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For my native neighbor from her soon to be husband. She saw the finished piece and wanted to buy it, and I told her it was for someone else.

Designed this based on the idea from Scroller Pete. Size 10 h x 17 w.

Finished this one up this morning........comments always liked Thank you!

Another old west - themed cutting. Pattern and cutting by me.

The 1955 Pontiac Star Chief was produced for 1954 to 1957. It had a V-8 287HP 4.7 L engine and came in a 2-door coupe and 4 door model. It had several distinctive features, 2 broad chrome bands that ran up the hood and a hood ornament with an Indian head that would illuminate when the headlights were turned on. It was also recognized by the 3-star emblems that ran along the side of the body. The Star Chief was the precursor to the Bonneville though the Chief name was associated with later models also. I had to go big on this plaque because of the size of the text. I used Good-Times font that is very similar to the Pontiac font. The dimensions are 18” x 12” on BBPW and a 1/4” backer.

Yep, had it happen not so long ago. So frustrating. Marg

Charlie, Sorry to hear that happened to you. I think most of us have had that same problem but, that certainly doesn't ease the pain and frustration when it happens. God Bless! Spirithorse

I was in the shop all day. Some puzzle orders (good thing we have Scott and Harvey - how is Harvey, btw?). Shawl-Pin in the shape of a sewing needle (I knitted a vest for my sister 70th birthday and the shawl-pin will be there to close it. A tablet holder, because the chihuahua one immediately was acquired by my daughter. A lidded box (bottom turned on the lathe - lid and finial on the scroll-saw). Everything made from ScrapWood.

I saw this picture on the internet and loved it, so I put it through Inkscape and came up with this. Done purely because I liked it and I needed to get out of the house. I have 10 pups, 6 adult dogs, 2 cats a pond full of enormous fish and now a 'wounded' husband that all seem to think I have 4 pairs of hands.

Spent the better part of my day making these 10 Family Crosses today.......all 1/4" sanded ply.....19.250"T x 7.375"W......rattle can paint....they will be giving these to her family sons & daughters for Christmas I believe...... comments always liked. God Bless Smitty

For those who aren't familiar with the title of this post, "No brag, just fact" is a quote from an old Western television show I watched when I was a kid, "The Guns Of Will Sonnet." Certainly not bragging about this post, just knew you guys could relate with my frustration. I was cutting this for a friend to give to some friends of his who bought their dream beach home at Dauhpin Island. After about 2-3 hours of tedious cutting I took the top pattern off to find what I thought was a small crack on the back side went almost all the way through and some pieces feel out. I cracked it the rest of the way to vent my frustration. Strike one!

I just bought an extra Delta, just in case

Well when your felt lemons make lemonade. I see a quick fix is to make the same fall out at the end of the word Islands And maybe modifie it to look like a star, or just a fancy shape. I,ve been there with the Lord's prayer right from the start letters poped out. But I finished it 20" x 40" because of what it was and my first of many Lord's prayers . I don,t think I learned my lesson though.

Great saw at that price. Not much difference between it and Dewalt, basically the same with minor changes..

Having two saws is handy. When I need to interrupt a project for some reason I just move to the second saws without disturbing the first saw.

I have a used saw on hand as an emergency backup. Definitely consider buying a used one or this one on sale so you can do a quick swap out if you plan on doing events on a regular basis. Nothing is worse than being in full production mode and having a breakdown.

As has been said, it's not a simple answer. Each person may have a different position of preference, based on various ergonomic and physical factors. There are a couple of issues that tend to crop up when scrolling for long periods of time. One is numbness in the hands. The other is soreness in the neck and shoulders. I'm sure there are others, but as far as table height is concerned, I think these are the 2 main ones. I've never had a problem with hand numbness, but my neck & shoulders are a different story. I like to keep the table a little higher, so that I'm not so hunched over. This helps with the neck & shoulder soreness. For some, this could cause problems with their hands. I think tilting the table can alleviate this somewhat. If the table is a little higher and on an angle, it fits a little more naturally with the bend of your elbows.

I used to have a wood burning stove in my shop that seemed to always stay well fed! FOR THOSE SAME REASONS!

I feel your pain and frustration, I've had that happen to me. I snapped the whole piece over my knee and threw it across the room. !!

I use a hammer on spiral blades to crush them into tiny balls, then burn them, then bury them. DEEP. They are pure evil and I don't want them coming back to life.

HI All Heres some bits I started today. The soldiers are nearly finished just need to sand the bottom of the bases. The cat is taking awhile lots of blade changes.

