Wedding Cross

Made this one for a friend at the day job.  She has a family wedding coming up in May and wanted this as a gift for the happy couple.  About 31/2 hours in this one.  It measures 10 x 14.  Good size to hang on a wall. 
The pattern for this cross is from Sue May of Pretoria, South Africa.  Her website scrollsawartist.com is a treasure trove of terrific patterns.  She has many cross patterns such as this one covering all kinds of events and professions.  Another one I have found to be very popular and a good seller at craft shows is the Nativity Cross depicting the birth of Jesus.
The really nice thing about Sue's patterns is that you don't have to wait for them to arrive in the mail you can down load them right from her site.
Thanks for checking in.  Come back often.

Eye Catcher!

Finished this one a couple of days ago.  It is one of my favorites.  Arguably the most important verse in the New Testament, the promise of salvation.  This is what I call an eye catcher when displayed at craft shows.  It draws a lot of "oohs and ahhs" and always sparks the question "How long did that take you to cut."  Well the total time for this project is about seven hours.  I work on it over the course of a week cutting about an hour and a half at a time. Just drilling all the holes for the letters takes about an hour.  Don't sell man of these because the of the price but I have sold everyone I've made.  The current price on this one is $65 which doesn't even come close to covering my time but the eye catching appeal usually draws people in to look at my other work and generally leads to other sales.  I won't let it go for less than that and I often have people try to talk me down on it.  Whenever I do sell one I need to make another right away. 

On the website front, another page has been added to terrysscrollshoppe.com which details the scroll
saw process.  The next step now in the works is to compile a products page with prices and then an order form. I'm going to see how it goes for a while taking individual orders before investing in Paypal or a shopping cart feature.  The challenge is going to be continually adding fresh content to keep people coming back.  Will probably do that by adding new products to the home page.  I've looked at some other websites that I like and will try to pattern my after them.  The challenge is always going to be time.  Still have the day job and a really lousy shift on that right now, but at least my mornings are free to do this stuff.  Plus, the weather is finally getting nicer so biking, golf, and fishing have to be worked in as well.

Thanks for looking in,  Check back again soon.

Confirmaton Present

Special order from a lady at the day job. The cross is for her son's confirmation. She wanted something for him to hang on his wall. This one was designed by Dirk Boleman and was meant to be a Christmas tree ornament or pendant. I doubled the size of the patter and it came out to be about 8" by 10". The wood is Cherry finished in Danish oil . It will darken over time. I like the way it turned out. Think I'll make a few more of these.

A Place to Hang Your Hat

This is a simple little project that I have had a lot of demand for. People love things made for their kids and if you add their names to the project they love it even more. I've made dozens of these for people at my day job. When I finish one and bring it in I usually get about five more orders!

It is made from a 3/4 by 4 inch piece of clear pine cut to a length of 24 inches and then the 3 1/2

inch shaker pegs are added and a couple of holes drilled at the ends for hanging purposes. Buttons cover the holes. The child's name is added at the top, cut from the same piece of lumber.

The name is then glued to the top of the board.

I leave them unpainted and unfinished, so the customer can finish them anyway they choose.

On another note: I have added a second page to my website http://terrysscrollshoppe.com. It is called "The Scroll Saw Process". Many times people have asked me "How do you do that?" This page describes the process in some detail and pictures are provided.

Next step for the website is a products page and a contact form for ordering.

Due to a shift change at work, I have been working on the website in the morning hours. Hope to have a lot of additions in the near future so keep checking in there often. I will also be putting a link to this blog there as well.