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He would have been smacked upside the head at that point! then I would have said fine, I’ll keep it and you can keep the paper version.

So tell us Marg @wombatie, (since this got bumped back up) what was his reaction when he saw it since you had always told him you would not cut it.

I just finished cutting out two of the three patterns for "Wizard Wands" that Al @baggetta had published in the Fall 2020, Issue 80 of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine. There are 3 patterns for wands in the magazine. Then there is a pattern and instructions for a "wand stand" on the magazine's website. I have not yet cut out the wand stand. Besides the 3 wands in the magazine, Al has several more patterns for sale in one pattern set on his Etsy site. I believe the patterns from the magazine are included in his set on his Etsy site and you get a total of 16 different wand patterns. I had already purchased his set from Etsy but haven't had a chance to cut any of those yet. Lots of HP wizarding fans in the family so I suspect more will be made and given as gifts. Al put a post up last week with information on the magazine article and a link to his Etsy shop. You can find that post with information here: https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/39244-magic-wand-scrollsaw-article/ and here is the bonus stand pattern on the magazine's website (I haven't cut any of those yet) : http://scrollsawer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/WEB-SSWC80-Wizard-Wand-Base-Patterns.pdf Thanks Al for creating these patterns. I am sure lots of wizards are going to be thrilled with them! (For those not sure - there is a "curve" created on the wand on the right. I didn't accidentally cut it crooked. )

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Look forward to seeing some of your projects.

My condolences. Ice work on your project and no doubt will be treasured .

Also, found this video by Steve Good where he cut some acrylic: (As a new scroller, if you are not familiar with Steve Good and his blog and Youtube channels - be sure to check them out here: Blog: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com and Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/sdgood/home) a quick search of Steve's blog for "acrylic" turned up several items worth checking out: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/search?q=acrylic )

Hi LauraBeth and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. I happened to be browsing for some other things today in some old magazines and ran across an article regarding working with Acrylic. The article was by Faye Benezue and is ironically enough entitled "Working with Acrylic". Unfortunately, the magazine it was in was "Creative Wodworks and Crafts" which is no longer in publication AND thus it is hard to track down back copies. I have a few a fellow scroller passed on. This particular article is in the June 2010 edition, no. 148, for anyone looking. I will give you a quick summary of information from the article. First, she notes that while the "big box" stores sell some acrylic, that in her opinion, the quality was not as good as some. Note, this was 10 years ago SO that could have changed. She preferred to get her acrylic from a glass store. She also noted that she had tried with acrylic pen blanks used by pen turners but had not been successful as it would become so hot it would melt back together. This sounds like what you experienced. She doesn't say so, but I suspect it would happen because it was thicker. She also noted that while you can get it in various thicknesses, that she preferred to work with 1/8" thickness for the best results when scrolling. She says she was able to cut any design that se could in wood and that small, intricate designs worked really well for her. She clearly said that cutting acrylic did not work well with stack cutting because the layers tendered to melt together and even if you could later pull them apart. You would need to do a lot of sanding. She also noted that if you did want to try to stack cut, she recommended that you put something between the layers like wax paper, thin paper, or thin scrap of wood. but that even if you did that, you would probably have some places where the acrylic melted it together. She preferred to adhere one sheet of acrylic to a piece of scrap wood to cut in order to have a firmer foundation and give it more thickness to cut beyond the 1/8" acrylic. She used double sided tape to secure the wood and acrylic together. She indicated she preferred to use Oh Line Premium blades - No. 5 for regular cuts and No. 2 for more detailed cuts but notes that these are what she likes, others may have others they prefer. She left the paper on both sides of the acrylic while cutting. She did say that "the most important thing to remember when cutting acrylic is to GO SLOWLY". She indicated that in her experience, it was best to slow the RPMs down and to keep the blade speed at about 2 or 3. "Take your time, letting the blade tell you when to advance. Don't hurry the blade, otherwise the blade will get too hot. If it gets hot, the acrylic will melt and fuse together behind the blade." She further noted that going to get can also leave a residue, similar to "fuzzies" like cutting wood. She said if you "smell" the acrylic getting hot, your are too too fast or the RPMs were too high. To add color, she would cut two of the same piece, then add a piece of thin colored paper (she liked to use origami paper) between the two and glue it all together. Hope that gives you some information to try again. I have not yet tried to cut anything in acrylic yet, but it's on the "to do someday" list. I will try to remember this information myself when I give it a try.

Beautiful and yes, I think great night lights. Thanks for showing and giving details on how you have found pattern ideas and make them.

Thanks for sharing Al. I got my magazine In the mail the first part of the week And just did a quick glance through and your compound cut wands were one of the things that caught my eye but haven’t had time to look at fully yet. However, with lots of HP fans in my family, was thinking would be great to try.

Beautiful work all around. Can you share where to get the pattern it’s self if you don’t mind. Thanks. Thinking would be nice gifts.

Ditto. Another awesome looking project you have crafted Dave. So you only used the scroll saw? Not a band saw at all?

Welcome to the Village from across the pond from the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains in East Tennessee. Enjoy your new toy, errrr, tool.

Nice work Kevin and great collaboration.

Nice work Don. I made similar. It it was with my bandsaw. Look forward to seeing the next ones you do.

Beautiful work Pete. I am sure they will be loved and appreciated.

Congratulations to you and your lovely bride Frank. Definitely an accomplishment. A great gift to commemorate with. We are youngins, as we will be celebrating 35 later this month.

Nice, looks very fragile.

Nice job. Great for the 4th.

Ice work and your friend will love them no doubt.

Another Tennessee welcome. Look forward to your participation.

What a beautiful horse. You did great in cutting it out.

Nice looking projects all around. I often tend not to take photos of my projects either I am afraid.

Your friend is going to love that Brenda!

Nice work Frank, I considered using a similar rose on my curved lid box. I could have only hoped it looked as good as yours.

Congratulations on your new saw. My hubby bought me one a few years ago now when they first came out for my joint birthday/mother's day gift that year, it was one of the first ones out and I have enjoyed using it and is my go to saw. Ray is great to have behind the saw for sure.