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High School grad gift for my niece, this is the mascot. Cut in 1/4” MDF, about 8” tall

Small plaque (5" x 7" x 5/16") Pattern from a book "southwest patterns". Cut using FD scroll reverse #1 for the interior cuts, outside cut with FD Polar #3/0. This took a little longer, every time I got done with a fragile area I would put superglue on the back to reinforce the wood. Quarter for scale. To cut just the outside of the pattern took an hour.

Some of the Christmas Ornaments I have made. Several years ago,I started making ornaments for my two daughters and eventually for my niece and nephew. I have also sold a few to friends and coworkers.

Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart. One of my all time favorite movies. The thistle flower, under the quote, is the national flower and emblem of Scotland. In one of my favorite scenes in the movie, Wallace's future wife gives him one at his father's funeral. Also some of the prettiest music of the movie in this scene, A Gift Of A Thistle. Cut in white oak with a stained poplar backer. About 7" x 8".

WWII F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER done in poplar and maple.

I cut this cross from the same wood as the previous cross. For some reason, it was more difficult than the first one. It took me about three hours to make it. The first one took about two hours. I really should time myself.

This is the last project I made before leaving Ukraine

I needed a little table to set between our chairs when we are camping. I decided to make a checker board table. It folds down and stores easy. I wanted to make a cigarette rolling tray. So I came up with this. There is a small routed out place in the lower left corner to gather extra tobacco. Both projects are made from scrap oak and poplar.

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.

really cute idea. I think if I were to copy your idea the thing I would try to do different would be to try to figure out how to extent the port where the pencil goes in....to the back of the car and try to incorporate the port to look like an exhaust pipe. I like your idea though. Dick heppnerguy

Here a just a couple of many. The bears were for my grand kids at valentines.

The pattern proved to be a Challenge with some areas I needed to Really pay Attention to. And Alas I Conquered . I Stacked 3 pieces of 1/8"BB.... Couple Backers added. Any thoughts about this would be Excepted and Appreciated. Thanks for looking.... Danny :+}

Wanted to see if I could do a decent job on a Dog portrait. Found a bunch of stencils and images of various breeds. This Pitbull Portrait with a Heart, caught my eye. I converted it to a scroll Saw Pattern and sized it to fit on an 8x10 Panel. The panel is 5/32” solid core Birch Ply. Using my Air Brush, I painted both the 1/4” BB Ply backer and the cut panel with Artist Acrylic Air Brush paints. The Panel was cut using Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. As usual, after painting and assembly the panel was protected with multiple coats of Krylon Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. The panel is mounted in a very inexpensive 8x10 frame I purchased in bulk on Amazon. I think it came out fairly nice, if I have to say so myself! Comments and critiques always welcome. EDIT: I posted the pattern in PATTERN EXCHANGE

I got them to open but they were slower that molasses in January.

Hey Charlie, that looks like Mel Gibson! Great job!!!

You have master the airbrush. Awesome painting on an awesome piece.

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".

It's beautiful Frank. It is amazing what you do with wood. Jerry

I agree is a great show. And another great pattern/cutting by you!

Very well done Charlie. Excellent movie.

Great job. What is a pencil?

Give this link a try. https://web.archive.org/web/20190725135108/http://fssp-arpop.blogspot.com/ Larry

I made this as a Mother’s Day gift for my wife, from MDF. Found the pattern from YouTube video

That came out great. Just need a little tray to hold the checkers.

very nice work

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...

Things change, and all of the groups disappear sooner or later. I have been online since before there was an internet. I was on BBS using 300baud modems. (Anyone remember fidonet) A few of those made it to the internet but most vanished. In many cases over the years the owner dies and no one takes over and noone pays the bills. Corporate sites are the worst. I was a member of many Yahoo groups and an admin on several. All are all gone when Yahoo decided to not continue groups. Facebook groups could go the same way easy. One thing I have learned from all of this is that if you want it download it for tomorrow it may be gone. Eventuall this forum will disappear. Forums grew out of the old BBS systems and are still the best way for those with special interests to gather on line. This is one of the best I have seen so I just paid for my first month. I'm going to have to do it manually.