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This project is my own design, and this finished product was an experiment. I was asked if I could make a small plug in Nite Light with a Dragonfly Shade. I told the lady that I thought I could, and she should get back to me after she returns home up north, and I would show her what I come up with. The panels are 4” square. The Dragonfly Image is from a bundle of Dragonfly SVG files I purchased from Etsy. I added some cattails for background and positioned the image in a surrounding, 1/4" wide, perimeter border. The panels were stack cut face to face out of 5/32” solid core Maple Ply from my, ever growing, pile of cut offs. I mitered one edge of each panel where they will be joined together to form a 90-degree open shade. I cut a triangular piece of the same 5/32” thick material to act as a base for the bottom of the shade. Glue up was a catastrophe. When I do more of these, which I plan to do, I will need to make a jig to hold the panels while being glued along the one mitered edge. And, also, to hold it while gluing in the triangular piece for the bottom. For this one, I wound up using AC glue because there was no way to clamp the parts together. After it was finally assembled, it looked OK and I should have just applied a clear coat to finish it, but I decided I wanted it to be darker, so I decided to Air Brush it a darker color. The first coat I applied looked horrible, so I did a second coat that made it a darker muddy Brown. Now it was too dark so, I added a light purple color just to the Dragonfly. Admittedly not well done, and it needed touch up that I did not do well, as is very noticeable in the photos. OK, after finally applying a Clear Gloss Acrylic protective coating, I glued in, the Orange plastic which I had previously applied a velum sheet to the inside to make translucent. The Nite Light itself is a product from Florida Shells and Gifts.com but I originally ordered them on Esty. They don’t appear on the Florida Shells and Gifts website. However, you can find them by searching Esty for: 3 Pack: Night Light Base Set - Standard On/Off Switch - complete with Bulb and Mounting Clip - DIY Night Light Parts. They are also available as a Single or 6 Pack. They each come with a clip that you can use to attach something (like the shells they sell) to act as a shade. I first tried to cut the shape of the clip out of the bottom triangular piece, but it had no give, so it would not slip on and when I opened it up just a little it became too loose to hold the shade in place. So, I opened the cutout area more, I created a slot for the clip, and then secured the clip to the wood with AC Glue. All in all, when viewed from a distance during the day when unlit, it looks OK. When it is in a dark room, and it is lit, it looks great! The cutting took less than an hour. The assembly and finishing took much longer than I will admit to. Unlit Lit Inside upside down showing the glued in clip Comments and critiques are not just wecomed, I really need to hear them. I’ll post just the Pattern of the Dragonfly panel in Pattern Exchange. However, if you decide to try and make one, you are on your own after that.

The first picture is the Cutoffs from other projects and the second picture is what I made from them. Lots of glueing boards together and resawing on bandsaw. Took about a month to make it out of red oak and I didn’t use them all.

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

Made this for my Marine hubby for Veterans day.

One more Christmas countdown calendar, belt consists of 2 replaceable parts with digits. Also here is a short video preview to show how it works. Which one do you like more? I attached image with both calendars. Pattern - https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

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.

Very good, Frank!

Okay, when I am wrong, I own up to it this is not a schwibbogen. Schwibbogens have an arch. Doesn't look like this one does. does not matter it is still going to be very neat! But I have fun re-learning how to spill the word it is fun to say. This picture is a schwibbogen.

I am actually glad people are telling me I undercharged. I feared I might have been overcharging. I work with this Spanish Officer at NATO, he is here in the US for another year. When he saw an image of my work and saw the finished tree, he was so excited and this was BEFORE I was thinking of selling it. So in a way, part sale, part gift is the way I look at it. Now he has something to bring back to Spain and will have an heirloom piece his family can enjoy each year. He has 6 kids. Call it International Relations!

Travis is it possible to put the birthdays above the trending on the side please. I forget to look to see who's birthday it is with it being so low down. Marg

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 believe this can be put under the Bragging Rights forum very easily. Many beautiful pieces have passed through this site over the years and many of you either sell your items or give them away to family and friends and charities. So the question is what over the years has been your best seller or piece that gets asked for or you just decide to make and hand out. ?? Or both? What seller and what hand out? I will start and must preface this by saying I have been selling and making things for friends and family for over 40 years now and have made over 500 different items. Would have to pull out the records to know exact numbers and even that would not tell the whole story because I use to make things for Steebar many moons ago when the original owner was still alive and they were a good company to deal with. He would put them in his catalog. Many times John Nelson made the patterns that I would do prototype of and work out tweaks. But these watches have to be #1 for sales. and the heart has also a lot of sales but is also one that I gave out very often because it fits homes well. So lets see yours too.

A house warming present for my neighbor. They did the paint. It's a Jim Blume pattern

awesome job

After being satisfies with the second attempt of this SG pattern, I wish I paid more attention to the pattern. The example in the picture of (not mine) finished product shows more space at the bottom under the circles. After cutting mine I didn't like how close those circles were to the bottom but that was how the pattern looked. Probably not a big deal but wish I had noticed so I could have easily left as much space as I wanted if I had just modified the pattern. Lesson learned I guess. Anyone modify someone else's patterns??

I’ve changed a few but only in size.

Nice cutting. I would consider adding a top panel as well. Don't know if that would make it too dark or not. For odd shapes to glue, I will use elastic bands. They make great clamps!

Thanks for all the kind remarks, I don't know any other scrollers near me so I have no feedback and very little to compare my work to. I tend to be my own worst critic. When I look at something I have completed, I have to remind myself that very few people look at something trying to spot flaws (although I know some people like that !!). It is natural though, when you are also a scroller, to look for details that many people might not even notice.

