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I lost two fruit trees I had in my back yard due to the severe cold snap we had this past Winter and they needed to be removed. I filled in one tree area with sod, but the other was partially in my paver patio. After removing the tree and replacing some of the pavers I decided to build a fire pit to enjoy next fall when the weather cools off. After many trips to and from Lowes, this 30” square fire pit is the result of my efforts as shown in these pics. Those 3.5” x 7.5” x 11.5” blocks are heavy. I used 48 of them plus 32 of the small spacer blocks. My aching back! I have a trash can next to my saw that gets a lot of the waste pieces I cut out. This material, along with other trash and trimmed off strips have been going out on garbage pickup days, and presumably winding up in the landfill. Upon completing the fire pit build, I realized that I will be needing Firewood and, of course, kindling. The wood cut outs and other trim pieces I generate will make excellent kindling. So now I need two buckets next to the saw…one for wood the other for trash. I think this is a win-win for both the environment and me. And, BTW, sawdust is a great fire starter. I usually turn my sawdust, collected in my vacuum system, into my garden beds, but now I will save some to use in the fire pit. Just a litle bit of useless but important information for your reading pleasure.

Here is the final Sam Elliot. I chose a framing method I had not used before. I glued the piece on a larger backer board and then framed it. The frame is heart pine that was revived from an old roof deck. My brother gave me some.

Betty and Wilma are done. Still trying to decide if I want to paint Minnie in color or do a black silhouette.

Latest piece. Solid Cherry cut with #3 mg blade. Finished with a coat of shellac then beeswax/mineral oil. I do not remember where I got the pattern

I too love FD Ultra Reverse, Not as aggressive as some other blades so easier to control and leaves a clean interior cut. I use #1 on thin stock and then #3 on any thing up to 3/4 From the pattern it looks like a lot of circles. I tell my 101 students that the 2 hardest cuts are straight lines and circles. It just takes practice. Steve Good has good instructions at http://www.stevedgood.com/school/sss.html and lesson 7 is on circles.

Seeing your work took me back many, many years. I grew up on the farm and my dad was a John Deere man all the way. To him, if it wasn't a John Deere it wasn't a tractor. My parents gave me a camera when I graduated from high school. I took many pictures around the farm. He had two John Deere's. Attach is a picture of the oldest on as 1947 model "B".

Hi everyone, I made 16 of these trinket boxes for my grandkids. This is Sheila Landry designs. There about 5 inch round and about 2 1/2 deep. You can make them as deep as you want by adding more rings. They took a while to do all of them but I like the results. Now my other problem I have is what can I make with all the scrap circles. There walnut and curly maple 3/8 thick. Any ideas.

This is a pattern I made and cut on 1/4-inch Maple ply. The face of the plywood delaminated in a couple areas so I decided to paint the piece. The paint is water color. I finished with a Minwax natural stain and 4-coats of Polyacrylic with light sanding with 600 grit sandpaper between coats. I cut the frame from picture frame stock I had on hand. The piece is 13X14. The pattern is in the Village library.

Since this is a skill building exercise the scroll saw is enough. Match the blade to the size of the circle that you are trying to cut I would start with ( this is a starting point, adjust to your preference and cutting style ) a # 3 blade on the small holes and a #5 on the outside.

I remembered my husband has a ( I think) router I am going to try to use it as well. To cut inner circle. He he new skill as well. The wood is not a good one but I am leaning to cut and fit as well. Then get better wood. This I might just paint if it works. Just trying a new skill altogether

When I was 14/15 I would go each weekend and work on my cousin's farm. He paid me a buck an hour. I love it, I'd sit on a tractor from sun up to sun down. Enjoyed all of it. I could start down a row, see a mouse jump off the tractor, club the mouse catch up to the tractor get back on and finish the row! He was a Farmall man,,,Model "M". I loved working on the farm.

A lot depends on what wood you use and what blade you use. Some wood such as cherry and hickory usually need very little sanding. Pine on the other hand needs a lot of sanding as it gets little fuzzies. The sharper the blade the cleaner the cut. I use a FD Ultra reverse for most of my cutting.

Really? I'm putting this throughout my whole lawn then.. save a ton of mower gas too which means more walnut lumber money.. Seriously though that is good to know, I knew it's not good for animal bedding as it poisonous to many animals. I take my sawdust to my brothers mill and dump it in his big pile.. but if I have any exotics, walnut, or glued up panels in the shavings I have to leave my bags with him as there are certain places he can take that stuff too but not for the stockyards or the horse farms etc.

Just a caution...walnut shavings/dust will kill plants. I plane a lot of walnut. Spreading it along the perimeter of the shop eliminates weed trimmer use.

