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"Creature from the Black Lagoon" 40 x 67,5cm, backer board 8mm, lagoon 4mm, bottom overlay 4mm, backer board head 4mm, head 4mm, cheap DIY store ply, done with a fretsaw using a #1 blade. The thing is the size of ca. 4 A4 sheets. Everything is done by hand, as I don't have any power tools. I found the original pic at deviantArt, making the patterns required redoing every single line in CorelDraw, which took about 20 hours. Fretsawing is a very slow process, I guess it took about 30 to 50 hours for this one. Some details: the pattern for the head the finished head on it's backer the lagoon and the bottom overlay

Pattern by Ridgeback Wood Lamp. Saw the pattern and had to cut it. 11 X 14 double stack 1/8 BB ply 140 cuts with Sawbird #3 full reverse. Jeff

My latest project - Christmas Box, size is about 4.5 x 6 x 2.5 inches, wood thickness is 1/8 inch. Pattern includes 2 variants: a) without stoppers: you can pull out the inner part of the box b) with stoppers: the length to which the inner part of the box can be pulled out is limited Video of making project Chrismas Box pattern

Hi A friend has asked me to make him this for his girlfriend to be wife.

I have my first crafts show this Saturday and the next one on November 16, more stuff ready and looking forward to unload some material because my storage is pretty full. Alex Fox Christmas gnomes and Don in Brooklin hockey gnomes and I think the Charlie Brown Christmas tree is Sue Mey

Halloween is over, and now we're turning our attention to the Holidays! We're continuing our tradition here at Scroll Saw Village by publishing our annual e-Book full of Christmas ornaments. This popular eBook was featured in the Holiday 2014 issue of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine. These ornament designs are exclusive to this eBook and designed by our fellow SSV members. The idea is, anyone can download the eBook in exchange for a donation to their favorite charity. Our hope is that we'd be able to raise some money for very worthy causes and provide some cool patterns at the same time. *** But we need your help! *** We need some volunteers to design some ornaments. Each designer will provide 5 patterns (no more, no less) I ask that the designs are not made available anywhere else (this gives value to the e-book) They have to be designed specifically by you (no posting other people's patterns) Designs must be emailed (or PM) to Travis by Wednesday, November 27th (info below) A few things to keep in mind: Religious and secular designs are accepted. Other religions/traditions also celebrate this time of year, so let's not forget them. Keep detail and size appropriate for an ornament. Don't submit copyrighted or licensed patterns. The due date will sneak up on you quicker than you think. Please get them to me ASAP so I have time to work on them. What do you get in exchange? Credit for your design. The warm fuzzy feeling that you're helping others in need. Submitting your ornaments: Email the ornaments directly to Travis (travis [at] scrollsawvillage.com) or PM me. Formats accepted are JPG, PNG. Please keep the pattern in black & white only (no gray). That way I can convert them more easily when putting together the ebook. I prefer Inkscape files (SVG) if you can. This is ideal if you know how to use Inkscape. That way I don't have to manually convert them.

Last year first year I tried these. All were gone in a few days to family and friends. Made some more this year. Took to my dentist office for hygienist. She took a couple and showed them to other office workers. When I left an hour later they were all gone. Other neighbors have asked my to make some more. Here is my lastest contribution. Houses are made from pine, poplar, and oak. Houses are stained with ipswich pine, golben pecan, cherry, and gunstock. Birds are made from pine, poplar, oak, zebrawood, and mahogony. All are then spayed with Rust-Oleum rattle spray can clear gloss. Hope you are not tired of seeing mini-birdhouses. Jerry

Hi I made this before many years ago and was starting to look tatty so I took it down and made another with some improvements. This version now has a vinyl roof and plastic windows and doors no more rotten wood

I'm interested just need to get inspiration.

So last year, we had 4 designers who contributed 20 new ornament patterns to the Ornaments For Charity ebook. This year, I'd like to beat last year's submissions. I know it can be done because we've done it in the past. How great would it be to get 20 or more new ornament patterns in this year's book? All skill levels are welcome. The goal is to create a really cool eBook that will benefit those in need. I'm designing. Who's with me!?

Those are mighty fine and quite a collection. They disappear quickly. You are now a member of the Miniature Birdhouse Ornament Union.

Mighty fine

Great job on all of those. I gave all of mine away to family and friends. Guess I have to make more.

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.

I hope you don’t stop. I’ve slowed down but going out and just being able to cut another cross keeps me going. I just give most of it away. I give my sister a lot who gives it to older folks she works with. They really like the crosses. A simple small palm cross the most.

They are all lovely.

Very nice. Marg

looks great, RJ

very nice

That's lovely.

They all look great Jerry! I make about 100 each year and they all get sold! 50 are sold to a local bird feed store and the rest I sell at a two day Christmas Boutique coming up. If any remain, I give away to friends, the mailman, ups driver and so on. Btw, I never get tired of seeing what everyone makes!

I'm cheating, I use a fretsaw. I started in january '22. These are among my first ones. Nine months later ... Fast forward to the present ... This is 40cm x 67.5 cm and has three layers.

I have made several from glued-up pieces. This one is made from some salvaged drawer parts.

And this is why I make toys. I make them... box up a bunch... and give them away to police, fire, and hospitals to give to children in need. I just delivered 125 toys to an organization that helps kids with cancer. You can make artwork for organizations, give it away so they do fund raisers it is an item people could "bid" on.

Judy Gale Roberts, the heart and soul of intarsia and the scroll saw world passed away after a short illness. I was blessed to take two classes with her and to meet her on several other occasions. Not only was she a talented artist but a gifted instructor and just a special person. Rest in peace my friend and mentor. Prayers for your husband Stephen and all who you touched through your life.

Saddened to hear of Ms. Robert’s passing. I was fortunate to have met her as I visited her shop in Tennessee. Her and her talent will be greatly missed. Prayers go out to her family. Blessings. D Smith. Calcium NY