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Paul, Your clock is outright stunning. Its now a family heirloom. The workmanship is outstanding and something to be very proud of.

Here is the link on Pedro's site for the Wiseman coffer. The wise men coffer, scroll saw fretwork pattern (finescrollsaw.com) You can see that different types of wood were used. BBPW would definitely be a lot cheaper. If you decide to make this there are a few tips. The sides are intersecting slots and depending on the wood you use, the outer edges can be fragile. I left a 1/4" connector at the top to hold it all together and then cut them when I was ready to assemble. The top can be a little confusing. The drawing calls out a 18 and 25 degree angle. the 18 is for the short sides and since it's 1/8" I used my disc/belt sander with the plate on the disk sander set to the angle. I used my scroll saw set to the 25 on the long pieces. What threw me was I assumed that those pieces would butt up against the top and bottom edges. The side angles didn't line up! Once I looked at other samples I realized that the top of the pieces sit about 1/4" below the top and all the angles lined up. Go figure!

Thanks lawson. It is doable just plan it out and go slow. It would have been a lot easier using BBPW. It could be cut stackable/ He has some examples on his site of project with BBPW.

I really would like to try it. My wife had started to sell on Poshmark and has sold somethings, mostly clothing but she has a lot of jewelry and parts to make jewelry. She has posted some of my cars and planes too. I really don't want to sell them but we are running out of room in our office but I still have the patterns and can make more. Maybe I'll have room for the clock. You have seen my walls... besides the 2 studes, they are all my patterns.

Thank you. He was the first person I sent pictures to and he responded back and appreciated my comments. Cremona clock is an outstanding project! I would go there but we are out of wall space.

I had looked at Pedro's finescrollsaw.com several times and wanted to try one of his patterns. Purchased one of his patterns called the Wiseman Coffer. (9 euro) It was great working with Pedro and he did give suggestion that I either use European "A3" paper or have it converted but retain the original size. My local UPS store made it happen with 2 sets of 17 x 12 prints. I decided to kick it up a notch by going with Bubinga wood $$$. It requires both 1/8" and 1/4" wood. I had some of the 1/8" but I needed 2 pieces of 8" wide and the 2 sq foot packs were only 5.5" wide. I contacted Richard at Richards Craft wood in Clemmons NC. www.richardscraftwood.com. He was able to mill up the pieces I needed and had them in a few days. Lots of cutting and lots of broken blades (Bubinga is hard !) It took about 3 weeks to finish. I used a Lacquer finish and it really brings out the color of the wood. I did used a temporary light wood backer on the inside to accent the fretwork for the picture but removed it afterwards.

Todd, you nailed this portrait. I am amazed with the ultra thin bridges you cut, scary! Spirals are NOT my go to blade but I did do a portrait of a German Shepard and it was the only way to cut the fur. Great job!

Great job on the chess board and game piece. Padauk is a very hard wood and will always change color(darken) after time. Most of what I have cut is either 1/4 or 1/8" and it will handle smaller blades but they do wear out fast. Padauk has a sort of peppery smell when cut. It didn't take long to figure out I should be using a mask because it did affect me after a while. I actually prefer Bubinga. It is also a hard wood but retains its color and has a beautiful sheen when lacquered. (still use a mask)

I'm a big proponent of your "taping cutouts back in place" and partial cuts to maintain strength. I enjoy the challenge of the intricate pattern. It makes you think ahead as to the direction of the cut like cutting the weakest areas first.

So sad and awful. Les was a always a positive and helpful source on the web site and will be missed. R.I.P.

A Herculean effort! Stunning!

The rabbet measure is a definite plus.

Frank, I made this sled a while back and probably should have used it instead of the Incra 1000se miter. The picture frame of the puzzle above was made with the miter sled. Most of the frames I build are thin so I have some flex to adjust. I always appreciate any input. No problem. table-saw-miter-sled.pdf

You're right Frank, I should have made the frame a little smaller and proportional to the plaque but it was a test/experiment to see if I could do it. I can still remove the plaque from the back and make another one in the future. I could have also cut the outer edge and inner ogee a little deeper to create a slight ridge line. I have used the string method in the past but it can be a little wobbly and 3D paint made it easy. You are correct that using Inscape would have made the whole process easier but I think that the video contributor may have consider that the viewers may have not had access to software and focused more on the technique. On a side note, having a absolute accurate miter is crucial. I had used my HF Miter saw and that was off. I have a Incra 1000SE table saw miter and I thought it was spot on (not). After connecting the 4 (8) miters I had a gap. I readjusted the miter and came up with a 1.5 to 2 degree difference. All that error is cumulative. Fixed it.

