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Cut my pattern. Nice to know I'm able to put together a pattern that is cut-able!! Leftover chunk of 1x12 whiteboard, finished with Minwax Provincial (it was closer to hand than Dark Walnut). I'll hit it with a couple of coats of rattle-can semi-gloss seal tomorrow morning.

I was honored to have a friend purchase for me, some of Alex Fox's baskets. I have made one of Fox's basket that I purchased from his wed sight and posted it here about a couple of months ago and my good friend saw that I liked to make them for my wife, who by the way really loves them, so he bought several basket patterns for me to enjoy making. Here is the first of the them but with a little twist. I asked my wife if she would enjoy is with the top two layers left as one or by following the pattern all the way. She told me she would like to see it with the altered way first. So here is her request. When I complete the next one in it's original format, it will be like a new basket all together. I enjoy cutting and putting these together because they are quick and easy to cut but more because my wife likes them so well. Dick heppnerguy

When I joined in August last year, about 5 months ago, I'd bought a little pin-end saw from Aldi a couple of weeks before. I was so happy with my new hobby that my other half gave me a 4ft x 3ft corner of his 'man cave'. But having joined this group and seen what could be done with a 'different' saw, I bought one of those too. Well I kind of 'outgrew' my 4'x3' space but didn't like to ask for more as 'sharing' his man cave was something totally new to Tony. However, it's not gone unnoticed that I'm quite 'smitten' with this 'scrolling lark' so he let me expand and has even put cupboards on the wall for me to keep my stuff in. I love him lots

Finished the Alex Fox pattern of Barn and Pickup for my B-I-L. He should get it in a few days. The pickup and Barn cutting was not too bad but the blade pulls for the bushes and the meandering lines for the pine trees got to be a little tedious. Lots of traveling with the blade(s). I used a 2.0 puzzle blade and went through 8 to finish. They are very fine and wear out pretty fast but I can make some sharp turns. 10.5 x 14 1/8" BBPW on 1/4" backer. Shellac/Lacquer finish.

Just finished this one. I cut it out of Purple Heart. I think it turned out good considering it was the first time I used this wood. One think I learned, it seemed to be really hard on blades. Used more blades than I usually do on a project this size. I wish I would have kept track, I am curious just how many I used.

My wife and I share space for our hobbies. I get one room in the house for my woodworking she gets the rest of the HOUSE for her quilting!!

Your workspace looks great! It looks very comfortable. My shop is a 8X14 foot room partitioned off inside the garage. That leaves 1/2 of the garage for her car along with room for her snow shovels. Sometimes I think I'm too good for that lady.

Well, this is my first attempt at the pattern I bought. Not displeased with it although there are things that I'd do differently. My 'Napkins' must be a lot bigger than what is intended for this holder as they hide the 'bodice' of the dress. A photo of one with Napkins and a photo of the other side without, just to show. The gaps where the 'feet' go is my fault, I think I printed the base at 100% but I cut the doll at 95%, I'll watch for that later

Now it is time to get back to real work but, I had so much fun building the first nutcracker, I had to do another. This one is 25% larger, so it is big brother meets little brother. I was kind of proud of the paint job on this one. I added more to it because he is older big brother, he has more glitz. I figured out how to do the round eyes. Take a small pencil eraser and dab it in paint than on the face. Same with the button, sand down a pencil eraser and dab. So the fun is over. Got to do some more serious projects.

Nice looking space Brenda. Soon you will be needing your own “She Shed”!

Found this today, it's got loads of info and tutorials both written and video. It'll take me a month to read, but fascinating !! Just thought that others may like to look. https://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/tutorial-list-2/

I can understand that, we call them serviettes too Language is a funny thing, I remember going to my grandmothers and she gave me some money wrapped up in paper and said '' Go to the Chippy and give him this'' An hour later she came looking for me and asked ''What on earth are you doing child''? I said, ''I've looked everywhere and can't find a carpenter shop anywhere." She burst out laughing, to her a 'Chippy' was a fish and chip shop. !!!

