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This pattren was a delight ot cut....made from 1/4 BB ply, cut with FD new spiral 3/0 and 2/0 blades...finished wit a 50/50 BLO/MS mix,and a black backer....Thanks Alex for such a great pattern...I think I will cut more of his patterns in the future.....Comments welcome.....Steve.

Recently Sasho showed a Super Man trinket box he had made............inspired me to make one. Inlaid with maple and walnut.

Even with a really waxed table, there was too much drag to freely spin my medium sized fretwork pieces around. For those of you that have experienced this on the dw788 table (with the heavy mill marks), you already know what I'm talking about. BM table mill marks (at least on my particular saw) are "sharper"/more pronounced, if that makes sense. Anyway, the drag was unacceptable. This image will give you an idea of the issue. So, I took a trick from the dw788 playbook, and used the same general approach many have done on the 788 to smooth my Hawk table. 1. Got out the random orbital sander, but on the 110 grit, and went over the table.2. Switched to 220 grit and went over the table3. Put a cloth over the end of the sander, and put that sander on steel wool4. Put Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish on the table, With just a cloth covering the end of the sander, I buffed it several times5. Re-Waxed it. So, did it work? Absolutely. There is very little drag and I can predictably spin the fretwork piece now. Anyway, maybe someone out there will find this helpful, maybe even a 788 owner with aggressive machine marks in their table. -------Randy

Quick update... the replacement saw arrived yesterday afternoon. I got it setup and have been cutting kids puzzles out of pine this morning to get comfortable with it. It's much better although there is still some vibration, but I don't know what is normal for Hawk's. The one very good thing is, no blades breaking. The first saw, I snapped 5 blades in an hour and so far I haven't had one break and I'm using #3 blades. I've emailed Nilus at Bushton Manufacturing thanking him for getting me the replacement and I have the first one boxed up and ready for UPS to pick up this afternoon. I'll continue testing, playing and tweaking and will provide a full review once I swap out a few dozen blades, make interior cuts and cut a couple dozen of my real puzzles out of poplar as a thorough test. Looks like my farmers market will be a rain-out tomorrow, so I'll get some extra cutting time. Enjoy the weekend everyone, Iggy

There is a new barbecue place near me called the Proper Pig and one of the stores wanted me to make them a tip bank using the logo as a guide. I made the hat and monocle with my 3d printer but the moustache and bowtie were compound cuts. I have not show them this yet. I think that they will be happy with it. DW

Here's my cut of Paul awesome pattern.

Hi All, A few days ago I asked if anyone had any ideas where I could get this pattern. Within a few hours forum member Chachi very kindly put up a copy. Big thanks to you.

Phase 1 testing complete... cut 28 kids puzzles out of 3/4" pine using a #3 Olson Mach Speed blade. Vibration is just about gone after a bit of an adjustment to the main arm assembly I made late yesterday. I did snap a couple of blades, but I'm sure that was all on me as I get used to installing the blades in the clamps which need to be as close to 90 degrees as possible. I'm snapping them at the top, so I'll pay more attention and I'm sure it'll become second nature soon enough. Phase 2 testing later today will be to cut a few of my signature animal puzzles out of 3/4" poplar, including doing inside cuts which will give me practice with the upper blade clamp, over and over and over again.

And it got ruined by papaya sees drying on top of the picture on a paper plate weeks ago.I just forgot about it .I had to go thru a years pictures to find it again and recopy it and do it again 2 coats of min wax poly with a brush and no brush marks ,quick dry too.stand is plywood stained with medium walnut Danish i had with in reach.she's displaying her name Kim and next to it God will provide i made for her. She always stopps what she's doing and comes over and gives me a big kiss on the lips!

That's a awesome cut you did, very good job Steve.

I am weak! I caved, I bought the pattern and two others.... Hello, I am Scrappile, I am a patternholic. Where was my sponsor??

Well done on that cutting.

Beautiful piece Dave nothing more to say

Great job! This is one of my favorite patterns

very nice

awesome job

Oh Yea.A Super Awesome job.

Love it. Roly

Beautiful job Steve ,love it.

Strips are walnut and the veneer top layer is white oak. Other layers within the plywood can be anything.

Beautiful pattern and well cut Steve.

Beautiful inlay work with a fabulous finish. Different type of box. Well done Dave.

Stoney, I hope you are right, and I had that same thought. A few days ago I emailed and asked Nilus about making me some clamps drilled with #8 instead of the #7 bit to fit the m6x1. Haven't heard back, but, he hasn't said no yet. It would be nice if they would sell the better thumbscrew, but really, if they would just offer the clamps drilled and tapped for the M6x1, I would be happy. Since the existing clamp works for most users, I'm not sure how far they will go to accommodate me. Iggy is using the bigger blades, so he can probably get by with what he has just fine. I guess we will know if he has any blade slippage. It would, I think, make a difference for Doug and myself.

Thank you Roly,Are they still using your gum ball machine at work you made?

Man that's trick!

You did a great job on that. I want that pattern and several others he has. I think breaking the habit of buying patterns is harder than breaking the smoking habit. .... ... ... was.

That is awesome news!!!! You will have to see if it will pass the Nickel test.

Hey Hotshot My 788 was perfectly smooth, zero vibration, and the Hawk vibrates noticeably. I'm playing with speeds and found a couple of worse speeds, but no speed is perfectly smooth. At full speed it's pretty jumpy. I may try loosening some of the mounting bolts of various pieces and see if they simply need to re-align and "settle". The legs are rock solid on the floor and I'm on a concrete slab, just so you can mentally eliminate those as potential issues. I had leg extenders on the back legs because I like a tilt, but I removed those so that I could eliminate them as the problem. With the first saw I wasn't even able to cut without snapping blades, so this is definitely an improvement, and I really hope I can get rid of the vibration because I love how the saw cuts so far.

Iggy, how does this compare to your 788? My 788 is a bit smoother, but the vibration is manageable, so I'm happy. Where is your harmonic range now (mine is at 6 and 7), but fairly smooth outside that range. Will it pass the nickel test with the saw turned all the way up? So glad you got this resolved. I know you do a different kind of work than me, but will still be interesting to see how this works for you. I don't have any issues with the blades sizes you normally use. I've been top feeding for years, but have switched to bottom feeding on the Hawk because it is just less hassle, even for a seasoned top feeder. That move has made the saw much more enjoyable for me. After I get a little time under my belt, I will force myself back into the top feeding mode until I can do it without the struggle.

$40 would make me happy!

Really great scrolling there Jeff! Thank you for letting us see, Bob

Very nicely done Jeff on all the pieces. edward

Great pieces Jeff just one point you forgot to put your hair on your portrait that was the one chance to have it back again :0 Thanks for showing us

Great work all around thanks for sharing

Nice work Kris thanks for sharing

OH MY ,Awesome cutting.

Kris,You have to much time on your hand,Well done!

Great cutting on a VERY difficult pattern! JD-A and a IHC -M both very good old tractors; many still working every day too.

Love the pattern. 'AWESOME'.

Excellent project Kris. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

WOW! Really nice!

Awesome! Very good detail. I love the look of the tree.

Amazing cut!

That is fantastic, beautiful cutting, RJ

Kris, You are truly incredible.