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So... the 2nd DeWalt that I wore out was still under warranty, so when I had my big event near Raleigh a couple of weeks ago, I took it to the DeWalt repair center in Raleigh (which is the closest one to me, 155 miles). I dropped it off, the guy said they'd look it in about 5 days. When I hadn't heard anything after 10 working days I called this past Friday, he looked it up, said he has only 1 guy that works on scroll saws and he'd work on it Monday. No big deal, I'm in no rush. Well, UPS just pulled up and Mrs. Iggy said "Did you order something heavy again?" "Nope, not this time..." Lo and behold the UPS guy rolls up with a brand new DW788 on his cart... I guess the technician looked at mine Monday figured it was dead and had a new one sent to me. No phone call, no nothing, just SURPRISE! A new saw. Finally, a nice surprise for Iggy. A very pleasant surprise as I've decided I'm going to stick with DeWalt's and just use 'em til I wear 'em out and then buy a new one. The Hawk just isn't working out, it's going back to Kansas at some point. I just have to figure out how to box it up to send back.

Iggy, wish we lived close, I let you try my Seyco. I think the "Excalibur" level of saw, Seyco or Excelsior 21, etc., maybe the King (I still have reservation on that one, but, I could be wrong) are better, longer lasting saws than the DeWalt. You tried a Hawk, and I am sorry it didn't work out, but to go back to wearing out DeWalts, dealing with there weak service centers, and all that hassle, seems counter productive to me. Not criticizing the DeWalt, I owned one, but I went to Excalibur and the like (now Seyco) and you would not get me back to a DeWalt. I got to say, the DeWalt followers are loyal, no matter how many times they have to return it, wait x number of weeks to get sorta fixed or a replacement, they think they are being treated great..... Okay no one likes me anymore. Sorry if I stepped on toes, but it does amaze how loyal the DeWalt owners are. I like to hear from an Ex type owner that went back to a DeWalt.... There may be some that I do not know about. Just my opinion,,, not worth much, but if I was in a business, depending on a scroll saw........ just saying.

A good customer brought me a picture and asked if I could make a scroll saw plaque out of it. Really simple but I thought it was cute.

Picked this up at an auction for $200! It has never been used. NO dust inside it and the tools an spindles are still in the sealed bags. Also the power cord is still done up with the factory tie. The stand and cover came with it. The top still has the factory stuff on it to keep rust from forming on it. A Dr. was going to get into woodworking an had the money to buy the best but didn't have the time. I am just the other way around LOL.

9.00" Wide x 6.90" High x 3/4" Thick Wood

My mom sent a large box of books/photos with a request for jigsaw puzzles, some for her and some for her to give to a friend. I've just started scratching the surface, but here are 10 Amish puzzles from a photo book by Bill Coleman. Four of them in individual boxes made from Chakte Viga, and the other six are in double-boxes made from oak/walnut, leopardwood, and purple heart/eucalyptus. You'll have to use your imagination, as I am not going to reassemble the puzzles just to take a pic. The other box (tan oak) with four compartments holds a set of 8 flower-themed puzzles from, I think, Manet paintings. They are smaller, so I chose two puzzles with similar colors/backgrounds for each compartment to be assembled together. Not pictured are four Normal Rockwells and a set of 3 small Amish puzzles, and something with a cat that I will be building boxes for once I decide on a box style - I don't want to just build the same box over and over.

As my herd of animals keeps growing that I display at shows, I had run out of room in the grey tote bin I'd been using to haul them to events. I was having to eliminate some animals that weren't big sellers and I hated doing that so I bought a shiny new blue bin today that will hold about 30-50% more... but then I may not be able to lift it. LOL In the old tote bin, I was using cardboard as dividers to lay the puzzles on but I didn't have any boxes laying around to make new ones, so I bought an 8'x4' piece of material, it's like pegboard but without the holes, and I cut it into pieces the right size for the bin. I need to get some more. I was able to make 9 dividers and need 3 or 4 more. But seriously, I do have to be careful not to make it so heavy I can't lift it.

Thanks to bobscroll for this wonderful pattern I found this pattern in the pattern library. I reduced the pattern to fit an 8" square piece of 1/2" Butternut. It is approximately 7 1/2" in diameter. The blades were FD UR #1 and #5. The finish is one coat of sanding sealer, sanded, and two coats of spray polyurethane. Comments welcome.

The pattern is by Sue Mey and purchased from her website. I modified the pattern by eliminating the slots and tabs and gluing the base directly onto the bottom of the trivet. I used 1/2" Hard Maple approximately 8" square. The base is 1/4" Red Oak 1 1/4" high. I used FD UR #1 and #5 blades. The finish is one coat of sanding sealer and one coat of spray shellac. Comments welcome.

