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Sort of a whimsical portrait of Frodo Baggins. About 6” X 7”. Very fun relaxing cut, except maybe the eyes.

This pattern is a JGR pattern that I purchased a few months ago and finally got around to cutting it. It took me 3 days to make and I added a little bit of texture for added interest, as I usually haven't done that because I thought I did not have the tools neccesary to do it. I finally tried to add the texture using my Dremel and it worked fairly well. I used several kinds of woods, It isn't perfect but i am glad to be at least making an effort to get back to doing some of them. Dick heppnerguy

While I live in Florida, my son lives in North Carolina and my daughter lives on Long Island, New York. So, visits, or getting together for Holidays, do not happen often. I will see my son In October for Biketoberfest and my daughter in Joining us on a cruise to the Caribbean this November. I decided I wanted to make them Xmas gifts I could package up for them to take home with them. I thought a version of a ‘Night Light Lamp’, similar to lamps I have made in the past, would be a good gift for both families. My box style construction technique that I have used previously is simple and straight forward. Other than the Scroll pattern, all parts are cut and/or mitered on the Table Saw. The scroll patterns were stack cut using Pegas #3 and #5 MGT R blades as well as Pegas #2/0 and #0 Spiral blades. Rounding corners was done on my bench belt sander while most finish sanding was done using my Palm sanders and hand sanding as needed. The Lamps were finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. I decided to make these lamps shorter than those I made previously, only 6 inches tall, with a simple scrolled base that is formed by the walls. My design is based on a 5 1/2” square box with mitered corners, since 1/4” Red Oak from Lowes is available this exact width. I did purchase some Bolivian Rosewood (from Ocooch) for the lamp I made for my son as a dark wood lamp will be more appropriate with their bedroom furniture while the Red Oak will work for my daughter. The Bolivian Rosewood is beautiful wood! Both Lamps have a loose, 1/4” thick Matching Top with an underside “stopper” that keeps the top in place. I chose to use 1/4" BB ply, stained to match, as the interior bottom piece for both strength and not wanting to waste the costly hardwood. The plans to make shorter lamps made the task of finding suitable patterns for these lamps a difficult task as, you all know, cutting any kind of intricate pattern at a reduced scale is a challenge. Also, the pattern must be a self-framed positive image that allows the light to glow through the frosted Plexi behind the large open areas of the image. My daughter-in-law is a fanatic about Dragon Flies. I had previously found a very suitable Dragonfly image I had converted into a Scroll Saw Pattern and had saved for a future project. This Pattern became the initial motive to make Night Light Lamps in the first place. Now just I needed to find something that worked for the lamp for my daughter. After a lot of searching on-line, I found a very suitable stock image of a ‘Butterfly in a Garden’ that I purchased. I was able to insert the round images into a the square spaces by adding the cut-out corners. For these (and future) lamps I purchased ‘MakerStock’ two-packs of 1/8” x 12” x 24” Transparent Orange Acrylic sheet and Frosted Lilac Acrylic sheet, from Amazon. For the Transparent Orange, I glue Drawing Velum to the interior face to make it translucent (appears frosted). I think the Orange worked well with the Bolivian Rosewood and the Frosted Lilac worked well with the Red Oak. An important note here. I found if I sized and mitered the Acrylic pieces to fit the interior box dimensions snugly, the pieces held themselves together and did not require any adhesive to keep them in place. And, of course, a lamp requires the electrical lamp parts, which I chose to purchase locally at Lowes. However, for anyone that may choose to make these (or similar) lamps, I might suggest you search on-line (Amazon) to get better pricing. You can find the patterns for these two lamps in Pattern Exchange. I hope you may have enjoyed reading my detailed story above and, hopefully, did not get too bored. Here are the pic of the Lamps and, as always, comments and critiques are welcome. This pic was taken in dark with no extra lighting. Fairly close to what they will look like when use as a night light. If still too bright, the equivalent 7W LEDbulb can be replaced with an equalent 3W LED bulb. As seen, the Orange is brighter than the Lilac. PS: Boy, close up photos reveal things you don't see in person. Although I glued the stopper cross grain, there is still some warp in the Rosewood top. Also, the corner joints of the Red Oak appear to be open slightly, but they realy aren't.

Ok, I post the pictures again, hopefully everybody can see them.

These are gifts for neices and nephews.

