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This a modified Charlie @Charlie E rendition. Thank you Charlie! I changed the pattern he sent me because I wanted an Irish look (since they love Ireland) I had to actually cut and paste the letters and used white-out to make the pattern I wanted, plus she likes plants/trees so I added some leaves. Attached is the pattern Charlie made me as well as my final work. I also decided to do some hand carving since I wanted a bit more depth. I used green satin fabric in epoxy for the background over a thin sheet of Paruvian walnut.

Practicing my unsteady hands used a 2/0 fd blade for 1/4 inch and broke or bent 3 blades i used a 9 blade for 1/2 inch pieces base and stem all pieces again came out of bins i know the pattern uses the same species for stem since it's part of tail but I used what looks like white oak or ash and sapele scraps for fish inhave a boatload of poplar from all the other projects so made the grass with that took me approx 3 hours to cut and sand Used some old stain and I routed a small curve around base im still struggling with tight turns even with 2/0 blade i ended up using a 3 blade to finish the 1/4 inch pieces much easier for me

Thought i would try something new. This is a Sheila Landry Pattern. It's around an 8 x 10 and made out of Walnut. P.S. I don;t smoke weed. LOL! !

"Sisyphus meets Indiana Jones" 45 x 60cm, backer boards 4mm, landscape 4mm, Sisyphus & Indy 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #1 blade. Found this online-cartoon by Mark Parisi ("Off the Mark"), just had to do it. That look on Indy's face is priceless. This seems to be a simple pic, but it actually was a lot of work to get it done (cutting all those simple straight lines ... two holes to drill, sawing the line up, sawing the line down... about more than 150 times). It didn't help that it's too big for my fretsaw. Because of that, cutting the letters was tricky, I couldn't cut Sisyphus, Indy & the rocks out of the 'landscape' board, and some of the straight lines were tricky also. This time, I used stain instead of paint, looks great.

Along these lines, I broke down yesterday morning and made a knob for the upper clamp of my Hawk. I made one earlier but it was not comfortable. For this one, I fired up my lathe and did it correctly. Just the size I wanted and turned the original knob down so I could get a nice press fit into the wooden knob. Used it all day yesterday and it worked very well.

very nice

Looks good.

Nothing wrong with what you are doing looks good.

HOLLY MOLLY, Allen You are really moving right along. That is a great piece of scrolling and finishing!

Marie has the "artist's touch". Never just a plain flat cut like me. She knows how to embellish. She is an artist!

Allen, you have done a great job on that, RJ

Just finished cutting these. I probably won't put any finish on them, the side cuts just don't have enough of a kerf to prevent the finish from glueing them shut. The patterns are from Wildwood designs. The designer is not listed on the pattern. 1/16" Basswood, FD Polar #2/0 blades for all cuts. I couldn't remember what direction the grain should run, so the first two I cut were 90° to each other and one snapped as soon as I got it off the saw. I cut the rest with the grain running lengthwise. I kept all the fallout that was recognizeable.

I've got five of these cut and only one is really useable. It's okay as this was a test of my limits and the materials limitations. All the tails broke at 11" (out of 14") , so I think that's the limit, for now. Many of the smaller details broke, so I'll limit myself to closed edge patterns for now. I still like the concept, now to adjust some patterns

Fantastic work. Can't wait to see what comes next.

I knew you could do it. As I said now cut a bunch of slots in it with scrollsaw to give it that Knurled look and feel.

Thanks Paul. It was difficult to photograph. The background is really sparkly but it didn't come out. I will try to remember it bring it with me when I come down and see you....

Thanks Charlie! I haven't been to an irish pub either but I hope she feels the irish vibe from it!

Paul, glad to see it is working well for you, that work on the saw looks very interesting and hard, RJ

great job

nice job

Well done! Beautiful shaping.

All-round nice. The splash of color really sets to off.

ahh do you have a life raft?

Cool dude, cool man, Que Pasa. That is all the Spanish I know. Okay settle down, I am not really bilingual, just a wannabe. Great job!

Marie, excellent craftsmanship, RJ

Beautiful job! I’ve never been in an Irish pub but it looks like it would be right at home in one.

I need to clean up some fuzzies on the green painted part will wait for a complete cure then wipe them off

Basswood

The tails didn't break while cutting them, they broke while bending. The short one broke while I was sanding I used paper coffee cups as the bending form and used another cup to hold the dragon, gently twisting with the curl, in place while it dried. I was able to stack 4 at a time to dry.

@heppnerguy I don't think is illegal in Alabama, But being it is old Willie, they would want to search the truck looking for Pot! Willie has always been noted for his love for Pot. You know, "mary-a-joe-wanta".

1 small piece at a time.

My first "real" saw was a P-20, used it for about 20 some odd years. Love that saw. My daughter expressed interest in scrolling about a year back, took the saw to her and she's been using it since. It's an awesome saw and will last a long time. Mine was zero vibration, but then the saw is a beast, wish they still made them like that. Anyhow, welcome to the village, this a a great place, awesome folks and a nice place to get questions answered. Chris