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From the awesome movie, Field Of Dreams. Unknown wood from drawer of discarded antique dresser. Pattern is in the library.

Someone one the forum posted a photo and this was in it. It grabbed my attention - thinking: "Surely someone will want to buy this as a gag gift." We'll see if I'm right next month; got an event to set up my offerings. P.S. A Steve Good pattern. 3/4" white oak. I cut most of the outline with a bandsaw and #5 Pegas blades with the rest.

I made these two wreaths and donated them. The pattern came from Sheila Landy Designs (Keith). One will be a part of a school's Remembrance Day ceremony and the other went to a family that has veterans who fought in Afghanistan. I consider myself a beginner and I find smallish text to be very challenging but overall pleased with the result. I think I will make the Remembrance Day gifting an annual thing.

Today I sold my Canary Wood Christmas tree nativity (image attached) for $100.00 to a Spanish Officer at NATO. This was one of my pieces I was most proud of. I had over 12 hours of drilling and cutting in this piece. The fine details and lines surprised me. "Damn.. I did it without breaking!" I currently have a few more smaller tealight nativities ready to cut this weekend. But the other images attached show my current big project. It is 3 layers, and I will use colored 'fairly" lights to illuminate it from behind. I still need to decide how far apart I am going to space the layers, but that's the easy part. I have completed layer one, and yesterday I finished cutting the perimeter of layer two. Although not as intricate as the tree, it is a challenging piece. I am taking a four-day weekend starting tomorrow, so I will have a lot of shop time. I am thinking of changing the cross on the 2nd church to a Star of David. I think that will balance this winter scene as it is reminiscent of the small town I grew up in. I am using FD Ultra Reverse #1 and #3 blades. 1/4 Cherry for first two layers. Last layer 1/4 Mahogany.

I cut these two pieces recently. I made the patterns from some art I found online.

Baby Rex pattern by Dave and Judy Peterson. This easy pattern is for younger children that find the other puzzles too hard. I used 3/4" solid Cherry. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #5 MGT blades. I used a #5 so that the kerf was wider to make it easier to put together. After a light sanding with the Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac and then another sanding after dry. Comments welcome.

My 30 days project has an end now. Enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-wVfBc--YQ

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.

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.

Might be better to have really good movable bases and roll things in and out. Don't make it too easy for the thieves and for the rust.

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.

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

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

This project was cut on a 16" x 10" x 5/8" piece of salvaged American Chestnut using patterns by Jacob Fowler and Sue Walters for the scrollsawing which I then modified during the carving process. It was stained with artist oil paints and finished with Minwax Polycrylic finish. The Chestnut seen in the background was not stained and this is the natural color of the wood. It was easy to see why Chestnut was so popular among the early American furniture craftsmen because of its workability and finishing qualities. Dick

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!

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Wax on - Wax off - repeat as necessary - May your body never tire of it.

Not only do you need to consider moisture but the salt that comes off the Ocean. Salt spray is just as bad as regular moisture if not worse. Breathable tarps/covers are your best choice along with some type of protection to resist the salt.

Love this one! . . . I might need to make myself one of these.

fantastic job

nice job

awesome job

Well I hope what you do sucks too! Copy Cat

Well, guys, all your setups really suck! I think I'll do exactly the same. Thanks for all the great ideas.

I finished this Jim Blume pattern this afternoon and the wife dubbed it as being one of my best pieces. I'm not so sure about that but I will say it is an outstanding pattern and a lot of fun to cut. I tried to find my directions to count the number of cuts using Inkscape but never could locate them among my "never lose anything" filing system I have set up on my computer. This was cut using the Blonde wood I had located at Lowe's with a Birch backer. The piece is stained with Ipswich and the backer is stained with Ebony. Four coats of Polyacrylic and pre-fab framing material provided the finish. I do spline my frames. Despite the many holes, the piece is quite easy to cut. There is only one delicate area, that being the lower part of the eagle's neck... the part just under his beak. I encourage you to give it a try.

I like your variant, came out great!

Looks great, well done. Marg

I would love to make one for my husband as a funny Christmas gift but he is always in the garage with me, so it wouldn't be a surprise. You did a great job, well done. I am sure will grab it straight away. Marg

Another fabulous job. Awesome actor too. Marg

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.

Terrific job, well done. Marg

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.

You did a fabulous job, it looks excellent. Marg

That's a hard nut to crack - Leaving metal outside for an extended period of time. Aside from periodic spraying of WD-40 or sometime similar and waxing surfaces, I'm at a loss on coming up with a solution.

