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Technically, these are "bandsaw boxes" BUT the handles were cut on my scroll saw. While we already had an 18" floor model bandsaw (well hubby did) in the shop, he got me a smaller 10" tabletop Rikon bandsaw for Christmas. I like it for most of my needs and it is easy enough for me to change out the blades on it as needed. He also built me a stand to put it on. (Yes, he's a keeper. ) I had been wanting to try to make some bandsaw boxes for quite a while (probably after several were shared here in the Village no doubt.) This gave me the perfect opportunity to try some. The patterns are from a book I purchased, "The New Bandsaw Box Book - Techniques and Patterns for the Modern Woodworker" by David Picciuto. I have made the first two boxes from the book. The first one is aptly called the "Tennessee" box, the state in which I live. I would say that the design - very roughly sort of looks like the outline of the state (but not really. ) The second one is the "St Louis" Box inspired by the "gateway arches." I used scraps we had in the shop since these were my first attempts. Thus the "walnut" in the middle of the St Louis Box does not match up as he has in the book. I had two scraps of walnut, one was dark and one was not. I did flock the inside of each piece and the inside of the drawer with a navy blue flock. I enjoyed making these and plan to try some more. Thanks for looking.

Nice job Ralph. Looks great. I liked the idea of it, but not the time it would take so haven’t tried it. Not sure if I did. If I would make a second one either. Thanks for showing.

Nice work Dick and I can see why your wife would be happy. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Everyone. Thanks Charlie for the tip on the powder post beetle holes. I think hubby treated the wood but will make sure. Dick, heppnerguy - have posted quite a few pieces of some of my work here - what I have posted can all be found in my gallery here as well. Perhaps you missed some of them while you have been on and off the boards more since moving to Arizona. I don't scroll everyday, should do more then I do, but lots of things get in my way still. I need to make a better effort as I enjoy the time I do. I also have other hobbies I enjoy as well so I split my free time with that as well. Then, even though my kids are older and in college and grad school, they still seem to take up some of my time. Especially when they come home for the holidays. Then I have a 91 year old FIL who lives nearby. I do have some intarsia pieces that I need to finish sanding. Problem is, since joining the Village, I have ventured off into other new areas of work that I want to try. I have some bandsaw boxes I have just completed with flocking yesterday for example. Need to go knock off the excess flock and get some pictures and share. The "handles" were cut on the scroll saw so I think I can share here. Maybe if I slept less, I could get more done. Unfortunately, I am one of those people who need my sleep.

I to am "retired" but my husband not yet He hates to ruin his weekends as well.

Beautiful job. I hadn't thought of cutting it on Purple Heart but it looks amazing. However, you are correct it is a very hard wood, and as a result, you will go through a lot of blades. In this instance it paid off though. Thanks for sharing. That is one of my all time favorite hymns, and I have that pattern to try one day. I hope mine turns out half as good as yours seems to.

Sorry, I don’t have a Jet and cannot help answer your question. However, there are a few people here who I think do use a Jet. I was going to suggest that you might edit your post to add Jet Saw to your title so someone with a Jet would see it was a question specific to the Jet saw. Good luck. I know Carole Rothman has the Jet saw but she does not frequent this forum to my knowledge. She is on the magazine’s forum some though, so if you want to reach out to her, you might try that forum as well if you have not.

Nice work Paul, but now, where is the sister? Wifes?

There is also a free one on the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine's site here: https://scrollsawer.com/2016/07/10/lighthouse-silhouette/ It was one of the earlier things I tried outside of Intarsia and gave to my husband. It might fit your needs. While on their site, check out the other free projects and patterns they make available on the web site: https://scrollsawer.com/category/patterns/ - These are in addition to what you get in the magazine its self usually.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your kind comments.

Too cute! the toys, but the great grandson as well. you will be needing to make a bunch of toys and cars now! Thanks for sharing.

Technically, I think this may be my second for the New Year, but the other one was one that spread its self out over about 3 years! LOL Anyway, I had asked for help, information and tips on cutting thin lettering in this thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32260-how-would-you-start-cutting-this-pattern/ and received lots for which I am thankful. I finally cut it out and have added it to my gallery and to the sub-forum bragging rights found here:

