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Great video, Chris. Only one technical note. When you do narration, you'll need to center the audio so it comes out of both speakers. Right now, your voice is only coming out of the right side. Other than that, you did a great job on the video and the info was great! Thanks for putting this together for us!

Why do you enjoy scroll sawing? A simple question. Its easy to answer with one or two words without thinking much about it. But give it some thought. Why do you scroll?

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I found this supplier http://www.timberlefevere.co.uk/eng/rubberwood.html Not sure if that would work for you or not. Here's also a list of suppliers. Some are only commercial, some may sell to the general public. Might be worth going through the list. http://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/UK ... plier.html

That turned out awesome! I'm glad you posted this. I was curious how it turned out. I can't wait to try it for myself!

That turned out really nice. My cutting boards are getting a bit old. I'll have to add this project to the list. Nicely done!

Wow! 4" Thick? That ain't movin' while chopping. Looks great!

Happy Birthday Kevin. I hope you had an Amazing day.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sdgood/vide ... =excalibur Looks like he has several videos on the Excalibur. Might be worth checking out.

Congrats on your new toy! I bet you're going to love it! Can't wait to see your first project off your new saw.

I think any hardwood would work well. I think oak would look really nice.

What you're describing is called segmentation. Probably the easiest way is to guess how long it would take you to make. Figure out what you're time is worth to you (do you want to make $5/hr or $15/hr). Multiply the time you think it'll take and what you want to make per hour and get a price. Then if the price seems reasonable, I'd charge that. If not, adjust it higher or lower as needed. Don't undervalue your work, though. Its a trap creative people often fall into since we tend to be overcritical of our own work. I'd give a price on the upper end and gauge their reaction. Say "I normally charge $xx for something like this." If they think nothing of it, charge that price. If they're a little taken back, tell them "But since I know you, you can have my 'friend price' of $xx" and reduce it 10-20%. Remember, it's always easier to reduce price than raise it. You can read an article I wrote about pricing your work at: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/village ... mber-2009/ You can also check out Etsy.com and search for others doing similar work and base your price on that.

That looks amazing! Nicely done!

I'm not sure if carvers use a special kind of tape or not, but I'd imagine you can use the bandage tape in the pharmacy area next to the bandaids It comes in a little roll and used to secure gauze. I would think that would work.

Great article, Chris. Thanks for sharing!

That is a whole lot of awesome! Thanks for posting that video. I think I'll be pouring some blanks this summer! You don't need to coat the inside of the PVC with anything? It pops out pretty well? Are you still using the Mica powder to color your resin?

That turned out really cool. Nice job on the pattern, too!

That's awesome!(if somewhat creepy). Turned out really nice. I'll skip the wine, though. I don't want that thing eyeballing me.

That's awesome. I'm glad to hear you did well. Keep up the good work!

That turned out really nice! She's going to love that. My son is 5 and loves playing with kitchen sets. She'll get many good years out of it.

If you tackle this project, can you take some Work In Progress pix and put them in the Work In Progress forum? It would be fun to see it come together.

You can start with church or charity sales. Nice thing about that is you can see if there's any interest in your products. If you want to sell just a few things here and there, you can try Etsy.com. Problem with Etsy, is that you can get swallowed up in a sea of crafters. So unless you're constantly promoting, it's hard to make any sales. You can also try Ebay or Craig's List.

If it's just a simple outline, you can always print it the size you want, then mount it to your board and cut the outline. As far as Inkscape, I'm not sure where you're running into problems. I can give you a quick step-by-step, which I hope helps. First, draw a square. Select the square and go to PATH>OBJECT TO PATH. This will make the square editable. Using your node editor (looks like a diagnal triangle. Second down from the toolbar), you can double click a line to add a node. Single click and drag a node to move it. If you have specific questions, we'd be happy to help.

I like that one. Pretty clever! I've seen ones with a hand grenade with a number on the pin and it says "Complaint department, take a number."