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Woods used Maple, Ash, Ebony and Wenge.

Two of my grandsons are really into Legos so I built two of these Lego Man displays. I loved doing it for them but this would be a good job for a CNC machine. It's amazing how diverse Legos have become over the years. My wife and daughter both have Lego flower arrangements.

I'm trying something different by incorporating color thru the use of acrylic in my projects. Based on the cross I did I decided to try something I did years ago, just "amp" it up a bit. This time I used ⅛ ply, stained one side while leaving the other natural. It's a learning curve for sure, but a fun ride none the less. The first frog is the "original " cut in 2007. I'm not entirely happy with the eye, but it's all part of learning.

I've run across a few pieces of 1/4" Baltic birch plywood that was difficult to cut before but this one was horrible. Some sections cut like butter and others was like cutting through a log and had trouble staying on a line. There was a time it almost went into the burn barrel but I had too much time in it to bring myself to do it. It's finally done but will need a few tweaks with some sand paper...

It looks great. I didn't read all the comments about "how long" because it doesn't matter. I stopped trying to compare my times with others. I was getting very stressed when I wasn't cutting as fast as other were saying they could get something done. A fine example is the book "20 minute puzzles". I still haven't cut one in 20 minutes and I have cut at least 20 of those puzzles.

Thanks @Foxfold for the pattern! I reduced it, which meant there was a "design" choice made while cutting. This was done as a quick cut instead of working on my tulips project because I received my Pegas blade chuck in the mail. This is about 7/8 thick walnut. Cut with #5 precision skip. One coat if shellac. There are some other issues but hubby didn't see them and they can't be seen from the front.

Interesting... I've only been scrolling five months and enjoy it but I thought getting faster was a gauge of getting better at it. Hmmm, maybe I need to experiment using different speeds since I've lways use the slowest setting..

Don't like to admit it but it took me 6 hours start to finish over 3 days... scroll at a snails pace but it was difficult wood.

Logging Train wood-art pic just completed cutting on my scroll saw today.

A friend of ours lost her son about a month ago and I made her a plaque and then she lost her daughter last week. They both had the same health problems. So sad. I hope the plaque help her a little as she heals from all her loss. Dick heppnerguy

I created a slideshow of the Favorite Projects Scroll Saw Challenge. It's kinda fun to see. I wouldn't mind doing this for the new scroll saw challenges. It's a lot of work, though. Anyway, feel free to share it on your social media. It's fun to show to friends and family. Enjoy!

very nice job

You could give it a try on some scraps suppose, Everyone learns differently.. and you have to do what you're comfortable with doing.. Starting out I didn't really have a choice for speeds so I had to learn to gauge the feed.. blade sizes also played a roll back then.. first starting out I was using blades that were probably smaller than what would be recommended as that slowed down the cutting until I learned to relax and not feed the wood too fast.. But eventually I learned that my feed rate is what makes the cutting fast or slow.. saw speed has nothing to do with how fast you cut.. well it does if you have the saw speed too slow.. but running saw fast you can control how fast you feed. If you find you're pushing to fast and flexing the blade maybe speed the saw up some and try again. A good way to see if you're pushing too hard is set up a camera to video your cutting. If you see the blade flexing a lot then you need to slow your feed rate or speed up the blade speed until you get to where you're not pushing through too fast. There is people out there that have been sawing longer than me that still run their saw on slow.. that's probably how they learned and what they got comfortable with.. Nothing wrong with going slow.. Learning on a saw where you don't have a choice to turn the speed down I feel like gives the person a different skill set than those that use the saw speed to gauge how fast they want to cut. At the end of the day.. it's not a race.. just do what you're comfortable doing.

I see anout 40 holes, I assume the cut panel it is approximately 11x14, and the pattern itself is not too intricate With that in mind, I'm estimating it would take me about 1 hour to prep my cut panel, apply the pattern and drill all the holes at one time. My sit down at the saw time would be about 6 hours ( two 3 hour sessions.). Assuming I was not adding any color work, the time to prepare a backer, assemble the panel and apply a protective finish would add about another hour of shop time, excluding dry times for any applied coatings or glue-ups. Of course, I would make a frame for it that would add about 4 more hours of shop time, again excluding dry time for coatings. Say, maybe a total of 12 hours shop time, give or take, over maybe 3 to 5 days.

I scroll slowly too. I am in this hobby for the enjoyment. Why rush through what you enjoy?

Been a while since I messed with 1/4" BBply without stack cutting etc.. just one off would cut slightly faster than cutting 2-3 or 4 of them.. I'd say it'd probably take me around 1 - 1:30 hours to drill, cut, sand and be ready for whatever finish I intend to apply. Add about 10 - 15 minutes to that if I'm cutting 2 of them. Or 4 of them at 1/8" thick which is what I mostly use these days. This is just a wild uneducated guess.. LOL Now.. If I lasered that it'd be about an hour but I can only cut 1/8" in one pass so if it was 1/4" then probably 2 hours.. LOL If I CNC routered that it'd be 2 days 5 hours and 45 minutes.. The 2 days and 5 hours is trying to figure out how to get the CNC to follow the pattern..

