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Could not have my Pirate Art Panel collection with only Female Pirates. I was able to find a B&W image of Black Bart, that was much like the one I used for Mary Read. The conversion was time consuming but resulted in a scrollable pattern. The pattern is quite busy so, as a result, it was necessary to add many bridges after the cutting began. All cutting was done with Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. The Cut panel is 5/32” Solid Core Maple Ply affixed to a 1/4” thick BB Ply backer painted Black. From my research, Black Bart was a fierce Pirate, but even during battles he would always be dressed in very fancy clothing. He was known to always have worn a large gold cross hanging on a gold chain. The coloration of this cutting, done with Artist Acrylics, is purely out of my imagination of what his clothing may have l looked like. The Frame is 1 3/4” wide Pine, primed and painted Black. While cutting his name, I almost misspelled “Bartholomew”. Did not want to have a repeat of a misspelling like I did with the Anne Bonny Cutting. Comments and critiques always welcome.

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!

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 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.

Over the past year or so I've picked up quite a few people on here that buy the clock inserts from me. Wasn't sure I should post this in the general section but I felt this would get seen by most here. Over the past 3-4 weeks I've been working / playing on a new website and if you have bookmarked my site in the past it'll no longer take you to the site, it'll likely take you to the new site which isn't launched yet. The new site hasn't went live yet but I was at the point of pointing my domain address to the new site so now the address for the old site has changed. For the time being I have added a " Clock Inserts" link in my signature so to get to the clocks quickly you should be able to find any posting I make or have made and in the signature area click the text "clock inserts" and it'll take you to the page where my inserts are. The KevsKrafts.com in my signature will take you to the new site.. but you'll likely get a page that says "opening soon" with a area to enter your email for notification of when the store launches. At this point I'm not certain a new site will ever be launched, I'm just testing other options than the site hosting I have been using.. each hosting place has good and bad points so who knows.. I may just put the old site back up with the domain going there again, LOL Anyway to get to the clocks just find the link in my signature until I get done playing around with new sites, actually kinda handy to just have a direct link to the inserts in my signature anyway.

It's been shared here that some scrollers among us repurpose abused, discarded and unwanted furniture as raw material for scrolling projects. With that in mind, my beloved wife Penny and I visited a "junk shop" and happened on these two unwanted pieces. The end table appears to be someone's old project and is made from a measured 14+ board feet of solid black walnut, a little over 3/4 inch thick. We paid $25 for it. The solid oak table looks like an early-to-mid-80's inexpensive designer style table popular as I recall back then. Measures out to over 5 board feet of solid oak almost 1 inch thick, for which we paid $20. Happy with the good luck. This makes walnut, cherry, oak, poplar and pine in our small library. Don.

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.

Just finished this piece. Pattern by me.

Just realized I posted this on the wrong topic of mine. Oops Here it is finally all cut out. I used multiple blades trying them out. For the itty bitty cuts, I tended to use MG#3s but with 3/4" piece of wood it was challenging. I tried the spiral blades but couldn't get the straight lines and sharp points of it so I nixed them on this project. I did bend a few blades and broke one. All in all it was a fun project to experiment on. Now to sand and clean up all those little slots. Some look real messy to me and want to see about limiting that. barb.j.enders: I think I will leave the live edge parts, clean them up a bit.

Well I guess I’m about done messing with this guy. Struggled with how I wanted to do the arms and I finally settled on something simple. Overall it worked out pretty good. Sprayed a couple coats of Lacquer on it today. May do a light sanding and shoot another coat on it in a couple days. Was a fun and sometimes monstrous project that I had to put down and work on something else before I got mad and throw it. I will never make another one as It’s not my style of wood art to make. Almost declined making it in the first place and probably should have. But it is for a special occasion and person. Edit: Yes the clock lens is cracked, it's a old clock that I keep out in the shop to test fit when making projects.. I'll throw in a new clock before giving it to her. LOL.. My wife keeps on reminding me I can't use that clock in it because it's broke, LOL.. I keep messing with her saying it's not broke the clock works fine.. just has a crack in it,

Those holders are very nice...kodo's to your other half. Mine is a little simpler, just a flat piece of 1/4 " thick wood of some kind mounted to the side of my Pegas Saw. Very convienent since I break a lot of blades. Seventeen holes for tubes. Would not know what to do with more tubes. There must be something wrong with me because I could get away with a lot less. Out of the seventeen, five have Sharktoot blades which I haven't used since first starting to scroll, two have Flying Duchmen blades that I have been planning to try but havn't yet, two are empty, and eight have various sizes and types of Pegas Blades I use on a regular basis. For most of the fretwork type of cutting I do, I use mostly small spiral blades, occasionally some midsize MGT R Blades and once in a while a large MGT or Skip tooth blade for thick material or those large thick circular/oval outdoor plaque backers. I'm not a blade aficionado. I stick with mainly with my go-to blades, like #2/0 spiral #1 MGT R and #5 MGT or Skip Tooth. I do go through a lot of the #2/0 spiral so I purchase them by the gross. Others I havn't had to buy more in a long time.

