Scroll saws can be traced back to at least the 1800s, according to Earley. While modern ones are electric, Earley found one with a belt for a steam engine, which shows how old the machine is.

Diana Thompson first became interested in using a scroll saw 10 or 12 years ago because her husband, Bob, had one. She taught herself to use it, experimenting, following other people's patterns ...

Gregory Chabolla is a woodworker who has a gift for creating things out of love. "I just put a lot of love in these," Chabolla said, sitting at his scroll saw in his Liberty Hill workshop. "It ...