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Fat Fendered Toy Car Made from a pine 2x4 and hand-painted with a brush and pink acrylic paint. The wheels are finished with amber shellac.

Recently I have started making one more type of patterns - puzzles, and here is new one: Wolf puzzle. Recommended size is 8,5 x 7,5 inches, 22 pieces, contour is optional. Wolf puzzle pattern

I used DeWALT saws for over twenty years. They are a good saw. No vibration and easy blade clamps. This saw was designed to top feed as well as bottom feed. Give top feeding a try. If you like top feeding,you don’t need a arm lift. I had one on my first DeWALT, but soon found it was just in the way. For easy blade changing, remove the bottom blade guard. It just gets in the way. The last thing is wax the table with any wax that does not contain silicone like car wax. Silicone can affect you finish. I use Minwax finishing wax.

Expect to have to install the table and adjust the angle of it to the blade.. I'd throw away that hold down foot but some people do use it. I'd also check the position of the blade in slot of the clamps. Some folks like to have it in the center of the slot and some like it over to one side or the other.. don't think it really matters so long as both upper and lower clamps are in the approximate same location. You don't really want the top one off to the right side and the bottom one to the left side basically is what I'm getting at. Do that first.. then check the blade to the table and adjust the dial indicator tab to zero it out. Getting it all tuned and dialed in first thing makes for a better overall experience and will possibly save wear on the saw if it's running smooth. If you don't have a small square you can just check the blade to table square by taking a thicker piece of scrap and cutting a notch in it a short way and then back out of the slot spin the board around to the back side of the blade and if the blade is square it should slide right into the slot you just cut.. if not then adjust and cut another slot check again and do this until you get it to easily fit. Don't know how the new DeWalts are these days but I bought my first new one back in 2008 which was a type 2 and it was an awesome saw to use.. I bought the stand with the saw and also would have to say it was the most comfortable saw to sit at that I've owed so far.. Maybe the Hegner is right up there with the 3 legged stand. Agree with Bill, I had the Jim Dandy Easy Lift system.. which made sawing a lot more pleasure. Many folks might say to just tighten the screw where the upper arm pivots.. I would not do that myself as that is eventually going to wear out that joint and deem the saw junk since I believe you'd have to change the whole saw body so basically need a new saw, LOL. I had to rebuild with new bearings in my saw after about 3-4 years of pretty heavy use. But once I did that and used a high grade synthetic grease I never did have another issue. I sold the saw back around 2018 to my sons friend. He don't saw much but still has it.

Here is the final Sam Elliot. I chose a framing method I had not used before. I glued the piece on a larger backer board and then framed it. The frame is heart pine that was revived from an old roof deck. My brother gave me some.

I've been using the same can of Johnson's paste wax for about 30 years. It's really hard to use it up.

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Good job Travis - It works Fab4

Made these to honor my grand nephew. One made with 1/2" oak and the other 1/2" poplar. On both, the outter ring and inner ring are stained with godlen oak, the middle ring is stained with cherry. I think the details show up better with lighter wood. I did the bevel cuts tilting scroll saw arm left 3 degrees. I really enjoyed doing this. Jerry

very well done. Your grandson will really enjoy this one. Be careful though, he might be sending you a big list of others who want one. \ Dick heppnerguy

Thanks. I warmed it up good with a hobby heat gun. All set to go now.

You can take those apart and remove the broke one and put it back together, I've read there is a special tool you can use to simplify that.. I've had good luck just soaking the parts in very hot water for a few minutes to help them slide back together easier without cracking or breaking them..

A couple magnetized sewing machine LED lights really helped. And I use a head band type flip up magnifier. Both were Amazon buys.

Yay ! My saw got delivered a day early. I went over all nuts, bolts and screws making sure all is tight. Aligned blade set screws with feeler gauge. Aligned blade in table slot. And made sure bevel adjuster was accurate. Should be back in business.

Great saw and even though some people don't like them, I hope you got either the stock light or some type of aftermarket light. The lights make a difference seeing the black blades against the pattern.

Congratulations. Is this your first scroll saw or just the first Dewalt? The Dewalt benefits greatly when combined with a couple aftermarket accessories. I would recommend connecting it to a footswitch, as Dewalts are notorious for flaky on/off switches. Dust gets inside and eventually your saw won't turn on. I had a footswitch on mine for many years and it eliminated the problem. A footswitch also makes any saw much easier to control. Also consider adding a lift mechanism. There are a couple versions available. Mine was the Jim Dandy Easy Lift Easy Lift System for DeWalt Scroll Saw DW788 – Jim Dandy Supplies. They are a very simple device that helps raise the top arm up when doing fretwork.

a ton of fun!!!

Another color filled eagle. Made from cherry. https://www.facebook.com/tjswoodshop

Darn I found one more, don't know why I forgot it, the most colorful project I hav done. It is an Alex Fox pattern that was to be a wall hanging but I turned it into a real bird house.

