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Here's a Steve Good pattern I started to cut out over a year ago. I cut out about about 50 of the 250 holes and then many of life's distractions got in the way (plus I lost interest in it). This weekend I was looking forward to attending a Farmers' Market, but it got rained out - we got 3+ inches in a 24 hour period. So that freed up time to do something else. Spotted this in the garage and had a good l-o-n-g visit with the scroll saw. Now to finish it up with a little light sanding, staining, and mounting. 1/8" Baltic Birch, stacked and used # 1 and #3 Pegas MGT blades. I like it but I think it will be a while before I tackle something like it again.

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

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

These are gifts for neices and nephews.

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

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.

In my quest to utilize the most wood possible, I made a pair of earrings to judge how well they are received at the market: Can you tell where I got them?

Here is another of my recent shop projects. I am not sure but I believe I downloaded the pattern from the pattern forum here. I liked this one from the first time I saw it and just got around to cutting it. I did make a quick easy frame for it and painted it this off red color. I enjoyed the time spent to cut it and I plan on giving it to some family member for Christmas. I hope they like it also Dick heppnerguy

This vase (pattern by Steve Good) was part of the meeting of the Scrollers Chapter of the Central Indiana Woodworkers. We used the flower pattern to test how polymer clays could enhance our scrolled projects. Other items, like keychains, could be use for clays. We learned the clay is very hard after it is baked. The best way is to insert the clay is from the back of the item and push it into the hole. We got a used toaster oven from Good Will that is used only for baking clays. Plus when pushing the clay in, we used a stone below the item to prevent any chemicals from the clay to leach out. You will notice, there is a slight bulge on the material after it is baked.

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

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

I have two. The Rose is one I have been working on already (I believe I posted the pick in the past), but I finally decided on a background and finish. Made this one for my Mom. I finished it with Walnut Danish oil for the rose, and a Mahogany stain for the back ground. The Labrador is for a dear friend of my Dads. He had a yellow lab that was his pride and joy. He passed a few years back but he still comes up in conversations now and then. I thought I'd make him something as a remembrance. As you can see, I have a ways to go on it.

Horse ornaments!

Here another one fresh out of my shop. I cut one of this pattern not too long ago but I cut it on a little bit darker board and it was no way I was able to make it stand out very well so I did it over again and I am better with this one then the first one. It is for a Christmas present for one of the family member with a couple of cats that they love and I hope this one will find a nice place in their home. Dick heppnerguy

These past four years there have been Three Illinois state fairs. unfortunately last year was cancelled because of Covid. I generally choose a very detailed fretwork piece to enter into the IL state fairs woodworking scroll saw devision. I have finished 1st place in that woodworking devision for the last three years running. This year I decided on another clock. I will include it in this post as a jpeg. I have seen several places in this forum and other places people wanting to know what kind of blades they use. It is a personal preference for us all, however the following has helped me win first place three years running. Sharktooth #1 and 2 Various Pegas MGT or modified geometry for the line cuts and extreem cutouts Superior puzzle blades by Flying Dutchman for various wider cut outs This is all I use and since it has served me well, just thought some of you might like to know ds

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.

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

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)

Here's an ornament by our own fearless leader Travis:

Thank You to Everyone.... :+} Kind of decided to take and basically I want to just Offer one to a Buying Customer. Like my Thanks. And from this post I will sent a few out and Price Accordingly. I like the thot of labeling as Antiques. This should get the Conversation started. People are Always Curious. Thanks to All..........Danny :+}

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

Nicely done. Let us know how your sells go.

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 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.

Awesome work!!

So, maybe a plate stand instead? You might have to add a ledge to the stand.

Frank, that is really impressive and a lot of work! Great job.

very nice scroll job.

terrific job

I have had to upgrade chargers three different times because the old ones would not charge new higher-capacity batteries.

Kieth and Sheila Landry do some really nice patterns in my opinion.

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.

Thanks. It was fun to cut.

Excellent work, well done. Marg

I made this one last year and posted it here. This time, the story is about these lights. I found these on amazon as I was looking for a multicolored string. I can't post everything these things will do but I'm loving it! The add states there is 16 million different combination of colors with it. It connects by an app using Bluetooth. I paid 5 bucks for this on sale! And the project, Baltic birch, #1 spiral blade, oak stain with a cedar base. 6D9F1C10-B896-4227-B291-1315AC1155AF.MOV 7523878F-702D-40B0-BF50-605A173478C0.MOV 27C14D35-9496-4F67-AFA5-CB469EC5CC34.MOV

We all go through that, even if we have been scrolling a long time. It is always a concern, you just learn to live with it Dick heppnerguy

Great job cutting and I love the pattern, how it's all sandwiched in between the larger HOME.

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.

Looks great. I don't think cutting it in3/4 would be any better than what you have.

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 am happy with it but, when I'm cutting intricate areas with sharp turns I'm always concerned that one slip will ruin it.

You should be happy with that.

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

From a Steve Good Pattern. A couple of Lucet's. 1/2" Elm, FD #1 polar for the inside cuts, FD #3 polar for the outside, one coat BLO. Quarter for scale. Just something quick for the market.

fantastic job

I replaced my Craftsman router table a couple of years ago with a complete setup from Infinity. Absolutely love it!! That said, to answer your question. I made the zero clearance insert(white) it snaps into the standard table insert(red). I have used the Dremel router bits years ago in the Dremel router but it was all a bit flimsy for my liking. I use a MAC mop to soften any end grain tearout. This is the 1/16 bit.

Time to time I meet gnome projects and patterns, I dont know why they are popular, but I decided to make one too. There are many different gnome patterns I saw, but I think such 3D is the first one. Project could be assembled without gluing, with dowels. Project consist of 46 pieces and 2 dowels, recommended size: 3 x 6 x 5,5 inches. Pattern - https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

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