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vykus

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vykus last won the day on April 12 2014

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About vykus

  • Birthday 06/01/1972

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  • First Name:
    Matt
  • Location:
    West Bend, Wisconsin
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Scroll Saw:
    Dremel 1800
  • Project Types:
    portraits, crosses, intasia etc.
  • Interests:
    Woodworking, music, painting, drawing, reading, getting away from my kids.
  • Pattern Designer:
    Yes
  • Design Software:
    Photoshop cs, inkscape
  • Favorite Books:
    Enders Game, Divergent, books of Jim Butcher, James Patterson, Dan Brown, Charlene Harris, etc.
  • Favorite TV Shows:
    True Blood, Homeland, Walking Dead.
  • Quote:
    The Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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  1. Hi, my name is Julie and my parent's showed me the cross you created. They absolutely love it and wish to make one for their grand daughter's confirmation. Do you offer the pattern for sale? Any information you can share with me would be greatly appreciated.

    On a side note, I know woodworkers love to see other's creations -- so I thought I would share a couple with you. My father created beautiful instarsia/scrollsaw pieces for two of my children's weddings and all the grandchildren (nine of them) and of course his children have many beautiful pieces. I attached a couple images of two of the crosses he has created. The first is a unity cross. My DIL wanted this for their wedding (two parts become one, tied together by the 3 pegs -- Father, Son & Holy Spirit) and together her and my dad designed this. The other cross is the cross from my daughter's wedding. She showed a picture and again it was designed specifically to their vision. 

    I hope you are willing to share/sell your pattern and we hear from you soon. Thank you.

     

    Julie Coozennoy

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  2. Happy Birthday vykus!  I hope you have an awesome day!

  3. I have been busy with a lot of things this last year and most of my projects have been utilitarian rather than fun scroll saw projects. I was able to make this puzzle and I finished it up on Fri night. Sat. my family had booth at a flea market, trying to get rid of old stuff etc. and I had a small table with what scroll saw and other art I had to sell. Not the best venue for this type of item but this little puzzle sold first and without haggling, they just payed the asked for price. I expected to be talked down a bit. It was the only scroll work I sold but I was ok with that. I also sold one of my Colored Pencil paintings. between all of us we were about $200 over booth costs. And the weather was perfect, wish it was the same throughout the country.
  4. I can relate I'm a substitute teacher.
  5. Keven, I also had to make her a sturdy non-slip step to take with in the car. It's only 3 1/2 in. But it gets her high enough to sit and then pivot into her seat.
  6. A rail on the wall side is not needed since she will be using a walker from now on and it's unlikely that she will be free of it. If she were walking alone or even with a cane I would agree but she has the support she needs from the walker.
  7. Well it was a busy winter and spring so I have not had anything to submit here in a while. But I have been looking in on everyone else's wonderful work. If you recall (and if you don't, that's OK) my saw broke near the end of fall last year with no way to repair it. That continued this spring for a while but I was able to fix it finally and now that I am done building this ramp I can get back to scrolling. This ramp is in my parents garage. My Mom slipped on some ice last Dec. 23 and shattered her femur right above her artificial knee. Thankfully there was a new type of knee and femur replacement that they were able to use and save her leg, otherwise they likely would have had to had it amputated to above the brake, very high up. She spent more than 3 months in a rehab facility and my Dad was convinced that when she came home she would be able to handle the small step from the garage into the house. She did OK most times but it scared her and once she was very close to falling. So it was up to me to build the ramp my Mom would have rather had there when she got home. Having seen other ramps of this type I am aware of some of the pitfalls that can happen. The platform would be 5 3/4 off the floor so I needed boards of 5 in so I had to rip cut those myself with a circular saw The main concern I had was the stability of the posts, I did not want them to be wobbly so that meant joinery. For the post meeting the wall I used a modified dovetail, I don't remember it's proper name but I did get the idea out of a book on timber framing. A full dovetail would have compromised the footprint of the 4x4. The next post would be joining with the 2x5 of the platform and the rib going from there to ground level. I lap jointed the two boards and then I cut a channel down the center of the 4x4 so it could sandwitch over the lap joint, added a little glue and some screws and it was solid as a rock. The final post was done the same, I made a 1 1/2 wide channel down the center angled to correspond to the spot on the rib that I wanted to place it. I installed it with glue and screws but due to the fact that the rib was so shallow at that point it was not as stable as I wanted it to be. I thought about it for a few days and decided that I needed to add a buttress to add extra stability. It took a while to get the piece modified to the point that it supported the post rather than just be a piece that is screwed to it. The rail is just a rail off the rack from home depot which I secured with some walnut dowel I had left over from a previous project. I knew that would be strong enough that it would not splinter like your average dowel likely would while you pound it down into the hole. I finished the rail with plastic covered wire threaded through the posts. At some point there will be some textured painted added to the walking surface things get slippery here in the winter. So now that is project is complete I have started on my scrolling again and hopefully I will have something to post soon, I am working on a cribbage board and a Green Man intarsia, I'll let you know how those turn out.
  8. happy birthday go buy some new scroll saw blades that always makes me happy!

  9. I use a pin vice and micro drill bits and make the holes by hand, using a drill would just break the bits. It's difficult to get it in straight on thicker boards but on 1/8 or 1/4 BB it's easy to keep it straight so there is no angle that could pull the blade in another direction when you start your cut. This the only way I have found to insert a blade on the smallest line without having a noticeable hole, which would drive me nuts. I have no problem getting a #3 UR into these holes but more often I am using a 2/0.
  10. Here is a picture of the little slot that the nut fits into in the arm. I can now confirm that it is a custom part, it is neither a 1/4 in or 6mm. I am aware of the service pack that contains this nut but I don't really have that much money for a nut at this time. I think I am going to try rethread the bolt to a 1/4 in. to match the nut I made. If I fuck it up a new one of those is included in the service pack that I would then be forced to buy. Wish me luck.
  11. I have considered picking up a die and re threading the stud, I just don't want to F it up, that piece is a lot harder to replace than a nut.
  12. about a week ago I stripped the nut that goes with the tension lever on Dremel 1800 and after considerable research online and at hardware stores I have not been able to find a replacement. The nut I need is a square 1/4 fine thread nut. it's easy to find the larger thread nuts. So what did I do, I attempted to create my own nut. It looked like I had done it correctly but for some reason it will still won't thread. I'm at a loss as to what to do. If I can't tension the blade the whole saw is useless. I am also right in the middle of a $60 commission. I don't have the money to buy a new saw. even a cheap one on craigslist, not if I want to buy my kids Christmas presents. On a long shot, does anyone have one of these that is broken down that you could cannibalize? I would be willing to pay shipping, I am getting desperate.
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