I hope everybody had a great weekend and got some shop time in. We were blessed with over 3" of rain this weekend, as we have been in a drought this is truly a blessing. Hopefully none of our members were in the paths of the nasty tornadoes and storms in the past few days. This is what I did yesterday 

Yea I glue up a few patterns, mini birdhouses & birds, pet angels and all their components, and a couple more awareness ribbon angels, hopefully I can get the majority of these cut this week. I did cut these two chess pieces just for fun, they are from Diana Thompson's book on making chess sets, she has patterns for a woodworkers set, I'll probably cut one of each just for fun. 

Check out what Wayne Mahler finished up Crown of Thorns finished and delivered some more of his beautiful work. 

Here are a couple links for everybody to check out :

Rick Hutcheson is known to be one of the overall foremost authorities on scroll sawing and has what is known to be the largest collection of saws in the U.S. if not in the world, he has a bunch of good videos on not only scrolling but also turning, as he is a rather accomplished wood turner also. 

http://scrollsaws.com/

Steve Good has to be one of the most generous people in the scrollling community, he sends out around 300 free patterns every year via his email newsletter. If you can't find something to cut from his selection of patterns, you just don't want to cut anything , he also has numerous videos on his youtube channel.

http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/sdgood#g/u

I'm looking forward to hear what everybody else has been up to this past week. 

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Wow Greg! Great post to kick off the week! You got your work cut out for you man. That is allot of scrolling. So that's how you do it eh? Glue em all up first, then cut em all out.

I am loving your chest pieces. Very nice and clean. So I am thinking the saw piece is the Bishop? and the slotted screw piece is a pawn?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

Way to go Greg, man you were one busy person this weekend. Looks like you got a lot of work lined up now.

Those chess pieces are pretty cool. I will have to check out the entire set and see what they look like.

As for me, I posted my First Scroll Saw Project in another post. You have to do one to get started, so hopefully I am on may way now.

Thanks for the great info.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

as soon as I get home tonight I will be doing almost these exact same things. My first show of the year is in 2 weeks and Im in need of about 100 more of these birdhouse ornaments. going to do her butterflys too and a few other items in mind.  Man your gonna be busy too.

The saw is the queen and the screw is a pawn. The king is a brace, the bishop is a hammer head, the knight is a pair of pliers, and the rook is a screwdriver. I glue up groups of patterns like this when I need to cut a bunch of stuff quick, so I can just sit and cut, also we have some cold nights coming up this week and the spray glue won't stick as well in the cold.  Morris said:

Wow Greg! Great post to kick off the week! You got your work cut out for you man. That is allot of scrolling. So that's how you do it eh? Glue em all up first, then cut em all out.

I am loving your chest pieces. Very nice and clean. So I am thinking the saw piece is the Bishop? and the slotted screw piece is a pawn?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

Thanks Pauline, have you been cutting anything with that new saw?

Pauline Brechlin said:

WOW Greg you been busy!!  Looking good:)

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'There is nothing like the smell of fresh Coffee brewing and scrolling wood into a beautiful piece of art!'

John, did you get the bowl finished ?

John Moody said:

Way to go Greg, man you were one busy person this weekend. Looks like you got a lot of work lined up now.

Those chess pieces are pretty cool. I will have to check out the entire set and see what they look like.

As for me, I posted my First Scroll Saw Project in another post. You have to do one to get started, so hopefully I am on may way now.

Thanks for the great info.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

I hear ya Joe. I need to get some of the butterflies cut too. I've got my first farmers market of the year coming up the first weekend in April, so I'm  trying to get some spring type stuff done. Have you cut any of here bird ornaments? I need to get some of those done too. 

Joe Adams said:

as soon as I get home tonight I will be doing almost these exact same things. My first show of the year is in 2 weeks and Im in need of about 100 more of these birdhouse ornaments. going to do her butterflys too and a few other items in mind.  Man your gonna be busy too.

A lot of work Greg and a lot more to go!!

Love those pet angels!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Thanks Lewis, I think I spent more time putting patterns on than I will cutting all that stuff. But I find if I have the patterns on the wood it motivates me to finish them up, there's just something about seeing a finished projectthat motivates all of us. 

Lewis Kauffman said:

A lot of work Greg and a lot more to go!!

Love those pet angels!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Greg

Love the chess pieces, I don't ever remember seeing a set like that. You definitely have some work cut out for you. I also understand about the time take to attach patterns and doing the lay out work. Looks like you addicted to the compound cuts but they are a lot of fun to cut.

Great job

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

No, I hope to get it finished tonight.

Greg Aksdal said:

John, did you get the bowl finished ?

John Moody said:

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Wayne, These patterns are from Diana Thompson's book on wooden chest sets. I love doing the compound cuts and they sell pretty well too. 

Wayne Mahler said:

Greg

Love the chess pieces, I don't ever remember seeing a set like that. You definitely have some work cut out for you. I also understand about the time take to attach patterns and doing the lay out work. Looks like you addicted to the compound cuts but they are a lot of fun to cut.

Great job

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

Greg - lookin good

Below are a couple of projects I finished up this weekend.

EAGLE-32  Cut into 5/8" Maple with a FD #3UR - pattern by Gayle Mortenson

God Bless America - pattern by Steve Good - cut into 1/2" Walnut with pine background - using FD #3UR

Wilderness Bald Eagle - Cyprus - using FD #1UR - lost pattern maker's name 

OK folks, what did y'all make last weekend ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  We want to take a look see  

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21
'Don't complain about the storm - learn to dance in the rain.'

Greg,

Man you're making me feel bad  I did'nt get anything done.

Well not exactly, I did find a pattern for an upcoming project to put on your forum.

Now if it would only warm up so I can paint some parts to get the saws done.

 

Larry

OWWM Forum Host

Fred, Looks like you've been staying busy too, we're always glad to see some of your work. 

Fred Wilson said:

Greg - lookin good

Below are a couple of projects I finished up this weekend.

EAGLE-32  Cut into 5/8" Maple with a FD #3UR - pattern by Gayle Mortenson

God Bless America - pattern by Steve Good - cut into 1/2" Walnut with pine background - using FD #3UR

Wilderness Bald Eagle - Cyprus - using FD #1UR - lost pattern maker's name 

OK folks, what did y'all make last weekend ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  We want to take a look see  

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21
'Don't complain about the storm - learn to dance in the rain.'

Larry, our winter has been so fickle down here in the south that we don't know what season it really islast week we had lows in the mid 60's  this week that's the highs. It'll warm up soon enough for you. 

Larry Buskirk said:

Greg,

Man you're making me feel bad  I did'nt get anything done.

Well not exactly, I did find a pattern for an upcoming project to put on your forum.

Now if it would only warm up so I can paint some parts to get the saws done.

 

Larry

OWWM Forum Host

Greg,

We've pretty much had the same type of winter here. One day it's in the 50's, the next down into the 20's. It's supposed to be mid 50's today, yesterday was mid 30's. We're more than ready for Spring! The Wife and I have cabin fever BAD!

 

Larry

OWWM Forum Host

Greg Aksdal said:

Larry, our winter has been so fickle down here in the south that we don't know what season it really islast week we had lows in the mid 60's  this week that's the highs. It'll warm up soon enough for you. 

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/