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The police department for our county seat lost their K-9 after several years of service. I was asked to create this piece for the handler. This 8X10 was cut using 1/4-inch Baltic Birch and stained with Minwax Natural. The 1/4-inch backer was stained with Minwax Ebony. The frame was custom cut to size using pre-fabricated framing material. The pattern was by me. This was a tricky cut due to the long bridges as a result of the dark uniform.

I was able to squeeze this project in between commissions. Unfortunately, the creator of the pattern didn't provide their name or handle. If anyone knows, please give them credit. The piece is 8X10 Baltic Birch stained Natural with a 1/4-inch Birch backer stained Ebony. I used Polyacrylic to seal the piece with sanding between the four coats. Prefabricated framing material cut to size finished the project. This was a fun piece to cut and I was able to use a few #2/0 and #1 Pegas MGT blades rather than the spirals I typically use on my heavily fretted projects. Again, thanks to the author of the pattern.

I see them bloom for me and you, and...

OK, Things worked this time. A Steve Good pattern that I reduced down to 3 1/2" w x 4" h. The two side were an easly stack cut using Pegas #2/0 spiral blades. All 5/32" Maple solid core ply from my cut-offs pile. I like the slightly smaller overall width. I feel it just looks nicer. By mitering all the pieces and using tape, so they can be folded up together, the joints glued up nicely using Titebond III. I was able to include with the cut panel pattern, a pattern for the base with the necessary cut out to suit the clip for the night light attachment. The pattern is already posted in Pattern Exchange No paint this time, just multiple coats of clear Gloss Lacquer before gluig in the clip and translucent acrylic sheets with AC Glue. These close up pics make the vertical joint and the surfaces look bad, but in real life, they do not look bad at all, especially when viewed from more than just a few inches. Unlit Lit Bottom Inside As always, Comments and Critiques welcome. I have one more light with a clip. Thinking a nautical scene would be appropriate for that one.

I was going to do a nautical scene next, but my Grandson and his lady are comming down from NY to visit us in Early December with Ryder, my new Great-Grandson. I decided to make the last one that I have with a clip for them to use in Ryders room. Elephants are everywhere in his room, so the subject was a no brainer. I found this cute free clip-art image that fit the space nicely with minimum adjustments needed. Went again with the 3 1/4"wx 4"h cut panels, but used Birch Solid Core ply. However, this time I chose to finish it with Gloss Black Laquer with the Translucent light purple Acrylic defusers. I have pretty much got all the bugs out of the process of making these shades. These shades can be cut and assembled in about 5 hours of which a good part is the Titebond glue-up dry time. The small panel size - which to me feels strange to work on - dictates the scene can not be too intricate, therefore the stacked side panels take less than an hour to cut. It took me longer to make the pattern this morning than to cut it. I'll post it in Pattern Exchange. I plan to oder some more of the kits, but I'll take a break from making more right away, so I won't be bugging you with more Shade posts for a while. Comments and Critiques always welcome.

Yes, it has been quite the. “Adventure” he’s now about 3 1/2 weeks out from his surgeries and has had the stitches removed from both feet as of last FRI. He’s doing pretty good and has adjusted pretty well to the wheelchair and both feet and lower legs in casts now. He’s been working on carving, playing guitar, shop layout plans, and remodel plans for the house. He’s in good spirits and says he doesn’t miss work at all. I did get the scrollsaw with the Festool up and running last week but I need to get a top dust port setup like you guys have done. Right now, I just have the Festool under the bottom. I cut out a turtle that I wanted to carve. It was nice to do something even if it was just a quick cut.

I just finished the same one out of 1/2 Canary Wood, finished with raw linseed oil. Also made a base with a spot for a tea light using a Forstener bit. How long did it take you to drill and cut?

First Christmas thing I've made this year. Gorgeous piece of walnut. 5 1/2" nativity made for my daughter's dorm room.

I try to do a Nativity each year, I think this is the pattern I will make for this year.

I had to check it out. Here's a nice video on a dulcimer maker.

Thank you! I will try to drop in now and then. I still do love and care about scrollsaw work. It was my first woodworking hobby. Not many scrolling sites around any more. Not a huge fan of FaceBook.

Of course I remember you. You were very encouraging, knowledgeable and I was always in awe of your projects. I’m glad you came back.

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.

These are special requests for a friend. Fynn is for their first grandson. The parents are avid kayakers, so it is shaped like a kayak with the paddle. The paddle does come out as well. I also paint the backer to match the letters. Especially important when there are two letters the same! Cut from 3/4" plywood, backer is 1/8" plywood. Cut with #5 MG blade. Finish is Walrus Oil. Pig & rooster is a Steve Good pattern. Their other daughter-in-law dabbles in farming. She has raised heritage chickens and recently pigs. We bought 1/2 a pig for our freezer! Cut from 1/4 ply with #3 MG blade. Paint is acrylic craft paint. Finished with Walrus oil.

awesome job

fantastic job

great one of a great person!

