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Simple little gecko. I thought he fit in well with the things on my barn door. Just an image I found on Pinterest. I’m planning to do lots of similar little critters to decorate the privacy fence. Love the versatility of this hobby.

She wanted another white jewelry box to match the one I had already made. I have got the making of the joint box sides and steaming of the curved top down. Making and fitting the draws takes more time. I scroll the front of the draws from the front of the box before I glue it together. I use lap joints to assemble them. She did her great painting of hydrangeas. On to the next project when it gets a little cooler in the shop.

First of all, thanks to Grampa for the Baby pattern. The second piece is another Grampa pattern from the Village Library. Both pieces will be a gift for a great friend whose wife and he just had their first baby, Stella. Both pieces were cut on 1/4-inch BB and stained with Minwax Ipswich. The backer is Pine stained with Minwax Pure Black. The frames were cut from 1X material and also stained with Ipswich. The pieces were then sprayed with several coats of Polyacrylic with light sanding between coats. I've also included the photo of Stella. She's a cutie!

These will be for my niece and her husband. He makes his living in music and is a gifted guitarist. She plays piano just for pleasure. I used some line art and plastic figures on Pinterest to come up with a cuttable pattern. Too close to the original to call my pattern though. They are around 4” tall cut from 1/2” cherry.

Next month will mark one year that I bought my Dewalt scroll saw and joined this great community of people. I've made quite a few projects in that time and received very helpful, valuable information from the members here. Just wanted to thank you all very much and special thanks to "grandpa" for his time and effort putting up with me to get some beautiful patterns of our Min Pins, past & present. You all Rock!!

Here is an Intarsia I just finished. “ The Knock “ pattern was by Bruce Worthington , 282 pieces, including the the pieces I couldn’t use , I actually made about 380 pieces.

I was in a quandry lately as to a new scroll project. I was wandering through pinterist and came across a train picture I really liked. I had done Alex Fox's pattern and tried my hand on this one. My wife put it into grayscale with Photo Shop and I started eating pixels with MS 3D paint. (too lazy to learn a new program) It took a few days for the design and then off to the copy store. Cutting took about 2 days. I still have put on a finish but it has been too humid to do any spraying. I hope things dry up and cool down soon. 1/8" BBPW on 1/4" backer.

Scroll portion made on 3/4 Baltic Birch, Painted with artist oil, Lettering MDF dipped several times in Shellac, Bronze leaf and oil paint details, Background MDF panel finished with artist oil, Inter-frame reclaimed old growth pine, distressed with Shellac tinted with walnut Transtint, Outer-frame Wormy Maple distressed finished with Linseed oil. Portrait and landscape painting is another hobby on mine. I've been searching for ways to incorporate painting with my woodworking projects. This is my first attempt to paint a scrollsaw project. Give me your honest opinion on how it looks.

Flag stand is made of Walnut (base) and Poplar (design). The base is sprayed with Deft glossy wood finish and design is stained with Minwax cherry and sprayed with Deft semi gloss wood finish. I want to thank Richard at @rafairchild2 for supplying me with the pattern and his help he provided throughout the process of making this. The self sculpture is yours truly with a pattern found on Steve Goods sight. It is made from walnut, oak, poplar, and cherry. Pretty good likeness of me, don't you think. Jerry

I have been somewhat busy in my shop but just did not get around to posting for a long time, so here are a couple I cut. The Judy Garland pattern I have been waiting to cut for some time and just never gotten to it. The little bi plane is from the # 60 issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking and craft magazine. It was in the issue as a toy but as you may know be now I am not a big fan of wooden toys just because they are too plain for the most part and I prefer the more like model look. So this one I rounded off the body and the wings and brought the upper wing down some to make it a little more realist looking. I have a neighborhood friend who has had me make him several wooden air craft that he hangs on his garage ceiling where we have coffee with several other people every day. I have some more projects to post when I get around to it later. Dick heppnerguy

