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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. Pattern is in the library. And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Thinking I need to make something similar for ornaments. I try to finish ornaments in batches and sometimes the batch ends up being a couple hundred at a time..

Here is my set up for this weekend's show. It should be interesting. Lots of "antique" booths. For the first time at any of the shows I have been to, there is another scroller. Thankfully his stuff is different than mine. He has a bunch of the "stickmen" sets and wildlife items. Looking forward to meeting him. I haven't met anyone else, in Winnipeg, that does scroll saw cutting.

Here are a couple more for my sale this weekend.

Pattern by Marilyn Carrman 14 ½” x 11” x 1” Walnut live edge.

I got a similar type a couple years ago and use it for really tight patterns. I also wear glasses and have not had any problems using them together.

Here’s one example … https://www.olsonsaw.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-scroll-chart-WEB.pdf here's another … https://www.bearwood.com/media/all-blade-types-chart.pdf

I have something similar. I don't wear it much because if you look away from the work on the saw, like another part of the shop,, things get a little dizzy. I use my readers and a lighted magnifier.

This what I use. Purchased on Amazon.

I have used an a Optivisor for engraving and woodcarving for years. They work great for me. I am new to scrollsawing, but have had good luck using it for that purpose. There are different levels of magnification with different distances from the lens to the work. Be sure that there is enough distance so that the upper part arm does not hit the magnifier. There is a bit of a learning curve getting used to it. I think that an Optivisor or other quality magnifier, would be better than cheaper ones (less headaches etc). You may want to buy from Amazon or somewhere else that takes returns.

Well this was my first box, tray & basket Market. Here's a few pics give you ideas. Did really well compared to the small stuff I usally take but it was just one box to load in car instead of 4 happy days. Roly

The oblong Walnut bowl is about 15 inches long. It is a coffee table bowl. The round oak and walnut is from my scrap wood box. It is 5" in diameter,

I cut these recently. Christ the Great Physician; Travis Kelce; Patrick Mahomes; and the kid is my grandson in a tuxedo (for a wedding).

I’ve been scrolling for nearly 20 years now and always thought about making a trivet when I see others post about them. I seen a book while shopping with my wife last fall that had trivets and put it on my Christmas list. This is fresh off the saw. Cut from 1/2” cherry using a Pegas #3 MGT blade. I had to modify the pattern slightly due to the drill bit got off centered in the center hole, there was supposed to be some other cutouts around the drilled hole but it went off center so I just cut the hole out larger and recentered it. Think it’ll look good once dipped in Danish oil to make the color pop. I intend to finish with DO, but was curious how others finish their trivets? Does anyone make trivets with a backer? I’m just wondering because I feel like this is going to be quite fragile. Originally designed to be about 10” diameter but I didn’t want to piece the pattern together since I no longer have my large format printer and I would have needed to do a glue up going that large so I opted to size it at large as I could on a single sheet of which makes it around 8 inch ish. One more question, how thick of material is best for trivets? I was going to go down to 3/8 but with the details of this and how fragile it could get I went with 1/2.

Five different Steve Good patterns cut and pasted together

Great job!

Can you use the varible lens in glasses? I have had the kind with no line. Love them. Been wearing them for years now.. I know of some that do not like them. I started with bifocals with the line but when I looked at the speedometer in the car I saw double vision... the varible lens cured that for me.

Is there an easy way to identify a G4 saw from a photo?

I use a +1.5 magnification. But it's going to all depend on a persons visual acuity with and without correction. Also the focal distance thats the most comfortable for sawing.

terrific job

The drying rack looks a lot like an Excalibur dehydrator.

A whiskey smoker is a tool used to add smoke and smokier flavor to a drink, usually an old fashioned. It typically consists of combustible wood chips or sawdust, a device to light it, and a box or dome to contain the smoke.

Beautiful, excellent cutting, RJ

great for bulk work

Good looking display, sales should be excellent with your selection of what you have to offer, good luck, RJ

I am going to follow along, interesting, these old eyes could use some help, RJ

After cataract surgery in both eyes I had to use readers. I hated carrying them. I was used to wearing glasses so I had some progressive lens made with clear on top half and progressive down from the middle. So I still wear my glasses all he time but no need for readers. I used a lighted magnifier from Harbor Freight with an LED bulb. So far, so good. My biggest thing is wearing a dust mask and having to take it off to drink anything. I'm looking for one with a tube/straw in it for sipping through.

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Great setup, hope you sell a ton and get lots of orders. Good Luck.

Very beautiful display Barb. Hope you do well.

Nice set up I hope people bring their wallet because you have great inventory to choose from.

Nice setup! Hope you sell lots of stuff. Let us know how it goes.

Really good looking display! Maybe there is a merger in the works with the other scroller. Joined forces, you two could corner the market

I married the girl next door 48 years ago. We were sweethearts in 7th-8th grades. Then reconnected in college. As kids we walked hand-in-hand at school and on country trails. So I made this portrait of us for her last year at Valentines Day.

This wood tank consists of ten wooden gear wheels. When you move the tank, the wheels turn and make a sound similar to the sound of a tank tracks. It is an automata toy in which ten gears turn on a tank with the power of gear wheels. Wooden Gear Tank.mp4

I asked for help for a pattern to make a portrait for a friend’s wife of her musician husband. Grandpa got me started and I took it from there. My friend often plays Bluegrass in his shed, so I expanded the picture a little bit.I also added a few details to his beard. I’ve done better guitars, but this is ok, I guess. Three pics included: one of the picture Grandpa used, one of his pattern that he did, one of the almost finished piece. Thanks for your help, Paul!

It has been quite a while since I last posted anything and it's due to selling a house, buying a house, moving, and the fact that my shop has been packed up for several months. Once the dust settles I will be eager to begin scrolling and posting again.

Are all G-4 saws like this or are all newer saws after the G-4 have the same G-4 fearures?

Thanks for sending me off down a rabbit hole. I found a couple of the lower cost magnifiers that might be worth the money just to try them. I'm guessing that the magnification required for use on a scroll saw might be different for each person. Both of these come with a full set of lenses for you to try. The first one has glass lenses while the second one has plastic lenses. Headband Magnifier Double Lens Head-Mounted Reading Magnifier Loupe Jewelry Visor Opitcal Glass Binocular Magnifier with Lens Magnification-1.5X 2X 2.5X 3.5X Headband Lighted Magnifying Glasses with Led Light, Head Mount Magnifier Glasses Visor Handsfree Headset Magnifier Loupe for Close

I like the isea. But one question, what is a whiskey smoker?

I use the helmet magnifier as well.

A couple I've done over the years for my wife. Heart-gears was the most fun, I did three different sizes on that one. "Nugget's Place" was a sign I made for her Salcata tortise enclosure. The tortoise has outgrown the enclosure (she's big enough she can't squeeze under the shed or the fence), which is good because the sign did not survive the winter. July 4, 1776 I did for me. Rose box and "Love You" were also done for my wife.

I always finish them with mineral oil. I don’t want a finish to mess up my kitchen pots or casseroles. I usually make them from 1/2 material.

I usually make a card. This year I made the heart by Steve Good. My wife is a puzzle junkie so it is appropriate. I write the message on the back. A couple of years ago I did the card "I love you more than Ice Cream" and my wife gave me a card "love you more than chocolate' Both very appropriate

Very Nice. I really like the way you have this mounted. And the color in the background is awesome!

I think I have only done one or two Steve Good patterns. This is from a few years ago.

Ribbon Bow box.

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 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.