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Purple Heart - Combat Wounded Veteran Sign. I did not serve in the military. I have a great appreciation to all those who did serve, so I cut this to show thankfulness to them.

Four more Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments. The first three birdhouses are made with Ash. The fourth is Cherry. All the little birds are made from Spectraply. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 and #6 Super Skip blades. Dipped in diluted Shellac two times with a light sanding with the Mac Mop between coats. Comments welcome.

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

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

In my opinion the frame and Leppard piece just don't work together. It's similar to using a chrome frame on a Remington western. The contrast between the very nice and straight frame vs the live edge is just too jarring for me. If it were mine I would lightly trace the live edge and reduce the size all around the backer about 1/4". Then use a screw in sawtooth hanger. You can determine the weight center of the piece by gently holding it between your thumb and forefinger, slide the piece back and forth, you should feel when it's about centered.

I don't have many pics of all the pvc animals I've made but here's a couple I found party flamingos were well liked and the see saw flamingos were funny the giraffe was one 6 inch pipe 10 feet and it cost 60 bucks during pandemic I'm sure it's over a 100 now used to get a lot of horns beeping when I was Driving around with the birds in backseat as I delivered them the momma and baby ducks were very popular and I made many sets for friends and family and even sent patterns to several other woodworkers to make for their gardens i taught 3 people how to make pvc birds not that it was a difficult thing but they were clueless and now make beautiful birds and one guy sells them

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.

I used Peruvian walnut for the inlay. The light wood is soft maple. The dowels are American walnut.

I made the pattern from a similar looking project I saw online somewhere. I added some lettering and made it scroll saw ready. Here it is if you want to use it.

Great cutting! Look even better with a purple background.

That is a wonderful plaque.

Looks great!

Very nice and Thank You. Jerry

fantastic job

very nice job

Exactly what Wichman said. Or, if it is thick enough, leave it at a standing piece. As for a backer, you could use some heavy cardstock.

That is excellent, I and all other veterans will appricate it, where did you get the pattern, Thx RJ

Your inlays look so good it is NOT worth worrying about using the scraps.

I was not planning on a frame but I just thought the frame helped pull it all together, I appreciate your input

I stopped at 24 because I have other items to include Those 24 sets i made a flamboyance(had to look up what a group of flamingos are called) of pvc flamingos that she will get 50 bucks each I had 2 Elmo birdhouses that were not picked up after people left deposit so I'm sure they will sell as soon as they are out out and the school has a new therapy dog so I'm going to make only 2 planters that hopefully resemble the new doggie heres the dog and the pattern I'll tweak to get it close it will be made with 2x8 s and 2x4 s and paint

I think I liked it better without the frame.