I first cut this pattern about 4 years or so (maybe a bit longer) ago and had intended to make it into a clock for my shop. However, the clock hands broke during a move between shops and so it isn't up on the wall as such. However, after starting my own woodworking business last year, I reached out to Grampa asking if i could sell products made from the same pattern. After gaining his approval, here's the first one to go up on my website: Motorcycle Clock by Scott Baker, on Flickr

The pattern is by Russ Beard. It has 576 internal cut. I used 15 blades. It took approx. 24 hours cutting time over approx 10 - 12 week. I had 3 weeks off for Covid, did a couple of items for customers and had various appointment also in that 10 - 12 weeks. I used 1.5mm bamboo x 2. I think I was a quarter of the way up from the bottom when I regretted ever starting it but now I'm glad that I did it. My main reason for cutting this is for my Grandson who did his ancestry DNA and found that he had 3% Viking in him which he gets from me. He was over the moon to discover this so I thought it appropriate to cut this for him and one for me. Marg

I made a little Collie, 3 1/2” for my sister who had a brilliant Collie named Heidi. She would bark once, twice, or three times on command among other things. My spunky 7 year old granddaughter broke her arm recently doing a back hand spring. The next day after getting her “psychedelic” cast on she had a dance recital and changed her cartwheel to a one handed cartwheel. She’s also playing one handed softball. My daughter, Bella made the cartwheel pattern.

Just finished. Pattern by the Village’s H. Botas.

I finally convinced my doctor that I would be careful going down to my shop, and he convinced my CEO that I could try to scroll again. This piece was made for a very special lady in our lives, she was an Emergency Room nurse for 40 years and her greatest joy was helping anyone. Unfortunately, she succumbed to cancer a while back and we have finally had a chance to honor her. Her usband has her cremains at home on a dresser that she used, so I cut this stand for him to put the urn on. The ladies name was Roseanne and she loved roses, the cross is cut from bloodwood and the base is suger maple, I finished the piece with WATCO oil. Thanks for looking. I have posted this on 2 other sites, sorry if you looked twice.

Fancy Horse, Steve Good pattern. 3/4 "blue" pine tongue and groove wood ( although the pine is mostly brown, cut with FD Polar blades; # 2/0 for the interior cuts and #1 for the outside. 4 3/4" tall by 6 " long. I reduced the size of the pattern to fit the piece of wood, I had to use the smaller blades due to the reduction.

This is only my second Intarsia piece, and yes again, it is almost a direct copy of a work I found on-line. For a full descriptive write up see my post in the Intarsia/Segmentation section. Thanks for reading.

A couple of cool pallet boards made the difference in this simple cutting.

My new 3d geometric project - Dodecahedron. It was fun to make and interesting to assemble. Such projects requre accurate cuts for fitting elements, but you always can use a glue if your cut is not perfect. Video of making Pattern

I bought my scroll saw about 4 years ago, joined this forum. Like you said, I learned from this great, tolerant and supportive group of people. I thank/blame them/you all for helping me learn this hobby and contributing to my addiction.

I haven’t been very active lately due to a few issues but here is my latest trial run. Made from recycled Rimu and an old drawer bottom. Back in the old days they sure were not shy about making ply with character grain.

Cut and sanded now do I stain or paint. If paint do I do black for a silhouette or pastels. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! lol Thanks to Grampa (Paul) for the great pattern. I truly appreciate your help.

Finally broke out of my shop malaise and got a couple of new puzzles cut. The round one is 10” in diameter and 163 pieces. The rectangle is 12”x 11” and 132 pieces …

This is my first Intarsia piece, and yes, it is almost a direct copy of a work I found on-line. For a full descriptive write up see my post in the Intarsia/Segmentation section. Thanks for reading.

