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It was sad to have to cut the big old white oak down in our front yard. We did save the huge burl at the bottom and had it re-sawn into half-inch slaps. I made two special plates for my wife, and daughter to use when they are at the Renn Faire.

I saw this in his email last week and thought I would make one. I enlarged the pattern by 15% to make the basket just under 6" square and 2 1/2" high. The sides are 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and the top and bottom are Mahogany. I used FD Polar #5 blades as I stack cut 4 pieces. Finished with spray Shellac. Getting each layer lined up when gluing was the hardest part. Comments welcome.

I have a friend that has an art studio in Custer State park every summer. He is going through some health issues and I thought this would be a nice gift. The pattern is by Gary Browning and found in his book "Wild West Scroll Saw Portraits". I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood 12" square. and back with a black mat. Of course framed at ArtCrafters. I used FD New Spiral #1 blades and finished with spray Polyurethane. Comments welcome.

Hello friends. someone requested a pattern, I did this work one year ago based on the image, I hope you like it.

Cut this on the Excalibur from Cherry.. cut with #3 Pegas MGT blade and a #0/2 New Spiral from Flying Dutchman for the veining.. Hope he likes this gift from his wife..

Well I will take a shot at it. Many times the terms are used interchangeably but are not the same. First a stain is a product that penetrates wood surfaces and either you add color or highlight the grain. Natural stains are resins and oils mixed that add a hue or warmth of color but also bring out the grain of woods and let the wood show through in its natural state. A clear stain is a clear product that penetrates the wood but adds protection additives such as UV and adds no color whatsoever to the wood, thus clear. You see these terms used alot with deck colors and finishes. Now with that said you have clear and natural finishes also. These are top coats such as polyurethane, lacquers, shelacs. Your waterbased products are your clearest and can add no color unless they have stain mixed in with them. Oil based finishes will always have a yellow tint to them. Used on darker woods you never see it. Now all these finishes can have UV protection as well. Any stain or finish that adds color immediately adds protection from UV.

I used something like that font to make a box for a customer.

I've never done this before, I'm quite pleased with it, however, my 'sanding' skills leave a lot to be desired I think. It should have come out 'oval'

I met the fellow who had the Hawk 226VS on Craigslist this morning and long story short, I bought it and brought it home. Now, all I have to do is figure out where to put it. Other than some surface corrosion on a couple of parts, this saw is like new. I can't wait to give it a run but first I must do the clean -up. I am open for any and all advice from you experienced Hawk owners.

I like a smooth table.. But I don't care if it's shiny.. Too shiny might scar me if I happen to see myself in the table..

A little while ago @heppnerguy did a beautiful cutting of a plane, however, the font that he used amazed me. I couldn't find it anywhere. However, Dick was kind enough to let me know where I could get it from. So today I tried it.

I Do sketch UGLY, but I get extra pay for torture. RJF

Yeah, that's what your wife said too. LOL!

Some people are like a cow's tail, ALWAYS BEHIND. (So sorry, the devil made me say that). jerry

I hope you continue to cut on the Excalibur now that it is set up correctly. I would be really curious, some time down the line, to see if you think the Hawk is worth the extra money. A compare and contrast kind of thing with cost in mind. Good luck

I know I had been forwarned but I chose to go headlong into a project today anyway. I had some scrap douglas fir 2 x 2 material that was left over from another project a couple of years ago. I wanted to do some 3-D word art on it. I ran it through my table saw to make sure it was good and square and measured 1.5" x 1.5". I stuck the pattern on it and put a brand new FD Polar #5 blade in my saw and commenced to cutting. Wow! What a nightmare. That stuff is so hard and very grainy. Long straight grain that runs from one end to the other. So far, I have gone through 3 #5 blades and then I changed to a #7 blade. That did cut better but not for long. I am about 10% done cutting and I think I'm going to fold my tent and go home. I'll wait until I have some decent wood to work with. So, for those of you who might have a bunch of old doug fir scraps laying around, use them for firewood. I wish I had.

Steve Good had a great pattern for Music - Piano that I really liked for my Granddaughter as she is really into music. She does take piano lessons but singing is her thing. Wanted to personalize so I came up with the attached. It is not finished as I will let her decide the colours then either she or Gramma will paint. Got to love Steve.

kevin you are not sounding like a person who really is looking forward to this new saw. I hope things are going to work out for you and there is no problems with it. If you have to do work on it after all said and done I would give them a piece of my mind and could not care who they are. They really sound like a company I do not want to deal with. It is ashame the name will get dragged through the mud if they do not turn things around. Shipping problems now too. I have had tools shipped from various companies by UPS, FedX and never had a problem. Way too many other saws out there.

Customer special order , I cut it and made the backer board and made a frame for the backer board and my wife made the pattern and did the detailed paint job . I would have though the ladie would have wanted the 49ers on it too but no all she wanted was just S F . Used Baltic Birch Plywood and as you can see the wife hand painted it .I installed a picture frame Saw tooth hanger on the rear top where it can be hung on the wall . Any comments welcomed .....

I personally wouldn't go with anything thicker than 1/4". I use 1/4" plywood from Lowes. They have Birch, Oak and Maple. I have not had any problems with it yet. I usually stack cut three. Here is an example of the detail I cut in it with no problems.

Best of luck Kevin. My Pegas saw arrives tomorrow. We'll compare new toys on Friday.

