Woodpecker Door Knocker - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

William Young (SE BC) · 05-17-2006, 07:00 PM

A neighbor has asked me to make him a woodpecker door knocker. You know the kind that you pull a string to have the bird knock on a wooden back plate. It would be easy to make a plain one with a home made pattern from a woodpecker picture but I want to surprise him and make it with some fancy fretwork and that takes my pattern making skills beyond my capabilities or at least beyond a desire to even attempt that type of pattern.

I find that I can cut out patterns much faster than I can make them and I am more interested in cutting patterns than actually designing them .

Any suggestions as to where I could get a nice fretwork pattern for this project ?

W.Y.

sawdustus · 06-12-2006, 01:36 PM

Try Scroll Saw Fretwork Paterns by Patrick Spielman & James Reidel.
Sterling Publishing, 1989.
There are a lot of background or frame patterns which could surround your woodpecker.

William Young (SE BC) · 06-12-2006, 04:13 PM

Thanks but I guess that was a scarce pattern to find because I posted the request on a few sites at the same time back on May 15 and this was the first response.
In the meantime , I told my neighbor that I not only hate painting but I am not at all good at it. That was why I wanted to go the fretwork route. It was the bird itself that I wanted to know where to to buy the pattern for.
So I made a (outline) pattern off a picture for the bird and the rest was basic carpentry and mechanics and gave it to him as an unfinished piece and he said his wife will paint it.
I was glad to get out of that one.

W.Y.

lucky788scroller · 06-13-2006, 03:29 AM

if you do a two year subscription to SSW, theres a nice intarsia woodpecker that could be easily made into a door knocking fretbird! Its in a free special ultimate pattern collection special issue .Its an awesome collection of patterns in it great job Fox Chapel ! Dale

05-17-2006, 07:00 PM	#1
William Young (SE BC) Scroller/Turner Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wynndel, British Columbia Canada Posts: 699 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Woodpecker Door Knocker A neighbor has asked me to make him a woodpecker door knocker. You know the kind that you pull a string to have the bird knock on a wooden back plate. It would be easy to make a plain one with a home made pattern from a woodpecker picture but I want to surprise him and make it with some fancy fretwork and that takes my pattern making skills beyond my capabilities or at least beyond a desire to even attempt that type of pattern. I find that I can cut out patterns much faster than I can make them and I am more interested in cutting patterns than actually designing them . Any suggestions as to where I could get a nice fretwork pattern for this project ? W.Y. __________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/willyswoodcrafting The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us Delta P-20 Scroll Saw, 14" x 43" Craftex Wood Lathe and Jet 10" Mini Lathe .

06-12-2006, 04:13 PM	#3
William Young (SE BC) Scroller/Turner Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wynndel, British Columbia Canada Posts: 699 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks but I guess that was a scarce pattern to find because I posted the request on a few sites at the same time back on May 15 and this was the first response. In the meantime , I told my neighbor that I not only hate painting but I am not at all good at it. That was why I wanted to go the fretwork route. It was the bird itself that I wanted to know where to to buy the pattern for. So I made a (outline) pattern off a picture for the bird and the rest was basic carpentry and mechanics and gave it to him as an unfinished piece and he said his wife will paint it. I was glad to get out of that one. W.Y. __________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/willyswoodcrafting The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us Delta P-20 Scroll Saw, 14" x 43" Craftex Wood Lathe and Jet 10" Mini Lathe . Last edited by William Young (SE BC); 06-12-2006 at 04:22 PM.

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06-12-2006, 01:36 PM	#2
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	Try Scroll Saw Fretwork Paterns by Patrick Spielman & James Reidel. Sterling Publishing, 1989. There are a lot of background or frame patterns which could surround your woodpecker.

06-13-2006, 03:29 AM	#4
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,308 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	if you do a two year subscription to SSW, theres a nice intarsia woodpecker that could be easily made into a door knocking fretbird! Its in a free special ultimate pattern collection special issue .Its an awesome collection of patterns in it great job Fox Chapel ! Dale