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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!

This is an @alexfox pattern slightly modified, actually all I did was not add the middle layer. This time instead of leaving the wood untreated I painted it and in my opinion a success. No bleeding of the resin into the wood Anyhow, here it is.

Last Christmas I made set of Gnomes, they became popular, so I decided to make a big set of holidays gnomes. Set includes 24 patterns: 3 gnomes for each of 8 holidays: Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, Independence Day, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St Patrick Day and Labor Day. Size of each gnome is about 6,5 x 4 inches, consists of 4 layers, stand and hanging ring are optional. Video of making one of gnomes Holidays gnomes pattern

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I often see these cool birds when trout fishing on Rivers in the Northeast. They have a swoopy flight pattern and a raspy caw call. Very entertaining bird. Getting better at cutting the self frame. Used 9 degrees off from 90.

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Excellent work! It will surely be apricated!

If that be the case, I will say that the carter system would be a good investment. It allows the blade to run cooler because the bearings are smoother and when the blade runs cooler the tire that the blade runs on does not get as hot and could melt or get ripples in it. never did like ceramics for guides because of the sparking action at times which I always worried about fires. The cool blocks were the answer to that years ago. I am satisfied with that system and has lasted a long time. The carter bearings as well as all other type bearing systems need to be kept clean from resin build up. They are a sealed bearing so never need oiling. But it is a bearing and they do wear. Very easy to install and easy to tune in. From the many reviews I have read over the years I never really saw one that the person hated them. But did see many that said they did not make that big of a difference from what they had. So much more goes into having a tuned bandsaw than just the guides. And all they are is bearings running against a blade to keep it straight. They line up exactly the same place as all other guide systems, right behind the gullets of the blade. The advantage is you can get them real close to the blade because they ride smoothly against a blade. As with a cool block which is fiber and ceramic blocks which is hard material they need spacing or between the blade and them. They rub against the blade and causing more heat to the blade. if the bearings run smooth and are free of dirt they will just spin. Thus the reason the Carter System gets high marks. keeping the spacing to a minimum keeps the blade tracking straighter. If I used my bandsaw for just resawing I would use the set I have on there all the time. If I am doing a ton of resawing I change them out because of this but for other things I like the cool blocks and I use lots of smaller blades. Again I know I am not giving you definite answers because to me there is none. But they are a good tool and work well. As far as price, you get what you pay for. Just make sure you get the ones for your saw. Good luck.

I finished cutting this in late February, I believe. Been sitting on my table saw waiting for me to decide what to do with it. Nothing yet. I want to do something with it. It is cut in. 1/2" popular wood, A Finoa Kingdon pattern. I really enjoyed cutting, as I do all of her patterns, I have used.

Retired sales/marketing guy who worked in Biotech instrument world for my day job. Always have been building furniture, turning bowls, and building striped bass fishing lures in my shop. Now that I have a few grandkids (5 year old twins).. i have bought a Seyco Scroll saw and made about a dozen project thus far. I spend a bunch of time fishing/camping/hiking and watching birds so I have lots of scroll projects in the future. I love owls so I will be looking for unique Great horned owl and Barred Owl patterns.

Yeah, I can't really run mine all year long either.. Well I do run my smaller ones all winter long by running antifreeze in the cooling system. The new set-up that I'm currently using will not even run in temps below 40F without bypassing the safety of the water chiller. There are a lot of smaller desktop type models that are totally self contained and many people run them in a spare room in the house and do a makeshift vent out the window much like I did shown in the photo. My two smaller ones are more of a desktop and are easier to move around and set-up etc. If you have any questions about them feel free to ask.. I'm far from any kind of pro on these as I'm still learning a lot but I'll answer if I can, LOL

Oh my, those are super fine.

Thanks for the information Kevin, much appreciated. Been kinda/sorta been thinking about getting one. Now I’m not so sure. Would only be able to use it during the warm months. So maybe 4-5 months out of the year.

