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Here is my contribution to the Charlie Brown Christmas trees. I had a fun cutting these out. Cut them from 1/4 inch poplar. My sincere thanks to Barb Enders for leading me to Scrollercafe and more importantly how to navigate the web site. As an Air Force navigator one would think I would have no problem, my wife used to say I could find anyplace in the world, but couldn't get around in the city. Jerry

Finally finished. I found working with the red oak to be extremely difficult for achieving the lacquered finish on top. The three on the right are red oak with walnut inlay. The other 3 are white oak with Jaboba wood inlay. The interiors each contain a Pentel .5mm and .7mm "Quicker Clicker Pencils", spare lead for each, spare erasers for each plus a Staedler eraser and an eraser template held by a magnet in the cover.

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This was an easy project. My wife made herself a shawl and asked me to make a pin to keep it from slipping off. I found several ideas on Pinterest. I used the Snipping Tool to do a capture and printed a couple out. I taped one image to a window and put a clean piece of bond over it and traced the pattern. The stock is re-sawn oak from a pallet stringer that paper came on. The finish is mineral oil. As always thanks for reading.

This is one of his latest pattern, since I have two friends that love and ride motorcycles I decided to get the pattern and cut one each for them.

My version of lighted Christmas scene

We're pretty big fans of Little Debbie Christmas Trees in my family so I made my wife a pair of earrings.

I finished this Jim Blume pattern using Birch and Maple stained with Minwax Natural. The Birch has a black backer and the Maple backer is stained with Minwax Espresso. The frames are custom cut using pre-fab framing material. Both pieces were sprayed with four coats of Polyacrylic with light sanding between coats. They were cut using Pegas 2/0 and 0 spiral blades. Thanks, Jim, for a great pattern. I do enjoy cutting his patterns and already have the next one ready to cut although I have a couple commissions I'll have to work in there somewhere.

The true meaning of Christmas....I made the figurine set a few years ago(Steve Good Pattern), but never had a nativity barn to go with it, so I went to the scrap wood pile and came up with this, all made from scrap wood except roof made from 1/8" ply. Sorry I haven't been scroll sawing much.

Cut a few ugly Christmas sweaters and angels from the last magazine and decided to fill the holes with epoxy. Still on the drying rack

The Sleigh Image was a free downloadable zip file that included a SVG file which I was able to manipulate in Inkscape. I sized the image to fit within an oval I created (approximately 11 1/2” x 15 1/2”) that I cut from a piece of 1/2” x 12” x 16” sanded ply. The image was cut from 1/8” thick BB ply. The backer was painted white with Krylon rattle can paint. I used Artist Acrylics to paint the cut panel (originally image was only B&W) and the perimeter vertical edge of the backer. The assembled Plaque was protected with multiple coats of Clear Minwax Polycrylic finish. Just another Xmas decoration that will be stored away 11 months of the year. Comments and critiques welcome.

One of my favorite patterns, by Sue Mey. Rough cut live edge red oak, about 5" x 7".

You interested in adopting a 67 year old who loves new pencils? A seriously great job overall.

That is terrific. Who is to say what scrap is? I figure if it's fingernail size it's scrap anything bigger get your hands off it, it will come in useful. Good to see you Dan, hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas. Marg

I am new to scroll sawing (purchased a used Pegas a few weeks ago) and cut my first pattern two days ago. I plan to use these holiday patterns soon. I will be donating to the Towns County Sheriff's Office "Shop With The Sheriff" program where the local sheriff's deputies take disadvantaged students to the local Walmart. The donated dollars will enable the office to give approximately $250 to each student to use in their own discretion to purchase Christmas gifts. The first items that the students usually put in their carts are gifts for their family. The amount each one has left is what they might spend on themselves. Their choice!

Hi I have been doing this on and off between projects finally nearly finshed so many pilot holes. End result was worth it though, i do have few little repairs to make on the right hand side wing.

