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This is my first Intarsia piece, and yes, it is almost a direct copy of a work I found on-line. For a full descriptive write up see my post in the Intarsia/Segmentation section. Thanks for reading.

Been busy this month on the scroll saw. Scrolled dog # six this morning. Only one more to do... Struggling using a new roll of shelf paper with strong adhesive wanting to lift off the veneer on the Baltic birch plywood. Had to be careful and sand to 800 grit and remove with the grain... Thanks again to grandpa for the pattern!

Just an empty link for me For me, sharing a picture is "Drag files here to attach, or choose files" click on "choose files" the "choose files" opens a dialogue box to upload a file to this website once the file is uploaded, then the "insert file" must be clicked on. Note, the "insert file" is not visible until the cursor is directly over it.

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Was on Vacation couple weeks ago and just finished up a couple items, and finally sold my Craftman band saw and treated myself to a wen bandsaw that I bought on Amazon so far I like it much better then the craftman

Scroll portion made on 3/4 Baltic Birch, Painted with artist oil, Lettering MDF dipped several times in Shellac, Bronze leaf and oil paint details, Background MDF panel finished with artist oil, Inter-frame reclaimed old growth pine, distressed with Shellac tinted with walnut Transtint, Outer-frame Wormy Maple distressed finished with Linseed oil. Portrait and landscape painting is another hobby on mine. I've been searching for ways to incorporate painting with my woodworking projects. This is my first attempt to paint a scrollsaw project. Give me your honest opinion on how it looks.

A couple of cool pallet boards made the difference in this simple cutting.

I was in a quandry lately as to a new scroll project. I was wandering through pinterist and came across a train picture I really liked. I had done Alex Fox's pattern and tried my hand on this one. My wife put it into grayscale with Photo Shop and I started eating pixels with MS 3D paint. (too lazy to learn a new program) It took a few days for the design and then off to the copy store. Cutting took about 2 days. I still have put on a finish but it has been too humid to do any spraying. I hope things dry up and cool down soon. 1/8" BBPW on 1/4" backer.

Finally broke out of my shop malaise and got a couple of new puzzles cut. The round one is 10” in diameter and 163 pieces. The rectangle is 12”x 11” and 132 pieces …

Flag stand is made of Walnut (base) and Poplar (design). The base is sprayed with Deft glossy wood finish and design is stained with Minwax cherry and sprayed with Deft semi gloss wood finish. I want to thank Richard at @rafairchild2 for supplying me with the pattern and his help he provided throughout the process of making this. The self sculpture is yours truly with a pattern found on Steve Goods sight. It is made from walnut, oak, poplar, and cherry. Pretty good likeness of me, don't you think. Jerry

I've started on my next project, hopefully I haven't bitten off more than I can chew This will end up being a fishing rod rack, but I want it fancy for my Son in law. I found the pattern for a round end table with a dragon motif, the legs are dragons, and the top has a lot of veining cuts of a fire breathing dragon. I also wanted it to spin on a lazy Susan bearing. I've got all the parts and pieces together to be able to begin the project. The base will be a 2 inch thick 12 inch diameter slab of Elm, then the lazy Susan, next a solid 1/2" Elm circle, next layer will be another 1/2" Elm disk with recesses cut for the butt of the fishing poles as well as recesses for the bottom of the dragon legs. The legs come next with a 3/4 square center support, topped the the 12" diameter top. The top will have slots for the top of the fishing poles to set in. My plan is to finish with "latches" for the top of the rod fashioned from extra tail sections. Picture of the original table:

I have been doing summer swim league and my coach is retiring after 25 years. so, I decided to make her our team logo on the scroll saw I'm not done yet but I'm on a deadline so i will give updates every day until I'm done. so far i have made my own pattern and put it on the wood and waiting for it to dry today I'm going to start scrolling!!!

Been busy at the scroll saw this month scrolling grandpa's patterns of our seven Min Pins past & present. Now it's time to take a break and give my old back some needed rest.

Screen shot of the dialogue box; note the position of the cursor Second screenshot; note position of the cursor and that the insert files in now visible The first picture, inserted Hope this helps.

