Greatgrandpawrichard

Here's a quick and easy 3D Tulip Pattern for anyone that wants to use it. Dick

My wife tells all of her friends that she knows exactly where I am all day long. "He's in his woodshop sitting at the scroll saw creating some new project!" is what she tells them. I am about to finish a large order for 250 3D Wooden Tulips for a very good customer. Last year they ordered 150 of the Tulips and they sold them all out in the first 3 days of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. This year they upped their order expecting to have them last a few more days. ( I am guessing they won't so I am going to make up an extra 100 to keep here in my shop. )

Every time I have ever tried Olson blades I have hated them! They were so darned dull that they hardly cut and they wouldn't cut straight. I found Eberle Scroll saw blades and I instantly fell in love with them. They were super scary sharp, they cut straight and they cut smooth. They never wandered and they lasted a very long time before they became dull or broken. Sadly, the last batch of Eberle blades were not worth a darned. I am now using Pegas Blades and I am extremely happy with them. I have only been using them for a few weeks now, but I am more than satisfied with them. I do go through a lot of blades per year because my scroll saw sees a tremendous amount of use. Last year I went through approximately 13,824 blades to make all of the gifts that I gave away and also the projects that I sold to keep my shop supplied in wood and blades for my Band saw, Table saw, Cut off saw and of course my Hawk Scroll saw!

WOW! Your work is awesome and so is the photo of the wonderful old Studebaker! My first car was a 1951 Studebaker Champion 4 door! I loved that old car! Dick

WOW! That is an Incredible piece of Artwork! Absolutely Incredible!

Awesome work Jim! It's absolutely Beautiful!

Good for you CharleyL! I love hearing such great news! Several years ago I had a heart attack that kept me from my hobby of Scroll Sawing. I hated it and I was determined to get back to the saw. I went on a Strict Exercise routine and within a month I walked a mile and a half to my Doctors office for my next appointment. Then a couple of years later I suffered a Stroke, back to no sawing for me for a while. I went on the same Exercise Routine and within a couple of months I was back to walking to the Doctor's office and Sawing wood! Soon another Stroke hit me and messed me up again But what worked twice before had to work again. It did just that! Well, I just can't catch a break 3 years ago I developed aneurysm on my Kidney. It Had to be removed and it was a Major Surgery that took me 8 months to recover from with the same Exercise routine. But I did it and I am back to sawing! But now I have another aneurysm on my heart, so I have to take it pretty easy and I have to wait for the doctors to decide when to operate. This one just might do me in. But I'm to darned stubborn to let that get me down ! Old Scroll Saw Operators Just Never Give up! What I am getting at Charley Keep up the Great Work and Progress! You are an Inspiration to us all! Greatgrandpawrichard, aka: Dick Raymond

Awesome little Reindeer! Cute as can be and Fun to make!

You might want to Take a look at a piece of Dark Maple for your project. Especially Walnut from the Heart of the tree. The heart wood is always darker and more beautiful! I made a set a couple of years ago for myself. They are Miniature pieces that are only 1 inch tall. I used Maple to the white pieces and Walnut for the Dark pieces. Then I laminated up the chessboard and I hand rubbed the board with 4 coats of Lacquer. I still have to finish cutting out a few pieces that I didn't like after I cut them out. My stuff always takes the back seat to get finished because I am always making gifts for other people. Someday soon I think I will just sit down and Finish my set so that I can display it! Dick

Here's 3 of the sizes of patterns that I use if anyone wants them. Dick

I posted this thread earlier in the Bragging Rights area . I was being Nostalgic as I went through some cell phone projects. Would this fit in the Challenge? Dick

