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My kinda plant! Never needs watering!! Intasria succulent. Poplar, Limba and Cherry. 5"x4.5".

Simple piece that brings back memories of country church singing from my childhood.

Scroll saw Eagle. Cherry and maple. Thanks to Steve Good for the pattern. The first one I made with just Cherry.

Ok, this is not for the FB February/March PAM, but it is an Umbrella Girl anyhow. I found this slightly risk-kay, un-titled, different, Stain Glass pattern that I’m calling ‘Umbrella Girl Embarrassing Moment’. I adapted the Stain Glass pattern for Intarsia, creating a nominal 11” x 16” pattern which includes the fixed frame. Wood used: Aspen, Alder, Blue Pine, Orange Osage, Poplar, Roasted Birch, Sapele, and Walnut (Frame). My supply of Blue Pine is not Blue at all, but it’s areas of near Whites, Pinks and Grays made a decent sky while I found a fairly Geen piece of Poplar for the water. The wood used for the beach has a defect and the white Aspen for the lower part of the dress has dark areas, enhanced by the finish, that were not removable by sanding. Both, much more noticeable in the photo than when viewed hanging on the wall. Finish is multiple coats of rattle can Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Comments and critiques are allways welcome.

A cat crew lady sent me a Pic of her cat. The cat crew traps, neuter, and releases (TNR) feral cats. I saw I had a Cocobola piece of wood with nice grain. 1/4" thick 3 inches x 12 inches. Her pic would not look good on my 3 inch wood due to aspect ratios. So I found a cat pic on web and adapted swirl pattern to a stalking cat profile. So I made her a cat box. She is an artist also. She sketches paints other people's cats and then glues on cat whiskers that she collects. This box will hold her cat whiskers.

This is my first posting in quite a while - except for a couple projects here and there I really haven't been sitting at the scrollsaw a whole lot - my bad .... This project was one that has a bit of meaning so it was important to "get it right". "Minnie" is a 17 year old Daschshund and, despite showing her age, remains an enthusiastic Packers fan (along with her "Mom"). Minnie has been cut into Cherry and framed by Butternut (stained with red chestnut). The backing is 1/8 inch Baltic Birch stained black. Many thanks to yamatetsu, of this forum, for generously contributing the pattern making skills that made the project possible. Thanks again, Jay

Unfinished Wooden Toy Lorry Truck

Unfinished Toy Tow Truck

Scroll saw eagle. Cherry and maple thanks Steve Good for the pattern.

I received the pen blanks from Cousineau yesterday and had to cut some little birds. I cut a 4 little birds from the Spectraply. I received different color 20 pieces 3/4” x 3/4” x 5”, enough to make 4 birds from each piece. This makes the cost 25 cents per bird. Oh, what fun.

Cut from 1/2 inch cherry with the frame made out of ash . i love my scroll saw but the other tool I find really handy is my drum sander. I ran this project thru my Supermax drum sander probably about 10 times and it did not break a whisker or a blade of grass. In a honest moment I will tell you there is a couple blades of grass missing but that would be labeled scroll saw operator error

Yep. It is as bad as when I hear "Satchmo" sing "Wonderful World". But we could have a lot worse noises going through our heads.

I just finished cutting this today. I am excited because it is the third most difficult cutting I have made in all my scrolling years. It is a @Jim Blume pattern, (thanks Jim), and I copied the way I cut from a person named Elke Sachs Kohon Wiks. If I got that wrong, I apologize. It is not finished, it will have a flat-black backer and Deft semi-gloss lacquer. I cannot finish it in my house, the fumes are really bad for my wife. Have to wait for warmer weather to finish outside. It was a challenge, I used Pegas #1 Skip, Pegas #1 Modified Geometry, 3/0 FD New Spiral, blades. Reason why it is nice to have two scroll saws if you can. I was rolling back and forth between my two saws.

