK.

Ok, I had posted in a few replies on other threads that I was learning to hand carve and had taken a one day turning class. Since a few of my carvings were initially cut out on my scroll saw, I figured I would share them here. If anyone is a carver, please let me know. One of my goals in learning to hand carve, was to use it to enhance my scrollsaw projects, in particular, my Intarsia work. I am enjoying carving and turning. I have hand carved 6 pieces now I think. One of them is still a work in progress so not shown. It is based on a JGR Intarsia pattern so I will have to share it later once it is done (The carving part is done, but it has framing I’m trying to work out how I want to do.) They are all cut and carved from basswood. The photos appear in the reverse order from what I carved them meaning Mickey carrying balllons was the last one (6th) which I just completed yesterday and then go back to the larger flower which was the very first attempt. Mickey is also the only one I created my own pattern for from a card I had and did it all on my own with no directions or advise on how. The rest of the pieces are patterns from video tutorials and patterns provided by Mary May. If interested in learning to carve, I have found her tutorials to be great. Mickey, the jack-o-lantern and the butterfly on a flower were all first cut out as flat pieces on my scroll saw then carved. Thus why I feel comfortable sharing here. The two smaller flowers, technically I used my saw on as it was one board I cut in half. The largest flower, done on the round natural board was not on the saw but I threw it in since it was my first attempt. I added some wood burning to the first flower I did and then did wood burning on the butterfly and flower. Mickey and the Jack-o-lantern do not yet have a finish on them. I am probably going to attempt to add color to them once I get a little braver to try that(and find some time.)

Hey Everyone! In this scroll saw project video I make this beautifully detailed Thanksgiving piece! This Steve Good design is cut from 1/4 inch material. It's almost time for the family to all gather and enjoy an amazing home cooked meal! Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

Cheating and using Posca paint markers. Kinda like a big kid coloring. They are not cheap but I found that since these brand are water based paints I found a way to take them apart and clean them once empty and I can buy any old cheap water base acrylic paints and refill them or make my own colors.. Problem is I need more colors than the set came with ( should have bought the bigger set maybe ) and I haven't run out of paint in any of them yet soo.. I had to go buy some individual colors which may have been the way to go in the first place.. as the set has a color I'm not sure I'll use.. https://www.hobbylobby.com/Art-Supplies/Drawing-Illustration/Markers/Basic-Color-Posca-PC-5M-Paint-Markers---8-Piece-Set/p/81095039

I cut mine freehand. I find it more difficult and time consuming to use a pattern. Once you do one or two you'll get the hang of it. Besides, you can be more creative and cut various shapes to go with a theme.

Which one do you like more? Here is my latest shadowbox, I made it two variants, squared as many of my shadowboxes and another one with rope frame. Pattern includes both variants at https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

So I started this multi-layer papercutting-lightbox pattern last year....then a bunch of family drama hit, and my cutting has been slowed down. Finally finished the pattern a month or two ago, but I really dislike cutting frames. Nope, dunno why, just don't care for it. So I finally got the frames cut, trimmed to size, a couple of pieces of opaque plexi sourced, LED strips applied, and final assembly done. One less project stacked up and moved from convenient-horizontal-space to convenient-horizontal-space in my shop. Stack-cut these, stained one with Minwax "Natural" and one with "Honey", and then alternated layers so that each layer stands out from the layer above and below. Still waiting on a power supply for one LED strip (the box that Amazon touted as having two....did indeed have two strips, but only one power supply with two ports to plug in both light strips to the one supply...so, technically, it works. But these two are going to be 20 miles apart and I doubt the cities of Austin, Cedar Park, and Leander would look kindly upon an extension cord of that length), but the one that's working is now up on the shelf at work.

My daughter just adopted twins a month ago and this is my impetus for getting a scroll saw and making items for them. They make me proud!

I finished cutting this yesterday. Pattern by me.

Apologies for not posting in a while but I fell ill earlier in the year and have not been able to do much but I hope you are all well and I will get caught up with all your projects Anyway sorry onto the project made using 1/4 inch bb plywood using a #2 spiral blade then painted with acrylic paints and spray varnished and while still wet a sprinkle of glitter made for a customer whose little girl loves mini mouse,I adapted a colouring in page of mini I found online,thanks for looking take care

This is Russ Beard pattern, it’s going slowly, because I had other things to attend to but hope to make some good progress this week.

