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After deciding to scale down SG's "Dirty Harry" pattern and dealing with some serious sciatica issues, I finally finished scrolling my project this morning... Even though I was not pain free by any means I just wanted to get the last of it done. I feel it was worth it!

I have some small free standing items scrolled that I thought would be neat to have on a mini motorized turntable and for ten bucks, I couldn't pass this thing up. Spins clockwise or CCW nice and slow USB and even operates with 3 AA batteries. Don't know how to post a video of one of my items on it but I can show what it was anyway. Thought someone might find a use for it!!

I found a B&W image of a Papercut cutting of a “tree(?)” by a UK artist Lois Cordelia. The image is quite unique and I’m sure not to everyone’s taste. However, it intrigued me, and I wondered how it would look if made as a Scroll Saw Cutting. The original was a European A3 paper size cutting that, using Inkscape, I increased and modified slightly to convert it into an 11” x 17” scroll pattern. No other modifications were necessary to make it scrollable. I cut the pattern in a 5/32” thick solid core Walnut ply panel mainly using Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades and a Pegas #3 MGT R blade for the long straight border cuts. The perimeter border is 1/4" wide so it is hidden under the rebbeted frame rails. I enhanced the Walnut cutting with a quick wipe-on/wipe-off coat of Minwax Dark Walnut stain, mainly to stain all the interior vertical edge cuts but not wanting to lose the visibility of the wood grain. The cut panel was affixed to a 1/4” thick BB Ply Backer that I chose to paint to look somewhat like sky using my Air Brush and Acrylic Artist Air Brush Paints. The Frame is a 3/4” wide rabbeted frame made from Poplar, that was Stained with Minwax Honey and protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Wipe-on Polyurethane. Comments and critiques always welcome. A special note here. Cutting this image, whether you care for the image itself or not, would be an excellent opportunity for anyone that may be interested in learning how to use Spiral Blades. I will post the pattern in Pattern Exchange and include a short tutorial under Works in Progress & Tutorials that will provide; ‘My Methods’ that I followed when I cut this image with Spirals.

Here is my latest Portrait, Just in time for Christmas. By far my favorite pattern as it was hand drawn by Charlie E. The piece is Poplar with rough sides. The Frame is rough cut Poplar and Oak splines.

Love making trucks. Wood used for these was Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and Ebony.

When I was at my daughter's place, I noticed that their stockings were just being hung on a picture hook. Mom to the rescue!!! This is a Kathy Wise design that showed up in my FB feed recently. I cut this as segmentation from one piece of reclaimed elm, from our city's canopy. It is a little more than 1" thick. Used a(many) #7 Precision skip blade(s). Colour provided by watered down Unicorn Spit. There is one major cutting error that I turned into a design choice. This is just waiting for the Osmo satin finish to dry.

I made and of the Submarine Service plaques at the request of my neighbor to give to a good friend that was a submariner. The last one of these will make more of just the emblems for giveaways.

That would be neat to display the Alex Fox baskets.

i have about six of the cheaper versions to use at shows to display pens and things. Bought them on ebay and they come from China of course. they work great for that.

Congrats on the new saw!

I use a $3 plastic turntable that I bought at H/D about 10 years ago.

Probably wouldn't hold up very long for how i would use it.. but it'd be nice to have something like this to spray a finish on projects without having to walk around the project or hold onto it somewhere while trying to spray it too, LOL...

Maybe the tension rod is too tight.. or maybe too loose on the old saw.. I think they would want the rod adjusted so the upper arm would be parallel to the saw table when the arm is all the way down without a blade in it.. At least that is how it's done on the Excalibur saws.. The issue is on the DeWalt you have to take the tension lever and the top switch plate etc. apart to make any adjustment to it... where a Excalibur or similar saw has the knob at the back of the saw to adjust that.. If it saws alright and the blade fits.. maybe just use it unless there is a issue. maybe eventually it'll wear down enough to be like the old saw,

