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Made this for my wife. Steve Good pattern from 8/23/24. 3/4” maple.

I got some more cherry so I cut another. I tried the 321 finish but it didn’t come out very nice so I used spray polyurethane for the finish. I’ve done this in cherry before and another in worm eaten oak from an old barn. I’ll sell this one at the store also. It’s a Steve Good pattern. Thanks for looking.

A week ago, we were at a Dinner Dance with a few friends. The conversation at the table turned from my history as a Dance Instructor in the past to my current work as a Scroll Saw Artist. My lady likes to have me show off my work, so of course, I had to take out my phone and show pictures of my work. A gentleman was looking through the group of pictures and came across a photo of a Hummingbird hovering over flowers that I had made way back in 2020. He liked it so much he wanted to buy it right there and then. I had to tell him I was sorry, but that it had been sold a long time ago. I never make a cutting exactly the same twice…that is why I do not stack cut. And, since I will be seeing him again next Saturday at an Art and Music Festival that we are setting up a booth at, I decided that I would revisit the pattern and make a new version that he might care to purchase. The basic pattern remained the same, but I changed the panel size to 11” x 17” that enlarged the image somewhat, changed the colors a little, and mounted the assembled panel in a Floating Gallery type frame instead of my standard 1 3/4” wide rail frame. The rather simple cutting was done in under two hours using a Pegas #0 Spiral blade. I used my Air Brush to prime the backer with an acrylic sealer and then added the various Air Brush Artist Acrylic colors. The assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. The Frame is 1” wide Poplar rails, primed, and painted Black. I do have to pat myself on the back just a little. I think you will agree, that when you compare the attached 2024 photo to the photo of the original from 2020, there is a some improvement in the quality of my work. 2024 2020 Comments and critiques always welcome.

At last the weather has tamped down enough to make working outside bearable. I forgot how much I enjoyed scrolling. These are my first projects. They still need to be sanded and the Panther has a bunch of fuzzies I have to get rid of.

That is really cool. Probably every scroller's dream to have their work displayed in such a way.

Well if you seen my thread in introduction it has need a long time for me since I used my scroll saw. The wife and I started doing stained glass and having a lot of fun learning about it. Now I am wanting to incorporate stained glass with scroll saw project. So this will be interesting. I think it will just be a sheet of glass not an actual stained glass project. Using a sheet of glass behind a scrolled out project and mount it on a chain for a window. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone try that. So I am looking forward of trying that. You can make a box out of stained glass and you make boxes out of wood so I think I can get a dermal router bits and play around with that idea. Maybe that will help you with Ideas LOL.

So as I finish up the 125 toy project (Never Again), I am still working on some toys for the older kids. So I broke out my laser so I could lay down the playing pattern and instructions. I did the layouts in Lightburn after work yesterday, and then after dinner, I started burning the games. This AM, I cut everything out on my scroll saw, used my new router, and also drill holes. Mop sanded and hand sanded, then finished with the beeswax and coconut oil. Used a variation of large axle pegs, small cribbage pegs, and marbles to give variety.

I know this not the right place to put this but I thought it was probably the place most looked at by members so I took the liberty to post it here. This will be most interesting to those that do intarsia work but even if one does not, I believe all would be interesting in viewing it My daughter in Heppner, Oregon, where we lived for over 15 years before moving to Arizona, has a wood burning stove that she heats her home with and she was cutting her wood so they will be ready when the summer warmth disappears. As she was splitting some Camerack wood some of the pieces had this unbelievably beautiful pink center. Knowing that I do some intarsia, she sent me a photo of a piece of it. I asked her how wide it the pink center of the wood. She told me she thought some of it was between 3 and 5 inches. She is coming for a visit next week and told my she would put a piece or two into her backpack to give to me. The cause of the pink centers is not really known for sure by us but I was told several years ago when I had a piece of it that was a brilliant blue, rather than the pink center this one is, that it was caused by a certain beetle that homes in the trees. Other guesses was it was caused by the soil in which it is growing. As far as I know, all is just a guess. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy seeing this, and yes, I hope to be able to get more of it and seeing if it is workable. My daughter said she will try to save as much as she can for me. My other daughter who also lives in Heppner is also a wood worker so I don't know how much she will be grabbing for herself, leaving whatever she decides I should be able to have for myself. The Pink does not go through most of the center of the wood pieces so they are extremely rare to find. Dick heppnerguy

