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I developed this Fairy Night Light pattern from free silhouettes I found on -line. The lamp body is cut from 1/4” solid Cherry x 4 1/2" square. The top and bottom are made from 1/2” solid Cherry x 5 1/2” Square. For this lamp, the overall height of the lamp is only 10 1/4” due to the body panel pattern layout I developed. The cutting was mainly done with Pegas #2/0 spiral blades while I used Pegas #1 MGT R blade for the straight cuts around the perimeter. I Stack cut only two panels at one time as the connections from the image to the surrounding frame area are VERY TINY. I was very careful during cutting not to cut through any, but, yes, some got broken in handling. However, we all know superglue is a scrollers best friend. This lamp is the fourth I have made basically using the same construction techniques. I have found I can make all the miters on the Table Saw and have developed clamping methods that provide me with relatively neat joints that I can live with. And, I now have a good grip on the step by step construction process so I don’t get things messed up assembly wise. From conception, my idea was to make this lamp for a young girl, so it had to be “PINK”. I ordered the wood from Ocooch Hardwoods and the Plexi through Amazon a while back, and was just waiting for a reason to make the lamp. Christmas is coming and a gift for my Granddaughter became the reason I was waiting for. My Granddaughter, who is a young adult lady, still loves Fairies. And as we all know, Cherry wood is not actually Pink, so I had to stain it. I used five (5) parts Minwax Natural stain and one (1) part Minwax Barn Red to get a light pink color stain which after application, was immediately wiped off making the wood just “PINK” enough. The 1/8” thick translucent Plexi panels are also Pink and frosted with an application of velum affixed to the interior surface with spray adhesive. The lamp was finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. The electrical components are again just a candelabra bulb base mounted on a threaded nipple through the bottom, a pre-made lamp cord that I added a in-line switch to, and a LED Candelelabra equivalent 25W bulb. Edit: Unlit view And BTW, my first Grandson came along when I was only 40. I said I was too young to be called a Grandfather...so just call me "Grumps". It stuck with all my Grandchildren to this day. Figured I needed to sign and date this lamp for her. I’ll post the plans in the New Pattern Announcements. Comments and critiques always welcome

Two Key racks done as Christmas presents. They are made from 12mm Baltic birch ply. The finish is BLO and cellulose thinners, once dry 2 coats of lacquer.

I may have posted these before but I made these and have given them away to friends that decorate for the holidays. Baltic birch and cedar wood. Everyone that got them are happy! Sue Mey patterns

We are at the stage in our life that we do not have any idea what to give our kids and grandkids so we give them all money. Similar to Gift Card holders but the slot is a little bigger and I wanted to personalize. The family is up to 9. Sprayed with rattle can and my wife added stickers. That is Cdn money showing.

Finished a commission project "Wedding Rings". The wood is 1/2" Hard Maple. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3R MGT blades and #1R MGT blades for the lettering. Finished with two coats Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

Because most my pictures are relatively small, under 16" wide, I use saw tooth mostly.

Several years ago, I decided I wanted to scroll a different Nativity each year. Well this is the one for this year.. the third I have completed... I'm a little behind. This is a Sheila Landry Pattern. Called "Filigree Nativity Set". It's a little different

I think I would resaw the wood and then stack cut them.

Many a patterns stacked up and waiting to be cut while I was remodeling my shop the last few months! This is one of them. Barb posted some of these that she recently cut and it reminded me to get busy! My wife loves snowmen items for Christmas, so my plan was to cut a few for her. I may send these out as Christmas cards this year if I can get enough made soon enough. Steve Good pattern, made from 3/4" MDF from a rotatory table that I just torn apart. Wife painted with some acrylic paint.

Also, the house I bought came with several thousand press in hanger, that's why I came up with the jig. The commercial press machine at work held the saw tooth in place with a magnet. That was a game changer.

Dave, I always went by the weight of the picture if it’s heavy I would use wire more secure, RJ

There are a ton of variables, so I will probably miss some of them. 1. With narrow frames, or plaques with lots of space used, there is a significant limit to where you can place the saw tooth. This leads to Denny's s statement about the wall hook. With wider frames or more space on a plaque you can still hide the wall hook. 2. Centering wide pieces. With a long horizontal frame it's becomes difficult to keep the item from becoming crooked using a saw tooth hanger, especially if the weight of the piece is unbalenced, either by the scroll work or by the variations in the weight of the framing material. 3. Centering vertical pieces is easier, because of the weight distribution. 4. Speed. Generally speaking, a pressed in saw tooth hanger is faster then a wire hanger. 5. Cost. Generally speaking, a pressed in saw tooth hanger is less expensive than using wire. This is very dependent on how it's done. I worked in the art publishing industry for 26+ years, and that's what my experiences are. The standard at the shop where I worked were; any frame 16 x 20 or less = saw tooth hanger, we had a commercial machine to do the pressing and I could install at the rate of 4 frames per minute. Any frame larger than 16 x 20 got a wire hanger. We started with commercial buckles ( a strap formed around a wire triangle ) screwed to the frame, then the wire wrapped around the triangle. We ended up stapling the sire to the frame using medium crown staples. I have rigged up a jig for pressing saw tooth hangers using a woodworkers bench vise and magnets. When I put it together again I'll take and post pictures.

