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There is a free pattern floating about called the Band Saw Dump Truck. I've made a few before but made a few modifications from the plan. The main change is extending the front of the dump section, as it moves more weight to the front so the hopper does not flop. I used Black Limba for the sides of the hopper, so it adds a nice contrast.

After reading Richard’s post, aka heppnerguy, of August 17, I jumped on the Idea. I had already planned to make something for my Great-Grandson, who is just turning 1 this month. Also, my Lady's Son and Daughter in law are expecting a baby boy in December, and of course, she asked me to make something “cute” for him. These wall hangings are what I came up with. I found the Snowman and a Santa Segmentation patterns on Good’s Scrollsaw Workshop site that I will send to my Grandson. I also found a Judy Gale Roberts Intarsia Pattern of a Christmas Teddy Bear Pattern, that I used as a Segmentation, that she can send to her son. Like Richard is doing, these will be sent out early, so they will arrive well before Thanksgiving. All three pieces were cut from nominal 1’x10” thick clear premium pine using Pegas #1 MGT R Blades. I started each cutting from one small inconspicuous hole, such that the waste board created a solid border to hold the loose pieces in proper position while they were assembled and glued to the backer. The backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply, with edges painted Black, cut about a sixteenth of an inch inside the pattern outline. Although the patterns were cut from one board, I used typical Intarsia techniques to do sculpturing, lowering some areas while I added shims to elevate other areas to obtain a nice presentation. After all pieces were sanded, I applied an acrylic sealer followed by light sanding and then I painted each piece separately using my Air Brush and Artist Acrylic Air Brush paints. Eight different colors (not counting the tiny bit of gold on the bears buckle I did with a brush), each done separately with significant drying time in between. After the pieces were glued to the backer and the outer waste board removed, the assembly was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Nom 8" x 11" Nom 8" x 11" Nom 7" x 9" Comments and Critiques always welcome.

I've been a member of a scroll saw club for many years and president for the past 10-12. Our club has evolved significantly as the original founders & members have since aged out or passed on. The primary focus of the original group was classic/historic fretwork patterns, mostly clocks. One of the two fellows who started the club was interested in finding and preserving as many old fretwork patterns as he could find. These were mostly 18th, 19th and early 20th century patterns, many originating in Europe, some of which became commercially available through places like Wildwood Designs. So the first meetings were discussions of said patterns, the sharing and sometimes recreation of these patterns and ultimately sawing the patterns, the results of which then became subjects of the brag table. Over time, the club's focus shifted. It has since become more of a social gathering where we share tips, sources for material and our latest creations for the brag table. We held a Summer picnic for a number of years. We still have a club Christmas party. We used to attend local art and craft fairs, not so much to sell goods, but to promote the club to the general public. This was a good recruitment tool for new members for several years. For many years we've made and donated hand made wooden toys to give to the local Toys for Tots Christmas collection. Our club grew from the original 8-10 members to a peak of approximately 35 and has since shrunk back to about 12-15 regular attendees to meetings. This includes several spouses. For the first several years, spouses didn't routinely attend meetings, but did attend the annual picnic and Christmas party. Our monthly meetings generally consist of breakfast (we meet Saturday morning at a local restaurant). We have brief business meeting or discussion of scrolling related topics and sometimes we'll do a demonstration on a specific topic or technique. We find it difficult to recruit new members these days. The general age of the club members has risen and age/health issues often prevent us from doing much community outreach anymore. But our group, while smaller than it was 10 years ago, still enjoys each other's company and while our brag table may not be as full as it was 10 years ago, we still enjoy seeing what the others have been working on.

Our Scroll Saw Club meeting is held once a month. Every month we have a challenge something that we make and bring to the next meeting. We have a drawing to see what we will be making for our challenge. (I made the list from Steve Good’s site.) Place the slips in a Tupperware, someone pulls one, etc. We talk about the things we made. Questions we may have, perhaps problems we had, etc. This past month was music.

Under the photos there is 5 more photos but you need to click on link.

This one is knock off of the Jet saw.. It has the clamp and tension in one step upper clamp like the jet.. I bet it also has the round barrel style lower blade chuck like the Jet too. I've never seen this one before.. I was mostly talking about the HF saw or other brands of the same saw.. as the one you link to is different than those.

I sent an email to Grobet to check this out.

I have been thinking of starting a scroll saw club for my area as there is nothing like that around me. I was just wondering if any of you are members of such clubs or have even started your own, and what a average club meeting looks like.

Four more Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments. I used Ash for the birdhouses and Eastern Red Cedar for the little birds. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #6 Super Skip blades. After a light sanding with a Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac. Another light sanding. Comments welcome.

