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Om a FB group for Intarsia they have a pattern of the month for everyone to do. October was a funky owl by Steve Shears. I did the owl but put a spin on the backer. Mounted it to a 15" round and added a quote by John Muir The letters are ½ high and ⅛ thick, and cut from Bolivian Rosewood.

I obtained a ‘Limitless Lines Design’ Stained-Glass Pattern from Etsy that I thought would be easy to convert to a suitable Intarsia project pattern. The Heron is an almost a direct copy, but I modified the background significantly to work better in wood. In doing so, I messed up the perspective somewhat by lowering the land on the far side of the water. This was not obvious to me until the project was nearly complete. I’ll live with it as is, but I have already corrected the pattern, to be more in keeping with the original pattern, that I will share in Pattern Exchange. Woods used include Premium Pine, Blue Pine, Yellowheart, Cherry, Walnut, Aspen, Black Limba, and some 4/4” thick Sapele for the fixed Frame. The Cherry I used for the Water was too close in color to the Pink toned Pine I used for the Sky, so I enhanced the color with some Blue/Green dye. The Grey and Light-colored areas of the Blue Pine worked well for most of the Heron itself, but I had to darken a few areas using some very diluted Black dye. The Eye was painted with White and Black acrylic paint. Currently, my wood selection is limited, therefore so are my choices since I would have really preferred to use a different wood for the Sky. The approximate 80 pieces of this project was quite a challenge to cut and assemble. After all the pieces were cut, shaped, textured and sanded - knowing I was going to frame the panel - I first assembled the background, within a rectangular jig sized to the finish panel size, onto a 1/8” thick BB Ply Backer. The Blue Pine is only a scant 5/8” thick and I wanted the Heron to sit proud of the background, so I cut a 1/4“thick shim to fit the remaining area and then I fit the Heron into the area. The many small pieces of the Heron’s body proved impossible to assemble, one by one, into the open area. I was forced to use CA to edge-glue the pieces together and fit into the open area as one piece. Being very careful to fit the pieces together accurately, this worked out well. The 1” wide Sapele was rabbeted 1/4" to produce a 3/4" wide border Frame. The rails were mitered and cut accurately for a tight-neat fit around the glued-in panel. The completed Assembly was finished with multiple coats of rattle-can Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray with light sanding/buffing in between coats. Comments and critiques allways welcome.

Meet Mr. & Mrs. frosty.....something I dreamed up this morning....Mr. is 4ft & Mrs. is 42". made from a 8ft 1x6.....parts were made from scrap wood, Mrs. glasses were made from soft steel wire. Comments are always welcomed. Ty. God Bless Dan

I use a Led light ring with a 5 diopter, I wear progressive glasses so that works perfectly for me. The magnification is perfect for me. But have a look at the focal length and Magnification number and decide which is best for you.

I got the coffin pattern form Alex Fox and the jack-o-lanterns I got from here last year and made some changes

Just recently retired, my background is in optics but I have built a couple of houses with my Dad and lot's of other "stuff" I have every tool imaginable (I am a collector) my scroll saw is a ~ 1948 Delta 40-440 that I restored which was my Dad's. I like to jump in so I wanted to make a puzzle for my Granddaughter who likes Unicorns. I found at least a new to me idea to put the pattern onto the wood which took no time at all, I have a laser engraver so I just put a vector up sized to fit my cedar fence post and made my direct to wood pattern. I grabbed a spiral blade ( I bought a bunch of others but can't find them ) I stopped because I wasn't happy with the results and I couldn't see well enough plus that blade is aggressive! Still learning and having fun, most of the stuff I made these day's are for the Grand kids. Attached is the Unicorn for my first attempt, critics are welcome. Thanks for having me, Pete

Barn and fence - I just finished cutting this scroll saw wood-art piece today. Lots of hours in this one.

I got a harbor freight workbench. It has holes for clamping. These are called dogs holes. I got this idea that harbor freight's toggle clamps could be used as dog clamps. So I created a base for the toggle clamp. I got 3/4" dowel and then cut a slot in the dowel. Now I can cut half rounds in a wood base to match the dowel. It would be hard to do this by hand but scroll saw worked very well. It turns out this specific toggle clamp sucks big time for this application. But the dowel and base works pretty well. I will just cut off the toggle clamp.

After cutting this I sat on my front porch and got still and quiet. My favorite squirrel got within a few feet from me. I can tell him apart because he's more brown than gray and has a skinnier tail. Lots of good things happen when we take the time to be still.

As to the environmental/ecological aspect, remember that EVERYTHING is either grown or mined from the earth. No getting around that.

