flarud

I keep telling my wife that I only need "1" more tool!

Santa was driving a big brown truck and stopped in front of my house tonight! I'll probably be asking a lot of questions soon. Thanks in advance.

Cut out my first portrait last night. I thought that I would start off with an easy one. I was just gonna cut the portrait out and toss it aside but it came out better than I thought it would so I decided to put a backer on it,, just used an old piece of plywood. I will use nicer wood for my next one. Also made some Santa's for friends and family. I have made this one before in a bigger size and it turned out pretty good.. I'm not liking the face on these 4, maybe because they are too small for all of the face detail? The first Santa looks like he is hunkered over a bit, just the camera angle. Had to try my hand at that Grinch pattern too!

I got one of each, The Craftsman and the Shop Vac. Both were $40. Didn't know which one would fit my small shop the best. I'm gonna keep the Shop Vac. It has a smaller footprint than the Craftsman. The Shop Vac comes with only a 1 1/2" hose but I have a Rockler Dust separator hooked up to the vac.

Same to you. Nice intarsia piece,, looks just like a picture!

I was thinking the same about the antenna. I thought about deleting the antenna, but the details is what makes it nice. I guess I didn't look close enough at the grill, it will be a bugger too!

Howdy, I've been scrolling for just a little over a year, mostly Steve Good's patterns and some of my own. All of which have been easy for me, just follow the lines. I found in SSV's pattern shop my dream car. My question is, what part do I cut out? I just can't "see" it in my head yet. The car is not flat, it is 3D. Is all of the black parts just a backer board? If so, are the two wheels that you see a separate cut-out and are just floating? A few years ago I bought my wife her dream car..a Plum Crazy Dodge Challenger....it was only about the size of my palm and would honk it's horn if you pushed the little black button on the top,, and then a few years later we actually got her that car in life size. I'm thinking along the same lines for me. Make this "toy" car and maybe a real one will show up in my driveway soon! BTW, thanks for the pattern tennman!

Thank you! Here is my email,, send me yours and maybe I can help you out with the plans. [email protected]

Thank you Bob.

Thanks for the welcome! I think I have more than one clock on my flickr page. The one with the flower shape petal or the handsaw clock?

I was thinking the same,, 5X is too much. I, like you,, will also mount mine on something other than what the saw is setting on, which is why the one in my link caught my eye, it sits on the floor.

Been using reading glasses for about 2 years now, only at a 1.25 power, but you all know when scroll sawing you need a little more power...and light! What is a good clamp on or floor standing mag/light combo unit? I saw this one on Amazon,, anyone using this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G4TH1R6/?coliid=I3520MOFYVJMN2&colid=303SJ2KD79MP1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1 Thanks for any and all help, Barry

Thank you, ma'am!

I'm pushing my luck with the wife on the price of a Dewalt, Ex-21 will lead to a divorce!

Much appreciated, but you can't see all of the mistakes in the pics! LOL

Thanks for the info, I will definitely check it out.

Thanks to all for the warm Welcomes. Been reading lots of threads. I have seen a few portraits of some Celebrities, and family members. I haven't tried to do any portraits yet. Where do you all get the patterns for these?

Devin, little more North. Deltona, just between Daytona and Orlando.

Just found your site a few weeks ago. Been busy reading all of the threads. Lots of good info here i am finding out. I come from a family that has always done construction or carpentry work. I am the first in my family that I know of that actually does woodworking. Took shop class for 4 years in high school back in the late '80's up in Illinois. Move to Florida in '89 and bought some tools here and there and dabbled in woodworking. Gave it up for many years and started back up a couple of years ago when I dusted off the old Craftsman scrollsaw and tried to do a pattern I found online, that is when I realized the difference between pinned blades and pinless blades. Bought a Porter Cable from Lowe's and it has served me well for about the last 3 years but it is starting to have issues. Thinking about getting a Dewalt. I just posted a short video of my shop in the Shop Challenge thread and here is a link to my flickr page that has some of my projects on it. Can't wait to get back to reading all of the posts on the Scroll Saw Village! https://www.flickr.com/photos/flarud1/

I am having the same problems that you mentioned. The wife doesn't believe me because the saw doesn't do it when she is in the shop! I am also leaning towards the Dewalt.

Howdy guys/gals,, just found your site recently. I know this is an old thread but I enjoyed looking at everyone else's shops and thought that I would post a short video of mine. Hope the link works.