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Wow---Fantastic work.

Looks a LOT like my King 21". Should be an excellent unit! Congratulations and Good Luck!

All are ART SHOW quality! FANTASTIC WORK!

Almost looks alive--Great Job!

Nicely done.

I like #1 Live edge #2 Light torching #3 unusual projects You hit all 3 --great job!

This is a horse stall sign, made for a customer a few years `ago now. Basically, shop scrap, painted with craft store paints. All designs were by T & E design. Craft store pegs for hanging horse tack. The rope sign hanger was from a weird one I found at $-tree. It was fun especially since I was told -"Your own way"--she did like it very much.

Flying HIGH Dick. Very nicely done.

Looks great!

If I think that I am going to make more than one of a thing; I try to make templates instead of just paper patterns. As I always use clear tape over my cutting anyway, it works well, I draw around my template with a finer point permanent markers on the tape and then another layer of tape over the top. The pictures are of my latest template for a bear cub. I did NOT print it; picture was taken from the computer monitor. I found a silhouette that I liked, did my own version of it some modifications all over it. I then taped it to the wood scrap (3/4-Oak) with a layer of Masonite over the oak. After the cutting I have a cub and a template. Sorry, I do not know the blade # used. Masonite is very hard on blades, even with the tape and I also use candle stubs on the running blades as extra lubricant. That trtick I learned from the book for my first scrollsaw, bought in 1953! I also use thin plastic and even light plywood for the templates, basically anything that will last and is thin. I even have a few sheet metal ones made this way. To make the metal ones though, I sandwich the metal between 2 pieces of the wood I am using. It cuts slower and needs more wax than the wood or plastic ones do as you cut. Last picture is of the cub and the template. I hope this helps someone.

Ah, Canus Lupis as a family! Fantastic job. Looks straight out of Oregon too! I like it extremely well. I might have to do some on a little of my walnut like that! THANKS for the idea!

Cut from 3/4" unknown very hard wood. Measures 7" by 3". It can double as an ornament or even open that brown bottle special too. Fun to draw and fun to make. I also do thin material templates on a first run like this.

Very fine 1st effort! M<y first efforts fed the cook stove not quite 70 years ago now!

WOW! Looks great!

Looks great!

Very nicely done!

Nice work. Where did you get the picture of me from though? At least it was on my good day.

Mile high work! Great job.

Nice job-- looks very country!

Looks great.

Very neat regardless of the "meaning"! Nice job.

Trying again- for some reason, probably "pilot error" I am not getting the pictures to work. The pictures that did come up are the Alpaca, and the T-Rex, not the horse I was trying to show. IMG_2245.CR2 IMG_2246.CR2

Not sure about the pictures working, If they did not get where you can see them, please contact me, Thanks. Sorry these 2 had not worked somehow; probably "pilot error"!

I am a little late on this one. It was made 36+ years ago now for my oldest grandson's 1st birthday. Neighbor had given me the pattern. Made from purchased pine. Cut on one of the old tin-Dremels, that I had bought used! Strained the saw- cutting the rockers as a pair -- I remember a lot of sanding and filing away to get it even close to useable. The picture is after a factory rebuild in the 90's sometime. It had sat outside through a couple of CA rainy winters because of space for storage issues at the time. I now build much better rocking toys. Second picture is alpaca that i made about 2 years ago. I do have much better tools now and the difference shows on close examination. I might even be a little more skilled at cutting also. IMG_2246.CR2 IMG_2245.CR2 IMG_2245.CR2 IMG_2246.CR2

Made from scrap-maple (I think) and walnut. Identifying wood species is not my strong suit, sorry. One of my granddaughters likes cows. When I found out, I decided to make a cow phone holder as the modern young adults seem permanently attached to their phones. The design is by T & E designs after some internet image research. Cut on the King 21" --sorry, I do not know the blade #. I do know it is an Olsen blade though. The walnut base is from some tree parts I had bought and then slabbed out on a bandsaw. The face was freehand burned in with a pen type wood burner. Then finished with about 4 coats of marine varnish, because I had it open. I actually I only drew 1/2 of the pattern as I had folded it over to the middle. I then cut it out with a scissor and used a red pen to mark it on my wood. I use red pen all the time as it makes it much easier to see the blade as I cut. It is 6-1/2 inches tall 4-1/2 wide and 4 deep. I also put felt feet on the bottom so it will not scratch. I am anxious to see how she likes it.