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My wife, who has trained dogs most of her life, said this is a typical pose for a Border Collie when herding. The stare is believed to intimidate the sheep/cow/etc. This was cut on 1/4-inch Maple and stained with Minwax Natural. The backer is 1/4-inch pine painted black. The piece was spray with 3-coats of Polyacrylic with 320 grit sanding between coats. The frame is pre-fab framing material cut to size. This was cut using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades on my Pegas saw. The pattern is my own and will be posted in the Village library. I'm setting up a booth for the first time in a week and the facility where the craft show is being held is K-9 training facility. The lady that owns the building is into Border Collies. (Talk about targeting your audience.)

WWII F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER done in poplar and maple.

I cut this last night from a piece of 1/8-inch mystery wood. I have a bin full of short, thin pieces of wood that I have collected, and I decided that rather than wait for a project to fit the wood, I would make a pattern that fits the size wood I have. I cut it on my Pegas scrolls saw using a Pegas Modified Geometry 1R blade. I slowed the saw to control it better while cutting the thin wood. Drilling the holes was the hardest part. My bit was almost as large as some of the internal cuts. After removing the pattern with mineral spirits, I sanded it with 240 grit sandpaper on my Shopsmit belt sander and then hit it with the sanding mop to smooth the corners.

So I also want to nominate pattern makers. @alexfox My cutting / paint does not do his pattern justice

My brother gave me this piece awhile back. I’ve seen this drawing of a cross before. Cindy did the pattern drawing it on the wood for me. Pretty piece of cherry. Semi gloss poly for the finish. The walnut piece, we did the same thing. I’ve had that walnut since about 1992. It came from some rotting worm eaten trees on my sisters property. If you give that wood long enough it will tell you what it wants. Thanks for looking.

I posted, in Bragging Rights, the Individual Tree and Moon project a while ago. This set is a commission project I got for a mirrored set of the B&W Tree and Moon. The cutting for this set was a stack cut 5/32” Birch Solid Core Ply. The painted White Backers are 1/4" BB ply. Why, when you take a commission project, everything that can go wrong will go wrong. So read on only if you want to know my sad story. First time, after cutting was complete (with no cutting problems), the double-stick tape I used left residue on what was to be a finished side of one of the panels. No matter how much cleaning and sanding I did, the tape outline was visible through the paint finish. Then, after what seemed like an eternity for the Black paint to dry, when I clamped the glued-up assemblies in my press, when removed from the press the paint surfaces were marred. Obviously, the paint was not fully cured hard enough. Trying to salvage the work, I sanded the surfaces lightly, to make everything uniform, and applied a Clear Gloss Krylon coating. Again, it was immediately obvious that something was wrong with the combination of finishing materials as the painted surface all bubbled up. Both went to the bin of scraps that will be used in my fire pit this fall. On to a second cutting, again this time with no cutting problems. Made sure there was no tape on the finished panel face. Decided to try using a Black Lacquer Finish instead of Paint for this second set. The lacquer dries much more quickly, but again when the glued-up assemblies came out of the press, the surfaces were again marred slightly. I guess it needed to dry even longer. However, Lacquer is more forgiving, and an application of clear Gloss Lacquer returned the surface to the finish desired. Things were looking good at this point. I had made the floating frames earlier and they are designed to have a 1/8” gap between the panel and frame. The dimensions of the panel and frames are never an exact match as intended, so I usually need to slightly trim the panel to make the 1/8” gap uniform all around. Trimming panel number one and then fitting and mounting it in its frame went perfectly. Not so much with the second piece. While trimming the second panel, I took my eyes off the panel momentarily, and the edge of the panel was slightly gouged by the saw blade. CA glue and sawdust came to the rescue and, with a little black Lacquer touch up I was able to repair the damage. However, while installing the mounting hardware clips on the back side, although the face down panel and frame were lying on a protected surface, a small area of the now finished surface got damaged somehow. With careful sanding and applications of both the Black Lacquer and Clear Gloss Lacquer, I was able to repair the damage. Although I should charge double because I had to make them twice, I will be giving the customer a discount on the price I quoted. If there is a moral to my story, I have not figured it out yet, other than "don't look away while timmimg a finished panel on the table saw".

A couple of dog portraits for friends

A handful of "love" related pieces I've done over the years (in no particular order). The wolf bookmarks stem from a love of reading, I've handed out quite a few of those to others. And what goes better with reading than a nice cuppa coffee!! Caffeinated, for me. As a military history buff and Navy vet, I still love this country (which has nothing to do with political parties). My wife loves gnomes....I've done a couple of them for her, but found the "rock on!" gnomie and that one just screamed for a colorful background. Googled "tye-dye wallpaper", printed it, and it makes for a killer background. Sign language spells L-O-V-E. Not sure where the sculpture pattern came from, that was a couple of years ago.

