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I enjoyed cutting the last lighthouse pic, so I made another one.

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Dog Portrait - Abby pattern by Gayle at the Scroll Saw Cafe. I enlarged the pattern to fit the wood. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood 12" square and backed with black mat board. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #0 Spiral blades. I kept the large pieces in place for sanding the fuzzies off the back side. After sanding, a light coat of spray Shellac, another light sanding with a Mac Mop, and a final coat of spray Lacquer Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

Here is a neat system I have to inlay edge grain. Or you can go to u-tub for the bowl inlay that he does as well.

My daughter recently lost her pet of many years. I made this for her as a memento. Murphy.pdf

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

Quite a few years ago I used my scroll saw to saw antler using the same blades I use for wood. I cut maybe a dozen pieces. I found antler to have a strong smell and dust is very fine so you need a mask, air filter, and exhaust fans to to protect yourself. I first cut the deer antler into slices about an 1/8 inch thick and at an angle of 45 degrees to the line of the antler. I ended up with pieces about 2 to 4 inches long by 1 1/2 to 3 inches wide oval shaped. These were sawn from the lower area of the antler next to the head where the centre part is more solid material and the resulting piece is big enough for the pattern. The centre in other areas is quite porous and does not hold together well. I recently acquired some antler and am looking at sawing it. The Judy Gale Roberts pattern of the Great Blue Heron caught my eye as perfect for this. I plan on reducing the size of the pattern to approximately 1 1/2 x 1 inch (centre part of pattern). I will then glue the cutout to a black backing and frame in a shadowbox frame . Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures uploaded as I go through the process. Will be using a Hegner 22 variable speed saw that I have used for the last 30+ years (bought new in 1993). I would be interested in comments, suggestions, etc from those who have sawn antler , or not. Garry

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I have NOT attempted that candle holder. I have made that clock in the original size. Those tiny ornaments on the shelves are challenging! I have had the opportunity to meet and work along side Tyler, The Artisan Pirate, he is just as amazing in person!

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Wedding Rings pattern designer unknown. I used 1/2" solid Hard Maple. The object is 6" high x 6 1/2" wide. Cut on the Pegas scroll saw using Pegas #1 and #3 MGT blades. The #1 for the letters and numbers. After sanding, one coat spray Shellac and two coats spray Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

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Then you have to move. There is life out there once you get out of the boonies.

Now Kevin, come on. Hobby lobby carries them, Amazon has tons of them in all sizes. Probably go to Target and Walmart in the craft section or even in the home section have them. Heck I order last year flexible mirror that I am going to wrap around a pen barrel and make pens with it. For your reading pleasure https://www.mirrorworld.co.uk/acrylic-plastic-mirror.html

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

Yeah, I have several places online to buy it.. I mentioned I haven't found it "locally" .. I don't get to Hobby lobby very often and when there I've never seen it.. maybe I've not looked in the right spot.. possibly the small Hobby Lobby we have local doesn't have it? I know my local one is a small store compared to the others in the bigger cities.. My local store would almost fit inside the one in the bigger town.. Same thing with Walmart.. the craft section is like one isle while the on in the bigger city has like 3-4 rows with lots of craft paints etc.. almost one whole row is paints.. while my local one has a small section about the size of a end cap that is all the paints they have, LOL