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This project started in a reverse order to the usual format. This beautiful piece of mahogany was given to me by a friend. It was 13' x 10" x 1 3/8" thick. I was thinking of various subjects when I decided to check out the patterns in the Scrollsaw Village Patterns Section. When I saw the fantastic "Maltese Puppy" by superb pattern designer, Jim Blume, I knew this would work very well for this project. The wood was sanded, the edges were routed, and the pattern was attached with 3M spray adhesive. Pilot holes were drilled and the scroll work was completed with spiral blades. The carving was completed using a Foredom Rotary Power Carver and the fur was produced with multiple passes with the top edges of three different sizes of columnar bits. The puppy was colored with Minwax Polycrylic Finish and artist acrylic paints. The background was finished with multiple coats of polyurethane finish. Thank you Jim, for the beautiful design of this pattern. Dick

Finally I have an opportunity to cut new projects by new scroll saw - Proxxon DS 230. In general, if you have a choice and financial opportunity, then I would not recommend this scroll saw, but at the moment for me it has some advantages. Anyway here is my first project in 2 year - 3D sphere. I hope such patterns will be popular: it looks unusual and eye-catching, interesting to assemble, it could be made of scraps of wood (as each piece is not large) and it could be assembled without glue. I plan to make more 3D geometric patterns, so what do you think of this project and such patterns? Video of making 3D sphere Pattern - https://alexfoxua.etsy.com

Latest ones. Angel is Ridgeback Wood-Lamp pattern, double stack 1/8 BB ply. 164 cuts with #3 ultra reverse and #3/0 spiral 11 X 17 inches. Fishing rules by Jim Blume on BB ply 8 X 8. 70 cuts with #3 ultra reverse.

Here it is, finished and ready to hang on the wall. BTW, my wife has claimed it and it is to hang on our wall. Since I last posted about it, after many side-tracks and disruptions, I have encased it in clear epoxy, sanded and clear-coated it with lacquer. The wood is 3/8" mesquite and I used Pegas MGT blades, mostly #3. The finished product is roughly 7-1/2" H x 7-3/4" W. It was a fun project to cut although it took many hours. I had not originally planned to do the epoxy but the words at the bottom were fragile. There are several single bridges between the H, the N, the 3 and the 6. They broke and I had to glue them back together. You can probably see it if you look close enough. Now, with the epoxy, nothing is going to break. I will share the pattern if anyone is interested.

Sometimes a boat anchor is just that a boat anchor and it is best to move on. I started on a Dremel pin end 2 speed saw and quickly realized if I wanted to take this hobby serious and enjoy it that was not the saw for me. I really do not remember what I did with that saw. probably gave to my brother and he got rid of it. Knowing him he probably sold it for more than what it was worth. Today there really is no reason to settle for lower quality saws. There are so many saws showing up on these market places that if you wait it out you can find something better. I sold my Dewalt 788 a couple summers ago for $250 Type #1 and my Hegner for $450. both very good condition and am sure will give the new owners lots of quality sawing time.

fantastic job

As others said, beautiful job on a beautiful piece of wood and the contouring really tops it off. We had 2 maltese, gone for several years now, and this piece touches me. I had looked for patterns of maltese and had missed this one. But now, maybe...

The two speed variant is the saw I learned to scroll on. And I used that saw for quite a few years.. Still have it but don't use it. It was my fathers first "new" saw he bought and I was only like 14 years old and went with him to get it. He wore it out two times and rebuilt it and the third time he went and bought the variable speed version. He hung onto the 2 speed one for a long time and one day I asked if he still had it and if I could take it to try my hand at scrolling. He told me it worked but the bearings where bad and didn't saw quite right. Brought it home and tried cutting a 2x4 in half and said to myself that thing was slower than a handsaw and I throw it under the workbench and not to be used for several years. LOL My father had passed on before he got to actually see me get into the scrolling and I rebuilt the saw the 4th time. That was when parts were hard to source but I did find everything I needed NOS.

I also buy from Garnet. It has been great service.

Great job! I'd like to be a fly on your shop wall just so I could watch your process of doing these!

I've used that saws 2 speed varient for 20+ years (recently got a Hegner, so the 2 speed is now a back up or show saw). These are great saws if the bearings are good. The blade clamping system takes a little getting used to but I prefer it over every other clamping system I have ever used, and that includes the Hegner, For fretwork, using the same size blade, the clamp can't be beat. Seconds to change holes, literally seconds; and zero blade slippage, and that's without have to do anything to the blades. The blade clamping system one real weak point is changing blade size, there is some crossover for sizes but if you're switching from a #1 to a #9 you'll have to adjust the upper clamp.

Beautiful piece done on a beautiful piece of wood! The contouring you did really transformed that grain into art.

Thank you! I live in Cumming Ga.

Sorry you are having this problems but tells me why many farmers from your country are establishing here in Saskatchewan. Saw Bird sells these blades from Estevan, Saskatchewan,Canada He ships to me quickly and easily however your mail conditions would still be a problem

cute little duck

Just wanted to share with everyone that after a few decades of scrolling and trying to find a setup that felt "right" to me, I think I've finally found it. The 16" King will be going to my daughter in October as she's interested in scrolling, and will be replaced with a 21". Though about the 30" but I really don't need anything that big. Still love my P-20!

Kinda like a software update, but not really. My hosting provider sent me an email basically saying that they're restructuring their plans and SSV is using a lot of space and will be moving us to another price tier. The move would basically double my operating expenses. I think because SSV is a picture-heavy website, we have a lot of files, and many of them are large. So we're going over our limit. At any rate, I have to move a few things around. I think much of the uploads (gallery and forum attachments) will be moved off and onto a different server. For those interested, they'll be moving to Amazon's S3 service. S3 is very fast, which might even improve the responsiveness of SSV. It will be cheaper than what my hosting provider will charge, but it's just another bill I have to add to the pile, which is a bummer. I think everything will move over smoothly based on a few tests I ran. But there may be a transition time, potentially broken images that shouldn't last too long. I just wanted to give you a heads-up. Let me know if something goes sideways.