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I adapted a winter scene photo of a Chickadee to create a 10” x 10” Intarsia pattern. This pattern requires very accurate cutting to get a good fit-up. Wood used: Aspen, Basswood, Costa Rica Mahogany, Mahogony, and Wenge. Dye was applied to Aspen for the Light Grey areas. I used a 5/8” thick Premium Pine Project panel from Lowes for the free form plaque type backer. The backer perimeter edge was cut at a 4-degree bevel and then a router was used to round-over the top edge using a 1/8” round-over bit. The completed assembly was protected with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. Comments and critiques welcome. I will post the pattern in Pattern Exchange.

Latest piece done. Segmentation Koi bowl. I used 3/4" Poplar for two layers and 1/2" Maple for the third layer. Black is Osmo finish. Colours are acrylic paints. Finished with triple glaze gloss. Pattern is from an old Creative Woodworks magazine. Pattern designer is Deborah Nicholson. Thank you @Denny Knappenfor providing it to me. Original pattern is 12" diameter. This is reduced to 8"diameter.

When I buy anything now I think about my age. At 81 I don't need anything based on 20 years of service. Or even 10. It makes no sense to buy "the topline" of anything.

Wasn’t sure where to put this, so….. One of the things with the Bauer 22” saw is the arm pin being so far back. Some I’ve heard use a 2x4 to support it. I like to make gadgets, so here’s my crude set up. Have a ‘cleaner’ one in the works, but this is what I had on hand to play with to get the idea a visual. IMG_6515.mov

I used to do large 5 day craft shows and sold almost nothing but ornaments. I had several table with stacks of each ornaments, as well as a large table at the front with either 2 or 3 brass ornament carousels. These each held 60 ornaments and revolved slowly. This way people could see them hanging. I never used any boxes, just small bags and no one seemed to care, so I didn't add the expense of the box. Sorry I don't have a picture of the carousels, but we've moved twice in 4 years and I'm lucky I even know where I am, let alone anything else!

He does this for me daily. What an awesome Lord we serve.

One of Steve good downloads its some segment work and I won't be doing anything this small again my fingers don't like it I used plastic eyes and nose as I have a lot from the layered animals I make i I found some upholstery nails and they looked ok so I made them the buttons its not finished yet still need to sand base and cover sides to smooth a bit and then spray some lacquer Here's where I'm at It's rare I use paint but I took a paint pen and made the tie red it's sapele and hard maple used a 2/0 blade for it and cut the sides with a 5 ine Pegas one flying dutchman

When I bought my Chicago Electric, 12" sliding miter saw. With the various discounts I paid just over $100. It was for a specific project. Now, the silly thing won't die, and I'm glad. The new saws all have 1" arbor holes and all my blades are 5/8" (used, from work after the sharpening service determined the blades were worn out, also after the owner gave specific approval), the blades also fit my table saw. The saw stays in my shop and doesn't get beat up. If I was using it daily for my living and having to bounce it around in the back of a truck, I would definitely get a higher grade saw. But for me and my circumstances, it's a great saw.

What they said.

Ray, i agree I also don't buy to last a long time now 78 hoping to hit 85, but on another note if i don't buy then my family will just blow through the money, RJ

