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Simple little gecko. I thought he fit in well with the things on my barn door. Just an image I found on Pinterest. I’m planning to do lots of similar little critters to decorate the privacy fence. Love the versatility of this hobby.

I first cut this pattern about 4 years or so (maybe a bit longer) ago and had intended to make it into a clock for my shop. However, the clock hands broke during a move between shops and so it isn't up on the wall as such. However, after starting my own woodworking business last year, I reached out to Grampa asking if i could sell products made from the same pattern. After gaining his approval, here's the first one to go up on my website: Motorcycle Clock by Scott Baker, on Flickr

Cut and sanded now do I stain or paint. If paint do I do black for a silhouette or pastels. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! lol Thanks to Grampa (Paul) for the great pattern. I truly appreciate your help.

thank you to preprius for the idea right now i'm working on drilling a hole replacing the blade into the hole and cuting what you want out so this was my idea

Chris, aka Hawk, just recently posted in the General Scroll Sawing Forum about his Sanding and Shaping Area of his shop. Well, I too, have a sanding station tucked in the corner of my little shop, but it was not often used. My only day to day use was to clean off fuzzies on the back side of my cut panels using a sanding mop in the wand of my Guenevere Finisher. Now for your reading pleasure, here is my story. Last week I attempted my first Intarsia project and needed to put the sanding station into use. And even though I wore a dusk mask and glasses, the sanding dust got all over the place, all over me, in my eyes, and, even with the mask on, in my throat. So, before attacking another Intarsia project I knew I had to make some changes and upgrades to my dust collection system and my dust face mask. The first job was to put new roll-around wheels on the cabinet. One of the undersized wheels I had previously used broke off and the cabinet could not be moved. Now it moves and can be positioned to a more comfortable working location easily when needed. Second, I rearranged the Guenevere Finisher and my small vertical Oscillating Sander so I can now use the second chuck on the finisher to hold shank mounted burrs/sanding drums, etc. Third, since my disk/belt sander already had a hook-up to my dust collection system I also needed to add another inlet that I attached a small tilted homemade hood that picks up the dust from the chuck mounted sanders. I’m waiting for a delivery of one more Y-fitting and a reducer so I can hook-up the Oscillating Sander to its dust outlet port. Unfortunately, since my sanding station is mounted on a cabinet I built many years ago, it is not a “sit-down” area like Chris’s. I can use my Scroll Saw stool/seat while using the chuck mounted sanders, but I must stand up to use the Belt Sander or the Oscillating Sander. In my case, since my shop is tiny, I’ll have to live with it. As they say, “Beggers can’t be Choosy”. I spent the better part of today testing out the dust face protection Items I purchased and the modifications to the dust collection systems, on a new project. The face protection equipment is a little warm to wear, but no dust in my eyes, nose or throat. So that is great. The small hood I made over the chuck mounted sanders is working fine. I can watch the dust fly into the hood and at the end of the session there was only a small amount of sanding dust on the surface below the chuck. I’m sure there is some air-borne dust created, but it appears to be manageable and nothing more than what gets air-borne when I’m cutting on the Scroll Saw. Here are some pic’s: That blue thing is the Harbor Fraight WESTERN SAFETY Multi-Purpose Dust Mask with Activated Carbon Filter My shank mounted Burrs and Sanders (before the top was rearranged) Hope this may have been of some interest.

Mighty fine

nice job

I typically use 1/4” wood with a 1/8” backer. I use a sawtooth hanger on the back. i glue the hanger with E6000. After glueing, I place a small metal pellet tin (about 2 1/2” round) filled with lead shot balanced on the hanger and leave it about 12 hours. Then, I hang it on my wall and let it hang for a day or so to be sure it’s ok.

First test fitting of the legs, fourth leg has an issue. Just wanted to see how everything will fit

A little over a week of scrolling in between 100 degree temps in the workshop and I finally finished scrolling images of our six dogs of the past and the 7th who's still with us. I suck at trying to make frames and refuse to put myself through attempting them any longer. I like the look as is anyway so I used Command Velcro picture hanging strips and mounted them to the wall since they don't weigh much of anything. Wish I would have thought of making them all close to being the same size but oh well, they're done! Again, thanks to grandpa for the patterns and putting up with me...

I finally convinced my doctor that I would be careful going down to my shop, and he convinced my CEO that I could try to scroll again. This piece was made for a very special lady in our lives, she was an Emergency Room nurse for 40 years and her greatest joy was helping anyone. Unfortunately, she succumbed to cancer a while back and we have finally had a chance to honor her. Her usband has her cremains at home on a dresser that she used, so I cut this stand for him to put the urn on. The ladies name was Roseanne and she loved roses, the cross is cut from bloodwood and the base is suger maple, I finished the piece with WATCO oil. Thanks for looking. I have posted this on 2 other sites, sorry if you looked twice.

Ok thx Ray, i will try and figure it out, inkscape and high school didn't get along, RJ

I like him!

very nice

He is cute!

All of my projects so far have a piece of semi rigid jet black felt taped to the back (I like the look) Don't care for the look of adding another piece of anything to the back especially trying to sandwich the felt in between unless it was framed and hides the edges but I refuse to fool with frame making, life's too short!

nice and clean cuts. good southwestern feel.

Hobby Lobby or Michael’s, buy one get one 50% off. That’s how I do it.

Ray, I know an old post, but oldies are good, i am getting around to cutting the "tree of life" pattern with the boarder. what I would like to do is take out some of the boarder design at center bottom and put a title "tree of Life", of course if alright to change your pattern, But I don't know how to do, Thx RJ The # 19 should do well this week, Indy

I can vouch for Kevin, I chat with him on Facebook. I believe MrsN was going to step back for a bit if memory serves me correctly.

very nice work

Well, such a dilemma! A silhouette is a good Idea, but a collorful paint job would be better, IMHO. How tall is the cutting? If small, it could be mounted on a stake and used in an indoor garden. If large (over 8" tall), I feel it could to be mounted on a nice thick oval backer for a nice plaque type wall hanging. Simple, but elegant. I might even suggest, to complete the scene, you could cut out a image of a simple small potted plant to sit just in front of the watering can. Just my 2 cents.

I know the pain!, at one time I had a wood stove in my shop for heat in the winter. Many projects went in there, quite a learning curve. I used to tell people that I make good looking fire wood!. Not so much anymore. When I make frames these days I cut the tops together and the sides together. Stack cut them. Getting better results this way. Good luck going forward.

Beautiful piece

Beautiful work!

Beautiful! Very special gift.

Joined 2014 still learning Thanks to you all!

Nice job on a cool pattern.

Agree with all said.

same with me (the i think im self taught part) i just got my scroll saw for my birthday and i just went at it but you all have helped verry much!!!

of course i thought of using painters tape after i panted it "sigh"

thanks here is the finished product its not amazing especially the paint job sorry!

awesome job

Wonderful cutting! The color and grain of the wood make it pop!

I only had photography as a hobby for too many years to count. I suck at trying to build things because I have the attention span of a knat but found scrolling doable and could understand directions from the good people in this group. Never really got much from the YouTube videos. I agree, giving away my work is rewarding and doubtful if I'd ever sell anything.

My wife liked it so much that she displays it in a little stand in our kitchen.

None of my projects are of standard size for off the shelf frames.