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A short while ago I received a Steve Good email containing his Butterfly Box (bflybox2023 - good.pdf). Needing another tabletop item in my collection, I thought that this project looked like a nice project that would fill the bill. My solid wood resource is limited, and I was only able to find enough ¼” and ¾” Hard Maple and some ¼” Red Oak to build the box out of. I did enlarge his pattern to 6 ½” x 8”. I feel this made the box size a little more useful. I did stack cut the two ¾” pieces that make up the vertical walls of the box. I did the cutting using Pegas #5 MGT R blade. I should have glued the two boards together before cutting, as he suggested, rather than after. This would have eliminated glue squeeze-out and reduced the amount of sanding needed. I should have also stacked the ¼” thick stopper (his Layer 3) when cutting the inside of the walls, which would have produced a much more precise fit. Stack cutting the two ¾” layers of the Hard Maple was a very slow cut. I did not burn the wood, but the walls did not remain their natural white and became streaky dark. I was able to remove the glue squeeze-out by sanding, but sanding did not eliminate the dark discoloration. I also stack cut the top and bottom Oak Layers. I used the previously cut wall to act as a template to guide the blade while cutting. This was a little tricky, but worked out well so there was minimal sanding required to have all edges flush with the walls. I did darken the Red Oak with Minwax Aged Oak for a better contrast between the walls and the top and Bottom. The ¼” thick Hard Maple Butterfly applique for the top was a very easy cut using Pegas #3 MGT R blades. During the final sanding of the Butterfly, I profiled all the top edges to give it a slightly rounded-over look and feel as the top will be handled during use. And yes, I did have to make the project different by using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints to add color to the Butterfly. The assembled Box and Cover was finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer.

I made the wine holder for my wife's birthday. It turned into 2 more for birthday presents and now she wants 4 more to give as Christmas gifts. I also started Christmas ornaments for the season

My grandson just started as a realtor and wanted something for a personalized gift to give to his first clients. I had Kieth Fenton make the pattern for me. 3/4" Red Oak, about 15+ wide and about 7" high. Pegas MGT #5 from Denny at Artcrafters worked well.

Almost a month into my new hobby and not a lot to brag about but, with another scroll finished without ruining anything yet, is okay by me. (Knock wood)

I just finished cutting this monstrous Haunted House for Halloween. Hundreds of cuts. Pattern by me. This is backlit for "spooky" effect. I cut this mostly with Pegas #3 spiral blades.

Certainly nothing to be discouraged about. I really like it, nice and peaceful. Great job!

This turned out very nice, Jimmy. A tip when cutting corners, stop pushing into the cut of the blade and create slight back pressure when making your turns.

I have been in my shop off and on for the past month and have been sending them off in the mail before I took the time to photograph them. But I still have some ready and in the closet for Christmas gifts so I will start trying to list them a little more often but will not try to overdue my items but rather spread them out. This item I am making as an extra gift for one of my grandchildren who live about a mile away from Billings Montana and have a small 38 acre farm where they are raising cows and training horses for other folks there. They have a lot of wild creatures there and so I thought this might be a fun sign for their front porch. They have Elk, dear, turkeys, deer and a lot of other animals that are crossing their fields daily. I thought this little sign would be one they would enjoy having. Dick heppnerguy

Jimmy, young and old. Left us a treasure chest of great music!

Just finished cutting this one. Wanted to try it for a while now. Saw that someone on here did it (looked amazing) so I gave it a go. It was very time consuming, but that is fretwork for you, right. I used Alaskan Birch, size 0 spiral blade on my Delta saw. My struggle now is how to sand it properly and how to finish it. I really like the Danish oil finish and will probably do that but hunting for advice and ideas here. Thanks for looking.

I've finally figured that part out but even with the thinnest blade it was nerve racking cutting at the top and bottom of those butterflies. I nicked one spot so I duplicated it on the other side to hide my flub.

Turned out really nice, Jim. Those cuts look crisp!

Juan, you're the first person I've ever heard that had a bad experience with the Pegas saw. I sure hope you got it all rectified to your favor. I also hope that whoever you purchased it through has gotten their customer service up and running the way it should. Also, it may have been a case of growing pains on the company with a fairly new product. Not that that is any excuse.

Lot of wonderful projects here that are very well done. Myself, Hmmm... I cannot really remember what my last project for the scroll saw is / was.. I'm probably going to have to remember how to use it the next time I get a scroll saw project to make. I've been very busy with the laser and have had some CNC projects I've done.. I do have a Sheila Landry design I want to cut for my Daughter if / when I get the chance too. It's a sign that says "wine me up and watch me go" with wine bottles on it.. But with fall coming and needing to get prepped for winter and building inventory for the holiday sales etc.. I may not get to that one this year.

