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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.

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.

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.

I finished another Harley Davidson plaque for a friend. Nice piece of thick old mahogany I had laying around.

HF in my area still doesn't have one on display. I'm still leaning toward staying with my current saw, but I want to try out the Bauer just for grins and giggles. I hope they let me install a blade and cut some wood.

That is the one thing that always turned me off on the Delta clone of the DeWalt.. as it has a pin at the back to release the upper arm so you can lower it back down.. After having a higher end saw that has a spring loaded upper arm I've been spoiled.. I don't even like having to raise and lower it on my Excalibur since I went to the Hawk and Hegner it's sure nice not to have to "lift the arm" out of the way as it does it by itself.. I also don't think I could go back to a saw that you can't really adjust how aggressive it cuts.. Dang it.. I was just back to HF yesterday and didn't even think to go see if they had one on the display shelf yet..

Aleene's has several glues that cure clear. If I want clear, I use ELMERS Glue-All Multi-Purpose Glue. It's cheap and I like the nozzle on the bottle. I mostly use Titebond II because I have a lot of it. Once, I had my wife pick up some for me, not knowing the store had gallon jugs.

You might be able to insert a background with software. Shoot the video on a green screen and insert the background of your choice, either from public domain photos or something you make yourself. I have a small collection of Christmas tree photos I collected from public domain images, plus some I made for myself. I have changed the background in lots of pictures but never for video. I have a Canon T7i. I shoot product photos from a tripod using a timer and an aperture set to F22 to achieve the maximum depth of field.

Low voltage or an extension cord with wires that are not large enough. I run most of my tools on an extension cord with 12-gauge wires. I'm thinking of replacing it with a 10-gauge wire. I typically run my Shopsmith, belt sander, scroll saws, 12-inch miter saw, Routers, and several other handheld tools on it. It is plugged into a 20-amp circuit.

There is a man in UK with a lot of repair information about Hegner scroll saws. His Facebook is Hegner A Saw Subject. Here is a link to some of his posts. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122164891778219647&id=61556589420174

Thank you Barbs, will go and have a look.

I agree with Ray, maybe one motor was a fluke thing but two.. makes one wonder if there is some sort of power supply issue going on.. especially when you say the motor gets hot.. there is a issue somewhere for sure because none of the motors on my saws ever get hot.. not even really much more than room temp I don't think..

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.

Ornament hangers. There are all kinds. I use them alot at my shows and as I said I put them on a turntable also. What difference does it make if it is seen or not. That is the whole idea. I actually sell ornament hangers for the fact that people can display all year round and do not have to hang on a tree. No code where it says an ornament has to hang from a tree. You can get various hangers that display one or more than one. You can get them is sizes. You can actually make your own. There are many examples of this in scrollsawing magazines. I know I have seen them but can not cite specific numbers. There are actual books for making your own. Here are some examples of my birdhouse ornaments. These are meant to be displayed year round.

I also have been using the translucent glue for several years. I still will use a toothpick to try to clean up any squeeze out but any that gets left behind or missed doesn't seem to show up. Also depending on what I'm gluing up I found that gluing backers on portraits or signage type stuff with several fretwork cuts that it's easier to spread a thin layer of glue out on a piece of wax paper or I usually use a trash bag and dipping the back side of the project into the glue makes for much more even glue spread and much faster way to do it. Once the glue dries on the bag you can take it out in the yard and shake most of the dried glue off.. and you can still use the bag. You can use a business card to spread the glue around on the bag to get a thin layer or use some plastic filler spreaders from Harbor Freight https://www.harborfreight.com/plastic-spreader-set-3-piece-69563.html

Because our Scroll Saw market is tiny.