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Cool!

This was a request from my wife as a gift for a friend. Pattern by Judy Petterson from the Spring 2005 issue of Scroll Saw Work Shop, now Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts. Also available. In her book Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Puzzles. Cut from a nice piece of 7/8" Cherry. Soaked in 50/50 boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits to bring out the color and grain. Then when dry, a few coats of Deft semi gloss spray lacquer. I cut two, one for stock for next years shows. Forgot to mention, I used FD UR #3 blades.

I try to do an ornament exchange with someone each year, although I haven't for the past two years. This year when I meet Marg on her and Terry's holiday, we agreed on an exchange. I received these this past week! I love all three! I set up a small tree each year decorated with all my "Exchange" ornaments". I will post a picture when I set it up. These will be a great addition to my tree!

Yup, I have one too.

Very nice indeed!

I like it Kris, I love trains too!

Nice work frank! It's good to hear from you. Feliz Navidad!

Looking good Edward!

Moose, Moose and more Moose! Nice work Todd!

Very nice Tony, nice to have you back!

Nice work Dan!

Nice work Kevin! A change of pace for you!

Welcome to the Village Bill! I don't think there is anything more to add except to keep a high tension on your blade. You want to hear a high "ping" when you pluck the blade. If it goes "plunk", it's way too low.

Welcome back Tony!

I'm with Rolf on this. I tried FD SR 2/0 blades and could no control them. I tried everything from saw speed to feed rate and nothing worked fo me. When I use 2/0 blades it's Olson 2/0 r blades for me. I see that Flying Dutchman now has 2/0 in Ultra Reverse which they haven't before. Next time I order FD blades I will try some.

When I started using square, my sales increased by 50%. My last two shows were about 75% of sales. At only 2.75%. It's a small price to pay for the added sales!

tLarry's always been a star here at the Village!

I tried to find it on the wed site but didn't find anything.

Brian, yes, it's square's register. You also have a dashboard where you can find daily, weekly and yearly reports.

Well congratulations Larry! I'll look it up latter, I hope they got some good footage!

Nice haul Edward and a nice display!

I've been using square for several years now without any problems. I use my iPad with a hotspot. I use the iPad just like a register, I enter every sale, cash or credit. That way I I keep track of everything including my starting drawer. I even have a cash drawer. The larger screen of the iPad is easier to read for me and the customers. I can pull up reports at anytime to see how I'm doing, and at the end of the day it will tell me how I did and what should be in my cash drawer.

Don, you can't do that with the UR blades as they have two teeth pointing down and one up the whole lenght of the blade. You can't feel which is up or down.That is why they place the crimp on the top of the blade!

You are so right Dan! I always bring several completed projects to display. I try to bring a wide assortment of projects to show what can be done on a scroll saw.

It's a five hour class with a 1/2 hour break for lunch. I start with basics like the saw features and operation. Then blade selection, tension, saw speed and feed rate. We start cutting straight lines, curved lines, then lines with angled inside and outside turns, all in 3/4" pine.We then move on to heart shapes, and heart shapes with an inside cut. Then a Teddy Bear with three inside cuts. These easy shapes came from an old Patrick Spielman book. I no longer have that book, just cut out pages, so I can't tell you the name. I find using 3/4 pine easy to start with for begginer students and it's inexpensive. We then move on to a project in 1/2" hardwood. Usually wood that I have laying around in my shop. This class I had Cherry, Walnut, Mahopny and Sapele. It's a project with lots of inside and out lines and one inside cut. It's from the same book and they have the option to have an 1-3/8 hole drilled for a mini clock fit up. The final project is a Steve Good clock that has six inside cuts. I demonstrate each project and explain how to make each cut with lots of tips. Keeping the class down to 4 or 5 allows for individual attention to each student.