Yes this comes close to running up to the political lines so I will not push it but can tell you as I said before with LED lights. Every new technology comes with its own set of problems. I have installed miles of solar panels on solar panel farms as well as on top of many factory roofs which seem to be a great place because they are out of site and those roofs are dead space anyway. But there are so many problems that come up with the installation no matter where they are put and they still are developing newer versions all the time so the ones installed become outdated and lose percentage of power every year. Electric cars is a joke where they put the horse before the cart. The electric grid can not sustain the totals of those cars they propose in the time limits. As I mentioned every part weather on a solar panel or electric car or wind turbine was made using fossil fuels so the irony is somewhat laughable. Weather it be electric cars or solar panel or other environmentally used projects does not fit all areas of the world. Alternatives are needed for sure but at what cost. I will not be around to see the answers to these things so let me know how it turns out in another decade or two.

These are all based on patterns I bought from Fiona Kingdon, with a few liberties taken and changes made for individual uses. The common denominator is that I did recessed cuts allowing the inner ring to slip forward 1/4” to allow the stained glass panels to fit enclosed behind the scroll work. The “Entwined Lovers” were all wedding/engagement presents.

I have 4 craft sales coming up. A couple Steve Good patterns. The light houses were from SSWC Magazine. Rescue cat from Scott Seifer. The cat will be donated for the group gift basket. Two of the sales are for cat rescue shelters.

I don't think my Pegas Scroll saw can cut rock!!!! But I have seen someone hereon make stream rocks out of wood.

I once made a knife out of a meteorite, does that still count? (I'm joking)

But you have to remember what the whole idea behind this green technology is. Save the planet from ourselves. Are we actually doing that?

So many of Village members can make anything out of a piece of wood. Boy what an imagination. I think some of you can make anything out of a rock. What a neat idea Dan. Jerry

Very cute. You can also make them using picket fence.

Talk about solar farms, here in Texas about 40 % of the people have solar panels on their roofs for their electric, RJ

I have bought a sewing machine light for 25 bucks on Amazon mounted it with a magnet coin like it better then those big goose neck things

A beautiful heron. Thanks for the writeup on how you produce you works of art.

awesome job

I like your cutting a lot and how you mounted it. The contrast is really good.

Well, earlier this year in TX https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hailstorm-destroys-massive-solar-farm-sparking-fears-of-chemical-contamination

20 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said: I absolutely hate the solar panel farms.. They have bought out several cattle farms in my area and have been making the fields into solar farms and making a mess of the fields.. be interesting how the snow or hail will affect these. Sad to see what was crop fields and now all you see is rows and rows of solar panels.. don't get me wrong they may have a small place for if a homeowner would like to sub some alternative energy more power to them.. but ruining farmlands to do this just doesn't seem all that smart to me. This is probably getting too much into political talk but I've not been a supporter of this electric car push or the solar and wind farms.. I don't know a much about these things but hear that the solar panels are bad for the environment.. maybe they'll circle back after my time is gone and realize this was a bad idea.. tax the people again to clean up the land and mess they made and go back to nuclear power plants or coal.. I'd be curious what many people that know way more than I really think about this stuff.. This site probably not the place for discussion as it'd likely turn too politics in the process.. I'd be open to hear anyones thoughts in a PM on some of this stuff push for the direction they're taking our kids too though. The electric cars are pretty dangerous for the firefighters for not only the fire hazards but also electrocution in car crashes and the firefighters having to cut people out of a car is pretty bad stuff to mess with.. especially if it's in the rain, snow etc.. I guess I just see them as way more dangerous and hazardous.. not to mention what happens to all these batteries in 20+ years.. maybe they've got this all thought out but also seems like bad ideas to me.. Wonder what the health effects are of the self charging roads they're making in in Michigan.. I heard they was building a electric road that somehow charges the car as you drive on it or something.. and here they talk about cell phones causing cancers etc.. Just what we need is more of this garbage to ruin the human population.. Without being political, it ain't gonna work. They already are realizing that they should have stayed with nuclear and clean burning coal and natural gas. The power demands of the A.I. computer farms will far exceed what they can get from solar/wind generation. Not to mention what happens if we have a few weeks of cold foul weather. Of course there is also darkness for about half the day too.

