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I found this stencil of a pair of tiger cubs that I thought would make a nice cutting. The scroll saw pattern I developed just seemed to look good in an 8x10 format, so I used a piece of 5/32 x 8 x 10 solid core Maple that I mounted on a painted Black 11 x14 x 1/4 thick BB ply Backer. The pattern is relatively simple but has a lot more holes than what I expected at first glance. For the cutting I used Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. This piece gave me an opportunity to practice my skills using the Air Brush to add color. Since, in this case I was adding the color to the cut panel, I removed the pattern with the underlying liner, from only the image area so the remaining pattern paper and liner acted as a mask while I sprayed. Happily, there was no paint bleed under the mask. I’m quite pleased with the results but I’m only beginning to learn and would welcome any comments or suggestions about Air Brush work that would help me improve my skills. How to mix paints to obtain a specific color is top on my learning list. I happened to have this natural Red Oak Frame already made and used it for the picture. Not quite happy with it and thinking I will make a new one, but because I used black for the perimeter area, I’m unsure what color (stain or paint) the frame should be. Suggestions welcome. I'll share the pattern in Pattern Exchange.

Been awhile since I posted. This last project took approximately 6 weeks to complete. Pattern by Lewis A. Jewell. Size is 45” w, 36” h. This is the third one I’ve done.

Hey everyone, been away for a few weeks and so I hope this finds you all well. This Lion has been an ongoing project for a couple of months on and off, finally finished it today. Made from a 3/4 inch thick bamboo chopping board with a thin backer board painted black. It measures approximately 16 inches by 14 inches. Pattern courtesy of the Scrollsaw Workshop. Regards, Alan.

My first Halloween pattern this year, but not the last one, I have an idea to make set of monsters heads with the ability to hang them. I think it will be nice decoration Halloween pattern

I'm always late to the party but I recently binged all the seasons of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in a little over a month. Mike Ehrmantraut, a nice hit man , played by Jonathan Banks, was probably my favorite character. I worked from a painting/drawing I found on Pinterest.

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

I got an order to make 11 of Steve Goods Penny Drop Game, I really do not line to do the same thing over and over again but the money coming in to purchase more materials is good. Now I have to make 4 or 5 more for inventory, great seller here even though we do not have Pennie’s any more.LOL

I thought it was time to try another plane. The British Mosquito since it was made mostly out of wood. Interesting tidbit. General Hap Arnold was in England looking at production of the Mosquito days prior to Pearl Harbor and was very interested and recommended it to the Army Air Corp. The P-38 was already in production and decided it could do the job. The Mosquito became a very successful high speed medium bomber and night fighter because it was hard to detect by radar. It helped it also had 2 Merlin engines. I cut this plaque on 1/4 BBPW (ran out of 1/8" stock) 3/16 backer, shellac and lacquer finish. Original print was on 8.5 x 11 but took it to copy store for a slight enlargement. A-1 paper may be large enough. The greyed out areas are for bridges that can be painted later.

It looks like you used Red Oak. Even though I really like the grain of Red Oak, the problem with it splitting along the grain is ever present.

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

Charlie, Amazing work as always. Banks has been acting a long time. I remember him in some movies I think as far back as the 1980's. I haven't watched this latest show though. Well done!

Very fine cutting Charlie.

Wow, Charlie! Two bridges for the entire piece. You're flirting with danger!!! Great job, though. Very detailed work.

Thank you! Yeah it was hard not to pull for Mike. I mean aside from the fact that he was a murdering thief who worked for drug dealers, he was a stand up guy.

Great, great job!! First time I watched a show where I rooted for the bad guys for the 3/4's of the series... Had great acting, great writers, and you did a great job!

The cubs are very cute. Everything looks great.

awesome job

I wouldn't change a thing. It's very nice as it is.

More great work from a master. Well done.

Frank, if I did something like this I wouldn't be quite pleased, I would be estatic. It is beautiful. Jerry

I took a stab at using epoxy resin to compliment these Steve Good patterns. If others are interested I can furnish some helpful hints on the process I use.

