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Been busy lately. The black and white bunny (1/4") was a special request to go with the Collingwood plaque, (1/2") all made out of pine. Collingwood is a AFL, Aussie Football. A second Collingwood is being made now. Fred the Reindeer is one I made for myself, always wanted to make him. Made from 1/4" marine ply Used #3PGM blades. And finally Rude Batman, (sorry can't remember the name of the pattern maker) made for my grandson for Christmas. 2.5mm bamboo ply. I made 6 more Christmas sweaters, 3 with colored paper and 3 with glittered card, glued to scrap pieces of wood Marg

I converted an Image of a metal wall hanging I found on-line into a scrollable 11 x 17 pattern. The conversion did not take much work as the hanging artwork was already very much like a scroll saw product. The only thing I had to do was let Inkscape invert the image to produce the cutout areas in a red outline with gray fill. The metal wall hanging was shown as Black with the contrasting image in White. I liked the way it looked but wondered how it would look in contrasting wood colors as how we, Scrollers, often present our work. I decided to stack cut two 5/32” thick solid core ply panels, one Walnut and the other Birch. The Walnut panel was then left natural (although I did darken it slightly with a quick wipe on/wipe off coat of Walnut stain) and it was affixed to 1/4” thick BB Ply backer that was left Natural. The Birch panel was primed and painted with rattle can Gloss Spray Black and affixed to 1/4” thick BB Ply backer that was primed and painted with rattle can Gloss Spray White. Both assembled panels were further protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. If these cutting were solid wood, no framing would have been necessary, not unlike the original metal wall hanging which is unframed. However, to hide the plywood edges, I made narrow (1/2” wide) drop-in type frames that match the cut panels. Walnut for the Walnut panel and Pine, primed and painted Gloss Black, for the Black panel. Be warned, you should not let the apparent simplicity of this image fool you. I chose to use a Pegas #1 MGT R blade to cut the pattern to insure the cut edges were sharp. I found the cutting, with all the sharp pointy corners resulted in a LOT of time-consuming Panel spinning. I also found it took much patience and fine touch control to follow the simple, but long, curve pattern lines accurately. The image is a mirror image side to side, so cutting misstates would not be able to be hidden. I think I did OK, but it did require many rest breaks to keep my eyes from getting too crossed. If you have taken the time to read through this far, I have a BIG REQUEST. Even if you have no comments, please reply with a simple vote for the one that you prefer. I’ll number the pics below #1 - Walnut and #2 - Black for simplicity of voting. I’ll let you vote a #3 if you don’t like either. #1 – Walnut #2 – Black Yep, comments and critiques are always welcome and encouraged. You will be able to find the pattern in “New Pattern Announcements” in Pattern Central herein.

Well, A tough lesson. See what happens if you clean your shop. I rarely clean mine for this reason.

Ordered 11 different copies of Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts back issues for 3 dollars an issue with free shipping the other night. Hope others saw the ad and took/are taking advantage of the kind offer. Just chomping at the bit to get them and start poring over the things. I love a paper magazine. So.....old school. No batteries required. Don

I crafted this plaque using ribbon striped (quarter sawed) sapele. When cutting the tree I set my saw at approximately a two degree angle. The tree worked well for this because it was one continuous cut. I pushed the tree out about 1/2 way and did a lot of sanding with a sanding mop. I'm very happy with the look.

This showed up today in the Facebook marketplace. If it were closer, I would buy it. It is a six-hour round-trip drive from me.

I found the chart. They changed from green to black in 2012. So with an 08 owners manual, it was from between 2008 and 2012.

You can usually get an indication of use on the old ex's by the table top.. the paint would wear off around the blade opening. From the looks of what I can see it was not heavily used. Nice dust collection system, lamp, and maybe she will throw in that cool stool also,,,,, if it is in pristine shape, and I had money, I would go for it. You could try to talk her down a little but. maybe not. If the motor runs fine and quiet and no great vibration. why not. The only real expensive part is the motor... I think.

I think all parts are available for this model.. The one that the parts are no longer available are the ones that have the tension lever like a DeWalt. This saw new would have been about $1200 if memory is correct. You can look on Seyco and see they have parts for the EX-30.. I would think the Pegas 30" saw would also share the same parts. Not sure if shop space is tight for you but this thing will take up a larger spot.. The factory stand for this is bigger than the ones for the EX-16 & EX-21.. I would think this is a "okay price " for the condition with all the goodies.. that magnifier light looks like one of the higher priced LED's? Certainly a upgrade to the old Hawk you have.. Shows a lot of blade storage tubes.. mentions a dust collection but not sure if a vacuum is included.. If so I'd say this could be a good deal. On a side note: Every used saw I've bought that mentioned several blades go with it.. when I go look they end up being blades bigger than my bandsaw blade and of no use to me, LOL.. But this one shows a lot of different storage tubes so there is bound to be a few you'd use. EDIT: somewhere on this site there is a chart with a timeline of the various colors etc of the Excalibur saws.. It shows the timeline of when they moved production out of Canada etc.. That might give you a better idea of age of the saw..

Do you think $700 is too much for a saw that old? Trust me; I am seriously tempted to get it to replace my old Hawk

If it was at the right price the trip wouldn't stop me. You do not see many of those around.

We all learn the hard way unfortunately. You just have to take a deep breath and start something different. Marg

I've sleep apnea, likely for longer than the 9 years i've had a CPAP machine. I don't think it works as well as it could, but I definitely know when I don't use it OR the power goes out - forced air suddenly stops and now you breathe through a small partially blocked hose. Aside from short naps on the couch I have to have that machine. If there is better I would be willing to try it; but the VA has not said anything about alternatives aside from I need to lose weight. Should you try the Inspire device please let us know the outcome. Thanks!

