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Google Sites might be worth looking at: https://sites.google.com/ If you're looking for a blogging type of website: blogger.com and wordpress.com are both good.
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I have the worse habit of starting projects, but not finishing them. I'm trying to get better about finishing what I started, but old projects are hard to get back into. Here's my list: Side table for the living room. Train Piggy bank I started a couple years ago. Word art that I need to build a frame for. More frames. About a dozen pictures waiting for frames and I refuse to spend $20 on a frame I can build for $2. Portrait half complete...still in design mode. Intarsia picture of an old car. - I probably will never finish it. Oh, and a bunch of SSV features in various stages of completion. What's on your list?
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Canned air for computers work well.
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Wood Clock gears. Question on what type of wood to use?
Travis replied to Mrak's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I'd get real baltic birch plywood. I wouldn't trust the birch plywood they have at the big box stores. They sometimes have voids in them that will cause problems. I've bought from Sloans Woodshop with good results. http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/ Ocooch Hardwoods is another popular choice. http://www.ocoochhardwoods.com/ You can also find some good deals on eBay. Here's a great tool for finding specialty woods on eBay. http://www.wooddealsonline.com/wood-by-craft/scroll-sawing/ -
I agree. Nothing will ruin a hobby faster than a tool that won't fit your needs. I'd send it back and see what they can do with it. Maybe it got knocked or dropped during transit. Hopefully they can get you squared away. If not, I bet you can find a DeWalt locally for a decent price.
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I'm sorry. I totally missed this one. I'm guessing the file you are trying to upload is too big. We have a limit of 2.5megs per photo. You can send the file to travis[at]scrollsawvillage.com and I can take a look.
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Depending on your market, but I'd sell them for $3-5 each. I saw one guy who only had a 4'x4' table about 2' off the ground where he and the kids played cars and spun tops. He sold them for $5 each (the cars, not the kids) and couldn't keep them on the shelves. Hordes of kids surrounded the table to get a chance to play. Most of them walked away with a new toy.
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I think it depends on how you're doing your blades. If the blade itself goes into the hub, I'm thinking a simple miter box would do the trick. Put the hub on end and use the 45 degree slot and cut the slot with a handsaw. If the blades are attached to a dowel, you can drill the holes in the side then simply rotate the dowel so the blades are pointing in the right direction. This video might help:
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Now you have the tools, you can save $$ on the wood. This guy made one out of a single 8' 2x4!
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You can check around with the Rigid sander and get other opinions. Lumber Jocks is a good place to ask as well as Wood Talk Online. But I'm thrilled with mine. I have a Craftsman band saw which I don't like very well. It's a unusual size, so I can only buy their blades and they only have 2 types. I can't add riser blocks. All in all, it was a bad choice and I should have done more research. I'd love to get a Jet brand band saw if I could swing it. They make great stuff. I've also heard a lot of great things about Grizzly. Something like this and add a riser block looks good to me. dansnow in this thread has one coming to his shop soon. You can ask him how he likes it after he breaks it in a bit.
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I would buy the Rigid Sander as well. $200 from Home Depot, then take the money you save and buy a 14" Band Saw. I have the Rigid Sander and LOVE it. I found a ton of furniture makers that favor that sander too. I know when I bought my bandsaw, I wish I would have gotten a better one. I think once you have a good quality bandsaw, you'll use it a lot more than you think. Plus you can resaw your own lumber to make scroll saw blanks.
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You're probably putting sideways pressure on the blade without knowing it This will flex the blade a bit and your cut won't be square. It happens to me all the time. I make it a habit of releasing my work (lightly) every once in awhile to see if it springs back. I'm always surprised how much pressure I'm putting on the blade without knowing it.
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I saw a post from heppnerguy where he made a farm sign, but didn't know what to do with it. It got me to thinking. I make a lot of things without knowing what I'm going to do with it. I make it because I either think it's a neat project, or to see if I can do it. Do you do the same? Or do you always have a plan for the final piece? What are some examples of your projects without a purpose? Why did you make it? What did you eventually do with it?
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I let the lemon oil dry for a day or two. I usually dry them on cardboard or a bed of nails. Then I use a clear acrylic spray. I don't remember having any trouble with it staining. What's your humidity like. Perhaps that's slowing the drying time.
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3 day weekend and I threw out my back picking up a stick. I was looking forward to some shop time.
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How weird my wife did the same getting up out of a chair, shes been sat in front of a heat lamp since Friday but a bit better today. Just shows you how easy it is to pull them old muscles. Take it steady Travis I know it hurts get in a hot bath. Roly
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Is this the one? If so, it was featured in the October 2004 issue of Wood Magazine.
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Thinking about getting a lathe - Help wanted
Travis replied to Luperez548's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I have this one: JET JML 1014VSI 10-Inch-by-14-Inch Variable Speed Indexing Mini Lathe. It looks like this has been discontinued and a newer model is out: Jet JWL-1015VS 10-Inch X 15-Inch Variable Speed Wood Working Lathe. At any rate, I'm really happy with it. I also bought the Barracuda 2 Chuck with it and really like it. It only has a 10" swing, but I only do small projects anyway. -
Just my iPhone. Instagram is a app for any smartphone. It has a number of filters you can add to it before publishing to the Instagram website. they give some really cool effects and make the pics look nice. Instagram is a social media service in itself, but also intergrate into Facebook and Twitter.
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Hahaha....yah. That takes a bit of explanation. So I did this project called 100 Paper Clips where I photographed every paperclip in a box and posted it to a website. I used Instagram and their auto-publisher to Tumblr. It is an absurdist art project type of thing. Think of it as internet graffiti. You can find my website here: http://100paperclips.tumblr.com/
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Anybody use Instagram for their scroll saw projects and woodworking? I'm just starting to use it. You can follow me at http://instagram.com/bytravis I'd like to follow other scroll sawers, woodworkers, crafters, and artists.
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I've done the same. I think I'm caught up with everybody.
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Portraits are a tough one to sell unless people can actually see what it is. They have a tough time wrapping their head around the fact that it is a single sheet of plywood that's self contained. I'd keep a couple in your trunk with the original picture tucked in the corner of the frame so people can see it first hand. If you're relying on internet sales, perhaps make a video really showing what it is. If nothing else, some closeup pics at different angles, perhaps the ply without the backer, etc. Really drive home the "magic" of scroll saw portraits.
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Feel free to post links to the site. Sharing great info is what SSV is all about. Plus, I'd love to see the tutorial.
