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My niece has been training her horse and has been doing quite well in horse shows in the area. She sent me this picture and I used it to make a pattern and then cut it for her. The cutting is on 1/4-inch Maple ply which I stained with Minwax Natural. The grain was so pretty I didn't want to cover it up with a darker stain. The backer is 1/4-inch Lauan ply painted a brownish red using acrylic artist paint. I was trying to match the color of her horse but when it dried it was slightly more red. The frame is pre-fab framing material cut to size. I used Pegas 2/0 and Flying Dutchman 3/0 spiral blades. This was a really fun project and it's always nice when the gift is greatly appreciated. Well, I'm officially off vacation and start back to work Monday. A "BIG" positive is my new Pegas saw is supposed to be delivered on Monday and that will allow me the July 4th holiday to put it together. Thanks again to Denny at Artcraftersonline.com for a great deal.

This is my journey into doing intarsia. Learning as I go and certainly not using the more exotic woods that are available. Strictly pine and poplar so far using stains or paint for color. The actual order that I have done them is the Whale, Rooster, Goldfish, Butterfly, Apple and finally the Cat. Happy with my progress, but still much to learn.

Another one of my color filled shield eagles that I cut from cherry. I filled this one with purple resin. It’s looks bluer in the photo.

Another photo of the island cove intarsia piece that I recently finished. It was presented to its owner this last Thursday 6/29/23. The original design came from Bruce Worthington and I changed it some to get the look I wanted. Since I've had numerous people ask what woods I used, I thought I would post it again with a list. 1. African padauk- Red top half of background 2. Cherry-Brown lower half of background and frame 3. Western red cedar-Different shades for beach, background behind trees, sailboat mast and around top of boat. 4. Walnut-Palm trees and shadow inside boat. 5. Maple-Refection of boat in water. 6. Beetle killed pine-Water 7. Poplar-Different shades for vegetation around base of trees. 8. Catalpa-Palm fronds. 9. Spalted hickory-Gathering storm clouds 10. Aspen-Sail and body of boat.

Got some hardwood “cookies” and decided to try to make a bowl out of them, so far 2 done. One of them the bark was not the best so I removed it and burned the edge. Having fun

Couple of my projects in June. Boot, Campfire Napkin Holder and Nana's Kitchen.

Sometimes, it's the simplest of scroll saw projects that bring the most satisfaction. My first (and only) grandson, Liam, playing with the rattle I made for him. What's cool is the clothing was given as a gift from a Turkish officer I work with at NATO. He's about to become a first-time father, and not only did I make a puzzle and a car for his soon-to-be baby, but a near identical rattle just like this.

Bonjour James I did something similar 3 years ago and I have almost the same near dust collecting on all my equipment! Thanks to my small shop....! Bravo good model ! planeur

The best you can get for coasters is epoxy but it isn't cheap... Spar urethane would be a second choice for me. I have a set of coasters I made years ago for my brother and I just used regular polyurethane on them. They still look good. I used satin I think gloss might show up water rings more.. I think I sprayed a lot of coats on them too.. like instead of the usual I did like 6-8 coats to make sure they was sealed up good.

Yes, the DeWALT saw table is cast iron, but it has webbing on the underside, it is not flat.

Ray, I didn't notice I was even pulling down on the upper arm until you mentioned it earlier, I think my problem has been solved with several great posts. Thank you all

I'm not sure about coasters specifically but I use polyurethane on most projects and it seems to do well.

Where I live, there may be more small particles outside than in my shop. I have been considering getting one just to satisfy my curiosity.

It's always fun watching our progress as we do more and learn. My effort has been focused on always nailing my lines, this minimizes fine fitting. If you look at my cuts between the purple and white wood, this has zero fine fitting/sanding, no stacking etc.... Just accurate cuts to the guideline. I just concentrated really hard and went slow, slow, slow.

How do you know the double bucket thing works? I have watched many videos about this, and none show the internal bucket after the vacuum intake has been restricted for more than a few seconds. I have a Dustopper and started with the double bucket. When I hooked it up to my scroll, the internal bucket wadded up. Not just collapsed a little, crushed. The problem is that the Homer buckets are too thin for this application.

This works well for me connected to my bandsaw . . .

Finished this one this evening.

Has anyone bought a band saw {general machinery] from harbor freight. if so how are they thanks for any feedback.

I recently posted the outdoor air pollution levels as we have had a lot of smoke from the Canadian Wildfires and showed unhealthy levels. I measured it with one like this that I saw on Amazon with the description and was about $49 "HOTKREM Air Quality Monitor pm2.5 pm10 pm1.0 Detector Indoor air Quality Test kit for Cars,Home,Office,Hotel etc (PM2.5,AQI)" Similar are available on Ebay for lower prices. I tried placing right next to my Hegner scroll saw and cut 1/4' Baltic Birch. The higher number was with my vacuum off and lower with it on. It shows the value of using dust collection on your saw especially if you are sawing for a long time. The smaller dust particles that are 1 um and smaller are not visible but still dangerous to your health especially if you are older. Next, I placed it beside my small belt sander and the numbers were very high as expected. Lastly, I placed it on my table saw and cut off the edge of 1/2 plywood several times with the following results. Kind of as expected, the belt sander was the worst for putting unhealthy dust in the air and points out that I need to get some dust collection on it. As a comparison, here is the air quality I experienced outside this week. It is worse for the PM2.5 than most things in my shop.

So far, it has worked well for me in sucking up all/most of the bandsaw dust when I cut a couple of pieces of wood just after I got the bandsaw. I haven't had the occasion for the intake to get clogged/stopped up, but will experiment with it and see what happens. I had a couple of unused buckets sitting around collecting dust, saw this video and decided to give it a try. I'm just about done helping a friend flip a house and am looking forward to getting back in the garage and giving the bandsaw and dust collector a good workout. Will post more about it if I have encounter problems.

