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I got a little taste of spring the other day. It was so nice to be able to open up the garage door and enjoy the weather. It's been so cold lately, it was a welcomed change of pace. So, since things are starting to thaw, and we're looking to get back into our shop, this month's scroll saw challenge is about what is currently on your bench? Share a pic of a project you are working on, or about to start on. Then, throughout the month, post some progress pics. It's really a lot of fun to see a project come together!

Bragging rights-not. This was supposed to be a shower gift for my niece. I stupidly glued the base to the rings before sanding. While tring to correct, made some gouges in the bottom. I am now the owner of a new, small bowl! Made with Poplar. Locer the grain in it. Finish is beeswax/mineral oil. Maybe we need to start a new category.....Not Bragging Rights

I have seen this done on here before so I decided to give it a try. I am celebrating my daughter's birthday tomorrow and I needed a box to put her jewelry in. It really was a fun project to do. It is a Carole Rothman pattern. I used walnut for the box and Holly, Purple heart, Canary wood and Bloodwood for the ribbon.

Four more Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments designed by the late Diana Thompson. I used Eastern Red Cedar for the birdhouses and Spectraply for the little birds. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 Super Skip blades for the little birder and Pegas #6 Super Skip blades for the birdhouses. After a light sanding with a Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac, another light sanding, and a final dip. Comments welcome.

Here are two lighthouses. Cut from cedar with a #5 ultra reverse blade. Thanks to @don in brooklin onfor help on the patterns. Apples also cut from the cedar. Birdhouses were cut from unknown wood, but probably spruce. It was a piece of post/rail material. Finish is one coat of Garnet Shellac.

Excellent work on all. Love the lighthouses. Marg

Oh wow that is fabulous. Excellent work Marie. Marg

Hello folks! I’m new to the group and pretty much a rookie scroller. this is the project I just finished working on because I got an email from a friend of mine with my favorite woodworking question: can you make this? I don’t have the skill (or saws) you talented folks have, but I do what I can. (I didn’t do the actual skull or antlers)

If you make no mistakes you have done nothing looks good regardless.

A matter of preference. To me, light gray / red looks worse. I agree that I should have used a lighter grey in my earlier pic, but to me the contrast white paper / black line / light grey areas is way more visible that white paper / red line / light grey areas.

How are you producing your patterns? If you are able, change the fill to a light gray and the lines ("stroke") to red. The contrast helps to see the line.

Sh happens. If you had a band saw it would be an easy fix.

Been there done that, Barb, on one of my first ones. I didn't even try to save it.

Fill it up with Hershey's Kisses and it will be perfect! I've got lot's of stuff for the Not Bragging Rights category!

Live and learn been there done it

Flat blades, spirals blades are forbidden in my shop LOL

Currently working on inventory for the one "event" I do each year. Starting with puzzles, word art, and portraits before moving on to other things. Examples include …

Okay, I admit it, NOBODY HAS MORE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE than me. I worked as a tech in a development lab for 28 years in BIG BLUE. There were days when I walked out of there with my head spinning from all the engineering talk, we would build the circuits that the engineers designed, and they would pull their hair out until the designs worked. Great work, but I'm so glad I'm out of it. Rick

I'm with you Denny. If I can live out the rest of my days without ever having to engage with it, I'll die a happy man. But as fast as new technology worms its way into every facet of our lives, I hope I don't die that soon.

I try to have nothing to do with AI.

Stylized Owls pattern by Sue Mey. I reduced the pattern to fit the wood. I used 1/2" Red Oak 4" x 12", so each is about 4" square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT Blades. After a light sanding with a Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac, another light sanding, and one coat spray Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

Well done!

Finished this butterfly one

The state of my crazy…I am like that dog that sees a squirrel! I have a few things that I started and not finished. I am going to try to get these things finished before I begin again. I DO lead a monthly Scroll Saw Club. I already have a challenge peace for the month completed, it’s jewelry. So, let’s see if I can get some of these finished before the next club meeting. I also completed a candle holder for my general woodworking club challenge. OH! There is also that whirligig I started….

Here is a Cardinal - I know it is a popular Intarsia subject - I made from a 39-piece pattern I adapted from an image of a SG piece. The Cardinal and Flowers is approximately 8 ½” x 8 ½”, surface mounted on a 9 ½” diameter solid wood plaque style backer. Wood used: Aspen, Bloodwood, Poplar, Wenge, Mahogany, Yellowheart, and Sycamore for the plaque backer. The eye is a dot of white paint. The assembly is protected by multiple coats of rattle can spray Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish. The following JFYI. I happen to be fortunate to find a couple of Poplar nom 1"x8"x8' boards at my local Lowes that had a lot of, the hard to find, dark green color heartwood. I purchased them and added them to my wood stock, so I did not need to enhance the leaf color with dye or paint. I attempted to add some sculpturing effect to the flowers and it resulted in some visable color variations after applying the finish that I had not planned on, but my Lady says looks good. She says they look like real Dogwood Flowers. The Bloodwood, like Padauk, makes very fine dust that sticks to and stains other wood, however, it is not quite as deep dark as Padauk and it has slightly more color variations that was needed for this piece. The photo makes the red look darker then is is in real life. Comments and critiques are always welcome. This will be my last new project post for about 8 weeks. Please check out my post in Coffee House. EDIT: Pattern posted in Pattern Exchange

Bayou Blue Heron pattern by Judy Gale Roberts and found in the current issue of SWWC. I used 1/2" Red Oak and backed with mat board. Cut in the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades. After sanding, dipped in diluted Shellac and after drying, one coat of spray Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

Well I just finished cutting out 14 Birdhouses and birds with the new pen blanks that Denny told me about. Just have to give them a little sanding cut the perches, glue them on and a couple coats of varnish. I'll put them on again when there all done.

Nice legs.

Sunday's progress.

The oak was more from an old yard fence a friend gave me. The whole privacy fence is oak. I used 321 but had to sand the cross down because you couldn’t see it. I then used semigloss poly. My wife did the finish for me. The walnut was a piece of scrap a friend gave me. My wife drew the pattern for me and did the finish w poly. We’ve been working on a bunch of stuff for the store where we sell for consignment. Thanks for looking.

Yes, sir, it's beautiful early spring weather. But as always, we get this nice weather early, things start budding out, and then the freeze comes. Never fails. Anyway, it has really put me in a Spring mood. So I saw this H. Botas pattern. It was so springy that I had to cut it. I'm about 2/3rds done. Maybe can finish cutting it today. I should be outside doing Spring clean up.

Got these done on Thursday. Pattern help from @don in brooklin on and @Fab4. Cut from leftover Cedar rail material. Finish is Walrus Oil.

Finished cutting, now on to painting and staining. I'll put this on the back burner untill the weather warms up a bit more.

I just saw that the price of the saw went up $100.00, (599.00)must be selling or tariffs, RJ