A couple of Tealight stands, and the drop outs in front. : Steve Good pattern. 1/4 inch elm and an unknown wood, FD Polar #1 for the cut outs, #3 for the outside cuts (easier to keep on the line). One coat BLO on the stand none on the drop outs. One good thing about saving the dropouts is measuring the kerf for the slot together assemble. I stand the dropout on the pattern and "measure" where to cut. The picture show that this one needs to be cut on the inside of the line, the other one I needed to cut on the line itself.

Can you see him? A Brontosaurus head and neck in the grain. I can't wait to try some new techniques on this. Just over 5 feet long. "Bronty"

Dolphin Puzzle finished this weekend. The pattern is by Harvy Blyer. I used 3/4" Hard Maple approximately 4 1/2" x 8". Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades. After sanding with a Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac and then a light sanding again. Comments welcome.

Thanks, Frank. I was purchasing some hay from a friend for my horses years ago and I noticed a huge rack with assorted framing material. I asked how he came about it and he said his son had bought it from a picture framing company that was going out of business. I told him to let me know if he ever decided to get rid of it and he said you can have it if you get it out of my barn. There was so much that it entirely filled my full size pickup. At the time I was doing nothing to use it as its intended purpose so I used it as kindling. Nice and dry. I had burned over half before getting into scrolling and found I could use it as it was designed. I sure wish I had what I burned back in the stack. There was some really elaborate pieces that went up in smoke.

I see him too.

Here's my latest work. Old cedar fence boards and a cedar crawfish.

The 60's were about acceptance, this is the closest I've done. Not my best work, I was asked to make something for a fundraiser a day before it was happening. I think it was a take on a Sue Mey pattern.

Table plaque made from 1/2” Cherry. Cut with Flying Dutchman UR #3 blades. Finished with my 50/50 blend of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits, then top coated with spray semi gloss Laquer. I don’t remember where the pattern came from.

Welsh Love Spoons...

How about a little flower power.

Hey Everyone! in this fun scroll saw project video, we make this amazing Medieval Dragon! This Steve Good design uses various thicknesses of material to create a unique version of this mythical creature! Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

Yep, when most important things just seem to become most difficult. But the end result no matter how difficult to get theres is awesome.

Very nice. That would make an excellent Christmas ornament.

Great picture. I love to watch Border Collies do their work. Amazing dogs.

Peruvian walnut and Canary 3/4+ thickness wood. The tree has multiple layers. I again used Dave's @Dave Monk technique for layering the tree. If you look closely you can see an old fence in the distance. p.s. I painted the painting yesterday to compliment the tree...

Thanks for sharing.your talent with us

terrific job

It might be time to replace the tension lever. You can get a replacement here EX-TRK Normal wear parts replacement kit for top tensioner assembly - Seyco.com.

Very nice. Nice pattern and great cutting. Where are you able to obtain premade frame material?>

That is fabulous. You did a great job. Marg

NICE! Those little teddy bears would be nice to give to little kids. But I got nervous handing thing to young kids in this day and age. I added a epoxy heart to mine and called them care bears.

Okay, you say so,, I may have to have another beer... Really, I cannot wait to see your finished project. Carry on.

Dave's love bus could be family portrait frame. Put the kids in the back.

I love how you used the woodgrain to create such a beautiful yet simple piece of art! Well done!

I just love the groovy gnome! So cool!

Nice, very nice!

Beautiful!

Beautiful piece of cherry, looks to have some curl in it. Makes a very nice picture.

It used to be Bing maps, I think. I think the api was no longer supported or something and it no longer worked. I can look to see if they have something new. It was a cool feature.

I love cherry wood. You did this piece proud.

Another great project. I love the way the leopard is stalking. A story in itself. Dick heppnerguy

Got these two finished today.

Awesome pattern and cutting. Sure hope you are stack cutting it.

A beautiful piece, RJ

You can use the internet to find more paper books. January 1, 1983, is the official birth date of the internet. There were no web browsers. We used things like Gopher, FTP, and Veronica.

This is a tough challenge for sure. So it might take a bit of thinking and loose association....LOL. Here's mine. I made this for my son when he was little. He liked playing with matchbox cars, so I made this wavy rainbow so that he can run his cars through the tunnels. it's kinda hippy-like. He actually played with it a fair amount, which surprised me. Sometimes the simplest toys are the best toys.

Marg, thank you so much. I have learned so much from being part of the SSV.... your work and many others on here have truely inspired me. Thank you again!

I made a couple of these years ago and still have them in my front room with a photo of my wife's Father and the other one has my wife's Mother in them. I printed the photos so they took on the old photo look. I love this pattern. Nice job on it Dick heppnerguy

I usually watch your videos and always learn something. I have seen this pattern before and although there is a picture of it, I really don't know how it will look. I have an issue visualizing how it will look. Your videos show me how it will look. Now I have to try it, DANG. Jerry PS I like the picture you put in it.

I use a #5 skip tooth blade for most things. There is usually one in the saw.