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Last year I made 2 versions of this recognition award. I posted 1 version already. The 2nd was delivered a few months later. I did not want to post the "jwk" version before giving it to the guy. This was based on company symbols. The original company logo was a light bulb with the filiament showing "iW" signifing iwatt. 2 companies bought us, the 2nd company started with a big R. So the wood award shows that these 2 guys came from iWatt and still work at the big R company. The 1st pic varied the filiament to the workers initials "jwk". The 3rd pic show a zoom in of the silicon wafer that I cut down. to 44mm. Wood is purple heart and yellow heart.

A new batch of ornaments. 1/8" Baltic plywood, stack cut 5 layers, hand painted with glitter glue then three coats of shellac mix. FD#1 polar blades for all the cutting.

Last three I cut, kirigami papercutting patterns from https://lightboxgoodman.com/. Cut them for myself, just trying to find places to put them since the wife is getting a bit tired of all the "wood colors" around the house. LOL

Heceta head lighthouse intarsia.

Did two spoons out of the same slab of Cherry. Have not been in the shop much due to the heat, and also extra hours at work.

Being new to woodworking, especially with less than three weeks experience with scroll sawing my projects look okay if you don't examine too closely. I liked using my band saw to make things but even though it cut smooth it lacked the ability to make tight curves. Using the scroll saw makes the tight turns but my straight lines aren't straight and my curves are choppy. I end up spending a lot of time sanding things to fix the flaws. I'm sure over time (if I live that long) I will improve. Was in Hobby lobby last week and saw some small intricate cut items priced at less than two bucks that would have taken me forever to make. Not to mention a home laser is darn near perfect. To the seasoned scrollers: Do your projects pass the close up look test or am I expecting too much?

This is another of Jim Blume's fantastic patterns. I double stacked a new wood (in this area) that was labeled as being "Blonde" and cut the pieces using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. The piece with the black frame was stained with Natural and has a black cardboard backer. (A test to see how it worked.) The brown framed piece was stained with Ipswich and given a black wooden backer cut large enough to give it a border between the piece and the frame. Both frames were custom cut using pre-fab framing material. The pieces were sprayed with 4-coats of Polyacrylic and sanded with 320-grit between coats. While the "Blonde" wood cut alright and the presence of fuzzies were about the same as other woods, it did not have the wood grain I enjoy seeing in my pieces after finishing. I also cut another project with this wood and it really lacked the vibrance of a natural wood grain. If I decide to cut a piece I plan to paint, this may be a good choice because it is less expensive than Maple or Birch. However, if I plan to put several hours into a piece, I want the finished product to gleam with a unique grain pattern that shows the beauty of the wood. That pattern itself was an easy cut despite the number of frets. Jim did a great job. You would think by looking at it there would be some delicate areas. Actually, it was pretty stout even after the final cut.

My wife and I have been volunteers and fosters for Min Pins for over twenty years and adopted seven of our own. The breed must not be popular enough to include them when it comes to pictures or patterns I could print. I took a picture and messed around with it turning it into B&W, and resized it and wasted a bunch of printer ink and paper until I was satisfied with the size. I wanted to make a light switch plate topper and I spent more time making a pattern than actually scrolling it. For what it's worth, here is what I came up with.

Hey Everyone! In this fun scroll saw project video, I show you all how to make an amazing Happy Halloween piece in 2 different styles! I hope this video helps shows off different and unique ways to use a single scroll saw pattern! The design comes from Holiday Scroll Saw Ornaments By Fox Chapel Publishing. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

I learnt never to drill all my holes at once. Just a few at a time in case of mishaps or terrible piece of wood, you can always use the unholed section for something else. Marg

This is one of my projects for today. Started carving at 3/4" thick blank stock, I was only going to go to 1/4" on the leaves, but I wound up going REALLY thin after I did shaping and sanding. Also working on my undercutting technique to get more dimension and shape. Still a bit more sanding before laying the Old Masters clear gel finish on it. My inspiration is the calla lilies in my garden.

Cut from 1/2" Red Oak. #3 MGT Pegas blades.