Over the past 15 months I've had various folks speak to me at my booth saying they'd love to stock my puzzles at a local zoo, or a dog rescue is interested in buying them for the people that adopt dogs, etc, etc, etc. The first couple of times, I got rather excited about the possibilities, but as each one never materialized into anything, I no longer get excited. The latest one was a month ago a woman started talking about a business she was going to be starting up having to do with customizing furniture and she though my puzzles would be great as little decor items... Uh-huh, yeah, right, sure, I've heard it all before... but this time she actually followed thru and came by my house today and ended up walking out with 25 puzzles. She's also going to be offering paint classes and decided to do one for kids using my kids puzzles made from pine. I'm selling to her at "wholesale" and she's going to put them for sale at the same price I sell them for at the location she'll have. I warned her that I've had them in stores before and they didn't do well because they had to be packaged up and people couldn't get the full experience, so she's going to keep one unwrapped allowing people to touch and feel. We'll see if it turns into anything, but hey, she decided to buy them outright, upfront rather than just stocking them and paying me as they sold. The kids puzzles to be painted, she will place an order with me once she has a class signed up and knows which animals she wants. If this works out, it might create some sales during the slow winter months.

Made from a few pieces of the walnut that I bought locally as "firewood rescue". Just hate to throw walnut in the fire; so decided I had to do something with the small pieces. Boot is 2-1//2 by 1/4 by 1-/2 inches. Finish is just paste wax. Cord is rawhide from a bunch that i had purchased previously.

Being a Canadian I had to cut this.

I have finally manged to get back at the saw had to stand mind you not able to sit that long still at mo but getting there slowly slowly, missed the sawdust and vinyl chippings but I am definitely on the way back to getting back at it. I had this pattern DonR done for me a while back before my back had different plans so thought I would give this one a try.

Just my two cents--Iggy what is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Sounds like buy a dewalt junk dewalt buy dewalt junk dewalt. I have had a EX21 for 7 years without any major problems. For sure not bad enough to send away. You can't beat Ray Seyco for service. What is the old saying "try it you might like it ". Now I will get off my soapbox.

Iggy, You may want to not give any reviews, positive or negative, before your saw goes back and monies are squared away. It would be a shame to ruffle any feathers that would complicate any exchange. I sure wish you the best on this. Mark

Iggy, what is the thing/s with the Hawk that is not cutting it? I have some observations about the strengths and weaknesses of the saw, but was curious why it wasn't working for you. From what I can tell, looks like your puzzles would be fine on a 16", thus opening up the possibility of a lower cost King, and you might be able to pick one up for not much more than the DW. Might be worth it to give the EX style saws a shot. Only reason I might consider Seyco over King is the support model, but the brand plastered on the saw doesn't bother me. All these ( King/Seyco/Axminster/Carbatec/Pegas) are made by the same folks. Though Jet is a slightly different animal, I wouldn't surprise me if Jet was made in that same factory. But, if you get a year or so out of your Dewalts, you have some time to sit back and watch the market to see how things pan out. So . . . if you register this new saw, does the warranty period start over? If so, and you keep wearing them out, you might be able to ride that train for a long time. You are not the first person I've heard of that received a new saw after turning it in for warranty work. ----Randy

This is one of Steve Goods pattern I just finished today. Made out of 3/4 Oak and measures 10 x 7. Took a few hours to do because of the thickness of the Oak. I used a #5 blade on this with no problem. Not sure how much to charge for them. I was thinking about $60.00. Not sure if that's to much or not enough.

Made this using my scroll saw. Basswood with walnut inlay. five inches tall. This will be given away, not sold.

I have used that same repair shop on Capital Blvd. They do excellent work!

Way cute.

Thanks Bob for a great pattern.

A beautiful job Dave and so funny! Thank you for posting, Bob

Thanks all for the nice comments. I haven't seen Bobscroll on the forum. I wanted to thank him for the pattern.

Nice job. Glad up are able to work at it again. Just don't rush it. Take your time.

Really cute. Bet that would be a great seller.

beautiful job

Ray, I think that's the video. You found it before I woke up this morning.

great job, we have the same problem with dog hair

Nice work thanks for sharing

Nice work thanks for sharing

I Both a Jet Filtration System that hang in the center of the shop

You nailed it, Dave !.......Love it !

Scott, when the Farmers market is over for you, stop in one weekend and cut a couple of puzzles on my EX21.....I realize the Ex is not available anymore, but the seyco saw is a clone...if you are interested i will send you my # and adress and you can drop by........Steve.

Very nice Thanks for showing us

Nice Piece Dave love the words so true

I just did a quick search on youtube and found this video. It gives a very good explanation of what to do to fix the problem I described. Tomorrow, I will give it a try and I'll give feedback as soon as I have some. Ray

Not sure if this photo will stay or not but the fix as I said was to put a spacer in back of the table to raise it. Some did it in the front. Take a 90 degree straight edge and put behind the blade and by hand raise and lower the arm with a blade set the way you always do. You will see where the greatest gap is when you do this if it is at the top then the back needs raising and if at the bottom then the front needs raising. This problem is as old as those saws are. The greater the gap the more aggressive the cutting is. www.scrollsaws.com/SawReviews/DewltTuneUp.htm

Good to hear that yideaur back is feeling a little better but don't go pushing it too fast, or you may end up back where you started from. I have no Idea who the football player is but you did a great cutting job. Well done Frank. Marg

Welcome to the village, great cuts you got there.