About two weeks ago, i asked in the General Scrolling sub-forum for advice/info/help on cutting delicate, thin lettering patterns, wood choices, blades, etc. That thread with its great advice, helpful tips and more can be found here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/32260-how-would-you-start-cutting-this-pattern/ - There were quite a few of you who offered helpful advice, encouragement, tips, and information to help me in trying the pattern in question. It was a free file created by Keith Fenton at Sheila Landry Designs site and can be found here for anyone interested in it: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/free-pattern I took on the challenge to cut it and decided to try it first with 1/8" baltic burch plywood (some 12" x 12" sheets purchased from Michael's). Since I was cutting thinner sheets, I also stack cut it and cut three of them out at one time. This was probably my first time in truly stack cutting something (or at least one i did successfully.) I think I used a #3 MG blade for the thinner lettering and a #5 UR for the bigger letting and the outside cuts. I slowed down my saw, took my time, and took breaks from day to day so I did not cut it all out in one setting. It is not perfect, but it looks good enough that I plan to finish them and keep one for myself and give the other two probably to my children for Christmas gifts. I am presently trying to decide how I want to finish them. The plan calls for a smaller backer behind. I am thinking of cutting a backer bigger then they are from maybe barn wood from a 100+ old small barn torn down on my inlaws property last year by my husband and my son. Some of the wood we salvaged still has old red paint on it so am thinking of using some of it. Figured it would give "Home for the Holidays" special meaning with that wood for my kiddos. Still trying to decide so not finished. Will share picture when I do. However, I wanted to go ahead and show my cutting and say thanks to all of you who took the time to give me help and advice in that thread. Can't say that I will be out hunting down thin lettering projects to do regularly, but I don't think I am quite as afraid of them now. Thank you all.

I posted this on another site, thought all would like to know that there are business people out ready to serve us. I just wanted everyone to know about my recent purchase from QTE North America. I ordered the new Pagas Head Clamp Set for my ailing EX-21 on 1/19 and was excited to receive them in about a week. When I opened the box, my excitement waned because I noticed that I was sent the wrong set of clamps and my saw is pretty much out of service. I called QTE this morning (FRI.), and received the best customer service I have ever experienced. I spoke with Richard Boehl and he immediately knew what my problem was and couldn't apologize enough. Rich quickly looked up my order and promised to ship out the correct set quickly, well in less then an hour, I got an e-mail that said my clamp set was on the way to the east coast via express mail, and I should expect them in a few days.I would highly recommend that anyone who needs or wants Pegas parts, to purchase from QTENorth America, INC. www.Qtena.com Rick

As long as the wife is happy, the husband is allowed to be happy as well. Nicely done!

I can not see that a built in dust collection system is that hard to design. In my view I am not real interested in picking up fret work, dust is my issue. And to pick up dust the opening of the vacuum tube only has to be in the approximate area. I have an ex-21 so with that in mind, replace the present upper arm tubing with a larger diameter tube, and run a connecting tube inside the upper arm to under the table, where it joins a manifold. From that manifold another tube goes to the bottom clamp, wider mouth, but not directly underneath, next to it. Your vacuum hose plugs into the manifold

Mr. Wilson, No offense my friend, but if ya don't mind me askin', what makes ya think you're a "wimp?" Where you Gentlemen are all from, you've got a different type of winter weather than we do here in the midwest. I've been in your part of the country in the winter time, and it weren't much fun, as I recall. Snow packed & icy roads, closed roads, snow storms, wind and cold. And we were tryin' to load cattle in all that to go south. I've been thru Wisconsin plenty since, but that trip I remember well. Dad, myself, four of our other trucks, and 3 other trucks Dad had hired to load cattle to go South. Part of them were goin' to Mississippi, and part them went to Louisiana. Then we loaded Bayou calves and went back to a feedlot at home. Man that was a long trip!!! I ain't gonna blow smoke up your backside, when we get a Canadian Cold front sayin' howdy, trust me, there is NOTHIN' out here on the plains to slow that 50 mph wind down! Then we get a snow storm comin' in from the west out of the Rockies to leave us a big Howdy-do! When them two meet in the middle, guess where the party is, brother? Ding! Ding! Ding! You guessed it! Right over NW Kansas! And it stays cold and windy, icy, snow blowin' up yer back side. AHHH! The temp might be 10 above, but the wind chill with it will be -30 sometimes or better. We just had our first actual "snow" of the year. 3 1/2" total, 65 mph sustained winds, -42* wind chill. Before the big snow, we had about a 1/10th of an inch of ice hangin' off of everything, on the roads, power lines. Folks lose their minds if they ain't able to get out of their house just to see if they can tear up there vehicles, get to the coffee shop to gripe because they don't have electricity, or whatever. I just slide across the street to my rented meager little shop, the boys and I walk in the door, and it's 70* constant there. Providin' we manage to keep electricity, ya understand. Say "howdy" to all my tools, and we decide what we're gonna play on today!:) When I had my little corner of the world in our basement, things weren't that warm. at best, it'd be 60* in the shop, and it was tough to get motivated when it was that chilly. I dealt with lots of bad weather in my trucking career. I hated throwin' iron, but there were lots of times I had no choice. Other times, I used Bull Hauler Chains. Douse the drives with bleach, & spin'em til they grab! It just depended on the situation. There were other times I threw iron on the trailer, left steerin' axle, and the drives just to keep the truck on the road because the road was that icy. Ya never know. But now that I've retired out & hung up my keys, and since my heart attacks last winter, my Sawbones has me on this damn blood thinner. If it gets below 40*, to go outside, hell I look like the Michelin Man!!! This gettin' old ain't fer sissie's, and the feller what said it was needs to be punched square in the nose! Mr. Wilson, there's no need for ya to feel like a wimp, Sir. Most days in the winter time, I stay in the house, and my dogs teach me to read better, and we nap a lot. Dream about big shiny Peterbilts, Sir!;) Sawdust703(brad)

