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All are great! Like RabidAlien, I love the dolphin and waves.

Beautiful piece and a beautiful lady.

I was going to say the same thing as Denny. Very clean cuts... although I only use Pegas blades from Artcraftersonline.com also!

Very nice... and it's always a plus if it sells!

Outstanding piece!

Very nice, Frank. I've ordered me some colors so I can try my hand at adding a flair to my projects.

You're quite a busy man, Ray. Great work!

I favor the top right but they all are fantastic!

Nice project and a great theme!

Great job,Chuck. Love they way you color your projects.

Great job. I'm with Jim though. cut a piece out and I'm automatically sending it to the waist can.

Welcome form North Carolina. There is a lot of experience from the members here. I've learned a lot in the year I've been scrolling. I won't take long for you to find your way with scrolling. And remember the members here like to see pics of your projects.

Welcome to the Village from NC. Lots of knowledge from the members so don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any. Don't forget to post pics of your work. We love pics here!

Albert Einstein?

Beautiful piece, Denny. I agree the M&M's would fall through the holes... but then I could eat the ones that fell through.

Well, being somewhat new to scrolling (a little over a year), I still enjoy the portrait type projects although they can be very time consuming. I do like the western themes as well as some of the more rustic patterns. I try to sell some of my work as an attempt to re-coop some of my expense however I know I would never re-coop my time on some of the more elaborate projects. Someone posted a few days ago that it had taken them about 40 hours to finish a cutting. If you value your time at $20 an hour, you would be looking at $800 for just the time alone for a single piece. Don't get me wrong. I scroll for the relaxation and joy of scrolling. I like to know I can take a raw piece of wood and turn it into something I call art. Selling projects is just a means of a supplemental income to augment my scroll saw hobby. I've done a lot of Steve Good patterns and I'm currently working on a couple commissions using several of his patterns, but I look forward to completing these commissions so I can get back to what I enjoy most, the portraits. I've dabbled in pattern creating and actually completed my first pattern recently. I haven't posted it because it is a pattern of my best friend Hershey who is a long hair Chihuahua sitting on a stump after Hurrican Matthew. I like the subject and surrounding area but there is a lot of distraction in the background. In other words, I feel it needs work. I hope to one day be able to tackle one of the large elaborate clocks or towers you see with the very detailed fretwork, but then I see some of Frank's posts with the beautiful colors... or some of the works from other talented scrollers on this forum. I'm in awe at some of the crafts the members on this site create. I've rambled enough and will close by saying I scroll for ME! It relaxes me, it is something I enjoy, I learn something almost every time I sit at the saw and the outcome is something I, and hopefully others, enjoy looking at.

Treat that woman special. She gave you an outstanding Christmas gift. Wish my woman felt the same about me. I agree with Kevin. That looks like the 30 inch saw. Happy cutting!!!

Those are some clean and crisp cuts, Dan. Excellent job on the frame. Wish my corners would mesh up that nicely.

Very nice piece that will be cherished for years to come. Yeah, and the food made me hungry!

Great job, Chuck.

Beautiful work, Frank.

Excellent work, Charlie.

Very clean cutting! Great job!

Nice cutting, Joe, regardless of when they were cut.

I cut two more toppers for Easter. The front is 1/4 Maple that was painted by my wife. All I know about the backer is that it is 1/4 but uncertain of the type. Thought it looked pretty cool with this grain. Happy Easter Village Scrollers!