wELCOME TO THE VILLAGE There is lots of patterns to practice on and lots of answers to your questions. this is a great village lots of information and fun.Show pictures of your work , what kind of a saw do you have?
IKE
Welcome from Ohio. I too have been scrolling for a long time, and there is things here that you can learn from and you can also help others., plenty of patterns all free. I think you will love it here. just keep it up.
IKE
This is a hobby and I sell at craft sales to pay for it. If i make over the cost ( not Labor) I am happy last year I made cost ( material craft sales cost and tooling ) I actually made $900 over costs. but that has not always been the case. I do some production work but that is still a hobby. When it becomes work I will quit.
welcome to the village Art. One thing we like here is pictures. We have all kinds of information if you have questions there is no dumb questions just dumb answers.
IKE#
Another day out of the shop, but all wasn't a loss i went to a Church rummage sale and got 7 wooden 8X10 framed picture frames all new never used for a total cost of $1.75 I go to all the church rummage sales and usually get frames for $0.25 to $0.50 each . i do not pay over $0.50 per frame.
oN STRAIGHT LINE CUTS. i HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF YEARS. i HAD PROBLLEMS WITH THE STRAIGHT LINES WHEN i FIRST STARTED AND A FELLOW SCROLLER TOLD ME i WAS RUNNING THE SAW TOO FAST i SLOWED THE CUTS DOWN TO ABOUT HALF SPEED. AT THAT TIME i ONLY HAD 2 SPEEDS WHEN i SLOWED DOWN BEFORE LONG i WAS CUTTING A STRAIGHT LINE.
IKE
if you can get any sawdust from the oak that you have mix it with modeling glue and that makes a good wood filler when it's dry it looks like the material.