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I will check out the books. Shame about the mag though :( I know I could subscribe to Scrollsaw Workshop magazine but then as with the forums a lot of the ads and articles may not be relevant. Well according to John A Nelson in his book 'Scroll Saw Workbook' the first ever thin scroll saw...

Thanks for the explanation, and the fact that's it's only your second piece just makes it all seem all the more impressive. I can't believe the terrier is made from ply. How do you shape it without it chipping and splitting? I know what you mean about the american thing. All the first scroll...

Very nice, especially the boxer. =D> I think I must have missed a thread somewhere but are these shaped slices of wood stuck together or carved from one piece. I'm very much a woodwork novice so talk to me like I'm stupid :wink:

I agree with Chris, don't forget to give yourself a 'wage' as well as recouping the cost of materials One of the best ways to price something up is to make use of the web and search out similar items and see what they sell for. Although it can be tricky if what you are making is pretty unique...

Thanks again Gill I did try a search earlier but came up with all sorts of strange results. I'm very much a forum novice and entirely sure how all these things work :oops: Will try harder next time.

Anybody used tulip wood? Whats it like? Still not having much luck getting suitable wood locally. Will try a place that does decorative faced ply at the weekend, although I think they have to order it in :( Looks like it's going to end up being mail order which isn't ideal. You'd think living...

Thanks for that Gill, I have to admit I have accidentally 'brushed' my finger against a blade whilst working and I didn't even get a scratch (must be my very thick skin) so I'm not seriously worried about any diy amputations, but I do have nicely trimmed fingernails :wink: Good tip for using...

Fantastic work Bob!! =D> Both those pieces are absolutely beautiful and mind bogglingly intricate. The more I see of work done with the scroll saw the more things I want to have a go at. I think it's going to be some time before I would attempt anything like that though. Apart from puzzles...

Thank you all for your kind comments. I am rather pleased with it for a 3rd ever piece, but obviously I still have plenty to learn. I use a graphics tablet and pen for designing which is much easier to draw with than a mouse. I already design cross stitch 'patterns' and draw so that bit of...

OK so I've sussed it now :o) Sorry it's a bit big, I'll try and work out how to make it smaller if I ever post another one

Thanks for the link Gill. If I've done it right there should be a pic at the bottom. I'm finding it all runs away from me sometimes and I can't turn the piece quick enough so don't get a sharp point. The main problem with this one though was more with knocking the points off while cutting rather...

Thanks for the link Bob, a manual in proper English like what I talk, and it's got useful things you might like to know about your new machine in it very unlike the one I had. Thanks again The Axminster is near as damn it identical in outward appearance to the Hegner, how its internal gubbins...

Guess what? They're already on order :o Thinking I might get a foot pedal at some point too, as i am very used to operating a sewing machine it seems to be the obvious way to go. Still waiting for my books to arrive so a bit stuck for an easy project to do. Been checking out the hoard of cross...

OK folks....... I now have an Axminster AWFS18 sitting prettily in my garage :o) I can do the smiley today, yesterday would have been a different matter, tempers were a little frayed. Now I have read a lot of instruction manuals in my time but I think this one would have to take the prize for...

Thanks Raggy :o) Yeah they look pretty good will give them a ring tomorrow. thanks again

Please no fisticuffs on my account ;o) I did consider ply but thought it might split and tear, but then what do I know. I know of the shop in Bournemouth you mentioned, Gill, I will check it out. As far as I know it's the only Timber shop in the area now since the only other one just closed...

Hi All I've been directed here from Scrolling to see if anyone can help me with a good and reasonably priced source of wood for scrollsawing i.e sheets of 5mm. Somewhere near to Bournemouth would be good too. Many thanks in advance :o)

I think I have everything else under control but there's a major part of the equation I'm still pondering over......wood. What would you recommend I start with I have read that some people use MDF to begin with I suppose it could be useful to practice with but I would rather have an end product...

Thanks for the replies. My concern was the performance of a cheaper model. I know a bad workman blames his tools and all that, but do you ever get to be a good workman if you don't have quality tools in the first place? Anyway I shall check out the SIP and Scheppach. With luck I shall be wading...

Hi all I don't yet have a scroll saw but I recently stumbled across some scroll saw work on the web. My first thought was 'wow that brilliant' my second was ' I gotta find out how to do that' I'm very much a practical person and I've always been very crafty, in the nicest possible way of course...