Quick; SWEEP THE SHOP, CLEAR SPACE, BUY MORE WOOD, BUY MORE BLADES, BUY ALL THAT STUFF YOU DIDNT KNOW YOU NEEDED WRITE A NOTE TO THE WIFE YOUR NEW TOY WILL BE IN AND YOU WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR A WEEK. RJF

HD has 1/2X1/2" clear pine. It is exact size and works very well.

When I worked for the USPS back about 1965, I learned that the old French word "fragile" actually meant "throw underhand". And, we did.

I finally made me a frame and cut the word 'Mitchell" into the pattern. So just for anyone that might be wondering how it came out in the end. Here you go Dick heppnerguy

Thanks for the advice. Not presently in the market for a new saw but when my Delta bites the dust I will definitely consider a Pegas saw. Also if I get into bowls because of the tilting head. QTE's website says they sold all 60 of their original allotment. Next shipment is June. Looks like they are selling well. bb

Heck, I was going to suggest something but it seems that all you wizards have pretty much filled in all the blanks. What a great group.

Saw arriving tomorrow (Wednesday). UPS has it in hand.

I'm hopeful that Pegas will set the standard and produce a premium quality saw that comes set up to run right out of the box.. If they have all their saws ready to cut right out of the box.. I think they could put a hurt on the " other like saws"..

Unless I am mis-understanding this entire thread, you can do the same screen capture with the Snippit tool in Windows. God Bless! Spirithorse

I'm thinking probably green, rated for chrome, stainless steel or red which is very fine used by jewelers.

Found it, downloaded it, printed it (twice....100% and 300%), can't help but wonder what would happen if one were to squish it down to a circle and enlarge it a bit....would make a fairly nice coaster, methinks! Or a trivet if thick enough. Hmmm...

At Steve Goods site. put in Dragon Pendant and there it is.

I didn't use any stains, just spray Shellac. Show pictures when finished.

Thanks John. I just used the eyes to make sure it was aligned.

I couldn't have said it better myself.Really. I have used both over the yrs.when I have come across wood that is just to pretty to stain.

Great starter collector sets for a car show!!! Keep them coming!!!

I'm thinking you'll love that Pegas.. I'm really starting to like the Excalibur I bought now that I'm finally getting the thing to run right.. Hoping the Pegas runs great for you all that bought them.. and that nobody has any issues like I've had with my Excalibur.. Hoping Pegas has some strict quality control.. Knowing what I know now about the Excalibur saws and the Pegas.. I would have probably went with one of those instead of the Hawk..

Yeah, I've never had much luck with UPS.. or Fedex for that matter.. Shipped a lot of bigger stuff Greyhound really cheap.. without much issue.. Too bad USPS has a limit of 70 pounds.. I know they all have insurance claims but I've shipped a lot with USPS with very little issues.. Now saying that I just jinxed myself, LOL

Thanks Bobby. This took a full sheet of 12" x 24" plywood.

Awesome job!!Lineing them up was always the hard part for me as well.I have only made a few.

If I want to do something like this, i take a picture of it and email it to myself. Then i can play with the pattern and resize it and such as much as i like. When done I print it out and spray glue it to the wood. Now I will always have the pattern for future use too.

A photo, touched up and enhanced in Photoshop or a similar program will get you the pattern, but you will need to take a high resolution digital photo with the camera perfectly positioned at right angle to the surface of the pattern for a perfect image with no distortion. The closer you can get to achieving this, the better (life, and photography is never absolutely perfect). Another possibility, if you can do it, is to place this item laying flat on a scanner and scan the image. It will need to be flat against the glass of the scanner to avoid distortion. An image larger than the scanner glass can be scanned in sections to create several partial images, which can then be merged together into one image using Photoshop or a similar program, but with the newer high resolution cameras, it's usually faster and easier to take a photo of it. Charley

Stevan, if you're truly selling it, the Hawk, let me know.

Well its been a while since I added a pic, but this one was Different for my Style and thot it came out Ok.... Come on Back.... Comments Welcome.... Danny :+}

I have been looking for some Australian content in scroll saw patterns so when I found this one in the pattern library I jumped on it & thanks to Patch for the pattern,I made the backer a little larger to give it a framing effect.

My Dad was career Air Force, and for the longest time I couldn't read the huge building numbers painted on each building, because they used these fonts. It wasn't until I was about 7 or 8 that it clicked for me. Before that, I thought they were alien symbols!

Once that upper arm is parallel make note of the position of the knob at the back.. many of the Excalibur type saws this will turn on it's own over time.. Most annoying thing about my EX now.... is it untunes itself.. and pretty fast rate for me.. I posted about this and many others said theirs does the same thing.. I'm planning to add a little loctite on the threads then set it where it should be and hopefully it'll take care of that annoyance for me.. Otherwise.. I love the saw now that I've finally got it running good..Hopefully Pegas took note of this issue and redesigned it to stay put better.. Glad to hear you like the saw..

Congrats Dave. Keep us informed as to how it works out. Should be great knowing Pegas as we do.

Peter I have found my copy of Australian patterns, it is called, 'FAIR DINKUM' 42 Scroll Saw Patterns. Australian Themes. Authors, Neil Schultz and Theo Kampes. If you have any trouble finding it send me a message, I am going to the Working With Wood Show in Melbourne next month and I may be able to get it there for you. Marg