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Sighting of the first robin of the season. Not sure of the wood. Cut with a #1 blade. Acrylic paints. Frame is a gel stain - don't remember the colour. Complete finish with Walrus Oil. Definitely some errors, but only I know about them. You can see the progress in the Works in Progess section. @heppnerguy- this was done over a couple of weeks, just so ya know!

Not scroll saw related, my wife likes to collect the saucer and tea cup and after coming back from Florida, her friends brought some over as gifts. She said I need another display. As the saying say”happy wife is happy life”. I used red oak and minwax stain. She likes it so browny points for me. The first picture is the one that she purchased years ago, the next two are the one that I made.

Couple of gnomes I just finished gluing up. The wood is Hickory. Used a #5 FD ultra reverse blade.

Today's post is a pattern that I have had for quite some time and I fell in love with it when I first saw it. This cute little project's pattern was made by Sam Custodio and had me hooked from the get go. It seems that I forget about it way too often and a couple of days ago I spotted it and had nothing pressing in my 'to do list' so I printed the pattern and took it to my shop. I only had about a half dozen small cuts left to have it all cut out, so I jumped on it this morning and finished it. I decided a quick and easy frame would be better than the over lapping backer board that I often do, so I found a piece of scrap wood that I thought might do the trick and made a glue on frame and used a piece of black poster board and threw on a coat of spray finish and it is ready to hang on my shop wall. I cut it from 1/4 lnch BB Ply and used a #3 Pegas MGT blade. Dick heppnerguy

They are not Glued yet. For Comparison sake WHICH TYPE WOULD BE YOUR Favorite? The pattern has many Changes that I made before Scrolling. The Black look ....OR.... Red ? Any and All comments are Always welcome. Danny :+}

She should be happy, that is a great job. Maybe you should have stack cut the pieces, I have a filling you will be making more. Women and the things they collect. My wife: plates, Longaberger Baskets, spoons, owls, now material for quilts. on and on and on....

Me and my best friend milled the tree this board came from back in 1998

My Granddaughter and her husband are in the process of moving into their brand new home so I thought they might like to have a name plaque by their front door to greet visitors. It is also only about a week away from their 20 anniversary so I added their marriage year to it also. I copied the idea for it from something I saw on line. I used a #3 Pegas MGT blade and cut it into what I believe to be Mahogany 3/4 inch base. All of the like colored wood I received from my son and I am not sure of the species of it. I mailed it out this morning so I will not get a response for a few days. Dick heppnerguy

Well I am heading out to the Flea Market in the Morning, My 1st time out this yr, These are my Newest addition's to my growing Fleet. The Romulan Bird of Prey is one I am Proud of I made it from one of my old Plastic model patterns, the bird on the bottom was a little difficult to paint, The stand is The Romulan Warbird from The Next Gen Series, All these Wooden Models is a New Path I,m Walking this season, I hope it goes over pretty darn well. Wish me Luck.

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

Pattern by Larry Hamm. I think its in the pattern library here. I have not seen his name here for as long as I can remember (not that that means anything) Anyone have any info on Larry? Still a member here?

I made a hiking stick holder for my Lord Of The Rings bedroom.

I was a “Woodworker” before I was a “Scroller “. As a woodworker, you always finish all sides of a piece equally. As Kevin mentioned, to allow equal moisture absorption. The possibility of warping is there. It may not happen, but why chance it? And, it does cheapen the look as it is almost impossible to not get finish on the back side, or even the bottom of the piece.

I agree 100% with Kevin.

Good topic, I myself do finish "all" of the project the same.. I know the piece isn't seen by only the person that hangs it on the wall.. but to me it just doesn't make the piece seem cheapened up. Also if it is solid timber rather than ply, the wood will still breath and if only the front side is finished ( sealed ) the back side can and probably will breath so there is still a possibility of the piece warping / cupping... I'm not sure if it's overkill or not.. that's just my thinking process and what I do..

Thank you Kevin for looking this up for me, much appreciated. I must have a bit newer one since I have the white flip tension lever on top. So I will have to do what Ray suggested. I am thinking for switching to the Pegas clamps, which probably doesn't allow that either, is my thinking. Thanks again! mc

very cute.

I really like both of these projects. Very nicely done. Dick heppnerguy

STOP. You are torturing me with all your well made cute gnomes, as I have yet to cut one. I am afraid if I do, I will be hooked on them and I have so many patterns that I wish to cut already.. Dick heppnerguy

Now there is a project I would never even dreamed about making. Great idea. Dick heppnerguy

You are so lucky to have a wife that has many interests. Must keep you busy in your lower level shop. Dick

I really like how you used the grain to make this. well done!

Nice piece. I tried my first intarsia many years ago before I even had a scroll saw, just to see if I could do it. I used my band saw and different shades of cedar and was surprised that I was able to do it. I drew a pattern of a dolphin that had only 7 pieces to it. Way to go. you probably will be making a lot more intarsia items in your future. Dick heppnerguy

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

Your grain choices worked perfectly from what I can see. Very nice.