I just tried to check it out, but coming back out of stock, give an email to be notified when back in stock, RJ

All well and good, the problem comes about when you need parts and they more or less tell you just buy another one. Speaking of longevity, I am still using my Craftsman 10" table saw that I bought new in the 1950's and there are still a lot of parts still out there for this saw. Not all parts mind you but some, I'm 85 yrs old so its doesn't matter too much for me any longer, LOL! I still use it almost every day and so far so good,

I’m not even a car person, but I love seeing your beautiful car projects and reading their history that you share. Nice work.

I've had very few issues with any of my Delta equipment. Only issue so far has been the loose motor which I was able to actually repair myself LOL My table saw is the best piece of equipment I've ever purchased - Delta

I have 3 tiered displays that I built a couple of years ago that work great at events as you can see in the photo of my booth. They are bulky though and transporting was a bit of a nuisance. I asked if anyone knew of foldable/collapsible ones and @OzarkSawdust actually took on the challenge and adapted my design and sent me a video of his work a couple of months ago. I thought I'd rebuild my displays this winter using his method, then realized I could adapt the ones I have, as a test if nothing else. Here is the result... Fantastic. Not nearly as nice as Ozark's version, but definitely proved to be something I want to do. Will save me some space and be less bulky. And here is his video.

Wow! That was a quick response, Frank! Thanks and God Bless! Spirithorse

Mighty nice looking project!!! Premo in fact!!! You car buffs know which ones to do!!! Atta boy!!!

Beautiful work!

I have a delta. I liked it bettre than the dewalt, but it is under warentee I called thej they told me where to take it ,50 miles away.That was july 9 2020. almost 4 months I called the repair shop and thy said that they have called them 3or 4 times and the parts are on back order.I called friday and delta said that they were nding th parts to the repair shop. So with this experance i can not recomend the delta If I were to do it over I would have tore into the saw myself I am sure that I can get the parts over the internet. IKE

terrific job

that's very nice

Very nice! Font reminds me of the "country kitsch" stuff my wife finds at Hobby Lobby. What is the font name, if you don't mind me asking?

Awesomeness!

For anyone who doesn’t know him google Blair’s Bowls you can see his work on his Facebook page (even if you don’t have Facebook). I believe the spelling of his last name is Surette.

I just bought one a month ago for $350!

I love it. Terrific work. Marg

GREAT JOB! I like the wolves added in too!~

Most websites, including etsy don't actually require the usage of FB or Twit - you can always use your own email address which is what I do. In addition, you don't have to remember all the pwords and id's for the sites. There are programs called Password Managers that will maintain them for you. Available on PC, Mac and phones. They are not hackable (unless you share their pword) and very useful. I use one and store over 200 pwords and Id's. I do agree with you Kevin, I refuse to give/share my information with any site. I will give them basic info, but that's it. Which also why I NEVER use Goog or Bng - they both track your computer. I use exclusively DuckDuckGo which does not track or cookie browsers and has several addons that block popups, ads and all the rest of the garbage many sites inflict on users. Sorry for the rant, but it burns my butt. Besides, all these so called pword protection services the tech companies want you to use are a farce! Fake security that you don't need! Just as anti virus software is also a scam! Ok, getting off my soap box - my apologies

Great looking projects well done!

Made this Steve Good pattern and painted it with glow in the dark paint

Very neat, I bet the idea is "borrowed" by many too.

That's cool - love the tree in the back, nice touch! Thanks for sharing it

Glad (well you know what I mean) I'm not the only one! And I used to love that show when I was a kid. That and Wanted Dead or Alive - Steve McQueen!

Top shelve workmanship and great got to haves!!!

IMO it is all about the position of your elbows relative to the table. Some folks like the elbows below the table so it almost looks like the arms are hanging off the table, Others like it when the elbow is above the table and the arms/hands rest on the table. Also consider lifting the back of the saw so that the table itself is slanted toward the operator, amazing how much difference that makes. Mine sits on a 4x4 (back legs) Basically you have to try different set ups until you find the one that works for your physical abilities

I have 20 patterns from Steve to. I'm unable to do them myself because all my tools are on there way to Florida. My good friend Kevin said he would do them for me. Thanks amazinkev.

In my opinion the Porter Cable is not a full step up. The Delta or Dewalt is. It’s just a little more and a much better saw.

Lumber yard 1x pine can be wet and/or have pine sap near the board surface. Either could cause the wood to not slide well, even if sanded. However, it sounds more like (to me) blade problems and an attempt to cut too quickly. Inavertantly installing the blade upside down can also cause some of the problems you described and trying to cut too fast will cause many of the same problems. I recently stack cut two pieces of 1/2" sanded ply and it seemed like I had to slow my push speed WAY down to let the blade do the cutting. As soon as I pushed a little too hard it was impossible to stay on the pattern line and the blade went dull real fast. Even though they need to be changed more frequently as they dull rather fast, I find smaller blades do better when cutting thicker panels.