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A great story just now on CBS Sunday morning about using your hands and feeling happy. Personally, I've found great pleasure making my silly little puzzles the past 2 years. I truly enjoy making each and every one of them. I get a sense of enjoyment as well as accomplishment as I finish each one. This story definitely resonated with me. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/handiwork-how-busy-hands-can-alter-our-brain-chemistry/

Based on my many minutes of scroll saw experience I offer these thoughts to the other new folks like me! Not in any particular order...just random electrical impulses from my brain..... By and use a footswitch. I just purchased a dead man's style. Amazed at the control it gives you. You can easily stop and start the saw to turn your piece or check your lines and the pattern you're following. Wax the table. It makes the work slide and move so much easier. Only be aware that it can also speed up the movement so learn to adjust for that. I tried different methods of attaching the pattern to the wood. I decided, that for me, I like to apply painters tape to the wood, spray the taped surface with 3M Super 77, then apply the pattern. There is no movement or tearing away of the pattern as you cut. Then just peel off the blue tape and the remaining pattern and adhesive pulls away. I used to get the little fuzzys unde the wood all the time. After advice from the good people here, I switched to a reverse skip tooth blade.....what a difference! Get good name brand blades.....not the junk from Home Depot or Sears. Do the research to understand the difference in blades and their applications. Make sure your work station is comfortable and has room to move about. Alternate between standing and sitting to determine what works for you. When things start to go south....take a break and walk away! Work slow if you need to. Currently I have my saw on the slowest speed possible. It works for my ability at this time. It's supposed to be fun..not a race! When questions arise, check the forums here to see if your problem or situation has already been discussed. If not just ask....I guarantee you'll get the answer! Post your work from time to time so others can advise and see your progress. Well, that's about it....sorry for rambling, but maybe that person who just started, ...like me....may pick up some useful info!!!! Thanks! Lew

hey ray!!! until i started selling my scrolling on facebook i never even used my real name there. oldtimers "Big Brother Syndrome". but life taught me that the government is not "Big Brother" but the corporations we freely share our info with. so i will follow suit here and say..... HI!!! i am chris... pleased to meet you.... i also answer to "Lumpy" ,"hey you", and "ick "... that is what all the girls called me in high school.... i walked into the room and they all called out ICK!!!!

Hey folks, I just had something occur to me and I thought it warranted this new topic. We all have our "nicknames" and either pictures or some other artwork on our posts. But, most folks who post don't sign their actual names. I always try to sign my name to my posts. It might be nice to know each other's real name so we can refer to them as such. I have picked up on a few names but most are just a nickname. After seeing all the posts and topics by New2woodwork, I have no idea what his name is. Just as example here. Not picking on him at all. So, what say all of you? Names or nicknames? Ray

Personalized Easter eggs..1/8 inch birch painted and sprayed with glitter.font is birds of paradise.

Was looking for a quick and simple project for Sunday and remembered this squirrel pattern I had saved from Pinterest. When I did a site search to see where it came from I found the second pic and almost fell out of my chair laughing. Had to cut it. The site vk.com/asha_paper. Enjoy! Jeff

Hi Roly You are so close... I half (have) 2 (to) F HEART Have a good day Fab4

On other sites I am on I can put my signature in my posts automatically. I have gone to my profile but could not find a place to do this. Can someone help me?

Just got my new King 16 set up. Have been putting up with Delta 12, changing blade was taking most of the pleasure away. Seem like King is going much slower speed, but cutting better. Shown is my first project, for great, granddaughter 1 1/4 " poplar. Used Olson spiral #4, I'm thinking another choice would have been better. ??? Looks rough to me. Hoping some of you delightful (already been reading for a few days) people will pass on some good advice. I do have a slight problem from time to time with tremors, but if I take a short break and try to keep my hands resting on the work piece or table thing go better.

I'm not sure what's funnier the cut or the people who can't figure it out. Hahaha. nice job.

