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I don't post a lot of pictures of stuff I've made, but here's a little something I recently cut for a friend who is retiring soon. It's a Steve Good pattern. Not the most technical thing I've ever made, but I'm pleased with how it turned out and am looking forward to my friend's reaction.

I really haven't seen that many Bronson movies but he made a cool addition to my cowboy wall.

A tiny dot of CA glue on each upper eyelid should help.

It seems when I get really close to something that is delicate, I blink. So it happened once again, and then I am down on my hands and knees in the sawdust looking for my leaf, which I luckily found. So CA glue to the rescue, but it is so tiny I have to use a tweezer and when I pick it up it pops out of the tweezer and flys across the room! I luckily find it again, but this time I didn't use a tweezer and the leaf gets stuck to my finger! Arrgh! Does this happen to anyone else or just me? Does it get less frequent (blinking) as you get better? Any tips? I will hopefully show you my trees soon and hope that they won't be snags by the time I get them done! Thanks for your suggestions ahead of time...mariec

This the second vanity tray, 2 of 2. I finally got a good picture of the finish. 8 coats of rattle can shellac.

I don't have the problem of blinking, my issue is when I get close to the end I take my eyes off the line to see how close I am to the end. I HATE WHEN I DO THAT! Jerry

A couple of quick cuts. The squirrel I am trying to decide if I want to leave unpainted or go ahead and paint him and the oak leaf. Thoughts!!

Hi. I have followed this forum for a while now and picked up many good ideas and tips from the members here. I finally decided to join the group. After retiring from farming in 2013 I built myself a woodworking shop where I could keep busy. I do different types of projects from furniture for the wife and daughters to bandsaw boxes and picture frames for my wife's art. But over the last year I have found myself gravitating to the scroll saw more and more. It is very relaxing and enjoyable. I am far from a master at it but find I improve and learn with each project. I look forward to learning from other members. Thanks for accepting me on this site. Lester

This is a Charlie E pattern. 3/8" bbply, used Pegas #0/2 MG blades. Backer is stained Minwax Honey, Scrooge is "Natural". Once I get a frame cut, this'll go with the rest of my office "Christmas decorations".

We had a custom furniture maker behind ArtCrafters. He was using CA glue and squirted into the eye. He came over and I led him to the eye doctor a block away. Everything came out fine. He is now a Baptist minister.

could be worse..I had a foreman who lost a crown on a front tooth and decided to CA it until he could get a dentist appointment. By the time he was done, he had successfully glued the crown back in but he had also glued his finger to it and the one next to it and they both came out in the end.

Blinking? I never thought much about it. Although, now that you have brought it to my attention, I'm sure it will find a place in my consciousness. So thanks for that. As for dropping tiny bits on the floor, that happens all too often. The only difference is that I rarely find what I dropped. There must be some metaphysical connection with the clothes dryer and all of these lost bits & pieces have joined with the missing socks, in some Bermuda triangle like alternate existence.

I've done it too. I lost a piece of a portrait of my daughter and was on my knees for some time, I finally found it but used gorilla wood glue instead. Many times the piece being lost won't matter, your the only one who will know. I've done that too.

Got another item done. Teacher Appreciation week. Now going to start on mothers day gifts. Have a great and safe week. Mimi

I make wheels using a good hole saw and then sand similar to BadBob. It only takes a bit of sanding. And sometimes I am lazy and just buy a bag of wheels.

Most of my patterns and projects are animals, butterflies, sealife etc, but sometimes I want to make something different and unusual. Here is my new pattern: Devil skull - project could be assembled without gluing, with dowels. It consists of 47 pieces and 2 dowels, recommended size: 4,5 x 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Unfortunately I cant cut new projects now, so preview images are not photos, it is 3D visualisation. Pattern at https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

Hello all, The pattern for these Chinese symbols is from Steve Good's Scrollsaw Workshop, they are actually for making pendants but I thought I'd try something different. The main part is a block of offcut Cherry and I have absolutely no idea what the base is made from, again it's from the scrap bin. The 2 symbols mean love and family. Pegas reverse skip tooth no.3. Regards Alan.

all the time and most of the time i just throw it in the pretty kindlin pile>

Missing socks become paperclips!! Or hangers!!

I had a few "trees of life" that didn't have all the foliage.

If you've been on this forum very much, you know that I rarely miss an opportunity to praise shellac as an excellent option for scrolled projects. It is my go-to finish for just about everything I scroll. I can't speak for Wichman, but I use shellac because it lends itself so easily to spraying and spraying is my preferred method of finishing fretwork. It dries very quickly. It's very easy to clean up. It sprays easily, even if you are a spraying novice. It leaves a nice, amber tint that enhances most wood grains. It doesn't have a lingering odor. It's easy to repair. It sticks to most anything. There are lots of options for color, from different grades of shellac flakes to mixing with dyes. I could go on, but you get the idea. It's a wonderful, traditional finish that I think if often overlooked by many hobbiests.