Sorry that the hawk didn't work out, but I agree with you on the Dewalt use what you are comfortable with and makes you happy. I had a Dewalt that I bought used for 200., we decided to move to Texas from Pennsylvania so rather than ship it sold it for 300. After using it for 2 years. So now I have a jet nice saw but I miss my Dewalt, good luck with everything, RJ

When I got a knock it was the bolts on the motor that loosened. I tightened them and have had no issues since. Good luck if that is the problem it is an easy fix.

Aggie, You have a good lookin dog and cutting.

I think he knows what you're referring to. He said there was a known issue with the Type1 in that the table needs to be shimmed in the back, which makes sense to correct the front to back travel of the blade... Can't adjust the blade, so adjust the "pitch" of the table to align 90 degrees with the blade. Hopefully he finds the "easy" solution to share with ya.

That's just funky no matter how you look at it. I don't think I ever saw anything like that even back when I was buying the $5 yard-sale scrollsaws. Hopefully you'll get a saw, whatever brand, that does what you need it to do.

Welcome back Frank. Very nicely cut and framed.

Glad your back is doing a bit better and you were able to spend some time at your saw. Don't overdo it though! Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Just cannot think of a new thing to state here so I just want you to know that to me and I am sure others YOU have become an Inspiration and Great Teacher. Thanks MY Friend................Danny :+}

Thought I would share some of my shop photos. As you can see in the photos I try to stay very organized in my shop. One of the photos show several of the Intarsia projects I'm working on. I use a "project board" for my intarsia projects so that i can move them around in the shop or even stack them up to make more room. You will notice in a couple of the photos where there is a wide section between the upper cabinet doors. This is a removable section of the Face frame to access the dust collection hard piping if need. Also works as a great place to hide things. The other thing i really like in the shop is the lumber storage rack with the peg board wall for holding all my recent projects. The scroll saw in the photos is my make-up Porter Cable that I'm using while the Dewalt is in the repair shop and while I'm waiting on my new Hawk. If you see anything you want to ask about let me know.

There are quite a few decisions that you need to make before building a box. First decision is "what is the exact size of the largest picture", Second is " how accessible do I want each picture to be"? Third is "how many pictures will need to be stored in the box" and "will space need to be added for more pictures, if so, how many" ? The next decision is " will this box need to be a fine finished box to be put on display in a family area, or just a storage box for safe keeping the photos"? Would you like scroll sawn patterns on the outside of the box? It would be fairly easy to make a Shaker Style Candle Box with a sliding lid almost any size that you might need from Baltic Birch or thin pine boards, but "will this type of box hold the pictures in the way that you want them held and would a plain Baltic Birch or pine box be suitable" ? A photo album is the way most people keep their photos, so they can be shown frequently to friends and family, yet keep them together well protected yet easily displayed without gaining damage or finger marks. Put some deep thought into these questions before deciding on the kind of box and it's size. I make a lot of boxes for keeping my tools and their accessories together. Also quite a few for family needs, and I like to use Baltic Birch because it is so stable. I also like box jointed or dovetail corners, but the box jointed corners work best when making boxes from Baltic Birch. The finished boxes are very strong and can be finished and lined to make them attractive, but the surface wood grain of the Baltic Birch is not very attractive if you are looking to fancy up the appearance. A made from solid wood with interesting grain would be a better choice. A search for photos of wooden boxes on Google will bring up pages of box photos if you need some ideas. Then the size needs to be decided on. Attached are photos of a simple box that I made to hold a 9mm pistol. It is padded well, so when the box is closed the pistol is held in place. I was planning to add a recess in the shape of the pistol, but the customer is always right and wanted it this way. The box was made from 1/2" Baltic Birch with a 1/4" Baltic Birch top and bottom. It has a finish comprised of 1 coat of linseed oil, one coat of clear shellac, two thin coats of Zar Cherry stain, and 3 coats of wipe on polyurethane. All of the hardware came from the local Lowes. This box was a "quickie" and not very fancy. The box, before finishing, probably took me less than 1/2 hour to make, but it's difficult to say exactly because I was making 5 other different size boxes at the time, all were built the same way, but in different sizes. PM me if you have questions, but I'll probably be asking you a bunch of questions too. Think about exactly what you want and look at the Google Images for help deciding. Save copies of the ones that you like or have questions about so you can ask me questions about them and how they are built. But first, figure out how big the box needs to be. Charley

Have you tried searching on Pinterest? I just did a google search and found this site and thought maybe you could contact the person who made this one. Just an idea. http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=481863&page=3 I think I might have found it. Go to Wilckens woodworking.com. He has the pattern for sale for $24.00. The number is WW-0191 Ray