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  1. Travis
    That sounds like fun. Hopefully you'll sell out! Much easier to carry a wallet full of cash than a big box of projects. Be sure to tell us how your show went. I love hearing about people's craft show experiences.
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    LOL...I think most people make the dome clock just to say they did...LOL That clock is massive and I would have no idea where to put it. But it certainly is impressive. You might already know of this site, but Pedro from Fine Scroll Saw has a lot of great restorations of vintage patterns. There might be something that catches your eye there. Lots of neat patterns.
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    Hi William. Welcome to the Village. I'm going to add your blog to my RSS reader. Thanks for sharing. You really have a knack for clocks, that's for sure. The ones you posted in the gallery are beautiful! So, I guess the big question is, when are you going to tackle the dome clock? I've always wanted to try my hand at clocks, but I tend to have a short attention span. One of these days, though. I think Wildwood has a Santa's Workshop wall clock that I have my eye on. Anyway, we're glad to have you on board! You'll find lots of friendly folks here. Here are some of William's clocks. Nicely done!
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    Hi Stan! Welcome the village! We're glad to have you on board. Sounds like you're enjoying your new saw. You gotta treat yourself every once in awhile. I look forward to seeing some of your work. Take a picture of your new saw, while you're at it. I like to live vicariously through others.
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    One thing I'd like to throw out for you. If you do want to do crafts with local college logos, many universities offer a crafter's license. That way you can make hand-crafted university logos to sell at craft shows. There is one gal where I live that makes pins and magnets out of polymer clay with the local universities. The crafter's license is a heck of a lot cheaper than a professional license, but I'm sure it has a lot of rules you have to follow. Now I doubt somebody like Notre Dame would have something like this, but Montana State University certainly does.
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    I doubt you'd find any. The problem is that College logos are copyrighted. So those distributing them could face a lot of legal trouble if caught. Your best bet would to design them yourself and use them only for yourself. If you do design some, I wouldn't distribute the logos, and I certainly wouldn't sell your projects with these logos. Their lawyers are a bit bloodthirsty and they don't mind picking on the little guy.
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    I'd recommend the Dremel plunge router as well. Problem with benchtop drill presses is the throat capacity is a bit short. With the Dremel plunge router, you won't have to worry about that at all. Plus you can use your Dremel for a multitude of other purposes, which is always nice. But I got away for the longest time with a cheap $16 corded hand drill. Works just fine, assuming you don't need exactly square holes, which was the majority of my projects (I tend to do portrait style cuttings). Hope this helps!
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    Hi Jim. Welcome to the Village. Lots of great folks here. You'll fit right in. Your Etsy store looks great. Its something I've always wanted to do. I have a storefront, but no stock...LOL. Someday when time is a little more generous. I really like your Christmas ornaments. You do a very nice job on those. I run a Craftsman 16" and dream of Dewalt 788 too...LOL. But for now, my little Craftsman does just fine. Anyway, welcome to the site. We're glad to have you on board!
  9. Travis
    Great pattern, Linda! I really like that one. Be sure to upload that to the Pattern Library too. I think a lot of people will really enjoy that. Good job!
  10. Travis
    Well, plastic baggies wasn't doing it for me anymore, so I thought I'd make a blade holder for myself. I really liked the PVC idea, so I just made a little rack that held PVC with an endcap. I can hold a dozen different blades. Works great and I can find whichever blade I need! I felt so organized, I decided to clean up the rest of the shop too!
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    You have a lot of great cuttings in there! I really like the Horse shelf. That's really cool. Nicely done, all of them!
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    LOL...I had to look up audiogenic and still don't know what it means. But my ego forces me to believe that it's a good thing. I'm glad you're enjoying Inkscape. It's a really cool program and pretty impressive for being free! It may not be as powerful as your professional graphics suites, but it certainly makes you think twice about forking over several hundreds of dollars for the pro gear! I'll continue doing tutorials with Inkscape. I think the next one we'll actually design a simple pattern. I use Camtasia Studio for my screen captures. It has its quirks and goes out of sync more often than I'd like. It's a little spendy for how often I have sync problems, but it really is the best I could find without buying specialized hardware. Plus it has lousy editing features (I'm a TV editor by profession, so it drives me nuts) I just use a Plantrinics headset microphone to record my audio. Seems to work just fine and captures my cracking voice. Its very surreal to edit audio/video of your own voice.
