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Don't do many of Steve's patterns but I get is daily mail and have a ton respect and gratitude for all he does for the scrolling community. I did make this for my wife for Valentines one year. She must have liked it she keeps it on the coffee table year round.

Here is one of Steve's patterns, I cut sometime back. As most of you know I am a Treekie from way back. I saw this pattern and was In Love. I have it hanging here in my room, and am looking at it as I type. I have done quit a few of Stve's pattern's and will do more.

This it the most recent one of his I have cut.

Steve's Scroll saw Workshop was the first place I came across when I became interested in scrolling as a hobby. I have made quite a few of Steve's patterns and as Jim McDonald says above have learned much from him. These 2 patterns were my first attempts at using more than 1 layer of wood and although I still have much to learn, I was quite happy with the results.

I cut a lot of Steve's patterns and can truthfully say that I have learned volumes from reading his posts, watching his YouTube and cutting his patterns. He has been a great supporter of this hobby and I appreciate all that he HAS done and will do for us. Here are a couple of recent cuts from older, timeless postings:

custom order of an Auster Aircraft. Pattern by Neptun. 11” x 14” within a 16” x 20” frame.

I love Steve's stick figures!! 20220814_195230.mp4

Cut a lot of Steve Good stuff over the years, mostly due to my love for sarcasm or my wife, one of the two. Sometimes both. Some of my first layered patterns were a Steve Good patterns, and all of the boxes I've made have been Steve Good patterns.

Biplane cut from Luan plywood. My grandson wanted this and the Luan was the only thing I had available. I figure it would be broken in short order but it is still going after more than a year. It is surprisingly strong.

Christmas Nativity Platform Ornament

Christmas Mini Nativity

I am trying to learn to make some nicer things other than on the scroll saw. My Brother Barry is a fine box maker, so I tried to make a nice box. I have been getting some nicer tools and trying to make things the right way instead of just throwing them together. This box is made of Alder which as you can see I used finger joints. The box top is made of oak and walnut. The dowels I used to attach the top are walnut.

Custom order. 11” x 14” BB ply within a 16” x 20” frame. Like to give credit to designer Grampa Paul for doing this for me. He did an excellent job and so fast. Thanks Paul.

Layered Ornament Candles Holly

New year - new patterns. I have arleady made many types of patterns (bowls, 3D, fretwork, layered), but I have never made puzzles. So I tried to make some and and here is what came out. What do you think? Do you make puzzles? Puzzle Patterns

Toy Airplane Jet Fighter Cut from some random reclaimed plywood. Another one requested by my grandson.

Just a plug for Steve.. I try to donate to him about what I would have to spend on a subscription to a scroll magazine, each year. I really think I get more from him than I do from the magazines. It's not Not much money, I agree, but I get more from him than any Scroll Saw magazine I have ever subscribed to...

I cut many Steve Good patterns, it is a great place to get different patterns when you start with the scrollsaw. I just post a few pics of some of his designs

I have cut many patterns of Steve's, more so when I first started out, not as much lately. The Army flag below was for a co-workers son that was in the Army. I am rather proud of the super straight lines that I cut on this piece... I must have been having a good day in the shop when I cut this. LOL

99% of everything I've cut thus far has been Steve Good patterns. Thank you Steve Good!

A couple of windchimes I made back in 2019. The snowman I still have and use every Christmas. The Welcome sign I made for a couple girl friends of mine, we were in a crafting group together. The Anita one is for a friend in New York. My eyesight was a lot better back then.

I have done several of Steve Good's patterns. With some knowledge of inkskape you are able to change them up to make them more challenging as you continue your scroll saw journey. The rose box was a segmented pattern he shared that I thought it would be nice on a box top done in intarsia. The cameo box was a fretwork box that I thought I might try doing it all inlayed.

Steve's catalog was the first I found for available patterns when I started scrolling. This piece was actually the second I ever cut and I gave it to my wife who is a dog mom through and through. She was a dog trainer and trained the police dogs for the agency I worked with. I was the firearms instructor and she came to the range wanting lessons. That was how we met. Anyway, the "Dogs Welcome" sign hangs on our front door to this day.

Here are just some of the patterns from Steve I have cut:

I think you’ve done a very fine job Timothy. Oak and Walnut is a fine combination. I love the Walnut dowels you used on top of lid. They add a lot to the appearance as does the finger joints. Sometimes when adding dowels for accents I’ll leave them protrude ⅛” as clock sample. I put the dowel in my drill and polish the end across four different size grits with cushion under each grit. There’s a high end furniture manufacturer that uses this technique as their trademark. You don’t need much in tools for making boxes. I prefer the old hand tools. They have the best steel for sharpening such as hand planes , chisels and etc Sorry for being so long winded I think your work great

Nice box. Your are off to a good start. If you really get into boxes and using box joints I highly recommend investing the time and a little money to make a good boxjoint jig. I did this one, not hard to make works very well, fully adjustable to different size joints and very accurate https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/box-joint-jig/

Very nice, I don’t feel that any of your projects are thrown together, RJ

“I don’t want to be a part of a world where being kind is a weakness.”-Keanu Reeves

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

We all know Steve Good from Scroll Saw Workshop. He's arguably the most prolific, and most well known pattern designers in the scrolling community. He's turned out so many great patterns on a nearly daily basis. His free pattern library will keep an average scroller busy for years! Plus, he's very generous when sharing his knowledge and advice. I think it's safe to say that most scrollers that have been around for a short bit have cut one or more of his patterns. So I think this month's scroll saw challenge is to post a project you cut with a Steve Good pattern. When you do, post a little backstory about your project. Why did you choose that design? Who did you make it for? It'll be fun to see what you come up with! Are you looking for a project? Browse his free Pattern Catalog here: https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php

