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Okay, going to post this in a second forum, I posted it in "Other wood working" got little attention, and I thing it deserves more, This is cool, and would, I think, be a challenge to make. I have his carousel plans. Good service, good plans. Fact I think I will add him to the pattern shop in resources. This must have taken some thought and trial and error. Check it out you toy builders especially. I will probably give it a try when I finish some other projects. It is a short video. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/927249010757861976/

This is a modified Steve Good pattern. I alternated layers of 1/4" Maple and Walnut. We use this bowl to hold the TV remotes in our den.

One more. This is a Steve Good Nativity scene published several years ago. The wood is 1/2" mesquite.

Work in progress on Steve Good Valentine's Day pattern. I still need to paint them. The wood is 1/2" Ambrosia Maple left over from a previous project. As others have said, I have cut many of his patterns and they are a big part of what got me addicted to this marvelous hobby.

Playing around with colors I had on hand this morning, deciding what to do with it.....maybe a spring/summer time door hanger.....bird is 9"T.......give me your ideas

If I think that I am going to make more than one of a thing; I try to make templates instead of just paper patterns. As I always use clear tape over my cutting anyway, it works well, I draw around my template with a finer point permanent markers on the tape and then another layer of tape over the top. The pictures are of my latest template for a bear cub. I did NOT print it; picture was taken from the computer monitor. I found a silhouette that I liked, did my own version of it some modifications all over it. I then taped it to the wood scrap (3/4-Oak) with a layer of Masonite over the oak. After the cutting I have a cub and a template. Sorry, I do not know the blade # used. Masonite is very hard on blades, even with the tape and I also use candle stubs on the running blades as extra lubricant. That trtick I learned from the book for my first scrollsaw, bought in 1953! I also use thin plastic and even light plywood for the templates, basically anything that will last and is thin. I even have a few sheet metal ones made this way. To make the metal ones though, I sandwich the metal between 2 pieces of the wood I am using. It cuts slower and needs more wax than the wood or plastic ones do as you cut. Last picture is of the cub and the template. I hope this helps someone.

50/50 boiled linseed oil and mineral spirit. I use it all the time. If you keep it in a small sealed container (small mason jar works) it'll last a long time. If it ever seems to get a little thick, just add a little more mineral spirit.

Made this for a friend of mine. Growing up in Alabama everybody I knew pronounced the name of the bird, Killdeer, as Kill-dee. Kill-deer is the correct pronunciation but I prefer Kill-dee. My friend's dad passed away several years ago. His nickname was "Killdee."

Really well done

Some people mix equal parts of boiled linseed, polyurethane and mineral spirits. This creates a wipe on finish.

Sorry, it’s funny if you know the movie.

Can someone tell me the mixture of BLO. I had it written down but lost it. I think it was linseed oil and mineral spirits. Thanks , Ralph.

It's a unique club that I belong to also.

You mean I enjoy trying. I have pieces of thing like that laying around my shop... Some I do not even remember what I was trying to make!

Looks like fun but way to complicated for this old boy. Paul enjoys making things like that I will let him try first,

They are fascinating birds. They lay their eggs on the ground with no real nest, just sort of a wallowed out place, sometimes even in gravel. You'll know you're close to their eggs when they start chirping loudly and running around to lead you away from it. They will stop and lay on the ground and feign a broken wing, like they are luring a predator away from their eggs. I didn't really work from a pattern, just an edited picture of a real Killdeer, so I made a pattern from the cutting I did. You may have to alter it a bit as you go.

Thanks Dan, I thought it was something like that. Wasn’t sure if the 50/50 part.

Looking over the plans, the measurements are in metric. Calls for 20mm and 40 mm wood. American 3/4 is 19mm. I have 4/4 poplar that I plan to use. Will plane to 20mm and will glue up the wood for the 40mm parts. I did not study the plans close enough to see if 3/4 and 1 1/2 would work. Probably would. There are dowel rods that are non-standard when converted from metric. I plan to use the next closest size that we can easily obtain and modify the plans to drill the correct corresponding holes. The plans are detailed, 34 pages long.

