Creative Woodworks & crafts 1998-03, страница 5

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by Lawrice Brazel photos by Andy Chen

For the fourth year in a row, Dale Whisler's Scroll Saw Picnic was a buzzing svcccss. Held in Stevens, Pennsylvania, the picnic featured the latest machines, products, and publications related to scroll sawing. This year, the June event brought out about 700people from all over North America.

Newest designs

Under a large tent, picnic attendees could stroll through aisles of scroll saw work by sawyers of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. The picnic allowed scrollers a chance to mingie with top designers such as Dirk and Karen Boelman, John Nelson, Dan and Raymond Wile kens, and Scott Kochendorfer from Scroller Ltd.

As was the case at last year's picnic, fretwork is Still extremely popular. One of the most interesL-ing pieces on display was Dirk and Karen Boelman's fretwork clock tower, each of its pieces sawn by various people from all over the world.

Pirk Boelman and his giant clock-in-progress.

A picric attendee trie© out an Excalibur saw.

Also impressive were the designs of Marilyn Carmin of Heartland Creations. Marilyn's culling features wildlife designs framed by rough, natural edges. Many of Marilyn's designs were displayed throughout the picnic.

Joanne Lockwood tests the new Eclipse saw, as inventor Ernie Mellon looks on.

Newest saws

The Scroll Saw Picnic offered demonstrations of the newest scroll saws from companies such as Hegner, PS Wood Machines, PiBl, and Excalibur.

Ray Seymore demonstrated his 30" Excalibur scroll saw for the second year in a row. "It's a very nice vehicle," Seymore says of the saw. 'There are a lot of people interested in the machine because of its ability to do inside cuts."

Right alongside the major saw companies, Ernie Mellon demonstrated his newly invented Eclipse scroll saw. "1 invented, designed, and built this saw." Ernie explains. "I brought the saw to the

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