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I finished these this weekend . Thanks (Paul) Gramps for the love shack design it will be going out to its new home on Wednesday. I put the rooster one together. The rooster is a bobscrolls pattern. I enjoyed doing both. Thanks for looking and have a great week Mimi

This is the first time I've attempted a box. The pattern is from Steve Good and he called it a Cameo box. The box is 1/4-inch pine, the inter liners are Oak ply and the Cameo on top is Birch. The box was stained Minwax espresso and the emblem is birch and dipped in 50/50 Linseed oil and Mineral Spirits. I still have to spray the finish which will be Polyacrylic and I'm considering of adding Flocking to the interior. While it was fun to cut and build, it was rather time consuming. Hope you enjoy.

My dear sweet hubby made me a Saw Blade Holder from a picture I showed him. It holds 12 tubes however I have several more (I need to buy more tubes) blades that need a tube but this time I asked him to make me a round one. I showed him a picture of what I wanted and picture 2 shows the one he made for me. I love them both!

I say sorta intarsia as it was cut from the same piece of cheap pine. I did cut the light pieces from a different part of the same board as the dark to see how well I could match up. Used 2 different shades of danish oil for coloring. Learned a lot, especially that while I can cut to a line pretty well, I for sure can't draw one with a woodburning tool. Comments welcome.

I posted this idea and it's progress in the Laser / CNC group here on the village but since there is only 15 members and also since I did use the scroll saw I figured it was okay to post here too.. This project started with rough cut walnut lumber and cutting / planing / jointing it down to do a glue up of a final size of 24W x 15H x 3/4.. Once glued and sanded I put 2-3 coats of Shellac and then sanded it down to 400 grit. I then covered the entire face with Oramask ( similar to shelf liner but way better ) I then used the CNC Router to carve out the text. After the carve I sealed the carved out portion with 3 coats of Lacquer and then hand painted the text with white acrylic paint and then peel off the oramask. Next I scroll saw the grill / utensils from 1/8" Maple and glued that onto the sign with weldbond glue. Next I laser engrave the Red Stag bottle on the laser from 1/8 BBply and straight off the laser top coated the engrave before anything smudges. Then I cut the bottle shape out on the scroll saw and also glue it to the sign. Once all was in place and dry I top coat with 3 coats of Lacquer.. I like these projects where I can incorporate each tool.. I hope to be doing many more projects like this. If you go the the "groups" section and find the CNC/Laser groups and join you can see the progress of this from the original carve design model through to the finished project.

Just a couple of pieces that I finally got wrapped up. Puzzles cut from reclaimed Elm. Name puzzle is plywood. The hummingbird originally had the border around it, but it fell and broke. Lost a small piece so I couldn't glue it together.

I think that part of the reason for this is that narrow lines and fine detail can kind of get lost when cut in thicker material. Thicker material creates more shadows, which can obscure some of the detail. I try to match up the pattern, blades and material. If the pattern has a lot of really fine detail that necessitate cutting it with a very small blade, then I would prefer to cut it out of thinner stock. If I can get away with using a larger blade, then I'm more likely to go with thicker material. These aren't hard & fast rules though. There is plenty of overlap within those parameters. Our personal preferences are mainly derived from our experience (trial & error), which makes it a little tough to recommend a blade for someone else. Knowing what blade you can use to cut a particular pattern is something best achieved via experience, as your circumstances and conditions will differ from mine. For example, I use a #1 FDUR blade for a lot of stuff that it probably isn't recommended for. I routinely cut 1/2" thick red oak with it and have no problems. Many would use a larger blade, in a similar application. As for the pattern above, I wouldn't hesitate to cut that out of 1/2" birch. It all depends on the final presentation. Is this something you want to mount onto a backer or in a frame? If so, then I think thinner stock is a better look. If it will stand alone, then I think thicker material generally looks better. I think a lighter colored species will help mitigate the shadow problem. I would likely use my go-to FDUR #1 for that pattern in 1/4" - 1/2" thick stock. I rarely use anything smaller these days, unless it's a spiral blade on a really intricate portrait pattern.

Howdy folks! I'm Tj and I live in Fort Smith Arkansas. I've been scrolling for 38 years and doing intarsia for the last 16. I'm pretty much self-taught on the fretwork and I learned to do intarsia from Judy Gale Roberts.

Howdy, my name is Tj and I live in Fort Smith Arkansas. I've been scrolling for 38 years now and have used Excalibur's for the last 26 years. I do fretwork, intarsia, 1911 grips and color filled fretwork.