Lots of very nice projects posted! A few of mine;

This things happen unfortunately but we will still be here. Marg

Sorry about that Joe, I hate when things like that happen. Then you have to restore so many things. Hopefully you had a backup. Being a retired computer programmer I'm a firm believer in backing up your computer. I usually do that about every 3 months unless I have done many things. Goes to show you how much we rely on computers in our daily live. Jerry

My Dewalt DW788 should be delivered tomorrow. I have never used a Dewalt SS. What are some of the things I should expect? Thanks in advance.

Recently finished this little guy as part of my wildlife collection. Dick

I know some of the private courier guys in the UK are totally useless and there has been a lot of rebranding of names recently but the service still sucks. That said there must be some regular courier who operates world wide that can deliver a parcel safely to an address in Pretoria, South Africa. !!? I will have a look at tool suppliers in this country and see what I can find.

Our family goes back a little farther than John Deere does with the tractor. My wife's great grandfather was the first person to build and mass produce the gasoline powered tractor. It was called the Little Bull. Here is a photo of it. Dick heppnerguy

That finishes things quite well. Good idea. Dick heppnerguy

I had a used type 1 and after tuning it and doing the re-grease it was a great saw. I added the Pegas clamps and that took most all of the little vibration that it had out of it. I sanded the table top to remove the corrosion and grind marks until it was very smooth and kept it waxed. I built a 3 legged stand for it that went with it when I sold it. If I had not found a really great deal on a used Excalibur, I'd probably still have it.

Yes I have a good lighted (led) magnifier and I also wear an optiviser. I also convert all patterns to red lines.

Great job on yhat Jerry. I did a Marine and Navy one. Not easy.

The painting really brings it to life. Great job.

Fantastic!

I rally like this.

Hi Again The best way to anything in or out is the private courier guys. The government postal service is not working well. thank you Don and Octoolguy

Thank you OCtoolguy that kind of stuff is over my, but my son knows all about and he is going to fix it for me.

I hope so, looking forward to using it.

Great job Rodney! Pattern, cutting, and finish are all excellent!

I typically cut my ornaments in stacks of 4 pieces of 1/8" BB ply or 3 pieces of 1/4" solid core ply, or solid wood. Usually on solid wood I plane it down to 3/16 and do stacks of 4 depending on wood type sometimes just 3 pieces. I used to do 5 and sometimes 6 pieces of BBply depending on the situation at hand but I much prefer doing 4 pieces. Years ago I started out doing 6 BBply in a stack to maximize production and I never did anything more or less than the 6 until I came up with a custom order for 8 ornaments. I normally cut all my blanks back then at 8 x 8 inch and could get 4 - 5 ornament sets out of the blank. That custom order for 8 pieces made me do a stack of 4 so I ended up cutting 2-3 more times on that blank of other ornaments and the cutting seemed to go way faster than cutting 5-6 stacked.. That was my comfort zone from then on so I've kind of stuck with stacks of 4 unless I have some odd number of ornaments I need to make where doing a stack of 5 or 6 makes more sense.

For cutting those holes, I would probably use a forstner bit. The best tool for a scroll saw project isn't always a scroll saw.

Seeing your work took me back many, many years. I grew up on the farm and my dad was a John Deere man all the way. To him, if it wasn't a John Deere it wasn't a tractor. My parents gave me a camera when I graduated from high school. I took many pictures around the farm. He had two John Deere's. Attach is a picture of the oldest on as 1947 model "B".

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You are way too creative for my brain. Love all your ideas. Hope I can remember even one of them, sure would help if I could. Dick heppnerguy

I love what you are doing. It is so wonderful when someone sees another being faithful to help a need and then to give her something special as a thank you for caring so much. Very honorable of you. I love it when people reach out like you did. Dick heppnerguy

I hold small parts by drilling a small hole that will not be seen after assembly and inserting a dowel, toothpick, or skewer to make a handle. If I have trouble getting the handle tight enough, I will add a bit of glue and cut it off flush when I am done. For heavier items, I hold the handle with long-nosed locking pliers. Wheels on a stick. Plastic spring clamps work for some things. My pointed Dowel collection. Truck body on a stick. This one is glued in and cut flush after painting. Fenders on a stick. Halloween on a stick.

I have a little harbor freight $20 spray gun kit and a little compressor. Very handy as you can just use cheap watered down craft acrylic paints. Dries in a very quick time, looks good and you can handle it without getting paint all over yourself in minutes. I do like 6 coats in a couple hours no problem. Looks good too. Also can do it in the house because its just craft paint. Just a thought if you have a compressor already.

Use spray cans because they are fun. After they are empty, I save them for when my Grandson comes, we shoot them with a pellet rifle, watch them fly around when hit. Them we retrieve the marble inside, if there is one and add them to my glass coke bottle I store them in. Now it is time to throw the can away. Sorry I know, no help. I like using an eye screw, the hole would be small enough to fill and a quick spray over.

I made a fish! (lol) Chris

This is a horse stall sign, made for a customer a few years `ago now. Basically, shop scrap, painted with craft store paints. All designs were by T & E design. Craft store pegs for hanging horse tack. The rope sign hanger was from a weird one I found at $-tree. It was fun especially since I was told -"Your own way"--she did like it very much.

A few of my resin color fills.