I was on vacation last week and still have a couple of days left before heading back to work. Decided to make some more jack-o-lanterns. I made some 3 sides, rather large ones several years ago, but I kept finding myself watching Travis' video tutorial on his versions and decided to make some smaller ones. I just made one today to see how everything went and will make more over the next day or so. I used some old Cedar fence boards that I kept after a hurricane knocked down my fence a few years ago... Oh, side story.... I needed to change the blades on my planer before sending anymore boards thru it. So yesterday I took it all apart and reversed the blades and cleaned/lubed everything up.. looks and operates like brand new! Back to Jack... I had some orange paint that I thinned out a little so that the grain and torch marks would show. I just need to order me some LED's to finish it. I made another one of these jack-o-lanterns and received some lights that I ordered. In a couple of the pics I have just some regular tea lights in the bottoms. Another pic I have the LED light strand that I ordered,, I like both lights but the LED's can flash a variety of ways.

Some quick little cars/truck/train made with scrap 2x4s for little hands. All gone already to new little hands!

Since I retired last year I decided to turn my one car garage into a little wood working hobby shop. Been trying many different things to find an area that would be the most and "safest" to learn. The addition of the scroll saw last week is something that I really want to dive into. I'm sure I can gather much useful information here.

I want show you my new project. A wooden staircase marble machine. Simple and functional. Pinterest-Face.mp4

3/4" Oak, 11" wide and about 4-5" high.

Your shop looks great! I too use my garage as a shop, but I occupy one side of it about 20 x 6, as I still put my Mustang convertible in it too. One day, I might dedicate the whole garage as my shop, retirement is a couple of years away... I just spent the weekend installing ridged dust collection pipes and a two-stage vortex collector for my vacuum. I am still working out the top vac for my scrollsaw. The current setup as pictured does a good job, combined wit the bottom vac from James, I have nearly zero dust blowing around.

But, but... the beaver is ruining good intarsia wood!!! How could you!?!?!?!

I ordered a pair they have already shipped. Sometimes on eBay, low-priced items are scams. I've ordered some of these. eBay always refunds my money. Sometimes without even asking.

Every NiCad-powered tool I have owned was junk. Low power and batteries that had a short life span. Worst to me is that they would die sitting on the shelf, and I would need to charge them before using them. Some were so bad I would not sell or give them away. After the last one went into the trash, I swore I would never have another battery-powered tool. Then, a few years ago, I needed a hedge trimmer and bought a Dewalt. Now I had batteries that worked and held a charge. When my reciprocating saw exploded, I replaced it with a Dewalt after reading how handy it was for clearing brush. I can cut it off at or below ground level faster than I can haul it away. Today I have a substantial collection of lithium-powered tools. The only lithium-powered tools I have had that I did not like are anything that runs continuously. I have a battery-powered string trimmer. It eats batteries.

Another personal wood portrait for your vast collection, and of course another really great pattern and cutting for a wonderful project Dick heppnerguy

Welcome to THE VILLAGE where a lot of people from all over the world come together to enjoy each other's projects and learn from one another. Just for your information I am going to give you a couple of places where you can download a lot of scroll saw patterns to learn on. First is the pattern library right here in THE SCROLL SAW VILLAGE and another good one is www.scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com this last site has a lot of beginner patterns and also some advanced patterns as well. The other tip is do not buy your blades at the big box stores as they do not handle the ones you will need for scrolling. Those you will need to but on line. Ask about those sites and they will be given to you from the membership here. One last suggestion would be to find a wood store near you that sells Baltic Birch Plywood, as that is the best plywood for scrolling as it has not voids in the middle of the plys so it will keep you from messing up a project do to the voids in normal plywood. The most used thickness it 1/4 inch. Good luck on your new endeavor and take your time, with practice you will soon be doing projects you never thought you could handle. Dick heppnerguy

Looks good texturing looks goog also.

Since they didn't have the battery you wanted in stock ask for a raincheck so when they do get them in you still get the sale price.

That's a pretty good deal on those, I might have to make a purchase of them. I know electronics can be hit or miss sometimes but I ordered some "New" batteries back in the day when I had my Hitachi drill from eBay and they was almost as bad as the ones I had that were several years old. I've kind of been skeptical to buy online for those unless they're from a box store that would return / exchange them locally.. I'm not sure how the policies are for some of these places but I know the local Best Buy will not give me customer service if I purchased online even though it's still through Best Buy they won't help... been there done that just recently on a watch I got for my wife last summer. There used to be places that you could send in your tool battery and they take out the old cells and rebuild your pack with new cells which is / was cheaper than new ones.. I might look into that too.

