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I posted in the General forum about how to make pattern outline lines thicker using Inkscape. but I did'nt do a good job of explaining why it may be useful. (epoxy fill) Here are some project pics to illustrate why you may need thicker lines on a pattern you want to scroll. I would not have been able to use epoxy fill with thin lines. These patterns came from various stained glass websites. I plan on making several gnomes to give away as christmas tree ornaments. The cross with several colors of purple will be put in a lighted shadow box. The cross with the flower will sit in a stand and put in a window, I have made several of those as they will make pretty good Christmas gifts. Thanx for looking.....forrest

hi Bill, in answer to your questions spillover.........be very careful an fill about 3/4 to 7/8 full backer.......i use Duck brand clear shelf liner and put my project wood down on the sticky side and use clamps to clamp wood to liner, this makes sure that there is no leakage on back side. this is important because if you're doing a sun catcher type project the backside needs to be blemish free . If you're not doing a sun catcher you can use a thin plywood backer to finished product and a little leakage would'nt really matter. ( the clear liner peels right off after epoxy has set.) i paint my project before i add epoxy....

This is an H. Botas pattern. I believe this is a piece of Spalted Maple. Finished with varathane. The original pattern has an eyebrow but this piece wasn't wide enough to allow it. I didn't want to shrink the pattern to fit because it would be way to small. I love the way the colours of the wood popped with the finish.

Ordered Friday night, they were in my mail box today, fast service, Thx Denny, RJ

From the Scroll Saw Pattern Section...

Cut out of Rimu rescued from a building site

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.

Another member, Scott M, recently posted here with an image of his version of "Skull" by Janevski. He did a great job and inspired me to give it a try. As a relatively new scroller I was intimidated by the large number of cuts required in this design and wasn't sure if I could pull it off. To up the risk factor even more I decided to try a spiral blade for the first time. What the heck, the videos make spirals look easy to use! What could go wrong? With a new #2 spiral and a piece of 1/4 inch BB I dove in headfirst and began cutting. To my surprise, like the videos show, cutting with spiral blades is easier in some ways. The piece doesn't need to be rotated, and I was able to work much faster at higher RPMs than I ever did with a straight blade. To be fair, the design doesn't require much accuracy except where cuts run close to each other. I did make a few mistakes and had one breakout but am happy with the result.

This is still a work in progress as it was the project I was working on today for my Live from Poppy's Workshop YT video. This is a stack cut with two, quarter-inch canary wood pieces. Total cutting time was a hair over two hours. I am thinking I will glue front and back pieces at the bottom of each piece. If I can laser the outline I might try to add some words as in the title of this post. This will give me a good strong connection point to the base which will be 1/2 or 3/4" canary wood, I will make it deeper in the back so I can add a Forstner 'cup' for a tea light.

Got these done for some upcoming shows. Poplar cut with #5 MG blade. Walrus Oil finish.

Very cool. I've dipped my toe into using epoxy resin to add to my woodworking, but haven't tackled anything beyond a simple 1 color pour. A few questions; How do you prevent spill over from one section to another? What did you use as a backer during the pour? Did you paint the form prior to pouring the epoxy?

If you have ever seen something that you would like to cut on your scroll saw, but you could'nt because the lines were not thick enough, I came upon something that will help. I don't know how to inbed a link, so i'll just tell you to go to youtube and type in "how to thicken an image outline in inkscape." The girls name is Amber Renee. Just follow along and you will figure it out. Here are three pictures so you can see the difference. I'm going to cut this image out and fill with epoxy resin. I will follow up with pics of finished product. I hope this helps someone....forrest

My latest cutting - Cat fretwork, recommended pattern size is 14 x 11 inches, but I reduced it to 11 x 8 inches. Background - self adhesive film with black wood texture Video of making project Cat pattern

Excellent cutting, RJ

Pleased that you got them.

Very nice, if that was at the fishing hole I would take up fishing, RJ

Still practicing made a bunch of these Xmas tree with ornament can't stand working with oak but this is a good way to get rid of it trying different blades and just having fun Still need to oil the leaning tree but need to turn out a few more so I'll do all the staining at once these might be a fundraiser for the school before Xmas

in regards to rash_powder....North TEXAS Wichman is correct as to why you may need thick lines on a project. (epoxy fill) I also like his idea about two thin lines with contrasting fill. I am going to post some pics in Bragging Rights to show how thicker outline lines can come in handy....forrest

Nice little puzzles Barb.

Since this type of pattern is for filling with epoxy the thick line are meant to be kept. I would much prefer to have two thin (.005") lines separated by a contrasting light fill.

I don't know about everyone else and the thickness of lines on patterns but for myself the thinner the line the easier it is for myself to stay on line to make the cut! Now that may not sound right but with a thick line it is near imposable to stay in the middle to make the cut! With a thick line you have a choose as to cut on the left or cut on the right side of the line and that sometimes will make a difference in the outcome of what the pattern was meant to be! Now I understand that a lot of us older scrollers may not have the Eyesite we had in the younger days but for my self I will stay with the thinner lines! Erv

Thanks Red: I knew how to do that but I didn't know how to change the thickness of the outline - I do now Fab4

Hey Red; you wouldn't be from/in North Dakota, would you?

