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I converted this Tiger image I found on-line into a 12” x 16” Scroll saw pattern. The cut panel is 5/32” Birch solid core ply affixed to a painted black 1/4"thick BB ply backer. Cutting was done using Pegas #2/0 and #1 spiral blades. The cut panel was hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints. The assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Gloss spray Polycrylic finish. Panthers was a free downloadable SVG file I found on-line. Although it was a SVG file, it required work to resize it into a 12” x 15” scrollable pattern. This pattern has well over 500 small cutouts and although very easy cutting, it was time consuming to complete. I used about 15 Pegas #2/0 spiral blades due to a lot of blade breakage caused by blade kinking, as a result of the many very small blade hole threading’s required. The cut panel is 5/32” Maple solid core ply affixed to a painted black 1/4"thick BB ply backer. This cut panel was also hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints and the assembled panel protected with multiple coats of Minwax Clear Satin spray Polycrylic finish. Although I have consistently used clear spray lacquer to protect the assembled panels in the past, I’m giving the clear spray Polycrylic a try. Although it looks very wet with a milky blue color when first applied, it dries quickly to a clear hard finish. A very light sanding with 1500 grit paper between coats results in a nice smooth finish. Polycrylic is quite a bit more expensive than Lacquer, but it is more compatible with the Acrylic Artist paints I use. The frames for both are 1 3/4"wide Poplar, primed and painted with Glidden spray Gloss Black. As always, comments and critiques are welcome. I will post PDF’s of these patterns in New Pattern Announcements.

Cut from 4mm Hoop Pine Ply, Framed in Radiata Pine Stained various colours. Three coats of gloss acrylic. The coloured truck is backed with felt. A3 Size "Dad's Garage" pattern by Helda Botas If I do another "Garage" cutting I will use my own fonts "Keep Australia Moving" Pattern by San Custodio

Hi everyone. Paul (Grampa) was able to make me another pattern of my Granddaughter and boyfriend. He did another great job. I hope I do his patterns justice. Did this one today and decided to put a small frame around. I think it looks pretty good with the frame. I'm not good at making frames. Thanks again Paul for your quick patterns.

I am new to this group. I do wood & wood repurposing. I love doing scroll saw patterns.

Thank you all, your appréciations going straight of my heart. It's right, that is my masterpiece (lol) I love sawing,when I am behind my machine, I thinking nothing anymore, I'm in an other world. I started in august 2021 et joined this forum in October 2021. I didn't think to reach this level quickly. I have good progress in this art and your encouragement has helped me a lot. Merci beaucoup à tous. Eric

Yeah, they need a washer fluid reservoir and a wiper blade...

I use both as well. It depends on the size of the pattern too. I also use spiral blades on vinyl records. I can not use flat blades on them.

Yes yes ...I've had to learn to step back. I've made some cuts that look awful under the light and looking through the glass, stepping back and seeing the whole piece you wonder what the drama was about

Beautiful work Frank. As always. You should think about taking up artistic painting. I think you'd do well.

The leapard gives the viewer the mysteriousness of cats in shadows. Very nice idea. I have a stray cat that watches me at night when I am using my telescope always stays in the shadows. I get this feeling I am being watched but don't see him. I know he is somewhere.

Very well done.

I love them both, the second one is the epitome of WOW!

When using flat blades, the vinyl glues back together behind the blade. I might be doing something wrong. I just use spiral and I don’t have the issue.

I just came across this video - what he says seems logical . . .

Different approach.

amazing work

awesome job

Cute!!! Finally got these done. Steve Good pattern. Larger one is his small pattern at 80%. The 4 smaller ones, not sure what size. Cut with #1 blade out of MDF. Shaped using a rotary tool with sanding disc. Painted with acrylic paints and top coated with Osmo satin. Took longer than I expected/hoped.

Those are absolutely adorable! Showed them to my beloved Miss Penny who agrees they are to be cherished! Don

Sharp quality blades can make a huge difference as can choosing the correct blade for the job at hand. Assuming the bandsaw is aligned properly.

That method would work and the saw is simple enough. Using that method I would start with the cheapest part and work my way up which is kind of what I did. The real problem with trouble shooting these is that there are no specs available for the motor or the controller board.

I've used ceramic, oil soaked oak, and whatever material commercial guides are made of (Shopsmith). But, the best are the Carter guides.

Absolutely great work on the cutting and frames. Dad's Garage reminds me of the posters of the 40's and 50's.

I use a 1/8-inch Timber Wolf blade and a Carter Stabilizer. It isn't the easiest thing to do.