My Baseball gnome for my grandsons. The W with maple leave is the logo for Whitby Canadians.

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.

I won't chime in about blades because it is very much personal choice. It looks like you have it on a piece with live edges. I would leave it with the live edge.

Sign & date it. Check back in a year.

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

Hey everyone! In this scroll saw project video, we make some beautiful Compound Cut Word Art that says "Enjoy Today" This Steve Good Design shows that a scroll saw can not only do 2 dimensional projects but, can also do very unique 3D designs! Hope you all like the video and I hope you all Enjoy Today and Everyday! #ArtisanPirate

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.

The piece is titled First Fathers. It depicts Mount Rushmore with the following Indian chiefs in front. Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Geronimo and Chief Red Cloud. I cut it from 1/8” Baltic Birch plywood (440 cuts). It was finished with Danish oil. It is backed with black foam board and framed behind glass with a frame set I purchased.

This is a Sue May design that I used to color fill. Made from cherry.

Hi, I'm back. I honestly have no idea what happened since I joined in 2017, came back again in 2019, went thru Covid, layoff, re-employment, and now into semi-retirement. Anyway, my shop is now reorganized and my Delta scroll saw repositioned by the basement egress window and I am hoping to do more scrolling. Did a Steve Good pattern yesterday and it was a lot of fun. See attached. Gotta work on my finishing skills. One thing I learned: I'm shooting for smooth lines rather than getting hung up on following the lines exactly. Like everyone says, once the pattern is off no one knows where the line was anyway, and people who look at it don't know that either. Hopefully I'll get better with practice and keep my mind sharp. Thanks for still being here.

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

We have had several I'm backs lately... That is so great, so good to have you back. Stick with us.

Good find. Around where I live, even in that shape, I'd probably have to give $100 for the dresser and $50 for the table. Nothing comes cheap in So Cal unless you are on the dole.

I'm wanting to start a larger fretwork project, or large for me. Photo attached. I have a lot of Alaska birch on my property and it is the wood I do all my wood working with. Is this wood hard enough for fretwork when planed down to 1/8 inch? Or what thickness should it be? I'm guessing 1/2" would be too thick. I was wondering if anyone has used this wood before. Also, which blades and sizes do you suggest for all the teeny tiny bits. The smallest I have is the Pegas MG #2/0 and the Pegas Spiral #2/0 (just came in the mail and so excited to try them). I do have larger sizes in both. Any tips and advice is much appreciated! Pattern found on this site for those interested.

That looks great and love the colours used, makes it pop. Roly

Maybe there is a spell check for a scroll saw! You shouldn't announce your errors, most of us wouldn't notice. I know a lot on here will be telling me to speak for myself! Great looking plaque!

awesome job

That is the first intarsia I cut, back in 1996, from a pattern in Scroll Saw Woodworks and Crafts. I cut it entirely from western red cedar. Looks like you did a good job on it. Tom

Looks great. I have to get around to doing that one as well. I think I have printed it a few times now.

Looking good, RJ

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.

very nice

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

Awesome work TJ. Marg

Welcome to the Village TJ. Beautiful work. Marg

Very nice. Your intarsia pieces are beautiful!

Really turned out nice.

Excellent craftsmanship Kevin, RJ

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.

I think 1/4" is fine, of coarse, it is personal preference that counts. I have done detailed patterns in 1/4" basswood with no problem, and it is softer, I think, than Birch. You may find a #2/0 Pegas blade a little too flexible but again personal preference and what works for you is the real answer.

I see several people selling wood on Etsy. Maybe you should cut some in easy shipping sizes and sell some.

Here are some pieces I have done. Some using my Dad's old saw and some are the new things made this past few weeks on the new saw. None are completely finished yet, I'll get to that eventually. I'm just having fun cutting at the moment!

Excellent job, Roberta. The frame and matting really makes the piece stand out.

What a great idea, it looks eggcellent. Have a great market day. Marg

A few more. The bunny is cherry, turtle is Hickory, Snoopy, Mickey and Dragon are left over flooring. The hen is Hickory also and a Terance Thomas pattern. I don't remember what Donald's wood is.

You are welcome, Thank you

Thanks for the detail reply Kevin. I will continue to watch your progress and learn from your info.

very nice job

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.