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Beautiful work on them and I am sure they will be appreciated. Very thoughtful gifts.

Nice work. Those are on my so,e day I’m going to give those toy cars a try list.

Both or more than worthy of bragging about. Enjoy your time with her. I’m sure she loved the project.

Welcome to the Village. I see you joined yesterday. Glad you found us. Quick search for the book on Amazon turns up a lot of used copies for sale there - many pretty cheap and some with free shipping - worth checking there too if you use Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Scroll-Fretwork-Patterns-Patrick-Spielman/dp/0806969989/ref=sr_1_2?crid=33L9N8WMKB2UR&keywords=Scroll+Saw+Fretwork+Patterns+by+Patrick+Spielman&qid=1676059681&sprefix=scroll+saw+fretwork+patterns+by+patrick+spielman%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-2

Beautiful piece and I am sure will be loved by your wife on Valentine's day.

I'm a book lover - I just can't stand the idea of cutting up my books so I haven't done it yet but have been tempted a time or two. I try my best to get a copy of the pattern from the book. Some books that is harder to do than others. Some books do a better job putting the pattern where the binding isn't as much of a problem in trying to get the copy. I don't recall one that I haven't been able to eventually get a clean copy from. I do have some older books that have that "comb" style binding that lets it lay flat or easy to remove from the binding and put back. One reason I asked for a light table one year for a gift was so that I could "trace" patterns or use it to align patterns where I had to join pieces. It's been a life saver a few times. I have learned to look well at my copies to make sure I got all the lines. If I missed a bit, its usually just a tad bit and like Barb, I will draw it in usually with the aid of my light table. Light table is much easier to do then holding it up to the glass window to trace! Usually once I get a copy of the pattern copied, I do scan it into my computer to keep especially if I want to make the pattern a different size. Much easier to scale on my computer and print it. Plus, I can make it have red lines which I much prefer to use for cutting then black. I will take the magazine apart to get the pattern inserts but I hate doing that too. Like Kevin noted, sometimes they are still not easily copied without making lots of different folds and angles. Sometimes the patterns have "pieces" that need to be aligned (which is where my light table is a tremendous help.) I usually close the magazine staples back up without putting the pattern insert back in place but leave it inside the magazine. The problem with that is you still risk it being lost. Like Don, I have purchased the SSWC magazines back issues on CDs so if it is from an old magazine, I can go there and try to get a print of the pattern. I still subscribe to the magazine, I would hate to lose it and usually it has a project or two that I am interested in. I too however wish that they could find a way to provide the patterns to download electronically. I have had others where you could do so - I understand why they don't want to - for couple of reasons - but I don't think any of them really keep people from getting a "shared" copy if they really want too. Since I started carving in the past few months - I have also been looking at FC's carving magazine, "Woodcarving Illustrated" I think it is. Interesting enough with it - you CAN BUY DIGITAL subscription BUT it costs the same as the printed copy subscription. You cannot get a "dual" subscription to both the digital and printed copy at a slightly reduced price if you get both so if you want both, you have to pay same price for both. PLUS, you still don't get the actual patterns in "digital" format - if you want an article and/or pattern printed out from the online version, you can only do so by doing a "screen capture" one page at a time! I sent them an email inquiring about all of that and their response was the company who does it says it can't be done. I told them like Ray - hogwash. I'm pretty technically savvy and have had other online magazines before that could - that their source needs to catch up with technology. So for all of those reasons - I have yet to subscribe to the carving magazine. I really want to subscribe - but I would like both the printed copy to keep but access to the digital version. Since they don't do that, I have not pulled the trigger on a subscription in either format. I left it to the subscription fairies over Christmas, put in on my Christmas list, but none of my fairies ordered it for me! So so far, I've not subscribed yet. So since they can do the Carving magazine in Digital format - we know they COULD do the scrolling one that way too but choose not to. I suspect that may be due to the number of subscribers and that Carving has more then scrolling and/or they do it with the Carving magazine first, to see how it worked out and didn't get enough so they figure not worth it for the scrolling - but all really just a guess!

I admit to being a bit of a procrastinator at times. Sometimes it’s in finishing a project. Sometimes it’s in taking photographs of the projects. Here are somethings I started on last year, and finally got painted and finished and photographed. I cut all of them out on my scroll saw. I then hand carved the pieces. Then painted them. Most of them are Christmas ornaments that may or may not have been completed in time to be given to my family as intended. Perhaps that just means I have them done for this year. The patterns for most if not all of these came from issues of the Woodcarving Illustrated magazine from Fox Chapel. If one is one someone is interested in, let me know and I can give more specifics on the designer and issue. One snowman is a Steve Good pattern he provided as segmentation pattern that a few on here have cut and shown previously. The books are based on a carving lesson video from Doug Linker on a YouTube. He shows carving books. I carved 3, stacked them to create an ornament for a book lover. The Iris flower is a Judy Gale Roberts Intarsia design. However, I wanted to attempt to carve it. This was only my fifth attempt at hand carving a project AND it was the first time I attempted to carve something that I was not following along with carving directions from an instructor, video, and their pattern. I had many issues with this piece. The biggest one was when I cut my pointer finger very badly and deeply while carving it. Fortunately, I didn’t do significant damage (like cut off my finger tip) but the tip of that finger still has some numbness and hypersensitivity but I am hopeful that it may still heal completely and that will go away. Nerve damage can take a long time to heal I know. It’s been about 6 months ago now I think. Time will tell. let’s just say it’s a good reminder to wear gloves and keep my fingers out of the way of the knifes and gouges. If my family ever needs a DNA sample, there is plenty from the blood that is on the pattern! The other is the framing on the iris, the wood is 100+ year old barn wood from a milking barn that was torn down on my husband’s family’s property. His parents bought the old farm land to build his family’s home more than 55 years ago. They tore down the main barn and some out buildings I believe. This particular out barn was left and was only torn down in the past 5-10 years or so and we kept a lot of that wood. These were actually scraps he had left when he built my son a watch box from it for Christmas. Sorry for the long winded explanation! But I like to explain things! Judy’s pattern for the Iris includes a frame it overlaps in several places and on three of the sides of the frame. I only overlapped in two places and on the same side. Judy’s pattern is a sett of 3 different flowers. Only time will tell if I attempt any of the others. You can find Judy’s pattern here on her website : https://intarsia.com/products/i-266-flower-fest-1?_pos=2&_sid=fac716d0f&_ss=r