I have seen these "new" Pégas blades on sale and I wanted to ask if someone has tried them. They are specially made for hard wood and the manufacturer says that they are "comparable to a miniature band saw". Just curious...

been meaning to mention if you are frustrated by the white glue squeeze out there is a better way. Tightbond has a translucent glue that is as strong at their usual stuff. It has a brown shade bottle lable with the word "translucent' under the name It dries perfectly clear so no white lines show after you glue a joint. Have been using it for several years with no weakness and no white lines left.

I know you are looking for magazines, but S.A. has its own scroll saw pattern artist. Sue Mey. I really like her patterns. Challenging for sure. Local for you, but she delivers electronically. https://scrollsawartist.com/ This is one of her designs I cut last year. 3 layer.

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ

I always do. I developed a Logo that I burn with a engraving laser on to the back of every piece I do. includes a line for my hand written signature and the date.

Wonderful cuttings and paint work. Sure to be treasured. Don't need to tell you, but please sign and date this art.

Thanks John, I found it.

Yes he has another one from years ago. I have it somewhere. The lid of the box is a fret project also which is what I liked. I plan on using it as a pen display box and also as a gift box for such themed pens I will be making. He has the one you show also. Look under Holidays. Many different Halloween projects. I always liked is older patterns as opposed to what he is doing these days. but he is still one of the best and so giving so hope he continues. https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php

Very nice work Frank! These are going to be cherished.

You continue to amaze me with your artistic capabilities. Jerry

The problem with your ornaments is the hanging method. You have the hanging hole as part of the ornament so any device you make to hold the ornament to spray is going to interfere with that hole. But suggestions are to use stiff copper wire and hold it that way then you spray 99.95% of the ornament and touch up the hole after. Or you can make a dowel with a clip such as a clothespin or even small hobby clamps or miniature woodworking spring clamps

Waiting for Denny to answer this

My point is you are allowed so many photos so why not use that and do a better job doing still photos. Certain angles can show so much detail. I know about customers. That is why selling at shows trumps online sales hands down because people can pick up and hold and see in real time. With online sales it is all about photos. Photography is part of this process. Just as the gift of gab and sales pitch is part of the process when selling in person.

This has a bunch of digitized magazines. https://www.cro-wood.com/

They have them. I never thought of that. Yes, but it makes product photography much easier. The problem I have with using a phone is the typical wide-angle lens and the inability to set things like the depth of field/F-stop. I have used three cameras and two phone cameras for this. My Canon blows them all away. It is better quality and much easier to use. I had a couple of older Nikon (non SLRs) that worked great but the problem was they were very difficult to configure. I gave those away.

I buy a lot online, and if a seller doesn't give good details and photos, I go elsewhere. I have seen many listings where the images don't match the description. First, you need to get seen. That is my primary reason for asking this question. There may not be a good answer.

I photograph using a digital SLR camera with proper lighting, and occasionally, I photograph the item in my hand to show scale. In the final edit, if I see any defects, like dirt cuts, etc., it gets rejected and deleted. Again, the primary reason for making videos is for those social media sites that don't allow photos. However, through experimentation on sites that allow both video and pictures, I have discovered that the click-through rates and saves are much higher for videos, even slide shows. For Etsy videos, the search results show the video if one exists. When you mouse over the photo, you see the video. Slide shows are easy to make and work well here. Google Merchant Center does something similar with the ads, but Google creates the slide show from the photos in the listing or provided by you.

I am talking about both. When promoting on social media, some places only let you post videos. I've done many of the slide shows in video format, and those are a piece of cake. I use software to do drag-and-drop, set times, crossfades, and soundtracks. I have the photos already, so it only takes a short time. I don't use a phone for any of this.

I am an absolute nut or call me what you want but I hate when people hold things in their hands to show. I see it so much on my pen forum and I can not stand it. I just do not bother to look at the item. The reason is simple. Many times peoples hands are cruddy and fingernails are filthy and it detracts from the items. I am sure there is a medical term for my dislike but call it what you want but you would never get a sale from me for holding any item in the hand. You see alot of this with today's phones. Hold in hand and click. So my question always is, if you took so much time to make the item then why can't you take a little more time to display it properly. I know one reason is because of the society we have become. ALWAY IN A HURRY. Look at the way we drive today. 100MPH to get nowhere. It is a pet peeve of mine. But do as you please but I maybe not the only one out here that thinks on this line. I did not see anything in OP asking about Etsy but if that is the case I do not know what any of those sites allow or not. But if doing for own web site then I suggest find a way other than the hand. Again even in Kevin's link, it is a flat ornament. Why do you need to do a 360 degree view? Show straight on front and then one from a slight angle if it has any depth to the ornament. Again my opinion only.

Hmm, maybe they changed up the photos since the other day or they didn't all load on my computer.. now I'm seeing two photos with one being angled to the right and one to the left.. other day there was no photos of the saw tilted for angle cutting..

