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  1. Old Joe
    I have a green eye of jealousy. I’m going to have to start selling some of the stuff I’ve got piling up.
  2. Old Joe
    Great job! Fiona's stuff isn't that easy to start with and to cut it out of Purple Heart was admirable and the end result is very impressive!. I did her Viking out of 1" Red Oak with a relief cut and it was challenging. I'm thinking of maybe doing one more inspired by her work, though not sure if I'll use another of her patterns.
  3. Old Joe
    I did the same thing a couple of months ago. I used synthetic grease. I also switched to Pegas blade clamps. The overall difference was dramatic. It was like I had a much finer piece of equipment.If I had known how much improvement the synthetic grease made I would’ve done it long ago. Dewalt picked a weird thing to cut corners on with the factory grease used.
  4. Old Joe
    Nice work, and congrats on your new saw. I would highly recommend upgrading to the Pegas blade clamps. The difference in ease of clamping, and even further reduction in vibration is a game changer.
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    Old Joe replied to bcdennis's topic in Bragging Rights

    Good One!
  6. Old Joe
    Thank you, everyone or your kind comments. I have decided to keep the glass. I actually was offered a pretty high price for it, though my wife isn’t sure that she wants to part with it yet.
  7. Old Joe
    Incredible!
  8. Old Joe
    Me neither, but she has inspired me to new ideas. I have concluded that we might doodle with a pencil. Fiona doodles with a scrollsaw blade.
  9. Old Joe
    I’ll put it in a window tomorrow. That glass is a very rich piece.
  10. Old Joe
    The pattern was purchased from Fiona Kingdon. Her forte is not pattern making as she doesn’t use patterns, nor does she draw them. She has 5 available on her site, but they are not like patterns that I have ever used before. I believe she adapts them from her completed work by photocopying the work itself. You must be careful as sometimes you can get left hanging with little or no bridging if you don’t plan your cuts carefully. I made changes along the way. The relief cut and glass backing was my feeble attempt to give it at least a little individuality. Funny you should offer the blue glass suggestion as I was/am betwixt and between blue, green or maybe a combo of them both with a blue sky and the green below the tree line. I felt that there was too much empty space to not fill the background.
  11. Old Joe
    This really tickles me, Tommydogs! Mrs. Kingdon has got us thinking, eh?
  12. Old Joe
    The first shot is just the wood. It is 1” thick Red Oak done with a relief cut around the perimeter. Today I cut a piece of stained glass and mounted it in back with the cartoon recessed in the relief area. I haven’t set everything permanent yet. Looking for critique from you all.
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  14. Old Joe
    I'm starting to think on getting a new saw. I know who I won't be buying from. Thanks.
  15. Old Joe
    Very nice!
  16. Old Joe
    I really like this. Great job!
  17. Old Joe
    She uses virtually no patterns whatsoever. She mainly just starts cutting,working with what the grain, knots, etc of each piece of wood gives her to work with. Doesn’t have much use for plywood, Baltic Birch or otherwise.As best I can tell she doesn’t use tape, either.Also she has found selling patterns to me more trouble than it’s worth and personally said on her FB page that using someone else’s pattern is akin to asking a painter for paint by numbers patterns. I’m so taken by her work, unique style, and attitude that I am ready to rethink where I’m going with scrolling. Being closer to 70 than 60 Ithought I’d seen most of what was worth seeing. Wrong again!
  18. Old Joe
    Slash, I feel like my stuff is but child’s play now.
  19. Old Joe
    Absolutely fantastic job in all phases!
  20. Old Joe
    I was truly stunned when I saw her work. And the more I looked into her, the more I kept coming across. Truly world class! She also has a great Facebook page that is an open site: Fiona Kingdon-Artist In Wood
  21. Old Joe
    I am sure some of you have seen Fiona Kingdon’s work, but I never had until a couple of days ago. The detail, the extensive collection, the artistry, just all of it blew me away. Personally, her work is my favorite scrollsaw style that I have ever come across! If you’ve never seen her unique work, check this site out: https://www.fionakingdon.com/
  22. Old Joe
    Great job, Hermit! I really like that pattern. I find completed patterns of Alex's to be as rewarding as anything I do from somebody else's design. I only wish I had the talent and knowledge to design my own.I also cut the one Alex showed above, and like Alex, I used all flat scroll reverse blades.
  23. Old Joe
    Fantastic!
  24. Old Joe
    Though beautiful, I have found Alex’s baskets to be a bit fragile to make out of solid wood. Or at least I haven’t found the perfect wood yet. Even high quality BB plywood is a bit fragile. By the way, Steve Good lasered the Lords Prayer around the top on one those baskets of his!
  25. Old Joe
    Being a native Marylander I had to make this when I saw it in the Fall 2018 SSW&C Magazine. I tortured myself by using a piece of true 3/4” Purple Heart that I had around. That is not the easiest wood to scroll, especially when it’s that thick.Hard on blades! I just finished cutting it, now comes more “fun” with a lot of hand sanding. Got Old Bay?
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