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Welcome to the world of scrolling. Joyce and I think you will find scrolling rewarding, relaxing and just plain FUN!

Whether you’re just beginning or have had some experience with scrolling, you will find something in this book that will help you enjoy scrolling even more than you do now.

This book is based on our many years of teaching basic and advanced scroll saw classes throughout the country. Each time we teach a class, we learn something new ourselves, and we would like to pass all we have learned on to you, the reader of this book.

The instructions in this book are based on and follow the classes we have taught. Both Joyce and I want to make it known at the outset that we do not consider ourselves experts on scrolling, so please do not consider us such. We are just passing on what knowledge we do have. We plan to learn much more about scrolling before we are done. We believe in the saying, “You learn something new everyday!” In fact, we have found in our travels that we can learn a lot just meeting and talking with people.

If you can cut out a simple project such as a teddy bear, you can cut out a larger project like our Chimes of Joy clock. Both use the same basic scroll saw techniques. The only difference is that the clock requires more cuts.

We want to thank Dan O’Rourke of Dublin, New Hampshire, for testing and doing all the projects in this book (Dan had never used a scroll saw before. His finished works are featured in the exercises.); Deborah Porter Hayes of Hancock, New Hampshire, for taking all the photos; and Francis McKenna, owner of Fine Woodworking in Dublin, New Hampshire, for lending us his workshop/showroom to take the photographs.

Last, but not least, we would like to thank Alan Giagnocavo and the staff at Fox Chapel Publishing. Without their help and input this book could not have been published.

It is our sincere hope that Scroll Saw Workbook will open up a whole new world of scrolling to you.

Please, feel free to drop Fox Chapel a note if you have any questions, suggestions or criticisms. We would love to hear from you.

Happy Scrolling!

John A. Nelson

Joyce C. Nelson

Narragansett, Rhode Island