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Scroll Saw Chat

November 11, 2009

Scroll Saw Village has added a live chat feature. Talk in real time with fellow scrollers about the hobby we love. The chat room is open 24/7 with a scheduled chat every Thursday at 7pm MST. Once a month, we’ll pick a topic or invite a special guest to host a Q&A session. For those [...]

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Holiday Festivities

November 10, 2009

With Christmas right around the corner, its time to start thinking of making a few Christmas gifts for loved ones in your life. To help motivate you to create a little Holiday sawdust, Scroll Saw Village is holding a contest! The winner will recieve a Rose Jewlery Box intarsia kit provided by Midlothian Woodworks, a [...]

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Polymer Clay Inlay

August 13, 2009

I was digging through the archives of Scroll Saw Workshop and came across this blog post that I found really interesting. Steve uses polymer clay as an inlay for some of his projects. This is a great way to add color and adds a unique flare you wouldn’t find anywhere else. I think it would [...]

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Intarsia Wood Chart

August 11, 2009

Selecting wood for your intarsia project could be a tricky deal. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a chart you can look at to help you choose? Well, Mike Mathiew from Midlotian Woodworks has a great article and reference chart he wrote for Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts (Spring, 2009). He includes a picture [...]

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Intarsia Tutorial

April 16, 2009

This summer, I’m going to try my hand at intarsia. So I’m reading all I can before I jump in. During my research, I came across a great series by Mike Mathieu of Midlothian Woodworks. He wrote a series of 6 blog posts, aptly named Intarsia 101, on Lumberjocks. Mike shows the process of taking [...]

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Pimp My DeWalt 788

April 14, 2009

You just bought a new saw. For most people, right out of the box is just fine. But for others, modification is a must. James Riser added a few bells and whistles to his new DeWalt 788. He shows you how he waxes his table to prevent rusting, adding wheels to his stand to make [...]

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Rubber Band Guns

March 31, 2009

One of my favorite things to do as a kid as the weather warmed up is getting together with my friends and playing Cowboys or War. We’d pull out our rubber band guns and shoot each other with our elastic ammo and feign our grisly demise. While it may not be PC any more, but [...]

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Scroll Saw Made From A Toy

March 27, 2009

Remember those old Erector sets you had as a kid? You would take bits of pseudo angle iron and aluminum strips and bolt them together to create some really cool structures. I built mostly robots and airplanes. Well, here’s a scroll saw created using a Czech product similar to the Erector Set called Merkur. The [...]

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Clubs & Organizations

March 25, 2009

It’s Wiki Wednesday! Wiki Wednesday is an ongoing series providing tutorials on how to use the wiki and highlighting interesting articles on Scroll Saw Wiki (www.scrollsawwiki.com). This week’s highlighted article is on Clubs & Organizations. Local clubs provide an opportunity to share your work, exchange ideas, and enjoy the company of like-minded folks. Often times [...]

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Making Wooden Hinges

March 17, 2009

Sure, you can buy hinges for boxes. But if you want to add that extra touch of class to your next project, try making your own hinges! Gary MacKay wrote a great article for Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts back in 2005 about how to create your own hinges with a scroll saw. Don’t have [...]

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