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I have another show on Saturday, this is a big one held in a Church, lot’s of vendors and shoppers. I have more stuff to add to my inventory, snow flakes from Alex Fox, hockey gnomes from Don in Brooklin, also ever purchases get eithe4 a “HUG” key chain or “Pocket Angel”

I have several of these and make them different every time. The body I cut from 1-3/4 inch square poplar. The wings and tail sections are made from walnut. THe canopy and the engine nacelles are stained.

I had the same problem, so I stuck industrial sticky back velcro to the floor and the other half to the bottom of the pedal. It has never moved plus you can adjust the direction of it it if you need to.

My Star Wars loving grandsons told me my truck looks like a Storm Trooper so I decided to lean into it. Guaranteed not to rust.

For some reason I had trouble using a foot pedal. I just use the switch on the machine. But I also have trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. LOL

just finished this evening. Lettering is cherry , back board is Walnut and I framed the walnut with oak on the back. I had purchased the walnut from a widow years ago and when I planed it down I was disgusted when I hit a nail I did not see , it’s the first nail I had ever hit with this walnut so I was not expecting it. I of course ruined my planer blades but in my mind as I looked at it , the holes and black spots in the wood reminded of the nails on the cross .

This is a FB marketplace find, $8. I plan to use it for; a display, a drying rack, and a plant stand for my hanging baskets during the winter. A threefur!

My latest - Christmas countdown calendar. I know such pattern should have been made earlier, but this year I have many ideas for Christmas patterns, this is 4th and I plan to make more. Project size 6,5 x 9 inches, 4 layers, 1/8 inch Video of making project Christmas calendar pattern

Saw a picture of this sign on the internet several days ago. I modified it to fit my Nephew's Garage. He and his day drag race and build drag cars for some other people. I just thought it would fit he garage well.

I sit on a fairly high stool, with foot pedal on floor my legs get sore. One day while in Lowes I found a couple of folding stools, bought 2 of them. One to rest my left foot on and the other to attach foot pedal to. I am now more comfortable. See attached photos. Stools are 8 1/2" high, 8 1/2"deep, 12" wide. Jerry

One thing that helped me greatly is, I took both of my foot switches apart and re-routed the wire that came out of the side. It was always in the way. I drilled a hole in the front of the switch so that both wires were in alignment. A very easy fix.

Good afternoon, My name is Justin. I live in Phoenix, and I got into scroll sawing 2-3;months ago. My late Grandpa made stuff out of wood. He never sold anything, it was just a hobby and he just gave the projects to his kids/grandkids. I have been missing him a lot lately, so I got a scroll saw and started making things as a way to feel close to him.

Quick story. My Lady went to NC to be with her daughter to help during recovery from hip replacement surgery. Her Granddaughter also came to help. Her daughter also has a son and their house has only two beds and a sofa for sleeping purposes. Fortunately, the next-door neighbor had a spare room and offered it to my Lady to use at no cost for the nineteen days she was there. This neighbor has visited Africa, and they have a collection of African Art pieces on display. Upon returning home, my Lady asked if I could make a Scroll Saw African Elephant, that she could send them as a thank you for their hospitality. I searched, found, and procured a ‘Woodenmann’ Intarsia Pattern of an African Elephant bust that I felt was appropriate, and I interrupted a Christmas project that was in progress to make the Elephant. A finished ‘Woodenmann’ piece was shown online, that was done in two contrasting, dark and light, colored wood’s. I decided I would prefer to do it in a single, “more” Elephant colored, wood choice. I had just gotten a few pieces of Teak in the box of cutoffs I purchased, and it seemed like it would be a good choice. Of course, the Tusks are Aspen, and the Eyes are ‘Sharpie’ Black - sorry, no Eboney in my wood collection. Due to the limited amount of Teak that was available, I was not able to arrange all the grain-direction as I would have preferred. However, the wood has enough character that it is not too distracting or noticeable to an untrained eye. As I’m sure you are all aware, Teak is quite hard, so the cutting was slow. I did a decent job of cutting as the fit-up was quite good, with just some minor sanding adjustments needed. However, even though I attempted to cut to the outside edge of the lines to maintain the pieces full size, due to the fit-up shrinkage of this “top to bottom” pattern, the length of the Tusks had to be adjusted significantly. Shaping and fitting of the two Tusks took more time than almost all the other pieces, put together. I did add a 1/8” thick shim to elevate the head and trunk. I tapered the shim towards the bottom of the trunk. The backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply with edges painted Black. The assembly was protected with five coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray with light sanding and buffing between coats. This will be shipped out early next week with a thankyou note from my Lady. Comments and critiques always welcome.

