Scroll Saw Blog

This is Jenny’s big semester: two course each at two different colleges 140 miles apart. But we’ve got to do what we have to in order to get graduated.  Anyway, that means I’ll be cutting back on the saw to help her out. This is the slow season, so it’s not that bad, and it’s [...]

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The order for the English Cocker Spaniels got packed tonight, and should be off to their new home in the morning. Meanwhile, I’ve been cutting out sides for the dog boxes. The wood comes from leftover pieces of animal puzzle blank, so it’s free for the cutting.  The plan is to have several boxes ready-to-go.  [...]

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I finally got back on the saw today, even if it’s only for a single animal puzzle.  After I had left for the Christmas trip, I got an order for Wolfgang here.  After a day of getting things started house-wise, today I drew the letters and cut out the wolf.  I did this pattern a [...]

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I got an email from a reader down in New Zealand’s “Sheep Country”.  He had some hints about the Border Collie re-shown below.  The biggest one was to put some space between the tail and the legs.  That makes since, as that’s the normal way of separating the letters.  I’d have to be careful, as [...]

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Just a quick post tonight.   I got an order for a customized Dachshund, named Stretch.  Although I’ve been using Corel to draw these patterns, the program wasn’t available today (Jenny had the computer…. ). So this one was drawn by hand.  Here he is drying from his oil dip.  He still needs his base [...]

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We’ve been working with a Portugese Waterdog clip on a “Retriever Cut” version of the waterdog.  After several back-and-forth work we finally came up with a puzzle everybody’s happy with.  I’m actually rather proud of how it turned out.  The club will be selling them in September, and they expect to sell quite a few. [...]

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At the Canton Fea Market there was a lady that liked the dragon.  However, she wanted an oriental dragon, as is was to be a gift for a Kung Fu instructor. It took a while, and a lot of looking at dragons on the internet, but here is the first draft of a pattern. I [...]

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We had a couple of orders through KC Paws in Pendleton, Indiana.  Trying to get a reputation for doing these type of puzzles quickly, we went ahead and cut them out over the weekend and delivered them today.  Unfortunately I was not able to get good pictures for the catalog.  I did some with a [...]

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At Grand Rapids I got an order for a pair of Beardie Puzzles. This is one of the most expensive puzzles I sell, and I found out today why I price them so high! :-)  Things that cause puzzles to be higher in price are: complicated cuts; lots of interior holes; close/fragile areas; lots of [...]

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Just a quick post here.  I’ve got an order for 12 Scotties for awards at a Scottie show down in Texas.  These have a trapezoidal base so you can put a metal plate on them. Here they are; 8 are assembled, 4 more are cut and waiting for a base.  I’ve since got bases on [...]

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