Bamboo is a material that I love for cutting when I can get it. I loved this Leopard pattern, of which I can not remember who designed it but I would love to that the author of it for making it available. The bamboo is about 3/8 thick and cuts very nicely with no fuzzies from drilling of cutting. I cut it with a #1 Pegas spiral blade because it goes so much quicker and a lot easier to do than a straight blade. I sprayed it with 3 layers of Deft semi gloss. I am constantly looking for somewhere to purchase the Bamboo wood at the size and thickness I want to use. It seems to be a little difficult to find around Phoenix but I know it has to be here waiting for me to make a purchase. I used a 1/4 inch BB Ply for the backer board. I cut this a couple of weeks ago but have not gotten around to taking a photo and posting it until now. Dick heppnerguy

I’ve enjoyed making some simple things lately. My sister in law wanted a Celtic Cross. I found an outline I liked online to use as a pattern. I stack cut two 3/8” oak crosses, then removed the circle from the top one, routed it then glued them together

Some times things look simple to do but usually not,looks great very well done.

That may be simple but it is beautifully cut. Well done indeed.

Charlie, that is an excellent job, RJ

Do you have trouble keeping the belt tracking straight? I cannot get mine to track straight and always have to loosen and adjust.

I used a #3FDUR (Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse)

I listened to both of those when I was cutting it.

Well done Frank. I like it better than some of the other Umbrella Girl series.

It is just on the edge. It is about 1/2" thick.

Several performances of that song now running through my head. Either Alan Jackson or Alison Krauss.

Thank you, that is what the Intarsia medium is! The use of various natural different color wood, combined with SS cutting, sanding, shaping/sculpturing, gluing and finishing, to form Art pieces.

Very pretty!

Very impressive! I really like how you use colors in pieces.

Well done. How is it standing?

So is it a wooden thumb?

I go a year without cleaning my gun. It might depend on the type of gun I use. I keep lacquer in it all the time and spray several times a week. I will clean the tip occasionally. If I let it set for a long time it might create a problem. I was using pre cat from SW. I started the first of the year buying pre cat from Klingspor and like it a lot.

I JUST went to Seyco.com. You do have to order at least two sets. The order with 2 sets is Subtotal $17.00 Shipping USPS First Class: $5.95 Total $22.95 $17.00 PayPal Pay via PayPal. Your personal data will be used to process your order, support your experience throughout this website, and for other purposes described in our Privacy policy. Maybe try again.

Humm, the only kind my wife can grow! Well done.

Barb, another excellent piece, RJ

Very well done. Now, I will have that song in my mind for the day.

Thanks. Actually I like cutting oak because it’s slower, so mistakes don’t happen so quickly.

Finishing has been a journey for me. Started out using Watco Tung Oil. Used Shellac a few times. Spray on Poly and Lacquer also. Mainly used Tung Oil, so decided to try my hand at making my own: 1-to-1 ratio of pure tung oil/MS/clear gloss poly. It wipes on easy and dries quickly, allowing me to put several coats on if I want. I'll still use the other finishes for various items, but I think I'll be using my own tung oil mixture from now on for the majority of what I make.

The FB February/March PAM is a series of eight Umbrella Girl patterns provided by Bob Beaupre. Entries can be one or more of the eight. You can find many finished versions Umbrella Girl Intarsia on Pinterest and I happen to run across a version of Number 7 by a Mehmet Biçer. Although the subject is not particularly interesting to me, after seeing Mehmet’s version I decided I would make only one and I also chose to do number 7. I used the photo his as guide for my presentation. I resized the patten slightly to fit a 9 3/4” x 11 3/4’ oval. Wood I used: Aspen, Basswood, Blue Pine (5/8” thick for Oval), Cherry, Mahogany, Purpleheart, Wenge, and Yellowheart. The project was an easy cut but cutting the hat gave me fits (pun intended) during fit-up. That damn hard Purpleheart…you get my drift! The finish is multiple coats of rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. This is the image of the biece by Mehmet. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

Ray, I don’t usually do much portrait work (I cut mainly puzzles) but I did cut one today. I used cereal box cardboard behind 2 layers of 1/8” ply and it did help a lot on eliminating the fuzzies on the bottom piece of wood. My only suggestion, if you’re a bottom feeder, is to make sure the printed side of the cardboard is against the wood. It can be challenging to find the holes against the pictures/writing if the inside (plain side) is inside and the print is out. DAMHIK

I get distracted and . OH LOOK - Squirrel! (see what I mean )

Beautiful work and I love the birdhouse design!

Cool birdhouse. Love the hummingbird! I agree with others about the frame. Like Bill, I may have to steal that idea

Great work! I really like the frame!

Great Job! I love how you did the frame. Did you use a saw or router?