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Don’t Let Your Scroll Saw Village Account Get Deleted

September 20, 2012

This is an important message regarding membership at Scroll Saw Village, our sister site & community for scroll saw enthusiasts. We are moving to a different software platform in early October (You can read the announcement here). But, before we move, we have to do a bit of housekeeping. We have a lot of members who [...]

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30th Anniversary Excalibur Scroll Saw

September 19, 2012

General International announced a limited edition version of their popular Excalibur Scroll Saw to mark their 30 years of making this outstanding product. Not only does it look amazing, all black and trimmed with gold, but they’re offering a few new features too! Probably their best feature is their dust collection system. Keep the scroll [...]

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How To Make Wooden Farm Toys

September 6, 2012

I’m a sucker for wooden toys. In my mind, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a child play with a toy you handcrafted. Kurtis Foote, of Just Build Stuff, published a scroll saw book How To Make Wooden Farm Toys. Farm toy patterns are hard to come by, so I was pretty excited to [...]

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Ornaments For Charity eBook

November 23, 2011

I’m pleased to announce that the Ornaments For Charity eBook is now available! The last couple years, designers from Scroll Saw Village donated original ornament patterns not available anywhere else. We compile these patterns into an downloadable eBook. You can download the eBook for free and check it out. If you decide to keep the eBook, we [...]

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How To Design Scroll Saw Patterns

August 18, 2011

Awhile back, I created a classroom series on how to design your own scroll saw patterns using GIMP and Inkscape. This class was freely available on Scroll Saw Village in the Village University forum. It included a video tutorial along with written instructions. Recently, I started working on a new website; How To Design Scroll [...]

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Child Safe Finish For Toys

July 28, 2011

With all the news of toxic chemicals in toys made over seas, child-safe finishes have become a hot topic. Cynthia Lewman from Toymaker Press put together a really nice tutorial on how to make your own non-toxic, child safe finish for toys. This finish will display the beauty of the wood, but won’t hurt the [...]

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I Take Plastic

July 21, 2011

As crafters and artists, we get to the point where we start selling our work. Either at craft fairs, or word of mouth. But, since most of us don’t make a living at selling our work, options like accepting credit cards is practically non-existent. Until now. Square is a really neat credit card processing service [...]

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Stack Cutting and Painting Your Projects

July 14, 2011

Many of us are afraid of painting our projects. You may not know where to even start. Well, here is a really neat series by Sheila Landry. She shows you each step of the way from preparing the pattern, stack cutting, and painting a snowman for a winter scene. You can find the pattern she’s [...]

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DIY Scroll Saw

July 7, 2011

Short on cash, but still need a scroll saw? Build your own! Kurt built his own scroll saw based loosely on a Roy Underhill design. He documented each step in an Instuctables tutorial. Even if you don’t build your own scroll saw, it is really neat to see how to put one together. You’ll definitely [...]

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How to Build a Wood Toy Car

June 30, 2011

Natural wooden toys are becoming more and more popular, especially with the concerns of toxic materials in toys made overseas. Here’s a neat video on how Sherman Francisco builds a toy car that he and his club donates to Toys For Tots. He’s using the Ripsnorter pattern from Toymaker Press. Be sure to check Toymaker [...]

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