@Scrappile Paul, glad to be of assistance. But sometimes I don’t find things. Always feel free to tag me or messsagge. Me if you need help locating something, I’ll do my best. I always like to. See links if we can provide so people can easily find and usually enough hints or info are provided that. Aid in a quick search. This one, I. Was pretty. Sure. I recognized as a Steve Good design even before Pete came back and provided that info. Just looked like Steve’s style.

What a great design and well executed Dan. Thanks for showing.

Steve Good shared last year about this time. He has others he has shared over the years as well. https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2022/02/dog-walk-station-scroll-saw-pattern.html

Congratulations to you both. Enjoy your new saw.

Another Tennessee welcome. Glad you were able to snag the Excalibur. Look forward to your participation here in the Village.

That looks great Paul and I am sure your grandson will love it. Kudos to him for being so thoughtful and loving to call and check on his grandparents. Sounds like he’s a wonderful young man.

Nice work Dick. Good to see you back visiting the Village. Good to keep busy too.

Is this the one you had from Steve? https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/12/dewalt-dw788-thumb-screw-upgrade.html A search for “thumb screw” on his blog gives a lot of articles he has done in regards to different ones, easier methods to try, etc. so may be worth a perusal through to get some other possible ideas or sources of different types of knobs to use. one idea he shared was switching to a round thumb screw offered by Seyco: https://www.seyco.com/qkm-05-round-knob-assembly-metric/ Also an old video he did on different ways to make more comfortable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCFMK4n5nE This is just a few things he has shared over the years.

@Travis I think you were looking for some of these

Yes, I am in the Knoxville area. The lady of who, you speak is considered to be one of the most prominent Intarsia experts around. Her name is Judy Gale Roberts and you can find her in Seymour,TN which is just a small area between Knoxville and Sevierville. I have had the pleasure of taking several of her classes since I started on the saw back almost seven years ago. I started with Intarsia and her class right after I lost my mom. It was great means of helping me deal with the loss. (I had already lost my dad many years before.) Since I leave so close, I would drive over each day. It’s only about 30 minutes or so from my house. She used to do 3 levels of classes, beginners, intermediate, and advanced but has such a long waiting list that she is trying to focus on the beginner classes and has eliminated the advanced classes. She only does a few classes each year and they fill up quickly so if you really are interested, I would recommend you call and get on her waiting list as it could be a while. I know her 2023 classes are full. You can find her website here: https://intarsia.com Even if you aren’t ready to take her class, or can’t get in for a bit, but are in the area, it’s a treat to stop in at her shop and see all of her work on display. pits been a while since I did any Intarsia as I kept expanding my scrolling thanks to everyone here in the avillage over the years. I need to get back to it and finish a few pieces I’ve had sitting around now for awhile.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Glad Travis was able to easily do the dark mode for you, I’m sure others may find it helpful as well. We look forward to your participation. Lots of kind folks here in the Village, so don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Iggy, glad to see you back. Sorry to hear of your wife’s health struggles but wonderful news that she has fully recovered and back to 100%. I’m sorry it lead to you guys having to leave the beach area, I know you loved it there but glad you are closer to family. I hope you got a good shop space and look forward to seeing and hearing more about your new ventures.

Looking good. Look forward to seeing it completed. Glad you decided to go with the maple, I think it’s a good choice with the walnut. They complement each other and I feel they are both high quality wood choices. Make sure you are keeping patterns and copious notes.

Amazing work Dave.

I’m glad you keep making more, and giving them away to veterans you meet. Thank you to you and all the veterans who have served our country and those who have served throughout the world.

Maybe @Denny Knappen can give some good insight on the Pegas. I can’t. the one time I tried to do one of these type of bowls, I was using my Dewalt. You could not tilt the head, you had to tilt the table. I hade a really hard time trying to cut with the table tilted. That bowl became firewood as best as I can remember. That was fairly early in my scrolling, and I haven’t tried again, even with my saws that I have now that tilts the head versus the table. I’ll try again one day, so I’ll be interested in seeing what you learn.

Congratulations and sounds like you have a great friend. I look forward to seeing what you create from this treasure trove.

Just remember, they are still younger, faster, and quicker to reload.