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Toy car patterns acquired from ToymakingPlans.com. Wood used was oak with two coats of acrylic paint and three coats of clear satin polyurethane finish. Kids love colour.

Pattern is by Nemana Stojanovic available at toymakingplans.com. Wood used was Walnut.

Delta Airliner 9 ¾”L x 8 /⅛”W x 3 ⅞”H and Cessna Skyhawk 8 ¼” L x 7” W x 3 ⅜” H. Woods used were Canarywood, Poplar and Mahogany. Patterns acquired by Toymakingplans.com.

Pattern acquired from ToymakingPlans.com. Woods used were Mahogany, Paduak and Cherry finished with natural oil.

This old toy car is 7 ½” L x 3 ½” W x 3”H. Sister in law acquired this from a yard sale for.60 cents. It was in pieces, with only two wheels, broken bumpers with headlights and taillights needing replacing. It was in sad shape so I decided to try and restore this beauty. Lightly sanded the original finish and applied a natural oil finish. Not sure of the wood spieces. Made new bumpers of Aspen, headlights taillights of Ebony along with new wheels. Really enjoyed doing the restoration.

Here is some of my work for this Christmas ! I've discover the scroll saw about 4 years ago it does help me to control my PTSD from Canadian Forces

Hi Jim. I have a 30” Excalibur that I purchased in 09. Fabulous machine with no vibration. Place a nickel on table standing, turn machine on and gradually increase the speed. Nickel stays. That’s how smooth of a machine this is. Canadian made. I’ve yet to have an issue and I use it almost daily. $400.00 seems a lot but if it’s an Excalibur made in Canada and it’s in excellent condition showing little wear than it’s definitely worth the price. If it’s off shore in excellent condition showing little wear I would then offer less. It all depends on the age of the machine, made domestic or off shore, condition, your needs and your budget in mind. These are my thoughts and opinions. Good luck with your decision.

I've bought and sold quite a few saws and always seem to forget to give the new owner the hold-down. I've got a box full of them. I'm thinking of making some sort of artwork out of them. LOL.

I wouldn't put myself in an artist's shoes, but a craft's man, yep.

Size is 8” x 10” BB ply. The young Beatle pattern is by Helder Botas acquired from the library and I don’t know who designed the older pattern.

I asked the same question here when I first started and got the exact same answers! So, off it came and when I get a new saw that is the first thing I do... Remove the thing!

I sold hundred of these and never worry about it, BUT I live in Canada.

I like Flexner's quote on finishes. Not verbatim...just how I remember it. "Half of what you hear about finishes is good info. And,the other half is B.S. The trick is knowing which half to believe."

Thanks, Scott. It's as I surmised. Off it comes!

First of all let me wish all of you here at The Village a Wonderful and Joyful Christmas. I an sure just about everyone here will know this Fair Ride, Every Fair I have ever been to has one of these, The Pirate Ship as it's called most of the time. I found this pattern floating around on the net, I also found the kit, but someone(bless him) posted the pattern itself for free. It took a few days, but I got it together. Now I have to decide to sell it or keep it.

Got this done recently, just before Christmas, made it for a friend of mine, who wanted to it for his son, Keith Fenton pattern

I attached my vacuum hose to the hold-down on my saw. I can lift it up and down as needed and I can rotate it out of the way.

He is a good source of finishing information. My local library has his books and a DVD. Which is good for me - memory is becoming more of a fleeting thing for me

Me to, I drove a tractor harrowing a field when I was nine

There was a post from some time ago that spoke to this. As I recall, it was something along the line of using a toilet paper roll - supposed to be the size of a persons/child's throat - if the piece would drop thru the toilet paper roll it could be swallowed.

Lasers/CNC are just tools.

Hold down? Oh, yeah, where did I put that thing? Haven't used one in over 20 years.

I've got a Canadian 21" that I paid $300 for. I have a Taiwanese 16" that I gave $250 for. So I would guess a Taiwanese 30" would be worth $400. If it were close to me, I might have to go check it out. I could complete my "set".

