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Very nicely done stand Ralph. That ought to serve you well. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

I know that this is not scrolled folks however I thought you might like to see it. The planter idea I got from Steve Ramsey's YouTube channel. Since I do not have the same tools he does I improvised a bit and did my own interpretation of his project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYg9jJS4cgw The planter is easy to make if you have a miter saw, drill, router and a screw driver and a planer ( hand plane will work as well just a bit more physical work than I can do ). Since I do not own a table saw I used a miter saw to do my cuts. You will need (4) 8 foot 2x4's that are nice and straight as well as good looking as they will be seen. Cut each 2x4 into 24" lengths, You should now have 16 pieces of 2x4 24" inches long. I glued up (4) 4x4's using 8 of the 24" 2x4's. I then planed and sanded them and then cut them to 22". Next you will need (7) 8 foot 5" wide x 3/4 " thick boards. I chose cedar ( it is more expensive than pine but it lasts longer ) I planed it smooth with my thicknesser. I then cut them to 18" in length. Next I set up my router and routed a groove into the remaining 8 sections of 24" 2x4. I only did this on ONE side. So each 2x4 section has only one groove in it. I cut these to a final width of 22". I set the height of the bottom part with a piece of 2x4 . The top and bottom rails on each side are 2x4's with a groove routed into one side. I pre drilled the holes in the 4x4 corner posts then used 5 inch galvanized screws to hold everything together. The side panels are cedar plank pieces 2 foot long and they just sit in the grooves, no glue holds them, not needed. They float so that the wood can move as it swells and shrinks with the weather. Watch Steve's Video and what I did will make much more sense. DW

Excellently done Vern. You have a ton more patience than I do. I can see several hold your breath sections. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Charley most of the saws of the type you are describing and yes I have one are actually a Jig Saw not a scroll saw. While the blade goes up and down in a totally vertical manner it is incapable of using the smaller and thinner blades because of the style of the blade they have to use. The most common design is the parallel arm, in which a motor is attached near the back of the arms and the two arms always remain parallel to each other. The C-arm variant uses a solid "C" shaped arm, with the blade being mounted between the two ends of the "C". The parallel link type, used by Hawk, Excalibur, and DeWalt, has rods in the upper and lower arms that are "pushed" by the motor to move short (about 4 inches – 100 millimetres– long) articulated arms which hold the blade. These are the most common and most of the time use only pinless blades although some do allow for the use of pinned blades as well. Most modern saws now a days are very similar but vary widely in the amount of vibration that the saw produces in use. Generally the more the saw costs the less vibration it produces at all speeds. A good test is the old nickle test. In this test you balance a nickle on its edge on the saws table and then turn on the saw and then speed up the saw if the nickle falls over or is vibrated off the table you will have a good indication of what it would be like when using it. DW

Very nicely done Matt. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nicely done Don. Those came great. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Kevin since you mentioned that this box is going to be used to display a cake rather than the cake be inside it or something would the box be something like those long boxes you made earlier? DW

Excellently done Loren. Love the Baby Love one. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Very nicely done Jim. He is going to love that. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Kevin. Love the use of the slab on this. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Richard. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Those all came out great. She is going to love them. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Travis that is a very neat project. Great job on it. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Kevin if you have two small pieces of wood that have flat edges available and a hand clamp you can use this method to do your compound cutting. This is the method I use. DW

Very nice project Tim. Love the use of the colored background on this. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Dick. I can see why your wife really liked them. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Katie Label everything. Look at getting movers insurance as well. In know it is only an hour away but things happen and some things are a real bugger to replace. Other than that have a safe move and a good reset on the shop. DW

Very nicely done. Make them a little smaller, say about 4" and put magnets on the back side and then you could use your refrigerator as an aquarium. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Katie that came out great. You did a great job on it. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

That came out great Andrew especially for a first attempt. You will find I am sure that each shell will get a bit easier and the hardest part is the sanding hehe. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Dave i like that. It is nothing to be ashamed of in fact it is very good. So you take the lessons learned and apply them for the next one and it will be even better. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Kevin those bird house are fun to make. Love the hearts. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Excellently done Dick. If I may, Who was the designer and how do we contact them? DW

IF that were the only issue hehe. IT's great that she wants to scroll. Now you know what to get her for Christmas ! DW

Craig those look great. Thanks for sharing this with us. As for staining both pine and cedar they are notoriously difficult to get a good even stain coat. One of the things I have found over the years that works pretty consistently is that water based stains can be mixed with denatured alcohol and those do a pretty decent job of evening out the coverage of the stain. Both Cedar and Pine are resinous woods and have resin and oils those need to be taken into account when staining. DW