Jim Blume

Cool That. Congratulations.

Thanks pard. I have been hanging around a Facebook Scrollsaw group a bunch lately. Still alive and kickin'.

The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

What an amazing piece. Well done for sure.

Looks great Pard.

Carbon paper and pencil, while being an old school method for making a pattern, it is still one of the best. You still had to have the vision to decide what to sketch which requires a talent on it's own. Good on ya! I absolutely love your rendition.

Great cut Brent.

Awesome job Norm.

Awesome cut. Happy you enjoyed it.

Awesome patterns and cutting.

Yes Norm, I wrote the poem. I did the pattern a few years ago and took the time a few days ago to clean it up a little. Thank you.

From the ashes of a tragedy and a pile of rubble deep from mountains piled with twisted steel a woeful people weep then somewhere came a ray of ray of hope amidst the shattered dreams as these men came out and stood upon all those broken beams J. Blume 2023

I miss being able to have the time to spend perusing the site here. Maybe I'll have more time come winter.

Thank you, Charlie, for showing not only your work, but the explanation of the thistle flower and the video as well. One of my favorite movies as well. I though maybe you might like my Braveheart pattern as well.

I tried the Pegas blades on my Seyco and Pegas, and no matter what I did, I continued to break blades. I always try to determine what it was that I was doing wrong before I blame the blades. I then tried the Pegas blades on my old Type 1 Dewalt and while I still broke a few here and there, it was not as often. It came to my attention that the Pegas are tempered harder than other brands and with the Dewalt I was able to sneak up on the tensioning. But in my opinion, because the blades are tempered harder, they may also be more brittle and the real reason I was breaking blades is that I am a bottom feeder and tend to slightly bend the blades as I place them into the pilot hole. I tried top feeding on a project and didn't seem to break as many but still snapped a few which as we all know can be nerve racking to say the least. While I did like the Pegas Modified Geometry blades, I went back to using Flying Dutchman and that solved my problem. I still won't say that it is the blade that is or was the problem however. It seems to have something to do with the tensioning, or the way I saw. The answer? Try a variety of methods and brands and whatever works best for you is the best way....no matter what anyone else says.

I haven't been around much primarily due to the short summers here in Wisconsin but I still work on a few patterns every week. I just loaded the last 12 in New Patterns if anyone might be interested. Here is the latest.

Well done. Thanks for sharing your work.

Absolutely stunning.

Thanks. I pretty much cut something every day but in staying so busy, I don't post much. And then of course the Hiney Do List keeps me pretty busy. LOL

Thank you. This frame I simply clear coated using a satin finish Krylon spray. When I run out of frames, I typically make a dozen of each common size at a time (11 x 14, 8 1/2 x 11. and 5 x 7). That way it saves set up time. I don't glue framed projects to the backer or to the frame and put most detailed fretwork under glass. My thought is that if anyone wants to change the color of the backer at some point they will be able to.

3 stack 1/8" BB, 330 cuts using FD Ultra reverse. ( template included for anyone who might want it.)

I wish to thank Steve for all he does for the scrollsaw community. Each year I cut a bunch of his patterns that are military oriented and donate them to a local Military Memorial which they sell in their gift shop to help keep the lights on.

Awesome project. I am sure your son will love it.