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A co-worker passed away suddenly last year on my birthday of all days. I haven't worked with him directly for at least 15 years but saw him pretty much daily. In his department drivers have their own little "cubby hole" about 13"x16" that they keep papers, clipboard, etc. in. I got with his brother who is also a driver there and threw the idea of making his cubby hole into a little memorial. We could put his hat, clipboard, ID badge in it along with something little that I would make and I would seal it up with a piece of plexiglass on the front of it. His brother agreed with my idea. This is some rustic Cedar that I had. I had my wife print out some words on her Cricut to adhere to the Cedar and I put some clear over it all. The bottom words are hard to read in picture but presents itself well in person.

Here is my version. I decided to my first stack cut with this one. I used a 1/8 Oak veneered over a masonite type board. I got it from a cabinet shop. I used some OLD nails as a accent in the corners of the frame.

A few months back I asked for suggestions on a new scroll saw. Well after much research I finally bit the bullet and purchased the King Industrial 16" scroll saw. I know many would say the 16" model is to small but it works well in my small shop and fits on the same stand perfectly that I had the old saw on. Wow!! what a difference going from my old Ryobi to this new saw. So much smoother, quieter and a joy to use. Thanks again to everyone for the information and suggestions that you all provided.

Hummm. @OCtoolguy You told me once you like to be hassled so here goes. I worry about you, do not know how to click on the highlighted U above to turn off the underlining, which you probable turned on by hitting the right multiple keys at the same time that doe it...I do it all the time and here goes, you are getting rid of a scroll saw, which is bad enough, but it is for the purpose of needing more room... so you get rid of the smaller one?! Okay, had my digs for he day,,,, let me have it I can take it!

My 6 year old grandson has become a Star Wars fanatic so I cut this for him. It was going great but it had so many tiny parts, toothpick sized light sabers, I decided to do my second ever resin pouring to protect it. It looked beautiful for a few moments. Won't go into detail but hundreds of bubbles started coming out from under the layers just as it was heating up/hardening. Too late to use the heat gun again. I made a bigger mess pulling the top hardened layer off to see if anything was salvageable. Stuff's a nightmare to get off your hands. On the bright side I got the pattern for $2 from this site for paper cutting, Kricut machines that has tons of patterns similar to this that would make cool scroll saw projects. Some with several layers. https://lightboxgoodman.com/products/kirigami-star-wars-1-paper-cutting?variant=36701434249378&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwpayjBhAnEiwA-7enayNJvEBM0RG4SdyNJlu2cKNhjTWIP2B7cobCu93gYazShLBlnG7EwRoC2kwQAvD_BwE

This was on the project workshop. I have been wanting to do a billy the Kid. Here is my version. I decided to my first stack cut with this one. I used a 1/8 Oak veneered over a masonite type board. I got it from a cabinet shop. The frame is re-purposed oak. I used some OLD nails as an accent in the corners of the frame.

A little different project this weekend. This is a ~30 piece segmentation of an Eastern Bluebird. Each piece has at least 3 different colors all done with a rattle can. This is the loose dry-fit stage as I have a 12x12 live edge backer coming in tomorrow so I can glue it up. I am just deciding if I want to put the scripture on the front (via Laser), or on the back near my logo. Plenty of room on either side. This is the scripture I selected: Psalms 104:12 - By them, the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

I am slower than molasses in January but I finally got it done. My photography skills aren't very good so I apologize for the glare. So I scrolled sawed my epoxy resin painting.... Here are my steps: I painted a galaxy pic on plywood, added a layer of epoxy resin (made a dam around the wood with tape), painted more stars for depth, another layer of epoxy, airbrushed and added the moon, and another layer of epoxy. Let that dry 2 weeks than scroll sawed my Daughter and her husband's wedding pic (silhouette) into the resin/picture (that was scary). Glued a backing of 1/4" BB on to it, sanded the epoxy, poured black diamond epoxy into the silhouette (unfortunatly the camera does not pick up the sparkles) let that tack up, added another clear layer of epoxy to the entire pic. Added my 3/4" 'tree frame' which are missing a few leaves here and there . I did carve some of the tree frame for fun after I scrollsaw cut it. Added one more layer of epoxy and done! I do want to thank all the folks who have helped me and encouraged me along the way. I did use @Dave Monk technique on "lifting the trees" out of the wood. I also looked at a lot of all of your great works (gallery and bragging rights) to get some of my ideas...Thank you!

These are not my favorite things to post - Memorials. My Brother-In-Law passed away a couple of years ago. Some of you may remember a post I made of a little wooden truck that I put some of his ashes in to give to his adult son. (I'll include a pic of it). Well for my BIL's 19 year old grandson I made this. It is made from a limb off an Oak tree. I drilled a small hole in it and put in some ashes, plugged it up and cleared over it. The plug was intentionally placed with the grain at an angle to be able to see it better. Then the heart was placed around it. My sister wanted my to put my stamp on the "Tire Knocker" but with it being round, I could not get it to stamp good enough. So I used a scrap piece from the limb and stamp it and attached with some boot lace. I decided afterwards to make the wall holder.. not sure if he will use it or if he will place it in his Jeep. My sister wanted me to stamp my logo on the front center of the wall holder,, I didn't want to, but she's the boss. The grandson called his grand dad Papaw so Don made me a pattern. To bad that I screwed up Don's pattern! I wanted the name to be a bit rustic so I used a spiral blade instead of a flat blade thinking it would give the cut a little different look. But to me it looks like a 10 year old cut out the name.

https://sheilalandrydesigns.com/free-pattern/tuning-your-excelsior-or-excalibur-scroll-saw/

Looks like that was almond pretty cool!

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How do you adjust the motor? I purchased a King 21 and still trying to "love" it.

Just jump on I-40 East and I'll help you unload LOL

There are times I take the challenges when I get tired of the repetition of some of the "favorites" I seem to do in infinity.

My new Pegas saw is up and running. I read the manual and could not find any place where it talked about adjusting the upper arm parallel to the table, as my EX-21 says. I did it anyway, as it was so far off I could see it without measuring. This is the first saw I have ever had that has the guards in place. There was one on the bottom as well as the top. I removed the top guard because it significantly interfered with installing the blade, and I removed the bottom guard because it banged against the table when the saw was rum at high speed. Removing the lower guard required me to remove the table to get to the screws. I replaced the screws in case they were holding something inside. While the top was off, I discovered that the thin plastic part of the dust collection was only attached to one side. I made one from a piece of magnetic sheet that I had. After waxing the bottom of the table and everything I could not get to without removing the table, I reinstalled the top and checked all of the alignments. I did my first cut. I cut some kittens from a 3/4-inch piece of oak. It works great. There is minimal vibration at high speed, and the cuts are smooth. The Grizzly mobile base that came with the saw will have to go. It adds about 10 inches to the width and gets in the way. One of the wheels is where I want my foot switch to go. Only two wheels are casters, making it more challenging to maneuver in tight spaces. In short, the mobile base takes up to much room. I'm thrilled with the new Pegas Scroll Saw.

Some of the saddest lyrics ever written. - "My child arrived just the other day. He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away." I read that the song, Cat's In The Cradle, is actually from a poem written by his wife. I just watched a documentary on Harry Chapin's life. He was an amazingly selfless guy with a passion to end world hunger. Like so many, he was taken too soon.