Do what makes you happy, even if you don't achieve some desired level of mastery. It's a hobby. Life is too short to chase perfection, never to be satisfied.

I started here with lot of frustrations. Only 4yrs ago. I ask lots of beginner questions. Within just about a year, I was getting good enough for Me. A few of the experts told me to use the pattern as a guide. If a piece breaks off during cutting just make it look like it was cut and move on. It, the pattern, is only a suggested guide. This was the biggest statement to overcome my own attitude toward my quality of work. Another expert said to relax your shoulders and go slow and let the tiny little blades do the work. After doing a couple of simple fretworks, I moved on to intarsia. That was a whole nother level of frustration. Because I made my own butterfly pattern and it was a bit hard for beginners. The gaps between pieces was my frustration. But I shared it with the village and the said it was good enough. People won't be taking it off the wall to examine the gaps. Then I attempted with bowls. Simple shapes. I got expert advise to start with flat pieces top & bottom. It helped my gap issue. Bowls are another type of project that you can have fun with. It gave me the confidence that I can do ok with scrollsaw. Fretwork letters are really scary to try. And my attempts sucked. But the experts here also mentioned that fonts are many. So my cuts may not be exactly like the letters but it who cares it might become your own font. Yep even letters are just a guide. Part of wood work is surprises of both good and bad. Surprises of the good kind come in cool patterns of grain. Internal wood blemishes show up in bowls which is nice. Bad surprises are a challenge of how to recover from mistakes or broken pieces. In most cases the villagers can help you recover from the bad surprises. Like my high school math teacher said, show your work. We can help better with pictures. If you don't want to share with everyone you can send private message to who ever you want. Then he can share with specific people if needed. One more note: search on this village helps a little bit. But if within 20 mins, you can't find good results just post a new question. Search results can be a frustration issue also. My comments from your work above. These are great. You have explored the people and pets and then created some new animals. Good stuff. I have seen lots of animals in town, at banks tellers, my Dr's office, at 2 different restaurants. These are not mine. I wanted to make something different, so I made some micro drawers and give them to places I visit. See my 2 How to articles. Can my stuff compare to Dave Monk or Frank EV ? Nope. But it is good enough for Me. Me. Mark Eason

Allen, Don't stop. The only person you need to compare yourself to is you. I've been scrolling for nigh unto 40 years and I can't hold a candle to some of our members. As long as you like your projects and progress, that's all that matters.

Same boy flying a kite

Here's the same boy walking his pet baby T. rex and introduced his pet to the local playground bully

I know I should stop but I'm just having too much fun this one is a boy taking his baby T. rex out for a walk

My sister lives in florida and loves her golden retriever more th en life itself so I made this for her opened up pictures of goldens and just traced it off computer screen then drew female

Way too addicting i gave away several sets yesterday as well as all types of wooden figures then this morning after my morning walk to get coffee( I kill two birds with one stone I believe is the expression)get my mile and a quarter walk in and get my coffee,I went thru any scrap pieces from the dog puzzles as I leave a drop extra to handle them comfortably I shrunk down the man dog figures and cut them out no more waste and no more room i have 6 requests for doggie puzzles so I'll make a few more i don't take Zelle or PayPal or cash or credit card my payment is the joy these little things bring to friends and family running out of room but will cut any scraps I have until I try my first intarsia ive already bagged up figures for school i stopped making bandsaw reindeer since I've prolly given out a few hundred over the years but whenever I'm asked for one I have them ready

Next shot all made of poplar and cut from one piece and of course it fits like a puzzle All practice but I will put second coat of paint and paint eyes and noses somone will want it snother one reading a book

Ok so my son and dil are big dog lovers they have two rescues and anything doggie I make for them and they luv it yesterday she texted me a pic of this doggie puzzle from the text I tried to print and cut it as clear by this photo it was a failure i will still sand it and paint on the eyes and noses that is just washable marker now I will print out glue to one piece of wood and cut out all parts as one so even if shape is off it will match other piece its a learning curve for me i used walnut sapele poplar cherry and Spanish cedar on a side note I got stool yesterday and the seat height is perfect for hegner tall stand its ok to make of this piece I've made many of the bear families and elephant families for people with kids with my bandsaw never this far off

My daughter is a special Ed teacher every year I give her bandsaw reindeer for her students to paint and decorate this time she asked me for 14 sets of the male female holding the heart to incorporate them into a sel lesson im going to make a lot of the wooden people with animals etc to pta or student council for fundraising

Here's my grandaughter taking her first steps ever we were lucky to have it filmed sort of the way I felt today like I accomplished something IMG_9437.mov

I figured instead of just practicing and playing I'll just cut letters for practice since I need for a Halloween project I made well one hour 20 minutes to cut these letters i switched out blades until I found the blade that felt best one was super aggressive and I couldn't control the small tight curves they are far far from perfect i traced them from font I found on internet It's like iM learning woodworking all over again i used the quick change out knob supplied with rhe hegner what a beautiful thing it was changing out blades was why I gave up on scrolling years ago with the dremel this was quick and easy letters are painted and will be attached to piece of wood and hung on my lawn ornament gotta learn to walk before I can run i understand this is baby stuff to most here but it was my first time using the saw for something besides wooden figures where accuracy isn't as important

Couple from me. Not sure they qualify, I am not much of a sports follower.