bearwood.com has the pegsas blades. Charles Dearing did a review on FD and Pegsas convinced me to switch on spirals don't know about straight blades yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5g6tD7464o
Someone told me when I first started when cutting it is like driving a car the steering wheel is always moving and so is the wood when you push it through.
I vote for our own pattern makers. Those are all good but these are all in one place and very helpful to all. My hat's off to all you designers at scroll saw village!
I use windows resizer also. Make a folder for your resized pictures. Select all the pic's you want to resize then right click and hold move over to folder you created then release you will have the option to resize all of them to the new folder
Most of my projects are 8x10. I also get 8x10 peel and stick paper just makes it easier for me to print, stick it on, drill holes and cut. Comes off easily but a little pricey $22 for 50 sheets
I get some of my 1/8" ply online on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8-3mm-x-12-x-12-Baltic-Birch-Plywood-for-Laser-CNC-and-Scroll-Saw-40-pc/351972469846?hash=item51f331ac56:g:EKcAAOxyxnJR6A4O
I use inkscape also but I purchased a legal copy of Corel Draw 11 on ebay for $18 because it is stand alone unlike newer versions that want a monthly fee.