That looks like a Botas pattern. Not sure though. Nice cutting.

Very nice pn both the pattern and cutting. Yes, I can see where those long bridges would be difficult to cut. I'm sure the handler will love it and display it with pride.

Congratulations and I’m sure your wife was quite conflicted about it. are you going to make another one for her?

Nice work Frank.

Please keep us "attuned" to you build. I love building musical things, Done quite a few Cigar Box Guitars, Native American flute, a Strum Stick, that got stolen want to make another. A hand crank organ, I would love to build a dulcimer. They are beautiful instruments. P.S. Have to admit I can not play any of them, well except for the organ, I have no musical ability. If I did I would plan the Harmonica, got several, but no music come out of them. But others can play what I have built.

Nice and the right size for her to have in her dorm room.

Beautiful craftsmanship, excellent cutting, RJ

Kevin, that's where "black friday" came from, business was in the red all year, until after thanksgiving, then their sales increased enough to go in the black, good luck going forward and hope you see a lot of black (money), RJ

I have spent the last couple of weeks making this 14” x 11” Framed Art Panel while I documented nearly every step along the way in photos. I have also spent many hours writing a detailed description of each step to accompany the photos. This work resulted in a 28-page Tutorial I produced and will provide, in PDF format, in a separate post you will find in the Learning Center, Works In Progress & Tutorials, for anyone who may be interested. The Tutorial is a step-by-step documentation of how I go about creating a piece of Scroll Saw Art MY WAY from concept to completion. It includes nine major steps: 1 - Concept, 2 - Creating the Scroll Saw Pattern in Inkscape, 3 – Choosing and preparing the panels, 4 - Scrolling the Cut Panel, 5- Adding Color, 6 – Art Panel assembly, 7 - Adding Logo, 8 - Finishing the Panel, and 9 - Making the Frame. If you want to know more about this project and/or are interested in MY WAY of doing this kind of project, please download the PDF titled: Art by Sam Savitt Interpreted in Wood with a Scroll Saw - A step-by-step Informational Tutorial by FrankEV. (pdf file name is: A step by step Tutorial by FrankEV.pdf) I will aslo post the pattern in Pattern Exchange

Very nice. Thanks for sharing/

Very nice piece. Well done

Your time paid off. Turned out great!

Just had to say, I went and read this entire thread. Great conversation and I love reading about experiences and such. A very enjoyable thread to read. This is what I like about SSV vs say FB. Okay, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Keep it flowing.

done.

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.

I've cut out one of these not too long after getting into this addiction. Sold it and finally cut out this one. Backer is next on the list soon as I the new printer gets delivered Wednesday. Got 4+ years out of the old one with over 22k printed pages. Switching from HP cartridge to Cannon tank printer. Anyway, still using up the leftover Canadian Cedar. Planed it down to 3/4". Will finish with Watco Danish Natural unless I can think of something better. Used #5 Pegas MGT blades for interior cuts.

Wow I really did not think anyone really remembered me and here you are remembering a request I had. Yes since that time I have gathered a few patterns of trains from other woodworking sites as they were gracious to give me links. I just checked your link and have to say it is exactly what i wanted. They have so many different trains and cars to go with. This is the direction I want to take my woodworking skills in, Being I am phasing out of scrolling, I still can use that skill to enhance many items in those plans. A++++++ on the site and thank you for the link and remembering. Have to saw WOW again. Thank You!!!

@JTTHECLOCKMAN Hi John, A few years ago I believe you were looking for a train project. If you hadn’t found one check out foreststreetdesigns.com look under the train patterns.

Thank you all. This is the fifth one of these I have made. One I made about 10 years ago I donated to a charity auction and it brought over 300 dollars. The rest have been given to family members.

Stunning

Excellent.

Yes, the Reindeer took forever to sand and shape. There are a total of five different patterns for the reindeer including Rudolph. If you want all nine, you cut two of each and just one of Rudolph. I didn’t keep track of time as I worked on this set off and on for two weeks. Certainly not making any money on it, but will make a nice center piece at my booth.

Amazing. Marg

Vey well done!

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

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

Well I hope what you do sucks too! Copy Cat

There is double sided tape and then there is double sided tape. I have some I purchased to hold a piece of wood to a face plate when turning on a lathe. You could stick to cars together and one could pull the other. I have some double sided carpet tape that is not nearly as strong. I would not use either to hole a paper pattern on but the carpet tape would probably hold pieces of wood together for stack cutting.