Hi everyone, just finished this portrait. I want to thank Paul ( Grampa ) for making this pattern for me. I just don't know how he does these so quick. Thanks again Paul.

Gene, I have about 1/2 dozen in cupboard down the shed, Why I keep them.............................. "They may come in handy one day " I left mine on, on the 1st machine for a couple of days (I New no different) but it came of and the others are off almost before the saw is out of the box.

You and me both.. I could probably take them in to the scrap metal recyclers and get enough out of them to buy another saw,

Agree about the sad world of today, I had lawn darts as a kid and I'm still alive. Today, the kids would probably stab each other with them. Anyway, the ornaments... My suggestion: Disclaimer in the packaging. Many of my products have small pieces, and not meant for infants or toddlers. But each item I package comes with a full disclaimer about the size of parts. When adults by my products for children, the first question I ask is "Are they beyond the putting in the mouth age?". This helps to direct them to more appropriate products. Not having any children myself, I always find it fascinating how EVERY child is "smart for their age", "very good with puzzles", "very talented'". If that is so true, why do we have so many problems with children these days LOL - oh well. Disclaimer everything!

It sounds like he "stabbed" the wrong parent. Glad you got shed of that one.

My thoughts exactly. Let the gene pool sort itself.

Extra blade holders is a big plus, also not having extras when shopping for a saw brings up a good bargaining point.. I've showed sellers the price of new extra ones and mentioned how it affects the saws price.. If looking at a saw that has just one holder and they asking $300 and then finding another saw that has 5 holders and the same asking price.. Many times you can get $50 - 100 knocked off the price when bringing these up to the seller. Most sellers are from people that know nothing about the saw.. was dads old saw and he past away and we see they sell new ones for X so this is how we ask for X.. educate them and many times you can get a better deal. My first Hawk I bought had only one holder and it had a huge blade in it.. not even sure how it fit into the hole in the holder, LOL.. I didn't know much about Hawks at the time and I had read that you had to have different sized holders for different sized blades.. I mixed up what I read on Hegners as they are sort of that way.. anyway I bargained with them showing the blade I brought with me and the blade they had in the saw.. said I couldn't even try the saw out because those blade holders won't work for my blades and that I'd have to buy $150 worth of holders so I could even use the saw.. Got him down from $250 - 100 on price.. then I realized I could actually use the holder that they had after I got home, LOL.. I guess it got me a better deal but it wasn't my intention to use that bargaining method both me and the seller was naive of the saw.. LOL Was a good thing though because after getting the saw and realizing how much was really wrong with it I ended up having to spend a good $250 to get parts and extra holders to make it work right and user friendly for me.

