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Love this pattern By Steve. You did a great job of it, well done. Marg

Well done Marg

Fabulous work. Well done. Marg

What a brilliant idea. Love it. Marg

That is the best Nativity scene I have come across. Well done you Sir, nothing wrong with your scrolling. Marg

Cute. Marg

Terrific work, well done. Marg

Just get the cheapest one walmart sells. and some clear tubing. I put the end of a ball pen into one end of the tube to make it more directional and taped the tube alongside the regular tubing. Works great and is constantly on when I saw instead of only blowing air like the bellows do. Total cost should be about $10.

Very nice. My husband loves it!

I warm the end with a hair blower to be able to disconnect and reconnect. It’s really not too bad.

Frank... Someone needs to be better at cleaning his firearm. I recommend Hoppes #9....

I knew I wanted to do this when I first saw it. Steve Good pattern, reduced to 75%. Cut in live edge, reclaimed Elm. There is a knot that I had hoped would add interest. Part if the edge fell out. Used a #1 mg blade, finish is Walrus Oil. Now I have to decide if this is okay to sell!

I have the line in stock on my website as listed below my signature.

Well done. Excellent job, beautiful. Jim

I want to thank everyone for replying. Everyone have an awesome Merry Christmas! I will show the final edition when finished.

What BabBob said. The flexline is easily repairable.

Mike's has changed hands, but is still a great representative of FD blades. Mike sold the business to folks who have a strong reputation, like he built.

Mike's workshop I've been buying blades from there for years https://mikesworkshop.com/collections/blades/products/xl

I’m looking to buy some Flying Dutchman XL12 blades and can’t find where to buy them in bulk. Most are sold in a pack and I dk t need the other ones included. Do any of you fine folks have a good supplier of bulk blades? I can’t find the same size and tpi on Olson’s website. Thanks, Ben

I'll second this. I knew a master scroller who made some of these wooden gear clocks. He was also a mechanical engineer, so he had a fundamental understanding of the challenges involved. He said his biggest problem, apart from the precision required, was that the slightest change in humidity would mess up the movement and his clocks never kept good time. This can be mitigated somewhat by using plywood, but the tolerances are so tight that even using BB ply, there can be enough movement with humidity to mess things up. These are great examples of a scroller's skills and an excellent conversation piece, but if you intend for it to actually be functional & accurate clock, well, good luck.

I'm kinda with JT on this. Gotta be careful when painting something like this, because it may not blend as nicely as you want. I'd be inclined to use dye instead of paint. The dye will still allow the look of the wood to show through, so the contrast won't be quite as stark. I'd probably only do the ribbon on the wreath and leave the fireplace flame as is. Afterall, there are flames on the candles as well. If you do one, should you do all? You see the slippery slope you can end up on.

Excellent job, just beautiful.

I used whatever seemed appropriate from Walmart. The one I had was adjustable and dual output, so I combined the two outputs to one. Seemed to work well enough.

Great work, looks phenomenal. Jeff

I used an aquarium pump for years, but they no longer make one like the one I used. If you want to try an aquarium pump, I recommend the Tetra Whisper. It's cheap ($6.40 today) and lasts a long time. I have several. If the Loc-Line is broken, replace it with the real thing. Loc-Line 40413 It will last longer and work better.