I think it is really well done and quite different. I have never seen this pattern before. And as far as Scrappile's comment goes. I just make some for my household here in Arizona as we are sophisticated to use one. Dick heppnerguy

That is beautiful Brenda and I don't think it matters that your napkins are larger than intended because as you take one out the bodice will be revealed, like a strip tease. Marg

I don't have a Jet either... That said.. I do have an Excalibur and they are all the same basic saw design.. The procedure for doing this is that the upper arm has to be parallel to the table.. then having a blade in the saw.. speed all the way down and the motor bolts loosen just enough to turn the motor... place something behind the saw blade on the table... run the saw and spin the motor until it has the least amount of blade travel.. You may need to shut it off.. take out the bolts to the motor and spin it around to the next set of holes and re- insert the bolts just tight enough to spin the motor like before.. then start the process again.. I had to take the motor off on my excalibur to the next set of holes... If I remember correctly moving the motor counter clock wise is the direction to move it.... Mine didn't make a huge difference either until I moved the motor to the next set of holes.. This info.. should be in your manual.. I believe... it was in the Excalibur manual... I'm betting that Jet isn't going to be able to help you much.. Ray at Seyco sells the Jet saw and I imagine he'd be the better person to contact... he has been known to walk people through stuff over the phone.. Just my pennies worth... Good luck and hope you get it figured out..

"Inkscape" free program. Install and be happy

Nicely done. I've decided not to make any of these. I do not have any friends sophisticated enough to appreciate them! Well except for @heppnerguy, and he can make his own.

I tell my printer what I want it to do all the time. It is like my wife, it just don't listen to me.

I bought the pattern yesterday and had a go at it. Don't look too closely, it's not perfect but it was fun to do and as Alex says, the assembly is not hard if you follow the pattern. Rob

Toys being played with by Great grandson. The man cave toys( bottle opener cars) are relatively new 2 years old at the most. The tow truck is dated 7-2000 on the bottom. I had brought it out of the dust for him to play with. Now I am going to have to make more tow-trucks. May end up a much different VINTAGE style though.

I redid the wolf and eagle in oak to match the Indian. Before they were poplar and I didn’t like the way it took the danish oil. Now they match and I’m much happier with the results.

It's metric I think #6x10. Take the old one with you and check it at the hardware store. I know Ace and Lowe's both have testing equipment.

Great to have a happy place!

I to am "retired" but my husband not yet He hates to ruin his weekends as well.

I'm half-way there....I've got the "tired" part nailed down. Still working on "re".

Just import into MSWORD click on it, resize it, then right mouse on edge of the side of the box, click text wrapping and then behind text, then you can move it anywhere on the page and resize it and print it out . Roly

Looks great, great pattern too. Marg

Nice. i could have appreciated that when I was working, now that I' m retired, not so much.

I like that and could see it selling well. Very nice, thanks for sharing, Rob

Some really great links thank for sharing.

I'm still using 03 too with a blank page, use the menu insert>picture> XXXX the pic will inset where the typing cursor is. You can enlarge it, and depending on the quality it may look good or not

There's a 'video' page too, https://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/category/video-tutorial/

Wow nice!! I'm a pretty slow reader.. If I'm gone for a couple months.. I'm probably still reading.. so now you know where I'll be, LOL... I learn so much better by seeing it done.. so many times.. I go to youtube to look up things..

