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Nice work indeed and I can see why the shop owner would be pleased. Thanks for showing.

I agree with skim. Beautiful job. Thanks for showing.

Hi Brandon and welcome to the Village. Glad to have you joining in. Once you learn the basics of cutting on a pattern line, don’t be afraid to find some basic Intarsia patterns and give it a go. Judy Gale Roberts is one of the preeminent Intarsia Artist. She has a lot of good information and some free patterns on her website. You can find it here: https://intarsia.com/ Make sure you checkout her articles as well. Kathy Wise is another one, you can find some additional info, and a few free pattern on her site here: https://store7626357.ecwid.com/?redirect=false#!/FREE-PATTERNS/c/31408046 Both Judy and Kathy have great books on learning Intarsia as well. https://www.amazon.com/Judy-Gale-Roberts/e/B000APDNFY?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_6&qid=1568580479&sr=1-6 and https://www.amazon.com/Kathy-Wise/e/B001JS37BQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1568580479&sr=1-1 then Bruce Worthington has a great tutorial with a Teddy Bear on his site here: http://intarsia.net/ and he makes great patterns found here: http://intarsia.hostcentric.com/home/homepage/ Plenty of others, but that should get you started with some of the best. Another source is the Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts Magazine. It is great for beginners and has lots of ideas and patterns each issue, including Intarsia. You can find some free patterns on their site here: https://scrollsawer.com/ and their free Scroll Saw patterns (not just Intarsia) here: https://scrollsawer.com/category/patterns/ And, finally, if you are not familiar with Steve Good and his blog, it is well worth a perusing at your leisure. He posts a free scroll saw pattern almost daily and often gives good reviews and information. It is worth looking back through his site as time permits to glean the knowledge he has shared. You can find it here: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/

Nice work Dick. Great you got some good quality time in your shop.

Great looking piece Marge. Painting and all. Thanks for showing.

Beautiful job. Thanks for showing.

Beautiful job and I know your granddaughter will love this special gift. Thanks for showing.

Beautiful job. I am sure your mother loved it. I am sorry for your loss. I lost my mom a little over 3 years ago before I found working with the Scroll Saw. As a matter of fact, working with the Saw is what helped me deal with my loss. I know she would have loved ,y work though. She was a crafty person herself, I pray that you can find comfort and solace in the great memories you have of your mother.

Nice work Kevin. One happy child no doubt.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee and the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Glad you have joined us. Everybody starts somewhere, and if you want it to be a clock then that is it. As I have learned from my fellow scrollers here, it’s just one hole at a time. look forward to your participation.

What kind of work do you enjoy doing? What kind of projects would you like to do? Have you ever wanted to create bandsaw boxes? Given your space limitations, you would need a small bandsaw so they would be smaller boxes. If I had money I have to spend or lose, I would definitely be adding something to the shop most likely. An Apple Watch - thst depends on a lot of things that And how important they are to you. Assuming you have an Apple Phone, how much do you use your phone? What would you want the watch for? I have one. I have had one since the first one. I got it mainly because first and foremost, I am a tech junkie. I confess. I like mine. With it, I can see who is calling or texting before I go hunt down my phone (or chose not to ). I don’t keep my phone in my hand or pocket so I like that I can look at it and I can answer from it if need be. I can also reply from it to texts. My family is happier because I now know when they are calling. I also use it for the health tracking info. However, if that is primary desire, a Fitbit can do a lot of that now and is cheaper. If I was told I could only have my small bandsaw or my watch - it would be a close call, but the band saw might win. Hubby has a planer and a jointer and does most of the work with those. I do use the planer some, but would pick the bandsaw over it probably, I leave the jointer work to hubby so cannot comment on it. I will leave the planer and jointer pros and cons to the real experts on here. good luck in your decision. Always good to have to buy something.

But Elephants don’t forget and good you didn’t either. I am sure she loved it and you earned quite a few brownie points. Thanks for showing.

Beautiful job Ike and how thoughtful of you to give it to your thanks for help they offer to you and your wife. I a, sure they were thrilled to receive it. Thanks for showing.

Excellent work by both you Dave and a Jim on his wine boxes but then, I always expect that when I see either of your posts and the beautiful inlay work. One day I hope to give it a try. Thanks to both of you for sharing your photos.

Very nice. Would make great ornaments after used as a gift tag. Thanks for showing.

Nice work. Great job on cutting and painting, thank you for showing.

Beautiful project. Thanks for showing.

Again, welcome and glad to see you posting more of your work. It is very nice and I am sure your son loves it. How old is your son? Is he your only child? They grow up fast. Mine are soon to be 23 and 24. You are right, here In the Village we do travel the world with all of our “family” members we have from around the globe. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Beautiful as always Denny. Where do you get your red cedar from?

Nice work. Welcome to the village, thanks for showing.

Another Tennessee welcome. Glad you have joined us here in the village. Nice work on your projects. Look forward to your participation.

As Matt noted, the OnLine blades are sold by both JGR through her studio and website found here: https://intarsia.com/collections/scroll-saw-blades or at Seyco’s site found here: https://www.seyco.com/blades/ (Seyco also sells Olsen blades.) JGR sells them by the dozen or a gross and you can mix and match sizes to get the gross. I think you may also be able to mix and match the Gold, Platinum, TLB, but not positive on that one. (you can reach out to Stacey her office manager who does the orders usually and ask.) They have a toll free number you can call. Looks like Seyco will let you mix but have to stay in same “group” like all Gold, all Platinum, etc. One note, While JGR pretty much strictly does Intarsia, I have used these blades for all kinds of Scroll Saw cutting, not just Intarsia so they do work well for other things. However, like JGR notes on her FAQ section in the Blades discussion - “The kind and size of scroll saw blades can vary from one user to the next. What works for me here in the studio may not work as well for you on your saw. I have a certain “feel” that I like when sawing and that can be different than what you like.” I checked my packaging on my blades and on both of their sites and it does not identify them as anything but Online blades so I do not know who manufactures them for them. On Judy’s site, if you click on each blade type, it gives you some different charts that show the blade width, thickness, TPI, etc. for each size. She also shows recommended blade size for different Wood types based on 1” thick. In her FAQ section, she has the following info. that explains the different types of blades and what woods best used for: (found here - scroll down a little to blade discussion) https://intarsia.com/pages/faq

We have used the wine several times and always seem to have good results. As noted, put plenty of the colored adhesive down and then oversaturate the flocking so that yo can not see anything but flocking.

Thanks for giving your insight. I think blade likes and dislikes are as you say, what we get used to. I have tried Flying Dutchmen after so many here speak sohighly of them. However, I have not liked them all that much. I have also tried the Pegasus MG ones and like those ok. I have also tried others. However, my favorites tend to be the OnLine ones from JGR. However, that may be because those are the ones I learned to use first after taking a class early from JGR and then continued to use as my primary blade.

First, great job. Looks nice, and is readable even with the “middles” missing. I have seen some designs where this was done like this on purpose. It’s called “creative license.” So, you can give and use as is, or you can take your original pattern and add in some bridges so the insides of the letters stay when cut the next time. You just need to decide where you want those bridges located.