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Got this e-mail today he will be missed. Good day to everyone. Today I received the following email and felt the need to share... Dear friends, This letter is to let you know that we have lost a dear member of our scrollsawing family. Raymond Wilckens, of Wilckens Woodworking, passed away unexpectedly last Saturday evening, September 17. Raymond, and his Son, Dan, have been producing fabulous scrollsaw patterns & projects for many years. Many of you have purchased patterns from them, have seen their work in Creative Woodworks & Crafts magazine, and most likely met Raymond and his wife Betty, and Dan and his wife Tammy, at scrollsaw picnics & shows across the country. Raymond was a fantastic scrollsawer, cutting out many hundreds, if not thousands of projects over the years. He has been a huge part of the scrollsawing community, and he played a major role in making the hobby as popular as it is today. He will be greatly missed! Here are details about Raymond's Visitation & Funeral Services: The Visitation will be held Wednesday evening, September 21, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 17200 E. 39th St. S., Independence, Missouri. The Funeral will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Thursday, September 22 at 10:30AM. Luncheon to follow after service and burial in Higginsville Cemetery, Higginsville, Missouri. All arrangements are being handled by Speaks Family Legacy Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Avenue, Independence, Missouri 64052. They will accept any floral deliveries for Raymond. Mailing address for Mrs. Betty Wilckens is 4912 Phelps Rd, Kansas City, Missouri 64136. Mailing address for Dan Wilckens is 603 Whitestone Dr, Grain Valley, Missouri 64029 Please keep the Wilckens family in your thoughts & prayers. I know they would enjoy hearing from everyone in our scrollsawing community, and will greatly appreciate your caring and support. Sincerely, Dirk Boelman

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Yeah, a better saw, started with a master craft saw from Canadian Tire, you needee an allen key to change the blade very frustrating, anyway something snapped when I was tensioning the blade I probably could have fixed it but I had my eye on the dewalt so I gave it some thought about 1.5 seconds and got the dewalt and I love it.

Ouch, man I wish you all the best hope you have a super speedy rcovery. I'm going out now to put my guard back on my saw right now!!!!

I have an 11x8 shed that I use,but this year my wife let me use a spare bedroom, I think she wants something and hasn't come around to asking for it yet.

I agree, go with the stand if you can I love mine, I use a bar stool with padded seat and backrest, lemon oil and acrylic finnish? love the results.

Well guess what, the HD price gurentee only applies to regular priced stuff so I guess I'm getting my planer at busy bee. I,m not sure about lowes, I knew it was too good to be true.

Thanks for all the advice and info (ouch, my brain hurts) from all the comments I think I am going to go with the dewalt. I printed the add from busy bee tools and I'am going to my local HD and see if I can get a price match plus 10% discount and it will come out less expensive than rigid planer this is a no brainer( good because my brain still hurts). OH yeah did I mention it will also match my scroll saw very nicely. OK now I can get excited about getting a new tool again. Thanks again!!!

I posted this in other woodworking forums, and it seems that in order for a planer to do it's job I will need a jointer so I am doing now what I should have done in the begining that is ask the scrolling community is there anyone who uses a planer itself? Or is it absolutley necessary to use a jointer? Could I achieve the desired thickness with just the jointer? most of my projects are small and already come pretty flat anyway. This is getting complicated, if both are needed which one would be the better to get first, planer or jointer? The other will have to wait for a future begging session with the Boss. Thanks everyone for your help. I just had a talk with the boss (my wife) and I finally convinced her that I am in desperate need of a planer and she said O.K. so I’m jumping on the opportunity before she changes her mind. One thing though, I’ve never owned one and am not sure which will meet my needs I was hoping someone will have some advice and hopefully point me in the right direction. The three brands that are available locally at Home Depot are Ryobi AP1301 at about $240.00 cdn$, Rigid R4330 $500, and the dewalt DW735(which would match my scroll saw just beautifully) $700.00 but I don’t want to scare her away with the price. I mainly would use it for scrolling but I’m sure I would find other uses for it. Hope someone can help!

I would love to see a thickness planer, I've, been wishing for a while and come close a couple of times but something else always comes up!

I also have a shed that I do my work in and when I know I'm going out I let it pre heat with a small heater for a while.

Looks good Travis, you did a great job! Can you enter me in the contest too! Thanks! Joe