I cut this skull and crossbones for my grandson. I cut it from baltic birch plywood. We are still debating how to finish it.

I am trying to use a stack of random length and thickness wood pieces. I pick up a piece of wood and think: What can I cut from this?

Personalized enitials.

Project complete Team Tokens. 27 inlay tokens for engineering team I work with. I wanted some inlay practice. See my other long post for what the symbol is. Warning I kinda got too technical.

I've been on a Christmas topic for a while. This another Sue Mey pattern to share.

My own pattern for a segmented Jimmy Buffet tribute.

Various projects for the market; drying in the shop. I have several lengths of rebar, so I utilizing it for drying projects.

This was done for a client on 1/4 Birch Ply, finished with Danish Oil, light Oak Stain and varnished. She’s very happy with the result.

Wow, that's perfect enough for me... I guess being 70 and just learning I'm trying to accomplish too much, too fast.. While I'm still kicking

I agree with what all have said here and yes we are the worst critics of our own works. You will get better with each project you do. Using a good saw is also key. That is why the professional saws cost so much. I have been cutting for over 50 years and started on a 2 speed Dremel 16" saw I believe it was with pin end blades. That made many of my projects on the less intricate side because of the starter holes needed to thread that clunker through. I have come a long way and have to say have become very good at it. You learn little tricks as you go. The biggest key a beginner needs to learn is use the right blade and let the saw do the cutting. Do not force the work or else the blade will slant on you and start burning your wood. I only cut hardwoods. On occassion I will cut some BB but hate it. Dulls blades to fast. I used that stuff for my money puzzles I shown in another thread and went through about 5 blades per dollar bill. Here is a project I designed myself and being I was in the electrical union I was able to sell a few of these. You asked to see work up close. I think you can zoom in my cuts. Perfect, not by any means but not bad either. As someone said that is what makes it hand made and not laser cut.

I have been scrolling for several years. I agree that we are our own worst critics. Most of the time when I show someone my projects, they rave about how nice they are and I am busy looking at the mistakes that most people don't see. Enjoy what you are doing and you will get better with experience. Your pieces are extremely well done for even an intermediate experienced scroller. I will say that the two most difficult things to cut are straight lines and clean, even circles. Practice makes better, but never perfect. The imperfections are what makes a project handcrafted instead of mass produced. The satisfaction of saying "I made that" far exceed the "Look how perfect it is". Keep up the good work!

Been into Our Hobby for Decades. Your ability to Scroll at this point is Way, Way above any Beginner. Keep Improving and tackle some Harder projects. Danny :+}

This project was done on a new wood for me from Uruguay called Red Grandis, It was nice to work with. This is the natural color, a light reddish tone.

Never tried a spiral blade before. I just cut some pine to make this people/animal thingy and the wood was a bear to cut through and it was the first time I tried a #7 10TPI 7R and it got the job done chopping through pine but it ended up still being smooth. Three weeks into this hobby and I guess I'm too critical of what I do.

There are no flaws in our work - it is all just design choices.

I've been mostly working with 1/4 Baltic birch plywood. I use good lighting and use a magnifer. Drilling entry holes, not using any blades past 3 or 4 and moving at a snail's pace. I understand it takes time but that's why my question was geared to the long time scrollers with many years of practice to answer if their current work, close up has flaws. I don't see close up shots of intricate work posted often.

So, I had the thumb book holders on display last week, and actually remembered some books. I just need something to display how it works....something......something... ! some "thing". Due to the interconnectedness of the universe, Steve Good had a pattern this week of a hand holding a heart. A little work with Inkscape and I made a "thing" :

Lockheed Jet Star II Thought it was time to visit the “Way Back Machine” and look at the Jet Star II. Back in the mid 70’s and 80’s I worked as an aircraft mechanic at White Plains, NY (HPN) It was a major hub for business aviation aircraft 45 minutes north of NYC. One of the most familiar aircraft on the airport was the Jet Star I and Jet Star II. Companies like Xerox operated a fleet of these aircraft along with Reader Digest, Avco Lycoming and Texas Gulf Sulfur. It had 4 Honeywell 731 Turbo fan engines and fuel capacity of 18,000 lbs. with a range of about 2,500 miles. It could carry 10 passengers and 2 crew. It had inflatable leading edge boots on the wings for deicing. The original Jet Star I (P&W JT-12 Engines) was first produced in 1961 as part of a Gov program and the Jet Star II’s were produced from 1976 to 1979. A total of over 400 of both models were manufactured. The Jet Star I model has been retired but there are still some Jet Star II’s still flying.

