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I ran across this pattern, which by the way was not a scroll saw pattern, and liked it so much I printed it so my wife could look at it later that day. Immediately she said that she really liked it and wanted me to cut it. I told her that it was not a scroll saw pattern and it was not a really clear photo of it anyway. Well my wife usually gets her way, so I told her I would try to look it up again and see if I could get a clearer look at it, but I could not find it again, so I enlarged it and gave it a go. I was going to make a frame for it and make a rectangular background but she did not want one like that. So I made an extended background and painted it with three different colors, as I did. So this is how it came out. Reminds me of something from a kids story book about witches or something like that. Dick heppnerguy

Don't get much scrolling time anymore, but I did squeeze in one over a 5 week period. This is a pattern by Jacob and Wayne Fowler. Book titled "Woodworker's Pattern Book, 78 Realistic Fretwork Animals" The pattern is made to be done with one piece of wood, but I figured out how to at least make the head with White Aspen. the body and stand are Black Walnut. I/2" thick.

So this one I like. Just a nice pattern from Sue. The base is actually a limb from an old plum tree. Cool how nice that wood turned out. One is painted an off white color and the other is just covered with linseed oil.

10X8 BBPLY cut with spirals

Steve put this pattern out a few weeks ago and I thought it was funny, so I gave it a try. Just piece of pine scraps used and most of the cutting was done on my band saw. If I would have thought about it sooner, I would have drawn a line in the toes to make it look like it had flip flops on! I'm guessing that the top is supposed to be shaped like a butt! The feet on Steve's go in opposite directions, guess it really doesn't matter.

Having not been here for awhile, and after taking a look around the site to see what everyone is doing, I see that puzzles of all kinds are still popular. I did some of the money puzzles by Steve Good and they were a big hit when I was still doing shows before the pandemic. So my question is has anyone else tried these puzzles?? They are kind of fun to make. I make all denominations and the puzzle is actually 2 puzzles in one because I do the reverse side also on the same puzzle. So to mess with builder you can turn the pieces front and back. Take them a little longer to make. The movie prop money is so real looking too. In fact before one show there was an article in the papers that someone used this money in some sort of scam. Here is my version.

From the ashes of a tragedy and a pile of rubble deep from mountains piled with twisted steel a woeful people weep then somewhere came a ray of ray of hope amidst the shattered dreams as these men came out and stood upon all those broken beams J. Blume 2023

Jus finished this Eagles plaque in new colors

Finally got around to making "Walt" to lend his helping hands!

I took my time at these 27 tokens. I cut out 3 per day. 2 are on the drying rack. After struggling with getting the correct blade and table angle. The inlay technique came out very good. Use a #1 blade for tight turns , 0.8 deg cut angle. I am delivering the team tokens tomorrow. Sent out emails to each team member and all responded surprised and thankful. Me. Mark Eason

Bats and Moon puzzle by Al Baggetta found in the current issue of SWWC. I used 3/4" Hard Maple 8" square. Cut on the Pegas scroll saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades. After sanding, stained the bats with Saman stain and dipped in diluted Shellac. Then another light sanding with a Mac Mop. This puzzle is a little difficult as several bats are very similar in size. Careful assembly required. Comments welcome.

...for my sister. #5 MGT, De Walt 788, and a Dremel for the ball's dimples. Poplar. My first project that turned out good enough to show.

Very cute pattern and nicely cut Al

Very nice.

It's a Steve Good free pattern on his website.. It has a male (walt) and female (Dee) figures.

Thanks, JT! I got it.

