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John, as you usually do, this is another example of how a project should look. It's perfectly done, and very colorful as well. Len

Frank, those are some very nice ornaments, there can be an issue with making them out of solid wood. The solid wood has to be so thin, that the ornaments are very fragile. Whereas, the plywood ones can be thrown up against a wall and not break. I know this from personal experience, I've made both types in the past. What I found that works perfect, is, to glue up my own plywood out veneers. By making them this way, you don't hardly notice the cross grain of the center layer when finished. I have 9 different types of veneer, and I don't paint my ornaments. I like for the different natural veneer colors, to show off their natural colors. I usually finish my ornaments in a gloss finish, I find that the gloss look, looks better on the tree. Len

Nicely done, it should look good hanging in your Vet's office wall. Len

Cute ornaments, and I like the wolf cutting. Len

Ray, why would you think that, each saw is manufactured by different companies. They wouldn't be allowed, to copy the EX exactly the same, due to copyright protection. A minor change such as this, would go towards the percentage of changes they need to bring their saws to market. I'm not sure of what the percentage is, but, it's out there somewhere in a patent lawyers bag of tricks. That's how Saw-Stop has gotten so much protection, they patented almost every piece of their saws separately. Doing so, makes it almost impossible, to make a saw using any of the Saw-Stop technology. Len

Ray, neither have I, and I used to work in a plywood mill. The largest size that we made, was 50"x 100", and they were made for furniture making. And those sheets or blanks, were made out of all poplar, and not good for outdoor use, or in damp conditions. Len

Yeah Munzieb, that piece of rubber sure could block, the air supply to your dust remover. Good fix, and I agree that, Denny is our go to guy. Len

Thanks Paul, now I can envision it. Len

Cute cutting, it would be a fun cutting to do. Len

Chris, I made one years ago, I modeled my after a downdraft table. It did a perfect job, I'll have to try to find it. It's not as good looking as yours is, but it worked fine for what I wanted it for. Len

Dave, that is a beautiful urn, it's a perfect place for Mr Robert Henry Georges ashes. Len

Paul, could you please let me know, what happens to the tightening knob, when you flip the jig over to use the jig? Does it not get stuck, right in the way of things? Len

Thanks everyone, it's a nice feeling to be back. I hated to leave, but, at the time, it was the best thing for me to do for me. Len

Howdy folks, I haven't been on here much for a couple of years. I suffered through a long term of depression, and I lost interest in everything. Scrolling was my release, I could go to my saw and forget about my aches and pains, of which I have far to many. I had lost my place for using my saw and lathe, and I had nothing to do. It's starting to look like, I will be getting back into scrolling soon. It won't be a perfect set-up, but, I think that I can make it work. I am going to give it a good try, and if things don't work-out for me. I've decided that it will be time to sell everything, that I own related to woodworking. And that's a lot of items, darn near enough to set up a whole workshop. The only item missing to complete the shop, is a jointer. I had one, but, I gave it away because I never used it. It was an old 4" Rockwell Beaver, that had been passed down through three generations. I was the last one to own it, it wasn't real accurate. It had been dropped and broken years ago, and the repair job wasn't top notch work. It had been welded back together, but, not so that you could use the fence. It wasn't welded square to the bed, which made getting a 90* edge impossible. Well not impossible, but it did require a lot of friggin around to get one. I had two workshops fully decked out, I sold almost everything out of one of them. I had to, there was just far too much to put into storage. Len

Mike Moorlach, was the owner of Flying Dutchman Blades, he was one of the best resources that there ever was, when it came to scroll saws and their blades. I did a lot of dealings with Mike, he allowed me to sell Flying Dutchman Blades here in Canada. Mike was a wonderful person, he had time for anyone even if it wasn't about saw blades. He was an open book, plus he was very interesting to talk to. He would freely talk about WWll, some of the horror stories he had were so sad. And nearly unbelievable, every so often he would have to stop talking about it, it was quite upsetting for him at times. But then, on other occasions he would go on forever, without being asked. It was a very sad day for me when Mike passed away, he was a great friend and person I am pleased to have known him. Wooden Teddy Bear bought him out, and they still sell Flying Dutchman Blades through what was Mike's site. Len

