Transform these fierce dragons into a functional design Dragons are symbols of mystery and mayhem, and these two have brought a little of both to the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts editorial office. When Lora S. Irish sent this pattern to us, we fell in love with the design. But, […]
Presenting the winners of the 2011 Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Best Project Design Contest The winners of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts’s annual Best Project Design Contest were announced in the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Fall 2011 (Issue 44). Each year, the entries impress the editors with beautiful […]
Delbert Short uses his imagination and ingenuity to create elaborate contraptions In the Summer issue of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts (SSW43, available in April) lifelong woodworker Delbert “Del” Short shows off what he likes to make the most: elaborate gismos, gadgets, getups, contraptions, and whatchamacallits—for lack of better terms. That’s because […]
Richard Frano uses woodworking to battle multiple sclerosis For the past 45 years, Richard Frano, a disabled veteran from Southington, Conn., has been waging a private war against the ravages of multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is an incurable autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system. One of the unlikely […]
A photo-illustrated look at the origins of this popular woodworking tool A lack of accurate record keeping shrouds the origins of the scroll saw in a veil of mystery. However, recently discovered records suggest the first patent for a saw using a reciprocating steel blade was awarded in 1829 in […]
Gulf coast artist develops her own form of “liberal intarsia” Artist L. Kim Braa pushes the limits of the scroll saw–and other materials–with her scrolled work. The Gulf-coast artist steps outside the traditional woods and materials used by scrollers and integrates all sorts of materials into her work. “I don’t […]
Vermont youth named artist of the month Twelve-year-old Isaiah Strong, of Saxtons River, Vt., has been creating quite a buzz in the local woodworking community. As the youngest member ever to join the Jelly Bean Tree artisans’ cooperative, Isaiah works far beyond his years creating everything from intricate puzzles and […]
His Marine Corps Training Serves Him Well When the premier issue of Scroll Saw Workshop came out in the fall of 2000 not many scrollers had heard of Gary Browning or his method of scrolling portraits, which he introduced to us with a portrait of “The Duke.” Less than a […]
Create the look of lathe-turned bowls with your scroll saw. At every craft fair I’ve attended recently, I’ve been drawn to displays of beautiful lathe-turned bowls. Having had some experience with cutting steep angles on the scroll saw, I thought it might be possible to replicate the look of these […]
Scroll saw artist specializes in cutting jigsaw puzzles without the aid of a pattern—and you can do it too! Carter Johnson began cutting jigsaw puzzles in 1993 after moving to a larger home with room for a workshop in the basement. Both Carter’s and his wife’s families have been interested […]