The write off of taxes only works if the building is the Business's building I believe.. and I don't have it written up that way.. Would have loved to insulate and do other improvements rather than buying the CNC and other tools but the way the chips fall don't always land where you need / want... it is what it is.. I do have a small LP radiant heater that sits next to me while sawing https://www.harborfreight.com/15000-BTU-Tank-Top-Propane-Heater-63073.html.. This keeps me quite warm running next to me on low or medium.. The biggest issue for me is the bellows blowing air on the fingers.. which in between cuts sometimes I'll warm my hands and go for the next cut, LOL.. For the most part.. this works well until we get down to the single digit temps.. As for too hot to work.. don't think I ever posted that one.. but is possible I suppose.. rare around here to get too hot though.. Most of my jobs I've had in my life was working outside.. in the elements. rain, snow, hot sun... whatever it's doing I was working, so maybe it's in my mind to just deal with it..as that's how it's always been... My wife tells me to bring the saw inside on those real cold days.. LOL guess I'm stubborn like that.. Though before the shop.. my saw was placed off to a corner in the dinning room But that was back before I was " really " production cutting.. I think she'd change her mind real quick when she see's the sawdust accumulate the way it does these days, LOL

Every shop I have had since I started woodworking has been below ground. Some have been warmer than others. In my current shop, which is the size of a 2 1/2 car garage, contains the ejector pump to our septic system. When it gets really cold, like it will be this coming 2 weeks, then it stinks. Normal temp is around 55 deg F. A sweatshirt is enough to stay warm most of the time, but some days a heater would be nice. I might borrow the one from the bathroom this weekend. Sometimes when we are not home one of the dogs leaves me a little present on the floor. One time it was right in front of a project I was working on. I figured it was her commentary on my abilities. She was probably right. I have always dreamed of having a garage size shop above ground with a little wood stove in the corner. My grandfather used to have a shed way back of the house, next to the alley. I think it housed horses at one time. He had a wood stove and just a few tools, some of which he made. I remember his home made disk sander. Worked great. He was a retired tool & die maker and I grew up to be a tool & die designer. I like to think I inherited some of his love for tools and wood. I think he would have liked scrolling. Anyway... just a trip down memory lane.

Kevin I understand there are circumstances that come up and a shop is far from the list of necessities but if it is your business then you have to make it a priority. This is what pays the bills. The expense can be written off on your taxes. Health issues is different. But I read not only here but other forums about it is too hot or too cold. There maybe just a handful of perfect days to be out in a shop. Many years ago when I got started in this and woodworking in general, I left a scrollsaw out in my shed and on those beautiful days I would scroll under a nice large oak tree in my back yard. It was nice and the lighting was great and all but then I moved operations to my basement and have not looked back. Even in an uninsulated shop you will be surprised you can change the temp with little trouble. I have at times did some finishing and also powdercoating in my garage with a couple electric heaters running. Yes the garage is sheet rocked but no insulation in the walls and the door leaks and it very cold but it does not take much. If you make it work for you than all is well. But as I said I read these types posts all the time and scratch my head, why build a shop if you can not work in it.

I have not as of yet, but I have only had it since the beginning of this past December. I am a little hesitant to tear it apart because of the warranty.

My basement shop does me well and has over the years. Yes I would love to have a large dedicated woodworking shop and if I did it would have both heat and cooling What is the sense of building a dedicated shop when you are restricted to work in it. Makes no sense to me. Counter productive. There are many ways to heat and cool today. Solar is a big thing that has taken the world by storm and be incorporated into plans today. Yes cash is needed but if you do not have it don't build a shop.

That is so cool Alex. I really like it.

The wood is probably jumping because the blade is grabbing the wood, instead of cutting it. This happens for a couple reasons. The simplest is a dull blade or blade installed upside down. Barring that, the most common cause is trying to make tight turns too fast. Pushing the wood into the blade, while turning quickly and tightly doesn't allow the blade to cut fast enough and the blade will bind in the wood and the teeth will grab on the upstroke, instead of cut. This can also happen when trying to use too large of a blade. What size & type of blade are you using? What kind of wood are you cutting and how thick is it? Does the lifting happen just in cutting curves or all the time? Many scroll saw blades have reverse teeth in them. This is intended to reduce the tear out on the bottom of the wood. Most reverse tooth blades just have a few teeth pointing up at the bottom. Some have reverse teeth placed through the entire length of the blade. These sometimes cause more trouble with lifting the wood, because there are more reverse teeth engaged at any given time. If the problem persists, you could try a skip tooth blade, which only has teeth that point down. You may sacrifice the slightly cleaner cut that a reverse tooth blade offers, but it should help minimize the lifting. Also, most scrollers remove the hold down bracket on their saw, but if your saw is still equipped with one, make sure it's lowered far enough to help hold the wood down, without being too tight and causing friction between the wood and the table. Good luck. Hope this helps.

My first project for 2019!

My suggestion would be to compare the unidentified blade with a known size/type, under magnification. I've never tried it, so I can't vouch for the effectiveness of this suggestion, but it's worth a try.

I recently got a dewalt scroll saw and this is my first attempt to make a pattern from a picture. This is my grandson on his skateboard