Scroll saw gift box/basket

[Bugle]

Been learning to use the scroll saw that I purchased from Charlie a couple of months ago. This is a combination of patterns by Steve Good. Made for my son's girl friend's birthday.

Bloodwood and red oak. I got the bloodwood from Anchor Hardwoods in Raleigh. VERY hard wood, but finishes nicely.

 

[thrt15nc]

OMG. That is absolutely wonderful. How do you do the bow????

Beautiful.

Tom Swortzel

 

[Bugle]

OMG. That is absolutely wonderful. How do you do the bow????

Beautiful.

Tom Swortzel

Thanks, Tom. The bow is scrolled from 3/4" bloodwood, sanded to a taper so they fit nicely together, sanded flat on one side, then glued to the top.

Steve Good has some really nice patterns here http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/ and they are all free. (I actually combined two different patterns) He also has some very helpful videos on YouTube.

 

[bwat]

Very nice!:icon_thum Hope she's a keeper.

 

[tryingtokeepmyfingers]

If you have not signed up for Steve's daily mailing list... I recommend it and it does not blow up your email too bad cause most of the time it is a little daily bit of good info

 

[Charlie]

Preston, Very nice. I like the wood combination. Glad to see that the saw is working out for you. You have used it more in the 2 months than I did in all the years I had it. :icon_thum

 

[Bugle]

Preston, Very nice. I like the wood combination. Glad to see that the saw is working out for you. You have used it more in the 2 months than I did in all the years I had it. :icon_thum

Thanks, Charlie. The saw is awesome, now that I have figured out how to stop breaking blades so much :gar-La; Sent you a PM.

 

[LeftyTom]

She will be impressed. :icon_thum

 

[Sealeveler]

Looks awesome.Steve's site has lots of great info.
Tony

 

[cskipper]

You did a great job on that!! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap I made the basket, but not the lid. Your basket looks better than mine - the corners and "dowels" meet better than mine do. Love the choices of woods too. I don't remember, is the bow cut in 3D?

I am glad you are learning to scroll. Steve Goode's site is a great one - lots of good discussions and patterns. You'll break fewer blades as you scroll more. Sometimes you will get a bad batch, but that is fairly rare.

Good job!!!!!!!

 

[Bugle]

Cathy, thanks for the compliment...coming from you it means a lot. It was actually my wife that encouraged me to take up the scroll saw. She bought one of your baskets at the picnic last year and asked if I thought I could make one. I saw my chance to get a new toy and told her "sure I can". :gar-Bi

The bow is 3 separate ovals sanded to a taper so they fit together and glued on separately (he has a video on YouTube explaining the process). As far as the blades go, I bought some less expensive ones (Bosch, Ryobi) to learn with which probably accounts for some breakage.

I picked up a really nice piece of Wenge at Anchor hardwoods a couple of weeks ago and plan on attempting a basket. Have you ever worked with Wenge? Not sure how it will go. I'll post some pics if all goes well.

 

[cskipper]

You will be AMAZED at the difference in howmuch more enjoyable scrolling will be when you use better blades. Even the difference between Olsens and Flying Dutchman blades makes a significant difference. I'm impressed that you could cut that bloodwood with the blades you have. I haven't worked with Wenge, but have a piece waiting for me to try my hand an intarsia again.

When you are interested in making your own basket patterns let me know. A very generous man on a scrolling site created a program that you can play around with designs.

 

[ScottM]

I love it. I know the time and effort that took. Well done.

 

[sawduster]

Nicely done !! :icon_cheers kudos also for giving Steve his props on the design :icon_thum Like Cathy I am impressed that you did that bloodwood so well with those particular blades
Good work ccasion1

 

[Canuck]

Very nicely done!!!!:icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum

Wayne