MTCowpoke22

I've had this saw for close to 15 years now. For the most part it's been great, but it is starting to wear out. It's really been a good quality starter saw, although I'd love to find something with a bigger reach next. It came with a dust blower, which I removed immediately as I can stand having it in the way of my vision or mobility.

Wonderful piece. Great job!

Welcome!

Welcome!

My wife’s coworkers asked if I could make a fairwell gift for their superintendent, who is moving on. I made up one of my large Montana signs with intertwining hearts over this part of the state. The hearts represent the two children she lost in a tragic boating accident a few years ago. Lime green and hot pink were their favorite colors. It was very well received. The pattern was clipart I found online.

Great job!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Well, my daughter wasn’t much help this year, so I made this for her mom. Steve Goode pattern. Hope mom likes it.

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Welcome. Looking forward to seeing your work.

Wow. Love it. Great job on a great picture.

Beautiful Work!

Welcome from Montana!

Awesome!

They both look good. Nice job.

Looks good. I've read about doing that, but never tried it myself. Good to know it actually works!

Beautiful work!!! Glad your little one to be has been more forgiving of your schedule. I was in the middle of refinishing my family's old cradle when Claire showed up 4 weeks early!

I got started in my high school woods class. I had an amazing teacher who used to tinker with all things wood and metal (even ended inventing his own process for what he called Metarsia). He had our Woods 1 class each do an intarsia. I'm pretty sure he had us blow up pictures out of the Scroller magazine because he wasn't going to blow his budget on patterns. I continued through his woods classes, learning other types of woodworking as well. By my senior year, he had me design my own intarsia pattern. Fast forward a few years to college, I realized I could save a little time and money by making friends and family gifts, and crafting things to donate to the various fundraisers for the clubs I was in. So I got my very first Delta SS200 scroll saw and started work in my bedroom. I started looking into other types of scrolling from magazines and kept at it. Finally out of college, I really started to play around with fretwork during my nights and evenings with a shop set up in my basement. I started running out of space for the projects I hadn't given away or donated. So, I started asking local bar owners to display pieces for sale. It helped create conversations at the bars, but did nothing for sales. After I moved on from that job and house, my shop went into storage for a few years. I finally got it out again about 3-4 years ago, and with my wife's encouragement, have been going like gangbusters. That was about the time I found the Village. Since then, I've been selling at craft shows and getting my name out in the community. About a year ago, I finally retired the old Delta and replaced it with a Jet. I still do some intarsia, but also do quite a bit of fretwork and word art. I've also branched out into turning and some furniture making. I really enjoy watching a chunk of wood turn into something. Hoping to some day be able to expand and build a bigger shop for all the tools I've acquired over the years, and keep developing my abilities. I do all sorts of different woodworking, but scrolling is definitely still my favorite.

Welcome to the Village. Good looking stuff. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Wonderful work Kevin!

Looks amazing. Great job!

Great job. They all look great!

Welcome from Montana!

Looks great. Well Done!