Old Joe

Incredible,Kris! Can I compensate you for this?

I am not proficient at making patterns, though I do go on the fly sometimes. I have a musician friend that is quite a character and would love to make a portrait from this picture. Any suggestions as to where to get help? Thanks for any help!

That’s some fine workmanship!

Love it, Denny! I might have to give this technique a try.

Frank PelIow, I don’t know if you will see this as I just saw your comment on my cutting the circle in glass. Long before I started scrolling I cut many, many stained glass projects, including Tiffany lamp reproductions, kaleidoscopes, and large and small flat panel projects. I sold, or gifted most of them, but these are a couple that I kept. Cutting a circle is not too difficult if you have the tools and techniques. I like tucking the glass in with the recessed cut with the scrollsaw, as I think it gives a tidy finished product.

Incidentally, if you live anywhere near Frederick, MD, their Frederick Lumber’s new location is almost the size of an aircraft hanger absolutely packed with wood from 1/8th of an inch to gigantic boards that weigh over a ton, both exotic and native species.

I was asked by Frederick Lumber Company to join some other woodworkers and a rep from Festool to do a demonstration with my scrollsaw yesterday. I have done this cutting of Willie Nelson a couple of times before. Though I cut and stained the backboard before the show, I cut all of the rest between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. while stopping and answering people’s questions. After cutting it all with 2 Pegas 0 spiraIs, I took it over to the Festool demo and used one of their palm sanders to remove the fuzzies on the back.I gotta say it was noticeably smoother to use with less vibration than the ones I have. A number of people asked if I would consider giving a class on scrolling. I’m considering it. (Pattern is Steve Good’s).

You are correct,they were the Highwaymen, but each were known as outlaws in the world of Nashville country music, as they didn’t abide by the rules, spoke or unspoken.

I just realized that I hadn’t put up the Willie Nelson I had done before.

I posted pics recently of Willie Nelson. Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. I got around to Kris Kristofferson thanks to a Dearing pattern. This one took a minute to cut.

These are all based on patterns I bought from Fiona Kingdon, with a few liberties taken and changes made for individual uses. The common denominator is that I did recessed cuts allowing the inner ring to slip forward 1/4” to allow the stained glass panels to fit enclosed behind the scroll work. The “Entwined Lovers” were all wedding/engagement presents.

I was clenched pretty tight.LOL!

Good job! I honestly think that learning to use and to have confidence using spirals was one of the most important steps I have done to advance my scrolling skill levels.

We might work out a barter. He has a surplus of some live edge slabs that he had mentioned that he would be interested in swapping.