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First things first. A big thanks to Barry (flarud) for the inspiration and kindly shared information. I read his post “Jacks” in Bragging Rights of Aug 21 and later his update on Aug 26. I really liked his “Jacks” as he calls them. They are simply a wood box with a Jack-o-Lantern face and the box painted Orange. He lit them up like you do for a Pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern. Boy oh boy are they cute. Just had to make some. I made eight, I call Box-O-Lanterns,using cheap cedar wood fence slats that are a nominal 5 ½” wide by very rough sawn to about 5/8” thick by 6’ long. I ran the slats through my planer, to make them a uniform ½” thick and clean on both sides. The rough sawn was just a little tooooo rough for me. I cut all the parts at one time, but due to a limited quantity of long clamps I had to assemble them one at a time. All cutting, assembly and painting was done in just two days. I purchased two SGV bundles of Faces from Etsy for just a few dollars. I chose eight that I resized, using Inkscape, to a 4 ½” width. This looked proportionally good to me in the 5 ½” wide box I had decided to make. All eight were cut with a Pegas #5 MGT R Blade in one two-hour cutting session. This was a mass production project, and done very quickly, to make my very rustic and rough version. I decided on the size and started cutting the wood before having the chance to contact Barry and find out what his sizes were. His are much smaller. My box is 5 ½” square using mitered corners, 10 ½” tall. The top and bottom are 6 ½’ square, glued up from a 5 ½” and a 1” piece. On top of the Top is a 4 ½” square piece I beveled just for looks, again, like what Barry had done on his. On top of that piece, I added a scroll cut “pumpkin” stem that is painted green. After assembly, just using glue, I rough sanded the entire assembly with 150 grit paper in my palm sander just to clean up glue squeeze out and to get rid of the pencil lines I made for glue-up. I used my small torch to add some burn marks and then lightly spray painted everything (except the stem) Pumpkin Orange, allowing the grain and torch marks to show. I went the cheap way for lights also. I purchased from Amazon two 4 packs of Accessory Cords that have a candelabra socket on one end (with a holder for a 1 ¼” hole mounting), an inline switch and a plug on the other end. These are like what is used in plastic decorations sold in stores. I also bought a package of twenty-five equivalent 7W Orange LED bulbs. I’ll have extras for a long time to come. This was a fun project. I did not make an overall pattern. The only patterns were the faces I chose to use, appropriately located in a 5 ½” x 10 ½´retangle, for positioning purposes. Had to take the following pic outside as they are to many for my photo booth. Daytime After dark. One up close. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques alwasys welcome. Thansk again Barry, I know you will be viewing this post soon.

I haven't posted any work in a while but have been rather busy. My wife showed the piece I did for her of our fur babies to her dog training club and now I'm working on commissions. Not complaining at all. Helps to support the hobby. Anyway, these are two I completed over the weekend and I'm working on another I'll finish tomorrow evening. I'm also working on a rather elaborate Jim Blume piece that I've already worked on for about six hours and I'm only about a fourth of the way done. Another project I completed this past weekend was a bandsaw box but I haven't photographed it yet. Once I do, I'll post a picture of it in the "Other Woodwork." The two pieces below are my typical 1/4-inch stained with either natural or ipswich and a black backer. Frames are custom cut with pre-fabricated framing material. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

I have always loved the NW Costal Native American Art. This is one I did from a picture by Glen Rabena called "Kingfisher". I will frame it when I decide what would be appropriate. Done in 1/4" BB. Cut mostly with a size 0 Pegas Double skip tooth.

Here is one more effort to try and figure out how to add color to my projects when I think it will help to make it stand out and be a little more appealing. I do think I am slowly catching on to it but still have a ways to go, for sure. I am not an artist and I am trying to figure all this out by trying to pay attention to what others are doing and grab a little information from each one. Because it is not an natural art I posses, it is a very slow process indeed. I probably will not ever tot ally understand it but I do believe I will get better as I go, after all, it is obviously the only direction I can go. Dick heppnerguy

Well, this is the latest off the saw and paint table. It will be heading to the bin. Not happy with it at all. There are a couple of pieces that will only fit from one direction. Yes, I pushed using a dull blade. And yes, I know I should have changed it earlier. This is also the first time that the Unicorn Spit has made the kerf narrower. I used a #5 Precision Skip on the poplar that I recently bought. I think the biggest issue is that the wood isn't a dry as it should have been. I guess it will be off to the store to buy some other wood.

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.

Dick, you may already do this however when I am painting a project especially my cartoon character I will print out a color picture of that character and use that as a guide. Same with birds, etc. I have the pictures stored in a 3 ring binder for future reference.

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the 214 was not even mentioned in the video posted above, which I believe was from 1992. From second hand information, I found on line, it seems the 214 was made in the 1980's and discontinued about 1989. I got it for $30.00 and had to replace the cord. I don't need anything fancy. The sawing I do is very simplistic and never has had inside holes to be cut out. mostly just silhouette shapes from thin bass wood or spruce. One thing I use a scroll saw for is to cut precision lengths of small dowels. I clamp a board to the table as a makeshift fence and then cut 1/4 inch dowels into 2.25 inch lengths. or 4 inch lengths of 7/16 inch dowels. A scroll saw doesn't splinter the dowels and they come out very uniform in length. I am building several (9) music boxes as holiday gifts and only need to cut a few simple component parts. The cases themselves are turned from solid pieces of wood, as are the figures on top the cases. (Last year I made one with a Christmas tree, a wheel of cheese under the tree and two mice snuggling together, it plays "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". The sound board was a round cut from very thin 2mm plywood and the mouse ears were tiny little dowels cut and sanded at an angle and glued into the head to look like upright ears.)

