Ken Lotts

Very nice!

Nicely cut.

Nice finish. I just noticed that the clock insert is not exposed in the back.. Interesting ...so to adjust the time the piece just comes out I guess? Pretty cool design overall.

Lots of times quarter inch stock is slightly cupped.. The 1/4" red oak boards I get from Lowes can be counted on to have just enough cupping to give me some control issues scrolling it. I have found that using pins to stack cut two boards is very effective to getting rid of the cups. Just pin the boards opposite to each others cups... voila, no more cup. Regarding the pins shooting out the backside of the board, I always adjust the air pressure down to around 80lbs and test on scrap pieces before shooting my project. My nailer (Grex) shoots very consistently, once I get it dialed in (by adjusting the air pressure) it can be trusted to do its job. Nothing is perfect though.. Last time I thought all was well, a single 5/8" pin was left hidden in the nailer and the rest were 3/8" that I needed for pinning two 1/4" boards.. So of course the 5/8" pin shot right through the back of my project waste area. I was able to pull it out. So yeah... always shoot first pin into scrap and test.

I use pin nailer when I stack cut. Works excellent for me.. Here is a few shots

Cool! First time seeing a work like this, I like it!

MY wife would LOVE that... Hmmmm.

I Like!

Nice!

Nice! I will have to look that pattern up! Looks like a fun one.

That is awesome! VERY impressive. Wow!

Wow! That is impressive! It looks like an intensive amount of work.

Thanks Melanie, I put together some classic practice boards for her to get her feet wet with (when she finds the time). So I am ready when she decides its time to dive in.

Wow, What a collection. I was scrolling (on my laptop Lol!) for half an hour. It was a shock when I finally hit the end. Found a handful of possibilities that I downloaded. Very diverse stuff. I need to get off my butt and learn Inkscape. I enrolled in a course on Udemy.. just need to buckle down and do it.

Love your signature Line "Maker of designer firewood". Gave me a chuckle!

Larry I wish I had taken a picture when they were stacked up in little mountains ready to get wrapped and packed as presents. Lol! Sharon has hers all packed away now.. I have a snap shot of some that went out though.. They are all Steve Good patterns.

Wow

Very nice! Good work!

That is amazing! Your wife is going to love it.

The stand is awesome, Great idea!

wow

Sharon and I care for her mom (who lives with us). One day as she was wandering down the hall I asked to see her "hall Pass". The hall pass turned into the daily joke that got her to smile, so today I actually made her one ..

Greetings from sunny Southern Arizona! I am new to the SSV. I wasn't aware that it existed until just last month. A little about me, I retired from the Army in 1993 (where I worked as a "96H" crew member in the OV1 Mohawk) and I retired from Valley Telephone in 2018 (where I worked as a core routing and switching technician for their ISP). My other hobbies that compete for my time are ham radio projects (AA7JC) and endlessly cleaning my garage. I am interested in building balsa R/C planes but I am at the early stages of getting anything in the air. About ten or more years ago, I stumbled on Steve Good's treasure trove on scrolling and the bug hit (thanks Steve!) so I bought a Dewalt and what a surprise when I discovered that scroll saw blades have a mind of their own. I remember trying to cut jig saw puzzles the first time and thinking this is great, when I screw up nobody can tell (Lol!) I made a lot of puzzles for a while (with those evil puzzle blades) Back then, I was still working full time plus commuting three hours a day. It was easy to get overwhelmed with life issues so my hobbies were often just a dream on the back burner. Scrolling was one of many a dormant activities but then a few years ago I retired (for the last time) and I walked into the garage and tried to make sense of everything. What I discovered was that I had collected an unrealistic amount of retirement projects. I had shelves of heavy old tube radios waiting for restoration and radio kits waiting to be built. (You can see a few of my radio projects at the QRZ website) One day some friends from church visited and they were intrigued with a simple ornament I had cut on my scroll saw. Fast forward to this year and I got a request to make some gift ornaments for them... Sharon, (my wife) decided she too wanted ornaments.. Lots of them.. So, I dusted off my saw and started struggling. I think I cut like fifty or so and soon they started looking pretty reasonable Lol! Over the last month I got adventurous and bought some oak and walnut and started cranking out some pretty nice stuff for the 2020 Christmas. You can see a few of them that I posted in the bragging rights section of the forum. Sharon surprised me with a vote of confidence when she gave the go ahead to purchase a Hegner one evening and it arrived the day before Christmas (woo hoo!). She wants to have a go at it as well. So that is where I am at. Just another old retired hobbyist struggling with wood.

Well, I got commissioned by my wife to make a sleigh this year. The book that had the pattern that she liked was "Classic Fretwork Scroll Saw Patterns" By Patrick Spielman & James Reidle. My first challenge was to find some 1/4" walnut large enough for the pattern.. I ordered some 8"X12"wood from an ebay seller and that worked well but I had to shrink the plans slightly to make it fit. I used Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse blades. Had a piece of the fretwork snap off on me but I am not sayin where (Lol!) Anyhow, Sharon was so pleased she bought me a new Hegner for Christmas (LOL!!!) She wanted to put the sleigh under the tree but we discovered that it makes an excellent candy dish on our dining room table.

Started this Steve Good pattern a few days ago for my son-in-law who needs a place to hang his bass boat keys (Lol). Still need to drill some holes and oil it up. It is half inch red oak. I used Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse blades.. mostly #3 and #5 but had to use a #1 in a few places.