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First of all, thanks to Grampa for the Baby pattern. The second piece is another Grampa pattern from the Village Library. Both pieces will be a gift for a great friend whose wife and he just had their first baby, Stella. Both pieces were cut on 1/4-inch BB and stained with Minwax Ipswich. The backer is Pine stained with Minwax Pure Black. The frames were cut from 1X material and also stained with Ipswich. The pieces were then sprayed with several coats of Polyacrylic with light sanding between coats. I've also included the photo of Stella. She's a cutie!

Our late dog Pippin's image was scrolled today... That's four dogs done and three more to go.. Thanks again "grandpa" for the pattern...

You are correct, this forum and many others are a learning experience for everyone... even seasoned scrollers like me that has been scrolling for many years learn new ways of doing things.. you can teach a old dog new tricks.. but it depends on how stubborn the dog is as to whether he is using the new tricks he has learned or continues in his old tried and true method..

I like to think I'm a self-taught scroller. I picked up the hobby before forums like this existed. Fortunately I discovered and joined a local scroll saw club about 20 years ago and a whole new world opened up for me. Following the advice of the senior members of the club, I subscribed to the scrolling magazines, found on-line sources for patterns, blades & supplies. Later I discovered the forums. IMHO, they are the next best thing to belonging to a local club. So while I did teach myself most of the basics during the years between buying my first scroll saw and joining the club, forums like this have been a tremendous resource for me as I've continued to grow and pick up new things along the way.

Next month will mark one year that I bought my Dewalt scroll saw and joined this great community of people. I've made quite a few projects in that time and received very helpful, valuable information from the members here. Just wanted to thank you all very much and special thanks to "grandpa" for his time and effort putting up with me to get some beautiful patterns of our Min Pins, past & present. You all Rock!!

Top notch butch of individuals for sure. Anytime I have asked, someone was there.

Also great on hot dogs!

I bought my scroll saw about 4 years ago, joined this forum. Like you said, I learned from this great, tolerant and supportive group of people. I thank/blame them/you all for helping me learn this hobby and contributing to my addiction.

I tried one but the glue still dried up. I threw it away. I don't think there is anything that really works. I just try to keep the tip clean on my Titebond bottle.

Excellent cutting.

I too am a self taught scroller from way back. Forums like this were not there but there were some old forums that I am sure a few members here recall back in the day. There were many pattern makers that have pasted away but their work still lives on. This all paved the way for more talent. Hopefully along the way I did help a few people out with some of what I picked up along my journey down the path of this hobby which has been fun and rewarding. If asked a question I try my best to pass information on. Now as we all know there is always more than one way to do just about anything so the more ideas one has to chose from hope they can make up their own minds and follow their own paths. But bottom line is always have some fun along the way. Making a few $$$ is a bonus in the long run. Giving away our work is also so rewarding in many ways. Happy Scrolling.

Beautiful job, and great gift, RJ

Looks great, RJ

Mighty fine cutting.

Wonderful cutting and precious gifts!

Everyone here is very helpful.

Simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing Rodney. Jerry

excellent work

very nice

thanks, but also i ment for my name to be me and my scroll saw but my mom would not let me so when you here me and my buddy, buddy is my way of saying scroll saw, this is my acount i got my scrollsaw for my birthday. its not a father and son its just the son. sorry for the confusion!!!

The pattern is by Russ Beard. It has 576 internal cut. I used 15 blades. It took approx. 24 hours cutting time over approx 10 - 12 week. I had 3 weeks off for Covid, did a couple of items for customers and had various appointment also in that 10 - 12 weeks. I used 1.5mm bamboo x 2. I think I was a quarter of the way up from the bottom when I regretted ever starting it but now I'm glad that I did it. My main reason for cutting this is for my Grandson who did his ancestry DNA and found that he had 3% Viking in him which he gets from me. He was over the moon to discover this so I thought it appropriate to cut this for him and one for me. Marg

cute puppies

wonderful gift

She is a cutie. Terrific work Rodney, I am sure the parents will be over the moon with their gifts, Marg

Terrific work Jimmy. You have come a long way in 12 months, keep it up. X10 Marg

New ideas, if I remember your buddy is young. To keep his interest try to tap into his imagination. Cartoons he watches. Disney characters? What toys does he have. Can you add a toy something to enhance other toys? Toy story movies are based on old toys from us old guys era. what would story story be 30 years from now? What would the Woody character play with now? Have you seen people and pets scrollsaw theme? Simple and cute. Olympics are coming up, maybe do some events with the same type of people. Search for bandsaw boxes. Those will get your wood imagination going. Scrollsaw boxes are better than bandsaw boxes. For outside of the box, not for youngsters , the tattoo artistry is another way to get ideas. My dad would make up stories about road signs "Falling rock". It was an Indian looking for his horse named "Falling rock". He had side stories about life lessons. Make up a character, have your buddy name it and draw it. Then run it through the scroll saw.

I am a Titebond III user. Rarely do I use other titebond. Yep the nozzle can get clogged. I takee a needle nose pliers to pry up the cap. Then I unscrew the top and use same pliers to pull the dried glue out. I have been tempted to try the silicon brush applicator set from rockler. But I think that it won't help with Titebond III. I might try keeping the bottle upside down. As suggested above. But I won't change glues. My hats have 1/8 inch in butt joints only. They have survived 3 summers. I even experimented and left it in the car in the desert on a 107 deg day. It also survived 2 rain day experiments. I might try this... https://www.rockler.com/rockler-precision-glue-applicator-bundle

Nice work.

I use the bottle that Titebond comes in. Since the lid is hard to pop open, I use an open end wrench that just fits it to pry it open. When done gluing, I push the top closed and try to leave a little glue at the opening. This will harden and seal the bottle more airtight than just the lid. When it is time to use the bottle again, I use the point of a knife or ice pick to pop off the dried glue. It will not stick to the top and pops off easily. Tom

I have both the BabeBot and GlueBots from FastCap. They have replaceable tips. However, I use a condiment bottle I bought at Walmart for $0.75. FastCap replaced both of my bottles because they broke, and I never returned to using them. The best tip I have ever seen on a glue bottle is the one on the Elmer's Glue All bottle. It has a twist-lock cap that clears and plugs the hole when you close it. It isn't good for spreading lots of glue, but it is excellent for adding little drops.

My kids got me the Sili brush kit found on amazon. It comes with 3 different size brushes and a little container to put the glue in. If I renenber correctly the cost is under $20.00. For me well worth it. I usually take off the lid and pour a little into the conainer. Just hard to control pouring a little glue for the bottle. It is made with sliicone and once dry the glue can be peeled off. The glue will stay fresh in the small container for a period of time, don't rememter how long. Since I do very little gluing, this method works best for me. Allows me to get into tight spots and really control with I put the glue. Since I do use very little glue a small bottle lasts me a long time. Usually, the glue goes bad before I use it up. I usually use TitebondII and Weld-Bond glues. Hope this helps you out. I like the idea of using an old mustard container. Jerry

The small container of mustard works for me

Love this bottle. I use a lot of glue so I buy it by the gallon. I've tried other dispensers but this works best for me.

I have been making flowers, these old irons i bought at a yard sale are great to to use instead of clamping

My favorite weights are bricks I wrapped with duck tape. Cheap and easy to make, plus they work good. Tom

Good advice I have a lung condition so it is mask up most of the time or stay out of the shop, especially scroll sawng as that dust is very fine

I think it's very reasonable. I must say that I use my P100 with every cut. And sanding, for example, outside might also help.

Made a back fence today... Didn't need to be as high as I made it since it will only be used for picture frame but I figured what the heck...

I won't add any "this is what I do" but I will say DON'T use double sided tape on small delicate cuts. I tried it on a Tree of Life. Made some great designer work!! The tape was so strong it broke off leaves as I separated the pieces.

My method that I have been using for a long time is a combination of a few mentioned already. I always use blue painters tape under my patterns for I find it easy to peel that off than any pattern stuck to wood. If the pattern being cut is very delicate I will switch to a less adhesive tape such as purple or green but process remains the same. When stack cutting I put blue tape on top and bottom of wood that is the middle of the layer. I then use spray adhesive 3M77 on a sheet of plain white copy paper both sides and place that between the layers on top of the blue tape. I rinse and repeat for as many layers as I am cutting. Usually no more that 4 if thin 3/32" When everything is all lined up the stack does not move and I do not worry about hitting nails or pieces sliding around. After cut out I gently peel everything off. If I need to some Mineral spirits or DNA works well to get any residue or small bits of tape off. Works well for me. Just my method, not sure where I picked that tip up years ago from. I think someone here suggested the last time I mentioned this method and asked why not just spray the tape and not use the white paper. My answer to that is overspray on project and it is alot easier taking the paper off the tape. I practically falls off without much effort and yet is strong enough to keep everything aligned as cut. Good luck.

I have used dab of glue around the edges, pin nailers, and or tape to hold things together. They all work, lately my my go too method is using blue painters tape.

Tape around the edges is what I do most.. I have also used screws in the waste areas and then take them out to reuse again.. just make sure they don't poke through the back side and scratch the saw table all up. I also and more now than ever use a pin nailer.. again.. be sure they don't poke through the back. I've read where some use hot glue around the edges. Gotta be careful with double sided tapes as they might peel up some larger wood fibers and create a problem..