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Looks great Don. I am sure your club members appreciated your presentation. Thanks for showing to us.

So if you post this link, http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/gallery/image/909-pool-clock/ it will take you directly to the image wanted - the pool clock.

Thanks Bill and Scott. The good news is that hubby was the woodworker before I picked up the scroll saw so that means there is a great workshop with many tools including a larger bandsaw, table saw, planer, joiner, etc. However, since I started, we have added several more tools including a drum sander. Plus, for Christmas he bought me my own 10" bandsaw for doing smaller projects and stuff. I have now officially made my first band saw box (that I will share once the finish is dry.) I would need to use his bigger band saw for re-sawing for this pattern though.

Very nice and I am sure the Bears fan will love it all. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Steve and Bill for adding to the discussion and giving me more good information. I need to find some wood and give it a go. I'm not a big fan of BB Ply, BUT I may give it a go first with BB Ply so I feel better if I have to throw it away! I really want to do them in a nice hardwood but that means I need to find some 1/2" or take some of the thicker wood like 3/4" I have and get it down to 1/2". I just hate having to "waste" that 1/4"

I love a good challenge. always happy to help out if I can. Glad we were able to find it.

Actually Kevin @kmmcrafts I found the pattern in the pattern sections. It is in the subsection “Sports and Games” scroll down a way on the first page, it is titled “pool clock.” It is by Grandpa. I manually searched the pattern sections and decided sports and games was a good place to check (after I checked utilitarian.) I am on my iPad, and couldn’t find it trying to do an actual “search” for it. I did find Grandpa’s original thread in New Patterns using the search tool. perhaps, @Travis can explain how to use search better for patterns or how or why this doesn’t show in a search. the pattern is about 15 or so down on this link. http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/gallery/category/18-sports-games/

Kevin, I think I found the thread where Grandpa may have originally shared the pattern in the New Patterns subsection from Dec. 2009 here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/1760-pool-and-bowling-clocks/?tab=comments#comment-10527 However, when you click on the pattern file name, you get an error message that the page doesn’t exist. I think at some point, the Village moved forum site locations and I am not sure when that was. If it was after 2009, then the links are often lost with such a switch. Perhaps you could reach out to Grandpa, explain to him, and ask if he would care to put the pattern in the Patterns area for others to be able to get since it appears to not be there. EDITED to add: pattern is found in the Patterns section here in the Village - see next note.

Very nice work. Hope that spider doesn’t bite though. (Unless of course you get superpowers .)

Well, like Scott noted, with Intarsia, staying on the line is pretty important and remember, Intarsia work is what brought me to the Saw to begin with. however, it is also important in small thin areas of other work I have learned the hard way. I do prefer red lined patterns, and can’t do without my magnification and lights at the Saw.

Looks great Dick and I suspect your wife was very happy with it. Means you get great brownie points. Thanks for showing.

Thanks everyone who has chimed in and given me your insight and advise. I appreciate it all. I really appreciate the information on how you would do that thin lettering and the sign as a whole. Thanks for telling me what blades you would use, what wood you would use, thickness, stack cutting, etc. That was what I was looking for. Ideas to see how others approached thin lettering and these types of signs. I hope others besides myself have been able to see that there are lots of ways to approach things like this with the saw. Although I have been sawing with my saw now for not quite 3 years, I don't get a lot of time to do it daily or weekly. Sometimes, I have longer periods of time before I get back on the saw. When I do, I may be doing Intarsia work, or other stuff I like. Plus, I still am still the same inpatient person I have always been. I still have to "think" about what I am doing, tell myself constantly, slow down, don't push, its not a race. I still drift on the lines, struggle in corners, etc. I still have to tell myself that it's okay if you messed it up, to throw it away and to try again. Maybe one day, I will believe it! In the interim, I appreciate all of you who are so willing to impart your knowledge and wisdom on learning new things on the saw.

Thanks Ray, I will jump in soon and give it a try. My main goal here was to have a discussion and see all the different ways and blades, etc. that different people take to the same pattern so I (and perhaps others) could perhaps learn a little bit from everyone here on ways to approach something. As you can see, so far we have had a great variety of responses from lots of folks and not to many would approach this in the same way, use the same blade, or the same woods or thicknesses. Like John, said its probably a fairly easy cut overall and I am not really intimidated by most of that pattern, the thin letters were my primary concern because I do have issues when working in small thin areas/items. So, I wanted to see how others would approach those, if they used a smaller blade, a spiral blade, if the thickness or thinness of the wood or stack of wood would help or hurt, etc. I figured if I had that question, others who are newer to the saw would too and we would all learn. Some people are like you and others here (including my hubby) - just jump in and who cares, it will all work out - others of us tend to think about things too much, dip our toes in first and check the water temperature, get others advise, etc. and then eventually slowly get in the water (or hop back out half way in!) - That's me - wish I was more of a just jump in type of gal though! I have gotten better - keep telling myself its okay if it doesn't turn out! That its okay to throw it away and start again. So I decided to see what the "experts" could tell me before just jumping in. It really isn't this specific pattern I want to jump into. It's some of the more detailed, more intricate, more thin lettering ones they have that I want to get to. I was going to use this one as my "warm up" to trying to do some of their more intricate, multi-panel, large detailed word art designs they sell on their site here: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/category/large-sectional-patterns Which would include some I have purchased liked the Old Rugged Cross (one of my all time favorite hymns), Our Family, and others there. I have tried some thinner words, cuttings and they haven't always worked out very well. So I figured before I tried again, I would see what others said about how to approach them.

