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Been busy on the scroll saw the last few days Made some Christmas ornaments inspired from a Steve Goode design, I changed the patterns a bit to get what I was looking for. I used walnut, ash, alder, and several different colors of polar to get the look I was going for. They were stack cut four at a time, each layer is about 1/4 inch and there are 7 layers in the round one and 6 layer in the other. Finished with WB semi-gloss poly. The size of the circular ornament is ~4 inches the other is a tad over 4” x 3-1/2. All the rings were stack cut 4 at a time on my scroll saw on my EX-21 using a Pegas super skip #6 blade. I really like the super skip blades for thicker material. I I cut two Sue Mey patterns. Both are natural poplar coloring and about 11/16 thick, finished with satin WB poly. They are about 11×7 inches in size.

I know many of you are fans of Sue Mey’s Patterns. I saw elsewhere today she is offering a 20% discount on her site for most all patterns except for the “Special Offers” section. She had to have hand surgery two months ago and is still recovering. She has at least another month of recovery to go so her ability to create new things is limited or non-existent right now due to this. I was thinking of getting a couple patterns mainly to give her the business right now while she is laid up. I thought others here might like to support her right now, and get the discount. A sin-win for Sue and us. Here is what she noted earlier in regards to the discount. ”Thank you for the support of my website and the many friendly emails in the last two months since my hand surgery. Progress has been slow but I was warned that it will be a full three months before positive results are on the cards. It seems many people are starting to make Christmas projects and are asking for a discount offer on Christmas patterns. So for the next 10 days, until July 19, there is a 20% discount available for every order placed and not just patterns from the Holidays>Christmas section. It applies to all patterns, tutorials, and even Gift certificates - only the 'Special Offers' category is excluded. To qualify for the discount, enter JULY19 (case sensitive) in the voucher code area during checkout and click 'apply' once.” Her site for anyone not familiar is here (all patterns are digital downloads):https://www.scrollsawartist.com/

A few months ago our local Windsor Plywood did a custom job out of two inch aromatic cedar. The scraps ended up in the bargain bin for $3.00/lb, too good a deal to pass up. Played chess when I was younger and had always liked the pattern for chess pieces that Sue Mey has. So decided to give it a whirl. Got some cut and showed them to a friend and he ordered a set out of walnut and aspen. Finished his and then did my light players out of some more of my scrap material (really nice grain soft wood). The first pic is of Kings and Queens of each kind of wood. Walnut on the left, then aspen, aromatic red cedar and then the mystery wood. The second pic is of my friend's set with a display case I threw together for his birthday this month. Third pic is of some the cedar pieces to show the colouring I love. Jeff

A few quick ones. The cross and quilting ones are Sue Mey patterns modified. They are supposed to be free standing but made them hangers instead and reduced the cross 25%. The Better Together and Scrollsaw workshop are Steve Good patterns also modified. The cross, quilting one and Scrollsaw workshop are cut in more reclaimed wood. The Better Together is bolivian mahogany with 1/8 BB ply backer. Jeff

Have been wanting to do this one for several months now since I first saw it in the library here. Pattern is by Chris "Messman" Messier and is called Discarded. 8 1/2 X 11 in 1/8th inch BB ply. Made two of the Sue Mey Doctor plaque, one for our Doctor and one for Dad's Doctor (they both work out of the same office so had no choice lol). Cut out of more of my reclaimed laminated maple planed down to 5/16 inch. Jeff

Here is my version of the 3-D Nativity Scene from the Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts Winter 2016 (Issue 65) magazine. The original pattern is by Sue Mey and the one in the magazine was cut by our own Rolf. I wanted to modify it somewhat so I could add a battery operated votive candle behind it to "light" up the scene. In order to do that, I added a base to it and added a cutout to the base for the candle to sit in. In hindsight, I would have liked to have found a slightly taller candle to add more "light" higher up behind the halo its self. With my hubby's suggestion as to how best to adhere it all together, I "pegged" the stable to the base and then adhered the scene to the stable with some small pegs behind to set it off slightly from the stable a little more. In order to get the "depth" away from the stable like I wanted, it would have probably been better to have cut two full parts of the scene its self and adhered together for more depth. I didn't so I just cut an additional star when I decided I wanted to have more depth. I considered leaving the star open for the light to shine through and I might if I had a taller candle to help lift the light up there.. Thanks for looking and overlooking the newbie mistakes you may see in my cutting. I was able to get it done and gave it to my mother-in-law in the week before she passed. To her it was a work of art and I hope it brought her some love and peace when she looked at it. I forget which woods I used. Think it was cedar for the stable and baltic birch plywood for the nativity, unsure of the base, it was some scrap hubby had laying around in the shop so could have been most anything.