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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: northie66 on April 30, 2010, 08:53:59 pm

Title: First things you made
Post by: northie66 on April 30, 2010, 08:53:59 pm
This is the first thing I made from start to finish.  I keep it hung up in my shop.  It's from a tattoo pattern that I altered.

Do you have pictures of the first things you made?



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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: patch on May 01, 2010, 05:20:10 am
This was a gift to my beloved and the first thing I made  

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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: canadasgall on May 01, 2010, 06:24:52 am
since i am totally self taught and didnt even no these site existed or other people actually used a scroll saw i didnt even no what it was for lol but once i found different sites and forums it opened a whole new world. then oh my god i found different size blades, and differnt colored wood. the first thing i made was actually laughed at(there is no way i would post a pict. lol) and after 5 years im still learning new things thanks to the great people who share their info.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: patch on May 01, 2010, 06:32:05 am
since i am totally self taught and didnt even no these site existed or other people actually used a scroll saw i didnt even no what it was for lol but once i found different sites and forums it opened a whole new world. then oh my god i found different size blades, and differnt colored wood. the first thing i made was actually laughed at(there is no way i would post a pict. lol) and after 5 years im still learning new things thanks to the great people who share their info.
We wouldn't laugh we all started some where and we are all still learning it dosn,t matter how long you
have been scolling
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Kepy on May 01, 2010, 07:30:23 am
The internet and digital cameras were not around when I started but my first projects were personalized Christmas ornaments that were dated.  I sent them to family members in place of cards and had a new design each year.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Marshall on May 01, 2010, 10:14:19 am
I wish I had took pictures of some of my earlier work , too many years ago and back then the picture taken sure wasn't as good as it is now for sure ........you guys have some fine pictures here of pretty work .........Marshall
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: cherie on May 01, 2010, 10:20:07 am
These are what I made fort he very first time on a Dremel that we bought from Lowes for 99 dollars.  They are made from balsa wood.

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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: patch on May 02, 2010, 01:52:22 am
Cherie they look cute  simple and effective 
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: chips on May 02, 2010, 08:58:49 am
 As I've mentioned before on here. I started out scrolling back in the mid 50's, and the following pictures are my very first project and the tools I used. Didn't know there was such a thing as an actual scroll saw as we know it today. My Dad showed me how to set things up and how to use them.



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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: MadHatter on May 02, 2010, 12:01:14 pm
well the first things i made were a hideous mess seriously. sorry i have no pictures of that lol.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Crash Landing on May 04, 2010, 05:59:16 pm
My first project was an Intarsia design. I used a 4 inch grinder and and lots of sandpaper. I am now hooked on the scroll saw. My first projects have been attempts at patterns graciously provided by Steve. I have nothing of merit yet to show but I am undaunted by that and will sally forth. Thank you Steve for your generosity and thank you Janet for the idea of using tattoos as patterns..

crash

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Post by: Lakelad on May 04, 2010, 08:43:44 pm
Here is a plaque Steve was kind enough to make a pattern for me. I also made one from his sight on girls volleyball for a grand daughter and wanted a diver for my grandson. Don't seem to have a pic of the volleyball plaque. Made this as one of my first projects on my Ryobi which I purchased to see if I would like scrolling.
Gary

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Post by: m_r_dxn on May 04, 2010, 10:01:01 pm
This is the first thing I ever made.  It was made in 1996.  I still have it.  It was dropped and broken once, but I was able to repair it to where now even I can't remember or find where it was broke before.  Sorry the picture quality isn't the best.(http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss142/m_r_dxn/wood%20working%20album/Matt.jpg)
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Barry on May 04, 2010, 10:17:42 pm
The first thing I made was from a pattern on Steve's website.  It was a feather with a wolf in the center.  It is around here somewhere but I can't put my hand on it right now.  I do know I was hooked right away, though :)

Barry
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Crash Landing on May 05, 2010, 09:18:04 pm
here is my first salvageable scroll saw endeavor.  After a few failures I got one that I could actually peal off the pattern and it looked like what I was hoping it would. Again, thanks Janet..for the tattoo idea.

crash

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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: northie66 on May 05, 2010, 09:23:14 pm
That's pretty cool looking crash.  I like dragonflies too.  It looks like a tattoo.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: saw dust john on May 06, 2010, 09:57:12 pm
I was a little kid in school, don't know what type of saw was used.