When you just finished what you were working on, it is too late to start on another project and too early to stop for the day.

I usually clean before I begin for the day. I will look for the next shiny project when I finish.

She sent me a picture of it in her alcove, above her shoe rack. We might get a new scroller with a nudge from this. She wants to show it to her parents. Her dad has just retired and is looking for a new hobby. And he had previously asked about my scrolling hobby.

I'm sure he will love it. Marg

Too beautiful to have to look at it sideways. Great piece.

As most of you know I picked up the Bauer 22" from HF a few weeks back. I upgraded the blade holders to the Pegas shortly thereafter. Started my first serious piece this week. Russ Beard's Viking Warrior ( # 2023-038). I can say the Bauer is doing great. I'm cutting with a Flying Dutchman Polar 2/0 running at about 4 on the speed dial. On my Delta P-20 I was totally a top feed guy for projects like this, and the Bauer does fine ( especially after I upgraded to the Pegas). But in trying to venture outside my comfort zone and put the Bauer through its paces I'm doing more bottom feed on the Viking. And I gotta say it's going pretty good. The pin at the back that holds the arm up holds it high enough that seeing the entry hole on the bottom of the piece is quite easy, even as small as they are ( using a #71 drill bit). As you can see I have a short dowel handy to release the pin to let the upper arm drop. All in all the Bauer is doing great!

I had quite a few switch plate toppers and decided to use my new hobby to put a dome coating on them with some JDiction high viscosity resin. A little tedious being careful not to move the liquid too far using the little dotting tool tip. Now there's a thick hard, thick gloss finish I never could have accomplished with any spray.

A modification to a Sue Mey pattern

Looks good, RJ

Cool!!!

Nice find Wichita. Jerry

Love it, especially the *stupid*......................lol

Very nice. Now if you can keep people from stealing it!

Very cool!

Using a foot pedal ensures that you never lose control of your project. If you're working on something with a lot of fret, it best to keep both hands on it while the saw is running to prevent any slippage.

Based on this Ray mentioned it some time ago, I did the same. It is easy and well worth the effort.

Nothing cozier than a comfy chair (gnome), a cuppa strong coffee in the morning, a tub of hot gooey cheese in the evening, and the unconditional love of your dogs.

This is NOT a scroll saw project, so please remove it if necessary Travis. I'm posting it because I came home yesterday morning after having coffee with "THE BOYS", and I walked in the house and saw this displayed in our living room. Ann Marie, my wife, took down all the Halloween deorations and she said the house looked too dull, so she had some very small hay bales that she uses in our NATIVITY scene and some small pumpkinsand she placed them in the stake truck to add a little FALL/Thanksgiving to our home. The truck is a pattern from WOODSMITH magazine. I made this about 5 years ago and it never looked so good. Rick

Beautiful job Frank! I did not notice the right ear / left ear thing until you mentioned it.

Can you fix it (clamp or zip tie) it to the leg of the stand?

I guess I have an "untrained" eye. I did notice that, but didn't think it was a detraction.

awesome job

That sure looks great, Paul.

That looks great, RJ

very nice job

Clean up the saw wax the table and oil the oiling points on it or other equipment. I like to do saw maintenance at the ending of a day so the oil has time to trickle down into the bearings etc. That of course depends on the saw too.. as some don't really have anyplace to oil etc. Sometimes I'll start prepping the next project like sorting / selecting the board and pre-sand it etc. In my shop there is always something to do or needs to be done so I don't have too much problems with "what to do" more like what's most important to do now and what can wait a day or two, LOL

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

It's nice of you all to agree with my wife (lol) I must admit I prefer the natural (light) side also. But it had been in the back of my mind "hmmmm, I wonder what a dark stain would look like?" Which is why I had to try. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!

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

A few projects for Halloween.

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.

Backlit Frankenstein's Monster. Near life-sized and made to fit in our front door window.