Best Friends. A gift to be treasured Scroll Saw Pattern.

Best Friends. A gift to be treasured. 14" X 4".

I lost one of my best friends today. It was a short illness. He did not suffer and he had his family with him at the end. I was fortunate to be able to visit and say goodbye before he passed. He was not awake but I believe he knew I was there. Rest in peace friend.

In Memory of

Kenneth L Fortney

Son, husband, father, gentleman and my best friend. 

I had mentioned yesterday that I would make a final decision on my travel to the MidWest Scroll Saw and Woodworking Trade Show. I have decided not to attend the show. I need to spend this time paying my respects to my friend and his family. I hope all of you who attend the show have a great weekend.

Delta 40-694 on sale again at Amazon. $351.80 7/31/2018.

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I keep an eye on the price of this saw on Amazon. It regularly goes on sale for a great price. Right now it is marked down from $399 to $351.80. 

I watch this saw because I think it is a very good price to performance machine. Is it the best saw on the market? No. Will it give you good results and a good experience for a price that does not break the bank? Yes.  

One of the most common emails I receive is "What saw should I buy?". There is no one answer to that question. I have to know what you want to do with the saw. How much can you afford? What are your expectations? I could ask several questions before I was able to recommend the perfect saw for you. 

Most of the time a new person to the hobby can't answer these questions because they don't know what they want. That's where a saw like the Delta 40-694 comes in. It is a good general purpose machine at a slightly above entry level price. 

One thing that kills me about Amazon is that their pricing never makes any sense. If you use the link above you will see that the machine does not come with a stand. If you order the machine and stand combo the price jumps to almost $700. What???? That's an expensive stand...

If you want the stand, Amazon does sell it separately for $119 at the following link. Still expensive but closer to reality.

Delta Scroll Saw Stand

Exciting News. We have another giveaway for this month.

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There are just hours left for you to enter. Don't miss out on a nice prize just because you forgot to enter. 

Stephen over at Bear Woods recommended that we do a giveaway in conjunction with the Midwest Scroll Saw and Woodworking Trade Show. You do not have to be at the show to win.

We will have three winners.

#1 will receive a $300 gift certificate from Bear Woods sponsored by the Scrolsaw Workshop

#2 will receive a $150 gift certificate from Bear Woods sponsored by Bear Woods.

#3 will receive an incredible scrolled piece of art by Charles Dearing. This artwork will be cut live at the show. After the show, it will be packaged and sent to the winner. You will love this artwork.

The contest is open to the world. Enter once per day.

The entries will end 7/31/2018 at midnight. Winners will be drawn during the show.

We will try to stream the drawing live if we have a decent internet connection.

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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. 

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.

Click here to Order. 

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. 

Unique Wooden Vases:
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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