It's plywood.  Somehow my mother kept it, as mothers do and it now hangs in my shop.

I then went on to become self-taught.  Teaching girls woodworking at Girls Incorporated (girls club) and
still fooling around at 57 years old.  Hope to still be doing this as long as some of the more senior members still are.
(http://www.chromewiretie.com/key.JPG)

Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Crabbyboater on May 06, 2010, 11:38:06 pm
I'm like some of you other "Newbies" and don't have anything I'd be comfortable showing.  I've only made one item so far, and that is just my dog's name, "Molly".  Other than that I've just made lots of sawdust getting to know my saw and how to use it.  Never did scrolling before, but believe I'm going to enjoy it.  Good to be among so many folks, both old hands and new who share as you do.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dragonlord85 on May 08, 2010, 12:38:16 am
This was the first thing I made when I started 8 months ago.
(http://s1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/Dragonlord85_album/Scroll%20saw%20projects/?action-view&current=Timeinabottle.jpg)
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dragonlord85 on May 08, 2010, 12:38:40 am
Ok that didn't work
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dragonlord85 on May 08, 2010, 12:41:37 am
Since I can't get the picture to upload here is the link.

http://s1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/Dragonlord85_album/Scroll%20saw%20projects/?action=view&current=Timeinabottle.jpg
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 11, 2010, 10:46:19 am
I hope this works, my pic were to big to attach, so I tried to put them on picasa web, so lets see if I can put the link in as Steve explained on his video. By the way these were not the first things I made but it's pretty close was the 3rd and 4th I think.
[img][http://picasaweb.google.com/108830755235538370820/img]
David
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 11, 2010, 10:47:58 am
So it did not work, must have done something wrong :-\. Will watch vidoe again and check URL.
David
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 11, 2010, 10:57:02 am
Here we go again. Maybe 3rd time lucky.
(http://picasaweb.google.nl/108830755235538370820/Scrollsaw#5470019991594818162)
David
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 11, 2010, 10:58:44 am
Maybe I beter wait for Steve's tutorial on picasa web.Sorry for the empty posts.
David.
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Gary on May 11, 2010, 11:34:11 am
Dawie,
    Both of those projects looked great.......Gary
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 11, 2010, 11:51:35 am
Thanks Gary, So you got to the site alright then.
David
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Russ C on May 11, 2010, 05:15:48 pm
This clock is one of the fist things I made in 1985.No pattern I just made a drawing and built it.It brings back a lot of memories. My first wife and I had just purchased our first home with a big fenced in back yard for our daughters (6 and 3 yrs old) to play in and a nice garage for my wood shop, I mean her car.It was in that garage some of my first projects where made. She loved this clock and let me hang it in the living room. God rest her soul she left us in 1986 in an automobile accident.

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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Dawie on May 12, 2010, 12:42:28 am
Here goes, thanks to the help I got from Gary. These where about the 3rd and 4ththingsmade.David
http://picasaweb.google.com/108830755235538370820/Scrollsaw#
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: deerwatcher76 on May 12, 2010, 07:23:11 pm
Don't really remember which one was the first but I added the link to my album
JD
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Inky on May 15, 2010, 11:12:54 am
I know most people start out on easy stuff but this is the first thing I ever cut. The motor cycle was hard because I didn't know all the little secrets of scrolling yet, took me forever.

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Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: Rightarm on May 15, 2010, 06:36:02 pm
    I cut my daughter's name free hand. She still has it, and displays it on her desk. Dave  :o
Title: Re: First things you made
Post by: kp91 on May 15, 2010, 11:31:28 pm
My earliest use for the scrollsaw was as a template making tool, which I would then use for reproducing items using a router, etc.

This is probably the oldest piece I still own that has some scrollsaw involvement, from about 1997.  It involved 3 templates.

These days I spend more time using the scrollsaw for 'scrollsaw' projects, but it is still a great template making tool.


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