https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php You can look under the category games and puzzles. He shows the dollar puzzle. I used that puzzle pattern and just bought movie prop money and sized my pattern to that. I use 1/4" BB plywood to make these. I found that is a good size to keep the puzzles from being to floppy and they stay together better. I lightly sand the wood to make sure it is smooth. I then seal it with a dewaxed shellac (Bullseye) . I then spray the back of the money with 3M 77 adhesive. carefully line the money up on the blank and use a roller to flatten down. I do not worry about any glue squeeze out. After I have both sides done I I take it to my disc sander and just lightly run the edges through to get rid of any glue and any paper hangover which really there never is if sized right. After I let them set and dry overnight and then spray with a satin gloss lacquer. making sure I get the edges too. I do both sides and of course one at a time. This seals the paper. I like Deft or Watco lacquer. After all said and done and now it is up to you to apply pattern as you normally would with any project using whatever method works for you. I will say I like to coat the pattern with some clear tape to help lubricate the blades because those puzzle blades which you need to use are very breakable and you go through a few per puzzle because all the tight turning. After awhile you do get a rhythm though and they are addictive. Good luck if you try them. oops I see a couple other questions from Charlie that I will answer here as well being I basically laid out my process of making them. I get my Puzzle Blades as they are called from Mike's Workshop and are FD blades. I only ever used FD blades. The prop money I will have to look up link. but it is movie prop money. There are many sites including Ebay, Amazon, Etsy and many more. Here is mine. You can get in all denominations as well as used or brand new. Now I remember why I never did $2 bills is because they did not have any. It has been some time since I did these. You could always use real money if you like. https://propmoviemoney.com/collections/full-print-prop-money Might as well lay out the rest of it. I cut these in rows as I found that to be easiest and also helps when I have to reassemble. I bought small thin boxes to use so I can sell completed. I use a carboard layer under the puzzle that customer could choose to use or not when storing puzzle. I place puzzle in a reuseable small bag all assembled and slide it in box. After that it is up to customer as to what and how to use them. Now I do warn people the pieces are small so not a childs toy. One other thing I should mention because someone mentioned mixing denominations to fool people. That is all well and good but remember the same pattern is used for all so they actually will go together but look weird.

That is a great stool. You did a fine job on it. Maybe you could fine some little flip flops to tack onto it.

You can make your own and select the size you want and how big of pieces, piece styles and many other custom options at this link.. Us laser guys cheat as the scrolling community would say. I'm not sure if this is the one I used in the past or if it was a different one.. There's many different programs to do this exact thing and you can search them by google searching laser jigsaw puzzle filemaker if you want to look for something different.. https://proceduraljigsaw.github.io/Fractalpuzzlejs/

Gene, Do you use Inkscape? There is a free extension for it that makes jigsaw puzzles. https://inkscape.org/~Neon22/★lasercut-jigsaw

VERY nicely cut!!! I've found there are a TON of great papercutting patterns that lend themselves nicely to the scroll saw, @ChelCass beat me to it. I like the multi-tone background, too, I gave that a try with two colors on a jellyfish kirigami papercutting pattern recently and was VERY pleased with how it turned out.

The angle will change for thickness of the wood and how wide are the rings. https://www.scrollmania.com/AngleCalc.html select angle calculator

I bet it's a paper cutting pattern. You certainly did it justice. Beautifully done. Found it! Better late then never.........................lol.

Great job and nice idea on the different wood for the head! From the looks of the size that must have involved some awkward turns on the saw on the ends, like the tail. I'm lazy in that area and don't enjoy cutting large pieces.

Steve Good has a couple on his site in his catalog.

Great job! Beautiful!

awesome job

fantastic job

Very beautiful Paul

Beautiful. Marg

Terrific work Paul, well done. Marg

I love how the lights accent the beautifully done projects of yours. Keep up the good work. Hey, after Christmas is over, it is going to be quite difficult to put these decorations away for the year. Maybe you should save yourself that problem by making them all Christmas gifts for the family and friends. Dick heppnerguy

your usual perfection. You do such nice work, my friend. I am always looking forward to a visit to your house and looking at your projects, both new and older. You never cease to amaze me with them Dick heppnerguy

you forgot the 2 dollar bill Dick heppnerguy

Nice work Paul!

Great looking eagle.

Paul, you have done a beautiful job on the eagle, RJ

Last member to be added to the fleet for a little while. Wood used was maple and walnut.

Thanks Dick

Thanks Kirk

Beautiful work John. Haven’t done much in the way of puzzles. This one looks interesting being it looks so real. Where did you acquire the pattern?

Beautiful.

Jim are you the composer of the poem, great pattern. In fact I am doing your wood spirit pattern

Hey everyone, decided to have another go at some 3D compound cutting. This is my 4th attempt so far, it says LOVE on one side and WOOD on the other. Just a piece of pine 1 1/2" square and about 4 1/2" long stained with dark oak. Pattern courtesy of the Scroll saw Workshop, sorry about the quality of the picture ! Regards, Alan.

Yea for some reason many choose the $100 bills both old and new.

Awesome, Jim!

I can't imagine the other projects could be 'not good enough to post' as this one sure came out well. Dick heppnerguy

My suggestion : The powder from Shell -is extemely harmfull - my suggestion -DONT CUT SHELL I use to use a N95 - but no way in hockey sticks would i ever do it again - life is short !

One more time! IMG_6279.mov