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For attaching patterns or stack cutting I use Painters Mate Green Dropcloth Tape. It is adhesive both sides and works well, if you can find it!

I've found the best tape to be Painters Mate Green Dropcloth Tape. It is adhesive both sides and peels off easily. It can be difficult to find and can be a little pricey, but it works very well!

Brian- I don't have a pattern. I found pictures of karate belt racks and then designed the rack from those. Unfortunately I am not computer literate enough to attach a photo here. But if you look on Etsy you can get ideas. On mine I had a 'torri" style top, and scrolled the girls' name out of BB plywood and two figures of girls in karate poses and glued them on the top. Then there were 10 wood strips below for the belts to be velcroed to. They were 16" long & 1/2" apart. Overall it was probably @ 30"H x 25" wide. Sorry I can't be more help.

I guess I am lucky. Our local Goodwill Store has a separate section called "The Talent Shop". Any crafter over 50 years of age can join. The one time joining fee is $50.00. Items that they have hand made are sold there. The crafter sets the price, and the shop keeps 35% with 65% given to the crafter. At first I thought the 35% was high, but it sure beats having the finished projects pile up at home. I don't sell a lot of items, but if a check comes next week for any Christmas items sold it will make me feel good that someone liked it enough to pay money for it. The shop is staffed by volunteers. Last year I had made a rack for my granddaughter to display her karate belts on as she progresses through the different levels. This year she requested that I make 3 more for her friends. Had to ship them all the way to Florida from Wisconsin, but I guess the young ladies were pleased.

The website is called ETSY not ESTY.

How do you apply finish to your projects? Trying to use artists brushes is so time consuming! I've begun storing my lemon oil furniture polish, tung oil, and Watco oils in large flat Tupperware type containers that seal tightly so I can simply dip the items or pour oils over them. Then I complete them with a spray of clear Poly. This works great for those kind of finishes but what if you want color? And sometimes multi-color on the same project?

Welcome to the craft! Be sure to check out Scrollsaw Workshop website. Steve Goode has posted MANY free patterns and only asks that you make a donation once in a while.

Hello Ort- I love visiting England. My mother was English, met Dad there during WWII. As a suggestion, try looking at a web site called Scrollsaw Workshop. A scroller by the name of Steve Goode has it. He has posted hundreds of free patterns there and allows anyone to use them. Also, if you email him with questions he will respond with answers to most inquiries. Reby

Just discovered this site today. I enjoy scroll sawing, but designing patterns even more. I've tried Inkscape but it is too complicated for my limited computer knowledge. Was going to try Corel Draw but it will not work on my Imac. So I have reverted to using the old cut & paste routine and lots of glue & white out! What I have found is that printing patterns on 8x11 inch address labels works well, and you don't have to mess with the glue. I put down masking tape, plastic shipping tape, then the pattern and it works well. May seem like a lot of steps but for mr the result is worth it. Of course the labels are more expensive that the paper & glue.