I like Millwabs best because it's not singling out any particular machine user. A lot of different believes on the CNC and Laser machines and many scroll sawers portray them as a inferior machine or something.. I find just as much fun and get the same gratification from the projects I make with the machines as I do with the scroll saw. Scroll sawers can and do " production work " as well.. at least I do.. stack cutting is running production and a "good" sawer can out produce a single laser or CNC machine.. From a hobby standpoint I would rather have and use a scroll saw than a CNC/Laser.. as a business I like the ability to be able to use all three machines as they all do "different" products.. I think on some projects the charred edges gives the project more contrast and actually looks better than the scrolled piece. Just a matter of ones opinion I know.. I've seen scrollers staining and painting edges on some projects to achieve that charred look too. As for customers.. yeah some are shocked when they realize you made something freehand cutting.. that said I have never had any customer really care how a item was made.. they like the item and want to buy it without a care in the world how it was made really.. Most all my lasered ornaments are hand painted with details so a fair amount of "hands-on" still for me and the products I offer.. and I still get that "Wow" factor from the hand painted portion sample photos of my hand painted ornaments below. The machines are able to enhance and make a project better than just a scroll saw as in the ornaments sample below I add words around the ornament with the laser.. These ornaments can and have been made on the scroll saw too but you just can't achieve the added touches with those words or personalizing them or the details by using just a scroll saw. I offered these last year as scroll sawn ones.. sold a few but then this year added the words and details with the laser and a few customers that bought last year loved the details so much they bought the same ornament and discarded the old one.. Not sure if anyone noticed I've not been on the village lately but I've been swamped with laser work doing many of my ornaments with the added touches and personalizations.. laser been running dang near 17 hours a day and was easy to have one of my kids watch over it while I did some other things.. This is good for my business standpoint and I get a great deal of satisfaction from making exactly what the customers want.. It's not just a production mode and like printing a paper that it's made out to be by some.. I also get a great deal of satisfaction from designing a pattern.. much like the designers do here for your scroll sawn patterns.. so that in itself is gratifying to do and then set up the machine and watch the project come to life so there again there is more gratification to a CNC/Laser made items than what it's made out to be.. for me anyway.. some of you have never run one of these machines and you have no idea if you'd get that satisfaction from it or not.. same with designing and making your own patterns.. most don't do it because they don't know how to do it.. if they tried and accomplish a pattern they'd get some gratification from that just the same. Most CNC/Laser guys can't go out today and buy a scroll saw and start efficiently making things tomorrow to sell, as some of the signs posted above implies.. as is with the scroll saw guys can't go out and buy a CNC/Laser and efficiently start making things to sell tomorrow.. they both take a level of experience to do.. Having all three machines opens up a whole new opportunity for my business.. As Milwabs sign says.. I have heart and sole into making the customers dream project come to life whether that is from the CNC/Laser/Scroll saw.. my satisfactions comes from working with the customer to see what I can do for "them"... maybe that's why I thrive in what I do..

I kept the hold down on my first saw, for some time. I was just learning how to scroll (trial & error) and I had a tendency to do things that caused the blade to grab and lift the wood. The hold down was actually somewhat useful for this. After I got a little better at controlling the cut, selecting blades, etc, I found the hold down was far more of a nuisance than a help, so off it came. I'm on my third saw now and I've never used a hold down since.

Remove all warning labels and let nature weed out the idiots. Have your lawyer's number on speed dial, though.

Ditto

When I first started scrolling it was on my saw for a day. After that it is trash. Now if I get a new saw, it is gone before I even setup the saw.

Thanks Jess. Photo frames I acquired from Bear Woods Supply. Happy New Year.

I made an OCR version: ==================== What is the difference between Scrollsawing and CNC/Laser Cutting? Every cut done on a scrollsaw is unique. It's impossible to cut something exactly the same on a scrollsaw. Scrollsawers are craftsman. Scrollsawing is like painting a picture. It takes years to lean the craft of scrollsawing, many hours of teaching your body the hand to eye co-ordination to push the timber through the blade to get exactly the cut that is required, hours of frustration, and moments of joy when you see the completed piece you have made. Each and every piece made by a scrollsaw craftsman has a little piece of their soul in it. CNC or Laser cutting is like printing a picture. CNC or Laser Cutting is a carbon copy... over and over again. It may look perfect - but it doesn't have a soul. CNC or Laser cut pieces are not handmade. The machines are 'working' the wood and the person is working a computer. Just because you print a picture of the Mona Lisa from your computer it doesn't make you DaVinci. When you buy something produced by CNC or Laser Cutter operator you are buying a mass produced item that only requires a basic knowledge of computer programming to make - the same as any item you may have purchased from IKEA. If you want to purchase a truly unique piece of artwork made by a true craftsman - buy something that has been created by a Scrollsaw Artist.

(Said with tongue-in-cheek) Maybe make a cover (curtain) for the ornaments and a sign on it that says: ADULTS ONLY

I would sell but hang out of reach of kids. It is a strange world we live in and too bad that everything needs a warning sign. @jollyred, if I had reservations about selling, I wouldn't be selling at all. One never knows how someone will use a product. I make a puzzle that had a string on it - I am sure someone could cut it and use it inappropriately!!!