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Some of my things with color:

I cut this time-intensive piece this week. Pattern by me. 8x10x1/4 inch Baltic birch ply.

Made these 2 recently Measure, s approximately 16 x16

This project has taken me along time almost a year. Yea I lost interest for awhile. It is almost working. I have a few tunings to do. It is almost is done. I need to get an empty wine bottle instead of a soda bottle. I need to change out the white kite string. The design is called "Merlot" from Derek Hugger. Since the wine name I stayed with that theme and hand painted grape vines on the lever arms. The backing is wine slats from winery. The Purple and yellow are stained. All wood is baltic birch plywood. Except the backer slats. I wanted to try a kinetic sculpture but did not want a clock. These plans are easy to follow. But the assembly and tuning is always tweaking stuff. Ballancing by adding weights. This is huge 44 inches wide. I don't have a band saw so it was all cut with scroll saw.

I ran across this YouTube video of one of the most impressive things I have ever seen someone do with wood. You will not want to miss this, as I am pretty sure it will knock your socks off. Do yourself a favor and click on the link. This Amazing thing was done by a 17 year old boy. Dick heppnerguy

One of my blessings is that I get to take two of my grandkids to school everyday. My 9 year old grandson, Ryder, a big baseball fan, surprised me one morning this week with a pattern he drew and wanted me to cut. He really did a great job. I think I had explained to him once a while back about bridges. I didn't know he was really listening.

I recently finished this one.

Heh. Started going through photos and found more colorful stuff than I thought I'd done. The lightboxes have color-shifting LED's behind them.

Working on a new kind of project. Building a Pug planter for my sweet neighbor. Still have some coloring to do and putting it all together. The colored pieces below are not attached yet. I might still change the coloring on the face a bit and still looking for the perfect color to stain the body pieces. I'm having fun. Making a Bulldog next for one of my oldest friends.

What the world needs more of.

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!

Gene, the Pegas clamps will make your saw easier to use and run better. They will hold your blade tighter and reduce blade slippage, that is until the set screws and thumb screws wear. I don’t know if they will be any easier to clamp the bottom clamp as you will have to adjust to a different clamp. But once you get used to them, you will love them. I have a Pegas saw and love it. I also have them on my DeWALT saw.

What a mind this guy must have !!! That's probably one of the best examples of engineering a wooden model I've ever seen. Oh, and for you tree huggers, no carbon foot prin/tire tracks. Wishing all my friends here a BLESSED EASTER. Rick

That is unbelievable. Transmission works and all.

Wow, that is unbelievable brilliant, I wonder if it is his design or did he follow a plan, RJ

I've been bottom feeding since day 1, which wasn't to long ago, and find it easier than top feeding. And since I learned about the black marker trick on this feed, things have gotten way faster and easier. It's almost effortless now finding the hole! I like that my Delta's arm will lock in the up position for me.

This is so beautiful. Love all the colours in it.

It's funny but I have bottom fed from day one, 24 years ago, I guess I would have problems top feeding. So if you are used to doing it one way, why change? Marg

So an embarrassing update, I glued the head on upside down. I kept looking at it thinking it doesn't look the same, almost like a bull dog instead of a pug. It didn't dawn on me until I started to fit the ears, which I have not done yet. But wait, there's more, when cutting the pattern I cut the tail separate from the butt body and now I am having trouble connecting it, and lastly (I think), I glued the head to the butt portion (ha ha not just upside down). There is a difference between the front and back and I did it backwards. Good Lord!! All I can think is that perhaps I should not have been listening to a thriller audio book while assembling. Obviously I can't do both at the same time. So frustrated....

Just a few over the years

I have not messed around too much with colors other than backers for portraits. This one here is flowers for spring time maybe? LOL.. The only other thing I do with colors is done on the laser so this one is all I got other than black backers.. Backer on this is just foam sheets

Before I shell out for them I think it would be a good idea to ask y'all if they would make clamping the lower end easier. What's your thinking? Thanks in advance.

Marcie I always dimple the bottom of the board with an ice picK. NO NEED TO LOOK FOR A DRILL.

I top feed, my fingers have learned what to feel for. Remember, the bottom clamp is the exact same as the top clamp. I feel for the slot and push it in, feel for the bottom of the blade with my left hand to be sure it is all the way back, hold it and tighten the clamp. I hope that helps. I never could bottom feed

It's great when the scroller can collaborate so closely with the pattern artist. Great work ensued from the melding of minds. Ryder will treasure that forever. As, I'm sure granddad will, as well.

There is still hope for the younger generation. All it takes is good parenting. I see and engineering degree in his future. Unless he already has one. Great job. Thanks Dick.

What Dan said. I have 2 Excaliburs and have added the Pegas clamps to both. Love them. And so far, no blade slippage. If they start slipping I'll just get out my sanding jig that Dan suggested.

Amazing!!!

