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Rainy day so spent some time in the shop, nothing fancy just something to keep busy.

Cut is from 1/2" Red Oak. The original design calls for 14" x 8" but I had a nice 24" board I wanted to use and being cheap, decided to reduce the pattern to get two. Not the smartest move I have ever made. The fine print letters would be hard enough at full size. The smaller size made that worse. LOL

Just finishing the cuts in 3/4+ red oak abstract nativity scene. Using a #7 niqua Ultra. Originally, started with a #9 Pegus. For some reason, none of my stock of 9s wanted to cooperate. They were even slower than the 7s and much harder to keep to the line for this novice.

I use a skip tooth blade fir cutting 3/4" material. I would not use a reverse tooth blade as they cut much slower.

An update a long time coming. I tried cutting shell several different ways, and my best luck was with a dremel and diamond bit, but still not great. I have been able to shape shell with a sanding disc. that hooks to the flex shaft on my old scroll saw. This is a refrigerator magnet made from yellow pine, turned on the lathe, burned with a propane torch and then scrubbed with a wire brush, and bits of broken sea sell collected at the beach. The shell was shaped with the sanding disc. I have since made some full size fish as wall decorations.

Old red oak barn wood, base and cat tail turned, the rest cut on the scroll saw, some edges rounded with a router, burned with a propane torch and scrubbed with a wire brush, then assembled.

we had to put my girlfriends dog down a week ago today. Dazzle was a survivor of the thailand dog meat trade and lived at a rescue we both volunteered at. Daz had to have a mast cell tumor removed 17 months ago . my GF took her home for the healing period. she wouldnt let daz go back. my girlfriends nicknames for daz were "puddin butt" and "weirdo." she was such a goofy dog and lived the last 17 months of her life being loved tremendously. the "weirdo" is upside down and off center on purpose because...welp... WEIRDO!! LOLOL i thought a keepsake box of some things of dazzles that are precious to my girlfriend might be nice

Through the generosity of Les's wife Faye, I now have his Stewmac base that you are speaking about. I hold it in my hands and it thrills me to know that he held it also. I dearly miss him.

I am from Quakertown Pa. (north of Philadelphia). I like to walk especially in the woods. I have a real, lifetime, interest in Gettysburg. I am retired from metal working. I bought my first, entry level scroll saw about 5 weeks ago and have enjoyed it so much that I want to learn all I can. I join Scroll Saw village because in order learn you have to surround yourself with the best. Everyone has been so kind and so very helpful I know I made a great choice joining.

Hi All, I would just like to say my new Axminster 535SS Scroll Saw arrived yesterday along with the stand (and a free pack of various Pegas blades). Instructions for assembling the stand are pretty pathetic and I will need some time to fathom it out but there's no rush. I will need a couple of helpers to unbox and fit up the saw s it weighs in at 28 kilos. I will need to re-organise the workshop a bit so it may be a while before it is up and running. Just thought I would have a brag about my good fortune and good luck to all my fellow members on here who need it. take care and stay safe.

Last year I made a few small surf board ornaments. very simple flat surf boards out of lath. I sanded the edges round and painted them up. Sanding was a long process. I use a router table to round over edges on big stuff. Is there a little router table like for a dremel? My ornaments are only 3.5 inches long. A full size router would likely suck in the wood and take some finger tips when working something that small.

Just curious, what is the thickness of the wood you use for the surf boards?

Amazon has several rotary drills with flexible hand pieces and tons of attachments including sanding drums. The wen is about $19.00 work very nicely for small items

You do not really need to buy Stewmac's real expensive plunge router base. You can purchase their cheaper stationary router base and convert it to a plunge base. Which I have, Couple springs and 4 nuts and you are good to go. Check out Rockytime's thread. He not only told me about this but insisted on sending me the few parts required to do it. That is the kind of guy Rockytime was, R.I.P. your are really missed by us that had the honor of knowing you on this forum. Now I am not the kind of guy that is going to send the parts but I am showing you how he did it!

Dremel make a router table but Stewmac make a more solid one.

They do make compact routers, not sure if this would work for you. Have you tried using a Dremel type sander? Also I picked up a mini sander that works really well maybe something like that would work for you. Bought it off Amazon for around 47.00.

welcome to the village. I am from California. We have wide variety of artists here. Yep a great place to learn. I did and still do.

