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A few things I have cut recently. Like the heading says, nothing special. 40 boomerangs cut from 3mm Mdf and 40 Hugs cut from 3mm ply, all for a kindergarten The Lovers Tree cut from 5mm marine ply. Showing the rear because I damaged the from. Marg

I got a request for some of these so made these

Hey Everyone! In this scroll saw project video, we make and awesome Father Son/Daughter fist bump piece for Fathers Day 2023! The design is by H. Botas and I cut it out with spiral scroll saw blades! Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

My aunt asked me to make an Urn for her beagle, Buddy, who passed a while ago. Dark walnut box, with a scrolled front. I think the pattern came from The Wooden Teddybear.

New Pegus clamps for my DW 788 sure make it easier to install the blades. And, no blade slippage, either. Lots of folks seemed to think they wouldn't make a difference but, they were wrong. They're lighter than the originals, saw seems to run smoother/quieter. I got the saw used but nearly new. With the new clamps, I think it's ready to work.

Bad bob, just print and carefully cut it straight along the bottom then glue it to a substrate. check with a precision square. you can sand the bottom edge till it is perfect.

3 of mine for the challenge.

It is a bit hard to tell on my computer....are they a bit lavender grayish in color. I bet it burned some when you cut it since it is such a crazy hard wood. I did see this picture of someone who made a spoon out of lilac....I think I will have to see if I can find some up here in Spokane. Thanks again for the tip

I saw one of these patterns in an old magazine which is what started all of this. When I saw the pattern, my brain said, "I think I have seen one of these somewhere else," and I started searching. I don't think I could make what I would consider accurate from a pattern.

I have a clear plastic block with red filled angle lines that I use most frequently. Sorry, I don't remember where I bought it. I also have a bunch of yellow plastic pieces kind-of U shaped, but with a flat bottom, and each leg of each piece in the set is a different angle in 1 degree increments. Both were bought 20-25 years ago and I haven't seen either for sale in a very long time. The Wixey angle gauge is a good modern way that I use for setting my table saw angle, and this will work fine if adjusting the table angle, if the table is at true 90 degrees to the blade to start with. Otherwise, there is no way to set zero degrees on the Wixey. You can get very close to blade 90 to the table if you take a square block of wood and cut a single width blade slot in one side. Then move this block around to the back side of the blade and see if the blade slides easily into the slot without the saw running. If it does, the table and blade are very close to 90 degrees with each other. You can then use the Wixey, setting it to zero while it's sitting on the table. Then tilt the table to the desired reading on the Wixey. You can get very close to the desired table angle this way, but it will not likely be perfect. The problem is all in how the Wixey zero setting is determined. Charley

I usually use my Wixey gauge when changing the angle. But many years ago I drew this in Autocad based on an article in SSWWC. Printed if out (red) and glued it to a piece of Plexiglass.

Just call me the great enabler. I am wanting to make bowls and baskets. From my understanding, the angles for these need to be precisely set. Using this tool would be much easier than getting down on the floor and turning the knob, then making a test cut to see how close you are. I like the iGaging version better than the Taylor tools version primarily because the ruler on the other side is a center finding a rule.

Not sure where this should be posted, sorry if I put it in the wrong place. I just finished this 3 layer wedding gift for a very special customer. It is a great Sue Mey pattern that I made some modifications to, I put the cross on a base and personalized it for the bride and groom. The face piece is Sugar Maple and the back piece is Purple Heart, the styalized arms for the cross are Cherry. I put it on a base of Sapele and the names were cut from Cherry. Thanks Sue, for a great pattern. Thanks for looking. Rick

Parrots in Tree and Peacock and Flowers are two stencils I converted and resized for use with a Scroll saw. These cuttings have taken me a long time to complete because, as you all know, life gets in the way sometimes. My “in-shop-time” has been very limited over the past months due to some minor medical problems and the need to get some long overdue chores completed around my home. Priorities, priorities! Parrots in Tree is 5/32” x 9” x 10” Maple solid core ply mounted on an oversized 1/4” thick painted backer. The backer is intended to be 11” x 12”, but mine was not cut correctly, thus the narrower boarder you see in the picture. My goof! There are two versions of the Peacock and Flowers patterns, a more inclusive overall image and the enlarged partial Image I chose to cut. My cutting is 5/32” x 11” x 17” Birch solid core ply affixed to a ¼” x 11” x 17” painted backer. The backers are painted with Artist Acrylics and are a combination of hand painting and an Air Brush painting. I’ve just begun to experiment with the use of the Air Brush. So far, I’m liking how the colors look. All cutting was done with Pegas #2/0 and #0 spiral blades, and as usual, the assembled panels are finished with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic Protective coating. Frames are my typical 1 3/4” wide premium grade Pine finished with Minwax Mission Oak Poly-Stain. Comments and critiques are always welcome. I'll post the patterns in "Pattern Exchange".

