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It was recommended at our club to use Stop Loss Bags. Available at Lee Valley https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/supplies/finishing/72867-finish-storage-bag?srsltid=AfmBOorilIeR2kn4xbKTG-J9T2mGmAPsx1Xr_yRYi2jrNoDGuWFSjX9-&item=62K0410 And Amazon too but I can only find in sets.

I use an X-ACTO knife to cut the pattern along with a steel edge and turn over to score the middle line.

I teach a course at our club and I have 2 hand outs. First are the instructions from Diana Thompson that I lifted from one of her pattern books. Patterns removed as copyrighted. Secondly, I give out a pattern source book that has a pattern from Steve Good plus the patterns from the Ornaments for Charity book. The club also has the issue 156 and 160 of Creative Woodworking and Crafts issue that has the full set of birdhouses. As far as wood is concerned I have used a variety of woods, Walnut, Ash, Maple, Poplar, Cherry. I only use pine for ornaments or when I am going to paint or stain. compound how to.pdf compound sources and ornaments.pdf

Congratulations! Hope they live close. We moved to get closer to grandkids and they then moved too right around the corner. Keep us busy and love every moment.

Denny. If you have some idea on design let me know and I could give it a try and get an svg for Kevin. Since Steve would not ship to Canada I had a member of our club do some for me. Bellow are the ones I did. I did in different sizes but only really used the 1 inch. I also did the design for another Canadian..

Each year I have made a personalized item for each member of the family to be used as place cards. Started in 2011 with Ornament from Steve Good and it has not been an ornament every year. Made sleighs, snowman, gift card holders etc. This year I thought I would pass as I was really out of ideas. That was until my daughter was over last Tuesday and was telling how they really looked forward to what I came up with. My oldest granddaughter has a tree of her own and has absconded with all her own. OOPS. She also had never seen the FRED reindeer from Steve and really like them. (Fred's Family below) So Fred the ornament was created.

I am in Canada and I still buy in bulk from Mike's. That includes the dollar conversion and shipping and handling. Takes about 10 days normally but my last order is stuck in postal strike. So far never paid duties. That may change if all the tarrifs back and forth come into play.

This is from Steve Good. I use this in my scrolling classes but modify to say that I personally use Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse 90% of the time. Steve used to use FD but now uses Pegas MGT. Choosing a Scroll Saw Blade for a Project Many of my emails from readers ask about choosing a scroll saw blade for a particular wood. I am probably the wrong person to ask because I rarely choose a blade for the wood. I choose the blade based on the pattern. If I am cutting 3/4" thick hardwood but the pattern has very small interior cuts I use a #3 or whatever blade I need to get into the small interior holes. It will cut slowly but it will make the cut. When you see people talking about using a #9 blade to cut thicker/harder wood or a #3 for thinner/softer wood, they are talking about the efficiency of the cut. A #9 blade will cut thicker harder wood faster and break fewer blades but if the #9 blade won't allow you to get into the interior hole or make the tight turns then it does not work. As a scroller, I rarely care about the efficiency of the cut. I care about making accurate cuts even if they are slow. 95% of the time I use a #5 scroll reverse or a #3 scroll reverse. Occasionally if I have a rough cut to make I will grab a larger blade. I own just about every blade made and many of them rarely get used unless I run into a special project. I use spiral blades for portrait-style patterns or when a cut it too large to make the turn on the saw. Some materials require special blades. Metal and Corian are two that come to mind. Another similar question is about setting the speed on a variable-speed scroll saw. When I get a new saw I determine the maximum speed that the saw cuts without too much vibration. This is often just slightly below full speed. I run at that maximum speed unless I am cutting very thin wood. 1/8" or thinner. The thin wood gives little resistance to the blade and it is easy to make miscuts. If that is what I am cutting I do one of two things. I slow the speed of the saw down or if possible I stack cut to add resistance. None of the above advice is an unbreakable rule. Saws are different, people get a different feel from the cuts, and blades are different. My best advice to a new scroller is to try different techniques and use what feels best to you.

The reason I won't subscribe to Scrollsaw Workshop is the problems scanning the insert in the middle. I have had a number of discussions back and forth and they are stuck in the dark ages. Would be easy to make available with your customer ID and a password in magazine. I now wait till they issue the DVD and I read the old issues and am able to get patterns digitally. On the recent DVD the centre spread takes a little work. I now have issues 1-84 that way.

