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Two Feeders designed by Judy Gale Roberts. First is a Goldfinch Feeder, made with Aspen, Birdseye Maple, Cherry, Hard Maple, Poplar, Yellowheart and Wenge Squirrel on Feeder , made with Aspen, Birdseye Maple, Cherry, Cedar, Poplar, Hard Maple, Leopardwood, Walnut, and Wenge

Lots of different ways to approach this issue. As for myself, I tend to layout all the pieces onto the wood, and then just start cutting with the main subject and then any background and frames are always last for me. As I cut pieces, I lay them onto the pattern and check fit as I go. If you can follow a good line while cutting, I find very few fit issues. Once I learned to slow down my feed rate on the saw, I found that I could follow the line almost perfectly. I always try to split the line while cutting, and prefer to make errors to the outside scrap area whenever possible, as its easy to trim a piece, much harder to make it larger LOL. Knowing my saw and blades, I know that If I cut a piece clockwise, I find that most errors tend to be into the piece, and counter clockwise tends to err into the scrap. My method, allows me to adjust with background and frame pieces as needed. I have not cut the pattern you are working on, But have done over 60 intarsia pieces during the past two years. I don't claim to be an expert, But I am mostly happy with my results.

Breed is Papillon. they are small dogs.

What a great week its been. I have been able to almost catch up with my Intarsia projects. This one is a Kathy Wise pattern. Made with Wenge, and Aspen. And I still have another piece on the bench being cut as soon as I finish typing this.

Thanks everyone. your kind words are encouraging as always.

Been a good week in the shop. This one is a Judy Gale Roberts pattern that I enlarged. Made it 28 inches wide, x 18 inches tall. Made with Aromatic Cedar, Aspen, Blue Pine, Cherry, Poplar, Walnut, Wenge and Yellowheart A Blue stain was used to get the desired color for the Macaw.

The transfer to a smart phone is the problem. Ask the person to send it from a computer, and you open it thru a computer, and your problem will be solved.

Look at the bright side Dick, No one can accuse you of having Idle hands..>LOL Brother I know the feeling...Seems I can't get anything done for myself anymore. I just put 21 pieces of Intarsia into a small consignment shop, and the first one sold that same day. I have 4 pieces that have been ordered, and I am awaiting the right wood for those, and I am spending about 6 to 8 hours a day in the shop, while trying to do things around the house too. And they call this a Vacation LOL.. Sheeesh, I gotta get back to work so I can rest and relax some.

Thanks everyone. Your nice comments are inspiring.

A Judy Gale Roberts pattern that I modified slightly. Made with Aspen, Peruvian Walnut, Poplar, Honduran Rosewood, and Walnut

A Judy Gale Roberts pattern that I modified. Its 22 inches x 10 1/2 inches Made with Poplar, Aspen Peruvian Walnut and Cherry.

A Kathy Wise pattern that I modified and enlarged. made with Aspen, Cedar, Cherry, Poplar, Peruvian Walnut, Wenge, Walnut, Yellow Heart, and a small piece of Aromatic Cedar 20 x 28 inches, 62 pieces

Thanks Kevin. My saw works well, but I think the real results come from attention to detail, and many shortcuts I have learned from folks on this and other scrolling sites.

Dick, it went well. I think that the biggest problem I had was the number of friends I have on my personal page. I need to increase that number for the future. Still in all, I ended up with close to 150 entries in my drawing. And I see a lot more traffic than I once did. Thanks again for your great suggestions. I greatly appreciate it.

Pattern by JGR. Used Aspen, Aromatic Cedar, Bubinga, Cherry, Poplar, Walnut, and Wenge

Quail is a pattern from Kathy Wise. Made with Walnut, Maple, Aspen, Cherry, Poplar, and Peruvian Walnut Sailboat is a Judy Gale Roberts pattern. Made with Aspen Bubinga, Cherry, Walnut, and Peruvian Walnut

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. I set up a separate bank account for the shop, whatever money I bring in goes to this account. If I want to buy lumber or tools, it comes from this account. Wife is happy..she knows I am in the basement shop and not out at a bar somewhere...

Another Judy Gale Roberts pattern. Depicts a mallard, Wood Duck, and a Greenwing Teal. Made with Aspen, Beechnut, Cedar, Peruvian Walnut, Poplar, Walnut, and Wenge Its about 15 1/2 x 12 inches, and contains 23 pieces

This playful Squirrel is trying to get some bird seed. Pattern by JGR. Made with Aspen, Cherry, Maple, Peruvian Walnut, Poplar, and Wenge About 9 x 21 inches, 31 pieces

A Customer asked me to repeat this pattern from JGR. He asked that I make the painted parts of the bike "Grass Green" So I had to use Dye. Made with Ash, Aspen, Beechnut, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Peruvian Walnut, Poplar, Walnut, Wenge, Zebrawood 21 x 16 inches, 147 pieces.

I got it for 209 about a month ago. It goes on sale often, and you can always get a coupon for 20-25% off one item. You will need hose and fittings, but DO NOT get them at Harbor Freight. Their hose is a pain to put over their fittings. one or the other is simply off on the size. Ran light weight PVC with drops where needed. The collector says its a 2 hp unit, and only a 5 micron bag, but you can get a new bag from other places down as small as 1 micron. (recommended) So far, it has helped tremendously during sanding. That's where most of my dust comes from.

I recently installed a Harbor Freight Dust Collector to my shop. I will be adding a overhead filtering system at some point to catch the airborne dust. The system I have works for the various machines, and even though the Scroll Saw really doesn't lend itself to good dust collection, the system does help. As previously stated, there is no perfect system, so we all do the best that we can. Nothing will catch all the fine dust, and I find that as I mostly do Intarsia, I throw ALOT of fine dust. Since adding the system, I get less dust on the floor, but it still needs to be swept daily.

Added a new sander to my collection this past week. Wife gave me this one for my Birthday. Its the Seyco double drum sander runs at about 1700 rpm (perfect for sanding) Have not used it on a finished piece as yet, but I have sanded a couple of scraps to see how it worked. Much easier than holding things sideways on the drill press. Adding this sander forced me to move the shop to a different room in the basement. it simply would not fit in the 7 x 10 foot space I had been in. Also added a Dust Collection system and I think I am getting things set up pretty well for the future. New shop is 14 by 14 so I nearly tripled the space.

Liked all of the above pagers...great job folks. Here is my page. It has photos, discriptions and prices for my work. I am hoping that it helps to sell a few pieces. Most of my work is Intarsia but I do toss in a little scrollsaw work too. https://www.facebook.com/Leeswoodartistry

Thanks so much for the photos. That seems a great idea. As I am in the middle of moving my shop to a larger space, I may have to look into building something along those lines.