RabidAlien

Not too much scrolling involved, I mostly used bandsaw for these, but they were the very first things I cut with the scroll saw, right after I bought it. They're cut out of old weathered fence paneling, with a back cut the same size as the frame then glued/nailgun'd together.

Pass along my respects to him, from a fellow Navy man. My Dad was Airforce, so I grew up catching MAC flights all over the place and found it rather odd that other kids in civilian schools had never had the pleasure of sitting for 9 hours on web seating or trying to sleep on top of the cargo pallets down the middle of the plane, nor watched a mid-ocean refueling of an F14. Having discovered a liking for military history, I'd LOVE to get a flight in a prop-driven warbird, whether it be a Stearman, Gooneybird, or (drool) Lightning.

I'd be willing to offer up my firstborn to scientific experiments for a ride in a Stearman!!!! ...some days more than others, but, overall.....STEARMAN!!!

Prayers for another quick recovery! And if the knee surgery affects your scrolling....you can always use your hands instead of your knees.

Nice! Without looking at the plans, I could see a simple motor/switch setup, or better yet, some wooden gears/shafts/crank to make it go around. For the animals, I would have free-floating dowels (maybe have the top/bottom flattened a bit to keep them from randomly spinning in circles) and have the bottom of the dowel riding in a groove/channel in the base of the carousel. The groove would have a rolling depth, so that as the groove rose, the dowel was pushed up. Doesn't have to be very far, just enough for some up/down movement. Hmmm.....now I'm intrigued.

When heating things with a propane torch, these little devices are the ABSOLUTE BEST way to transfer the heat from the torch into the palm of you hand. No kiddin, its been verified!!!

Stunning! And personally, most patterns do well without frames when cut from thicker wood. 1/4" or 1/8" usually needs a frame, in my humble and oft-ignored opinion.

Dude's about to fire off a zinger!! Love how this one captures the action!

Love it!

Flying Tiger and the Black Cat!!!! Ferocious kitties of the skies! Love 'em!!!

Welcome aboard! Whereabouts in Texass do you hang your hat?

Love it! Go Navy!!!!

I generally use my blades until they snap on me. I keep one on hand, though, that snapped close to the end, I use it for manual touch-up trims, those little pieces in the middle (usually corners) that didn't quite cut and left a burr sticking out.

Ooooo...rig the door so that when it opens, it turns on the light (sorta like the switch in your fridge door)!!!

Love love LOVE the wagon wheel!!

Nailed it!

US Navy submarine service, here: The only good marine is a SUBmarine! hehehehe!!! Great job on these, BTW! Just out of curiosity, what all does "official hobbyist of USMC" entail? My curiosity has been piqued, I may have to go see if the Navy has anything like that. ...although, knowing the Navy, it would be "official hobbyist brewmaster of the Navy". Edit: Went looking. Interesting.... http://www.navy.mil/trademarks/crafter.html

Awesomeness!!

::salute::

Nice!!

Excellent that is!

That. Is. AWESOME!!!

Thanks all! Good-news-bad-news-good-news weekend: 1. We are putting in an offer on a house in Leander, Tx (northwestish of Austin). It has one of those 2.5 car garages, so I'll have a spot for a workbench. 2. Got a call from the friends watching two of our dogs on Saturday, our AC went out at the Hurst house. They took the dogs home with them because this is....well....Texass. In June. 3. Got in touch with our AC guy when we got home, I figured it was the capacitor in the outside unit (inside, air is blowing, but its hot air and the outdoor unit was not running). It being Sunday afternoon, no parts store that was open carried the capacitor we needed. Our AC guy happened to be on an errand not too far away (a 20-minute drive in DFW is considered "local"), he had one that he was willing to sell us. I used to be an Electrician's Mate in the Navy, so swapping out caps is easy, especially as there is no solder involved. Swapped it out, and after some kerfluffle with the local quick-disconnect by the outside unit (apparently, it *does* matter which way the piece of metal goes in. Go figger.), we now have cold air blowing in our house again. All pups have been returned, waggy-tailed and licky-snouted and all. So prayers/good thoughts/vibes etc that the offer will either go through (we started a bit lowball, of course, but its been on the market since December, so we're hoping the builder will want to get it off their hands) immediately or with minimal haggling. Because we're tired of this 3+ hour commute on the weekends, not being greeted by waggy-tails in the afternoons, and minimal access to sawdust-generating tools.

AWESOME!!!!

There were a grand total of 3 (three) holes drilled for that one. Hardest part was carving out the lines where the gaps should have been, and figuring out that my cheapo X-Acto handle was cracked. It held the chisel blade, no blood was spilled, but its just one more thing I'm going to have to go buy. I'm not going to trust any repair work on something holding a razor. LOL