Thanks Dick. Necessity is the mother of invention! The original design had a whole lot of "stuff" on the sides that didn't really add to the picture and I really didn't want to cut all that "stuff". Cutting an oval solved that problem. You are right about castles here but many of the most famous in Europe are restorations of the "Romantic Era". I have one up the road from us in Asheville, the Biltmore. I may have to put it on my list.

Vielen Dank!

Time for a landscape scroll project. My sister reminded me that back in ’68 that the family visited Lichtenstein castle for my parent’s 25th anniversary. It’s located south of Stuttgart and is still privately owned. It has some elements that are similar to Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria and would make an interesting project. My wife and I had just finished a 1K piece puzzle of this castle. The puzzle was square and included lots of vegetation and didn’t add to the design so I decided to try something I hadn’t done before. I wanted to do an oval picture and frame. I've made an ellipsograph and looped string method but MS 3D paint has an option to use a 2D circle tool on the pattern that can be stretched to make an ellipse. That was the easy part. I found a very good video on Youtube to make an oval frame. It involved using lots of tools in the shop. I used a 6’ ¾” x 6” piece of poplar and cut into 4 segments and mitered at 45 degrees. I needed to make a template on the scroll saw (#7 blade ) I also used my router to make assorted detail edge cuts. The attached video was very helpful. The plaque was 1/8 BBPW with ¼” black acrylic paint. Finish was semi-gloss lacquer. https://www.castlesworld.com/castles/lichtenstein-castle.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WkzRH-Up8&t=31s

Since I replaced my blade hold downs with the Pegas mode, I'm pretty happy with my Excalibur 16. Since I do a lot of fine detail cuts, I rotated the motor to minimize the aggression (bite) of the blade. I'm not ready to jump up to a 21" or 30" throat saw. My 16" addresses most of my projects but there are times that I wish I could rotate the blade head 90 degrees for longer cuts.

Horch (1899-1939) August Horch was the manager of Karl Benz's factory between 1896 and 1899, when he decided to set up his own car manufacturing business. His first car was built in 1901 but things were tough and by 1909 Horch was squeezed out of his own company by its board of directors. He retaliated by setting up a new company called Audi, which would join the Auto Union alongside Horch in 1932. Horch would continue to produce cars under its own name until 1939, but after the war the company's Zwickau factory was in East Germany so it was turned over to truck production under the Soviets. As part of the Auto Union group, the dormant Horch brand is now owned by Volkswagen. The Horch was at the Concors D’Elegance at Pebble Beach and won best in show and was recently sold in auction for 6+ million. 1938 Horch 853 | conceptcarz.com In the original design, I did do the very narrow grill but because of the size (EX-16) I couldn't cut the individual pieces of the grill and started to wander. I could have done it with a larger SS.

Les, I'm stunned. You knocked it out of the park with this project. You should be proud of the work you put into this clock. Love the contrast of the colors and the crispness of the the detailed cuts.

Ray and members, I need to clarify and apologize for the information of this beach lighthouse picture. I referenced a paint by numbers but after discussing it with my wife, it was actually a puzzle we did several years ago. We gifted the puzzle but kept the picture used to assemble it and used the picture to make the pattern for this plaque. The original is called Beach Lighthouse Adirondack Chair. Excuse my dull and fading memory but I still use sharp scroll saw blades.

Frank, That is outright beautiful! Top quality work!

After dealing with worn out clamps on my EX-16, thought it was time for an upgrade. I am a top feeder and had replaced my bottom clamp once and even put in a helicoil in the thread but everything eventually it all got too wobbly. Called Denny at Artcrafters and had my replacement in 3 days! I took my deck off and it made for a much easier replacement. The top was in actually in good shape but the bottom was a different story. Needle bearings were a little dirty and didn't rotate properly but with a little cleaning, they were back to good working order. Actual replacement on both the top and bottom were very easy. I figured out a while back that having the thumb screw on the left on the bottom worked better for me so I could position the blade with my right hand. Moved the stop screw to the right side with no problem. No major tension adjustments needed and all is working well. Thanks Denny for quick delivery and and answering some set up questions.

Impressive. Beautiful work and nice frames too!

There are so many versions of the Corvette and you cut a truck load of BBPW cutting them all. Thought I would go for an early classic.