Wow, have I ever got a bunch of reading and checking things out, everyone seems to have been busy while I was gone. And there's lots of new names and faces on the go too, I'll be busy reading to get to know them and their work. I see that The Messman has returned also, welcome back Chris, it's good to see that your still on here. With what you know about scrolling and many other things, it's great to have you here to lean on for help. Len

Howdy fellow Scrollers, I'm back again, and for now I'll still have to be a site follower. I've hardly been on here since Aug of 2020, and even then, I was holding the position as a follower. After my divorce I had to put all of my tools in storage, and that's where they still are and may be for a while yet. Things were looking up last year, I built a small 12' x 20' workshop that I had hoped to get a lot of use out of. But sadly, I never got to use it at all, and I blame that on myself. I met a new woman in another city, and eventually, we moved in together. I bought a new place for us to live in, and it was a very nice desirable neighbourhood to live in. Especially, for this city, the people who lived in the sub-division were all very friendly, and willing to give a hand when needed. Or just willing to stop and have a chat, which is uncommon in this area. It was more like where I moved from, than it was the cold-hearted place I'd come to know. But, as time moved on, the lady that I met began to change. She didn't want me to talk to anyone unless she was present, and if I did, she would quiz me about everything that was discussed. She would try to tell me when and where I could go, and she even tried to tell me if and when I could talk to my 2 daughters. I finally had enough of her foolishness in Aug, when she told me that my daughter could not visit or stay a night at our place. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. My daughter stayed the night, and thankfully, my ex was very nice and kind to her. After Holly left the next day, we were sitting around cooling off from the heat. That's when Pat started telling me how things were going to be from there on into the future. And that if I didn't like what she said and thought, didn't matter to her. That that was the way things were going to be, and that's when I told her that we were done as a couple. And that I was going to put the place up for sale, and that she had better look into renting an apartment again. Needless to say that she wasn't happy, and that she did everything in her power to get me to change my mind. Well I didn't, and I sold the place in a half of an hour for my asking price. I probably could have gotten a few thousand more, but as it was I was making 80 thousand dollars clear profit on the deal. She expected to get close to half of it, but I only gave her $7000.00. That's more than she spent while we were together, plus, it was more than agreed upon before I bought the place. She was to get back what she spent on the place, plus, I told her that I would pay for her move to the apartment she rented. That was about a month or two ago, and I've been in a fog for about half of that time. A big part of why I've not been around, is because of her, she didn't want me on the computer at all. But yet, she could spend the whole day on her cell phone. But, now that we've separated, we are getting along better than ever. It seems as if we can be friends, but we can not live together. Sure things were fine in the beginning, but her Jeckel and Hyde moods were just to much for me. And now that things have settled down and are back to normal, I hope to start spending more time on my favorite woodworking sites. I still don't have a space to use my saw or tools yet, but I am seriously looking for a spot. Because, storage for my tools is costing to much per month, somewhere's around five hundred dollars each month. I refuse to pay that amount for any length of time, so, if I can't find a place to use them, I might as well sell them all. Because, even if I was still into selling items I make, $500.00 is a lot in the hole to start out with as a debt for the month. Now that she and I are no longer together, I hope to be able to get back into the swing of things. And I do hope to get back to commenting, and checking things out here and on other sites. L can hardly believe that I thought that, I needed a woman bad enough to give up on my hobbies. I now know better than to let that happen again, I never thought that I could be so stupid. Len

Way to go Jim, your Wolf Pup pattern, makes for a very impressive cutting. Len

Carter used the poplar ply because of the lower price, but you can use 5 ply BB and not have an issue. The main difference in the two, is the price. What I've found to be a real good product for puzzle cutting, is the 5' by 5' sheets of underlay, it is often made of poplar, and there's no voids in it, plus it's quite a lot cheaper then most other plywood. Len.

If your looking for, or, trying to get the proper look for shutters, then you should be using 3/4" stock for the framework. Then any other parts, can be the same thickness, or about 1/8" less thicker than the framework. I did a job like this years ago, they aren't all that hard to make. Make the frame first, then do the rest to fit it. Len

Geez Guys, those property rental prices for mobile homes is ridiculous, we only pay $380.00 per month. For $13,000. annually, we could pay the mortgage payment on a nice home. Len

Nicely done! Len

Mimi, that's a tidy bit of cutting, whoever, ends up owning them should be pleased. Len

WOW, nerves of steel. Len

Dick, it looks very nice, and you only have to cut 25 more to have every letter covered. Len