Lew, I agree with a lot of what you stated, but not with all of it. You are about the only person I know of, that sprays the glue onto the block of taped up wood with glue before adding the pattern. That's backwards in my book, and it leads to a lot of mess. You would be forever getting the excess glue on your fingers, when you touched the block where there is no pattern applied. The best and proven way to glue your pattern to the wood, is to just apply glue to the back of the pattern. I usually use square or rectangular stock, and before adding glue any pattern I want to cut. I cut away the excess paper so that I know where to spray the glue, doing it this way I don't waste a bunch of glue by spraying it where it isn't needed. Len

Everyone knows me, or they should. If I don't know someones name I look for it on their profile. Marg

It is a matter of filling out that info in your profile page and it comes up every time you make a post. I had to look up Jes 's name when his topic came to light and thankfully he had in his profile.

Jarrett here never thought much about putting my real name on posts.

Go to account>account settings. On the left you should see signature. Click on that.

Me too.

This is just another silhouette that I cut for Easter to shine on our home. A cross with Jesus' robe draped over it. Nothing spectacular as far as the project but representing a truly spectacular event. Cut out of some material like corian at about 10" tall with a high intensity light behind it. God Bless! Spirithorse

I won't tattle on you. jerry

Cute, Rocky! God Bless! Spirithorse

Funny I like it!

Yes, I'm glad you mentioned that. I bought a wallpaper seam roller to smooth things out and get the glue to spread evenly.

Well, when folks don't post their name I look at their profile. Then I learn a little more about then. To me it's not a big deal if they don't post their name, but that's what makes everyone unique.

Someone from a dog show / club contacted me about making a Brittany clock.. She referenced the clock to my pheasant hunting clock.. so I asked about if she wanted the hunting clock with a Brittany in place of the pointer dog.. she said no just a Brittany.. So I made the clock from Harvey's / Iggy's puzzle pattern ( posted on here a couple weeks ago.. I sent her photos and she said that's not what she wanted.. she wanted the hunting clock with a Brittany, LOL.. Lady make up your mind, LOL.. she wanted me to call her to talk about the clock.. so I call and she didn't have anything to say that she hadn't already said..other than she is in charge of the prizes for this organization and has a healthy budget to get Brittany items for the prizes and a raffle.. asked if I had any other ideas for items... Dang.. I tried my hardest to send her to Iggy's web site... as I could tell already she is going to be one of those dreaded customers that has you make all sorts of things then doesn't want anything in the end, LOL Anyway here is another Brittany themed clock for her... if she frowns on this one I'll send her to anyone here that might like to deal with her because I'm done after this one.. BTW I cut this on my old Hawk 220VS and used several different blades to experiment with some different blades.. and I did get some slight burnt ends on some of the pointed spots.. won't use the Olsen Mach Speed for cutting Cherry.. they was cutting good.. and didn't have the saw speed up much.. even turned it down to around less than half speed.. FD-UR did the same for me too.. but the Pegas.. no burnt edges even on high speed.. Gotta love those pegas MG series blades..

..............band saw. My first project on the Delta. This is scrap 2x4, laminated for practice making puzzle boxes. Cut to block size on the band saw......the rest of the work done on the Delta. I'm giving myself a not bad for my vast ~10 hrs of experience. I'm thinking redwood would be a better choice. Much softer. That doug fir 2x4 is pretty hard. ...so, instead of thinking outside the box.....get into the box. I'll see you on the road.

This is not a band saw box....this is a scroll saw box.

Great stuff! You might need to explain the cat one to some millennials they will be looking for the camera on it LOL

Yep Kevin. Generation "X" Amazon will be taking over the world. They are now getting into the food sector of selling. When I was still working I worked on 2 Amazon warehouses in my territory. The product they have is mind blowing. The buildings were massive and more to come. They are tasking the Walmart ideas and taking another step up and now Walmart is trying to keep up by adding food sales to their stores and trying to make things a one stop shopping and now on line sales have increased for them also. The cars of today are just tapping into technology that will be coming from smart cars to flying cars.It is progress but as I said I will not be around long enough to witness many of these changes but I was also glad to live through the craft show era. I am now at the point in my life I make one of a kind items and if I sell them fine and if not I will leave them behind for others to decide where they should wind up. Have a to do list that I want to try that is so long I know will never be completed. My mind continues to create faster than I can produce. It is a fun ride.

that is because when Travis changed format the old gallery did not come along. I can not fix that and neither can he. Sorry.

