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Dick, the designer is Carole Bishop On that site you can look at the last two letters of the part number, that tells you the persons name.

While I know that wood comes in many different colors, that particular piece looks to me that it is stained. Something just looks off to me. I does not look like Bloodwood to me.

I have been using my Porter Cable scroll saw for 2 years with no issues at all. The last month or so, it has developed a slight vibration at times, that make cutting a good line difficult. My lovely wife came up to me the other day and told me to do some research and get a new and better saw. What a wonderful woman I have. Last night, I ordered my EX-21 Can't wait to get it and start cutting.

Keep improving my Intarsia, Set up at my first Art Show (if I get accepted by the judges) More complex Intarsia's

I have not yet done a show, but I plan to do at least one this next year. Until that happens, I will be keeping busy trying to increase my inventory so that I have plenty to sell. Because 95% of what I do is Intarsia, it takes me longer to get a single pattern finished.

Another option is to cover the wood with clear contact paper, then spray glue the pattern to that. I then use packing tape to help lubricate the blade, and keep it sharp longer. Peels right off with no residue whatsoever. I don't even need to sand the surface afterwards. Is it a little more expensive? YES, but not much and my time is more valuable to me. Covering the wood with clear contact paper, is something I do with every piece of wood I use. Amazon sells the clear, self adhesive paper in 18 inch rolls, 24 ft long for under 7 dollars. It also comes in 12 inch rolls for those that use a lot of 12 inch scroll blanks. I tried using tape first, both packing and blue painters tape, but both options took me longer to remove the pattern from smaller areas.

My first piece was the 37" eagle from Judy Gale Roberts,(see photo) that I made during an Intarsia beginners class. The instructor looked at me and said" you don't start small, do you?" I made it out of pine, and stained it. The only tools used were the scrollsaw and a benchtop belt sander. The class was 2 hours a week, for 6 weeks, and that's the only time I worked on it. The instructor simply explained HOW to cut and shape, and left me to do my own thing from there. Its not as hard as people think it is. Most of you already use a scrollsaw ( I had NO experience with one when I started) so following a line is easy. Even if your first piece is a segmentation, you will quickly graduate to full Intarsia. My second piece was a motorcycle from Sawbird.com I also stained this piece, and that was the last time I stained a piece unless it was to enhance the project, or a customer asked me to stain it. Yes, I made mistakes along the way, but for each mistake, I learned more and more. I have now been doing Intarsia for 2 years, and have made over 75 pieces, and I work full time on top of that. If I can do it, ANYONE can.

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.

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...

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

Gotta love it when people want the same pattern...makes it so easy. Nicely done Marg

Dick, after you sand it, hit it with a sanding mop. Believe it or not, this seems to make the finish go on smoother as the wood is now sanded very smoothly. Also, you could probably go with lighter coats, and let it dry only to manufactures instructions

169 Scroll saw patterns, 200 paper patterns, 82 Intarsia patterns, and 40 more paper intarsia patterns. Not bad for only being in this crazy hobby for a year.

I make a label for the back of all my intarsia. It has the pattern name, Designer, Date, and a list of woods used, along with a copy of my business card. I use spray adhesive along with the sticky stuff on the label, and then smooth it well. Spray poly over it to build a couple coats so that the edges don't come up and peel. It has worked pretty well, but I really like the printer idea, and WILL be trying it soon.

Your attention to detail shows itself well in this one. Very nicely done

Had the grandkids over for Christmas this year, and while they played in my basement rec. room/man-cave, one of them knocked over a table lamp and broke it to the point it could not be fixed. I decided that I needed a replacement, and how better to make it fit in that by making it myself. Took Steve Goods 10" soaring eagle pattern, and enlarged it to an 18" wingspan, mounted it on a base, with a post behind it and made this lamp.

Thanks everyone. Joints are simple but joints. It really didn't require anything stronger I just rounded over the edges to make it look better.

This was an quick Idea I came up. Wife like to use the smaller square boxes of tissues. I found the Leaf and Rose in separate patterns made by BobScroll I simply borrowed them for this project. Made from Poplar, it sets down over the box. Thanks Bob, for making the original patterns

Absolutely beautiful work. That is true craftsmanship that I only wish I could have the patience to do. Thank you for sharing

pattern by Steve Good. Used Basswood with an Oak base

Wife's daughter just moved into a new house, and I decided to make a house warming gift. Problem is the wife nor I can decide which one of these to give her. Both patterns are from Steve Good.