Thanks everyone for the replies so far. I wanted to see what all different approaches people would take as I figured there would be different ones, as there are. That's why I asked, I figured I could a little from each person.It's really those small swirly letters that I am most bothered with. I haven't tried spiral blades yet so would practice for sure but I wondered if those were the best for cutting those fine letters. I have done some bigger, fatter lettering, but hadn't attempted fine cursive letters like these. I figured this free pattern would be my "practice" attempt before I tried some of the other ones that I have purchased from there like the Family, Roots of the tree one! I'll get there - just need to get brave and some free time.

I often see patterns that i like but wonder how the best way to cut parts of it may be. Stars for example or fine intricate, cursive lettering for another. So I have decided to run some of these questions by all the experts here in the Village and get some insight, helpful information for all of us newer scrollers. Similar to that provided last year when we discussed compound cuts. I’ve made no secret that I am somewhat intimidated in cutting lettering. Especially lettering that is thin and intricate. A good example is the word art patterns that Keith Fenton does and makes available for sale on Sheila Landry’s site. I love so many of them but I am intimidated by them since they are often thin lettering, different fonts, etc. a good example right now is the free one they are offering right now “Home for the Holidays.” I have had it and some of their other patterns printed out but just. It sure enough to attempt one yet. Do you use thin wood and stack cut, what if you only want one not several because you don’t sell, just do one in thicker wood? What blade, is something like this where you would be better to use a spiral blade? Etc. I know to start in the middle, go slow, etc. but I am just not sure the best way to approach these types of patterns with the thin, delicate, cursive fonts. So, anyone want to give some tips, recommendations, helpful knowledge? Any insight anyone can provide is appreciated. Here is link to the free pattern I am referencing: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/free-pattern and the picture of it captured from there so you guys and gals can see what I am referring to. Edited to Add: Thanks to everyone who offered, help, advice, tips, information and encouragement. You can see my cuttings in my gallery or in this thread here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32369-home-for-the-holidays/

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Thanks also for sharing your projects and showing me other things to do with my saw. I get a lot of inspiration from all of you.

Nice work. I am not familiar with Bob's Burgers though. Will have to check into that one. Thanks for sharing.

Cute and its not too late for snowmen as we are really just getting into Winter. I don't recall ever seeing that Steve Good pattern before, but every time I look back through his catalog I see plenty I don't remember. Don't know if that's because I am getting old, or because he has so many! Thanks for sharing.

Great memories I am sure. Are you keeping it or getting rid of it now that you found it again? Do you remember if there was something wrong with it or just upgraded? Always interesting to hear those stories. I started with an original Dewalt Type 1, can't bear to get rid of it though I have upgraded a couple times since refinding the scroll saw.

Peter, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your precious grandchild. I cannot begin to imagine the heartbreak your family has been through. You have created a beautiful piece of art in honor of Faith. It will be treasured by the parents. I will say prayers for all of you at this difficult time.

Nice work Charlie. Thanks for showing.

Hi Jim, I don't but there are a lot of apps and programs you can use for the iPad. I know Steve Good has noted on his blog that he uses the iPad and Apple pencil to create a lot of his work. Since you just joined the forum, I am not sure if you have found Steve Good's blog and patterns yet - on the off chance you are not familiar, I will post a link to his site: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com This link will take you to the search I did on his site for posts mentioning iPad - it should give you some of his posts that relate to using to create patterns: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/search?q=ipad

Steve, Paul created you a wonderful pattern and you did great work cutting him out. Your friend is going to be quite appreciate of this gift of his loyal companion. Thanks for sharing.

Yes you see, its when they wanted me to figure out those A, B and X's that my brain began to get muddled and my eyes glazed over - especially when they introduced fractions and turning them into decimals and all that stuff. Fortunately, no job I ever had required me to do high end math and i just sent my kids to my husband after about the 5th grade. However, I can do the basic skills that are needed for life like add, subtract, multiple and divide! So my checkbook and bank accounts are good. Thank you to both you and Scott. I will make a note of it and put it in my workroom. For whatever reason - in part because I seldom use it I suppose - that "stuff" just has never wanted to stick in my brain. Then I panic when I see fractions and decimals and converting them.

I agree, find some local charitable organizations. Many of them have auctions and things to raise funds. They would probably be thrilled with receiving donations of your work. Check local food banks, boys and girls clubs, etc.