Old Joe

I'm starting to think on getting a new saw. I know who I won't be buying from. Thanks.

Very nice!

I really like this. Great job!

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!

Slash, I feel like my stuff is but child’s play now.

Absolutely fantastic job in all phases!

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

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/

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.

Fantastic!

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!

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?

Nice work, Denny! I made quite a few baskets for Christmas presents. I filled them with scrolled ornaments, but I also was not sure what they were good for. My wife took two and filled then with potpourri. My beach loving next door neighbor filled hers with seashells. Just a couple of ideas. Here’s two with potpourri, one of Alex Fox’s and one of Steve Good’s.

Original! Very impressive but!

Love it, Alex!

I stack cut when I did the George Harrison and kept one for myself. I decided to add the OM symbol onto his shirt.I think it adds to the overall project.

Superb!

I did a review on the Dewalt DW788.Two weeks ago I tore mine down due to excess noise and vibration, repacked all of the bearings with synthetic grease and between that and converting to the Pegas clamps the saw now seems better than it was when it was new. If I were looking to buy a new saw I would want to learn more about the new Pegas that is advertised in Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts. Here is my review of the DW788: I have had my DW 788 for 3 years. I got it new for a good price complete with stand and standard light. It is an okay saw, but I have a few criticisms: For starters if you are a serious scroller you must add a foot controlled switch and a spring lifter. I feel these should be standard items. After I installed the foot switch the first thing I did was cover the factory switch with tape because if you don’t dust gets in it and the switch will fail prematurely. The light comes with an incandescent bulb that shorts out from vibration. Do yourself a favor and buy a LED fan type bulb. Next, the blade holders are awkward and the little tips that grip the blade don’t last very long before the blade starts slipping.Pegas makes great replacement clamps that are easier to deal with, but they are $75. Again, Dewalt should put them on standard. Now, this week the saw got very noisy. After watching a great video regarding this issue from a highly acclaimed scrollsaw repairman I have learned that the factory bearings are not the best, but worse yet, the grease used by the factory is a low quality grease that is just good enough to get a serious user through the warranty at best. So now I must tear the whole thing down, replace some of the bearings and repack the rest with synthetic grease. I am a serious scroller, and I scroll daily. I will rebuild the saw, and continue to use it. I do portraits with hundreds of cuts, and with the modifications I’ve made, and top quality blades, the Dewalt does a good job. It’s a huge step up from saws that sell for less than $200. But for the price, I don’t think one should have to put so much into it to make it really good.

I had no idea until you asked. Harrison seemed to have it on several album covers.I just said, “Sure” when asked if I could make the symbol. It seems that it is a very important symbolic part of the mantra of Hinduism . It is called an OM, or sometimes an AUM.

A cut above! Fantastic job!

Gotta watch out for the Kokopelli, as he’s known as a mischievous imp, and also a god of fertility. Unpredictable.

Oops. SeeBy George take 2.

I just finished these for a friend that is making a coffee table for his wife as a surprise. The “legs” will be wide boards on each end and he is going to frame these in with backboards. I had also made an OM symbol last week with African Paduck inlay and he wants that to inbed into the table top. The inlay came out pretty good, but finish sanding it was a messy job because the redness of the Paduck would bleed into the BB. Thank you Fish for the George Harrison pattern.

I made a lot of Christmas presents this year and thought I show a couple, and also one other project that I made this week.