It looks a little better now since I did some sanding and got a few curves and straight aways tightened up plus worked on the fuzzies. It's like OCtoolguy said "it's the tough stuff that you learn by".

I made this for my daughter-in-law for her birthday.

What a great idea Charlie!

As the years of scrolling march on, I was wondering how my grandchildren would remember me. I want to leave them one last project and decided the large eagle by Judy Gail Roberts would be perfect. Over the past few months I completed one for each and have them safely tucked away. Someday when my wife and I are gone, and my sons are emptying out the house the will find the 6 big boxes and instructing for who they are for. Here is a pix of the last one and a pix of the boxes each one is in. I have no plans to quit scrolling, but being 70++ I know we have no promise of tomorrow.

Great looking idea.

Grandpa! I'm your 7th grand kid,, don't forget to make me one! LOL I have always loved your Eagles. Awesome idea.

Charlie, that is great, RJ

I have completed a "bunch" of projects over these past five months and have soooo much more to learn. I know I must be doing something wrong when my arms and shoulders are ending up being sore? Maybe using that slowest speed for everything forces me to force the wood through the blade. I just glued a pattern to a scrap of 1/4" BB plywood and drilled some holes. It's time to test my scrolling at different speeds. Wouldn't doubt I've been working hard instead of working smart

WOW, that is really neat Charlie. Jerry wow wow wow

Awesome display Charlie.

I pretty much feel the same way!

very nice

what a great idea. !!!!!

Okay here is the listing I seen.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/386617494498

We all do!

Mighty fine cutting on a great pattern.

I was doing some reading about blades & saw the stamped vs machined info mentioned, but the article didn't say who made which types of blades. I'll definitely order some Pegas blades. Thank you!

Awesome is the only word I can think of, superb piece and excellent cutting, Well done.

I have made a few of these. The body is poplar, and the darker woods are mystery wood from my cutoff collection that I got mostly from a friend who makes sewing machine bases for antique sewing machines.

Turned out great!

Very nice, I am a animal person. I love dogs, cats, horses, etc. Have to add this one to my list. Dang I got a long list............LOL

I am cat people. Looks great. Marg

Barb, another good looking project, sorry though we are dog people, RJ

Another great picture.

Very nicely done. Must have taken a good bit of time. vin

Looking Good......Nice detail!

As always, Amazing work!

Beautiful pattern and very fine cutting Kris

Excellent cutting, RJ

Jerry, thanks for your interest. I used 1/8 Baltic Birch Ply. The blades used were mostly Pegas #1 and #3 spirals. I did not stack-cut it. It is wise that you have tried some practice cuts. I would recommend that you continue doing so until you feel comfortable using the spirals. Once you get used to them, it is wonderful to cut detailed, curved cuts with spirals.

I will soon be trying my luck at cutting this type of work. I have found in past positings to SSV many suggestions. I have some questions for you. Did you use 1/8 inch Baltic Birch plywood? Did you stack cut? I've read that helps cutting. Just today I purchased some 1/4 inch luan for stacking. What blade did you use? I have been doing some practice cuts which lead be to believe I may be tackling more than I can chew. I know it is just cutting 1 line at a time, but it still scares me. I mostly use hardwoods. I'm anxious to get started but still scared of the results. Thanks for posting Kris, just in time for me. Jerry

Of course the project I finished last. My Paisley Rabbitt. However, I also loved my books on the mind projects.

Here in Sherwood Park Canada , we have taken in (our community) many refugees from the Ukraine / Russia war. My wife volunteers at our local church and asked if I could come up with something that might make the ones we have made acquaintances with, something special. They were attending ESL (English as a Second Language) classes at the church along with a lady from Mexico. I came up with these... The Ukrainian Tryzub (Trident) and Mexican Eagle are contained within the Maple Leaf. Both are cut with @3 degree angle relief cut so they "pop". They measure about 5" wide and 4.x5" tall. BTW Congrats to Fab4!!! Keep it going!!

I'm going to cheat a little on this reply This was not done last year but rather 38+ years ago after I started this great hobby I may be off topic a bit, so I apologize for that When I came out of rehab(drugs and alcohol, the good old days) I needed something to keep me busy Long story short, I found a scrollsaw which I knew nothing about and bought it when I saw that the pattern book had Christmas ornaments. I'll make some ornaments, have my son and daughter paint them. Then I saw this little guy and just had to try and cut him out of wood. He's precious to me and it was a great moment when I finished him. (see the pun there....LOL) So, he's sitting there as I was one day, wondering if I made the right decision with rehab and this life changing time for me, my wife, my kids, my job, friends... Well, I can honestly say that this little guy and I both agree that it was and has been the best decision I ever made in my life. 38 +years sober and drug free and it hasn't been all that bad. Still married to a wonderful girl who could have easily walked away but she never did.