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Just finished this beautiful Russ Beard Pattern, it was a double stack on 4mm Birch Plywood, cut with a Niqua 1 Pin Less blade, soaked in a BLO/Mineral Spirit Mixture, finished with a few coats of clear lacquer. Black backer and a second backed smaller than the original cut to give a shadow line effect. I cannot control the final colour appearance that the wood takes on, but I will accept it and am Blessed and Grateful that I am able to produce work like this.

Hi all I got asked if I could build a farm this is what I came up with.

WD40 is not a lubricant per se. It does feel oily, but it is not marketed or intended as a true lubricant (says the guy who liberally sprays his garden tools with the stuff). There are lots of true lubes available in almost any viscosity.

WD40 is very corrosive. Never use it on firearms. Spray a pad of 4 0 steel wool and lay it outside. It will disappear.

"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

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

Thanks for sharing this. I think I'll have it done as well at some point, but they want to take care of the Mastoiditis first..

A little something I just finished for my granddaughters anniversary. Made out of Ash and Cherry. Able to do this with Denny's help. Pattern maker unknown.

In my exploration of adding color to my scrollsaw projects, and trying something new, I took an actual stained glass pattern and cut it with ⅛ ply and filling it with acrylic in place of the stained glass This time I stained one side darker that the other. So what do you think? Light or dark wood? Chris

great job. light for the win.

thanks for all the info. I was under the assumption that I knew all about lubricants, I guess we all can learn and change what we thought we knew

It’s a Russ Beard pattern done in 2021, if you belong to Scroll Saw Patterns Projects and more, go to the group and look under files.

Is it safe to use WD 40 as a lubricant?

I didn't either until years ago on a motorcycle forum. One of the members was an aircraft mechanic and said that the FAA would shut an airport down for having Simple Green anywhere on site due to the corrosive nature and I think the graphite came up in the same post; or maybe from somewhere else. Its been a hot minute since it went into my head. Anyway, the relevance was that since motorcycles are primarily made from aluminum anymore, don't use the stuff. There's too much else to worry about when riding than structural failures.

From a pattern from a book called scroll saw wooden bowls ,by Carole Rothman.

Wow that is awesome. Marg

I never get tired of seeing other peoples mini bird houses. Yours are terrific. Good luck with them again. Marg

They look terrific. Light for sure. Marg

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

Bless his soul. He’ll be missed

I had surgery for my deviated septum a couple of years ago and have been very pleased with the results. I can now breathe freely through both sides of my nose! And no more chronic infections.

This is the oil I use. https://www.amazon.com/Supco-SUPCO-MO98-SPOUT-OILER/dp/B001UGQC2I/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_mod_primary_new?crid=3EFI5AD2MXHX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3aZErExeIozLC8VVBJKY43k-iyqEwumvBAIxpHiZvrsgfZR57s7a18CR4UYE5-r27vCAtqHaRoe6q1BbqIQUmXweDpL7LxOrXtiQyQaRD0KzMCl2EIs9eDMsc-A3WR0LcB1UqiCBYI76hD7rQXmeN1-mO7k6vPwsMsuV5mjay4kZX9_brdop8SJj7YSYZxG4JUyLl3InsSQUuuwpAIJ4Rg.fdB8Am-eGi2nlwja_2ff9hSUifwepl4a7h9WzKnVEB8&dib_tag=se&keywords=zoom+spout+oiler+turbine+oil+norvey&qid=1730659412&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=norvey+zoom+spout+oiler%2Caps%2C312&sr=8-1

Well my first show of the year is over, it was a pretty cool day temperature around 6C not too big of a crowd because it was in our community of 184 houses. My sales were better than expected $578 and another $80 for special orders.

Nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter's morning.

Put me down for light also. The dark stain just drags down the vibrant colors of the glass. Let the glass do the talking. Nice job.

Sadly, a fellow scroller her bought my Dewalt and everything that went with it. Now I'm making resin projects and I can work inside the house instead of a freezing garage, that's so much cleaner now!

Sure looks great on both sides. What did you use to cut the acrylic?

I like the light visually, but the dark really changes the color saturation of the inlays.

I'm with the majority, lighter is better. Jerry

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!

Agree with all, light is better.

Hawk, beautiful job on that, I like the light one better, RJ

I am with the masses - light!

Yep I like the light as well. Makes the colors pop better than the dark.

excellent job, I prefer the light side

Great work light is tops for me.

Definitely the light

Wow! Those look terrific. If I had to choose, I like the light color better. It pops better with the other colors.

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.

Well Tyler, you did it again. Enjoyed the video. One of your sayings is "Think outside the box.". That is something I have to learn to do. I need to remember the wood the pattern designer used is only a suggestion. So many of your videos show you using wood you have on hand or what one can purchase at our big box stores. Today, for example, you used construction grade plywood. It doesn't have to be exotic. Thanks again for the video. Jerry

He did do a fair amount of Intarsia.. I'm not sure about the high chair.. Did a lot of Keith and Sheila's scripture type stuff.

Sad to hear. RIP Jim.

I've noticed that GrandpaJim hasn't logged in here in a few months.. He sold his crafts on Etsy and Go Imagine websites and had shut his stores down too. So I got to looking him up and sadly found his obituary. He passed on July 3rd. RIP Jim https://www.schmidtfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Frank-Jim-Mikul?obId=32256215