The photo I used had dead leaves, so I assumed it was a winter scene. My leaves are not green as they would be if not winter. I did not even think about the indication of snow on the branch. I just followed the photo when making the pattern. I enjoyed doing the flat fretwork, especially with adding color, but my stockpile of finished pieces was getting too large and insperation for new pieces was getting more difficult to find. Intarsia seemed interesting and challenging. I still get to work with color, if not with paint. Pieces are generally smaller and I don't have to make frames. AND, as I was warnned, without a doubt Intarsia is addictive! In your final question, I guess you are asking about comparing precision between Fretwork sawing and Intarsia sawing. Loaded question! Read on if you have the time. Art panel Fretwork sawing is tedious and care must be taken not to cut into adjacent cut-outs, but following the lines super accurately is not as imperative to the final image. Of course, drilling and treading the blade in the many hole panels I did is a SPITA. I enjoyed useing spiral blades to cut the very thin plywood panels. The results of the cutting is apparent immediately and quite satisfying to the senses. Adding color was my way of kicking the resuts up a knotch. Intarsia, on the other hand, is less about the sawing and more about interpretation of the wood and art being created. That being said, accurate sawing is imperative to get a good fit-up of the pieces. Cutting the same line twice exactly the same is the key to good Intarsia. No quick cutting using spiral blades. However, the sawing is actually the lesser part of the effort when doing Intarsia. The sanding to get good fit and finish, shaping (or sculpturing if you will) to make the art come out of the wood, the wood choices to obtain the art colors, the assembly/glue up, and even the application of the finish must all come together before the art can be viewed and the senses satisfied. You only get a hint along the way of what the final piece will look like before the final finish is applied. I also like to create the patterns for the projects I do. For my flat fretwork I was making more and more of my own patterns. For Intarsia, there are many very good patterns available by some very talented Artisans, but I really do not care to do OP's patterns. I spend many hours at the PC to make my own Intarfsia patterns which I share freely. This is also what makes Intarsia challenging for me.

Hey Everyone! In this video I show you all a simple modification to eliminate the aggressive forward bite that is commonly seen on a lot of Mid-Range level scroll saw. Only do this if you are comfortable taking the saws apart and you are confident in your abilities to modify tools. My old Delta Scroll Saw developed the forward bite over time and I had some help from fellow youtubers on how to fix it. Hope you all like the video! #ArtisanPirate

Just run across this video and thought I'd share.. The ending part of the video is where this guy compares this saw to his DeWalt.. Most these tools are too new to the market to test for several years or see how long they are trouble free for.. I haven't looked real hard at the bigger power tools like this but maybe should have looked closer at them when I bought my new DeWalt miter saw and table saw.. Pretty impressive for the price I think but I'm sure others will think diffrently

I adapted a photo of a Mallard Duck in Flight to create an 11 ¼” x 10 ¼” Intarsia pattern. Wood used: Aspen, Basswood, Orange Osage, Roasted Birch, Sapele, Yellowheart, and Wenge. Very accurate cutting is needed to get a good fit of the many small parts, especially in the wings. To enhance the piece, I used dye to color Aspen for the Green and Blue areas. For my version I also added some dark shading to match the image using an Airbrush. Backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply and the completed Assembly was protected with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. Original Photo. My version! Comments and critiques welcome. I will post the pattern in Pattern Exchange.

A custom request. The pattern is by Gayle at the Scroll Saw Cafe. I used 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood stacked two high 12" x 12". Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #0 Spiral blades. The finish is three coats Spray Lacquer Clear Satin with a light sanding between coats. Of course, framed at ArtCrafters. Comments welcome.

Avast, Jim Hawkens! Be that Ben Gunn carrying Captain Flint's treasure Chest! (Treasure Island, 1950 the best!) Our Groomer has a 4year old grandson that is crazy about pirates. She had boarded our dog while we were away for Christmas and I was bored, so I made another treasure chest. The box is poplar and I used my I-Box tool to make the box joints. I ripped 3/4" wide, quarter inch thick strips for the top and glued and pinned nailed in place. Brass, hamered nails are sold a Lowes for a few dollars for a box of 25. My wife found the hardware on the web and did the fabulous paintings of the Scull and Cross bones and the parrot on the front and ship inside the top. The groomer will be back in about 2 weeks and will be surprised.

#ArtisanPirate

I love seeing these videos too. I just wish we had Harbor Freight in Canada. When we traveled to the USA one of the stops always was HF. Stocked up on supplies and a few small tools. It looks like they have upped the quality but the cheap stuff I bought pre-covid still working fine.