This double project was inspired by this Art that is exhibited on the walls of a Wayne G. Sanborn Activity Center in Deland Florida. I’ve enjoyed cutting ‘Birds-of-Prey’ patterns since I began scrolling but most of the patterns that are available were not very accurate representations and not in the perched pose I was looking for. So, although I did use images I found on-line, the patterns I developed using Inkscape are basically my work and not just a ‘trace bitmap’ copy. The patterns wound up being a ‘guide’ to the cutting as the many (I did not count, but I’m sure well over 500 in each pattern) cut-outs are very small with some smaller than the hole I drilled for the Pegas #2/0 spiral blades I used to cut the patterns. Additionally, although the patterns appeared to work on paper, I found I had to add many bridges, on the fly, to make them scrollable. Due to the delicate nature of the patterns, the closeness of the long parallel cut-outs, and the need to be very accurate in my cutting, I found I could only cut for about two hours at a time before my eyes would start to cross. As a result, it took over a week to complete each panel. As usual, the 11” x 14” patterns were cut in 5/32” thick solid core Maple Ply affixed to a 1/4" thick BB Ply backer. Using the Air Brush, the backers and panels were painted using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. Backers were painted Black while the cut panels were colored using photos of real Bald Eagles and Red-shouldered Hawks as guides. Creating the various color shades necessary to be realistic is still a ‘trial-and-error’ process for me. So the painting, drying time, necessary repainting, and additional drying time was very time consuming. I think I did a decent job of adding color to this project, but I still have a lot to learn. The double frame is just a variation on my standard 1 3/4" wide rail Poplar frame that has a Black rattle can spray, prime and paint, finish. As always, comments and critiques are welcome. EDIT: I posted the patterns in Pattern Exchange.

Our late dog Pippin's image was scrolled today... That's four dogs done and three more to go.. Thanks again "grandpa" for the pattern...

Went back to some fret work. Strve Good pattern. 1/4" bbply. Failed experiment with scrapbook paper for colour. The glue caused it to wrinkle. Finished with one coat of varathane.

I made matching two-sided doorknob hangers for my grandson and myself. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” – Bilbo Baggins

I have been making flowers, these old irons i bought at a yard sale are great to to use instead of clamping

I cut this because it reminds me of my dog, Holly, and myself.

Just finished this. 11 x 14 x 1/8 Baltic Birch ply Pattern and cutting by me.

I know things are busy for everyone with summer here and all. But I wanted to share my sanding and shaping station. I believe I finally have it to where I want it. Only took my 6 months (lol). But now everything is within reach and projects on the table. The Foredom is removable so I can use the dremel and the vac takes care of most all of the dust. Now I just need time to work on things. The Raptor has been on the sanding table for over a month now (ugh!)

My next door neighbor's son invited us to his 7th birthday party. We're pretty good buddies and he calls me "Mr. Charlie." His mom will probably like this more than he does so of course we'll bring a toy/game present too. Giving a kid a wooden portrait would probably be as exciting to them as socks. The words, written so skillfully , are from Bob Dylan's, Forever Young.

One more shadowbox - Elk. For this project I used 2 types of laminated HDF (high density fiberboard) 5 layers 1/8 inch. Elk pattern Video of making project

Chris, aka Hawk, just recently posted in the General Scroll Sawing Forum about his Sanding and Shaping Area of his shop. Well, I too, have a sanding station tucked in the corner of my little shop, but it was not often used. My only day to day use was to clean off fuzzies on the back side of my cut panels using a sanding mop in the wand of my Guenevere Finisher. Now for your reading pleasure, here is my story. Last week I attempted my first Intarsia project and needed to put the sanding station into use. And even though I wore a dusk mask and glasses, the sanding dust got all over the place, all over me, in my eyes, and, even with the mask on, in my throat. So, before attacking another Intarsia project I knew I had to make some changes and upgrades to my dust collection system and my dust face mask. The first job was to put new roll-around wheels on the cabinet. One of the undersized wheels I had previously used broke off and the cabinet could not be moved. Now it moves and can be positioned to a more comfortable working location easily when needed. Second, I rearranged the Guenevere Finisher and my small vertical Oscillating Sander so I can now use the second chuck on the finisher to hold shank mounted burrs/sanding drums, etc. Third, since my disk/belt sander already had a hook-up to my dust collection system I also needed to add another inlet that I attached a small tilted homemade hood that picks up the dust from the chuck mounted sanders. I’m waiting for a delivery of one more Y-fitting and a reducer so I can hook-up the Oscillating Sander to its dust outlet port. Unfortunately, since my sanding station is mounted on a cabinet I built many years ago, it is not a “sit-down” area like Chris’s. I can use my Scroll Saw stool/seat while using the chuck mounted sanders, but I must stand up to use the Belt Sander or the Oscillating Sander. In my case, since my shop is tiny, I’ll have to live with it. As they say, “Beggers can’t be Choosy”. I spent the better part of today testing out the dust face protection Items I purchased and the modifications to the dust collection systems, on a new project. The face protection equipment is a little warm to wear, but no dust in my eyes, nose or throat. So that is great. The small hood I made over the chuck mounted sanders is working fine. I can watch the dust fly into the hood and at the end of the session there was only a small amount of sanding dust on the surface below the chuck. I’m sure there is some air-borne dust created, but it appears to be manageable and nothing more than what gets air-borne when I’m cutting on the Scroll Saw. Here are some pic’s: That blue thing is the Harbor Fraight WESTERN SAFETY Multi-Purpose Dust Mask with Activated Carbon Filter My shank mounted Burrs and Sanders (before the top was rearranged) Hope this may have been of some interest.

