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Travis... I have been practicing your video on name signs and liked the Birds of Paradise font, so I downloaded
it to my computer, however, it did not load into Inkscape. I finally posted my problem on our site. 1 member
indicated he had the same problem and he uninstalled Inkscape and reloaded it and it fixed the problem, However, I
also re-installed Inkscape and IT DIDN'T WORK!. Am I doing something wrong.....Ron
p.s. I have Windows 10
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WOW that is one beautiful box! Great job
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Very well done
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Sure do like them clocks!
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Well Done
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Excellent scroll work Paul
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Well done Kevin....I like the white one.
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Good pattern Gary....Looks like you got this aspect of pattern making nailed Ron
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Steve...You are very welcome...You did a wonderful job on the cutting....I hope she enjoys it as much as I did making the pattern...Keep on scrolling Ron
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You did a great job on the cutting Tony, looks like the Hegner is a keeper. Ron
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Very nice cutting and a super way to conquer difficult hair patterns...Ron
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Wow Frieke, they are terrific. I really love the bird. The portrait is very good and should bring in a lot of business. BUT, my wife said the bottom one was really life like, at first she thought it was a portrait of me!!?? Good luck...Ron
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Linda GREAT cutting, looks real. Ron T.
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Travis....Thanks for the gimp help try. After reading your 1st post, I decided that it would be better to use the online version so I can save my 40 megs for patterns and YOUR instructive help. Thanks again Ron T.
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Thanks blame I tried search but it didn't show so I'll wait and try again.
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Travis or someone HELP!!! I have Adobe, but decided it would be best to download Gimp so I could follow along. This downloaded OK, BUT, it said to be sure to download the help segment, so I did. It went all thru the steps including the dialog box taking about 2 minutes to download and showing it being downloaded. IT'S NOT THERE!!!. Cant find it anywhere and when I open gimp and use help it says I dont have it and I need to go online for help. I then downloaded it again with no results What am I doing wrong????. It says to pick one of a choice of about 5, some say eng some say help. Thats what I say HELP!!! Ron T.
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Hey Redneck Thought I would put my 2 cents worth into the hopper. First of all I too have a Delta and love it. Blower stinks, so I bought a fishtank pump and it works very well. My only advise is to get one large enough to do the job, but, mainly get one that is easy to change or clean the filter. Mine is hard to change and is very small, so, I use a long tube and put it as far away from the saw as possible. I also have an adjustable circle neon light with a magnifying glass. It's ok but sort of jiggles and sways making me crosseyed. I bought a head magnifying glass visor like the jewelers use and use the adjustable light and it works great. I also tried stronger reading "granny" glasses, but, if I used a dust mask, my breath would fog up the glasses. Oh well...Ron T.
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Well, leave it to me to be different I do mainly portraits and usually cut them in 1/8" BB ply and mount them in a frame. Then, I decided to try a frameless portrait in 1/2" solid oak with a 1/8" BB ply backer painted black. I then rounded the edges of the oak and stained it. Then, nailed and glued on the painted backer with 3/16" narrow crown staples which works very well. After showing this to people, I have never had a request for the framed version. Another odd thing is that most of the people I talk to DO NOT like hanging pictures on the wall (especially in new homes) Go figure...must be a new fad. Oh well, for them I make a simple oak "stand alone" base with a 5/8" dado groove and they like it very well. Ron T.
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Travis and blame is right on with thier suggestion. I have a radial arm Craftsman drill press which is terrific for very large items but wanted something more portable so I took the suggestion of a member and bought a plunge router for my Dremel and havent gone back to the drill press since. The bests thing is the portability of it, I can take it anywhere, closer to good lighting, tall bench, sit down bench, etc.. The only thing that I have found is that if you need to change bit sizes quite often, it is a little more of a pain to change them, so I try to plan my drilling so not to change as much. Ron T.
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Travis... Really enjoyed your tutorial. I for one only use it with my portrait patterns, BUT, my wife's hobby is oil and acrylic painting and you just taught me how to enlarge some of her patterns for her hobby, thanks a million, now she owe ME for a change. Looking forward to your classes....Ron T.
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Travis I'm sure planning on it. My program is Adobe Elements and Inkscape. Will these work??? Ron T.
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Being a newer scroller, as per the adivse of some members, I tried Mikes FD spirals right off the bat. I was cutting portraits in 1/8" BB ply and using FD 2/0 spirals and it worked quite well, however, they kept comming loose from the bottom clamp, then, I went to 1/2" Red Oak and the breaking started. A member told me that the FD #1 spiral was only slightly bigger and did not break as much so I tried the #1 spirals and to my amazement, they did not slip or break. Now thats just about all I use. I also found out that if I try to push or rush the cut even a little bit, they would break, so when I feel my arms, I know the blade is getting dull and so i either slow down or change the blade. I tried the flat blades and for some reason, I just can't cut with them. I guess it's what you get used to.... Ron T.
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VERY NICE PATTERN. Please show us some more when you get them. Thanks.. Ron T.
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Thanks to all of you for your nice words. Travis, I usually use 1/2" Red Oak, however, I just got a small piece of White Oak and am anxious to try it. It is supposed to be a little softer and easier to cut. One member suggested Poplar since it has less noticable grain, but BOY is it hard!!! Mike would probably retire after all of my blade orders ha ha. Ron T.