Kevin, thx for the video posting, I enjoyed seeing it and getting a little knowledge along the way, not everyone can afford a exspensive tool, I am sure some other people got something out of it. I just watch the video on the story of Harbor Freight and the owner Eric Smith, privatly own, with almost 1600 stores across the country. He must be doing something right, RJ

I'm sorry I guess my small mind thought some folks might like to see a video of the side by side comparison of the DeWalt and this HF saw.. I apologize to anyone that wasted their time watching this. I seem to forget there are many more smarter people out there than me that already knew about these saws and why they are priced so differently yet very similar.

We are leaving ours to local pet rescue groups who are doing great work. Our kids have more than us and don't need ours.

Beautiful job, design, cutting and finish, RJ

One word Frank WOW

terrific job

There isn't a magic formula.

The first couple of years we would put a stack of each ornament out. We no longer do that, now it is one or two of each then replenish when sold. We also have to have something new every year, as we have several of our customers tell us they have a tree dedicated to our ornaments. Talk about humbling.!

Frank your really doing good. I had to really examine this piece for the winter theme. Just a touch of snow on the branch. You have done lots of fretwork. Now your doing intarsia. How do you compare precision? Me. Mark Eason

Well Done. I love the bird intarsias.

Oh what you can do with a little paint! Really nice. I've got a couple of Seg projects on the back burner bu there is just not enough hours, when I can only do about 3 hours a day.

Another beautiful piece, RJ

Very nice!

Seems like over the past few months I get started on something and then go "squirrel " and start something new without finishing the first one. So with the new year I've set out to finishing all the started things before starting new ones. Here's 2 of them. The Deer (2 pics) one is in the window to show the "stained glass "affect. It cut from ⅛ ply with a red oak frame and acrylic for the color areas The 2nd is a sun catcher for my daughter who is a Zelda fan. It's cut from ⅛ maple with acrylic in the middle. It looks the same from both sides. Anyhow, thanks for looking, back to the shop......

Just finished this. It is to go with a previous one I did some time ago. I have two more I am going to try eventually. I tried some new things this time. I cut the white and removed the pattern from those pieces but left the pattern on the rest of the picture. Sprayed the white pieces. Last time, I hand-painted them. This worked well and was much easier and faster.

I know I posted these many times, but we have new members. Another "Wedding Rings" completed project. The designer is unknown. I used 1/2" Cherry. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades and Pegas #1 MGT blades on the letters and numbers. Finished with two coats spray Shellac and sanding between coats. Comments welcome.

I just finished cutting this. One of my favorite themes is Old West. I made this pattern from a picture I found online.

"Laurel & Hardy" 36,5cm x 29,5cm, backer board 8mm, Laurel & Hardy 8mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: On fire" 40,5cm x 27cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: Shhh" 34,5 x 25,5cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade.

Say what you want Kevin. There is no side by side rating there. Put it through its paces then it is a side by side. I am not defending Dewalt or dissing HF but price wise HF will ALWAYS have the lower prices. He unboxed the saw and it looks like the Dewalt. How many times have we said over and over again here about scrollsaws looking alike. A little difference here and there. He said his Dewalt saw was still kicking. let him come back in 10 years and tell us. That is all I am saying. You must have stock in HF I am guessing. Go on the internet and you can see hundreds of comparisons of tools within all brand names but remember one person's view that is all it is just like this video. One person's view.

I do not see the purpose of these type threads. Of course anything HF sells is going to be cheaper than brand names. Many times you pay for the brand name but many times you pay for better quality. Especially any of the bench top tools. If a person uses a tool once in a blue moon it should last them a life time. If a person uses the tool for their livelyhood they will want a better quality tool. That Dewalt saw he compared to will outlast him. I thought Hercules was HF old brand name, why not name it a Bauer saw? Heck you can find a used tool of brand name cheaper than that saw. What does that prove? You notice he used my exact words in that video, "If the tool has a motor I am not buying from HF" they are trying hard to change that stigma. Disposables, I buy all the time. They are one and done items. If it breaks not out much money.