I see these all over the web made by CNC so I created a pattern to fit the wood I had. I think red oak and basswood. It is supposed to be a candy dish as hostess gift but looks okay sitting on a shelf.

Ended up real nice. Have you tried it with the knives in it yet.

Looks great. You really enhanced the pattern I did. Thanks for posting.

My wife thought that a ceramic bowl would be nice for the centre. I went to Dollarama and bought a ramekin. It is 3 1/4 were the center hole is 3 inches. Looked elsewhere but all seem to be this size. I have revised the pattern to include a 3 1/4" centre. I have not cut yet as I have to find some wood. I guess we will have 2 hostess gift now. serving tray revised.pdf

Cute. My favorite thing to cut. Well done.

I could not find in the Scrollsaw Workshop index, Could not could I find in the limited index of Creative Workshop index. It is not complete. None of the image searches worked either. May have to work from scratch. Do you have the size?

At our club last week a video was shown on how to make a serving tray as a gift. They used a template and drilled a bunch of holes and then use a router and jig. I figured I could do this with the scroll saw much easier. I first made the pattern in Inkscape (probably 5 minutes). I didn't have a thick enough wood so I glued a piece of walnut to maple. Attached the pattern to the walnut side and scrolled out the interior 3 pieces. Then sanded the interior walls. Not too much sanding as I used a #5 FD Ultra reverse. Then glued the bottom walnut on and cut exterior. Routed the top and bottom edges and sanded. 2 coats of tung oil. Really quick to do. serving tray 1.pdf

No idea if this will work. This the same concept as Steve Good's of Jesus Lives compound https://www.stevedgood.com/jesuslives.pdf I have done other compound projects and it is hit and miss. Depending on the letters you some times loose part of the letter on the other side. Trial and error. Also problem when you have different length. I tried a heart and the L. Test first. Here is the PDF and SVG. Good Luck and let us know if you figure this out. Test.pdf Test.svg

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The categories are scrollsaw, flat work, and wood turning. No one entered the wood turning. There was also a prize for best in show which went to a fellow who came up 6 different ideas. Each was a Home Depot gift card for unknown amount.

This my second entry to our clubs 2x4 challenge. It a standard SPF 8 foot. I cut to 8 - 12 inch lengths and then jointed and glued 2 pieces together. I then resawed one piece for the front and back. I then applied the pattern to front and the 3 - 1 1/4 layers. Cut out each layer accordingly and then glued the layers back together except the back. Then glued each drawer. Even though, I very carefully lined up the openings, i did a lot of sanding to get them to fit. Glued the back on and cut outline with the band saw. Finished with wipe on poly. Didn't win any awards but I had a hard time convincing everyone that firstly it was done mainly with the scroll saw any I did not use a 2 x 8 as the joint it the front and back you can hardly see.

Our club runs a 2 x 4 challenge each year. The objective is to use one 8 foot standard 2 x4. You don't have to use SPF but you are given special consideration if you do. This is my first entry. The pattern is by JGR. I resawed the 2 x 4 to 3/4 but by the time you joint and plane it end up at about 5/8. A number of pieces glued together to about 17 x 24 and the patterns is cut segmentation style and shaped. I then stained, dyed and painted. Some things like the straw are just burned. Because you are supposed to use as much wood as possible I also did the pumpkin (DIM) and the cat and dog (Janette Square design) as part of my entry. It came first in the scroll saw section

Looks great. Hope this sells too. Whose pattern? I have Bruce Worhington"s Charlies Angel pattern and is all cut with nice tight pieces but when I went to glue up it it didn't fit. Too many small piece for my hands. It has sat there for a year. I would like to do an easier angel that looks a good as yours.

When I was looking for a scroll saw a friend said "Buy the best and only cry once". Our club has Dewalt 788's and I was tempted but the best at the time was an Excalibur EX-21. I have used the EX-21 nearly every day for 13 years and the only thing I have done is replace the blade holders with the Pegas blade holders. The clubs DW788's scroll saw have been rebuilt a couple of times as the bearings wear out. I look back and I think having a better saw has made the scrolling more enjoyable and when you amortize the the extra cost it was a cheap investment. I have not seen the WEN or the Bauer is person but I would check and see how easy it is to change the blades for you. The nice thing about the Pegas and the EX-21 is the ability raise and lower the arm. Small point but makes life easier. The Bauer on sale is tempting.

I'm interested just need to get inspiration.

All looks great. Good luck. I am sure you will sell out of the Maple Leaf Gnomes. Lots of fans - too bad not many goals.