1st Scroll Saw project in 42 years

Gary,
That came out really nice!
The story behind the project & material is awesome as well.
He is going to like that a lot.
Good job !

-- Eric

Nice Cutting, Gary!! And fairly bold on your part, picking out a thick piece of Elm to work with, after 40 years!!
Did you snap a blade or two? That can be a rather unsettling event… ;-)

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

A neat gift Gary, he should be realy pleased with your handywork, good job

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Nice touch & well conceived project

-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK

Bur,

I have to congratlate you on this. Very well done. It does take a little time to get back in it. Sometimes it depends on how sharp or dull your blades are depending on how much speed you need. How much force you use to push the piece, etc.

Good Job.

Handi

-- Jimmy "Handi" Warner, http://www.facebook.com/HandisWorkshop, http://www.facebook.com/HandisCreations, Twitter: @Handisworkshop, @HandisCreations

Mike: I only broke 3 blades on the project. After the 2nd break I switched from pinned blades to unpinned. While I only broke 1 pin-less the dog gone things kept popping out of the holder. The scroll saw I have is a $69 special from HF and the pin-less set up requires about 4 hands. My mom always told me that suffering was good for the soul.

Handi: Toward the end of this project, which I’m sure took me a lot longer than it would have if you were running the saw, I was finally getting a good feel for the touch to use. It was getting to be fun at that point.

Eric, Trevor, Pete: Thanks for the kind words.

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin

I love it, what a great project.

Not a 5 year mission though !!! :)

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Fantastic, I am a huge Trek fan. The link to the original template isn’t valid anylonger, can you share?

Love Long and Prosper

Outstanding. Beam me up Scotty. I grew up on Star Trek, I to am a huge fan.

Great Job.

-- Ray

Sorry but I have to… SO you are saying that this item came from the Captains Log hehehehehe I recognized the “D” right away even before I read the inscription or description

-- the most beautiful about a tree is what you can make out of it...even if that is only a fire!I hate raking

Great project and an awesome gift for his departure.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

cool … would look great on my desk at work

-- keeping myself entertained

One of many to come I guess.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

It looks great! No one would ever known it’s been 42 yrs. Great idea and very fitting for the retiring boos.

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD