@sunnybob:
You wrote, QUOTE:
I am always impressed whenever I look at a scroll saw thread.
I have a hegner multicut and have tried it several times with complete and utter failure.
UNQUOTE:
If you want to learn it really is "only" a matter of some (and more, and even more!) practice bob.
For e.g. look back on nev's recent posts here, (something about "now I've got a scroll saw, what do I do with it?"). Along with others here I posted several links to helpful info for beginners, including a page or two of practice "pattern" cuts. I found these very helpful to start off with (and still go back to them once in a while) and the reason I "found" them was because others before me had posted them when I first got interested. It really is "only" practice - if it was really "clever" I wouldn't be doing it at all!
HTH
AES