meflick

Welcome from one newbie forum member to another. Unlike you however, I am relatively new to the scrollsaw. Looking forward to seeing your work.

Welcome. I am new myself, both to the forum and the scroll saw so we can learn together!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I look forward to learning more from everyone here and sharing where and when I can. We just returned home from an Alaskan Cruise with our kiddos. It was lovely, had a great time but was ready to get home and back to my scrollsaw and sander. LOL I will as soon as the piles of laundry are done. I will also try to get some pics of what I have been working on up soon as well. Denny, I will have to try and get down and visit your shop at some point. I will probably have to wait until my kiddos return to college maybe. I have a son who will be starting his 2nd year out of state at UGA (hard on me since I am a die hard TN Vol fan LOL). Then I have a daughter who will be starting her 3rd year at a somewhat local DIII liberal arts college where she also plays on their volleyball team. He will leave to go back first week in August and she will move in and start VB the 3rd week. I look forward to getting to know everyone and learning from all of you.

Wanted to introduce myself after "browsing" around for a bit. My name is Melanie. I live in the Knoxville, TN area. I am a newbie here on the forum and to the scroll saw although I bought my scroll saw a number of years ago (Dewalt 788 Type 1) when my children were young. Not much time then and I put it away. They are now in college and I have more time to learn and play (and more patience as well). I am just now getting back to learning it. At the present, I am primarily interested in Intarsia work and recently took a beginner class with Judy Gale Roberts. I was fortunate to meet several nice scrollers there including at least one fellow forum member from here, Scott, aka NC Scroller. I have a lot to learn and I appreciate all that everyone shares here, on other forums, blogs, etc. while many seem to indicate Intarsia is intimidating to them, all that "intricate" small detail work done by many with fretwork, inside cuts requiring all the holes to be drilled, etc. is what I find more intimidating. LOL I have done a few small intarsia pieces and will try to share soon. They are beginner pieces for sure but I hope to learn and grow my skill with time and patience. (patience is the hard part for me I am afraid.) I had cut several pieces out to practice my line cutting as I was having to wait on my husband to help me get my flexible drum sander and such setup for proper use to "finish" them. We finally got it setup so I can start doing all my sanding. He is a hobby wood worker himself (primarily furniture type work but his latest venture is into "turning"). That means I am now "sharing" his workshop and some of his tools. He "seems" okay with it! LOL Thanks. I look forward to learning and sharing here.

Besides the jazz band one that bronx referenced above on Steve Good's blog, Steve has several with a "music" theme. You can enter "music" as search term and find many of them. While not jazz specific, several could be used or modified for use. Here are links to a couple I like. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/04/smart-phone-stand-scroll-saw-pattern.html This one has a "blank" background to stand as well so you could add more specific designs related to theme. I was going to make one with just the music notes by eliminating the guitar "sides" on his design. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2014/07/love-music-scroll-saw-pattern.html http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/05/music-is-my-happy-place-scroll-saw.html I look forward to seeing what you decide on trying out.