14" X 11"
This is not my original graphic. It was a piece of clip art that I liked so I heavily modified it so it could be cut with a scroll saw. The original was available for personal and commercial use without restrictions.
North Eastern Ohio Scroll Saw & Woodworking Expo:
Patty and I arrived in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio Thursday afternoon. We are here for the NEOS Show that is being held at the Quirk Cultural Center. The show opens Friday morning at 9am and runs until 4pm. Saturdays hours will be the same.
After we were settled in the hotel I went over to set up my table. The Quirk center is a large older building located in a quiet neighborhood. It is easily accessible with plenty of parking. It is a nice place to have a small show.
When I got there a few vendors were busy setting up their tables. I was thrilled to see Missy there setting up a table for SAW. Barbara from PS Woods was there getting their tables set up. They have lots of scroll saw products for sale. You are sure to find something you want.
Doll Lumber had some beautiful scroll saw ready boards ready to sell. They had several species and it was all beautiful stuff. Belcher Carving Supply has a large setup with just about anything you would want for your carving projects.
Hawk Woodworking tools is scheduled to set up later Thursday. I look forward to meeting them and getting a close look at their saw lineup.
If you are coming to the show make sure you bring a project to enter in the contest. No project is too simple.
I am looking forward to meeting some of you this weekend.
Edit while you cut?
This is a good pattern to talk about a cutting technique that can be useful. I call it "edit while you cut". Here is what I mean by this. If you are cutting a pattern and you see a weak spot in the pattern you may want to edit that cut on the fly.
There are a few reasons why you may want or need to make an on the fly edit. The pattern may just have an error. The board you are using may have a weak area. You may have made a mistake on an earlier cut and need to make up for it.
In the image below you see two interior cuts. The black area has already been cut. The grey area is the cut we are making now. As you begin to make the cut you notice the thin area between the two interior cuts. You may decide to make an on the fly edit to strengthen that area.
The red dotted line is the path you might take to add more room between the two interior cuts. You have to determine if the edit will alter the pattern enough to cause a problem. Most of the time it will never be noticed.
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Products for your consideration:
Scroll Saw Pattern Design Tutorial: DVD
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Then I will show you the technique to take your photograph and make a pattern from it. When the pattern is complete we will go in the shop and cut it.
The DVD is $10 plus shipping. This is a data DVD that you will use on your computer to watch the video tutorial
Every Scrollsaw Workshop Pattern from 2007-2017 in DVD
Purchase the entire Scrollsaw Workshop pattern catalog for offline access.
This DVD has 2,300 patterns published from 2007 thru 2017.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
If you use the DVD on a Windows PC there is a simple viewer program to browse through the patterns.
The DVD also works fine on a MAC. The viewer program is not MAC compatible but there is an included PDF with all the patterns shown as thumbnails for easy viewing.
Want to create beautiful wooden vases on the scroll saw?
My two "Wooden Vases on the Scroll Saw" books make it easy.
The books are $12 each and available for instant download after purchase. Click for Video Demonstration.
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