Glad to have you move into the village. Great place to learn, make friends and have fun.

Welcome to our village, help is only one question away, lot’s of nice friendly people here ready to help all the time.

Hey Everyone! In this fun scroll saw project video we make this amazing Shark Woodimal Puzzle for the upcoming Shark Week! The design is from the Woodimals Puzzle book by Fox Chapel Publishing and is cut from 3/4 inch oak. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

The older I get the more I dislike people and the more I like dogs. I have known 20 or more dogs in my life. A few years back I realized each has it's own personality and each has a different way of communicating. If the water bowl is empty, the smallest dog grabs it and brings it to me where ever I am. They know the difference between front door and back door. They know which is the truck and which is the car. We had three small dogs and ended up taking in 3 from a deceased relative. So for a few years we had six bowls for food lined up. When the oldest dog passed away 2 years ago, the others would not touch his bowl. Now the remaining two from the relative are getting to be seniors. The oldest just turned 19, he has the best personality of any dog I have ever been around. He comes to me and turns tight little circles when he needs to go out. The German Shepherd watches out for him. like a big brother watching out for a little brother. The Shepherd knows by which set of keys I pick up in the morning whether he will be spending the day with me or whether I will be going to the office. If I pick up the truck keys he runs to the door and then the truck. In many ways they are smarter than some of the humans I have to deal with.

Thanks but,got it all cut, Larry. I'll remember your suggestion next time, for sure.

Well it will be finished when the finish dries. I met a young man a few months ago, that was a Navy Submariner. First submarine person I have ever met. I made him a military plaque and added the submariner emblem to it. Anxious to give it to him.

But I have never figured out what to so with the parts I have left over!

Yes, nothing in either my size or cherry. Thanks.

Ray, you have a Woodcraft store nearby in Fountain Valley. Have you tried them?

I have a pattern right now that requires 2 pcs of veneer that are about 10 x10" ea. I can't find anything that is in my budget. The cost of goods is not the problem. It's the shipping. I've been thinking about buying a piece of pressure sensitive 2ft x 8ft but can't find it in Cherry. I'm high-centered until I can get some. I will not be held hostage to shipping costs.

Yep, I've been eyeballing that one for a long time too. Life has had me distracted, but things are settling down, so maybe . . . we'll see. Fingers crossed.

Alex Fox a member here has some really nice baskets. He calls them bowls but they don't hold soup. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA?section_id=24170222 Here is an original Alex fox pattern but he has a few much more interesting on his site. I have one my to do list.

Should have added a pic ~6" diameter from point to point at top, 9 layers (10 counting the bottom piece) stack cut from the same piece of stock that was resawn. Short basket has rings that are ~5/16 thick and is about 3-1/4" tall Tall basket has rings that are 7/16" thick and is ~4-1/2 inches tall

Here is a springtime gnome, that I cut it is a Steve Good pattern.

Just an update. My first attempt with a ribbed molusk shell turned out terrible. Where the shell was ribbed thick, it was prone to chip. Where it was ribbed thin it sort of went ok. I attempted a piece of oyster shell, but it was far too brittle and flakey and disintegrated along the cut. Gonna try a piece of plain Quahog clam shell next.

I have cut shell - but not with a scroll saw - they make a small hand fret saw and yes you use very fine jewelers ( and yes with a scrollsaw -but as slow as you can get - expect the blades to break easily ), design tacked down with adhesive spray . Pearl can burn very easy with a powered saw . cutting them by hand is not a difficult task in fact it was allot of fun ( have inlayed a few guitars in my time ) BUT THE DUST CAN BE VERY HARMFUL TO YOUR LUNGS - WEAR A MASK A GOOD MASK LIKE A N95 ( I always wear a mask when I scroll saw )

Yeah, thought about that and remembered the old delta scroll saw I paid $2 for at a yard sale. It still works.

Diamond impregnated wire, but it will require cooling. The grit will get into everything and I would not do it on my scroll saw.

Jewelers must be able to cut it, since mother of pearl is used in jewelry, also pen making and used to be made into buttons. I would try to research how those guys do it. I would think a jeweler's blade would cut it. Tom

I'm prepared also, I read, I think on here, so it has to be true, that alcohol kills the virus, so I picked up a bottle of Jameson at the store today. At least if I get the virus,,,, I may not care.