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Only drawback is, in Alabama, its legally probable cause to search my truck.

Denny made birds for the miniature birdhouses with Spectraply, Idecided why not try to make the birhouses with it. Here is my first try.

Not so much bragging rights. I'm posting this as a "lesson learned ". As y'all know, we learn from our mistakes, not out victories. I was working on this hummingbird, ⅛ ply frame ans attempting to use stained glass for the colors. It was not going well. Between trying to fit the small pieces and the shear cost of the glass, not to mention the "cut you" factor, I bailed on using glass. So I'm giving another run with epoxy resin and have learned much with this hummingbird . As you can see in the pic, bleed out from the epoxy was crazy, something I hadn't counted on, but learned something which, in my opinion is a win. I know I didn't get a solid, full bond between the hummingbird frame and the backer board (painted silver). I plan to try to paint the frame to cover up the epoxy bleed, at any rate, wanted to share for anyone wanting to try or if you have suggestions on how to improve the process

I hang mine from the edge of a wire shelf or off the fence rail on my Shopsmith. I use copper wire for the hanger, which I cut from a piece of heavy grounding strap. .

Kevin, you nailed it on the head. I always wondered how or why people would load their blades on the Hegners and Hawks. I suppose other brands are not a problem, but, I use strictly Pegas blades and always have. I too nip the blades so the ends are square. It’s become such a habit that I also nip them when using my Excalibur.

It doesn't matter at all with a Excalibur or like saw... but the tension changes with the blade length variations on a Hawk or Hegner if you're installing the blades in the clamp properly by bottoming them out in both clamps which if the blades are exactly the same length then you should be able to set the tension and never have to touch it again unless you need another tension for a different size blade. I've had some Pegas blades so short they wouldn't even reach the clamps in the Excalibur.. Hawk and Hegners saws are way more picky about correct blade tension than any other saw I've ever used.. Improper tension almost always results in a broken blade.. But with the short rocker arm saws you could almost forget to apply tension and not break the blade.. sawing experience will make a difference of coarse but the blade doesn't break or slip out of the chuck. I do nip the pointed tip off the ends on these blades which does help but it's still something we shouldn't have to do IF the blades were made properly with the same length like all the other blade brands..

I would agree with that. I've found but nipping the piece off my tension is much more consistent on my Hawk

I'm not sure why they are there.. at one time it was said to be to determine what was the top / bottom of the blade... however they're never consistent with whether they are top or bottom or even have that at all.. It's been my biggest peeve of these blades because they're also not consistent in length.. so for a Hawk or Hegner user where you bottom the blade out in the lower clamp and then pull the upper arm down to the top of the blade and bottom out then it's never consistent blade tension from one blade to the next.. The way Hawk and Hegners are set up you shouldn't ever have to mess with tension unless changing blade sizes but when running the Pegas you need to check it with every blade..

So I've made hundreds of stick figures both on bandsaw and hegner many are related to certain people and their profession or hobby ive made teachers with students foot doctor a gazillioon people with all breeds of dogs cats birds etc not wanting to get started on a new project I wasted some time making a stick figure of me and my hegnet laugh because it's pretty funny i even mounted casters on the bottom of the stool(black push pin with stem cut down)

That's Willie nice

For all you Gnome-holics out there. This is a little different in that it has arms compound cut. I modified one of Diana Thompsons patterns of a Dragon. Also, the person who requested this wanted 2 signs so the sign is held on by earth magnets and can be changed easily. PS: Please no political comments as I have enough of those on Facebook to sink a ship.

How time flies. I joined this group ten years ago which was the beginning of my scroll saw journey. So many members here gave me help and guidance. I can't thank you all enough. I have to give @Jim Finn credit for introducing me to inlayed box. That got me going on box building. Now I enjoy Inlaying and also incorporating intarsia into them.

Looks good, RJ

I had one of the original ones many years ago. It was meant to be mounted on a bench grinder shaft. I never did use it and it got sold in our estate sale before going out on the road. It was a neat and well made tool. @Scrappile, the brushes mount behind the sand paper and support tbe paper fingers.

Following- looks interesting.

I use Pegas blades almost exclusively and never check it unless I am having an issue. The way the clamp works, it does not matter if the length changes a bit. As for the notch, the last time this came up, I went through my stash of blades, and the blades varied from batch to batch.

Thank you. I love my Tacoma. I had another one and traded up to get the blind spot monitors and lane keep assist which I love on the interstate. Now I’m happy and hope to drive it till it dies.

When I do determine which way is up. I turn to my grinder and grind a point on the top end. Makes it easier to feed it up through the hole. Just my way.

Nice, RJ

Very cool! I love Willie....also, nice truck! I had a red one like that and wish I never traded it in.

I've been able to easily find bearings as that was how I originally intended to repair my saw but my issue was finding the sleeves. Rolf also ran into that issue when he rebuilt a saw for a friend in their club. The only thing I've ever been able to find individually was bearings from a bearing supplier.. What I did find more recently of coarse right after buying that whole assembly was that Jet sells individual parts and appear to be the same sized bearings ( again according to the manual ) and you can buy those sleeves through any dealer that sells Jet parts such as ereplacement parts etc.. Might be something for you to look into more.. as far as I could tell you could get everything through Jet.

HA, that's cool!

Do not rely on it. My experience is some have, some do not, Sometimes it is at the top, sometimes not. I have it on my favorite blade, the Skip tooth in all these configurations, I run my finger up the blade to determine which way it should go up. Or maybe I am crazy.

Wichita, I have used the hanger for drying fretwork cuttings but had an issue with different sizes sliding into each other. Never thought of cutting a notch into the hanger. Simple but brilliant idea. Thanks. Like most of us storage of clamps has always been an issue. Many ideas on the web how to store them. I didn't want to take the time to make one. Thought it was just a bit waste of time. One day while shopping at Walmart I saw an old-fashioned current rod. For less than a dollar I picked on up that extends to 4 feet. Perfect for hanging clamps of all kinds, except the heavy ones. Maybe other villagers can post simple but useful solutions here. Jerry

Great work on all your boxes hope you do well in the juried show.

Holy cow Dave! Those are beautiful! The 3D box just blows me away.

Hi Don: Love it, well done Fab4

Can you show us a box with a few more views like with it open and from an angle? Thanks. Yor work always is impressive.

These are really great. Love the humming bird. What size are the boxes?

Well the cutting is done, now to decide about the backboard (thinking green) and the framing P.S. cut 2 at once

WOW! I would think after that many of those, no pattern would be needed. Turn the scroll saw on auto.

I've decided to try to branch out on my blade selection and give the Pegas a try. My question is I've noticed on one end of the blade it has a bit of a piece sticking up as compared to the other end. Is this normal? Is so, why? I've been just nipping them off for use. But wondered why they there.

No, but I use a Mac Mop from Klingspor a lot, almost the same thing. I would not be without it. Looks like you can change it out to brushes. That would be great, I would think.