just Josh

made a heart shaped woven style basket for my wife, working on an intarsia rose too my 12 year old son is also doing an intarsia rose for his girlfriend

as with any compound cut piece, they are going to be slow going. you are cutting thick material. Another aspect you may not be thinking of; you may think, "yeah, but I have cut 1.5 inch material before and it didn't seem this hard" (just guessing). typicly when cutting on material, you have a larger piece to hold onto and push thru the blade, but with the chess pieces, you are holding a much smaller piece of wood, thusfor using your finger to do the work that you are usually doing with your hands. See what I am saying? Small compound pieces are always a bit more difficult. Maple is a hard dense wood, it is going to be difficult to cut. Stick with it, you will get it

sounds like the scroll bug bit ya. Welcome from Indiana

welcome from Indiana

here is what I cut mostly (lately) wooden baskets. I just find them to be a bit enjoyable to make. I get patterns for them from Steve Good and John Nelson. first pic is all done in 1/2 inch red oak second pic is done in 1/4 inch aspen and 1/4 inch red oak last pic is again, 1/4 inch aspen and red oak. I made a lid for that basket, esentially making it a box. My son asked me to make this for him to give to his "girlfriend" for her birthday

hello all. My name is Josh, and I'm a scroll-a-holic been away from scrolling for many years, but recently came back to it. Teaching my 12 year old son too.