Wow! Amazing work.

Do you have a picture of that hooked up to your saw. I don't quite understand how you did it.

I keep the plaque in the background, in my computer room as it is one of my favorite projects. I generously got the pattern from a friend of mine who was kind enough to share his great pattern for me to cut. I look at it every day and can't hardly believe I was able to cut it so well. One of my all time favorite cars. Dick heppnerguy

That looks excellent, RJ

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ

beautiful

awesome work

I had done the same thing, I had the potentiometer go bad on my Hawk Ultra, actually it didn't go bad.. I broke it trying to take it apart and didn't see the very tiny set screw that held the dial knob on.. I figured I'd have broke the knob before the metal stem but the stem broke first.. Boy was that thing stuck I thought.. until I finally spotted the tiny set screw that was even hard to see with my glasses on, LOL Anyway, Bushton wanted like $350 for a whole new control box and wanted me to send my motor in so they could match it up etc. so it'd be plug and play when I get it back. Found a new potentiometer on eBay for $4 with free shipping and soldered the wires.. wrong the first time.. good thing though.. if you place the wires in the wrong spot it just works backwards, LOL so instead of max speed it was the slowest speed and slow was fast... I eventually placed the wires in the correct position in case I ever sell the saw it'd be correct.. $4 sure beats $350+ whatever shipping would cost me to ship it to Bushton for repair and all the wait ( down time )..

Outstanding job, Dick.

WOW! Dick, that is one of the greatest! I have been wanting for a long time to do something like that. Great job! Love the blue on the backer, because if you spend much time in Montana, you know what is meant by "Big Sky". My Daughter lived there for a few years and we loved every visit to there. Great job!

Looks great Dick. The sky colour is perfect.

That is beautiful

I believe your grand child will be very happy to receive this wonderful cutting. That plaque behind it looks somewhat familiar.

Lovely work.

Very nice work Thanks for sharing

I will be heading to Toronto at the end of the month for a family event. Perfect opportunity to get the Christmas gifts ready to take (instead of shipping). Toy car is Cherry with Maple bumpers - pattern from here. Tic Tac Toe is bb ply with maple covers. Original pattern from Al Baggetta. Added the box cover myself. Segmented snowman pattern from Steve Good. These are for my nieces & nephew so I asked them their favourite colours. Scarves are done in those. It was kinda surprising that 3 of the 4 liked the same colours. These are painted with craft paints. Buttons also painted, because I didn't have any small black ones. Everything is finished with Walrus Oil.

Welcome to the scroll saw village! I don't have much for recommendations from what's already been said.. other than to say in some cases what saw is best can vary based on what type of scroll sawing you're going to be doing most.. IF doing very large fretwork projects from thin material I'd go with a Hawk.. for a top of the line type saw.. IF doing smaller to medium sized fretwork I'd go with a Hegner or Pegas.. The Jet brand is very similar to the Excalibur type saws too and made very well.. I find them to be better priced than the Pegas or other models.. however I do not like the table design on the 22" saw but I do really like the 18" Jet.. they sometimes run a sale on these and it's hard to beat the price even if you wanted to add the Pegas blade chuck.. still way cheaper than the Pegas if you can catch the sale.. many times throughout the year that saw is offered at just a little over $700 and some places offer free shipping where most others do not. Also Bearwood offers a refurb Pegas that's not priced too bad but has more of a as-is type warranty too.. I guess they supply some sort of warranty but not much of one. Good luck with whatever you choose and give us a update when you do get something.

One other advantage of clear shelf liner is you can still see the wood, thus the grain. When doing intarsia or other types of projects where grain direction, coloring variations, and/or patterns are important, you can easily arrange your stencil in place and orientation. Below is a recent project at the stencil application stage. You can see the clear shelf liner that the stencil is glued to. A lot of the times, I fold the liner down on the sides, sometimes not...

This is an Alex Fox pattern my daughter bought me for Father’s Day. After finishing it, guess who wanted it for her apartment, hahaha!

My last projects have been Christmas ornaments

You Sir, are a brave and gifted man! Well Done!

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

Heceta head lighthouse intarsia.

Beautiful work.

Great job on that Dick. Looks a little tricky to cut. You did good.

Fantastic cutting! Its well worth a award!

Dick, that is absolutely beautiful! I love the background too! The weather must be getting cooler down there so you can spend the time to cut that....Great work!

Before I recommend a saw, it would be good to know what kind of scrolling you will do. Are you new to scrolling or what?