Made this from 1/4" ply experimented with tape reference the bottom tape straight across then stained it and this is how it turned out. Quite happy with it to go to market next week with some mini eggs in. Roly

I envy people who can do something just from a picture.

I know why you do, it's the artistic talent in you. Jerry

I'll join in, just as gifts for friends. Took the pic of the dragon before I got my clocks.

Thank you for all this. Took me a minute to understand what FDUR meant, haha. I have some of those and really like them so far. Just rec'd some MG's in the mail (I'm getting the acronyms down) and I like them too. I tried the MG#5 on my project and it cut so good, it was getting away from me. Went back to the FDUR#5 to finish the larger sections, probably because I was already used to how to control it. I don't have a finish plan for the project. Wanted to practice on some fretwork cuts and had this piece of wood lying around. Going to clean up the edges a bit and maybe just leave as is. Put it on my shop wall as a reference for one of my first pieces. Now that I have a variety of blades from different companies, I will start my trial and error to see what will fit for me. The advice on this forum is so helpful. I really appreciate it.

After watching that video done by Fiona Higdon (sp) that was recently posted by Steve Good, I was amazed at her artwork using 3/4" stock. I really think it is the scrollers choice and only achieved through trial & error.

Looks great, RJ

Nice work, Boxes are gun and always popular.

Moving on out1. looks good.

Hi Marie: When I first started scrolling I found a little used Hawk and I snapped it up. The vibrations on that unit drove me nuts. I finally made floor pads that had foam vibration dampers under each leg. This helped but I was still not happy with the vibration. I then found someone who had a Taiwan Ex 21 still in the box which I purchased. I have been extremely happy with it. I gave the Hawk to my grandkids and have never looked back. This is all about personal preference and not meant to be an slam against the Hawk. There are folks who love them and are producing outstanding work on them.

nice work

great job

Hey Everyone! In this scroll saw project video we make a beautiful Tropical Lobster to hang beside my Tropical Fish Tank! I used 3/8 inch thick red oak for the project and the pattern comes from the Ultimate Book Of Scroll Saw Patterns By Fox Chapel Publishing. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

Lovely, well done. Marg

As many of you do, I receive daily Email from Steve Good with his Scroll Saw projects. Most of his projects are not my “cup of tea”. However, every now and then one of his projects will grab my interest. Earlier this week I downloaded his pattern for a solid wood Rose Vase which I decided to experiment with and make with a few modifications. The major modification was that I wanted both the front and back to have the rose image cutout and have solid backers that I could use to apply color to the image. I knew I did not have any significant quantity of a specific hardwood in stock that I could use to make it and did not want to purchase any right now. However, I did have a verity of cut offs of Maple and Walnut that were of the correct size that I decided to use. I was able to find six pieces, all of which were 1/4” thick, except one piece was only 3/16” thick. Also, the number of available pieces allowed me to make one face Walnut and the other face Maple, another modification to the design. Since this is a vase, the middle two pieces - the 3/16” and one 1/4” would be cut to form the internal cavity. First, I stack cut the full six layers to the rough outside configuration using a Pegas #5 skip tooth blade. Second, I stack cut the Rose Image in the front and back piece using Pegas #1 MGT R blades. Should have flipped the finished face of the back over so the image would face the same way but I didn’t. So, the Front and back face in opposites directions, but that was OK with me. Third, I stack cut the middle two layers to form the cavity, again using the Pegas #5 skip tooth blade. Here again I did not follow the pattern. I started the cut, following the pattern at the mouth of the vase, but simply cut a straight down rectangle from the inside of bulge near the top. This added significant rigidity and glue surface to the middle pieces. After adding my color with Artist Acrylics to the backers, the glue up was straight forward. First the middle two pieces, the two front pieces, and the two back pieces were individually glued together. Then I glued the three assembly’s together to form the completed vase. Although all the layers were originally stack cut, the final glued up stack was not perfectly lined up and a bit of sanding was needed with both my bench belt sander and my rotary oscillating sander to flush up and smooth all the perimeter sides. Finally, I eased all the sharp corners with sanding sponges and fine hand sanded all surfaces with 220 grit sponges and then 600 grit Wet/Dry Sandpaper. The finish is multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. This Rose Vase will be given to my Lady and occupy a place in our home. She already loves it!!!!!!! Hoping this lengthy dialog was not too boring. Comments and critiques always welcome.

It looks terrific Frank. Marg

Their web site says they are 230 volt. That would be unhandy.

Try making bandsaw boxes with spalted maple they look great. I have a friend that gives me extra wood hat to get rid of it. He’s a wood turner so I get his junk wood. On walnut slabs my friend has several as well as cherry, oak and curly maple. I get it at at below market price. When I make live edge tables I charge market price and give him the money. That way we both come out at about $1200 apiece after expenses.