Finally got a couple of projects finished. The Serenity Prayer is for my wife, since I sold the first one. The Lighthouse was made and sold for a couple to give to their Pastor.

Thank you!!!!

Very nice work. I do not understand the math though...

Great cutting!

terrific work

Yes, give yourself more credit you do nice work and it only gets better.

Lovely Marg

Terrific work as always. Marg

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.

John, I’ve cut similar puzzles using pictures rather than the prop money. I generally use scraps of leftover plywood for these and by using pictures I can customize the size to fit the ply I have. I too make them two-sided and for an extra challenge I cut them with what I call my "figure 8" cut whereby all the pieces (except the outside edges) look the same. This one is 3”x 7” with 84 pieces.

Nice job Rodney!

Great job, RJ

So, where do you get the fake money? I’d really like to try these puzzles.

Really a nice job!

Good Morning Jimmy, I have been scrolling for about 14-15 years now. Started with a yard sale Craftsman and used it up till last December when I bought the new Wen 21. I also have a Hegner but don't care for it. Over the years I have learned a lot but still have more I can learn. I have my first piece and looking at my latest piece I see a vast improvement. I have done silhouettes, portraits, a fair amount of fret pieces. Like Gene I am a slow as you go cutter. My go to blade is the #5 reverse or ultra reverse. Since I did stained glass before Scrolling I had somewhat of advantage with using a saw (I have a glass cutting saw) and fitting pieces together. Some people are natural scrollers and others have to work hard at it. A lot also depends on the type of wood you use. I generally use 1/4 inch anything thinner I have issues with. Hickory, birch, and cedar are my favorite woods to work with. Oak is harder but I still use it. Some woods seem to cut cleaner than others so less sanding. The little fuzzies are the ones that drive me crazy. As for the items you see in Hobby Lobby and other big box store they are machine cut and done by automation. They don't have the character a nice scrolled piece has. Remember we are all our own worse critic, we see the flaws that others don't see. Give yourself time and practice and you will continue get improve. Don't beat yourself up you are doing fine work and will keep improving. Take pictures of each of you cuttings and date them, then you can look back and see have you have improved. Chels.

@jimmyG, if that's your work, you're certainly not a beginner. That's some excellent cutting.

I've only been scrolling about 6 months but I've learned a few things. First, this site is a treasure trove of good information. On here, I learned different blades from different manufacturers have different cutting characteristics. Some folks can cut a straight line with even a spiral blade. Not me. I mostly use a #5 or # 7 flat blades. I haven't even tried to cut intricate patterns that might require much smaller ones. As to cutting straight lines, I cut really slow, use a head mounted 2.5 power magnifier and plenty of light. Lately, most of my material is 3/4 poplar. I find that thinner material requires more attention and a steadier feed rate. Don't try to compare your scrolling to the CNC work you see in places like Hobby Lobby. That's an excersize in frustration. Patience, practice and, more practice is what it takes. Especially if you're a novice like me. And, remember, sanding is an integral part of the process.

I really like how you framed this and the selection for the project. Hard to go wrong when one chooses a Jim Blume pattern to cut as he does a really nice job with his patterns. They have a little bit of a challenge to them, yet not so over crowded with fret as some others are. Great job as usual Dick heppnerguy

Seriously people, no Adams Family fans here? How about Dirk Gently? A picture from the market:

Tyler, I'm always amazed watching your videos. I usually leave with a new tip; this one was drilling a hole in the tab for hanging to dry. Thanks for the tip. This video was almost like watching the birth of a horse. Thanks for the video. Your videos are short, entertaining, and very informative. One doesn't have to wait a long time to see the end result and the finished product. So many videos out there are so boring. Again, Thank You Tyler. Jerry