I'm actually in witness protection, so while I'm not using a nickname, I'm also not....... Oh wait, I've probably said too much.

tom here. or steve. depends on the day. usually tom,though. steve makes the mistakes.

i am sorry. i had posted pics before but should have included one here. this is the one peeling up. the tiny piece between hulks hand and the gun.

Sorry I don't get it.............................. Marg

That's funny.

Actually click on your sig-on name and click profile. On top of that page click on edit profile and follow your nose.

Like them both Jeff. Really like the cat ... Lol Well done.

Really like that. Think I'll try one soon.

When called, I will respond to "jerry" or Hey You.

That's a good idea... I used a credit card to try to keep it smooth.. did okay with it.. but then I picked it up about 20 min. later and put finger imprints in it.. and I couldn't get them smoothed out..

About 40% of my business is custom orders.. I have in my store policies that they are to be paid up front with no refund or cancellations once the cutting begins... That said though.. I normally do not enforce that unless it's a personalized something that couldn't be sold to someone else.. The two items I've made so far for this customer are very sell-able to others.. I enjoy custom orders.. it's interesting what ideas others have and many of them turn into a product that I offer in my etsy shop..and some are a very hot seller.. so sometimes doing custom work really pays off for me..

I've done the arleens tacky glue for puzzles and then used the triple thick glaze as Dan mentioned with good results.. But the trick with that glue is getting it on thick and smooth enough.. my first puzzle I got it on too thick and it ended up with some lumps or dips in it where I picked it up before the glue had dried.. so next time I made a fairly thin smooth gluing.. but in sawing it it lifted off the board.. Next puzzle came out better.. but I think a spray glue like for patterns might be a easier better option.. haven't tried that one yet though..

I always put my name in my signature... Helps me remember what my name is, LOL.. That said..many people have called me Kev over the years.. before I made the business name of KevsKrafts..

Brad, I'm off topic here too. My cousin hauled cattle over the road from when he was a young man into his mid 70's. Hard life but he would not change careers for anything.

I also have tremors in my left hand. Not good since I am left handed. I don't scroll at the slowest speed but have speed cranked up a bit but feed slowly. I'm more careful and at my age I should scroll faster cause I don't have much time left. I should speed things up.

I'm guilty of not signing my name. I just forget to and I will try to correct that. However, I am always wondering just how some of you got your nickname. Rockytime came about as a result of my repairing clocks for over 40 years in the Rocky Mountain area (Denver) Rocky Mountain Time.

Yeah right - you're not picking on me, JT is not picking on me *sigh* - J/K My name is on my profile - Jes, you can call me Jes, Jessie JC I'll answer to any of them you can even call me late for dinner, just make sure there is plenty to eat

Larry here. Added Just so I would not be confused with the other ones. Larry

Maybe at times it is good to have posts like this pop up but I never seen any need for them here because people here have been friendly and kind and questions do get answered. As many times as the same questions get asked they do get answered but as I explained there is another side to getting those answers and hope others read into that part of it too. I feel responsible for this post being brought up by the OP and that is why I am replying as often as I did here. I feel though he did an injustice too by taking the words he felt were harmful out of context and making it into this. I explained myself if indeed it was I who he referred to. I want to again say I do not degrade anyone because of experience or lack of knowledge in what we do. So many different aspects go into what we do and they all have their own knowledge base that needs to be taken on. From prepping of wood to finishing has a set of skills needed to accomplish this. We all were beginners and questions will always be a part of the learning journey and as always said the only dumb question is the one not asked. Safety is huge in the shop so questions are needed but again that is only one tool used to gain that knowledge. We are living a world where there is so much info available at our fingertips it is mindblowing. From forums like this to videos to books and magazines. use them all and do slow down. I know the world is a me too and have to have it now society but sometimes the tortoise wins the race. And above all when reading responses give the person or persons who responded a break too. They took the time to respond and maybe there is a word or 2 not in sync with your way of talking but it is a typed word and not a spoken word. I have said enough on this. I do apologize if I offended the OP.

Great job on a neat pattern. Jeff