It happens to me and usually goes underneath something. I used to lose small pieces while using my sanding mop. Two things helped that a lot. A tall fence on the back of the drill press stops 98% of them, and a net over the end of my dust collection to keep them from entering the shop vac.

Yes, I wax! Not only will it make your table slick, but it will help to protect the coating. I wax everything that rusts or slides. Many of my projects get a coat of paste wax and a final buffing. Some clamps should not be waxed. Harbor Freight trigger clamps will slip if you wax them. A can of Johnson's paste wax has a permanent home on my workbench.

I use it when my wallet gets too fat.

Just planed down the newest Tree of Life. This one is a custom order and made from cherry with a dark green and gold color fill. I'll start the sanding and finishing later this week.

Making small cars and such are fun on the scrollsaw. I make small ones and carry a few when I travel. I have given them out to little kids on an airplane and they and their parents appreciate it.

I find the easiest way to find something that drops is to drop something else. Does it always work, no, but if you find the second thing you have the feeling of accomplishment

Nice cutting!

Outstanding job, Charlie and I love your "Wall of Stars."

When you are cutting with a new blade and at the fastest possible cutting rate without burning the wood, as the blade dulls you will begin seeing burning of the edges of the cut. You can slow the blade speed a little or wax the blade sides to stop this burning, or change to a new sharp blade. When this happens and you haven't cut very far, you can apply wax to the sides of the blade and it won't burn the wood any more, until it wears off this wax coating, but keep in mind that the blade is getting more dull. When you can no longer prevent the blade from burning at the desired cutting speed even by adding wax you have 2 choices, slow the cutting speed or replace the blade. Adding the wax to the blade lets you keep using the blade much longer before it's so dull that replacement becomes necessary. I rarely replace broken blades. I usually get tired of nursing blades because they have become too dull. Blades are cheap, at about $0.25 US per blade. Isn't the quality of your project worth changing dull blades before they become so dull that they reduce the quality of your project? With an old candle or small piece of paraffin in hand while cutting, waxing the blade frequently becomes 2nd nature and you will wax the blade every few inches of cut. It does make a difference. How fussy you are about burn marks will help decide how often you wax the blade. I wax the table of my saws and also brush it onto the gears and ways of my table saws using an old toothbrush. The surface forms a dry crust that sawdust won't stick to, but the wax will continue lubricating the saw for a very long time. I use Johnsons or Butcher's Paste Wax on the tables frequently when cutting, to keep the work sliding easily. When it doesn't slide easily I can make errors, so I add a new coat of wax frequently. Don't ever use Automotive waxes in your woodshop. Most contain silicone and silicone on your wood projects will resist stain and finishes, leaving what is called "Fish Eyes" in your finishing steps where the stain or finish will refuse to adhere to the project wood wherever the Silicone is. Silicone containing products are banned from my woodshop and have been for over 50 years. They are kept in my garage almost 250 ft from my woodshop. They make cars shine very nicely, but are a death sentence to woodworking finishes. Keep your auto waxes far separated from your woodworking. Charley

I love it!

After reading all these miss-haps, I am so glad I am not alone....I have never laughed so hard in a long time... some of which brought tears to my eyes ...thanks for sharing your crazy stories!

Awww, the net over the dust collection system....what a great idea...I have lost a many things to my dust collection system....Thanks for that tip!

I just can't wait to try it!

excellent job

awesome work

no I don't mind . it was by an unknow person. . glad I could be of help as much as you all help me.

That is excellent. Looks more like a photo. Marg

Thanks but I found something similar I believe will work. Hope you don't mind me using the quote.

I just got an Apple clipart and a co-worker found the quote an I put the teachers name. Easy peasy. . I can send you what pattern I made of you want it.

All of the above. Plus geared clocks, that in theory, run on a pendulum. I say in theory because the one I made doesn’t run. But it is on my to do list to try making it again.

Only thing new I can add that hasn't already been said is jigsaw puzzles.. the kind where you laminate a photo to the 1/8 - 1/4 BBply and cut into a puzzle. I tried regular ply for that once and it was a disaster.. but the BBply has good strength and no voids. I don't make many puzzles anymore but noticed that one hadn't been mentioned yet. I use it for most the other things that others have mentioned already.

Beautiful piece, RJ

My wife will want some of these for her work mates. She's a teacher. Where is the pattern available?

WoW, that came out great.

Very nice cutting.

awesome job

I always wax, sometimes 2X a day when I was doing shows. I also apply candle or paraffin wax to the running blade frequently. It improves my accuracy and makes cutting much easier. Blades don't heat up from friction as fast either, so last longer. Charley