Great work. My wife and I have some walking sticks. I think I have 18 all made from Osage orange and contorted hazelnut. They all sit in a big bucket now. A few I made for a friend. Doing that is a great idea.

Check out a place like Ocooch. to see their sizes,,,most I see are 24" or 36" lengths. also check USPS, UPS and FeDex and see what lengths are afforable to ship.

The Pegas clamps are a definite improvement.

Love em. Never have enough gnomes.

That is a real beauty. Very well done. Where do you source your Walrus Oil ?? hope no animals were hurt lol

A couple of cuties. Marg

Awesome job, Barb. I'm sure you didn't knock that out at one sitting!

If your saw doesn't have that lever it will have the black knob at the rear that is to be used to adjust the arm height. It wasn't meant to be used for tension adjustment but can be.

Very nice work on both pieces.

I bought the Kleenex pattern from Sue Mey. I thought it might be fun to have a decorative box for her Kleenex and I let her choose the pattern for it. It was a bit challenging on the lid as I cut the little fairies hand and feet. They are very small and delicate. I choose a 2/0 Pegas to make that delicate cut and it came out perfect. I cut it from 1/4 inch Juniper and gave it one coat of spray finish. I thought it was not worthy of more coats, as it is just a fun piece anyway. Next on up is a cross pattern I started to cut about a year ago and got a little upset as the sawdust would not blow off my project as I cut and I could not see the lines very well, so I set it aside. I saw it laying on one of my storages in my garage and thought I would go ahead and finish cutting it, not remembering why I had given up on it before. As I started cutting it, it became quite apparent as to why I decided not to cut finish it. Cedar seems to have that problem for me a lot. No other wood does that to me. I decided to try a smaller blade and see if that might help solve my problem. It did help a little but it did not change things a lot. I also used a #2/0R Pegus blade and decided to finish anyway. So here is the results of my effort. The wood is red cedar 1/8th inch. I will try to stay away from it from now on as much as possible though. Dick heppnerguy

Great Looking Craft. Everything looks so Clean and Very well painted. I also Enjoy the Segmentation Projects. :+}

Here is my latest project for a friend at work. Made from mystery wood that came from a knife block cut into individual boards. Hope he likes it. But, I haven't applied a finish yet and am looking for suggestions. I'll be putting magnets on the bottom for the cubicle wall. Comments appreciated.

Well done Mimi

Nicely done Dennis

Just finished cutting my 9th project on my new Delta saw. I'm really happy with it. Just need to sand and put a finish on it. I used Pegas MG #3 and #5 blades on 1/4" Alaska birch.

Nice work Bobby. All the best at the market.

They all look terrific. I am sure many men will stop at your stall, hope they put their hand in their pockets. Good luck. Marg

Very nice. I need to build on for my walking stick... I have been using it since the 1970's and carving on it. Not good carving, around the campfire with a #10 Buck knife carving. The one thing the grandkid fight over who is going to get grandpa's walking stick when he croaks. Croaks is the term they use,,, I think it is one of my pronouns now.

Nice. I am lousy with a wood burning tool!

I hope you continue to make some more boxes. It was one of Steve Goods patterns that peeked my interest in scrolling. Before I started scrolling I only did intarsia. I was getting tired of intarsia but always thought scrolling was things like an outline of a heart or maybe a cat with no details to them and I just found it boring to make and look at. The pattern that stuck my curiosity was a heart shaped box that looked like it was woven. When I found his page and looked at how it was done, I was hooked on scrolling and have been at it every since. Dick heppnerguy

good job

Oh it is a box. !!!! My cat loves boxes. Anyway good job on the box. The sides look like the time consuming parts. You can stack cut but still takes a while. Me. Mark Eason

Being this was the first box I've cut, I wanted to use a lesser expensive wood to test my skills and to find out if I would actually like doing this. The other reason I used this pine is because it was a true 1/4-inch whereas the other materials I had (Birch, Maple, Oak) are not true 1/4-inch. The inside of the box does have liners as the pattern Steve Good designed. I originally painted them red but there wasn't enough contrast between the dark stain and the red backer so I painted the backers an off-white using artist acrylic paint. I do plan on adding Flocking which is similar to the felt lining. I would have preferred to use a solid exotic wood rather than plywood but I'm working on a budget. I have to make due with what I can afford.

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

Your box is great. Boxes are fun to make and yes, time consuming, but worth it when they come out nice. For that reason, and for as much time and effort you put in to making this box, I feel you could have use a better species of wood. Pine does not take stain well. Alos, if it was me making this box, I would have installed backers on the inside of the box walls, of a contrasting material (like the Cameo), and then added a felt or other type lining. Open lattice type boxes lack practicality, which I think most would prefer to have.