Beautiful. The detail is very compelling!

Yes it is from KJP and it is 1/8” and cut 2 together, much easier that way. I used Maple and Walnut

They look good and great idea they'll love um. Roly

Great job on fantastic gifts!

If I was close, I'd take it. Clean it up, add the pegas clamps, which means the tension release would be at the front. I'd use it to back up my current saw and it if scrolling something, the takes different blades, switch back and forth between the two saws. Not sure how you change speeds, looks like there is a cover over the belt.. But a lot of people get along just fine with a single speed scroll saw.

Well done.

A lifetime gift they will cherish with fond memories of you.

terrific work

What a beautiful gift. They will be loved for a very long time.

Yes it will. I put one on an even older excalibur that I fixed for a friend

Love it. You did a fabulous job Frank. Marg

Very nice. It brings a context and focus to the figurines.

Nice. The shapes and colors provide a kind-of action to the piece.

TRANSLATION only for you Dick Very nice job Dick! I like the crosses and the car, in fact I like everything oops! I'm writing in french

Go ahead, Dick. translate, it is a very good thing.

Clever and cute. Nice job.. Got me a pretty good airbrush, for painting this type of project....Hope I finish one, one of these days that I can try it out on. Just don't seem to accomplish much in the old shop anymore.

They aren't really "Kids" anymore. The youngest nephew is 25!

very nice job

Well done. I like how you did the roof. The idea of having a floor and hay there is a good idea. My wife used to do toll painting and did a complete nativity scene, and I made a barn too. The wood is scrap barn board and she added hay. (It maybe raffi) It is a family tradition that is really treasured that I am sure yours will be.

Just finished my first box frame light box for a customer who’s little girl is mad on frozen, Designed myself from images online and put together.Lights are mounted on a A4 MDF sheet then made pine box frame and put a frosted acetate sheet then cut out pattern on 1/4 inch Baltic birch plywood with 2/0 spiral blade and stained with danish oil ,finished off with a glitter lacquer (can’t really see glitter in picture but it’s there )Thanks for looking any tips for making these again would be appreciated as it’s my first I’m sure there is room for improvement

I hope to get some saw time shortly, and will post this new design if it is cuttable. A lot of the time, I wont really know if it can be cut until I print it to size, and get it on the saw and see it under magnification. There is always the Eisenhower if I need a little more re-estate

Some wood burning (shou sugi ban) and a Kamon symbol .I hope you will like it.

I used the scrollsaw to cut out the name on this toy box I made for my great grandson. Made it out of red cedar.

My shop remodel is finally done! I started this in August while on one of my work vacations. Prior to the remodel I had exposed wall studs with insulation. I was using a 30 year old Craftsman rotary table as my main worktop that wasn't meant to be used as that. I had some corner shelving that I could never find anything on. I met a guy that lived a couple of miles from me that also did woodworking. He had a source for lumber that was rejects from a local mill. He was getting tongue and groove Pine and Cypress in 36" and 44" lengths, 3/4" thick x 5 1/2" wide. We become friends and he gave me a really good price on all the lumber that I needed. I decided to go with the Cypress because, well.. it's Cypress! Towards the end of my remodel he lost his source for the lumber and I had to finish up using a little bit of Pine, but it is mostly hidden by my lumber storage. I needed a miter saw station that could double as a work surface as my shop is small. It is 12' x 22'. The main part is 12'x14' with an addition that I built a few years ago of 12'x8'. In the new part I have my table saw that has a router table on it, storage and this is where I mounted my Dust Right motor/bag. This part is still a mess right now. I made the miter saw station as long as I could with the room that I have. On one end below the top I have a stationary shelf, on the other end I made a roll out cabinet that can be used as more work surface if needed. On this cart I will add some plywood wings on each side to increase that work surface if needed. I will use hinges and a support system so that the ends can be folded down when not in use to fit back under the miter saw station. I used reclaimed Cedar from fence panels that the last hurricane knocked down to make a roll out spray paint holder that I attached using drawer guides. I build some wall hanging shelves above the miter saw station for needed storage. I spent 4 hours a couple days ago cleaning up the original workbench to complete the remodel project. Threw a lot of stuff away that I have been hoarding for years. Find my very first tool pouch that I bought when I was 16 for VOTEC while I was in high school. Found my Dad's old benchtop grinder that you can turn on and stop the wheels from spinning with a pinch of your fingers. LOL,, that thing has been used hard! I still need to put a trim piece above and on one side of the doorway going into the new part of the shop and figure out what to do above the walls on the gable ends and on the ceiling. The new part of my shop is not insulated so to keep the cold air from the air conditioner kept in the main part I use a shower curtain to keep the air in. This works very good. As the part that is intended to be kept cool stays cool, the other side is hot though. I can now get back to making things that has been collecting in my "to do" list. I want to make something special as my first project in my "new" shop. I'm thinking about maybe a porch swing. I have linked a short video of the shop for your viewing pleasure, 'cause I know if there isn't any pics,, then it didn't happen! https://youtube.com/watch?v=0wpBbSstpkc&feature=share