Nice solution

Great job on both pattern and cutting. The reddish background works very well in my opinion. Nice looking horse and tack.

awesome job

excellent job

I also did not know about the air quality monitors, might have to invest in one for my shop. I worry about the fine dust and want to know. I had a cheap shop vac "dust pump" and eventually bought a HEPA rated shop vac that really made a noticeable difference. Amazon.com: Vacmaster Pro 8 gallon Certified Hepa Filtration Wet/Dry Vac : Everything Else I see that the price has gone up since I bought mine. I can see the difference in the visible sawdust and would like to know the status of the fine, invisible dust, the stuff we breath.

Me too, I live on a gravel road in the middle of nowhere woods with farms all around that are cutting hay etc. The cleanest air we get is in the winter when the air is also frozen and hurts to breath, LOL

Very well done. A great start.

Awesome. Love her music. Marg

Love it, he is so cute. Well done Barb. Marg

Really nice. Pattern and cutting. Well done.

That is a very nice looking horse. I don't mind the redish background at all. It seems to enhance the depth and angle of the pose. Looks good. If you like rodeo pics I just attended our local rodeo as a spectator. I have lot of pic to choose from.

Great job, TJ.

The wife has been visiting family in PA and I was fortunate enough to stay home and take care of the fur babies. It also allowed me time to finish some projects I kept putting off. The old car is a pattern by Grampa. I cut two and placed the "face" side of the wood together when I stacked to see if that would help with reducing the delamination issues.... it didn't! They are cut on 1/4-inch Birch. After using watercolor to paint the painted piece I used Minwax Ipswich stain and found that does the best covering up the delamination. The backers are black painted Pine. The frames are pre-finished framing material cut to fit. The deer scene is a Steve Good pattern, Both are 1/4-inch Birch, one painted and the other Minwax Ipswich. A black Pine backer which has a painted cardboard bird and moon painting glued over the cut-outs in the backer. The last was a request for Mother's Day for someone that never returned to pick it up. It is a Steve Good pattern cut on 1/4-inch Maple ply stained with Minwax Espresso. The Lauan backer is 1/4-inch and stained with Minwax Natural. I've got a couple projects in the making, one I've already started and another I'm waiting on the new saw to arrive to start that one. Both

Beautiful work!

This is sort of what I ended up doing but not to quite this extreme. I just stopped pulling down on the upper arm to take the slack out of the mechanism. I still broke some blades though so this might be what I will do in the future. I had no idea that it was okay to use the blade this loose prior to tensioning. I'm so used to working with #5 blades. I had no experience with these tiny blades so it was a learning situation for sure. Now, I know better. Thanks for posting this video.

Better than expected! Quite honestly, it really sucks now.

That one will not do much. I would look for a used saw in this price range that might need some TLC. If that isn't something you want to do, look at WEN or Ryobi saws for about the same price or less.

Looks great! I do interstate as well and you are off to a great start!!!

Looks great.

Nice job Barb. Something different. I would use a stain or something watery.

There are all sorts of ways to capture dust and I encourage everyone to do the best they can. Personally, I use a HEPA rated vacuum for my scroll saw and smaller sanding operations. I also have an air cleaner. The point of this thread is to point out how much dust is put in the air by scrolling, sanding or table saw. Very few people will actually measure dust levels. You can not see the smaller particles such as 10 microns and down but they are present in large numbers and getting into your lungs.

I use my mop on a large drill press. Having a tall fence on the back will also help with this. Before I had the fence the sanding mop would always throw the pieces behind or under something.

Which bandsaw? They have two.

Note: The woodworking band saws at HF are Central Machinery not General Machinery and as such are not allowed on the 20 to 25 % off coupons. "sorry" I have the 9 inch (smaller) band saw. For a light duty saw it works just fine, I was cutting some lilac wood (2" cubes) and it didn't bog down at all. I don't have any experience with the larger 14" band saw.

This is great information. Check out my thread on my 3d printed solution. I might need to invest in a measurement device .

I found that a cardboard box with an open side and a piece of foam taped to the back of the box can catch the pieces the mop insists of grabbing and trying to throw across the room when sanding the edges on the drill press. When I get the saw and drill press set up again, I'll take a picture or two so you can see what I mean.

Really looks great! well done.

This doesn't have much scroll saw work and so I did post this in 'Other Works" but I did the top window, door and doorway of this and also the "balcony" using my scroll saw but that is about it...but it is definitely outdoors

I love this project. The color choices certainly catch the eye. great job Dick heppnerguy

Hello scrollsaw pros ! To improve the original low suction under the table of my Excalibur scrollsaw, I made a small veneer box , easily removable, and hold by some magnets under the table . For the aspiration I use this nozzle connected to my Delta dust collector, which is also used for my bandsaw and column drill. https://www.leevalley.com/fr-ca/shop/outils/atelier/depoussierage/pieces-et-accessoires/30041-capteur-de-poussiere-magnetique-veritas It is fixed under the table with its 4 magnets, and that enters in the small box easily removable. The hose is 2.5' dia. int. This little box is also attached to the bottom by a small magnet as well as its front cover, which can be easily removed for a blade change! https://www.leevalley.com/fr-ca/shop/quincaillerie/aimants-de-terres-rares/aimants/circulaire/58750-ensembles-daimants-de-terres-rares-de-cuvettes-et-de-rondelles I added to the back of the box a piece of wood and plastic held in place by the same magnet as the box , to close the opening as much as possible and thus a better suction The suction tests are conclusive and a lot more than the original! No dust falls under or on the table. Now I can start my clock new project.....! planeur