So I’m about to complete the next part of many for this 3D project I’m doing. I had to reduce the size of the original image by quite a bit to make it fit into the overall project its positioning is very important. But I’ve hit a little snag the pattern is not free standing portrait of the Buffalo so I need to make a few changes to the outside cut of the pattern. I would appreciate it if any of the members experienced in pattern design can mark up in a colored pen how I should go about it, because there a few bridges that have to be considered. Due to the reduction in size this was a difficult cut, so I don’t want to mess it up know, I’ve kind of drawn it up as to how to do it but I don’t think it’s the perfect solution hence I’m asking for some help. The Buffalo was cut with a #1 Niqua straight blade.

Little late to the party here, was going to tell you if you need help getting it out of the box you could mail it to me, I'll get it out of the box for you. Congrats on the new saw, I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it and many completed projects.

Love me some Mossie!!!! Second-favorite plane, right behind the P-38 Lightning....trailed VERY closely by the A-10.

More on epoxy in your fretwork....By far and away the most important thing you need to do is make sure that your project panel and your backing , in this case 5 overlapping strips of Duck brand heavy duty pkg. tape, are securely anchored to one another. Pic # 1 is of the backside of a panel and an example of a poor job of securing panel to tape, resulting in resin leakage. Pic # 2 is the front side of same panel, which I did not seal the wood well enough resulting in resin bleed. Also, one of the three vases was ruined during pour because of not securing panel to tape correctly. If you mess up in the securing portion of process and see leakage during the pour do'nt freak out, just let it harden and take it to your saw and cut the bad part out. Pic # 3 is an example of 2 things you may encounter, which are bubbles in your epoxy and a line that shows up from the overlapping strips of tape. ( This is a close up view, which can not be seen unless you are a foot away.) You can use toothpick to pop bubbles or use a cigarette lighter to quickly go over epoxy areas with heat. ( You Tube comes in handy to learn these tricks.) Maybe a more expensive brand of epoxy will help. Pic # 4 is an example of doing a good job of securing panel to tape. ( Backside view ) Pic # 5 shows the results of the two ways I have used to secure the project to backing. 1st butterfly with overlapping tape and 2nd butterfly I used Duck brand shelf liner. See the difference? 1st butterfly is clear and vibrant and 2nd one has more of a frosty look. When the sun shines just right the ones done with overlapping tape they will shine like diamonds, however, the 2nd butterfly, the one done with shelf liner, looks great also is less prone to leakage and can offer a cleaner pour. Last one for today pic # 6 is the start of a new project. More to follow.....forrest... Also they sell wider pkg. tape on Amazon but I have not tried it.

This truck was a custom order. The customer wanted a clear shellac finish, where I usually sell these unfinished. I started making different trailers for these after making one of the original style trailers for my grandson and having him bring it back and tell me it was broken because when he tried to haul a car, the car would roll off. The truck is made from construction-grade pine and finished with three coats of clear dewaxed shellac. The wheels are amber shellac. I added a bit of paste wax and buffed it with a cotton cloth. It feels butter smooth.

You know it is the simple things in life. My grandson (just over 4 months) playing with a simple rattle I made for him. Put your headphones on and you can hear the "Clack". After a long day in the office, this video made my day. I just gave a similar rattle to a Turkish officer who just had his first child this week. His tour is over at NATO here in the US and returns to Turkey at the end of the month. I made a number of toys for his daughter. Edit.. hmmm no audio? IMG_9693.3gp

Jaeheon Yun is a fun designer and I had fun cutting all of them for the book. I used a smaller blade than Denny (Pegas MGT 3) as I wanted a smaller kerf for the pictures. The larger(thicker) #5 is better. it makes it easier to take apart. Non of these were meant to be "tray" puzzles. But a neighbor asked me if I could turn a couple into tray puzzles to keep all of the pieces together. Cuddly kittens, that also had two different woods for contrast. A bit tricky after the fact. The kittens picture shows how I packed them to send out to FC A few of them needed color so I got to play a bit. Two favorites. And the Kittens are mahogany and maple.