Not to generic. The color is in the imagination for sure. I say this because of the color challenge. That is a good way to get a scholarship.

Oh my goodness! That was amazing. Showing the husband for sure. Thanks for sharing!

That's wild! Gorgeous, though.

Hi Gene: Your comment is right - It is unique From what I heard and read, It's "ass backwards" Fab4

I was self taught. Didn’t know what way to feed the blade. But to me it was a no brainer top feed made more sense. It only took a few times I could just feel were the blade goes into the clamp without looking. I have a EX21.

Like others, i try to always finish the back of a piece. To me, it is not "finished" with the raw wood on the back. That is clearly just my opinion and preference and plenty others do not see an issue with it. My niece bought a large round wooden sign with her newborn's name, first and middle, and date of birth on it. She changed the name of the child after she ordered the sign (they had agreed on one name before she was born, then they decided on a different one after she was born ). So, then she wanted to know if we could change the name on it. I agreed to do it and cut the name out on the scroll saw. When I got the round board to remove the original name done by the Etsy seller, I was appalled to find the back was not finished in anyway, it was simply unfinished wood on the back. Given what they charge for these signs - I couldn't believe they hadn't put any finish on the back side. Yes, it hangs against the wall and nobody sees the back - Until it is taken down. But to me it made the piece look cheap and not done. I personally would never buy a piece that did not have the back finished in some way with at least the stain or seal coat done. However, with this sign, I don't know you would have known until it arrived since she bought it off Etsy. I never checked the listing.

I have a few hundred painted items. Mostly toys.

Where are they going to get worms in Winnipeg at this time of the year. This should be treasure not sold

Today's offering is another Steve Good pattern. Cut on 12x12in BB and a #1 FD polar blade. Normally I'll use a spiral on these sort of patterns but I'm trying to practice my control,hand placement and accuracy with a straight blade. Ive been at this scroll sawing about 4 months now if you take out a forced vacation due to a injury, and I've only just realized how important hand position and pivoting is! I've spent all this time trying to feed my wood round corners and recently discovered how much easier it is to use one hand as a pivot and one to drive... Duh At this rate I'm going to have to spend a month finishing a lot of this stuff ive been cutting. Any how fresh off the saw pattern on and off. Thanks for looking! Comments welcome

I really noticed all that but didn't want to say anything to embarrass you This what they mean about don't point out your mistakes, not many notice. I would install the tail using a short piece of dowel to glue it on. The head, I cannot imagine anyone notice it.

They are beautiful birds Barb I have a few in my garden always fighting very territorial . Roly

Just remembered a few more I did that have color:

T-Rex tray puzzle. This is my first attempt at a tray puzzle. I decided to make it a tray puzzle after cutting the dinosaur. I wanted to glue the gap closed, but it was too tight when I dry-clamped it to test. The back is a piece of hardboard cut, oversized, glued on, then sanded flush with a belt sander. The tray is finished with shellac.

Dinosaur tray puzzle. I cut the back off of a 3/4 inch piece of wood, cut out the dinosaur and painted it, and glued the wood back on. The tray is finished with amber shellac.

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.

You can do good repurposing lumber, but be careful to be certain that there is no metal left behind in the wood. Get a good metal detector and scan the wood carefully. Be careful of using old pallets, since some for overseas shipping are treated for bug infestations. Chemical spills from leaking cargo can get into the pallets too. Just be careful of your sources. I too repurpose wood, but I'm careful to avoid any that might be treated, have significant metal, or possible nasty chemical spills in them. Avoid offers of old bowling lane sections. You won't believe how many nails are in them. There will be nothing useable after the nails are gone. One of my best sources for short pieces of hardwoods are the drops from the ends of boards used by the furniture and kitchen cabinet industry. They frequently discard the last foot or two of boards to avoid cracks and damage. For small, possibly narrower pieces than the donor piece, you can sometimes do very well picking these up and re-sawing to smaller sizes. Make friends at the local cabinet and furniture shops and don't make a mess of their scrap bins. Leave everything tidy and better than you found it, and you will be welcomed back next time. They have to pay to get rid of this, so you are actually doing them a favor by taking it. No after hours visits either. Do them a favor in return by making their bins nice and tidy when you leave. Charley

Little rough in a couple of places but I think is cutable.

The magnet and battery are located in the base, with a proximity sensor to fire the magnet when the ball reaches the right position. The magnetic pulse kicks the ball just enough for it to jump and land back in the bowl, so not at all "perpetual motion". Charley

I do not see where there could be a magnet. it the balls themselves were magnetic they would attract each other at the top and then they could not go down the hole. That leaves the only place a magnet could be placed to attract the balls would be in the bottom of the round piece of wood and it certainly could not attract the balls coming off the wire below. If a magnet was strong enough to do that, it also would attract the balls to stay together. Dick heppnerguy

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

I read about that somewhere, there is a magnet involved somewhere.

Interesting. I wonder how long it took them to get the right height and curve.