Travis

I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Its not too hard, once you get a few patterns under your belt.

What are you currently working on? If you don't have a project in the works, what do you plan on starting in the near future?

Thats really neat! The only scroller I know in person is my Dad. I got him in the hobby last year. He doesn't do it too much, but its really fun talking 'shop' with a fellow scroller.

I think most of those crazy stains are mixed at home. You can find tints at Woodcraft (http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2005522 ... Tints.aspx). Some folks like using leather dyes. This really produces very vibrant colors, which is really neat. You can also water down acrylic craft paint and do a wash. I've seen others use watercolor as well.

Pretty much any finish when fully cured is food safe. I think a lot lean toward oils because if its chopped on or scraped, you won't get flakes of finish. Mineral oil is completely inert, so many folks use that. You can make a paste of mineral oil & bees wax for a nice finish. The only problem I could think of is salt. Salt has a tendency to pull moisture from whatever surrounds it. So if it has oil/wax, I'd imagine it would absorb a bit of that into the salt. If it was me, I'd do the outside with a finish of choice, but leave the inside raw wood. But then again, the salt might absorb some of the aroma from the wood. Another option is a poly on the inside that's nice and thick to create a nice plastic lining. Then the outside with a finish of choice.

Not sure if this helps, but here's a tutorial on how to make a nameplate in Inkscape: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=466 Here's also a list of free font sites that might help: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/wiki/in ... itle=Fonts You can pretty much use any font. Some may require a little bit of modification, though.

Hmmmm....I guess I didn't think that one through...

Special thanks to our new moderator mikesscrollsaw for giving me a heads-up on TouchBB. I didn't realize it would be that easy to convert.

OK. So we added a new feature when you weren't looking. You can now browse the SSV forum on the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia. We have two apps that you can use: Tapatalk - Available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry (free) and Nokia (free) TouchBB - Available for the iPhone. TouchBB is 99 cents. Tapatalk is free if you want to read only. $2.99 if you want full functionality. A little disclaimer: I don't have a smartphone. But I've been told it works really well and I'll have to take their word for it. You won't be able to browse the User Gallery/Pattern Library unless you switch to the web browser in your iphone. The installation was really easy. If you have a favorite forum reader for your smart phone, let me know and I'll see if I can add the support for it. Have fun!

We brought in a couple extra folks to help with our new moderation procedures. I'd like to welcome grampa and mikesscrollsaw as our new SSV moderators. I think they'll do an awesome job in keeping SSV on track. Welcome guys! Here's a list of our current staff: [*:3022zazj]Travis [*:3022zazj]Firedkm [*:3022zazj]Messman [*:3022zazj]Clayton717 [*:3022zazj]grampa [*:3022zazj]mikesscrollsaw

I changed a bit of code today to help moderators filter through new user posts easier. Let me know if anybody sees any bugs.

OK. Here's my plan of attack. I've made it so that all new accounts will have to have their first post approved by a moderator before showing up on SSV. After the first post has been approved, those restrictions will automatically be lifted and they can post freely. This is going to take a lot more work for the staff, but it will be worth it keeping that off this site. Approval may take up to 24 hours, but it'll probably happen quicker. These changes won't affect those who already have an account. New members will see the following message, though: There are a couple things I'll ask all SSV members do do for me, though: [*:25sjp6mo]If something does slip through, please click the Report Post button (upper right corner of the post. Looks like a yield sign with a ! inside) [*:25sjp6mo]Please don't reply to the spam. Since we delete their accounts and posts, your reply will remain behind. I creates a lot of extra work for our staff to remove the replies. Hopefully this does the trick. Thanks everybody for your patience.

I changed servers. I have the same security system, though. Problem is that it only stops bots from spamming. I think these are being done by humans.

This is getting stupid. I just deleted some very explicit stuff. I apologize to those who ran across it on the site today. I'm going to up my patrolling. If the spam doesn't stop soon, I might lock down the forum for new registration (they'll have to jump through some hoops before getting an account) for awhile. Either that, or I'll add Mod Approval for new member posts. I hope I don't have to take drastic measure. I guess time will tell.

Sport stars like that have their likeness trademarked. This is especially true with Nascar stuff. They're notorious about going after copyright infringements. Dale Earnhart naturally is one of their prized licenses. I wouldn't do it. I've seen even the little guy get the smackdown from Nascar. :(

Yup. I got a 2x4 on the back of mine. Just a slight tilt works wonders and eases the strain on your back.

Hi Rita and Mike. Welcome to the Village. We're glad you found us. I look forward to seeing some of your work. Jump in and have some fun!

Hi Dennis. Welcome to the Village. We're glad you found us. I look forward to seeing some of your work. Jump in and have some fun!

Hi Ray. Welcome to the Village. We're glad you found us. I look forward to seeing some of your work. Jump in and have some fun!

Sometimes, when a spammer is able to get beyond the security, they'll hit a site hard. I've removed and banned accounts and will probably change some security settings. Hopefully that will put an end to it.

Those are really cute. Nice job, Oges.

Congratulations on the new saw, Kevin. I know you've been trying to get Old Yeller for quite a long time now. I'm so glad you were able to get one. I'd imagine that saw is going nonstop now. Have fun with the thew toy!

Keep looking my friend. You'll get Old Yeller someday, and he'll be good and faithful too. This dog looked like it was kicked around too much.

Our wiki is the same engine that runs Wikipedia. Its basically an info repository. Anybody can add information to it, edit it, and access it. Links in red refer to pages that haven't been built yet. Blue links are pages that have been built. You can check it out. There's link is at the top of the screen. It has all kinds of good info. Some of the more popular pages are the software list, list of clipart sites, and the clubs and organizations list.

Hi Nick. Welcome to the Village. I'm glad you found us. Lots of friendly folks here with quite a few from the UK. Anyway, welcome aboard. Jump in and have some fun!