Hi Marg, I think what you are looking for is Keeper of the time. It is from the Art Factory by Dirk Boelman.

You could stack cut two 1/4" pieces. That way you get the support of 1/2" when cutting but have two 1/4" pieces when done.

Yes that is very well done. The whole project. One I have the pattern for but have not got around to cutting.

Well, I was thinking that you need a trip to So Cal and if you come this way, in your truck, well you see where I'm going with this?

Have thought about that and also have offered a few members free lumber if they paid shipping cost but everyone I've done that for declined when they seen the cost of shipping just a few pieces.. especially now that they changed the rates to calculate the box size and weight.. was much cheaper before they started the box sizing thing.

An Alex Fox Pattern C-03. I enlarged the pattern by 30% to fit 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood 10" square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1 MGT blades. Entry holes drilled with Grobet #68 HSS Twist Drill Bits. Finish is two coats spray Lacquer Clear Gloss with sanding on the Mac Mop between coats. Comments welcome.

I started to cut this pattern and because I was planning on it for a gift, decided to stack cut a couple of them so I could have one for my shop wall. Well, I made the decided to cut it with 1/8 inch Baltic Burch and use a spiral to cut the eye first with it and then go to my #1 Pegas blade. There was a slight Bow in the wood so I placed both bulges facing each other so as to try and avoid the chance of breakage. Well that was a mistake as just as i finished the eye, it broke out. I was thinking that I would just go back into the shop, increase the pattern size a little but only cut the head out instead of the entire animal as then I could use the remainder of the wood I was going to use instead starting completely over again. I told my wife what I was planning on doing and showed the progress to the cut as I went along. She thought I was doing an OK job, at that point. When I finally finished it and took it into the house and showed it to her, she replied, " I don't like it." "What?" was my reply and it was because I had not included the entire pattern in the cutting.How could she have not noticed that all the other times I showed her my progress on it? Now, I can't give it as a gift and it has become another of my closet art pieces, you know, the ones you are too embarrassed to show others. Well I know here in the village, people are always complimentary at other's work, even when it is inferior to what they might be making, so because my wife caused it to become closet art, I will be looking for at least one person here to say something a little nice about it and make all my cutting time, not so much of a complete waste of my time. It is OK to lie this one time. Dick heppnerguy

It looks like you have a lot of fans of your videos and work developing here in The Village. I have always thought you do a splendid and interesting videos. Keep up the fun work and sharing of the videos for us to enjoy Dick heppnerguy

Love your videos to. You always do great cutting.

Tyler, you make your videos very interesting. I like your explanation as you cut and also suggestions how to finish a project. You give me ideas. Jerry

Nice job you did there Tyler, thank you for showing and thanks for the video! Bob

Hi Dick: I would say that your rabbit turned out great I would proudly display this one Maybe buy your wife some flowers and apologize, for whatever you said/did then I'll bet you she will like it......LOL Fab4

Clocks theme huh? Since I have made over 250 clocks which ones do I choose? Desk clocks are my favorite so I only put in one wall clock.. I have more of those too.. Hope someone here likes cars since the desk clocks is a bunch of cars. LOL Gotta say it was hard to choose which ones to post up.. I tried to do some Fords ( not a Ford person myself ) and Chevy's and now I see I left out Dodge.. which is one of my favorites.. what the heck.. Also left out a bunch of the imports.. oh well can't post them all.. but if you have a request to see something I probably have it if it has wheels.. Then I left out the entire sports line like hunting, golfing, running etc.. Oops, I forgot all the dog breeds... I gotta post one of those.. some make them as puzzles.. I make them as clocks... so see last photo Did I mention I've made over 250 clocks?

Clock samples

Here are a couple of Steve Good patterns.

I made this one a couple of years ago. I bought the pattern and planned on making for my Mom for Mother's Day 2017. I didn't get around to making it for her so I thought that I would make it for her for Mother's Day 2018... I lost her a couple of weeks before Mother's Day. Shortly after she passed away I made it. It now sits in my entertainment center. The base is Leopard wood and the top part is Walnut.

Well here is my feeble effort ! The clocks shown so far are just outstanding, wonderful work everyone.

Haven't made too many clocks, but I did just finish one I found in the Pattern Library. One of these days I would love to make a grandfather clock, cutting the gears, escapement, etc. Plans for those, that I can find, are pricey.

Here are two that I done a while back...

I have only made three, so far. Well really I have made 4, I build a Grandfather clock that has been ticking in my living room for over 40 years, but it was a kit build, took no scrolling.