well done, gave me some ideas for my shop

If you found a photo of the bird house in her book, the pattern for it should be there on that page or on the next page with it. Just copy that pattern on your computer or photo copier and you have the pattern to use. They are never located anywhere else in her books. Attach the pattern to your wood and cut it out. 3D patterns require a front and side view image that need to be kept attached to each other. You fold this line between the two views and then glue both to your wood, so the pattern wraps around two sides of the wood. You then cut one side view, while holding all of the pieces together. When that side view is completely cut, turn the wood so the other side view is facing up, again continuing to hold all of the pieces together. You then cut the pattern in this side of the block of wood. When you have finished cutting of both sides of the wood, you can remove the outside pieces, and the birdhouse or other item will be in the center of the block of wood. I have most of her books. Tell me the book name and page number. Maybe I can help more after looking at the page you are working on. Charley

I think the hybrid choice is yours to make. Using a wood burning tool is still hand-made. There are many situations where veining adds to the result and the access holes used, even for very fine blades, have the potential to be distracting. That's not to mention the time consumption to do a lot of them. Scroll saw 'purists' aren't truly your 'target audience' for your work. Don't worry too much about them. (The only time it actually comes into play is in a "competition" situation, which are few and far between, and the sponsor should be queried about hybrid work where pyrography is added to the scroll saw project.) Thanks for sharing. Spence Chicago

this looks like a write up on construction. doesnt look like much wood involved but could be a challenge to make out of wood https://komakesthings.wordpress.com/2020/02/02/craft-cogsworth-beauty-and-the-beast/

Both are nicely cut and the lettering on the "Semper Fidelis" is much neater "cleaner" than the one done with the wood burner. (Understand that isn't a snub on you. It's obvious a computer and laser will be much more precise.) I have nothing against using a laser... and maybe one day I'll have one for myself. Concerning the veining, when I first started scrolling I realized cutting veins with the blade I was using to cut the project often left the veins quite small and sometimes hard to see. I started cutting veins with a spiral blade, usually a #2/0, and they were large enough to see the detail the veining projected.

Yes, $50 each. I am like you in the thought of "if it doesn't interest me, how can it excite anyone else."

Hi Made this for my girlfriend she is a massive garfield fan. Original did have a clock on it but I think I might leave it like this

There are just way too many sizes of wine glasses to worry about making one. I have two sizes on the boat and many different sizes at home.

Nice pieces and and good idea, however totally superfluous in the case of beer, as it never lasts long enough to bother putting a cover on the can

That I have to agree with Charlie, She was hard work as a youngster, but I wouldn't trade her for the world. I never expect to be rich cutting items, I enjoy it, so this gets rid of items, gives me some cash to purchase more timber and a machine every now and again, and of-course a few beers.