EarltheScroller

I love scroll sawing and do a lot of it. But I also have another craft/art that I love and that's pine needle basketry. Being we are now traveling around CO and northern AZ with our trailer to escape the brutal heat outside Tucson, I thought I would post this basket. Made from long leaf pine needles with embellishments... This basket took a heck of a lot longer time than most scroll saw work that I do, but I do love doing it.

I use to do those. Agree with the 3/16" blade. I do straight cuts just like the scroll saw--feeding very slowly so I almost anticipate when it is going to go off the line and make the adjustment before it does so. My saw was never accurate enough do use a resaw fence, so just fed slowly and "steered" the wood constantly to keep it exactly on the line. Nice box. I would sure be happy with it.

We're RVing right now...and was setting up the trailer in the rain. Hurrying along I put the jacks down with the DeWalt like I always do. Makes fast work. But not paying attention, I'm leaning over the drill, the jack hits the ground, I'm not holding the drill solidly, the drill spins out of my hand and the 18 v battery part flies into my face! Not real smart. In fact, really dumb! Thats what 76 years of wisdom gets me. LOL

That looks like a great stand. It should work well. I have casters on my stand and got the locking ones but have found I don't need to lock them. The stand just sits there no matter how fast I run the saw.

The American Woodworker is a PBS show. Do any of watch it? Husband and wife team and they did scrolling like I've never seen before. I have looked all over for books or patterns like they did and can find nothing. First he cut out a tree life from a large board. First he designated what he wanted to be foreground, put the saw on a 2* angle and cut out the trunk and some of the branches counter clockwise. The angle allowed him to push those pieces towards the front of the board but they wouldn't pop out, giving him a raised area. Then he cut more of those sections clockwise which allowed those piece to push toward the back but not pop out. Finally he cut other piece at 0* which came out completely leaving a void. The result was a 3-D effect. Then she cut her tree of life out of four layers of 1/2" wood. The first layer was the foreground, the second layer the middle ground and finally a third layer that was the background. So the tree was in 3-D with branches of leaves in each layer. Finally she painted a sort o abstract sky and ground on the fourth backer board, stacked all four layers and had a stunning 3-D tree. Have any of you see these techniques? You can watch the show on your computer here: http://video.wbgu.org/video/2365634080/

If I lived in LA and they were willing to pay me, then maybe so... Volunteer, no way!

Nice job. What will you do with them?

2.5 hours...that's slow? You are a lot faster than me and I've been at it for many years. LOL Hope we see the finished products.

You have been busy. Nice job and everybody will love the gifts.

Great job.

Love it. Nice job.

Have to admit this was my first reaction. Spar varnish is going to be fine but Baltic Birch is not great. I built a small lighthouse to be displayed outside in the hot AZ sun. It's painted so all the edges are will protected and after three years it is literally falling apart. I would use only solid wood or maybe marine plywood if the owner is willing to keep refinishing like an avid boater will do.

Great job.

Beautiful job. Love the painting.

Thanks, all. I do appreciate all the comments.

!!!!!! Great story.

I agree that Spring shows are tough. I did my first one this year and it was not great. I share a table with a potter and she didn't sell one item! So glad you and your wife came out OK.

I made this sometime ago but thought I would share it as it is one of things I'm quite proud of. The scene is cut from basswood on the scroll saw, then carved and sanded to around 400 then glued to a slab of Walnut.

Guess I married the right woman. I hate to admit it (and I won't let her know I posted this) but we regularly watch Jeopardy and she beats the socks off me. So maybe she will keep me from sinking into dementia...

I bought the knobs from George North that Steve Good recommended and they are great. bygeorge28@comcast.net $15 each so not cheap but worth the price. I don't know how to transfer the pictures over to this thread but you can find them here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/17373-knobs/

I used to love making bowls with that on the lathe. I'm sure you can come up with some great projects with that beautiful wood.

Thanks all. As soon as I get the new wood, I'll be sawing away.

Frank Pellow recently shared his seasonal plaques, designed by Landry. I loved them and like his blue background instead of Landry's brown. I didn't like the wood I used so ordered some Baltic plywood to do the rest. Here's the first one for Spring.

Wonderful series. I just ordered them to make and put on our front door. Hope mine look half as good as yours. I hope to incorporate some of your ideas.

I don't see Tracfone as throw away, at all. I've had one for years and use it daily--it has never failed me. I buy a year at a time for $99. with double minutes. I have never run out. While I use it often it is always short phone calls 'cause I'm not a big talker. That's less than $10 a month...can't be beat.