Beautiful cuttings.

Hello everyone, I found the pattern for this lidded basket in a book. "Classic Fretwork Scroll Saw Patterns" it's my first project with an assembly, I'm not unhappy. Eric

Since I cut my finger almost all the was off, I have been a fan of pushbocks for the tablesaw. I usually just use a leftover stick or my plastic one. Here is the first one that I made in my shop. I have another one in the works.

Ray, I copied other's work after I saw the email from Steve's post. I always am amazed that someone can get the email blog and then post a finished product the next day.

And so glad you did.

Well that really sucks, I admire your knowledge of the testing of the components as I don't know a thing about electronics..and would have just thrown parts at it until something fixed it, LOL.. though that's kind of where it ended up for you anyway.. maybe there was a couple different issues that shorted the motor? My saw has been acting up for nearly a year now.. it's the speed sometimes will go wild.. I had been playing if off to the dust in the variable switch, used to blow the air gun around the area and take care of it for a while but now it doesn't seem to matter.. I'm thinking a new Pegas or something is in order but waiting for a possible holiday deal. IF this saw was a original Excalibur I'd repair it but it's not and it's been a total headache for me since day one.. Two rebuilds and only around 500 hours on it.. I have my moneys worth from it and want a new saw anyway so.. that's what I'm going to do..

Very nice work. I envy folks who have an artistic bent. I have none and must copy others work.

Very nice work. I really like this one.

I never did a scroll piece just to learn. All the scrolling I have ever done is because I liked it and my intent was to finish it. I learned on a straight blade and stuck to it, changing blades to accomplish what I needed. Of course I did try spiral but i could correct straight blade mistakes but not spiral ones

Ditto

Fantastic work!!

Nice work Kevin and I wouldn't have noticed if you had not pointed it out. But if that had been a letter with a chunk missing it would be in the trash, funny how that works

I use both. It depends on what I'm cutting, mainly a cut in rivers etc. or one I can mess up and you'd not be able to tell. Otherwise the rest is done with flat blades for letters etc. I have used spiral on letters in a piece that is way to big to turn on the saw. You just have to make sure and stand back far enough to not really see how crooked the cut is. Like on the other side of the room.

I love that you'll all chime in and give advice on how you all do this, you have no idea how helpful this is. Here's a glimpse into my thought process. I've no where near mastered a straight blade but I can muddle along and cut something passable, and I figured I'd try spirals before the straight blade got too ingrained into my process and just became automatically my choice. Probably because I'm a inexperienced sawer I did not find spirals difficult to use as many have said, to be honest it feels like cheating. That said, with what I cut once the patterns off your not going to know how well I did as the whole is just made of abstract shapes, unlike lettering where one small mistake will stand out as they are predetermined shapes we are all familiar with. Overall spirals were fun to use for me but there's also a lot of cons too, they're messy and I don't get the clean lines I do with a straight blade, as for the fuzzies I found if you go round the cut using the blade as a sander you can keep them down to a minimum.

Not to hi-Jack this thread, but, WOW! Those are some impressive pieces you folks have shown.

Just made one and now all the secretary’s at work want one lol

Hi everyone. I just want to give a big shout out to Paul (Grampa). When he first tried to make this pattern, the photo wasn't that great but he said he would give it another try and sure enough, he did wonders. It was a tricky one to cut. I'm gluing the backer on now and then I'll give it a few coats of poly. Thanks again Paul. You made the impossible happen.

I have used spirals but to me it feels like skating on ice. so I tend to use flat blades on everything. Spirals are brilliant I think but I never persevered with them enough to feel comfortable with them. I find I can everything with flat blades, usually a #3.

So my brother said he wanted a black walnut cowboy hat. How can I say no? He lives 1300 miles away in Texas. I sent him the curve tool to wrap around his head. He emailed me the scanned tool result. I took that scan into inkscan and started the project. He requested a blank top. This took me about 19 hrs. It is slightly darker than my other black walnut hat. Also a bit bigger. Everyone has a different head size. Here is a couple of pics showing before / after finishing step. Armour Arm Seal was used. Me. Mark Eason

DO NOT TRY THAT AT HOME!!!! especially while on blood thinners. Your index finger will never be the same!!!!

I guess it's time for me to make something for pushing and holding the wood as it crosses my table saw. I've come too close once or twice. I still have all my digits and want to keep them.

The new brushes were considerably longer than the old brushes. I installed them but no joy. There is power to the motor but it isn't moving at all. I ordered a new motor.