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

Just finished this piece. Pattern by me.

I have a friend that has a "thing" about James Dean's 550 Spyder Porsche. It was time to do another car with a portrait. Dean was an up and coming movie star of the mid '50's with a love of fast cars and racing. He had several popuar movies under his belt including "Rebel with out a Cause" and "Giant" and took his earnings to purchase the 550. He was on his way to a race in California when the accident occured. There are several stories regarding the accident and the remains of the car and make for interesting reading. The car design was taken from a photo and the Keith Wood portrait of James Dean came from SSV pattern library. The car pattern was not too difficult but the portrait was more involved, especially the mouth. Cutting was on 1/8" BBPW and I made a separate frame from molding purchased from Lowes. Finish is Shellac and Gloss Lacquer.

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.

LOL, I'm almost giddy about it but I finally made an outfeed "table" for my table saw. I've been putting this off for years now, mostly because I wasn't sure how I wanted to make it, and I didn't want to drill holes into my table saw - heck the thing cost $500 and I'm NOT going to drill holes in it! I also don't have any more room for more carts in the shop. BUT, I had an epiphany... I have a cart that I have a small pancake compressor on but I never added the handle. I also had a table top I made for the trailer which I only used once. Put 1 unfinished cart + 1 unused table top + 1 clamp and VOILA!!! I have a rolling outfeed table on the compressor cart! And best of all it just so happens to be 1/16" below the edge of my table saw LOL - too much! Here are a few pics - sorry for they blurry, not sure why I can't take decent pics anymore - must be my shaking hands Thanks as always in advance for reading

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.

We've been asked if we make anything other than animal puzzles and wall hangers. Besides the lamps and clocks and now signs, we've decided to add some limited edition art work. We've so far done 5 different items which we made 3 of each except the Beach Lady - she's a single item. The frames and backing on these items feature a pine frame and a salvaged door backing both made from re-claimed wood from various Hurricane Michael pieces retrieved and donated after the storm. Some of the frames feature an Ogee edge, some are Chamfered and some are simple squared off. There are a few that have been stained but they're not done yet. Because there is only so much of this wood, we're offering it as a limited edition item and we're looking for a local charity to which we can donate some of the proceeds. Anyway, thanks as always in advance

My BIL passed away 2 years ago at 68 years old on this past 25th. My sister, her husband asked me last month if I would make a box to put some of his ashes in for their son. I have never really made a "nice" box so I told her that I would come up with something. He, his son, myself,, the whole family have always been "Truck Guys". So I showed her a picture of a truck I made last year and asked her if I was able to make another one and insert some ashes in it, if it would be alright. She said yes. The body is made from Hickory and the fenders are Walnut. Several coats of Lacquer for the finish. I drilled a 1/4" hole in the bottom for the ashes and sent her a picture. She asked me where I was going to put my stamp. I had forgotten that she wanted me to stamp it.. with the hole in the center of the bottom of the truck, I didn't have room anywhere to put my stamp. So I plugged the hole for the ashes and move it towards the front of the truck. This gave me room for my stamp. I drilled the hole about 3/4" deep and filled halfway with ashes. I used my plug cutter on the remaining piece of Hickory to make a plug. I had my wife make a red heart on her Cricut to put around the plug. I think it turned out pretty nice. Now I have to make a "tire knocker" for their 19 year old grandson with some of his ashes in it for him to place in his Jeep.. in case he ever gets into a tussle,, he will have his Grandpa there to help. LOL

I've never really had an opinion of Gnomes before, one way or another, but I gotta admit, all these Gnome patterns & projects lately have me thinking I gotta get on the bandwagon. Baseball Gnome = Awesome!

Great comeback Jerry....

Keep that in mind and I agree. The longer my beard gets the more I look like one. That there is an awesome brother!!

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.

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!

Excellent job. The piece really looks "clean."

Very cool man! Like far out! I dig it, Great portrait and I love the car, I have wanted a Porsche since three days before I was born. Great that you are back as the saw.

awesome job

nice idea

I have the same tubes as @FrankEV. I have been keeping them in a small paper bag that had handles. The bag has finally ripped so time to make a better holder.

The word is: y'all

Hi Jes: I guess it's true what "THEY" say: "Good things come for those who wait" Well done Fab4

Great your having a whale of a time. Sorry couldn't resist it. Roly

I "almost" misspelled It, but didn't. If I had, just like my previous misspelling of Bonny, when I cut Boney instead of Bonny. It was noticed and I heard about it.

Barb, these look nice! I hate it when my wood projects break...especially when the piece gets lost... The hummingbird looks great without the border...mc

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.

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.

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.

Wow! Looks great!

that is a very nice sign project. I think you nailed it perfectly. Everything came out so well. One to be very proud of. Dick heppnerguy

A super nice cutting and pattern, as all of your work is. I remember going to Rebel without a cause as a younger person and my thinking was right in tune to that of James Dean in the movie. I thought his parents were too pushy and controlling of him. Then I watched the movie again about two years ago and this time I was astounded to realize that I was with the parents and found they were the ones in the right and James Dean was indeed a Rebel. Funny how we change through the years and don't even realize that we are. Thanks again for the great art work and bringing up my memories about the movie through out the years. Dick heppnerguy

Welcome back to the Village forum from Tennessee.

Come on, admit it. That's what you had planned all along. Nice idea for repurposing. I'm needing to do the same to my table saw.

Welcome back and glad you made it through the hard times.

Yes, I agree. We just don't have space for most of that stuff. I have to find people who what to be "gifted" with the stuff I make.

welcome back, nice work

I'm with you 100% on that purposeful thing. Although, making things of beauty for beauty's sake has it's rewards.

Don't feel bad Roly, mine are still in the plastic bag that they came in, pile on top of each other

Welcome back Doug. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your work, might need a little work on your spelling. The main thing to do is to keep your mind sharp and I think scrolling will help with that because there is so many projects to do and new things to learn. Jerry

You will love having it!

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 don't know how you guys do such beautiful work. I thought I was pretty good until I joined SSV. But I get as much joy out of my work as you do yours. I have learned so much since joining SSV. I hope I live long enough to do everything I want to do. Jerry

Great work Danny Roly

Good work Kev they look great. Roly

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

Neat work Barb I use heat shrink bags as well on my puzzles. Roly

I love them!!

Wow, Kevin, I think you did a great job on what I thought was going to be an impossible clock! Congrats!

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!

I like all the different depths. Reallly nice work. I too like using all my tools rather than seeing them gathering dust

Great and beautiful cross. I would have never thought of that color, but it really works.

Welcome! I just joined so I am stumbling through scrolling and just made my first project (not too successfully) so I do get being discouraged. Anyway, I am asking questions from all these knowledgeable folks as I journey through this in hopes to be a better scroller. Welcome back!