FrankEV

Great Job...those whiskers make it or break it. Yours made it, thats for sure!!!!!

Just finished this one and posted under Bragging Rights. I think it fits the theme real well.

The Epson ET-16600 Ink jet is a good choice. Has ink tanks and can print up to Super B ( 13"x19"). Not cheap but is a great printer. I purchased mine from Office Max. Might want to check it out.

Very nicly done! I grew up on his music and still enjoy listening to it today. Did Grandpa make that pattern exclusively for you or is he sharing. I would like to have a copy of original the pattern.

Another fun image I found and just had to convert to a scroll saw 11”x14” pattern. Although the image was a simple B&W line image, my brain said ‘color’. However, it turned out to be a lot harder to make it a color project then I expected. It sat around my painting area for over three weeks before I finally decided on how I thought I wanted it to look. I first tried to color just the backer, but it just did not read well. So, I wound up hand painting both the backer and cut panel with Artist Acrylics. I'm not sure I did it justice, but my Lady thinks it came out good, so I'm happy. The Cut panel is 5/32” solid Core Maple affixed to a 1/4” BB Ply Backer. Most of cutting was done with Pegas #1 MGT R blades while a few of the small areas was done with #2/0 MGT R blades. After painting and assembly, the panel was protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. The frame is 1 3/4” wide Poplar finished with Rust-OLeum Black Lacquer. Comments and critique always welcome.

These are a couple of more horse patterns I converted in to a Scroll Saw pattern from images I found on-line. I needed these to fill out my Horse Theme. Both are 1/8” BB ply positive cuttings, hand painted and affixed to a hand painted 1/4” BB Ply Backers. Both Cut with Pegas #1 MGT R blades. And, as usual, the assembled panels were protected with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. And with keeping of the theme, the Frames are 1 ¾” wide distress Poplar stained with Minwax Early American and finished with multiple coats of Spray Satin Poly. High Stepping 11” x 12” Horse and Horseshoe 11” x 11” Comments and critique always welcome.

I've been here, jumping in and out with a few comments and reviews. Actually been very busy in the shop in between some home chore projects that need to be taken care of. I've got three projects panels in the works. Cutting is complete but still some coloring work to be completed with assembly and framing still to be done. Elsewise, a bunch of my time has been taken up using my new KKmoon laser engraver to put my LOGO on the back side of my past work. I had signed them with a simple wood burning pen and it really looked cheesy. So I have to sand off the burning and let the engraver do its thing. Cleaning up the existing panels takes a while. Remove frame, sand, engrave (about 45 minutes each), recoat back, replace in frame. Just finishing up the last of about 70+ panels I currently have on hand. I got about 6 to 8 done a day over the past couple of weeks. In addition to the above mentioned work, I have finally taken the time to accurately catalog my work in my computer and set up a portfolio book with photos of my available work. Probably more than I realy need, but I maintain a file that includes the original images and patterns in both SGV and PDF format. This file includes a lot of posssible future projects as well. I also take photos of each piece and have found I need to keep copies in both their Raw state and one in the cropped version I use herein and on my FB page. You need to use a raw image when odering prints on-line (I use Ammazon). So, I havn't posted much lately, but none the less very busy. Sometimes there is more to this hobby than just scrolling.

Sp, you glued together a Zebra Puzzle! Whatever you consider it, it is absolutely beautiful. Very well done.

Very nicly done. Eagles are always a great subject. How did you attache the cutting to the Base? I've done a few cuttings like this and I add a tenon and mortise to make sure the cutting cannot be knocked free of the base.

Very nicely done. I sure you will get lots of comments from your visitors. Lots of the members hereon love and cut Gnome's of all shapes and sizes. Not my "cup of tea" to say the least, so I stay away from those patterns. But I do enjoy looking at and appreciate the Gnomes other make.

Distreseeing is easy...making it flawless is difficult. I have some very rough rasp like bits that can chuck into a drill, or in my case a power wand from a bench top motor. I just lightly run the cylindrical rasp bit over the face of the frame with som bumps and wiggles...chews it up good. Then I used my Dremel tool in its drill press holder to punch a bunch or worm holes here and there.. I then knock off the real rough stuff with a little corse grit sand paper, and "WALA", a distressed frame from some nice wood in just a very few minutes. The Minwax Early American stain goes well. Of course Satin Poly. Now everyone knows my secret .

Another very well done!!

Same comments and questions as Deer by the Lake.

You must have done a good job on the patteren because the cutting is fabulous. Well Done! What wood is the cut panel? Can't see any grain. Panel Size?

This Horse Head pattern was converted from an available on-line image to add to my Horse theme pieces. The conversion transformed a positive image into a negative for cutting. The cut panel is 5/32” thk x 11 x 17 solid core Maple mounted to a 1/4” thk darkened oak backer. The cutting was done with Pegas #1 MGT R. Assembled panel was finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Spray Lacquer. The Frame is 1 ¾” wide Poplar. The frame was distressed and finished with Minwax Early American Stain protected with Clear Satin Spray Polyurethane. Comments and Critique always welcome.

At the moment I exclusively use Pegas blades. But even so, I have found that you can overtighten the upper clamp very easily when doing a lot of blade hole changes. When I overtighten, I tend to get the hockey stick bend in my blades, exspecially the smaller blades and even more so with spirals. Isuspect, like others have mentioned, your upper clamp must be cutting into the blade causing the breakage. But overtightening will speed up that breakage. I have found you only need to obtain a minimum "SNUG" tight of the clamp to hold the blade. Yes, occasionally, my blade will slip out of the top clamp, but I rather have that happen then crimping the blade. Also, overtightening the tension can cause blade breakage, but usually somewhere in cutting area of the blade, not at the clamp. Just my 2 cents!

Love the addition of the roses. I actually thouht about adding a rose also, but just didn't yake the time to add it to the pattern. Great cutting ⁷

Very well done. Nicely cut, finished and framed. Overall presentation is absolutely beautiful. Like others, I like the lower one just a tiny bit better. You might consider using 1/8 material when stack cutting and using small blades. Just a little easier too handle. I also dimple my drill holes on the back side with my dremel tool to make feeding the blade through eaiser. But I still kink and break a lot of 2/0 spiral blades when cutting projects like these. That is why I buy them by the gross.

The Eagle is by Janevski. In the original, the image is actually rotated about 45 degrees (tail up). I posted the Reven in PDF format on New Pattern announcements. Great cutting on both.

Craig, Great subject and well cut, but.... Not overly fond of the coloring. There needs to be a difference between the face and what would be the background. Also, my lady just peeked over my shoulder to look at the pic. It took her a long few minutes to recognize what the image was. Please refer back to my recent Question in Q&A and specifically to my last responce to munzieb. Your choice of the image size vs. panel size is exactly what I was refering to. Between the lack of color distinction and lack of space around the cutting,the image gets lost to the viewer. Hope I did not offend you by with this constructive critique.

JUst do an edit! 3 dots in uper right corner of post.

You did mean "Great" idea. We sure don't want to "grate" on anyones nerves or let water flow through the "grate". Are we having fun yet?

Only had 2 days to complete.

Very well done..but I dont see any vertical edges...almost looks like machine engraved?. Those who love these kind of meaningful wordings would surly prodly put it on disply!