I was so excited when Alex posted his new pattern yesterday. It came at the perfect time. I was just finishing lunch and looking for something to do. I saw the plan, purchased it and "got it done". This is also cut from reclaimed Elm. We have a lumber place here now that takes trees that the city has cut, and mill them. Most of the stuff is kept as live edge. This piece was cut from one of their "shorts" at $5/bf. Enough rambling. Cut from Elm using a #5 mg blade. I cut the outline with a #5 FD ultra reverse, but it was so slow and burned in a couple of places. The MG left an amazingly smooth surface that I only sanded the nibs where the blade came out. The flower/leaves have a watered down thin coat of Unicorn Spit. The border is Old Masters gel stain - red mahogany. The hummingbird was finished with Old Masters - fruitwood, the flower/leaves were coated with Tung Oil. Thanks @alexfox for another wonderful pattern.

Awesome Dave

In a reply to my Sands of Time Slipping By post in Bragging Rights, meflick wrote: “I think with Steve’s (Steve Good) patterns, he aims for fairly easy to do projects that don’t take a lot of time for new scrollers and those with little time to work on big projects. I think that serves a large audience and is needed, especially in bringing new people to the hobby. However, You, Dave and many others on here are much more advanced and detailed in your work so I can see where you would not regularly find things on his site appealing to your needs. That’s why it’s good we have other good artists who do more intricate and detail patterns as well. Plus, you and Dave both like to come up with your own ideas or spin on things…“ The part of his reply is something I have been giving a lot of thought to of late. I for one, get bored easily so doing the same type of projects over and over makes me get bored very quickly. That is why finding and choosing what Scroll Saw Pattern’s to do has becomeo difficult. The following is intended to just open a discussion with no right’s or wrong’s, but maybe just some insite’s as to how WE, as individuals, treat this part of our activity. Here is me waxing out load: Yes, we have great Artist/pattern makers that produce a wonderful array of patterns for those of us who are not so talented in that area of this hobby. However, that to me is a slight problem, as I don't care to be a "copycat", if you can understand my meaning. Also, portraits (people faces) are not my thing nor is many of the other typical topics such as Indians, western scenes, cabins, mountains, etc. And even though I have done a lot of Eagle patterns, many bird patterns, a quite a few big cat patterns and others, some domestic animals (Cats and Dogs) as well as many wildlife patterns are not on the top of my to-do list. And, this is just me, but I do not generally do religious patterns as I feel they are in the category with political work that expresses an opinion that may not be appreciated by all who reads these posts in SSV. Then there is the fact that I like to add color to my work, and many of the “typical” Scroll Saw patterns are mainly intended as a B&W (dark and light contrasting wood colors) image. Patterns of florals, birds, butterfly’s, etc. are all subjects that lend themselves to having color added. Also, as current resident of Florida, my taste in subjects, especially for my “ART”, is more “southern, ocean, beachy, boating, tropical, etc” which, with few exceptions, are not typical Scroll Saw Pattern subjects. Although I consider myself as a somewhat talented Craftsman who produces “ART” with a Scroll Saw, as I stated above, some of us are not the talented Artist/pattern makers that we would like to be. As a result, in order to keep from getting bored with the subjects I cut, I have been forced to become somewhat skilled at working in Inkscape and have resorted to kind of pilfering (free, non-copyrighted, royalty free) images from varied on-line sources that I can convert into scroll saw patterns. Some of which have turned out good and some not quite so much. I still have a lot to learn. Now it is your turn to jump in and add your thoughts.

Looks great.

Paul, I was just looking at that pattern to make for my wife for valentines day, you have done an excellent job, RJ

I only found one thing not behaving right. I came home from work and dinner wasn't on the table. Can you fix it? OK, I just had to. But really, we do appreciate the work you put into this site.

Pattern is correct, some pieces have lines, such way I add more details and avoid small puzzle pieces. Waiting for photos of finished project

I am not a Big fan of his, I have watched a few of his movies.,but this is an Awesome cutting!!!

Down right Beautiful Truck!!! Awesome pattern and cutting.

Not only did I purchase, here is a cut, but not finished project. This is cut from reclaimed Elm. Question for Alex - on the leaves it feels like the center line should be through to the end of the leaf so it is two pieces. The vein stops just before the end. Is that intentional?? That is the first picture. Second is the back of the puzzle showing the colour & grain of the wood. I will get this finished tomorrow and post.

Great job and beautiful piece!

I've been also and loved it. I wish I was going with them, but my wife and I are hoping to take all the kids and grandkids to Disney World in Orlando next year. I'm looking forward to it like a kid. Can't wait to see it again through their eyes.

I didn't watch any of the John Wick movies until recently. I enjoy them but, yeah he stacks up bodies like cordwood. Funny how he can shoot the 20 bad guys in a room with 50 people and no good guys get hurt. Also, another movie where all the baddies are lousy shots.

This isn't oils. It is a mixture of beeswax & mineral oil that is semi-solid. I received a small jar as a "hostess gift". It is so easy to apply. I use a bit of a shop towel and rub a bit on. The next day I just buff it a bit. This only has one coat, but the starfish I did, I put two coats on.

I know, that's why I hate throwing it out, but hubby was starting to really complain.

Thanks alot Wombatie hope you have a fun with 20minutes book happy new year~!

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

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