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These look fantastic! Are you providing lessons on how to make one? I'd love giving it a go.

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm actually in a small country called Latvia, so that would be Eastern Europe if some one's looking on the map. We're bordering with Russia, Estonia and Lithuania. As for the cross, it was very intense work so probably I should have practiced on some easier lines first and maybe I could have avoided some nasty cuts. I just now realized scrolling is fun no matter what lines you cut live and learn.... Thanks Kevin! Dedicating work to some one adds some extra responsibility but I do see (looking at it now) it's far from perfect, which is fine and was expected. Can't wait to reach your heights though, I see lots of stunning work on this forum. I wish I could dedicate more than 1-2 hours a day on this.

Thanks for great advice. I didn't think of such an approach so I'll definitely keep that in mind next time! In general as I understand it's over all not a good practice to glue to already stained wood/plywood so well noted. Thanks for the great welcome and I'll get to planning my next project.

Hello gentlemen! Thank you for the great advice. It actually makes a lot of sense and originally I was thinking to glue them first, but didn't. My only concern though is how do I stain the back layer (which is darker) after gluing without messing up the lighter upper layer? Some holes are really small and that would involve jeweler precision to stain or do you sand your upper layer after staining the bottom? For this peace, what I did I stained the upper and lower layers first and then proceeded with gluing once dry. I had a feeling it may not hold, but I was willing to take that risk so I don't mess up with staining. I just didn't think I could do a decent job once glued together. They are holding together firmly, at least for now And yes, the upper layer is stained, here's a picture that shows the original color of ply (beneath the crosses) and the actual crosses right after staining them. BTW, in my case those are two 3mm (3/32 inch) plywood sheets. I figured I mess with it before I get my hands on any type of wood.

Hello! Just wanted to say thanks for all the provided info on the website. I'm not much of a talker, so I'll just share my first experience on a scroll saw. It's quite messy when it comes to details, but I get bored doing simple lines, so I figured I download an interesting project and my grandma said she liked the cross when I was viewing it in the gallery ... long story short, granny is quite happy and given her eye sight is not the best, I think I got away with all the creepy lines. Anyways, I'll keep practicing and good luck to every one! Oh, I do have one question though, how do you guys glue two elements together when doing similar work because the glue sticks out and I had already every thing stained etc... just curious if there are any tricks I should be aware of? Cheers!