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I cut these way before I did the oval names but never got around to posting them. Please don't ask sizes, or blades or type of woods, my memory is not that good. Marg

Ran out of 3/4" basswood. Oh well, more is on order!!

Here's one I've been going to cut. And another one in .pdf that I cut out of hickory. I've always been going to do it again but larger. Tree of life with ornate border.pdf

I needed some new outdoor ornaments. Thought I would try Steve Good's pattern, minus the "Merry Christmas". Stack cut two and used a #1 MG blade. Don't remember what the material is called but is is plastic with ridges running in it. Cutting was easy as there is very little resistance to the material. A lot of fuzzies on the back, but not worried about it because they will be outdoors and no one will get close enough to notice. Hubby wants at least two more, preferably 4 more!

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.

Decided to start using some wood from my Ocooch order and used 3/4" Basswood for the first time. Used an Olson #5 12TPI 9R PGT and it cut nice and clean but was not a fan of the way the dense sawdust was hard for the blower to remove from the cut line. Looking forward to trying out some of the hardwoods instead!

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 am looking for a tree of life pattern, had one but can't seem to find it, thx RJ

Thx Ray, they will work, espeacily the second one, RJ

I join a local small town holiday merchantile every year. It is only open Nov and Dec. Everything is made by locals and the vendors are required to work 2 days running the store - my 2 days are today and tomorrow. The owner only takes 10% of sales to fund the operating costs. This year I am for the first time putting up some scroll saw items. I only have some ornaments made, but am happy to see 8 of them (out of 17) sold in 4 days. That is pretty good! I mainly make beaded jewelry and sometimes salves. This year I added some crochet items and beaded spiders. I don't make a killing but it is a fun place to try and sell my hobbies with the rest of the locals.

Good job. Almost half your stock.

Congrats!

Sometimes, simple is all it takes. I found the B&W clipart image on-line in an obscure commercial website that allowed free downloads, and I just took a liking to it. I converted it and resized it to a 12" x 18" scrollable pattern by just the addition of a few bridges. I cut the 5/32" thk solid core Maple panel in a little over a hour using Pegas #0 Spiral blades. The backer is 1/4" BB Ply. I added color using my Air Brush and Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. After assembly, I finished the cut panel with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic protective coating. The frame is a- not my typical - Poplar 3/4" wide rabbeted rail frame with a Black Gloss Lacquer finish. I thought a narrow frame would look good with this image and I think it works. Comments and Critiques always welcome.

Very creative design and the colors pop. Don't know about those footprints though

Google "Tree of life black and white." Lots of them.

Went to the vet's office to pick up some meds for one of our four legged dependents and decided to drop off a half dozen cat & dog related scrolled items for their office. They acted like I was handing out gold and super excited to receive them. Their reaction made my time and effort all worth it!

A few oldies from yesteryear.

Congrats Jessie. Great opportunity for meeting people and helping your local merchant.

Nice Charlie. Did you paint the thumb.

Nicely done Charlie

Good luck on the sales, RJ

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.

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.