Hi All. I'm updating and organizing SSV and I'm looking for some feedback. I want to go through the forums and clean it up a bit. I would love to hear what you have to say. Thank you for your time. Without you, SSV is nothing but a bunch of code sitting on a big dumb server. New Patterns & Requests - I'm thinking of combining New Pattern Announcements and Pattern Requests into a single forum. I still prefer folks to upload patterns to the Pattern Library and link it. But I don't see a need for two separate forums since they're basically serving the same function. Scroller's Q&A - I might change the format of this forum. It's supposed to act similarly to Reddit or a support board where members upvote the best answer when folks have a question. But I don't think anybody really uses the upvote function. I guess I need feedback on two questions I have. Should I keep it as a separate forum for a quick Q&A for those new to the hobby? Or should I fold it into the General Scroll Saw forum, which often gets used to answer questions? Business Side - I'm trying to decide whether to keep this section as a part of the main forum, or move it to the Groups area of SSV. On one hand, there is good information for folks who sell their wares. But on the other hand, it may not be interesting to general members. If I move it to the Groups section, it will only be available to Silver and Gold SSV Patrons who are interested in the subject matter. It would be a good way to encourage new Patrons and keep the website paying for itself. But I also don't want to take away something that was free from folks who find it interesting and valuable. Other Woodworks - I'm also considering moving this to the Groups area of SSV, since it is off-topic. Currently, in the groups section, we have a section for woodturners, crafters, and laser/cnc. So this would fit in with the Groups section nicely. But it is a fun place to show off your other woodworking projects. Hot Deals & Announcements - I'm planning on changing the title to "Hot Deals, Buy, Sell, & Trade". If you can think of a better title, I'm open to suggestions. Coffee House - I'm not changing anything! I need a place to drink my coffee and read my jokes.

Made these to honor my grand nephew. One made with 1/2" oak and the other 1/2" poplar. On both, the outter ring and inner ring are stained with godlen oak, the middle ring is stained with cherry. I think the details show up better with lighter wood. I did the bevel cuts tilting scroll saw arm left 3 degrees. I really enjoyed doing this. Jerry

For cutting those holes, I would probably use a forstner bit. The best tool for a scroll saw project isn't always a scroll saw.

Great job, Tbow. The frame certainly sets off the cutting. Also, a nice score on the wood.

I have a problem in our part of the world. This hobby is sadly not done that I know so I not sure if the blade is sold. I will ask. Thanks for the help and advice.

See, I told you so!. The oversize backer and rustic frame makes the cutting stand out. I might not have gone so dark with the frame, but I'm guessing you did not have a choice with the wood you used. Overall a nice presentation.

We heat our shop and our house in the winter with a wood burning stove so all scraps go towards helping keep us warm. In the summer we use it for bon fires and such.

nice job

nice job

beautiful job

I didn't know about walnut I have a fire place in our living room that takes care of wood scraps or oops projects

Very nice!

Judy, a colorful Minnie would be really pretty. And, I'll bet you're better with a paint brush than I am.

Nice looking fire pit you made, I also have a fire pit and we I typically make enough scraps to not only have kindling wood but most times enough to have 4-5 fires a year just from my scraps.. yep, I mess up and make that much ornamental fire wood, .. No kidding aside on a more serious note, some of the wood I get is rejects because of splits / knots etc.. and I work around those bad areas quite easily doing small scroll sawing works so I do generate a few wheelbarrow loads of scraps every year so it's a win win as the wife and kids love to sit around the fire.. makes great family time for us all.

Thanks. This is a from a larger piece of wood that has been sitting in my basement for 4ish years. The price tag was still on it - $9.99/bf. I got a friend to plane the rest of it after I did this piece.

I was finally able to finish the framing of these pieces. The tractor is the second stack cut of the one I painted and posted earlier. This one is 1/4-inch Birch stained Ipswich Pine as well as the Pine frame. The backer is sanded pine painted black. The two barn pieces are from Jim Blume's Americana series. This pattern is Americana 10, Long Forgotten. The 1/4-inch Oak piece is stained Minwax Natural and the frame is stained Ipswich Pine. The other piece is 1/4-inch Birch stained Ipswich Pine and the Pine frame is stained Natural. All three were sprayed with 4-coats of Polyacrylic lightly sanded with 600 grit sandpaper between coats. Thanks, Jim, for a great pattern!

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ

Had a 1989 Mercury Sable and my truck was broke down. I needed to haul some 10ft pipe for a plumbing project I was working on. I took the back seat out and the pipes fit nicely by laying the front passenger side front seat back as far as it'd go. Guy and his wife was walking to their car and I overheard her say. That car must have a huge trunk. .. I never said a word and had a hard time keeping a straight face and not laugh..

That was easy. I had them pick what design they wanted.

Darn I found one more, don't know why I forgot it, the most colorful project I hav done. It is an Alex Fox pattern that was to be a wall hanging but I turned it into a real bird house.

I like the way we (colective) use the Q&A. I don't think it needs the upvote part. There arre always a ton of varied answers to a specific question. Most of which are usually valid...just from different prespectives. The individual asking the Question gets to use the information that best suits his/her needs. It is a great way to learn about a specific concern one might have. The General Scroll Saw Forum is a better location to provide; nswers/suggestions/guidence/technical information/etc. to a general topic before a questions is even asked. A place where "general" information if offered to the whole comunity rather than just an individual. So, In my opinion, both are needed but the upvote could well be eliminated.

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.

This is a pattern from Steve good. This is also a skill lesson for me. I need advise. I can work out what I need to do. I need to get a guide on without to much help from machine work. Just my scroll saw and sandpaper. How t get cut as accurate as possible and neatly to. Is it just sanding work Barbara

Here is the 2nd planter I have done. The first was the pug, which I delivered today to my neighbor and she loves it- Yay. Now the bulldog is complete and ready for his new home. I think I picked the perfect boards for the butt ends. LOL