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    That's a great design, blame! I certainly can see how that would be helpful. I saw one guy just use a 2x4 to wedge the arm up....LOL. That's right up my alley. I geek out with technology, computers, and the internet, but I'm pretty low tech when it comes to my jigs and makeshift tools. I wonder if you need a special driver's license for that. I'd hate to get pulled over for scrolling with out a license.
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    What kind of rack do you use? Is it just a 2x4 with holes? Or do you have something a bit more fancy? I just bought some PVC pipe this last week. I was going to make some marshmellow shooters for my friend's son, but they left town before I could make it. So I guess I have a new project! Blade holders!
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    One thing I'd like to point out, even though this class will be using GIMP as the graphics program, the techniques easily apply to any bitmap based program (like photo paint or Photoshop). Most bitmap graphics programs operate pretty much the same way. The only difference is the buttons might be in a different location. I certainly didn't want to exclude those who use a different program. You'll still learn something from the GIMP class that you can later take back to your preferred program.
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    Thanks all for the response. I'm still working it out in my head how it will work, but there seems to be some interest in going forward with the class. The first class will most likely be a portrait class. We'll be using GIMP exclusively since it is free and easy to get. It works on Mac and PC. This way we can all be on the same page if problems arise. Hopefully there is additional interest from other users. If so, chime in here and let me know you're interested. That way I can plan accordingly. The more the merrier.
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    Unfortunatly, I don't own this machine, so I'm not sure how much advice I can give. Does it vibrate on all of the speeds? I know my saw will vibrate pretty bad at one certain speed because of harmonic vibration. Usually if I turn up or down the speed it fixes the problem. I also have my saw clamped to my bench which helps too. Don't know if this helps at all. I know a lot of people really like the Dremel saw, so I'm a little surprised you're having trouble this early with it.
  18. Travis
    LOL...I can imagine myself with a scroll saw with casters, scrolling along with the saw moving further and further away until I fall out of my chair. Something right out of a Mr. Bean show. That would be really handy, though. Especially for cleaning up. I make it a point to move the saw to vacuum up the sawdust at least once a year whether it needs it or not.
  19. Travis
    More information about "Printing Oversized Patterns with Inkscape"
    Here's my latest video tutorial. This time, I'm using Inkscape to prepare an oversized pattern for printing. The pattern was kindly provided by our one and only Christina. Thanks Christina! There are times when we want to print a pattern that is larger than a standard sheet of paper. Whether it be for a large fretwork project, intarsia, lath art, or yard art, Inkscape makes it easy. The video goes over importing a pattern, resizing, cleaning up the pattern, adding registration marks, and finally printing! Enjoy the show!
  20. Travis
    I agree. You have a lot of great cuttings on your website. You really have an impressive cross collection. Beautiful! That must be your big seller? Do you do mostly craft shows? Or mostly online? Nice cuttings, all of them!
  21. Travis
    Boy, that turned out great! I've had my eye on that pattern for awhile now. What are the dimensions of your cutting? Good job. You should put a copy in your User Gallery too (you can find a tutorial here)! Welcome to the Village! We're glad to have you on board. We have a lot of great folks here. Plus, it looks like we might learn a thing or two from you.
  22. Travis
    Foot petal for saw control, or to operate the arm lift? Since I don't own a DeWalt (someday, though), will the bungee add too much stress to the arm? Or does that part not move?
  23. Travis
    That's really cool! I might have to write an article for SSG about that! Thanks for the link!
  24. Travis
    I wanted to gauge interest in a possible forum-based pattern making class. The class would be free (naturally) and operate much the same way an internet class would. The class would run twice a week for about 4 weeks or so. Each lesson would build upon the next. We'll have a class assignment that we all work on, then the final would be your own creation to show off your new skills. Each lesson would have a video demonstration as well as written instructions plus any project files. We'd have a separate forum with a thread for each lesson so you can ask questions and get problems troubleshooted. We'd also use a freeware program (GIMP, Inkscape and Paint.net) so you don't have to shell out any money. Would this be of interest to you? Would you participate (I don't want to teach to an empty classroom )? Tell me what you think!
  25. Travis
    Welcome woodenwonders4u! We're glad to have you on board! Don't hold out on us, where is your website? I wanna check it out too. Well, you're living the dream many of us have....making a living at scrolling. That sounds pretty cool. Plus you only work half-days! The first 12 hours you spend working, but the other 12 are all yours! Anyway, welcome to the Village. Lots of friendly folks here. We have a good ol' time. I hope you share some of your work with us. You can create a User Gallery (you can find a tutorial here) and show off a little. We love seeing the latest projects.
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