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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.

Here are my charcuterie boards ready for the show minus one which is pretty special.

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.

A few oldies from yesteryear.

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.

Two day show last weekend. Set up was on Friday afternoon. I have done this show for about ten years now. I had to miss it last year though as work wast so hectic that I didn’t have time to cut. Because of that, I lost the prime spot. I was way in the back of the room. Despite that, I had the best sales I have ever had. 80% of sales were credit or debit cards. My best sales were anything Christmas, but most sales came from ornaments. I have two price points of ornaments placed on two different trees. The Sleigh and reindeers sold for $250. The large Steve Good Nativity sold for $250. The biggest problem I had was working by myself. At times there were customers waiting in line to buy!

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

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.

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

Outstanding. I really like he version of Wonderful World. I know many of us do not think it is a wonderful world, but I believe it is. Jerry

I was commissioned to make this plaque for a client who works for American Airlines. He plans to give it to a long time colleague who is retiring after the first of the year. I combined fretwork and intarsia. The lettering was so delicate that I decided to fill it with black wood filler. I used blue pine for the background and frame.

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.

very nice, RJ

I really like this one, Charlie. I cut a Tree of Life pattern some time back that had the words of the song, "What A Wonderful World." I have sold the piece and have wanted to cut some more but haven't gotten around to it yet. I believe the pattern is in the Village library.

Well done Charlie

Very well done

Beautiful job of one of the greats Charlie

Awesome pattern and cutting.

Looks great, Rodney!

Pattern and cutting excellent, RJ

Nice, RJ

Beautiful cutting, RJ

Looks great, RJ

Really nice Rodney. Jerry

Frank, I wish I had 10% of your talent. Jerry

awesome job

terrific job

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.

Thanks Melanie. No I hadn't noticed, my head is going in different directions today. Marg

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!

Yes, I am going to make another set for her but not till next year! I still have projects that still have to get done.

Great job. Thanks for sharing about the tutorial.

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.

Like you, I stepped away for the Summer while I was out fishing, motorcycling, tending to the garden, etc., but in SE WI, it's time to get back into the shop for me as well. I'll be blowing the dust off of the Hawk and get moving on it. I am going to be building some Appalachian Mountain Dulcimers this winter out of reclaimed wood, and will be using the 26" Hawk for the sound holes. I have already installed a re-saw blade on the band saw and have half a truck load of pallet wood (My truck as an 8' bed, so it's a lot of lumber). I am just finalizing my plans and will make the prototype soon. I plan to build just a few of them, if the first one works out and has a good tone. I know pallet wood is going to be hit or miss, so I may use all pallet wood, and spruce sound boards, but I'll see how it goes. Dan

yes the juried shows are tough to come by these days but were the norm in the older days. Today if you have cash they take you in. I was at 2 shows that I did years ago where 3 crafters were asked to leave in the middle of the show because they had made in China stickers on the items they were selling. I remember this well because one of the so called crafters then went around to many other crafters and stared looking for same labels. when she picked mine up i told her you will never find one here. All made by me by hand. But nice try.

Very nice. I you spill "FYNN/FINN" two different ways. I hope it is a typo. Great idea for the kayak piece.

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

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

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

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.

Love this beautiful piece of live edge Cherry. Pattern is in the Library. For some reason it's blurry until you click on it.

Just finished this Edmonton Oilers NHL plaque for my father. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta and came to live in the UK when he was 5 years old. He is now in his early 90s and has been a lifelong Oilers fan. The letters and border were cut out individually then painted accordingly and glued back into place, finished with a few coats of clear lacquer. I myself am a Colorado Avalanche fan ! Regards, Alan.

More planes joining my fleet.

So to day I post my African Big Five cut (remember my Lion Project) well this is it. The Big Five is very special to all South Africans because it’s part our heritage. Before I tell you what the problems were and how I approached them, please don’t tell me you don’t like the colour of the back round or the texture of the board is not right that’s immaterial, just look at the cuttings and the work, put into it. All the patterns are Russ Beard Patterns, the cuttings were all double stack 4mm Birch Plywood the Lion is the Centre price and was cut on a 11”x14” my standard board size, the Leopard, Buffalo and Rhino had to be reduced in size keeping a eye on the aspect to keep the proportions right, but by reducing the size made the cuts more difficult, adding to the problem only the Lion was a Free Standing Pattern the others were all inboard patterns so with Russ’s approval and help from my wife Loraine how is a great artist we converted the patterns on the fly to stand alone pattern of Ouse the Elephant had to bigger to.Time plenty hours, holes I estimate between 3000-5000 holes cuts. The patterns were soaked in Danish Oil drained and excess wiped off allowed to dry for two days and the two coats clear varnish. This type of cut deserves a very special back round so I will be taking a photo of the African Savannah and glue that to the backer and the the cuts on top of that in layers. I’m very happy with the results even though the stain was unpredictable the colour of the animals can vary from area to area so it does not bother me.