On occasion a topic comes up here that makes me think back to projects that either worked on years ago and for some reason started but never completed. I must have at least 10 such projects either in various stages of cut out and never assembled or partial cut out. I have a large Dirk Boleman's Clock that all parts are cut and left unassembled or at least I think they are. (do not fully remember). Have a beautiful Dirk Boleman religious plaque (2 in fact) that all parts were cut, frame was built from beautiful rosewood and was going to use some beautiful stained glass as background. I cut the main body of the project out from oak plywood. But when I went to stain it, it turned out too dark and I did not like it so I set it all on the side. That was a huge amount of cutting but I did stack cut them. if I get back to it i will probably do the cutting again using different wood. Not sure. Then I have about 8 religious cross prayer boxes and religious crosses cut and ready for assembly. I put these aside because they did not sell well at my shows for some reason. But I really would like to finish and maybe donate them. Then I have various clocks and desk watches in various stages that I just was using for stock when they sold out I was that far ahead to replenish. But again just stopped selling and doing shows. I should really get all these projects together and take a huge group photo. Boy I would need a wide angle lens. I think back at the amount of scrolling I did over the years is mindboggling to me as I reminisce. My RBI saws owe me nothing because they were my main go to saws. But my main question is are there others that like me have over the years stock piled projects that for some reason or other never finished.? Do you ever think you will finish? What were some of your reasons for not finishing? if you want to include photos that would be nice. maybe did not come out the way you thought for some reason. maybe just lost interest in the project. I do this alot now with my pen making because I want to move onto next idea that quickly. Maybe some just stock pile stock for future shows or sales and leave in various stages but easy to complete when needed. Maybe because they are personalized projects and you leave off names or dates or sayings because of this. Please do not make me the only one left on this island. Help me understand my shortcomings.

They look good. I took the liberty of rotating your cougar. It took me a while to see it as a cougar when I first looked at it. I bent over to pick up something, and then I saw it. That is a great job.

Very nice projects, RJ

I do have 4 or 5. I do hope to finish them before I can not longer do woodwork. There is always hope.

Half-inch-thick pieces will stand on their own. You could stack three half-inch-thick woods of different species to get a three-color puzzle. You might be able to cut four, but be careful where you put your fingers. I have never been successful at cutting the pieces individually from separate boards and getting them to fit well.

I have done a couple projects and actually have a couple that I wish I had finished and maybe will at some time. I had bought many sheets of stained glass years ago and they hopefully are still in tact in basement. But here is one I did and you can guess when. It is a blue stained glass piece behind te scrolling to represent the sky. I also make alot of religious projects that I use various stained glass behind some of the elements. Tough to see on this one but behind the scrolled areas on the steps is red stained glass. Years ago I made many religious prayer box crosses plus religious stand crosses that I used stained glass behind the scrolled cutouts. I would then line the box with felt. meant to hold prayer beads and prayer cards. sorry I do not have any of the photos because they are all still film version. Those are another project that I have many pieces cut but never assembled and would like to finish them too. I think one of these days I am going to dedicate some months in a winter to just finish up some of my started projects and nothing but that. Sounds like an idea but who knows.

It can be difficult to get puzzles cut from one piece of wood to fit properly. I can't imagine trying to do it with pieces cut from different boards. One technique that can be used when trying to create more than one version from separate species is to stack cut them in layers. In other words, if your scroll saw had the capacity, you could cut that puzzle from 4 or 5 different species, then mix the parts up in each of the resulting puzzles. Theoretically all would fit, since they were cut at the same time, from the same pattern. The problem is, there is no practical way to do that with a scroll saw, with stock that thick. If your puzzles were 1/4" thick, it could work, but then they wouldn't stand up.

Christmas is coming ~ Sell Them!

We used to have a person who did both scrolling and stain glass. Hasn't been around lately. If you search for Pellow in the gallery you can find a few examples. I will try and touch base with Frank and see if can share one.

Oh gotcha I zip tie all my cords together and have cord holder mounted on my stand which is on wheels so I do understand about the cord situation LOL especially when you want to clean the dust up

Always great work @FrankEV.

Pretty much the same here. I don't use my tablesaw though. It's usually buried under a bunch of other stuff. I have a table extension on my radial arm saw that I use. Any flat surface will do. It's a good way to use up old newspapers, if anyone remembers what those are.

Or you could just buy a aquarium pump and tie it in with a foot peddle ( deadman switch) and it will run only when your saw is on

Love them both Frank.

Excellent work as usual!

Those are beautiful pieces, RJ

I have been using the shipping labels directly on the wood. So far no problem with stickiness.

There was a little vibration. I put a concrete block on the lower shelf of the factory stand and the vibration went away. Any kind of weight would work. I'm glad I went with the Bora wheel kit.

Same, cardboard box.

I just use a cardboard box.

A few weeks ago, I smelled smoke in our family room. I looked around and found nothing. There was no smoke, just a smell. This happened a couple mornings for about an hour, then would go away. On the third day, I came in from the shop to get a drink, and this time there was actual smoke. No fire just smoke. It was coming from my wife’s area where she sits and stitches her cross stitch projects. She uses a lighted magnifying glass on a stand. The way it was standing, sunlight coming in through the window was focused on some books next to her chair. Fortunately, there was no real fire but it did burn several of her books but nothing else. I’m just happy that I was at home and caught it before there was actual fire! This reminded me of another incident. A few years ago I was at a friends shop that had the same thing happen to his DeWalt saw. He had a magnifying light mounted to his saw sitting in front of a window. Sunlight from the window shining through the magnifier melted all the plastic on his saw! So, this is a warning, if you use a lighted magnifier, make sure it does not sit next to a window!

There's something really fishy about that piece... I bet you have some whale of a story though.

Me too, Jerry. I am a believer that God has control of every part of nature.