30 Years ago I found a Reindeer Pattern that was big enough to be cut out on a Bandsaw. I tried it and my wife absolutely loved it, but she wanted the deer to be smaller so that she could use them as Christmas decorations. So, I used my scanner and I kept reducing the size down to about 3 inches tall by ¾ ths. Of an inch thick. Thus began a love affair with those little critters that has spanned 3 Decades! I have made them and shipped them all over the world. I have them in all 50 states of the USA, Every Province of Canada, England, Sweden, France, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Australia, New Zeland, Hong Kong, and Japan. They are a Tradition for me that I enjoy and I make them all year long, I have made them out of Rosewood, Purple Heart, Teak, Ironwood, Walnut, Maple, White Ash, Pine, Fir, Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Aromatic Cedar, White Cedar, Red Oak, White Oak, then I laminated different woods together for unique looking deer and several other woods that I have accumulated through the years. I have named them Washington Raindeer ( in honor of the State of Washington and what it seems forever to do here on the west coast of Washington.). The first few years I struggled with cutting them out but I finally managed to get a consistent way to cut them out that fits my style. Not to mention that I upgraded my scroll saw from a $199, 16 inch Craftsman Scroll saw to a 20 inch RBI Scroll Saw that I finally wore out last year. So I replaced it with another RBI 26 inch saw. In the last year, with my new saw I have challenged myself with making the Raindeer smaller and smaller. My latest size is a tiny 7/8 inch tall baby deer. I now have 5 different pattern sizes that I use consistently. Dick

Oh My Goodness! Talk about Fantastic Work! Absolutely Fantastic! Thank you for sharing the photos of your Awesome Project! Dick

I'm to old and rickety for that! Plus my eye sight isn't that good anymore! That would be a real challenge though! Dick

Thank you so much for the compliment on my handiwork! I have been cutting out 3D Reindeer for 29 years now. They have ranged in sizes fro 1 1/16 of an inch tall (like the ones in the photos) to 12 inches tall. I have them in 7 Foreign Countries, Every Province in Canada. Mexico and Every State in the USA. They are my Annual Christmas Tradition. I am starting ahead of time to cut out a few to keep in stock for Sales in the fall. Dick

Being that I am a cheapskate wood worker that just Hates to waste wood, I have started to accumulate too many tiny pieces of scrap wood, I challenged myself today. I made two tiny little Raindeer out of some laminated Purpleheart and a wood that I don't know what species. The blocks were so small that it was hard to keep them from dipping into the cut out for the blade in the table for my RBI Hawk Scroll Saw. I cut the little Raindeer out using a size 0 blade that is 0.009" thick by 0.024 wide and has 33 teeth per inch. : Dick

I just joined this group and I would like to say "Howdy"! I have been Scroll Sawing for over 30 years now (Started off with a Sears Craftsman 16" saw) and for the last 28 years I have been using an RBI 20" Hawk. For our 50th. Wedding Anniversary on June 6th. of 2020 my wife bought me a brand spanking new RBI 26" Hawk from Bushton Manufacturing. I loved my old RBI Hawk and now I am totally falling in love with my new RBI Hawk! My old saw is going to be shipped to our dear friends in Mora, Minnesota so that they can get some use out of it and they can feel the love of a Great Machine! On my old RBI I taught both of my Daughters how to create gifts, then I taught all of my Grandkids how to scroll saw. Now I am starting to teach my Great Grandkids how to run the saw safely. This is my youngest Great Grandson Owen during his first lesson!

Greetings fellow Washingtonian from another Newbie to this site! :) I have been Scroll Sawing for over 30 years now (Started off with a Sears Craftsman 16" saw) and for the last 28 years I have been using an RBI 20" Hawk. For our 50th. Wedding Anniversary on June 6th. of 2020 my wife bought me a brand spanking new RBI 26" Hawk from Bushton Manufacturing. :) I loved my old RBI Hawk and now I am totally falling in love with my new RBI Hawk! :) My old saw is going to be shipped to our dear friends in Mora, Minnesota so that they can get some use out of it and they can feel the love of a Great Machine! :) On my old RBI I taught both of my Daughters how to create gifts, then I taught all of my Grandkids how to scroll saw. Now I am starting to teach my Great Grandkids how to run the saw safely. This is my youngest Great Grandson Owen during his first lesson! :) Dick