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Pattern by Jim Blume. 11” x 16” BB ply within 16” x 20” frame.

Pattern by Jim Blume. 11” x 16” BB ply within 16” x 20” frame.

Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. The pattern is in the library but I added a few strands of hair as I cut it. Listened to her music as I cut. Brought back some good memories. *Added some feathers to give her a little more attitude.

Valentine Gnomes is a Steve Good pattern. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood approximately 12" square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1 blades. I stained the heart with Samen stain Raspberry. Dipped in diluted Shellac, sanded and then one coat with spray Lacquer clear satin. Comments welcome.

Collapsible basket in bamboo cut from a cutting board. Roly

I have the Lee Valley router base. I purchased the whole kit because I have other needs than drilling holes.

Hello all, I recently purchased this set of 16 stencils from Amazon to make trivets and coasters. They are about 6 inches square and made from a thin flexible plastic, you can attach them to a piece of paper then using a fine pen or pencil simply draw around the cut outs in the stencil and this will give you your pattern for scrolling. The method I use however is to place a piece of dark card behind the stencil and then scan it on my printer. I can then print of the design at whichever size I wish. The second picture is one I am making at the moment. Hope this gives some of you some ideas for trivets and coasters. Regards, Alan.

Great pattern and cutting. Love her music.

You know, with a little more cable some pulleys you could make a foot peddle you push down to raise the arm, and release to lower the the arm.

I adjusted my Excalibur 12 years ago and my Seyco 4 years ago and have not had to adjust them since and I use them most everyday . They still work fine. But as everyone says whatever works for you is the best solution.

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ

Welcome to the Village, Bill. Skydiving? I spent too many years striving to log the same number off landings as take-offs. Glad to see your feet on the ground! Bruce

Any way to suspend the lights from the ceiling, instead of the saw arm?

terrific job

There are many ways to help improve air quality. I think it is important to do as much as possible to reduce the dust we breath. Most of us are older and more vulnerable to the effects if fine dust. While it is nice to have a HEPA vacuum and an expensive air filter, one can do good with less expensive options. A vacuum with a good quality filter and collecting dust at the source will be helpful. Also, A box fan with a filter will work pretty well.

Just my opinion but I think any vacuum you use is going to spew out some fine dust.. Unless you get one that is Hepa filtered.. Yeah you can get a hepa type filter for a regular shop vac.. but it still just isn't designed to be a dust extractor like a Festool.. The Fien vac is a bit cheaper but it also doesn't come standard as a Hepa certified vac.. unless they've changed that since I researched it a few years ago.. You can get the filtration on one though.. for additional cost which prices it at or in some cases more than the Festool and then I'm not even sure it's actually certified as a hepa filter system.. Hooking up a exhaust hose might be the answer if you're not in the northern states where you would just be blowing the heat outside, LOL If you have a really sealed up new shop blowing all that air out you may need to create a air inlet.. I honestly think there is no "low cost" answer.. it's more about how much of this fine dust can you put up with.. I personally wear a filtered dust mask.. then do a full shop cleaning / dusting of that settled dust every couple months..

My shop is small, so no room for large chip collectors. The Unisaw collects it's own saw dust in it's cabinet and I shovel it out. The jointer chips slide down a wood chute into a small waste can. My Dewalt planer never gets used in the shop. It goes outside in the driveway parking area and I connect the accessory hose and barrel cover to a plastic 55 gallon barrel when it gets used. The finer dust generators, like my scroll saws, drill presses, sanders, routers, etc all get connected to a repurposed whole house vacuum system, with a Dust Deputy in the line between the shop inlet connections and the central vacuum. The Dust Deputy sits on top of a 25 gallon former grease barrel that has been re-purposed for dust collection. Almost none of the dust collected makes it past the Dust Deputy, so the collection container of the central vacuum only ever has a trace of extremely fine dust coating on it. Any of this dust, which seems to be about what you are talking about, never gets back into my shop or lungs, because the exhaust of this central vacuum is connected through an outlet with a flap cover just below the soffit of the roof of my shop. It's pointed North toward a lake, so most of the noise cannot be heard by my neighbors. A far away jet plane is about what it sounds like to them. For your dust problem, since it is the micro fine dust that is getting into your shop air and then settling on your tools (and more importantly into your lungs) I strongly suggest that you provide an exhaust hose connection to an exit port in your shop wall somewhere (or through a hole in a window panel) so the dust exhausted from your vacuum never gets back into your shop air. It's too small to filter and this is the most hazardous size for your lungs, so just blow it to the outdoors high and directed away from nearby civilization. Let the winds thin it and spread it far and wide. Charley

Thanks.

Hmmmm, I'm thinking that sticking with my hook for now would be the wisest choice. Thanks everyone for your input, it really helps. Which is a big reason I'm part of SSV. Chris

Be advised, Per Ray, at Seyco, you must be aware, you adjust that bolt too tight, You can wear a groove into the metal that the bearing on the end of that bolt rides on. That groove gets too deep in that metal, and that bolt/bearning will not work any more, the metal is part of the saw metal that covers the saw. Not a replaceable part on it's own. He warned me not to adjust it any tighter than necessary to raise the arm and it stay in place. I would fear that you have added weight on that upper arm of your saw with the lights, so it could mean you have to tighten that screw beyond what is required... Just putting it out there, He told me that when I had an Excalibur which was several years ago. Maybe they have changed how that all works, but I would check it our first.

Very beautiful and well done Roly.

@Gene Howe A few more things about scrolling with mesquite: it is a very good wood for scrolling. The blade goes where you point it, does not try to follow the grain. I have never had a burn when scrolling with mesquite. No fuzzies. I think that is because it is a hard wood. No breakouts, again because it is a hard wood. Placing and removing patterns is easy. I use full sheet labels and put them directly on the mesquite, no blue tape, etc. The pattern stays in place and,after cutting, pulls off easily without pulling wood fibers. This again because it is a hard wood and it helps that I sand the wood before cutting, usual to 240 grit or finer. The only real issue is that dark wood is not the best for all projects.

They are really nice.

Very nice! Great job.

That came out great Roly. I made a few of them myself a while back. I like that pattern a lot living in Florida. Where can I get that pattern.

beautiful job

Two butterfly with names, fully finished. 3/8 elm, 5" x 16", FD #1 polar used throughout, dark walnut stain on the letters, 2 coats BLO 50/50 finish. I need to go darker on the letters for more contrast, I'll probably use ebony stain next.

Neat project

Always good to connect with another throttle jock! Going through Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola in 1970, they put us through all of the parachute landing fall training including water entry wind drag escape but we never did an actual jump. I did some civilian flying after the Navy but I had to ground myself as I had trouble understanding ATC and tower transmissions. I destroyed my hearing by serving as a squadron Landing Signal Officer. Each navy carrier-based squadron has 2 of their pilots train and serve as LSOs in addition to flying the squadron mission. LSOs have jets landing 30 feet away and going to full afterburner as they touch down. Since LSOs need to hear the what approaching engines are doing they don't wear hearing protection. Needless to say it took its toll.

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