RabidAlien

That is DEFINITELY one sexy piece of wood!!! Very nicely cut! I'm assuming you did a quasi-inlay thing here, cut the center out, then moved it around to the bottom and attached via the overlap?

I try not to be a GrammarNazi, but when its something permanent like this, its best to tweak the pattern first. You'll sell more if its spelled correctly!

Nice, but one tiny nitpick: its "Psalm".

LOve that pic! And yes, the lightboxes are several layers (I think the one with the princess in the cave is 5 or 6 layers, the one with the flying dragon and castle is seven layers), most of the layers having a large opening at the bottom (hidden by the layers above it) that allow the light to pass through. These are also intended to be cut from paper, most of which lets a small amount of light through on its own, or tends to "glow" when lit from behind. Wood is....not as kind to light sources. So if I were to do this for a DM screen, I would forget about light sources and just do a solid backer, then figure out a way to hinge or connect the panels together so that they can be disconnected from each other and stacked for storage and transport. I've included some pics from when I cut one of those patterns (stack cut, there are actually TWO finished projects in the pic with them all laid out). I also cut a "spacer" piece to go between each layer, thinking it would help with lighting (it didn't) and depth (it did), but those make the project REALLY thick. They're not necessary to use. Three layers: Five layers: Seven layers: Stained. The spacers are nothing more than the border around one of the layers, everything in the middle removed. I couldn't bother with these if I were to cut it again.

Been on this site for a couple of years now, and usually just clicked on a post and scrolled down to the blue line to see the latest comments....sometimes, that's a LOT of scrolling. I happened to let my mouse sit next to a post title the other day, long enough for the popup to show me what I was hovered over. Turns out, the little blue dot (or star) NEXT TO the post title takes you straight to the first unread comment in the thread. Hovering over the thread title shows a preview of the original post, so I can see if it was a pattern/question/comment that I'd commented on already, and then click on the blue dot to drop straight to the next unread post. Yeah....it takes me a while to figure stuff out sometimes.

Take a gander (har!!) at papercutting patterns. Especially lightboxes, there are some AWESOME layered patterns out there, and since papercutting has to deal with the same laws of physics regarding islands as we do with scrolling, those patterns work wonderfully for scroll saws. The only drawback is that some of the detail-work possible with a razor is simply too small for a blade, but those little details I just don't bother drilling out. There's plenty more. There's a lot of cool single-layer patterns with D&D-esque themes (pirates, Vikings/barbarians/samurai, dragons, etc) as well. If you do a lightbox layered pattern, I would leave the large openings used for lights un-cut (leave em solid) and use the thinnest ply you can find so that the screen isn't too thick to pack up and carry (or instead of hinges screwed down, do a loose hinge, some-assembly-required, where the DM slots a dowel into holes and does a quick assembly on-site and just stores them stacked between sessions. Here's a couple of ideas for papercutting patterns (I've done both lightboxes, they're possible on scrollsaw): https://www.etsy.com/listing/690043666/dragon-fantasy-lightboxlayered?utm_source=internal&utm_campaign=cyber19&ref=cyber_rv-1&pro=1 https://www.etsy.com/listing/608543517/princess-dragon-a4-9x9-inch-paper?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dragon+papercut&ref=sr_gallery-1-12&organic_search_click=1 ROFL!!! Editing to add this one....which would be PERFECT for a DM screen....: https://www.etsy.com/listing/737149287/beware-the-dms-smile?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dragon+papercut&ref=sr_gallery-1-41&organic_search_click=1

Very nice!

Very nice!!

Not all of my projects have been scrolled, but I have gotten some of that done. Tree is a sweetgum, we got it planted right after the quarantine went into effect in our county. Planter-box was built yesterday, with my wife's help (and no blood was shed!), it'll go in the back yard where she can plant some herbs/veggies. The compound cut is for one of my daughter's favorite teachers, an Army vet who has really helped and encouraged her this year. Navy compound cut is up next, for myself.

Dang. Is that backlit?

Very nicely done!

Nice! Yeah, pattern might need to be enlarged. I just left it the size I downloaded it, since it seemed large enough on my screen. 150% or even 200% would work, or else use really thin wood. I was thinking it might also look good with a light behind it...

Framed up. Frames were a 2x4 that had been cut in half for compound cuts, I took several of the 1.5x1.5 strips and cut THOSE in half as well. Ebony stain.

Love it!!

(severed heads not included) Someone bought the skull I'd made and displayed at work last November, so I figured I should probably get started on a replacement....before October rolled around. I couldn't decide on any one pattern, so I settled on six. Most were really quick cuts, none were incredibly difficult (Ash's chainsaw blade will teach one how to cut corners, if nothing else!), and I blew through all six this weekend. They're currently stained, and I've got frames notched and ready to cut to size. They're all 3/16" ply, scraps from other projects, no idea if they're BB or just a generic Lowes ply. Whatever they are.....its always good to take a step back from the long, intricate, detailed projects and blast through a couple of quick one-day projects. Gets me back to where I love cutting again, anyway. 1. Edgar Allen Poe (with raven) 2. BoogeyMan (from "Nightmare Before Christmas") 3. really cool grin I found on Google Images 4. Ash, with chainsaw-hand, from "Evil Dead" movies 5. Alfred Hitchcock 6. H.P. Lovecraft, 1920s-1940s horror author, and the guy who came up with the "Cthulu" series of "elder monsters". An inspiration for Stephen King and other modern horror authors.

Very nice!! I've been using the extra hours (no commute on the days I don't go in to the office) to get caught up on my Halloween cuts, since I sold the skull project I had been hanging up at work every October. For the first time ever, I think I'm going to blow through six patterns in one weekend.

Nicely cut! I find that patterns with minimal straight lines or long, smooth curves are sooooo much easier with spirals, but my Wen loves to hockey-stick the blades as well. The trick is finding the flat spot on the blade when tightening the set screw. For me, since I feed blades from the bottom, when the bottom adapter is hooked in, the flat spot at the top of the blade is generally around 30 or so degrees around the twist. Once I get the top adapter tightened, I've never had a problem twisting the blade around to attach the adapter (its a twisted blade already). I haven't had much luck untwisting the top of the blade, although I've read others here who've done that with their spirals to get a good flat surface that lines up top and bottom.

Fish long enough, you start to smell like a fish, and people will naturally keep socially-distant. Nicely cut! I'm hungry for seafood now.

Yep, he's committed to that howl, full-body!!

Just noticed, the picture cut off the edge of the frame. No odd joins, those are all square corners. LOL

Very nice!

As requested: framed and finished.

Yep. If I were to do it again, I'd use thinner wood and stack cut it, but it was what I had on hand.

Will do....just have to cut the frame, first.

Very nice!! I use that same saw!