I took my DeWalt 788 saw over to the son-in-law's to use his tools and help with taking apart and re-greasing the bearings on my saw. Yes, I have watched the Bob Brokaw video and the latest one that Steve Good posted about. Got everything apart and back together. Sounds great now. Instead of the 30 minute video it took all day. And things are not quite right. I can't seem to get the tension rod/assembly correct. Can someone explain where the part that goes into the tension lever is supposed to be on the slot when it is at no tension. I hope this description makes sense. I will post a couple of pictures later. I am tired of taking it apart. What I thought was going to be an hour(ish) turned into 6 hours.

Very nice well done.

I have retractable casters on my scroll saw stands and a newly made bench for my table top router. They have worked well for me in the garage. https://www.amazon.com/SPACEKEEPER-Workbench-Caster-kit-Retractable/dp/B07QRH8VS2/ref=asc_df_B07QRH8VS2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=365913144387&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16440853423039295243&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1014906&hvtargid=pla-810822295110&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=74513983885&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=365913144387&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16440853423039295243&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1014906&hvtargid=pla-810822295110

I guess it really all depends on how bad you want it. I have a 16 & 21 green so I'd love to have it just to complete the set. $700 doesn't sound bad for all that appears to be included but being who I am, I'd have to dicker some. Depends on circumstances. Those 30 inchers don't come up often.

The last saw I bought was about that same time/distance. If the deal is good, I'd already be on the road. What are you waiting for?

The drive linkage assembly is $139. The motor is $213.17 including shipping. I know this because I bought one in November 2022.

I did some measuring, assuming that the EX-30 is 9 inches longer than an EX-21, and did some calculations. Assuming I did the math right, here are the numbers I came up with. The measurements surprised me enough that I went back to my shop and measured three times. To my eyes, the Hawk always looked bigger than the EX-21, but it isn't. The second surprise was that even if it were an EX-21, I would need to rearrange my shop to get it to fit. Hawk 220 Base 34x19 Footprint 646 square inches EX-21 Base 27x25 Footprint 675 square inches EX-30 Base 36x32 Footprint 1152 square inches 171 square inches larger than EX21 506 square inches larger than the Hawk 220 9 inches longer than EX-21 7 inches longer than the EX-21 2 inches longer than the Hawk 220 13 inches wider than the Hawk 220

I have an EX21 I paid $400 for several years ago. It was not near as good-looking as this one. $700 seems high for a saw that old, and I'm sure some parts are no longer available, not to mention support. This one is made in Canada, from what I can see on the label.

Reading the ad, it seems as if the husband passed away or is sick and his wife is selling the saw. I don’t like to take advantage of people in that circumstance but $700 might be high. But I don’t know on a 30” saw. She said the saw is almost new. What would the youngest age of a General made Excalibur? The instructions shown have a publication date of 2008. The saw does look to be in nice condition.

Both of the cuttings are wonderful, but #1 really stands out as my favorite! Dick

awesome job

OH! The Language! Didn’t even happen to me and I said it!

Hubby & I both like #1.

I cut this some time ago using 1/8 baltic birch turned just o.k

You're probably right Frank. I've been jumping between spirals and straight blades, but I needed to knuckle down and get some straight blade practice. In fact my first attempt was in 1/8 but my straight blade skills weren't good enough..... TBH I'm a rank amateur trying to cut big boy things, but I learn a lot along the way.

Its just a piece of wood with holes in it, I'm over it, next

I was diagnosed with SA many years ago and they prescribed a CPAP. It was set at 13 whatever that means. Anyway, the pressure was enough to make my mouth fall open so they put a chin strap on me. One night, my nose got congested and didn't let the air through so with the chin strap holding my mouth shut and no air through my nose, I woke up thinking I was drowning. Scared the hell out of me. I tore that thing off and never put it back on again. The last I saw of it was when we have an estate sale and somebody bought it. The apnea either went away or I still have it and don't know it. That was about 20 years ago.

This is the very thing I am most afraid of happening. One must always try to see the good in such things - be it practice or learning new techniques. Condolences on the loss; it looked to be a fine piece.

Well, until you blew it up, it looked great.

I'm over it now ....lol

Boy that kind of sucks, hope you get better and back to the scroll saw, RJ

I am a scroller first and foremost. But I also enjoy wood-turning and dabbling in other forms of woodworking. Nothing big, my shop is too small for that. I also enjoy studying and investigating the many aspects of woodworking. I read the Wood Database to learn about the properties of the various types of wood. Friends who do other types of woodworking have given me leftover pieces of many types of wood, some of which are slightly hazardous, so I have learned to be cautious. Like others of our members, I am on an enforced, temporary sabbatical right now due to medical issues, will do a separate post about that.

Me either. Marg

I like Celtic style of ornaments and have made many Celtic knots and crosses. This time I tried to make something different using this style and here is Celtic Tree of Life. Recommended size: 10 x 10 inches, 3 layers 1/8 inch. Pattern at https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

Here is a clock I did for my Lady's young Grandson. He was actually having difficulty using a clock with hands to tell time because of growing up with all digital clocks. Thought this would help and give him a chance to learn about Chinese numbers at the same time (note the simlilariity to Roman Numerals). He also like dragons.

Well done and you can count on him still having this to show his own children a long time from now. Dick heppnerguy

Very nice!!!

That is super neat.

Cute, Charlie and his portrait. Well done. Marg