Colorful fish

I turned back for a favorite designer for this fish. Or to be correct, this one was my second puzzle overall and first ac quittance with designer Russell Greenslade. I purchased the pattern via woodstore.net and received a pdf with pattern and colour suggestion.

In this case I used pine and a too small blade (do not remember its specification at this time) So this time I ended it up with a beautiful puzzle but with pieces that was a little too tight.

My finishing skill also had room to improve after this one. As can be seen on the photo.

Motorcycle puzzle

For this puzzle I once again turned to Scroll Saw magazine (issue 27) and a pattern designed by William Berry. I tried with oak this time, previous projects where done in pine.

I could not avoid some wood burning within the most intriquate parts, but I will hopefully learn to avoid them in the future. I only oiled this one to keep the dark oak original feel to it.

And yes, the reciever is of course a motor cycling man:-)

Wizard puzzle

I made this puzzle for a friend who are into computer gaming a lot. I used the great puzzle design by Russell Greenslade (pattern featured in the book 'Wooden Puzzles') and modified it somewhat to include some computer and TV-games symbols.
I colored it with wood dyes, but did not really got the result I wanted as it was presented in the book above, but the person receivingthe gift was thrilled :-)

My first scroll saw project - an elephant

My first piece of scroll sawing was made during the Christmas holidays in 2006. My wife gave me an issue of the ScrollSaw (issue 25) as christmas gift. In the issue was a pattern and instruction for an Elephant Woodimal(R) designed by Jim Sweet. I used a spiral blade (which I have not used since:-) and cut out a simple socket for the elephant to stand on.