Your first attempt at intarsia looks like a pro. I'm no expert at intarsia nor have never attempted it, but in the eyes of this beholder, looks great. Thanks for sharing Frank. Jerry

That looks really good Frank! Very good for your 1st attempt. Thanks for sharing.

nice job

Thank you for your hints. I already tried the trick heating the plastic bottle and it worked. I can't understand, though, why Pégas and some other manufacturers (like Holzstar) use a port that seems to be clearly complicated, since it's quite difficult to find the right adapters. I haven't tried yet the connection of the vac to the saw as some of you recommended. I will let you know it it works, just in case someone else has the same issue.

I have made a lot of adapters for hose connections from pvc water pipe. Find a diameter of pipe that is slightly smaller inside than the outside of the connector on the tool. Heat the end of the pvc pipe till it is flexible, then jam it on the connector. Let it cool and it will fit perfectly. You can do the same on the other end of the pvc for the connection to the hose, using one of the fittings that came with it. For connecting the vacuum to the saw, I used a power strip connected to a foot switch. I plug the vac and the saw into the strip, and when I step on the switch, both draw power from the strip. Both will start and stop at the same time. Tom

You won't be sorry.

I bought the Bauer from HF tonight.. I bought a couple different styles and sizes of blades too. Just went out and did a test cut a very small area and i think this is going to work perfectly for what I need it for on this job.. just what little I did use it I now can see that this might be another tool that now that I have I'll maybe be using it way more than I originally thought. I never really even looked closely at them before and had no idea how they worked.. Looking at all the different attachments that can be used with this thing really was amazing.. Thanks to all that have given their opinions on this topic.

To make a custom adapter for the vacuum port you can use a plastic water bottle ( disposable ) and a heat gun. The heat gun will shrink the plastic so that it's tight. #2, what Kevin said.

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!

wow that is verry inpressive!!!

This was made from laminate flooring.

Here is a snowman I made out of left over flooring. I love how it turned out. Just decide if you want the line vertical or horizontal.

Hubby got me this for Christmas last year. It has been great, especially for small pieces. https://www.amazon.ca/PTMTFYL-Adjustable-Electric-Anti-Slip-Polishing/dp/B0D7GKH4CW/

I made matching two-sided doorknob hangers for my grandson and myself. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” – Bilbo Baggins

This double project was inspired by this Art that is exhibited on the walls of a Wayne G. Sanborn Activity Center in Deland Florida. I’ve enjoyed cutting ‘Birds-of-Prey’ patterns since I began scrolling but most of the patterns that are available were not very accurate representations and not in the perched pose I was looking for. So, although I did use images I found on-line, the patterns I developed using Inkscape are basically my work and not just a ‘trace bitmap’ copy. The patterns wound up being a ‘guide’ to the cutting as the many (I did not count, but I’m sure well over 500 in each pattern) cut-outs are very small with some smaller than the hole I drilled for the Pegas #2/0 spiral blades I used to cut the patterns. Additionally, although the patterns appeared to work on paper, I found I had to add many bridges, on the fly, to make them scrollable. Due to the delicate nature of the patterns, the closeness of the long parallel cut-outs, and the need to be very accurate in my cutting, I found I could only cut for about two hours at a time before my eyes would start to cross. As a result, it took over a week to complete each panel. As usual, the 11” x 14” patterns were cut in 5/32” thick solid core Maple Ply affixed to a 1/4" thick BB Ply backer. Using the Air Brush, the backers and panels were painted using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. Backers were painted Black while the cut panels were colored using photos of real Bald Eagles and Red-shouldered Hawks as guides. Creating the various color shades necessary to be realistic is still a ‘trial-and-error’ process for me. So the painting, drying time, necessary repainting, and additional drying time was very time consuming. I think I did a decent job of adding color to this project, but I still have a lot to learn. The double frame is just a variation on my standard 1 3/4" wide rail Poplar frame that has a Black rattle can spray, prime and paint, finish. As always, comments and critiques are welcome. EDIT: I posted the patterns in Pattern Exchange.

Fantastic looking piece. So many cool things going on. Just fun to look at.

WOW. That is very impressive. Well done. Marg

I continue making fretwork patterns and cut a new one - Wolf Here is short video of making Wolf pattern

i just finished panting and also i put a picture in does it look like a link for you guys? please tell me because it looks like a picture to me but it might look like a link to you anyway im going to put a picture here to if its a link just ignore it