Gave this pattern a shot today that Paul (Granpa) was kind enough to do for me. Hope I did it justice. He even did the pattern over for me and made the letters a little bigger for me. I don’t know what we would do without these pattern makers. Thanks again Paul. It was greatly appreciated. A few coats of poly on it and it will be done.

Hey everyone, Here is my latest project. The pattern is called "Cottontail Express" and is from a book I purchased called "North American Wildlife Patterns For The Scroll Saw" by Lora S. Irish. I think the wood is Yew as I was given a piece some months ago and it is about 3/4 of an inch thick. After cutting, I simply gave it a couple of coats of oil. Hope you like it, constructive criticism welcomed, Regards, Alan.

I found this free Dragonfly Pattern on-line and realized it would make a good box type Nightlight Lamp. I used solid 1/4” thick Red Oak for the body and connectors, and 1/2” thick (planed down from ¾” thick material) for the Top and Base. The four body sides are 5 1/2” wide x 11 1/2” tall and were stack cut with Pegas #1 MGT R Blades. All chamfering and mitering was done on the table saw. The Top sits loose on the top of the body to allow access for bulb changing. The natural Red Oak color was darkened with one quick wipe on wipe off coat of Minwax Red Oak stain. All stained surfaces were finished with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer prior to installation of the Amber Cast 1/8” thick Translucent Acrylic panels. The panels are held in place with small dabs of Gel Superglue. I originally intended to use a 25W LED bulb but found that it was too bright. I replaced it with 10W clear nightlight lamp bulb. However, I plan to add some translucent velum sheets, attached with spray adhesive, to the inside face of the Amber panels and see if the lamp has a nicer soft glow with the 25W bulb. I was very unhappy with the much too transparent plexi with either the 10W or 25W bulb. Applied Translucent Velum using spray adheasive to the inside on each side. Now with the 25W LED Candlelabra bulb the glow is much softer amd you can't see inside. Next time I make a lamp like this I have to remember to apply the velum to the plexi before inserting them . Comments and critiques always welcome.

Hard Maple? Best blade I've used is a chainsaw. I cut a Trucker ( semi truck ) puzzle from one of the patterns Iggy sells from Hard Maple.. Never again.. Next mistake was doing the next one from Hickory..

Try using a stethoscope or piece of rubber tubing to home in on the area creating the type of noise you are hearing. That has worked for isolating car motor noises and may help with this gremlin.

Yesterday I spent some time with the saw...First thing I did was disassemble the left side covers and check all linkage fasteners and bearings with specific focus on the connecting rod area. All were tight with no apparent bearing issues. I should mention that I had previously disassembled all bearings, cleaned, inspected, re-greased and reassembled. I didn't find any bearing wear issues - doesn't mean there were not any just that I didn't see any. Next was to try and get the top arm parallel with the bottom arm - this was an effort to compensate for no real spec on tension rod and wedge positioning. Following is a picture of the final wedge position. After reading about the cover plate modification I decided to try that. I milled a bit from the underside I put the cover plate back on and removed the assembly from the machine. If I manually manipulate the rocker arm it still contacts the underside of the cover but that may be exceeding the "normal" movement of the arm. After these adjustments the noise was still there - better but still fairly loud at higher speeds. I also ran it with the cover plate off (an obviously no tension) and it seemed better. Actually it sounded more like the noise was coming from the bottom arm but at some point it gets difficult to tell. Not sure what to do next - I may try adjusting the tension rod clockwise a turn or 2? Also - try to get it bolted/clamped down just to eliminate that variable. Any other suggestions? Thanks Rick

Those are very VERY nice. Your layering is quite striking. There is a German Art form of multi layered window decorations that use layering with some spaces between the layers for lights to create light and shadows. They are called Schwibbogen in German. Here in the US they are simply called Candle Arches. Some are extremely ornate. Others rather plain. https://www.erzgebirgepalace.com/Candle-Arches/All-Candle-Arches:::108_109.html

Congratulations on a job well done Dick. They are real nice. Now sit back, grab a beer and relax.

