2 hours ago, Artie said:

  The beauty of the dragonfly is it is a very busy design, so it’s hard to see where I failed to follow the lines  Plus it always looks better in a smaller photo than when it’s in your hand.

 

 The beauty of the pattern is once you peel it off no one knows that that you had lines to follow. I have to agree with what was previously stated, avoid projects with a lot of straight lines. Less stress and frustration. These projects you've posted look great and with more time on the saw you'll get a better feel for the straight cuts. There are some great patterns out there of crosses with vines and such that help take away those long straight cuts. Check your local library for pattern books before you buy. 

 Remember when your going out to the saw your going to relieve stress not create it. Have fun your doing great.

Maybe you could trade that PC scroll saw straight across for an air pump.
herb

6 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Maybe you could trade that PC scroll saw straight across for an air pump.
herb

@Artie...should you decide to go that route, I have an old aquarium pump I'm not currently using...just sayin'

 

Nice work on the dragonfly.

 

Artie...

you do some fine work...

Well, once we get back from Maine, I gotta go over to the finishing forum, and bother all those nice people, and get these projects finished.

@Artie, that's a sweet looking dragonfly. 

49 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

@Artie, that's a sweet looking dragonfly. 

 

it sure is...

Hi it looks beautiful. Fabulous job!!  I am wondering to know what kind of wood did you use ? I want to learn how to use scrolling, it looks fun to make it. 

On 12/15/2019 at 8:40 AM, Crafts12 said:

Hi it looks beautiful. Fabulous job!!  I am wondering to know what kind of wood did you use ? I want to learn how to use scrolling, it looks fun to make it. 

Welcome aboard Crafts12.  Scrolling can be fun, with a good machine...  Spend some time in the scrolling forum, there are several great folks on here that do beautiful work with the scroll saw - and a lot of good info and advise to share.  Tell us more about yourself, and post up some pics of your work, it will help us to answer questions you might have.

Welcome @Crafts12, plus 1 to what Cal said. 

 Quick tip, to be sure the person you are asking a question to sees it, because some of us just do a quick scan, put the "@" symbol if front of their name, a notice will be sent to them. In this case @Artie would be the guy to answer this best.

 Hope to see some of your work.

Hi Crafts12, pretty sure I’m not the bestus here at scrolling, but I have learned a couple of things. First thing I recommend is bookmarking Steve Good’s site Scrollsaw Workshop. A lot of great info there, lots of patterns, some for free. Even a set of online classes, all free. Another good tip someone here gave me, was when printing out patterns to use red instead of black ink. I find it easier to follow. The wood I used for the napkin holder and dragonfly is Baltic Birch plywood, 1/4 inch I think. I’m not saying one needs a great, expensive, machine to scroll, but if changing blades is frustrating it can get old fast. I’d say get some patterns, and start scrolling. The beauty of the dragonfly is there aren’t any straight lines, or perfect circles LOL.  Nothing is symmetrical so everything looks like I followed the pattern. Any questions I will answer as best as I can, but I’m still in the learning, newbie mode. Have at it, and have fun.