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This is one of Grampa's patterns I cut over the weekend. The piece is 1/4-inch Baltic Birch with Natural stain, and the 1/4-inch Birch backer is stained Ebony. The frame is pre-fab framing material cut to size. The actual cutting is 8X10. This was a fun project although very time consuming with all the little cuts. I primarily used Pegas 2/0 spiral blades but had to drop to a Flying Dutchman 3/0 spiral for some of the smaller holes. Once cut the piece was very stable and you don't have to worry about "tender" areas that might fall or break out.

Had this one on my to-do list for a long time. Another Steve Good pattern. I enlarged it a bit to 8 1/4" for the circle part. Add another inch for the wingtips. Used #7 Pegas Skip for the outer cut and mostly Pegas #5MGT for the interior cuts except for the few very small cuts. Wood is 1/2" reclaimed dresser top. I think maple or cherry, but I'm not good at determining wood type. Now to add the wood button feet on the bottom and finish it with something - to be decided.

I am working on a more complicated wooden project but to get a rest i made this. Wooden 3D Dolphin Puzzle from Ash Wood. It is a nice gift for kids to improve their brain motor functions. Wooden 3d Puzzle Dolphin.mp4

I have been on a crunch with my biggest show coming up next week. This is a set of patterns by Sheila Landry. The Sleigh is made from 1/4” Maple and 3/8” Sapele for the runners. The reindeer are made from 1/2” and 1/4” Cherry. For size reference, the board they are on is 4’ long. I’m pricing the set at $250!

Napkin holder.

My version of f Alex Fox's new pattern. 25 days till Christmas. Great pattern, easy to cut. For me harder to paint and put together.. Thank you @alexfox Mr Fox. I Decided to paint my visa what his pattern shows of dark/light layers. I am not a good painter but happy with the results. Put me in the Christmas Sprit just to make it.

Thanks to Paul for making the pattern. This is a friends son and Black Lab at a cabin he repaired in the woods of Maine.

They are all finished and wrapped and will fly out to Ireland and Norway in 2 weeks. Mainly pine because of weight but 5 which will stay in Australia are Tasmanian Myrtle. All are approx, 6" x 4". Marg

"Another" Steve Good design cut out on a hellishly hard pine board... Wondered to myself afterwards why I bothered to spend so much time painting the insides of the eyes black instead of leaving the bare wood look.

Decided to add a similar locline dust mod to my new 14-inch drill press. I did violate the no 90-degree elbows rule for this one, but for the amount and size of dust/chips when drilling it won't matter. I wanted the blast gate in an accessible spot.

Talk about a blade breaking, I have sawstop table saw, last week i came to close to the blade and it was like a bomb going off within split seconds the blade goes below the table and and I didn't even get a nick, but had change pants scared the krap out of me, LoL, RJ

In his original post, he has $250 as his price point.

Very nice. Wondering, are you keeping it or planning to sell? If planning to sell I would like to ask what price will you ask, but don't realy expect you to answer. However, if you dont mind, will you be able to price it at an amount you will at least get you material investment back?

Lots of work there!!! Great job.

Awesome job and amazing painting skills!

Beautiful cutting, RJ

Great job. I bet the hunter is wearing a red felt fedora hunter's hat. I still have and somethng wear mine I purchased in 1966.

That looks great. Jerry

Beautiful job...It certainly portrays the joy of Christmas! Dick Mira

terrific job

nice job

I have that pattern sitting on my to do list pile

Great job a lot of fine cutting.

Beautiful. You did an awesome job Paul

Very nicely done Joe

Joe, you have done an excellent job on that, RJ

Nice one. of the ones you mentioned I would agree with Cherry.

The body is 4x3-1/2x3/4 inch.

This forum is called "Bragging Rights". So if you post here, automacticaly you are brsgging. However, realy not the point. It is the feed back by your piers that tell you if it really is a Brag or not. Like others have said don't be so hard on yourself. And, like othdrs, I think they are cute and well done. If you like what you do then don't hesitate to post with a positive attitude. You will know quick enough if it is good or not. I, for one, will not hesitate to criticize a post if I feel something is not correct or poorly done. So let us be the judge.

Sikorsky S-76B Sikorsky had a long history of military and utility helicopters and the dual engine S-76 was their initial entry into the executive helicopter market based on their success with the Black Hawk helicopter UH-60. Their objective was to enter the inner City, point-to-point, EMS and utility transport, especially for off shore oil rig personnel. The first “A” models went into operation in 1977 and had a capacity of up to 13 passengers but most executive models are configured for 5-6 seats with a crew of 2. The aircraft has gone through many model upgrades (A, B, C, C++, D) also with various engines to improve noise reduction, performance and extended distance. The B model operated dual Pratt & Whitney PT-6 engines similar to the ones use on several corporate and commuter turboprop aircraft. In a previous life I had a lot exposure to this aircraft. My company did a lot of avionics upgrade to these aircraft to include radars, radios, navigations/gps systems, inflight phones and entertainment systems. United Technology had a service center close to where I lived and I would spec out work packages and went on many test flights. I had fond memories of S-76B N500WK. It was managed by Wayfarer Ketch Corp and owned by David Rockefeller and our company had quoted a major avionics upgrade package that needed to be inspected at our facility in NH before the work could be started. It was about an hour flight up and back to MHT from POU. It was a great flying over western Connecticut, Mass and southern NH. Weather was perfect. A few weeks later we started the project. Great memory. Th plaque is 15 x 10 1/8” BBPW with ¼” backer, Finish shellac with Gloss lacquer.

Love it, Bob. What are the dimensions?

After the positive comments on my last post I now feel confident enough to post some earlier projects. Many thanks to Steve and his generosity.

I have a few hundred dollars worth of I guess you could call it exotic wood coming soon from Ocooch Hardwoods... Not about to waste any expensive wood so I figured it was time for more practice. My mother in law gave me some 1 inch thick cedar planks that were in her garage probably 20 years and although straight, they were super dry and hard. Since I never tried stack cutting or even wrapping a project with packing tape it was time to give it a shot. I still had that maple leaf pattern I traced from the leaf found on the ground so this would be my first time making a box with that leaf design using 1/4" ply on the top and bottom with that brick hard cedar sandwiched inside. The biggest blade was a #7 it got it done but it was slow going through 1-1/2"... So I surprised myself trying something new that turned out okay I guess. Put some wipe on poly and calling it done!

You did a terrific job on the box Jimmy, you should be proud. Marg

More Steve good turkeys

I would have put the bird houses also, but I have never sold one, my wife and daughter swipe them as quickly as they are made... Last time my daughter even stole the little tree I hung them on..

I have never had a blade stretch. Recently, I did a test comparing Flying Dutchman blades to Pegas blades. Flying Dutchman blades cut a lot smoother and were less aggressive. In harder woods, the Flying Dutchman blades produced a glossy, smooth cut.

I remember seeing your watches advertised in a scroll saw magazine several years ago. Very beautiful work John. My best selling items are toys. All ages buy them. The angel cross and praying hands have also been good sellers.

I had 5 small bird houses - brought home 5 small bird houses.

I guess it was posted in the wrong place. I'm generally pleased with my 2 month rookie progress so far but something would have to be over the top for me to actually brag about it.