Leaderboard

Finished the "Church Window Clock" this afternoon......approximately 7-8hrs in it....distressed white, heirloom white for the clock face, went with a black pendulum to match the black hands.....it's not for sale, it's going on my wall, I'm very happy with the results ....23"T Comments always welcomed.....Clock movement was from Amazon $15.....I made the pattern myself Church Window Clock 1.mp4

A while back Paul @Scrappile posted some info on his dust collection system and many folks from the village responded. So I decided to set up one for my saw as well. I have a very large noisy dust collector which I use for my large equipment but I wanted something quieter while I scroll saw. I bought the Dewalt Stealth (really quiet) shopvac and set it 20' away from my little workshop room (located in our Orchard Building). I then hooked up the locline suction tube Paul suggested and purchased the bottom attachement from @James E. Welch https://bigriverwares.etsy.com/listing/1497458276 and hooked that up as @rafairchild2 described using dust gates as a "throttle" to decrease the suction to just what I needed. Then I took @Rolf cool collecting catch system and added it... so If I had a piece that was sucked up it would land in my catch container. I didn't have a container like his, so I took an OXO storage container from my kitchen (it held coffee beans) and drilled 2 1/2" holes in both sides and used it as my collection container with a screen over one side. I also added a "Y" where it came out of the wall so I could add a vacuum hose for clean up in my shop. Wow! it really works great. I used to use a small paint brush to remove some of the sawdust and now I don't need it. I also have virtually no dust on the floor anymore.... Thank you Village People for all your help!

Hey everyone! It's been a while and I'm glad to see some familiar names and a whole bunch of new ones! A couple of months ago I had a dog related retail shop reach out to me asking if I'd be interested in displaying some of my items for sale. I was very upfront with her, told that I've done it 3 times before and it simply didn't work out. Apparently my sales pitch and charm are what sell them at craft events. Seriously, in retail stores they've never done well. The puzzles need to be shrink wrapped so that pieces don't get scattered around and folks don't grasp and comprehend the concept of them. But... this time, some mild success as she has sold about 8 or 9 puzzles and a leash rack or two in the past month with holiday shoppers. Considering I sell 40-50 or more at a 1 day craft event, I won't be giving up that part of my fun. LOL I hope everyone is doing well, especially my beloved Puzzle Zombies.

My Sister aske for a special Christmas gift. She has a lot of Jewelry chains that always get knoted up in her regular jewelry box and asked if I could make her a case where she could hang her chains. I looked a several boxes on the web to get some ideas and came up with my own design (on the fly!) I would have like to use an exotic wood but it is getting very expensive so I went with 1/2" Poplar since it would be painted. Built the doors first since that would determine the final size of the box. Routered the recess for the front plaque first and then cut the miters. I used my Peacock pattern (Stack cut) 1/8" BBPW and used an 1/8" backer painted black and felt on the inside. Used picture frame hold downs to hold it all in place. Built the frame based on the dimensions of the combined doors. Added a 1/4" backer into the recess of the frame. Went 1/4" but should have gone a little wider. Not much room for the screws. 3M sprayed felt and applied to inside of backer. Bought hinges and hangers and french cleat from Woodcraft. Got very thin magnets from HD. Finish was several coats of black lacquer. Gold paint was from Hobby Lobby for the peacocks. I'll be sending it off this week and hope it get there before Christmas.

This was a gift for my eight year old grandson. He picked the colors. Cut from poplar. Most of the parts were cut on the scrollsaw. My wife painted using DecoArt acrylic paint and coated using a clear lacquer Plans are from Toymakingplans.com

Just having fun.

Nice write up. You included pictures and village people.

Thanks, I've watched and rewatched all of those and do start to get it but I just found this and it looks like what we might be looking for. I'm just starting to delve into it and I think it will clear up some things. https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/the-a-to-z-of-inkscape--cms-21422 Here's another that looks interesting. https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/back-to-school-28-easy-inkscape-tutorials--cms-21870

Yeah, me too. I'm looking for a simple glossary for the basic terms used. Here is a link the the whole series of lessons from Travis:

Hello, I'm new to scrolling. Sort of, I had a craftsman back in the 90's but it got broke when I moved to NC in 1995. Never replaced it. Got back into woodworking in 2016ish and have been collecting tools ever since. I bought an RBI 216 (Eagle) this morning, serial #355. It seems to be in decent shape except for a missing blade guard. Everything else is there, including a light kit. Need to buy some new blades and play with it a little. Any idea if the blade guard is available anywhere?

Well, it's probably been two years since I posted anything I made. This is a pattern from Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts, Fall 2008. Since day the day I received the magazine I said I was going to try this pattern. Let's see, that's 2023 minus 2008, subtract, carry the 1, about 15 years ago. Dick Miraglia was featured in that issue and did a fine job explaining the steps. I was a little hesitant about some of the steps but decided I could always use the firewood if it doesn't work out. Grabbed a maple slab, cut to size, used a trim router to lower the perimeter, then the fun started. The scrolling was straightforward but the maple made is slower than I'm use to. The trickiest part was carving/shaping the face. Not too bad, but I'd tackle it a bit different next time. The detailing was fast and fun. A big shout to @dickmira for the great article. I'll be doing some others as soon as I create some patterns. Cheer everyone!

Thanks for your write up and pictures. I will be redoing my dust collection system over the next couple of weeks as I get some other tools set up so it is great info.

Very nice! I agree about the stained glass

Very well done. Colored acrylics would look great!

Beautiful!!!.

Great to see you back around and doing okay. I tried the consignment deal with my state quarter magnets and it was a bit hit the first month, then turned into a steamy pile after that.

Dan great job, it is also on my long list of things I want to do. I had the pleasure of meeting Dick at one of Fox Chapels open houses and saw display with all of the different carved panels.

Funny how she snuck that into the picture! Its a slow train but it will get there. Happy New Year!

One to really be proud of. I bet you made the box under it also. Meanwhile I am still working on the train engine! But I am getting there.

My foot switch died a couple weeks ago, I can't scroll saw without it, I like to have 2 hands on my work at all times, I was ready to go back to Harbor Freight to purchase a new one ($14.99), but thought I should at least take the old one apart to take a look, to my amazement it was very dirty & full of cobwebs, after fiddling with the wires inside IT NOW WORKS!! The circuitry is very simple inside. I have the monetary foot switch which is pushing 10yrs old. I saved myself $15 bucks. God Bless Smitty 414600630_7106656149427181_4132962418010634119_n.mp4

To be honest, Dan, I was extremely busy with the holiday festivities and all of the visiting family staying with us that I did not have any opportunities to look at the recent forum postings. I was very pleasantly surprised this morning to see your post featuring the tremendous carving job you did on the tiger. I have seen many carved fretwork tigers from different woodworkers following the instructions in this article and have helped many with further instructions. However, your tiger is one of the best jobs and I loved it. Keep at it and it does get easier. Have a great new year to you and all my colleagues on Scrollsaw Village, Dick Mira

'Nuff said!

I new it was going to be great

Very well done.

Lookie what I got myself for Christmas @rjweb @OCtoolguy @Scrappile @Rolf @DRugerH @preprius! And I was still able to make the apple pie and go to the Christmas party! It runs beautifully, the table top is almost new and the plastic protective was still on some parts of it. Not too bad for $275

I thought it was about time I showed this one on here. Thanks to Frank for helping me out greatly. used recycled oak. Hard and dry as nails so it taught me patience that I didn’t know I had.