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Finished this piece up few days ago. Thanks to Paul (grampa) for the great pattern. It's 16x20 made for 1/2" plywood.

"Nestled Back By The Creek"........Fieldstone fireplace, sasquatch is watching too, made for a friend/co-worker who likes sasquatch

Terry (my hubby) and I had watched a YouTube video on melting plastic milk bottle caps to make chopping boards. Anyway when we had finished we realized there where too many little air bubbles and it would not be any good for chopping boards. So after looking at it for a few days I decided I could make Christmas ornaments for a couple of friends that had collected some caps for us. It was sooooooooooo easy to cut, it was like cutting butter. Marg

You did an absolutely fabulous Job. It has been my favorite project so far. I tried to make the majority of the cuts very sharp and pointy. I uses #1 and #2/0 blades. I am not a spiral blade fan but I did use them for the fingers and some of the wood details.

You see, I am the youngest in my family also. Two older brothers, and I try to tell them your argument also, I They are not easily swayed. But they do admit I am and always have been the black sheep of the family..

Nothing obvious. I presume it's a bad bearing at one of the pivot points, but no idea which one.

Good news! The EX-21 is back to being operational and purring like a kitten again. I received the drive link assembly last night and spent a couple hours this afternoon installing it. Even though I'm not the greatest at taking things apart and getting them back together, this went pretty smoothly. I'm back in business and have been sawing for the past half hour so. I'm relieved, to say the least. I even called Ray to let him know & thank him again for his help. Well, back to the saw. Let's call this case closed.

Just to be clear, all I can draw is flies. I did make the pattern, but with a pencil and carbon paper from this beautiful image.

My Sister aske for a special Christmas gift. She has a lot of Jewelry chains that always get knoted up in her regular jewelry box and asked if I could make her a case where she could hang her chains. I looked a several boxes on the web to get some ideas and came up with my own design (on the fly!) I would have like to use an exotic wood but it is getting very expensive so I went with 1/2" Poplar since it would be painted. Built the doors first since that would determine the final size of the box. Routered the recess for the front plaque first and then cut the miters. I used my Peacock pattern (Stack cut) 1/8" BBPW and used an 1/8" backer painted black and felt on the inside. Used picture frame hold downs to hold it all in place. Built the frame based on the dimensions of the combined doors. Added a 1/4" backer into the recess of the frame. Went 1/4" but should have gone a little wider. Not much room for the screws. 3M sprayed felt and applied to inside of backer. Bought hinges and hangers and french cleat from Woodcraft. Got very thin magnets from HD. Finish was several coats of black lacquer. Gold paint was from Hobby Lobby for the peacocks. I'll be sending it off this week and hope it get there before Christmas.

Here is my latest Portrait, Just in time for Christmas. By far my favorite pattern as it was hand drawn by Charlie E. The piece is Poplar with rough sides. The Frame is rough cut Poplar and Oak splines.

These are some little plaques I am giving away to some people in a group that I attend. The one that says Brothers is for my Brother. I made another for me so we could have a matching set.

When I was an exhibitor at our county fair this year a man came up to me and pointed to a compound cut angel I had on display. It wasn’t for sale (I made it for my wife a few years before she passed away and wasn’t going to part with it) but just there to demonstrate what you can do with a scrollsaw. He asked me if I would make 12 of them for him. I was a little hesitant (I’m not much of a mass production type - rather do one offs) until he told me the backstory. His wife, who died around the same time as mine, would give the grandkids an angel every year for Christmas. When she died he decided to keep the tradition going. When he saw my angel he thought they would be perfect for this year, so I agreed to make them … all 12 of them! He was pleased and so was I. The bodies are walnut and the wings soft maple.

One day a sasquatch was lurking near some green trees. He was approaching a small home. He wanted to see what the stone structure is used for. Then all of a sudden a big red Rigid came from the sky and scared him away.

Yes. I made sure to slather them well.

Thank you. I love the picture. I have mine in a prominent place in my shop.

You see, I am the youngest in my family also. Two older brothers, and I try to tell they your argument also, I They are not easily swayed. But they do admit I am and always have been the black sheep of the family..