Pretty good question that I look forward to seeing everyone's opinion on.. That said, I would think you would want breathable canvas but I do not know that for sure. My experience with covering things here in the northern states may be different than what you have. My experience with covering project cars ( not tools and equipment ) has been breathable covers.. Years ago I wanted to cover a project car for a year or two while I gathered up parts and built and engine. I covered the car with non breathable plastic tarps.. I thought I would be doing the car a good thing by keeping the moisture out.. however not considering the fact that there is moisture in the ground and what I did was create a moisture trap.. when I removed the tarp.. the bottom of the tarp was covered is water as was the car.. and the car had way more rust on it than it would have had if I had just not covered it at all.. This was back in my teenage years and was a big lesson learned.. I now use breathable stuff to cover to let moisture out.. and some material somehow keeps rain water out yet lets moisture out at the same time.. Had a cover on my 5th wheel camper made of that stuff.. Then I learned that the wind blowing on the cover of the camper flapping the cover around was actually wearing through the rubber roof.. so now I do not cover the camper.. At the end of the day I guess nothing last forever no matter how much care you take of it.. sometimes all that extra care is just a waste of time.. Anyway after all that.. I'd say breathable with the type of climate I have in my area.. curious what others might have to say..

Thanks Rodney. I liked how this wood looks too. All the wood from the drawers is edge joined but it doesn't show up very much on this one. Most of the rest will probably wind up as backers, but I like free backers too.

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

You've earned a well deserved break - that's a lot of production there!

Really good looking production. Now, go shovel up all the sawdust and dropouts.

Watch out for that "Travis" Guy, he might try and pull one over on you

People always get discouraged when they try something new and are not happy with the results. I will always remember when my oldest son was going to try out for little league; then said he wasn't going to because he wasn't very good. That day on TV was a program showing his favorite New York Yankees at their first spring training in Florida. Every player was shown making all kinds of mistakes and bad plays. I pointed out to him that with practice great improvement will be made. They turned out to have a great team that year and yes, he did join the little league team. Keep at it, whatever you choose to do! The improvement comes with practice

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!

Hi Travis, Just want to thank you again for the Ornaments for Charity. Our Scroll saw club, Baystate Scrollahs, have been making ornaments to decorate the Holiday tree at Woodcraft in Walpole MA. for about 8 years now. Tree goes up day after Thanksgiving. The club votes on a local charity each year. The store sells the ornaments, only $5 each, and the monies then are given to the Charity for that year. Last year the club raised $1305. That's at $5 each...That's a lot of Ornaments!!! The store now has people come in each year specifically looking for the Ornaments and what's new designs for the current year. It has become a traditions for their kids to go to WC and pick out their Ornament for their tree at home. It's a WIN, WIN, WIN for everybody. Store get their tree decorated, Our Club gets visibility and shows the wonderful neat things the little saw can make, and the Charity gets need monies. Maybe some of your Scroll Saw Village people can approach their local woodworking store and see about a similar way to show ornaments for sale for their local charities. Thanks again Travis...you do so much for this wonderful genre of woodworking. Melita

Last puzzle for the upcoming craft sale. Cut from Poplar with MG#5 blade. I have painted the hardboard backer to represent the sea. There are about 4 shades of blue that I sponged on. Didn't get a picture of the backer. I have priced it at $50 so we'll see!

Here is my attempt at this great pattern. Not sure what the wood is, except thin! This is only my third attempt at spirals. Used a #1. Some lines became suggestions . Finished with beeswax/mineral oil.

You may or may not recall a couple of weeks ago I posted a paper cut pattern of a little house tucked in among a lot of foliage. Well I received a lot of nice comments. I found still another paper cut pattern that was a little more challenging than the first one and showed it to my wife who immediately wanted me to cut that one with a matching backer board color. So I printed the pattern and set out to cut it for her. She was pleased with it and we hung it yesterday beside the first paper cut pattern containing the little house. I again cut the entire pattern with a #1 spiral blade and after a few hours had it finished. I used a 1/4 inch thick solid core Baltic Birch covering, of which I do not like the wood I used but it came out alright from the front side. Now my wife is happy having the new item on the wall and I was thrilled to find a project that challenged me to cut. Dick heppnerguy

Thank you Marg! I wasn't sure where it would wind up when I made it, but it's going to my sister who who is a church secretary. It's going in her office, so I added the text.