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

Great job and the colors are fantastic. Just fun to look at.

Looks cool whats the special light inside?

They look great, RJ

Thanks for the "Shout-out" Frank. I like "Box-O-Lantern" for a name! Nice touch on beveling the top.

Fun personal history. I love it when memories have so much meaning that it stays with you forever, like this one, and one can share that memory for others to also injoy. Thanks for posting Dick heppnerguy

Perfect as is all of your projects. Beautifully cut and painted. There are quite a bit of Northwest Native American art in Northern Washington and Southwestern Canada. I personally enjoy it too but have yet to cut any Dick heppnerguy

Nicely done as are all your Projects. Thanks for posting them, they look great Dick heppnerguy

Looking great. I think you have it down pat!

Is this the plans you're looking for?

It is a learning item for me and I am getting a little closer to what I am after but still a long way off. Thank for the encouragement I appreciate that a lot more than you might realize. Dick heppnerguy

Those are cute. Reminded me of this DVD that my grandkids used to watch, when they were little.

Still looks great, Barb.

I like the idea, hint, the thick Delta Acrylic paints can hide a multitude of mistakes.....

Yes that is correct. Cut out at 90°, unlike inlay.

outstanding work

very nice work

awesome job, i use diluted craft paint as a stain.

Well done!

I've had good luck with my Makita drills as well. I am otherwise reluctant to dive into the deep end of cordless tool ownership. While the convenience is nice, it isn't a necessity for me. Battery life, obsolescence and cost are the primary obstacles. I bought my first Makita probably 10-12 years ago. I liked it enough to splurge on a drill & impact driver combo a couple years later. All still going strong. I don't use them constantly, but they hold a charge for a very long time, without use. My old NiCad Ryobi batteries would drain significantly after sitting idle for a few weeks, even when starting out fully charged. Unfortunately Makita no longer offers my model and the batteries aren't interchangeable with the current version.

Post pictures please. We would love to see these. Regrets I use a different type of scroll saw and cannot advise regarding the Hawk 214.

Geeze Ray. I've had a Makita drill and two batteries for probably 15+ years. Its used almost every day. Never had a problem. I thought the battery in my Samsung phone was giving out as it didn't want to take a charge. Took it to Batteries Plus. Turns out it was a faulty charging port. Took them 30 minutes to diagnose and repair it.

Great work on both of them.

Paul that is fantastic! Very colorful and so Northwest! So I have never heard the term Segmentation. So it sounds like (from the previous posts) that you cut it out (kind of like a puzzle) paint each piece individually and then glue them back together to a backer board. Is that correct? Thank you!

Awesome Paul!!

This pond was almost magical in my memory. I was a teenager and I'd fish there till dark and the water would get as still as glass when the sun went down. There was a beaver hut like this one that stood about 3 feet above the water at one end of the pond and at dusk the bass would swirl around it and their fins would actually stick out of the water like shark fins. I guess minnows were coming out from around the sticks in the hut to eat and the bass were there to eat them. I had a trolling motor that I ran with the battery from my car so I had to conserve enough charge to crank the car when I left. Blessed time of my younger years!

@FrankEV, I was using and very satisfied with Adobe print "free Version" poster option. But it went away suddenly and it appears there is no free version of Adobe anymore. So I am going to have to learn inkscape I guess. I am on a Mac and Inkscape appears to be a little different for Mac than Microsoft. I need to spend some time figuring it out.

Thanks for the nice comment. Putting the pieces back together is the fun part, I am always worrying I may have lost a piece or they won't fit, very satifying when it all goes together. The only problem I had was I increased the size of the picture, and it was very pixelated(?), no clean lines to follow. I have got to resolve that before I do more. I I used Delta Creamcoat Acrylic paint. Painted with a brush. Finished with my go to Deft Clear Wood Finish Semi-Gloss.

I think you have the idea of enhancing a project with color down pat. For that hanging ornament, what did you do to the back side. I'm hoping you did the same coloring on the reverse side as well. That cutting, as colored, would look wonderful mounted on an appropriate colored backer and presented framed as an art panel. If yoou want to improve your coloration, look up pic of real subjects to get a better idea of what colors to use. Using real life colors is where the true art is.

That looks very good.

They haven't made anything but 220's and 226's since around 1995 I believe.. They did make a "very few" BM16's but they had vibration issue or some kind of issue and they've never really pushed to find a cure for the issue.. Not too many folks these days really seek out to buy those small saws anyway. They likely couldn't compete in the market since Henger has the 18" and EX has the 16" and I don't really think too many are sold either.. Seems like the 20" is what most folks go after anyway. They also discontinued the 12 and 14" saws well before the 16" too so those smaller ones are likely from the 1980's

Thank you so much for the really nice comments. I am pretty happy with it.. It is not perfect but over all it is fine with me. I love your beaver story. I am originally from Oregon and Oregon is "the beaver state" Dick heppnerguy

Ho, Hummm! Just another great portrait by you!...

Hello Mr. OCtoolguy, are your plans for your 3 legged scroll saw cart you made while back still available?

Will the clay sand flat after it is baked?

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.

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.

And here we are profiled, sanded, and dipped in linseed oil.