I agree. I am going to go to something less bulky though. With my glasses, and the addition of bluetooth headphones, soon hopefully, I need something less cumbersome.

Thanks Dick, I love doing tiger portraits they are by far my favourite animal it’s such a great feeling when you take off the paper and reveal what you have made

What a great idea!

I have tried every method and 3M 77 with the pattern applied directly to the wood is now my go to method.

My wife has a cousin who visits us with two of her grown girls every year. She has purchased some presents for part of her family from me almost every year. I am finishing up the batch for this year now. I have two more to finish and then I start packing them up to mail them to her. I had her sit down with me at the computer and choose the ones she wanted to order. I was amazed that she ordered most of the patterns that do not interest me much and I never thought they would be chosen to have me cut them. But the customer is the one making the choices so here they are. I add some backer boards on the crucifixion project to give them a little color and add some interest to them. They are Steve Good patterns, should anyone want to know that. I cut them in BBPly and the desk project I used a piece of scrap wood for the base. The cross plaque is one I have cut several times before and is one that I personally have always liked and enjoy cutting. Unfortunately I do not remember the designer of this plaque and if I do I will come back and edit it in. Now you can see that I have been doing something in my shop since I got back from Montana and not just sitting around the house all day watching television. Dick heppnerguy

I looked through all your famous portraits and I could not find one of me..It must be hanging in the house, in the kitchen as my wife says she has my photo in the kitchen cabinets to keep the mice out of them. It seems to be working pretty well too. Dick heppnerguy

Another Cartoon character 11x14 pattern converted from a, paid for, image obtained on-line. Grumpy and I relate! Cut panel is Hand Painted 5/32” Birch Solid Core ply affixed to a 1/4” Hand Painted BB Ply Backer. Cutting was done with Pegas #1 MGT R Blade and assembled panel finished with Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. Frame is 1 3/4” wide premium Pine primed and painted with Glidden Max-Flex Brick Red Satin. Comments and critiques always welcome.

Maybe you are using too much spray adhesive. It only takes a very quick once over, let it sit for about 2 minutes before applying it to the wood. Make sure the wood is sanded well and very clean of dust. Then just a light application of mineral spirits and wait about one minute to remove the pattern. It should almost fall off on it's own. When done this way you should have no residue. If you try to remove the pattern too quickly and a little part of it does stick, you can use a paper towel barely dampened over that area and it should remove any residue completely. I remember when I first tried doing it this way, I was very skeptical about doing it this way and used too much spray adhesive and experienced what you are talking about. Then I read some direction from someone on a different scroll saw page and explained it the way I just did above. Only this guy did not put the pattern on the wood until at least 3 minutes and up to 5 minutes. I did it the way I told you above and it worked perfectly. I was afraid the pattern would lift but I was willing to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised and it is how I do all my scrolling now, even with a lot of very small fret holes. I never need my blue painters tape any longer and I never have any surface damage when I remove the pattern. Dick heppnerguy

I think this took about 15 hours total.

Zebra wood with Odie's oil finish cut with Pegas MG #7 on my Seyco Saw

I have taped the completely cut blocks together and given them to relatives, along with a dull blade, so they can see what cuts them as well as seeing all of the pieces fall away. When taping, I fold the end back on itself, to make it easy for them to find and un-tape the block in the correct sequence. One cousin called me and then un-taped the block while on the phone with me, so I heard her surprises and excitement as each piece of tape came off. It's worth doing for friends that you can't be with as they are discovering what you made them. Charley

I use blue painter tape on some of my pieces. That seems to work sometimes. I really believe my problem is the cheap box store wood I use.

Nice work ! Would using applying the pattern directly to the wood with a repositionable spray glue which can be removed with a wipe of white spirit help with the delamination ?

I get all my Alex Fox patterns from Esty. Just search his name and you'll find his patterns. He has many patterns in many different styles to choose from.

Thanks Marg. I’m excited to give this a try. The only problem is this “very cheap” ply you mentioned. I don’t think we have that up here.