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Thank you! That thought had crossed my mind regarding doing it again but since I don't saw very fast, I thought this alternative was at least a try. Thanks again!

Wow, another Papillon!....I can't wait to see a picture of your puppy or a scroll saw pic of him...if he will hold still long enough for a picture! Congrats on you new greenhouse in your shop....great idea! And even more impressive a new truck! I presume it is full size. I only have an 1999 Ford Ranger Step side so it makes it a bit difficult to haul a full sheet of plywood. I have to really strap it down. Anyway, congrats again and....Santa was surely good to you!

Ron, thank you! He was the smartest dog I ever had and always happy...I am so glad @Charlie E was able to capture his smile in the pattern he sent me. Those border collies are also crazy smart and fast. They always win most of the agility events. Enjoy your doggie.... time goes so quickly...

Ralph, thank you very much! Since I don't really know much about what I am doing (since I am such a newbie when it comes to scroll sawing) I guess I don't know any better so I try things that most folks would be more prudent and wouldn't do it. I am so happy it turned out.....Thanks again!

Thanks Jess, well I thought I might as well give it a try because it was either that or the burn pile. I thought, well I could try cutting the pattern again but I really liked that white aspen which I had to order online and that was about all I had of it. So I thought I would give the bandsaw a try. I wore all my safety gear, did kind of a 'dry run' with different safety pusher blocks and to my surprise it didn't explode into a million little pieces!

Thank you. It was just over 1/2 inch... my resaw blade on my bandsaw is pretty thin so It didn't take too much of the wood when I cut the backer off and I guess I got lucky. Thanks again

Thank you. He was a good doggy and great at agility but he couldn't open and close doors like your doggy can!

Yes, it was a bit scary to resaw that backer board off but the aspen held up well thank goodness.

I finished my scroll project of my agility dog, Baxter, that recently passed away. @Charlie E kindly made a pattern of him for me to cut. (Keep reading below the pictures) This is actually the first pattern I have ever cut...all my others have been free-hand. Anyway, I ordered an Aspen board and it was warped so after cutting it, it warped even more. I decided to glue it to a 3/4 inch backer board to try to flatten it. I decided to use a fairly thin coat of epoxy and put a large weight on it. I forgot, however, that the floor has become uneven in my shop due to the subzero (-11) weather and the bench was no longer level. So when I came back to see it 6 hrs later it slid off the backer and was stuck solid: I decided to take it to my 14 inch bandsaw and resaw the back off (it barely fit). After I was done I discovered I had a second picture of Baxter...a bit different/artsy/tye-dyed? from the original because the aspen wood was about 1/32 thick (or less) over the epoxy and shadows came through. Well, I made a new backer for the original piece and used titebond glue instead and pin nails. The aspen wood is now 3/8+ thickness with a 3/4" backer. So now I have 2 pictures of Baxter! @Charlie E thank you again for creating the pattern for me

Really, really nice work!

Well done! Wishing you the best!

Whoo hoo @barb.j.enders!

Beautiful! I love the grain of the wood.

Paul I love your street organ, could you post your video of it again while you are playing it...please

I am with @Scrappile. I have always used Deft spray lacquer on all my art pieces. Easy peasy and dries pretty much clear and super fast.

I would have to say my favorite scroll saw project was the first I ever made which was May of this past year. I made it as a Christmas present for my Daughter and her Husband. It is a silhouette of her and her husband at their wedding. The wedding was late in the evening and she loves the Moonlight and trees. Later in August I decided to enter it and another piece (a tree) I had done into a Juried Wood Art show. I ended up winning a couple of ribbons. I was so supprise by the ribbons that I wanted to surprise her and her husband with it. Now she new I entered the Tree piece but she had no idea that I had even made her the Moon piece. So when she and her husband came to the show they at first saw my Tree piece and then they both saw the one I made of them and they said "Wow, I wonder who did that one, it is really pretty (and then a pause)...HEY, that is us!" The judge happened to be there and got a good laugh as well. Anyway, I ended up wrapping it up and gave it to them this past Christmas.

Welcome from the State of Washington. It looks like the Seattle, Washington Huskies are going to play Michigan in the College football final....

Dave, what size wood did you use to make your chess pieces? Would 1" x 1" work?

I have almost no dust under my scroll saw after sawing for 4 hours today. There are a few little pieces but the dust seems to be picked up by the top and/or bottom dust ports. Usually I have a pile of dust under my saw and everywhere else. The other thing I noticed is I can now saw without a mask on. I usually have sinus problems when sawing. Saying that, I will still wear a mask when I saw walnut or any of the exotic woods since I just want to be careful. I believe @rafairchild2 has been using this dust port for a while and he might have more information about how it has worked for him.

Wow! I saw and loved your first one and this one is really beautiful! You do amazing work...I bet this took a while to make. Did you cut out the chess pieces 2 dimensionally and then carved them?

Thank you both! I do remember you both stating not to glue your parts in previous dust collection threads, so I followed your advice and did not glue anything. Mostly used those rubber connecters that just are tightened up with a screw. I do think I may have used gorilla tape in one place that was a bit loose. In a couple of places I used Woodcraft dust collection couplings to hold things together (especially on my collection box). https://www.woodcraft.com/products/4-pieces-2-1-2-clear-dust-collection-network-coupling-woodriver-dust-connection?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhc-sBhCEARIsAOVwHuTpPgMf72hkPLK4ucHil0D86zH_8iezWunp8ZH1FTPtOgK5u1W1jNIaAga2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Thanks again for all your great suggestions!

If you need better pictures (close ups, let me know. When I turned it on without adjusting the dust gates, the locline really was noisy (kind of a high pitch) but when I open my gate just a little to the hose for clean up, it really quieted down and still provided plenty of suction.

Great Idea on how you catch your pieces....but I do like Rolf's set up and I will use that on my Hawk. Yes, I now need to buy another locline and the bottom dust collector device from James for my new saw...which I can't wait to start using. I notice all dust collection systems are 25% off at Woodcraft for all of January, so I am going to need to order some more tubes and dust gates, etc. I did look at that Hawk you are interested in...It looks really clean. Maybe I will try making some sawdust with my new Hawk so I can let you know how I like it...unfortunately, it is still sitting in our very cold orchard bldg right now because my heated woodshop is too small.

A while back Paul @Scrappile posted some info on his dust collection system and many folks from the village responded. So I decided to set up one for my saw as well. I have a very large noisy dust collector which I use for my large equipment but I wanted something quieter while I scroll saw. I bought the Dewalt Stealth (really quiet) shopvac and set it 20' away from my little workshop room (located in our Orchard Building). I then hooked up the locline suction tube Paul suggested and purchased the bottom attachement from @James E. Welch https://bigriverwares.etsy.com/listing/1497458276 and hooked that up as @rafairchild2 described using dust gates as a "throttle" to decrease the suction to just what I needed. Then I took @Rolf cool collecting catch system and added it... so If I had a piece that was sucked up it would land in my catch container. I didn't have a container like his, so I took an OXO storage container from my kitchen (it held coffee beans) and drilled 2 1/2" holes in both sides and used it as my collection container with a screen over one side. I also added a "Y" where it came out of the wall so I could add a vacuum hose for clean up in my shop. Wow! it really works great. I used to use a small paint brush to remove some of the sawdust and now I don't need it. I also have virtually no dust on the floor anymore.... Thank you Village People for all your help!

Funny you asked. I just drilled through one this evening because I wanted to screw it to my wall to hold my fine files. It was easy-peasy to drill but was kind of a pain trying to get the the shavings out of the holes. Not sure what it would be like to saw...