Thanks Jerry. Majority of my woodwork is finished as follows: I sand the wood I’m going to use for the project with 120 grit followed with 400 grit I then apply the pattern and cut out Once the project is glued, dust removed and wiped clean with a damp cheesecloth I then apply my first thin coat of polyurethane and let dry for one day I usually apply a minimum of 5 coats sanding very lightly with 1500 grit sandpaper before applying the next coat letting each coat dry one day. My last step is going over the project lightly with 1500 grit sandpaper wet with beeswax (liquid or paste) and polishing dry with a cheesecloth My process is time consuming but when you touch the project it feels like glass Hopefully this is some help to you Jerry

Someone ordered this from me this year for a friend 1/4"BB with a 1/8" backer.. Needed a backer to glue the gnomes pieces onto 10"x10" Added the WIP as a show and tell

There are no dumb questions, just unasked questions. Welcome, @Liz Weir to the village.

I just got a scroll saw (RBI Hawk 226) and have barely had a chance to turn it on as yet. I've been doing creative stuff all my life - sewing, drafting sewing patterns, I am a master level costumer (historical), I've been doing commercial embroidery digitizing for 25 years, and more. If I'm not learning, I'm bored, so I keep picking up new hobbies to learn. Looking forward to this new adventure!

Not sure why I haven't posted this before.. Just in case you didn't know if you sign up for their newsletter email they give out a free ornament pattern every month.. sometimes they are a pretty basic ornament while other times they have some pretty nice ones.. This is a screen capture of this months ornament they just emailed me today.. You likely wouldn't get this one if you sign up now but it might be worth it for a free 12 ornament patterns every year.. Most I've never used as they are not my style but someone here might like them.. To sign up just go to their site and a screen pops up to subscribe... https://woodenteddybear.com/

I just replaced my 10 year old DeWalt with a brand new one. Looks the same and saws great. One thing I noticed is that the gap between the upper and lower blade clamps is somewhat greater on the new saw. The blades fit in there, but just barely. Is that a change they made, or is something amiss with the saw? Thanks, Jim

It's a design feature. No matter how bad you think it is, someone will like it.

Thanks for all the replies. After using the new saw it seems to cut just fine. I think I'll just go ahead and work with it as it is. It will just be a matter of dealing with the blade placement in the clamps. I suppose even this old dog can add one more trick to his bag. Jim

Maybe I shouldn't chime in on this topic, but it just doesn't make since that buying a new saw that has been manufactured for many years using the same drawings of the original saw that was developed in Canada so many years ago, that you have to work on right after it is taken out of the box in order to make it right just isn't right! It does make since in a way, the saw is built over in China, packaged and ship over here to the states and it is possible that in the transport parts can become loose or even tighten so as not to work like it should! In my case after I decided to upgrade to a "high end" saw after buying a Dremel saw that HD was selling at half price to bring in their own line, I went back to HD to price the Dewalt saw knowing what the street price was at the time, HD would not come down from the suggested Manufactures price well over $700! I ended up buying the Delta P 20 at a very good price in the range of $375 or so from Lowes! I still have the saw although the parts needed to get it back into operation are no longer available unless I have a machinist make up the parts which will be very expensive! At least there wasn't any problem with the saw when it was unboxed and set up on the stand that was also included, It was ready to go once I put a blade and started the process of cutting! Granted most of it was from overseas but as I remember not from China! This is just my 2 cents worth and as we all know that is not much! Erv

fantastic job

Carbon paper and pencil, while being an old school method for making a pattern, it is still one of the best. You still had to have the vision to decide what to sketch which requires a talent on it's own. Good on ya! I absolutely love your rendition.

I seem to recall an article that said that alcohol causes the color in Paduak to dissolve and spread. And shellac has alcohol in it as the solvent. Don't use shellac on Paduak.

Great you are doing those plaques they are very well done.

Wow! that is one hell of a nice piece.

Beautiful work Paul.

What Kevin wrote is correct. The distance between the upper blade holder and the lower blade holder should be just about what the length of the blades is. If it's wider, that means the tension rod is too short or the tension lever is not returning to the OFF position. Either way, it's an easy fix. The is a lot of info on your saw at scrollsaw.com. Many of the Dewalt inherent problems have been written about there and how to fix them.

