Sam777 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hello members, My name is Sam. I am a new scroller to this forum. I have been in mechanical engineering for 30+ years. I have been called "Mr. perfect, Perfectionist, Picky..." I am currently an engineering manager in a small company in southern California. I have always told the folks who work for me: "nothing less than perfect is acceptable". Sometimes they hated me for that, but I am proud to preach perfection. As a teen ager I did a lot of scrolling by hand. Made lots of light chandeliers, exotic bird cages, and many other fancy pieces (no pictures of these). In my thirties, I bought my first Dremel scroll saw and made a lot of wood pieces and tried selling at flee markets (people didn't want to pay for all that nice work). I few weeks ago I bought a used Ridgid Scroll Saw. that thing vibrates like a tumbler. couldn't work with it. I just got a good deal on a used Excalibur 16. I am looking forward to asking a lot of questions (about fine tuning/setting up the blade and scrolling) I will contribute and help as much as possible when I get more experience. Thank you all . Looking forward to being a member. Sam bobscroll and tomsteve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Welcome to the Village Sam looking forward to seeing your work. Lots of help here and a lot a fun.Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well Sam, when I post a picture of my scrolling and ask for critiques, please assume that I am not asking you. Welcome to The Village, The Perfect Place for Scroll Sawyers! and you Sam. You probably will not need a lot of help but we welcome questions and give precision answers. Glad to have you. Do you fix breakfasts? Rob Roy and Scrolling Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 A Great Big Howdy From Southern Tenn, Sam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) The addiction is a communicable disease and also terminal! It only shortens life expectancy around crabby "others"! They do not understand that it is our therapy! Well come aboard and enjoy the ride!! Sometimes there is even "good" advice here! Do not try to cut at the speed of A.K. --I thnk he is possessed Edited November 10, 2015 by rjR Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) Welcome to the Village Sam !...We are not perfect but darn near! ...Visit often and show your work when you can! Edited November 11, 2015 by Scrolling Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcier Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hello and Welcome to the Village !!!! Ward amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hello members, My name is Sam. I am a new scroller to this forum. I have been in mechanical engineering for 30+ years. I have been called "Mr. perfect, Perfectionist, Picky..." I am currently an engineering manager in a small company in southern California. I have always told the folks who work for me: "nothing less than perfect is acceptable". Sometimes they hated me for that, but I am proud to preach perfection. As a teen ager I did a lot of scrolling by hand. Made lots of light chandeliers, exotic bird cages, and many other fancy pieces (no pictures of these). In my thirties, I bought my first Dremel scroll saw and made a lot of wood pieces and tried selling at flee markets (people didn't want to pay for all that nice work). I few weeks ago I bought a used Ridgid Scroll Saw. that thing vibrates like a tumbler. couldn't work with it. I just got a good deal on a used Excalibur 16. I am looking forward to asking a lot of questions (about fine tuning/setting up the blade and scrolling) I will contribute and help as much as possible when I get more experience. Thank you all . Looking forward to being a member. Sam Lol, Sam you is a member,lol can see your going to be the talk of the town here in SSV! Your being a perfectionist is going to wow us in the workmanship you'll be showing us.Glad to have you! Keep coming back and don't miss a day as you'll miss out on daily tips and tricks! Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 The addiction is a communicable disease and also terminal! It only shortens life expectancy around crabby "others"! They do not understand that it is our therapy! Well come aboard and enjoy the ride!! Sometimes there is even "good" advice here! Do not try to cut at the speed of A.K. --I thnk he is possessed Mr. Ralph!There is a difference between interested and committed.When you are interested you only do it when it is convenient.. But when you are committed you accept no excuses only results. Just AK being AK,lol :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Welcome to the Village Sam! Where in So. Ca. are you? I'm in Moorpark in Ventura Co. And I teach scroll saw at the Woodcraft store in Ventura. Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hi Sam, welcome to the Village. I'm Marg from Australia. There is nothing wrong with wanting things to be perfect, my motto is 'If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well or to the best of your ability', I too am a perfectionist. Anyway pull up a chair and make yourself at home. Marg Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam777 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thank you all for the warm welcome. Larry, if your breakfast is broken, we can engineer a fix for it I need to head to section where I can ask questions Thank you Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 welcome to the vilage, Lots of advice and patterns we do like pictures. so just make yourself at home IKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteve Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 glad ya found the site,sam! i noticed ya have a question in another thread on blades for cutting acrylic which i (still) dont have An answer for. it would probably be wise to start a new thread asking the question as sometimes a question asked in a thread on another topic can get passed up by the members here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hello Sam and welcome from Me! Thank you for your intro, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Sam, We are all happy that you found us and decided we were at a place that interested you enough to join us. I am afraid that if I ware a perfectionist I would have a waste can full of my cuttings. I do the best I can without stressing over every little thing. Keep me kind of sane. I enjoy scrolling probably more than anything I have ever done and so glad that I decided to see if I could even do it. Stick around and ask any questions you may have. I may chime in on a few and you will have to make up your mind if you think what I have to say is a perfect answer for you, or perfect nonsense. Either way, I should qualify somewhere. Glad you are here Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Glad you signed up. I also look forward to critiques of my work from you. Great way to learn and improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam777 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Thank you for welcoming me. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimW Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Welcome from a fellow newbe, although you have a lot more experience than I do. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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