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Wood Mosaics

December 3, 2008

Here’s a neat video about wood mosaic artists Robin and Kathy Tucker. It isn’t scroll sawing per se, but it should interest those of you who do inlay, marquetry, or intarsia. Check it out!

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Here’s a neat article that was in the news yesterday. Pam McPherson is an 84 year old scroller from Carbondale, Colorado. She has been making jigsaw puzzles for her friends and family for the last 50 years! She cuts about 100 puzzles per year, but has nearly 3,000 images in queue. Check out this article [...]

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Layered Deer Mountain Scene

December 1, 2008

Here’s a great layered deer mountain scene pattern provided by GAbaptist. Perfect for that outdoor enthusiast in your life. The pattern is hosted on Bukisa, which offers a unique interface distributing documents as shown below. Unfortunately, Bukisa doesn’t offer a download option But you can easily print the pattern by choosing the Print option under [...]

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Silhouette Letter Holder

November 20, 2008

Here’s a neat project from Christine of Chantournage which I thought was rather clever. She cut out a silhouette of an animal. But instead of throwing away the scrap, she turned that into the back panel for this letter/napkin holder. It really gives this project a nice effect. Possible Christmas gifts? I think so! This [...]

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Turkey Tote

November 19, 2008

Here’s a fun little project that should please the pilgrim in you. This free Turkey Tote pattern is provided by The Windfield Collection. Use this as a centerpiece filled with flowers, or vegetables from your fall harvest. They provide a nice printable pattern with detailed assembly and painting instructions. Make sure you get both parts [...]

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Lichterbogen

November 8, 2008

One of my favorite sites belongs to the German pattern designer, Arnold Volkner. He is best known for his lichterbogens (lighted arches) and Christmas pyramids. His patterns reflect a lot of German tradition that has a quaint old-world feel. He has a section on his website where he offers a free pattern. I like to [...]

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Brass Snowflake Ornament

November 6, 2008

Many times, us scrollers only think about cutting hardwoods and plywoods. But there are a number of other materials that we can cut as well. The folks at Woodworker’s Journal has a great article on how to scroll saw a snowflake ornament out of brass! The article includes the free pattern, detailed instructions and accompanying [...]

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Do You Tweet?

November 5, 2008

This morning, I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that answers the question, “What are you doing?” The posts are limited to a mere 140 characters and is namely used for basic updates on what you’re doing or thinking at that moment. A lot of woodworkers in the woodworking community stay [...]

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Wooden USB Thumb Drive

November 4, 2008

Here’s a great project for that tech junkie in your life. This wood enclosed USB thumb drive (a mini hard drive that plugs into a USB port on a computer) can easily be made with nothing more than a scroll saw and a sander. Matt Burns of CrunchGear.com put together this great tutorial, showing you [...]

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Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw

November 3, 2008

OK…now that Halloween is over, its time to get serious. Christmas is much closer than you think. Only 8 weekends away! Can you believe that? I know there are a lot of people on your list, so lets get started. How about adding a bit of dimension to your scroll saw Christmas. This week’s Book [...]

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