I absolutely hate the solar panel farms.. They have bought out several cattle farms in my area and have been making the fields into solar farms and making a mess of the fields.. be interesting how the snow or hail will affect these. Sad to see what was crop fields and now all you see is rows and rows of solar panels.. don't get me wrong they may have a small place for if a homeowner would like to sub some alternative energy more power to them.. but ruining farmlands to do this just doesn't seem all that smart to me. This is probably getting too much into political talk but I've not been a supporter of this electric car push or the solar and wind farms.. I don't know a much about these things but hear that the solar panels are bad for the environment.. maybe they'll circle back after my time is gone and realize this was a bad idea.. tax the people again to clean up the land and mess they made and go back to nuclear power plants or coal.. I'd be curious what many people that know way more than I really think about this stuff.. This site probably not the place for discussion as it'd likely turn too politics in the process.. I'd be open to hear anyones thoughts in a PM on some of this stuff push for the direction they're taking our kids too though. The electric cars are pretty dangerous for the firefighters for not only the fire hazards but also electrocution in car crashes and the firefighters having to cut people out of a car is pretty bad stuff to mess with.. especially if it's in the rain, snow etc.. I guess I just see them as way more dangerous and hazardous.. not to mention what happens to all these batteries in 20+ years.. maybe they've got this all thought out but also seems like bad ideas to me.. Wonder what the health effects are of the self charging roads they're making in in Michigan.. I heard they was building a electric road that somehow charges the car as you drive on it or something.. and here they talk about cell phones causing cancers etc.. Just what we need is more of this garbage to ruin the human population..

I got this from Amazon for under $30. 5x magnifier and adjustable LED (Brightness, temperature) https://amzn.to/4hlNNBt

Don't know about the circular bulbs, but in normal tubes, they make two types: one that works with your existing ballast and the other you clip the ballast out of the circuit and just use your 117VAC supply wires.

You misunderstood. I would be sad to lose you. I am still very sad over losing Rockytime and Scrollsaw703 but it's life. Congrats on your great family.

The pressure to activate the clamp is up and toward the piece your clamping. This tries to pull the base out of the hole. Then as the clamp starts putting pressure on the clamping piece it then puts pressure the other way. So pressure changes direction from the aspect of the hole. The toggle clamp has to be adjusted within a 1/4 inch to actual work correctly. The better clamp is the one thar you pull down away from the clamped piece. my joint using a scroll saw does work well. If I do another one it will be with 1/2" purple heart. instead of 3/4" poplar.

Frank, I thank you for a detailed explanation of the steps that you went through to create this piece. I like the heron a lot. The fact that you used a stained-glass pattern as a starting point has given me an idea. Stained-glass work is also one of my hobbies and what I am now going to do is to look through stained-patterns and attempt to find one that would also look good as intarsia - or perhaps as segmentation. Then I will create both. I'm not sure why this never occurred to me before.

Great idea! Clamping is always an interesting challenge. I didn't know HF carried the cam clamps. I bought a Kreg Mobile project center several years ago, thinking I would fold it up when not in use. It has never been put away. Kreg has some interesting clamps that may give you some ideas. These are amazing and pop right into the holes, https://www.kregtool.com/shop/clamping/clamps/in-line-clamp/KBCIC.html I also made these. One is a metal electric box cover on a dowel that I use for a light with a magnetic base, The other block of wood with the slot, I made several of them and they hold my bar clamps when edge gluing.

Why does it suck?

I recently entered my Viking in the Royal Melbourne Show, and I got a 1st. I am so thrilled and proud. Marg

It's been a few weeks since I have been able to sit at the saw,, actually any of my saws! Between work and hurricanes it's been hectic. A couple of Steve Good designs that I modified. They are kind of plain and ugly looking in the daylight but they come alive in the dark. LOL I'll let my wife paint them up however she wants to make them look better in the daylight. I used some 1/8" BB ply, some nightlight kits from Amazon and some Vellum paper. Very quick projects that are actually useful. I think I'll tweak the design a little more on the Haunted House before she paints it. I've got 2 more of the nightlight kits left, I have a couple of other design ideas that I may try out.

Just finished this Jewelry Box for one of my Grandkids. Made out of pine and Walnut. Measures 8 x 8 and 2 inches high. A Steve Good pattern.

Nativity Box done on 1/8" Baltic Birch, Sue Mey pattern edward

Just a few I did for Halloween. Made doubles of most of them and gave them to the grandkids.LOL

Really good setup??? I'm sure there going to be a lot different "good setup" suggestion's. My setup is good, but not necessarily really good, for me. I use a typical 5X Mag light w/an LED ring light. However, I do supplement that light with a high intensity goose neck light that mounts to the side of the saw with a magnetic base. This light shines directly on the blade and creates a very visible shadow from where the blade intersects the pattern. This shadow helps me see the blade and follow the line more accurately. My 2 cents.

A few projects for Halloween.

Not really spooky will go on porch right after our Thanksgiving.

The glue hasn't cured yet, and I am trying to decide whether to do anything else to it. I have never made anything like this before, and it was a bit more difficult than I anticipated.