Hot off the saw 3/4 Poplar, 2 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches, quarter for scale. FD Polar #1 blades. BLO with shellac topcoat.

I say loosen up a little. You look a little too stiff behind that saw.

I made this for my 10 year old grandson who has a wall in his bedroom dedicated to baseball. Of course his number is 52 and the RD is for the baseball nickname he gave himself. "Rocket D" I love watching all my grandkids play ball. I had 5 playing this year but fortunately only 3 teams. Also here is a rough pattern if anyone is interested in making one.

I made these three flowers from a 6 foot fence board and a couple of scraps for the middle. Pattern from Scrollific on Scrollers Cafe forum.

A little over a week of scrolling in between 100 degree temps in the workshop and I finally finished scrolling images of our six dogs of the past and the 7th who's still with us. I suck at trying to make frames and refuse to put myself through attempting them any longer. I like the look as is anyway so I used Command Velcro picture hanging strips and mounted them to the wall since they don't weigh much of anything. Wish I would have thought of making them all close to being the same size but oh well, they're done! Again, thanks to grandpa for the patterns and putting up with me...

Been busy at the scroll saw this month scrolling grandpa's patterns of our seven Min Pins past & present. Now it's time to take a break and give my old back some needed rest.

Well, only one way to find out. Besides, it's really up to you if it works or not. I'd say give it a try and see what you get. That's half the fun of this hobby! Chris

It was about 80 degrees in the shop this morning and humidity was way up there.. Tough to move the wood on the cast iron table so I had to toss some corn starch on it so I could turn it. I've uses this clear shelf paper many times but the last few uses it was pulling the plywood's veneer loose so there's tiny pieces pulled away which I sanded in the direction to keep more from being pulled loose. It's like the shelf paper had Super 77 sprayed on it and even left a film. Wondering if the hear & humidity has anything to do with it. It still turn out okay as long as you don't look too close with the light raking across it... Again, thanks to grandpa for the pattern!

You are correct, this forum and many others are a learning experience for everyone... even seasoned scrollers like me that has been scrolling for many years learn new ways of doing things.. you can teach a old dog new tricks.. but it depends on how stubborn the dog is as to whether he is using the new tricks he has learned or continues in his old tried and true method..

Just finished this one. I cut it out of Purple Heart. I think it turned out good considering it was the first time I used this wood. One think I learned, it seemed to be really hard on blades. Used more blades than I usually do on a project this size. I wish I would have kept track, I am curious just how many I used.

My wife’s idea, my daughter’s painting skills. I just cut the popsicle and Hello.

Hot off the saw Original pattern by Chachi111769; 1/8" basswood, #3 FD Polar blade for the outside, #1 FD blades for the frog and larger letter, #2/0 FD Polar for the small letters.

This was made from laminate flooring.

I continue making fretwork patterns and cut a new one - Wolf Here is short video of making Wolf pattern