There is a bunch of photos on the HF site. Not sure what you want to see. Just about all sites like the Buck have videos. It is the same saw.

Great looking xmas ornaments.

Wow! Those are awesome!

Here is one that shows it tilted. https://baileigh.com/bss-22-22-scroll-saw I suspect the people posting the listings know little about scroll saws.

I primarily want to make the videos for video-only places or sites where videos get more clicks. It's easy to make a short slide show for the Etsy video. When Etsy first added the video option, my first thought was that it was a way to add more photos, which is exactly what I used the videos for. This does not work well for ornaments. A while back, I posted some sample photos in the Goimagine forum: an ornament with several different-colored backgrounds and one with a Christmas tree background. I asked which one they liked the best. Black won no contest. People thought it looked elegant. Second was the Christmas tree background, although several people thought it looked cluttered.

Here is my latest project. I bought the book with this pattern several years ago and looked at it several times. I finally decided it was time to try it. I'm not real good at compound cutting, but it went better than expected.

YES....YES.... WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING IS THE SAME AS YOU JUST SAID. Another thing I have did is IF IT STARTS REAL SLOW OR JUST NOT AT ALL .... I TAP THE SPEED KNOB AND IT STARTS GOING. I have called Advanced Machinery as they seem to be Hegner company etc. They told me FOR SURE THAT IT WAS THAT LITTLE CIRCUIT BOARD. Speed Control.... :+}

I've kinda wonder how to best showcase ornaments too.. I've seen some folks say to show some photos on a tree as they are intended to be for.. yet I've seen many photos with some pine tree or similar foliage and I can't say I like anything I've seen yet. Out of all 450 ish listings I have I only have one that has a video.. can't say that item gets any better traffic or views etc.. than any other product I have. So far the best videos I've seen were actually just a short clip of the ornament being held in someone's hand and rotated etc. to showcase both sides and showing the edges etc. Been thinking about doing this myself.. but I do have some really bad photos that I've been wanting to update so that is what I'm currently working on.. I like the photos I have that have the black background in the white gift box that I ship them in. The cotton filled white background in the white box are very old photos.. surprised etsy didn't select these to be improved but most of those have no issues. Then the older photos yet are the ones that have no box at all.. and those are really old photos probably back from 2012 ish before I started placing them in the gift boxes.

Seems like some of these versions have better / more images to showcase what they're selling.. Have yet to see one with the saw set for angle cutting.. wonder if they'd give me a saw if I suggested to get some better more detailed photos.. I don't think there is any pictures of the lower blade clamp either.. maybe I've missed some of these images but seems like to me they need to showcase it better so any online shoppers would know better what they're getting.

This looks like the same saw with cosmetic differences. https://www.amazon.com/Bucktool-Inch-Scrow-Saw-Woodworking/dp/B0CPDT9BMW The Rikon version doesn't look much different. Here is another one. This time, pricing is by container. Does anyone need a couple of hundred scroll saws? https://www.allwin-tools.com/new-arrival-csa-certified-22-inch-variable-speed-scroll-saw-with-1-6a-motor-product/ Yet another one. Either they come from the same factory, or the Chinese are copying each other.

Just got home from my local HF store... No saw was on display yet, however they did have a empty spot on a shelf with the tag for it. I think they were working on getting a display set up but I just showed up to early, LOL. If they weren't busy I might have asked to see one but they was quite busy and I didn't want to bother since I have zero intentions to actually buy one..

I get mine lljohnson’s workbench. picking up some Friday at the wood expo.

I agree with Ctutor. Ocooch. They are really good to work with.

https://hardwoodstore.com/plywood/

oops Hardwoods not hardware

I would think the Pegas clamps would work.. I doubt they re-engineered the rocker arms just to throw another cheap brand on the market. Likely most all these saws are more just assembled using existing parts.

It is in the book "Creative Wooden Boxes from the Scroll Saw" by Carole Rothman. It was published by Fox Chapel publishing.

What book did you get that pattern out of? Love it.

Thanks very much for the compliments. The oak box is 3"x6"x1-1/2" high. The ribbons & bow is made of purpleheart, basswood, and cherry. Finish is warm semi-gloss Minwax fast-dry urethane

Now that is really, really nice. Would love to know a few more details, like size, woods used, finish, etc. Also a peek at the box with cover off to side. Love to see the many projects posted, but also like to know more of the What, Where, When, and Why about said projects. I feel I can always learn something! Thanks

Love it. These are on my to do list. A couple months ago I found a couple books I had with these type patterns so I pulled them out and put on the side. I want to give them a try. I like your design because it is different than square which we see lots of. The wood combination works very well. Job well done.