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Welcome To Scroll Saw Goodies

December 31, 2008

Welcome to the new Scroll Saw Goodies.  I’ve been teasing the new design for the last several weeks, and now its upon us.  The new redesign is in fact a completely new website!  Scroll Saw Village is a new online community for scroll saw enthusiasts.  Chat, share tips, exchange patterns, and just casually talk about [...]

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Halloween Luminaries

October 9, 2008

Here’s a great idea by TLT on the BT3Central.com forums. Rather than cutting pumpkins this year, he decided to take a few of the free pumpkin carving patterns available on the internet and use them as patterns to make his own luminaries. He used corner blocks with dadoes cut to hold the plywood panels, which [...]

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Intarsia MSN Group

April 24, 2008

One of the great things about the internet, is the number of specialized communities that are there to help. If you get stuck, post a question and before long you’ll have all kinds of advice from the resident experts. Intarsia is an MSN group of fellow intarsia artists. They are a very friendly group that [...]

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Scrolling Games

March 31, 2008

My other hobby is playing board games. I love ‘em! I have about 150 board games in my collection and its constantly growing. So I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to hear the latest issue of SSW&C has plans for a compound cut checker board set designed by Sue Mey. I’m [...]

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Finishing Trivets

February 26, 2008

Finishing trivets is a bit tricky. You are putting hot plates on the wood and you don’t want to discolor or melt the finish. There is a great thread on Absolutely Free Scroll Saw Patterns about finishing trivets. People discuss their personal preferences about finishing trivets as well as providing a few product links. Definitely [...]

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Dallas Ft. Worth Scrollers Patterns

February 25, 2008

Spring is right around the corner. Birds are starting to make a show. What better way to celebrate the upcoming spring season than with our fined feathered friends? The Dallas Ft. Worth Scrollers has provided this great pattern designed by Sylvia. They have a number of other free patterns available too that should keep you [...]

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Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Community

January 18, 2008

Communities are a great way to meet people who share the same interest. They offer support, advice, tips and encouragement. My favorite online community is hosted by Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine. What a great group of people. You won’t find much for free patterns, but you will find a wealth of information and [...]

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Williy's Woodcrafting

December 19, 2007

Looking for more inspiration? Look no further than WillysWoodcrafting online gallery. William’s gallery has hundreds of pictures of his work. From fretwork clocks, portraits, 3d work to bandsaw boxes and pen turnings. He does it all from his home in Wyndell, Canada. He is an active member of several online communities as well as the [...]

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Train Name

December 10, 2007

Awhile back, I wrote about Shop of Arpop and the patterns he has to offer. Here’s another one of his pattern sets. He offers a train alphabet. This would be great for a little boy’s room. Each letter and number is presented in a JPG format so you can easily scale them to the size [...]

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Absolutely Free Scroll Saw Patterns

November 26, 2007

In my last post, I mentioned Absolutely Free Scroll Saw Patterns. AFSSP is an online community with over 3200 members. Here, you can get advice from other members and exchange ideas and patterns. One really neat thing they do is have a monthly design competition. They choose a subject and members submit their designs. The [...]

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