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This is my latest Intarsia piece. Pattern found in the issue # 54 of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, designer Gary MacKay. Woods used Tigerwood, Maple, Canarywood, Quilted Maple, Sapelle. One generous coat of shellac. Used many #5 MG blades.

Cut this one for my son who is as big a fan as I am. The text is a line from his song "Souvenirs" which is definitely worth a listen. Cut in 1/2" alder.

Just getting back into the shop after a lengtly absence. We were away on a long cruise. Then I needed to complete two significant yard projects. On top of all that I have been suffering with a stomach bug for over three weeks. However, when possible I have been doing some cutting on a multi-part project, but I had to interrupt it to do this Abstract Art piece that I found on-line as a free .SVG download. I still needed to do a little tweeking to make it work as a 12’ x 18” Scroll Saw pattern. Cutting the 5/32” solid core ply was very easy using a Pegas #1 Mgt R blade. All coloring was done with an Air Brush using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. Due to the many different colors the painting and finishing time was long. Dry time…ugh! Typical 1/4" ply backer. The frame is a 3/4” wide rail Gallery Style Floating Frame, painted Silver. There are a lot of shadows in the photo and the color of the frame is washed out. It looks a lot better when hanging on a wall and viewed from the normal four feet away. I’ll post the pattern in Pattern Exchange for anyone who would like it.

Sycamore67, made a lot of sense regarding buying a saw. I too am at the age there is more behid me than what is before me. I had purchased a Dewalt Scroll Saw and stand. Unfortunately when I assembled the stand I realized that the scroll saw would be too high for where I would be using it. So I built a wooden stand and was ready to start scrolling. I plugged it in and NOTHING. Deader than a door nail. Now I know from reading a lot here and elsewhere that it could be a loose connection in the head. But I started to think about the quality control. If this a simple check at the factory was not done what else could there be. I decided to return it. It was picked up a few days ago and I contacted Denny. Hopefuly I will be receiving my saw the first days of June. Looking forward to scrolling.

It looks excellent. Well done Frank. Marg

Looks really nice,, great job!

Really beautiful!!

Beautiful work!

Now that is awesome!

awesome job, it's beautiful

Great job! I like the woods you chose.

Very nice Barb! I suspect that the designer would prefer that you use different woods, that is taking artistic license.

great piece thanks for sharing

This is my latest Intarsia piece. Pattern found in the issue # 54 of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, designer Gary MacKay. Woods used Tigerwood, Maple, Canarywood, Quilted Maple, Sapelle. One generous coat of shellac. Used many #5 MG blades.

From Wikipedia: The Green Man, also known as a foliate head,[1] is a motif in architecture and art, of a face made of, or completely surrounded by, foliage, which normally spreads out from the centre of the face.[2] Apart from a purely decorative function, the Green Man is primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of new growth that occurs every spring.

Kevin, I've been a member here for around 7 years. Never had an issue with anyone except one person. That person is always forcing his opinion on others, his way is the right way, his tools are the best tools, he will never buy anything from Harbor Freight because it is all junk he says. He doesn't understand that some of us can't afford the top of the line tools. We have to use what we can. I have engaged in very very few conversations with him over the years and don't feel that I have missed out on anything because of that. He has come and gone several times in my short 7 years, I imagine he will continue to do so. I do admit that he does very nice work, but I don't let people like that in my life. I thoroughly enjoy spending time here and reading everyone else's post and admiring everyone's talents. I know I will get a response and I don't blame him, it is his right.. but I won't engage. Very nice cross by the way!

My son-in-law has a workbench in his garage. He built a sub-floor in that area. Keeps the toes warm. My dad, lived in southern Ontario, had a storage room off the carport that he ran an old interior car warmer in. Kept the room above freezing. This is where he stored tools, paints/glued and wines.

I'm in Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario. I've been lucky enough to have heated garages for my shops since the mid-1990's - heat has always been programmed to go down to 12 degrees C overnnight and come up to 18 degrees C during the day. In all that time I've never had problems with glue or paint although I never use either first thing after a really cold night. What I do keep an eye on is the humidity during the non-winter months - if it climbs to 45% then I turn on the dehumidifier. The other noticeable issue is the concrete floor contributing to cold feet - in addition to simply cranking up the thermostat I have those thick rubber matts in front of my benches, and may also use a low step-stool to keep my feet off the floor when sitting at the scrollsaw bench. On ridiculously cold days I include a small electric heater to keep warm air moving under the scrollsaw bench. Jay

19 hours ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said: Kevin here is the deal. Go back and look what I said in reply to the OP. All I said they were laser cut and that I think they look cheap and my final word was I hate lasers. I think everyone here knows I hate lasers because they came up before. Then you get on here and no one else mentioned anything about hating lasers and you went into this long diatribe about how you use lasers and because one does not use one knows nothing about it and this was all directed at me. No one else mentioned the hate for lasers. It is old timers who do not want to move into the future and all that stuff. I am not stupid Kevin. I know when I am the target of a reply. Yes I used a 3D image of an angel for displaying certain religious pens I make. They are called props. Not for sale. Run away again. It does not bother me one way or other. I try to add when I can but maybe it is time to move away from this site all together. being I do not do much scrolling anymore anyway. Good luck with your lasers and scrollsaw work. Ray to answer your question you yelled at me for being negative one time before so I figured you would again. No I was misunderstood and I thought I had explained myself. Maybe not. But, I do see a lot of negativity in your posts lately. Especially toward Kevin. Why not just ignore him if he riles you? I hate to see this happening here. We have enough problems in our lives without having them here too. It's time for both of you to stop bickering.

Thanks Tyler. Always enjoy your videos. Jerry

I am a transplant from upstate NY to NC. Even in NC we have numerous nights in the 20's. My two cents is unless you insulate your shop you are wasting your time and money. Also, you want to maintain a steady temperature when not in use. Raising the temp by 5-10 degrees is doable but not more. Remember metal, especially cast iron takes a lot longer to come up to room temperature.

enjoyed your video

Thanks Marg. I used acrylic craft paint and brushed it on. The wood is alder and it took the paint very well without raising the grain.

nice work....Thanks for the video!

Thanks Marge. She liked it so much, she wants me to do another one (in black) [I'm started to feel boxed in]

May I ask what price range you got yours at? I have been communicating with the seller on this one... has come down $100. but I offered in the range of $400. Is that fair? I will probably get rejected now. but who knows? Depends on other offers. I can not nor will not pay more.

My advice, if you want one then get one. Fir me, the time is here where waiting a few years is not a good idea. I just want to make me happy.