Yep, I modify a lot of patterns, I add or delete as needed for my personal use.

Very Cool! it might also scare away houseflies

I modify patterns all the time. Sometimes size, sometimes other things. Rose with a name, added custom names, then added dohickys to bridge the letters in a decorative way ( I've used hearts, butterflies and rubber ducks so far). The double lidded basket and the vanity tray I added pining the mortise and tenon joints. The small open basket I lengthened the square tenon so I could pin them and added a bottom. The fancy "welcome sign" I modified the size to fit the wood I had. I use the program "Big Print" to modify pattern sizes, with this program I can pick a particular spot on the pattern and resize it to a specific size ( say 5" wide to 4 1/2" wide, which is what I did with the Welcome sign ) The dresser mirror I added an additional overlay on the backside, used #2 screws to attach the front overlay, added a piece of glass to the back. Now instead of just a mirror, it has an oval picture frame in the back, just flip back an forth between the picture and the mirror Back in the day, I used a copy machine to make a giant feather for my mom, as big as would fit on an 11 x 17" piece of paper, added the eagle/buffalo/shaman figure in the middle of the feather. On and On and

I modify almost all of the patterns I cut, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Tom

Making progress... Layer one is done. Layer two I still have more inside cuts. Layer three, still working on the perimeter before doing inside cuts. I found it easier to cut the outside first, then do inside ones. No spirals for me.

Stunning

fantastic job

Beautiful piece. Well done.

A lot of work for a job well done.

Amazing work well done.

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.

Excellent.

Beautiful work!

Amazing. Marg

Boy, that looks great. Anxiouly waiting for the next project to be completed and posted. Jerry

What he said. May your brain never wander when you are cutting something like that.

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

Outstanding work. I feel you could have gotten more for the tree but I understand how it is. I often as my wife what I should charge for a certain piece. In most every case I under price according to her. Even at her pricing a good friend told me I still should charge more. Considering the number of hours I put into some of my pieces, I guess he's right.

The tree was beautiful and out of canary wood, even more so. The schwibbogen is going to be very attractive. I love them, have several that I have made. They alway attract a lot of attention.

Excellent job creating the patterns and completing the scroll work. Paired together they will make a fantastic presentation in someone's home. Dick Mira

"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.

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.

Hey Barb, thanks for asking, all said, we are doing ok now. We lost the last of our parents when my FIL passed away in mid-March just a few months before his 96th birthday. We ended up deciding unexpectedly to downsize and buy DH family home he grew up in. Plan to build separate workshop and remodel the 56 year old house. We spent several months getting our house we had built 18 years ago cleaned up and out, painted inside and out and decluttered to put on mkt. Got it sold, then moved and closed on purchase of family home all over period of about 4-5 months. He still works full time so I did what I could during the days and then he helped evenings and weekends. Was a long summer. Two weeks after we moved and two days after we closed on purchase, on Sun., Oct. 1st, he was on an A frame ladder trimming tree branches on a large walnut tree. A larger sized branch hit the ground and bounced up and back and took him off the ladder. He ended up with severe heel fractures on both of his feet. Doctor told him he smashed one, and really smashed the other. Then he got pneumonia so they couldn’t do surgery for about 2 1/2 weeks after accident. Fortunately it was an electric chainsaw (gas one was acting up and not working correctly so he switched to electric one). Electric fortunately quit running when he released it and he also was able to throw it away from himself. He’s now a little over 2 weeks out from two significant surgeries on his heels to repair and rebuild them. He is doing well all things considered but he is non-weight bearing on his feet until after the first of the year which means he is in a wheelchair with full lower leg casts for several weeks more. No PT for about two months. Out of work for at least 3+ months. He’s doing well and on road to recovery and we are adapting. Had his two week checkup since surgery last Fri. and so far looks like healing well which is good as feet can be an issue with healing. Stitches out of one, still in one for at least another week. We are thankful it was not worse, no other damage to anywhere else, didnt hurt ankles, just his heels, didn’t hit his head, hurt his back, knees or hips or worse. He’s not one to sit around so that is hard on him, he’s been finding things to do while sitting including playing guitar, piano and carving. All the workshop tools are all packed and stored away unfortunately for the most part so he can’t do much there. I had previously decided to try and make my saw useable in the basement when we moved which is what I got the Festool for portable dust collection. I think we bought it the week or maybe the day or two before the accident and hadn’t gotten it setup. We’ll get there. But that is why I haven’t done anything with my saw in at least 8 months! I have however tried to come here regularly and keep up with what the rest of you are doing. it has helped me mentally but it’s also why I’ve mainly simply been. “liking” posts rather than making many comments.

I am flattered! I also did not glue any of the joints as I periodically get small jams. I also added trap to catch the small pieces I did not want to lose. I put a screen on the suction side. I may make a new trap or modify this one so it behaves like a mini Cyclone.

Local military base restaurant owner asked for these. I found some but they were not all exactly what I was looking for so I adjusted as needed. He was quite pleased. Dewalt saw. About 18 1/2 inches tall each.

Jerry Here's what mine looks like with 3 flags. Here are the two things I think you should do if you are going to do 3 flags. First scale up 40-50%. Next, for the two outer holes for the flags, I would angle 15 degrees outward, this will give the flags a place to open up. Below is how this one looks according to the PDF. I think I am going to make another. I gave this one to our cleaning lady, and she was so thrilled.

I have 29 of these to do for a customer. Some will go to Ireland, some to Norway and the rest stay in Australia. Marg

Latest cuttings. Stack cut 1/4" bb ply. Cut with #3 mg blade. Finish is Danish oil - Fruitwood colour. Backer is card stock.