Well, I pulled the trigger and got the grinder from HF this morning.. I also bought the big 8ah battery because I wanted a bigger one for the leaf blower I already had since I only had a 3ah for it, which btw really wasn't too bad unless you run the blower on high speed then it would only last about 15 minutes. Anyway, while I have not actually used the grinder just yet it seems well made and I have turned it on. I do like how the special wrench is stored in the end of the handle. I have so many air and electric tools and each takes a different wrench to change out the grinding wheel or sanding / buffing wheels etc that it takes a bit to find the right tool for the right tool, LOL.. Unfortunately, I'm not happy with the big battery just yet, Got it out of the package and plugged it into the charger and the lights flash indicating a issue with either battery or charger.. plug my old battery for the blower in and it charges so that new battery must have a issue.. going to head back after lunch to exchange it I guess. They are running a special on the 5ah battery 2 for the price of 1 almost.. however the other day they had zero of them and today they only had 1.. I tried to talk them into giving a deal on the one since that was all they had.. I'd rather of had 2 5ah batteries than the one 8ah but didn't want the smaller 3ah or the 1.5ah.. The deal would of been perfect fit for me but they just don't have any of them on hand. Unfortunately the deal is in store only too, checking other local stores is showing none available too.

I have a few Bauer tools both corded and cordless. I'm happy with all of them. At my age I just buy cheap.

Very nice work! I see no flaws but when I look at my things after posting, the zoomed images always show up flaws I didn’t notice. Then when I look at it it’s the first thing I notice.

If you use Dewalt batteries, you might want to look at this.

Those are really nice Frank. I like the patterns and your renditions are beautifully done. My daughter loves butterflies and I might have to do one of those for her. But I do not care for red oak and will have to use some other wood for hers.

I will also add that if your shop is unheated the batteries do not cherge well in cold temps.

I have no experiance with the Harbor Freight Brand. I do own both Dewalt and Craftsman tools. Some are brushless some not. As has been said the brushless seem to get more run time per battery. I have adapters to be able to interchange the battery platforms. I have also ordered adapters to convert all my old 18v Dewalt to the 20 v batteries. They work great, more power and run time that with the 18v. If you can wait until black Friday / Christmas time Dewalt always runs a special buy 2 batteries and charger get a tool free. I bought 2 4ah batteries and chargers for about 129.00 got the jig saw free. The Angle grinder was an option but I already had the Craftsman. I got into the Craftsman line because my wife wanted a cordless light weight weed eater. We now also have the hedge trimmer, limb saw, leaf blower, angle grinder and and drill. She has also hinted that she wants th R/O sander that they have. I am not the only tool junkie in our family. If you decide on the Harbor freight I would be very interested in your thoughts. They make adapters to be able to use the Dewalt batteries for the H/F tools. I my experience make sure that you get at least a 4 ah battery for anything except a drill.

Very nice cut Charlie. And one of myall-time favorite books/trilogies.

Very nice

One thing to keep in mind is all of these batteries need to be recharged. This means you need electricity! Now maybe a generator would work in the old shop to recharge the batteries (and/or run corded tools) or else you will need to tote the batteries to somewhere there is electricity.. Just food for thought.

Brushless tools are the only way to go if you want it to work way longer than tools with brushes

Well done. I especially like the hair.

Well done Charlie

Excellent job Charlie, RJ

Finally finished the Sign for my Chicken Coop. Plus a couple of Christmas ornaments wip. Two for the price of one on the Snowman.

Thanks Dick. I purchased this pattern maybe 15 years ago and glad I did.

Another fabulous piece Dick, well done. Marg

Lovely. Well done Dick. Marg

Advertise them as antiques.. not false advertising if it was that long ago, LOL.. Trying to sell things sometimes is odd with pricing... list it cheap and nobody sees any value in their purchase.. make it pricey and sometimes people buy it up.. of coarse that works both ways too.. It's really about getting it seen by the right person.. Like Ray said.. maybe your timing was off.. give it another go.. If that fails you could always donate them to a charity or goodwill or something..

Another one.

My latest project was mini model A cars. They are so cute and fun to make that I made a second batch of 18. These are for my upcoming shows. I’m currently working on a fleet of Kenworths which will soon be completed.

Travis should be able to contact him.

Thanks Charley!

I made this Jim Blume pattern dragon for my grandson. Backlit with LED strip lights.

I am having a problem with starting projects but not getting them finished. Has something to do with my age. But I did finish this one after I had started three other things.

Hello all, I'm primarily a wood carver and I've been looking for a while for a scroll saw that would give me more precision in cutting out the "rough outs" I use for carving as well as letting me cut out internal areas. I finally found a used DeWalt 788 at a heck of a good price. I've started playing with the saw, trying to get some experience and build up some skill and I'm having a good time. Looking at this forum as also made me aware of just how versatile a scroll saw can be. Who knew you could make bowls with a scroll saw? Thanks for all the knowledge and tips I've already picked up and expect more questions in the future.

Heceta head lighthouse intarsia.

HI I have a 1995 18vs Hegner and never have had any problems like that thankfully. Good luck Bill

No links or pictures on my computer.