I agree. When I am finished applying my finish, I hand sand with a piece off of a brown paper bag. Gives a very smooth surface

Well these two here are the common ones I've seen on the inside of the saw.. since you didn't replace the rocker arms at the front of the saw I think it's likely one of those two spots but it could be one of the others.. These days anything possible to get past quality control.

"Also, pots are rated linear or audio. Generally, audio pots are more precise." Not correct. Audio potentiometers do not have a linear taper. They are labeled "Audio Taper" because their resistance is more expotential, meaning that the resistance from end terminal to the center terminal changes faster as the slider is moved across it. You won't be happy if you use one of these. (Accuracy and quality do not change because they are labeled audio taper). The quality of construction is usually affected by the price. There are other special purpose versions with different tapers out there too. Just be sure you are about to buy one that has a "linear taper" label on it when replacing your speed control potentiometer in your saw. If not a DeWalt 788, then the 10 K resistance may be different in your saw. It and the shaft size will then likely the most important information needed. Charley

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Did you happen to find anything obvious wrong with the old drive link? Just curious as to what the actual problem might have been.. especially for it to all of a sudden start banging.. Though, I will say that many times equipment gradually start getting louder or making a slight noise that goes unnoticed until it lets loose, and wakes us up saying we have a problem, LOL.. Anyway, glad to hear it's back up and running great..

This will probably wind up very confusing but I'll do my best to explain. The original idea I got from a man named John Shutz. His patterns were for bandsaw. The first picture shows four different sized patterns that I drew. Mine range from around 4 inches tall to 11 inches tall. They are simple to draw but notice the branches or boughs alternate from side to side rather that being even. The patterns are folded down the midde as in picture 2. I put mine on a Little Debbie Christmas Tree box. It's festive and has already has a crease. Put the pattern on one corner of the appropriate sized piece of square wood and trace the pattern onto the wood as in pictures 3 and 4. You will need to do this on 4 identical pieces of wood. Cut whichever side you prefer first. Picture 5. You can tape the pieces back together as you would with a compound cut for making the second cut, picture 6. Or I prefer to take it apart and cut it as shown in picture 7. It's a little more tedious holding it but cuts much easier/quicker. After the second cut you should have something like picture 8. Repeat the process on the remaining 3 pieces. With 4 pieces done it is time to glue. I try to put glue along the 90 degree corner of the piece, picture 9, without getting in onto the branches as some of this will be exposed after gluing the pieces together. Put the pieces together as shown in picture 10 and wrap rubber bands around them. If needed add a clamp or two, picture 11. After drying a half hour or so I remove the clamps and rubber bands, sand as needed and finish.

I love how you did that Timothy. The rough cut lumber is fitting. Nice job!

terrific job

awesome work

Cool, wonder where I could get some milk jug caps. Hmmm,, wait, I work at a milk processing plant! LOL

I always loved people who cut vinyl records. They are always cool. That is something on my to do list. Like to see some examples of that here as well. I always loved the people who cut coins with the scrollsaw. I even think I had seen a few people show their work here if I remember correctly. here is an example of a friend of mine who did this one for me and it all happened on a bet we had years ago. We talked about ways of thinning a coin because that is what is needed when he scrolls the coins. I told him I can do that one of 2 ways. turn it down on a lathe or scrollsaw it in half and he did not think I could cut a quarter in half using a scrollsaw. well about 5 jeweler blades later I showed him.. He then had to cut me a New Jersey coin and place it on a pen blank that I made using copper braiding. I sent him the blanks and he did his things and when he sent it back I cast in resin and turned down to a pen. here is the photo of the pen and also of the quarters I cut in half using my Dewalt 788 years ago. Want to try your skill, try doing that with your scrollsaw. Have to say those quarters are made from junk metals and are hard.

Terrific work Ralph. Marg

Terrific. The teacher will love it. Marg

Okay did a search Poly would cost me $10 for a liter, much cheaper option even if I add the thinners in for spraying. As I add stain and color to my wildlife cuttings I presume I would do that first, and then apply a few coats of Poly as suggested in the postings.

I can't seem to get the video clips to show. They are MP4

Thanks for the replies Polyurethane is definitely worth considering, I was sold on the idea that you had to soak your cutting in a Tung ( Danish Oil ) to protect it and seal it. Spraying poly on would do the same thing if I read the replies correctly. I am paying just short of $30 for 500ml of Danish Oil, Poly is much cheaper.