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A Charles Hand design. 1/4" elm, mostly FD Polar #1 blades for the internal cuts ( I should have changed to a #3 for the long sweeping cuts ), #3 Polar for the outside. This one's for my kitchen

"Spidey" 46,5cm x 37cm, backer board 8mm, Spidey 4mm thick, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. This was my first complex one. Every single piece is a floater, cut out by hand, sanded, painted and glued in. Took me about three weeks.

Wife says she wants another Mantel Clock with contrasting colors. I had enough working with oak (too brittle) I had some bubinga and poplar and started cutting. Will be gifting some clocks for Christmas.

Working 57 years at one place is special and when that place is a university, it is extra special. So, a friend is finally pulling the plug in about 10 days and I cut him a copy of the school logo in 3/4" cherry. Picked up some fresh #3MGT blades from @Denny Knappen and they ripped right through this project. (My first real cutting since cataract surgery.) The base is weighted by a few ounces of BBs in glue. Below are pics of the campus statue, the derivative logo and my cutting. Felt good to get some sawdust on my fingers!

Watching a video by Tyler @artisanpirate where he made a candle holder I had to try it. Many time he closes his video with "If I can do it, you can do it". So I gave it a try. Came out pretty good, but the leaves are fragile. Broke two of them, one when gluing it, the other when staining. Fortunately you can't see where I repaired the breaks. Made this with pine, stained with Minwax gunstock. The second is a small clock with shelves from a pattern book I had by Diana Thompson, Compound Scroll Saw Creations. All the clock patterns call for small clock inserts which I could not find anywhere, so using inkscape I increased the size of the pattern to accept the 1 7/16-inch clock inserts. This was made with poplar and stained Minwax cherry. I'm pleased with both. Jerry

That is beautiful.

Excellent cutting, RJ

A top gesture for sure.

You made those blades really hum. Mighty fine.

Agree with everyone that it is amazing

Mighty fine cutting. I agree with Jerry, makes me dizzy.

Great cutting. Makes me dizzy looking at it. Thanks for sharing. Jerry

awesome job

amazing job

Looks great to me, well done!

You have more patients that I.

These two tips have been posted here by several others and have worked very well for me. Using an awl, press it into that #68 hole from the back twisting it around a bit to create a funnel effect. Then using a plain old fashioned wood pencil twist the tip of the pencil a bit in the hole. This leaves a bigger visual target to see and the funnel shaped hole is easier to thread. I nearly always use a #68 drill and #2/0 blade. The above has helped my tired old eyes.