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Greetings, My name is Stan and I am 65 years young. I am a retired carpenter and millworker (custom doors). Scrolling has always intrigued me but somehow I never took it up. (I bought my very first scrollsaw just last week). I look forward to interaction with the Scrollsaw Village Community as I believe I will be able to learn quite a bit from the more experienced members. My hobby for the last 5 years has been modifying vintage and antique Banjo Clock cases into what I call "Memory Clocks". If you are not familiar with The American Banjo Clock I have no doubt that you will recognize its distinctive shape. Basically, a Memory Clock is a working, functioning clock whose original mechanical movement has been replaced with a battery-powered Quartz movement. The resulting space enables the clock case to become a display case (sometimes lighted). In the two display areas a person can showcase emblems of some of his, or her favorite things. Pins, badges, insignia, stickers and so forth that might represent the owner's career are a good example. Club memberships, Military affiliation, religious depictions are also some topics for a Memory Clock. The first one I built was for my Wife's Dad, George Harbison. He spent fifty years working on the Great Northern Railway, the Northern Pacific, and ultimately the Burlington Northern (presently the BN Santa Fe). He began as a laborer whose job was to clean the fireboxes of steam locomotives at the Livingston, MT repair facility and worked his way up to being a "Hog-Head" (locomotive engineer). He was also a fifty-year (Past Master) Mason and Shriner, a US Navy veteran of WWII, and a volunteer Deputy Sheriff. If ever a man needed a place to display some pins and badges, I thought at the time, it's George. So this became Memory Clock Number 1 (MC-001) or the "Hog-Head". Since discretion is the better part of valor I felt it wise to make a Memory Clock for his wife of 60 years,and my own, dear Mother-in-Law, as well. And this became Memory Clock Number 2 (MC-002) or the "Carousel" Since then I have built Memory Clocks for my three children, and one for my Son-in-Law. If you would like to see some more, please visit the photo pages on my Facebook page, Memory Clocks by Stan In building these clocks I often came upon situations where a scrollsaw would have been quite handy, but somehow I just cut or carved my way through and vowed to buy myself one, "someday". "Someday" arrived last week and I bought my first scrollsaw. I may soon be making a total pest of myself asking about the best blades, saw speeds, woods, patterns, etc. But for the moment I am excited to join the Village and look forward to a long, enjoyable learning curve. Best Regards to Everyone, Stan