That is really cool! The brain that makes these designs like this is way smarter than my pea sized one for sure, LOL

I also use templates quite a lot.. Though I've really only made a couple permanent ones which are clock bases because I make so many of them.. However if I'm working on a project that requires more than one shape I typically will cut the first one then just trace around the others for instance this piece I'm currently working on. I cut just one of each of these pieces that'll be glued together eventually. I'll never make this piece again so no need to make an actual template.. EDIT: For the lighter colored circle was the paper pattern but I needed a larger circle so I took a flat washer and put the pencil in the hole of the washer and trace around the outer circle to create a larger one. I have a stack of different sized washers for various larger sizes.. Typically use that method for signs and plaques that I want a backer slightly larger.. but it worked real well for this project too.

I just downloaded the plans. This will be a project with my 7 year old grandson. He is always drawing robots for me to cut and we build. This project is going to be really exciting for him.

looks great I need help with the humour

very nice, we have kildeers where I live as well

www.ncwoodworker.net is a "Virtual Club", meaning it's online. We don't have meetings or dues, but do have get togethers, frequently for lunch in several locations. A picnic in the Springtime is held every year, and during that the nominees for office are elected for the coming year. A raffle is held each Springtime with great prizes, and the proceeds from this raffle pays a significant amount of the operating costs of the website. Amazon Smile has helped too, but sadly Amazon is closing their Smile Program next month. All of the woodworkers in the surrounding States and down through Florida are also welcome to join, and if you will be, are, or ever were a person with ties to North Carolina, you can become a member. When I last checked, and this wasn't recently, there were well over 6,000 members. We have members all over the Country and in the military, wherever they may be stationed. We are a "friendly" bunch who help each other and anyone requesting woodworking help. Charley

The plans / patterns are on the blog website now that Dan first posted.. They are downloadable and printable.. However to do over which I'm hoping not to have to do again I would enlarge the sizes maybe 10 - 15%.. My original plan was to put a pendulum clock in it.. However the size of the torso and where the clock would be I don't see the pendulum being able to swing.. shortest pendulum I've found was 5" and it's just about right on the dot 5" from the center of the clock to the bottom of the torso.. so I think it would need to be at least a inch or so taller... Thinking I'll just put a 3" clock insert in it and make a wood pendulum to decorate the torso rather than having the functional one, LOL. Probably paint gold. Thinking for the shoulder of using 1" dowel and then scroll out the arms and glue it all together since I seen some left over Maple Dowel rod I had tonight while looking for something else. Since the one on the blog was made from foam.. they have the arms just as rolled up foam.. I could do it that way as well but rather make it all entirely out of wood. Think I have some 1/4" walnut dowel too so that might work for the hair / hat or whatever is on the head, LOL.

Been thinking about this pattern for some time, this challenge was the push for me to do it. I'm not sure if the paint job is pure genius or total fail, when I was trying to spray the inside edges the green got kinda thick in spots. Total accident as to how it came out. Anyhow, the reason for the Dragon is my daughter is attending Digipen University in Washington. It's a digital media school mostly centered around the gaming industry. Their mascot is a Dragon. And a shout to Steve. Many thanks for all you do in creating patterns for us to cut.

Just wanted to add my latest Steve Good pattern. Don’t judge to harshly it was my first “kinda fretwork” cutting.

I cut a lot of Steve goods patterns and love them.

Thanks Jeff

A finished basket. The pattern #C-09 is by Alex Fox. I enlarged the pattern by 30% and used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood 10" square. Cut on the Pegas scroll saw using Pegas #1R MGT blades. After gluing and sanding, the finish is one coat spray Shellac, another sanding and a final coat of spray Lacquer Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

Now they are waiting for a background... Birch plywood 5/32 inch, size appr. 11 x 8 inch each, together appr. 1100 entry holes.

Its been awhile since I have posted any of my works but just wanted to put this one on! This is a Jim Blume pattern and it has been a few years since I have cut any portrait style with just using spiral blades, fd 2/0, 3/0! The cutting is 11"x 14" using 1/8" bb mounted on 1/2" mdf. I cut 2 and they will be given to 2 different animal rescues. Erv

Very cool. I think I will pass on that however, unless the grandson starts showing interest in something like that.