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A bulldog intarsia made from sapele and idigbo wood which I bought a few months back from a hardwood store. Here’s another one made from wood I got from the same wood store. Bought quite a bit from there as it was a hour and half drive away. Only got offcuts but got some wood that I have never...

My brother got me a old pine table from a skip. It was only a small one,like a TV dinner table. I made this whirligig out of it. The wings were just some bits of pine skirting board that I had. It’s in the garden now but not had any wind yet to see it moving.

Much too cold now in the garage to get any work done,no heating in there. Got this one finished a few weeks ago. This is before I put any oil on the project. Western red cedar mostly and tulip wood for the white parts. This is with the oil finish applied. Another view from the side showing...

http://www.nottinghamhardwoodtimber.co.uk Here’s a link to a great little wood store shop I found. Hope the link works. If not just copy and paste. It’s in Nottingham and fairly easy to find. You have to ring first to arrange a day and time to go. I found the shop while I was searching...

Just added the finishing touches to my latest piece. I started this in November but not been well enough to spend a lot of time on it. I modified a pattern I found. I put more hair pieces into the ears and altered where the ginger fur was so that it resembled the look of a dog that I used to...

I know a few members have done this pattern many times but this is my first attempt and it’s a very big pattern. For me anyway. Thought I would take some photos along the way. So I started off cutting out the paper pattern into sections from many copies of the original pattern. This took a...

Almost finished. Got the backing board to put on. Then the varnish. Tried the wax route earlier on some scrap wood but wasn’t happy with the finish. Must be doing it wrong. I like the colour of the wood to pop and show the grain. I probably like the glossy finish you get with varnish.i know it’s...

I am in the process of getting my plans sorted for the Clydesdale and pony project. I have been wanting to attempt this since I first saw it in the pattern book. I knew I had to wait a while until I had more experience with intarsia work. I feel now capable of tackling it. I know a few of you...

Saw this project in a magazine and just had to give it a go. Used western red cedar for the shell. The turtle head and legs was from some old wood I found in a scrap bin. I think it was a old floorboard and I mean very old. Problem with the floorboard wood though is that it was very sticky and...

Almost completed my latest intarsia. Started this a while ago and managed to get a lot done this weekend. Not varnished it yet. It’s a Judy gale Roberts pattern from her wildlife intarsia book. Hope you like it.

Making a sunflower spinner for the garden from some offcuts I had left over. I didn’t have a pattern so just looked at a few photos of sunflowers and worked things out as I went along with it. Used the scrollsaw and bandsaw. Enjoyed making it.

Almost completed a whirligig for a friend. I’m building two so I can have the second one. Things learnt from building the first one was improved upon in the second build. Keeping the best one for myself lol. Well I hope the second one will be better. Made it a bit thinner and lighter and the...

175 pieces cut out and a few more to go. 20 hours over 4 days to cut them out on the scroll saw. Can’t believe it took that long. Lost count of how many blades I went through. Enjoyed doing it though on my new second hand saw. Got a Hegner with the quick release. What a difference to the old...

This is a work in progress with photos of a recent intarsia project I am doing. Here is the start of the project with the plastic sheet on it being cut out on the scroll saw. Using a plastic sheet was something new I tried. The plastic sheet didn’t work very well as dust collected underneath and...

Here’s one I did using small scraps of wood I scrounged. Some of the wood was very old floor boards but it was very gummy and sticky, don’t know why. Played havoc with the sander. Won’t use that wood again. I am also working on another Judy gale Roberts pattern. Not far off finished but it’s...

Just saying hello. I have been reading these scroll saw forums for a while now, looked at a lot of the older posts. Found them really helpful and interesting. I was given a old Ferm scrollsaw and have been playing with it and made a few intarsia projects. I love doing them. I think I will...