About two weeks ago, i asked in the General Scrolling sub-forum for advice/info/help on cutting delicate, thin lettering patterns, wood choices, blades, etc. That thread with its great advice, helpful tips and more can be found here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32260-how-would-you-start-cutting-this-pattern/ - There were quite a few of you who offered helpful advice, encouragement, tips, and information to help me in trying the pattern in question. It was a free file created by Keith Fenton at Sheila Landry Designs site and can be found here for anyone interested in it: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/free-pattern I took on the challenge to cut it and decided to try it first with 1/8" baltic burch plywood (some 12" x 12" sheets purchased from Michael's). Since I was cutting thinner sheets, I also stack cut it and cut three of them out at one time. This was probably my first time in truly stack cutting something (or at least one i did successfully.) I think I used a #3 MG blade for the thinner lettering and a #5 UR for the bigger letting and the outside cuts. I slowed down my saw, took my time, and took breaks from day to day so I did not cut it all out in one setting. It is not perfect, but it looks good enough that I plan to finish them and keep one for myself and give the other two probably to my children for Christmas gifts. I am presently trying to decide how I want to finish them. The plan calls for a smaller backer behind. I am thinking of cutting a backer bigger then they are from maybe barn wood from a 100+ old small barn torn down on my inlaws property last year by my husband and my son. Some of the wood we salvaged still has old red paint on it so am thinking of using some of it. Figured it would give "Home for the Holidays" special meaning with that wood for my kiddos. Still trying to decide so not finished. Will share picture when I do. However, I wanted to go ahead and show my cutting and say thanks to all of you who took the time to give me help and advice in that thread. Can't say that I will be out hunting down thin lettering projects to do regularly, but I don't think I am quite as afraid of them now. Thank you all.

@don in brooklin on Don - one thing I have discovered in looking around is that the "cog" or the "center wheel" that is designed to hold the napkins is not a single circle with the tabs but is instead two half circles with tabs to insert into the middle of the body. You can see here in this video how they are doing that part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl8_rm-uWVY

Brenda - first and foremost, I hope you get to feeling better soon. Second, did they share with you printed details or information on "how" to work with their SVG file in Inkscape and you just didn't understand what they were telling you? If so, can you share what they told you? I don't want you to share the file its self, just the information that they shared on how to work with their files before they sent you the PDF. I was thinking yesterday, since they are sharing multiple file formats already, they should add in a PDF file as well. I look forward to seeing what you create with this file. I am hoping some of us can figure this out and come up with some new designs perhaps.

Just because a pattern for sale says it is a “laser pattern,” it does not mean that it is not useable as a scroll saw pattern. Usually, most of these types of patterns are pretty interchangeable. Usually if it is labeled as a "laser" pattern it usually just means it was done by a person who primarily or only uses a laser for cutting and thus they label it a “laser” pattern. However, it can still usually be used by someone with a scroll saw, a CNC, etc. The same is true for “scroll saw” patterns. While labeled as a “scroll saw” pattern, it could be used by someone using a laser for cutting. For example, if you follow Steve Good’s blog, you have probably seen where he has noted that he has started getting a lot of laser users who download and use his “scroll saw” patterns. In this instance, the site innar20 provided for finding a pattern to purchase notes that they are selling a digital download vector file that contains multiple file formats. Those formats include, AI (Adobe Illustrator), EPS (Encapsulated Postscript,) CDR (Corel Draw,) SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphic) (which can be used by many drawing programs including, AI, Corel, and Inkscape to name just a few) and finally, DXF (Drawing eXchange Format) which is used by a lot of AutoCad programs. So, you would simply need a program that used one of those formats. Since Inkscape is free and creates and uses SVG files by default, you can purchase and open the SVG file in Inkscape if you didn’t have a program that used any of the other formats. One note, if you did buy the design, you would want to note the depth of the wood used for the pattern and modify as needed if you were using different size/depth of wood. Innar20 is not a criminal because all he has shared was the information on where to find the file its self. The seller would be happy about that because it will lead to more sales perhaps. What the “cannot do” statement says is that you cannot share the file its self in any shape or form, for money or no money. Someone could however figure out how the skirt part worked and then create and share or sell their own totally different pattern if they wanted. So, if you really want a pattern to work with, you can buy the one Innar20 linked to, or find another one that is downloadable in a format that you can open with a program on your computer. Once you figure out the “skirt,” you can then create your own patterns if desired.

Great looking work Jeff. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work Kevin, but I don’t see any ornaments there.

Steve Good has shared a pattern for a clamp to use with compound cutting. You can find it on his blog here along with a video: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/07/scroll-saw-compound-cut-clamp.html the others have given great advice above. Definitely switch over to a skip tooth blade rather than reverse tooth. You need thst to clear the kerf I also learned from experience. there is a thread on here from last year where there was a lot of discussion with tips on compound cutting. It is well worth a read through. I will see if I can find it. edited to add: here is thread I was referring to with great info. And help on compound cutting. http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/24171-compound-cutting-wood/

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you found us, Google translator seems to have done a pretty good job. We look forward to your participation.

Hi Brian and welcome to the Village from a East Tennessee. Your work looks great. Look forward to your participation.

Looks great Paul and I bet your daughter will love it no matter how good you have it painted! Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job and her sister will appreciate it. Thanks for showing.

Nice work on the pattern by Grandpa (who always amazes me at the work he creates and how quickly and seamlessly he seems to do it) and excellent cutting by you. thanks for showing.

More nice work on that Charlie. Will there be a superheroes set soon? Thanks for showing. Inlay is on my "to try list" - problem is thanks to the Village, that is an ever growing list.