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For fun, I searched Amazon for Rexon planner parts. I could not see what they had because my address is in the U.S. It would only show me what could. be dispatched to the U.S., whicho, if you live in the UK, you might try Amazon UK.

Call them. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32750-rexon-gpt-317a-thicknesser/

Jim, very well done, RJ

Jim, I certainly agree with you that serving as a college professor for 57 years is a very commendable achievement and your superb creative woodwork is a fitting tribute to his efforts. He will appreciate this forever. Well done! Dick Mira

You are most fortunate to get to spend quality time with your grandkids. I never really got to it when I was retired and could do things like that with them. They always lived too far away. Enjoy all you can with them.

Very Nice! It will be appreciated.

Excellent work !!

Excellent craftsmanship I am sure it will be appreciated

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Well done. I sure they will appreciate the gift.

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I am contemplating buying Carter band saw guides. Appreciate any comments on them.

I think that the ceramic guides are more a marketing trick than anything else. Every producer needs to "make up" something new so they sell their machines. I am not saying they are bad, but maybe not as good as they praise. It might be more than possible that classical bearings (in fact, the ones that big machines have) will do, at least, as good as these. And if thus... why then spending a couple of hundreds in the carter ones.

Here is a Shaper Origin created ( handheld CNC) engraving I did based off a photograph

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I am currently using ceramic guides. They do spark a lot which makes me nervous around all the dust. They are not square any more so I'm planning on doing something.

All I use my bandsaw is for resawing. I use my Pegas scroll bandsaw for all other work.

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Good stuff!

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Well done on the candle holder! I truly appreciate the kind words!

I am planning on buying a Laguna and I like doing quite a lot of research before. For what I have heard/read, the Carter are better guides than the ceramic ones. But I don't know if it worths the investment. Probably it depends on what is going to be your normal use (resawing?). Sparking on the ceramic ones seem to be an issue, but as John said, the right set up would make the trick. Let us know if you change them and how much it improved the work.

Keep 'em coming. Thanks for them.

I purchased a set and installed on my Luguna 14 inch so far so good. They seem to be of good quality , I wanted to replace the ceramic guides that come with the saw. I think I will like the roller guides better than the ceramic ones pretty good investment but I hope it was worth the expense.

Work well but they are metal bearings so be aware of this. I had them on for awhile but took them off because I am still liking my old delta fiber cool block guides. The reason behind my thinking is if a blade slips out of guide it hits the metal bearings and basically kills the blade. Have had this especially those 1/8" or 3/16" blades. There is a special guide for those smaller blades. I use that more than the other bearings when I had them on. It is all about setting up the blade on the tire correctly, and adjusting the guides correctly. keeping those bearing just behind the gullets is key. I would be on the fence with them to be honest. I think they are a love them or hate them type tool. Both have good and bad sides to thought process. I know I am no help in your decision but it is what I seen. I use their magnetic fences until I recently bought a new rail system fence for the bandsaw. Have not really put it through its paces yet. Got busy doing some shop clean up. Good luck. I found them to be very good for resawing and using the larger blades. Keeps the blades running true and bearings are really smooth.

I had these solar flowers in the ground but my wife said make a planter box maybe they will look nicer i I only had a 7 foot piece of cedar left from birdhouses and zero pressure treated i had some 8-12 inch pieces of cedar so I made a simple box to keep my occupied today I'm waiting on some dowels to finish a truck I made tomortow I'll make some colorful flowers to pin nail into the box to brighten it up havr a look just a simple box anyone could make in an half hour but I like the look

I helped a turner friend make a bowl, I did the scroll saw work. This is a segmented bowl, and much larger, but it might give you an idea.

Bog Buddies, pattern by Judy Gale Roberts

Next! Pattern designed by Fred Martin. Interesting tidbit we are from the same home town. Woods used - Bloodwood, Yellow heart, Aspen, Birch, Walnut, Ambrosia Maple, Eucalyptus, Black Ash and a 2x4 so probably Spruce. One coat of shellac. It is about 6" x7".