Are you using one of these tools for setting the angle for making bowls etc?

Okay, I get what you are saying now and Yes, that does make sense to me, Thanks

On Dewalt saws you adjust the tension with a lever. Correct? That lever does the same job as the knob at the back of Ex type saws. It sets the amount of tension. The flip lever on the Ex saws/clamps actually " locks" the tension that has been set by the lever/knob. Its faster as far as I'm concerned. I hope you understand what I'm saying. Once your tension is set, you don't have to adjust it again until you change blades.

Ray, what do you mean by "set the tension with the slider"? I also flip the lever for applying and loosening but not sure what the slider is? Thanks, mc

Another great job.

very nice work

Very well done l they look great.

I got the fish patterns from the Wooden Teddy Bear collection. There are 2 separate sets with 6 different fish in each set. Patterns #RV101 & RV102

Beautiful job !

Easier way to find the angle use scrollmania.com

I must be lame because I've been scrolling since around 2005 and only changed the angle of my saw maybe 2-3 times, and that was just to do an experiment.. I can say though with just my real limited angle cutting that If I were to do much angle cutting I'd have to have a Pegas or Ex saw that the head tilts instead of the table.. This tool looks like it'd be real handy to have, I always wanted to try making some bowls.. and now that I have about 500bft of walnut lumber I might have to give it a try since fretwork style cuttings from dark walnut really doesn't look great and the fine cut lines are hard to see since the wood is so dark. I have a lot of spalted maple too that I need to use up.. sounds like I just talked myself into buying this tool and making some bowls.. Thanks

Yes. I thought I heard someone say something about lilacs a long time ago...I do live near the "lilac city". Wow, so hard to find a dead lilac big enough.... I don't need very big pieces though. I really don't do intarsia...not sure what you would call what I do...but kind of like intarsia...so small pieces. I will check on the box elder and the poplar that @Scrappilementioned. Thank you for the suggestions!

Well Purple heart is not really lavender to me but it is the only real purple wood I know of. When I have used it and finished it with an oil finish it has turned more of a cranberry color, pretty for sure, but not purple. And over time it will turn a deep brownish color. I have seen some purple tinted wood in popular but is is more like streaks than a piece of purple. So if you really want lavender like @Dave Monk, statedt to stay somewhere near lavender, paint is the only thing I know or some of the color from some other coloring media I am not familiar with. There are some weird named ones out there.. Oh, I just remembered one,,, unicorn spit, or something like that.

How big a piece of wood do you need? Is this a one off for an intarsia? A small fretwork box? There are two wood types that should grow in your area ( Wash st ) Box elder (mostly streaky) and Lilac (you would need larger specimens that are being removed or larger limbs being removed. I don't know of any commercial wood that would have the light purple.

The closest I could find is "Purple Heart". The ones I bought actually are quite purple with brown undertones from Oochwood. It does darken more after a while. A place I also order from in Canada is, even more, purple KJP. Bloodwood is another, though more on the red side, but like purple heart, it is a bear to cut it is so hard, dulls blades fast. https://kjpselecthardwoods.com/products/s4s-purpleheart-lumber?_pos=3&_sid=19ed7ecf5&_ss=r

This project was created on a cut-off from another piece of tiger maple with a defect in the left upper corner, A knot with a hole in the center was used to create the moon. The mountain simulation used tracings of the wood grain. Dick

This is my new work bench for my scroll saw, taken from Steve Carmichael workshop.com modifide for my Wen scroll saw the design works good for me. Thank you for all the kind comments, I have been a wood worker for 35 years and just now getting into scrolling I have alot to learn but it will be a fun journey.

This is what she wrote in the Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts Magazine #81 where I got the pattern from: "

I also use mineral oil. I don’t want anything to mess up my expensive pots!

What am I missing? I never change tension unless I'm changing blades. I do release tension after a session. My sessions are short. Saw a bit, do something else and, come back.

I just asked Denny for the Pegus clamps for the 788.