Travis
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Those turned out great! Good job on the painting. I don't see any blue tint in your pictures. They look good to me!
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Who has an Etsy store or sells their stuff online? Post your link to your store and tell us a little about it. How were your experiences selling online? What tips can you offer for those who want to get into online selling? What's your best seller?
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Anybody in panic mode yet? I am.
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I'd like to hear about your experiences. Let us know how it goes. I'd love to see some pics, too.
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That's awesome. Congrats on the new saw! You're going to have a ton of fun with it.
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I'm baffled. I can't seem to replicate the problem you're describing. The only thing I can think of is you might have a duplicate shape beneath the shape you're trying to edit. Grab the pointer tool, click outside the canvas so nothing is selected. Then click and drag your object to the side and see if there's anything below it. If there is, what's probably happening is there was a duplicate object below it. When you edit the node, it reveals that duplicate object. When you double click to add a new node, you might be double clicking the other object (which will select the other object instead of adding a new node).
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My initial thought is the blade is slipping, too. Probably the reason it seemed to fix it is you removed the blade then reinstalled it. Sometimes there can be a small bur on the screw clamp that might not hold it as tight as it should. You can take a look at the end and hit it with some sand paper to flatten it. There could be excess oil on the blade too. Sometimes when my blade slips, I'll pinch the top/bottom of the blade between folded sandpaper and pull it out. This roughs up the blade ends a bit and removes the oil.
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Those turned out great! Its quite a thrill to see one of my patterns cut. Nicely done!
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How are your handmade Christmas gifts coming along? Are you on track to getting them finished in time, or are you behind? Me? I'm behind. I'm still trying to figure out what to make for some folks. I think I have an idea or two I'm going to try out this weekend.
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I like the look of poplar, personally. Poplar ply is popular among puzzle makers because of the void-free core. I hear it cuts wonderfully. I've never tried it myself, but will someday. If it looks good, I'd give it a go. I know a lot of cabinet makers use it when making painted cabinets because it takes paint very well.
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I wonder if something like this will help (pictured below). I've seen some folks use it and it seems to work well for them. You can also try the magnifier lamp Dan mentioned. I know my dad uses one and he likes it. Good magnification and it adds the extra light. My dad likes a taller stand on his saw, so he bought one of those Craftsman stools. It's padded with a back rest. But I agree, I like my stand about desk level and using a office chair. I find it more comfortable. Don't give up. Play around with your setup until your comfortable. Once you have a nice area to scroll, you won't regret it.
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I thought I'd brag on cristina scherl's behalf. She posted these to her album and I think these are really neat. Check out her album of some more of her jewelry.
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slowly, but surely, i'm getting the patterns moved over.
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Love the look. Nicely done!
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I'm proud to announce that SSV's Ornaments For Charity 2012 eBook is now available! We got 4 designers to design 20 additional patterns. The eBook is 17 pages with 60 Holiday ornament patterns. You can download the eBook for free and check it out. If you decide to keep the eBook, we ask you to donate to your favorite charity (we're on the honor system here). Remember, this isn't about "buying" an ebook of patterns, it's about giving to a worthy cause. So dig deep when donating to your favorite charity. You can find the ebook here. There will be a tab on the navigation menu through Christmas. After Christmas, it will be moved under the More tab in the navigation window. Special thanks to the following for donating patterns to this year's ebook: Trip DonR Creations By Cody Travis
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The toymakerpress.com domain was hijacked. They had to change their domain name to ToymakingPlans.com You can read about it here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/5769-toymaker-press/
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I'll be putting together the ebook today. Hopefully, itll be done by mid-afternoon. Until then, last year's book is available at the link in the first post.
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I've heard of some folks using Polymer Clay. Push it into the cutting, bake it in the oven, then sand it flush. Clayton pours resin pen blanks (for turning). I bet you could mix some of that with pigment and pour it into the cutting, then sand flush. He uses mica dust for the pigment. I'm sure you could find other pigments too. I'd imagine a hobby supply shop (trains and models, etc) would have something like that.
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Those turned out great! I bet the kinds will love them. Is that a Toymaker Press pattern? Nicely done!
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This is the last week to get patterns in for the Ornaments For Charity ebook. We have three designers who have submitted so far. It would be awesome if we can get to 5 designers. Wanna help out? It's for a good cause.
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Those turned out great! She's going to love it. Now, you can call yourself a scroller & pattern designer.
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I haven't, myself. But I understand they're a pretty good company to work with. If you order, let us know how you like them.
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Graphics software provide an opportunity for scrollers to create their own scroll saw patterns. Graphics programs can be classified as either vector based or raster based graphics. Most graphics software will focus on one form or the other. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Price will vary among software developers from free community programed software to professional graphics suites. If you know of any other software that would benefit scrollers, please post it in the comments section and we'll update the list. Also, please post corrections if you see any misinformation. Graphics Software Software Platform Type Trial Price Adobe Illustrator Mac/PC vector yes subscription Adobe Photoshop Mac/PC raster yes subscription Adobe Photoshop Elements Mac/PC raster yes $99 Affinity Designer Mac vector na $49.99 Connected Pattern Maker PC vector yes $25 Corel Draw Graphics Suite PC vector yes $399 Corel Painter Mac/PC raster yes $99 Corel Paintshop Pro Mac/PC vector/raster yes $39.99 Coyote Stencil Shop PC raster no $89 GIMP Mac/PC/Linux raster na Free iDraw Mac/iPad vector na $24.99/$8.99 Inkscape Mac/PC/Linux vector na Free MS Paint PC raster na Free Paint.net PC raster na Free Pixelmator Mac/iPad vector na $29.99 Photo To Sketch (Standard) PC raster na Free Photo To Sketch (Professional) PC raster no $29.50 Photo Plus SE PC raster na Free Photo Plus PC raster na $89.99 Other Software Software Platform Type Trial Price iResizer PC/Mac resizing na $9.99 SketchUp PC/Mac 3D na Free/$495 Pro Microsoft Word PC/Mac Word Processor yes $229 Posteriza PC resizing na Free Poste Razor PC resizing na Free Rapid Resizer PC/Mac resizing yes $39.95 Resizeit Mac resizing na Free