I think that is great !

Liz, Welcome from Ashland, Virginia. Everyone on here is very helpful and they have a wealth of knowledge. Just ask anything, everyone is willing to help out the all they can.

THIS IS WHY I ENJOY MAKING THE MILITARY EMBLEMS SO MUCH. A RESPONSE LIKE THIS IS WORTH A LOT. Got home today and this was in my email Our friend, was overcome with thankfulness. He hopes to meet you to thank you in person.

Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee.

Nice Cutting! I keep telling myself to try some of that type of cutting, but haven't gotten there yet. Thanks for the inspiration - maybe after the holiday season.

Liz, I'm Jerry from Colorado. No kidding, you have come to the right place. Lot of help here and you will keep learing. With your background you will have no trouble with the scroll saw. From what I hear seamtreesses make great scrollers. I used to watch my wife sew and picked up a few tricks I could do with the scroll saw. One other thing, scrolling is verrrrry addictive as others have said. You will find that with other chores you have to do, you can hardly wait so you can get to scrolling. There is always something to learn, something new. Welcome to the Village, you will be happy here and you will not get bored. Jerry

Thanks Jeff. 3 1/4” x 3” x 9”

Welcome from Oklahoma. Lots to learn on here.

Welcome Liz to the Village. From what I hear, you have a great saw. Like you, I’ve done a variety of different crafting and learning over the years. While I do have embroidery machines, I have stayed away from learning the digitizing my own patterns. As far as sewing, I’ve done some basic stuff, but left the real sewing to my mom who was the expert. It was when I lost her to Alzheimer’s that I turned to the scroll saw. That was soon to be 8 years ago.

Welcome from the land of tax-free shopping. You are so in trouble. Get out now. Save yourself. Once you have sawdust under your fingernails and in your hair, there is not turning back. But seriously, this is a great place. You are gonna like it here.

Glad you have moved into the village. Hope you enjoy it, Not many get to start out with a top of the line scroll saw.

Welcome to the Village For one of your first project may I suggest..... A lucet. It should check a lot of boxes. Scroll saw sewing historical cordage For a free pattern got to: https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php search for lucet

Welcome to the village. I am Mark from California. I too have the 26" Hawk. Nice choice. With your introduction, you will pick up scrollsaw fast. Then we can see some of your ideas. It is always fun to learn from masters Feel free to ask dumb questions. I did a lot. I still do. But this village likes to help.

Welcome to the Village, Liz. This is a great hobby and I believe you'll find very addictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcuZw5VuTw&t=506s&ab_channel=ArtisanPirate Hey everyone! In this fun Christmas Scroll Saw Project Video, we make a beautiful Christmas Tree with the quote "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Within it! This beautiful Steve Good design from 2017 is cut from 3/4 inch pine and offers several finishing and display options. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

Jerry, you are absolutely correct. I believe 99% of scrollers are hobbyists . That 1% who sell as a business has to be lucky and really needs to drive the business and or have a backup plan as a second income because to make a living doing this in this day and age is not going to happen. prices of materials has gone up as well as demand is down. Many years ago back in late 80's and early 90's when I started I had grand visions of going full bore into this as a business. As I look back now I am so glad I did not but I did enjoy the path I took because I did see the good times and living the bad times now and have shifted my hobby focus basically totally to pens. This also can be a hard sell and a tough business because many pen turners out there because it is an easy item to make and sell. But like all these selling sites there are the cut throats and you have to compete with that. Doing a few shows a year and making a few bucks just makes sense to help support the hobby. Unlike golf or hobbies like that there is no return for your efforts. Scrolling there is. Getting stressed out about making deadlines and quantities is a job and most are past that time. This is an older generational hobby for sure and we a dwindling. You are 100% correct, there is no right or wrong way. just find your way and enjoy the ride. A Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. Keep the saws humming.

I have wanted a turntable for a long time. I'm just waiting to have time to mess with it. All of the ones I looked at turned too fast for my purpose. Them I learned that I can slow the video down using my video editor.