Brand new here. Branching out in a 45 year woodworking hobby and part time wood craft "business". I started doing Colonial style household goods in early adulthood. Ended up being a gallery wood turner/sculptor. My first scroll saw was a Dremel Moto Shop(?) I paid for myself with birthday money and cash earned repairing other kids bicycles. It was sort of a disappointment for me as I expected much more than the machine was designed to give. Graduated to a 1995 model 2 speed Delta. Used it several years but it went the way of all good things. Here I am today with another try at the scroll saw area of our craft. My beloved wife and I both are enthusiastic about learning the basics and how to build on our skills. We bought a Wen 16 inch VS 3923, as have so many others getting into this area of woodwork. Maybe one day we will graduate to a King, Pegas, Dewalt or some other more advanced saw. Will have to see how the economy shakes out though as we live on a fixed income. I did design and craft a scrap lumber scroll saw stand for our Wen. Made of dumpster wood and other salvaged materials, it's very solid. Yellow pine, old pressure treated deck flooring, bed slats from my parents 1967 bed and hinges from doors and windows on our house I repaired back in 1995. Finished in boiled linseed oil, this stand has an integral hinged prop that holds the hinged top up at a 10 degree forward tilt for better ergonomics. All four casters lock in place. The plywood tray below serves as a front to back brace and as storage. Cost me only the screws and glue needed to assemble the stand. Sized to fit our Wen or most other scroll saws, I went against more common designs and made the front the narrow end rather than the back. This lets my wife and me more comfortably spread our knees for tucking our bodies right in over the saw table. All good things to you others. Thanks for allowing me to join the group. Don

What is the advantages and disadvantages of using wire vs saw tooth hangers

I resaw toy parts a lot, so this might also work for an ornament. I cut these three from a piece of pine and resawed it into three pieces. I sanded the saw marks off using my Shopsmith belt sander. Important: I cut slowly and carefully. It worked like a charm. I don't know if I would try this with a round ornament, but if I could figure out a way to keep it from spinning, I might try it. To be clear, I did not use my hands to push this through.

This is for my wife for Christmas. The portrait is from an Acadia Cutting Board. The frame is OLD OLD wormy oak with Walnut Splines. The acadia was 3/4 thick so I made a slightly larger underframe out of oak so it would match the thickness of the portrait and add a little dimension to the square frame.

Steve Good posted a link today to Stencilfy. It is an App that will take a regular font and turn it into a scrollable font with bridges where needed. I know this subject had just recently come up by one of our member so I thought this would be of help. I went to the App site and bookmarked it on my Roboform Bookmark list. Clink on this link to to take you to the App. Thanks to Steve Good! https://blogspot.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa6b059408ca051b3a85dce6b&id=41aee3cf07&e=e151848253

I've had fun making some new ornaments for my tree and my kids this year. I made some tiny little Santas using some leftover scrap pieces of Red Padauk. Copied and shrunk an image I found online. I can see these being around long after I'm gone. Well, it's alright to be little bitty A little hometown or a big old city Might as well share, might as well smile Life goes on for a little bitty while-Alan Jackson

Very nice and great use of all the offcuts too.

Another wonderful project. I love your detailed description of your process. Something that your granddaughter will cherish for decades.

That looks beautiful Frank. Great design and very nicely cut.

Travis also posted a guide using Gimp.

Cut your 45's then set the table saw at a 45. Put your fence close to the blade, set the blade for the depth you want them in the frame and then run them through the correct direction. Normally a joint for boxes but I wanted to do it on that frame.

Steve Good also posted a short video on this topic. Search his blog.

If you set this up right, the last pass will shave off the pattern.

Very nicely done !

I had some Oak plugs that I made years ago.. I sliced them in half and then shaped using a sander,,, and yes,, I lost a little bit of finger skin from the sander. Next time I will use pliers to hold the little pieces! LOL I cut one out last night and actually cut out the black circles on the stomach. I'll see how it turns out, using the buttons is definitely faster though. Thanks for cutting yours and reminding me that I had printed patterns a while back to cut.

I'll go with Wichman

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.

The wire hanger is lower, so it hides the wall hook.

Nice work. I have one I cut as one piece and then hand carved. Was going to paint, haven’t gotten there yet so was waiting to post. was thinking of cutting one with segmentation as Steve designed or as true Intarsia. So many ideas, so little time. Hopefully mine look as cute as yours and Barb’s if I ever get there. Marg - here is direct link to the pattern. https://www.stevedgood.com/snowmanseg.pdf

3/4" Red Oak, cut with Pegas MGT # 3 blades.

That is so cute. Love it. Marg

Made this Alex Fox pattern for my brother-in-law and a very good friend with a Harley

A few weeks ago I noticed that I wasn't getting any air out of my blower on my EX 16. I proceeded to open the plate on the bottom that holds the bellows in place. A piece of rubber fell out and it looked to have a whole. Oh my! I was long out of warranty and what to do. I had good luck working with Denny at Artcrafter and he contacted Pegas and was able to get me a bellows. It came today and I will install it this weekend. You are my go to guy! Thank you Denny,

Couldn't tell ya. Found it whilst rummaging through Google some time back.

I send my nieces & nephews an ornament every year. Got them in the mail yesterday.

Since we go to Florida in a few days, we had our Christmas gifts exchange last Saturday. I made this for my father-in-law.

Welcome to the Village Laura. Marg

Welcome to the Village forum. Post some of your projects.

welcome to the village, looking forward to seeing your work

Welcome to our quiet village, lot’s of nice folks here ready to help upon demand.

Welcome to the group Laura, great group of people here. We need more ladies in our group. Got questions?? Ask away. Share you scrollsaw items, we love picture. Chelcass from Michigan.

Welcome to ssv!

Welcome from Dover, Delaware. You're gonna like it here.

Welcome, glad to have you with us.

Hi Laura and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Look forward to your participation.

@rjweb glad I could be of help.

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