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Hello Vince, Marg has given you the advise that most of us would have, there's lots of Christmas patterns in the Ornaments for Charity folder. Other then that, there's not much more that can be done for you by the majority of us. You live just to far away to send any blanks to, the shipping cost would be outrages. There may be a few members from you neck of the world who could help you out, hopefully, they will chime in. Good luck. Len

Nicely done Ralph, your friend should be impressed with these results. I agree, we have to give the designers more credit, Paul did a great job designing this one. Len

John, it's a very nice looking cutting, will you be selling it or keeping it for yourself? Len

Your name, I thought that your name was Dan? (jk) Nicely done Dan, your relatives and friends that receive one of these are sure to be impressed. How many of them will you be making, I used to make forty for family and friends. I could have made a lot more, people who saw them wanted one for themselves. It would surprise you, how many people asked to be a relative just to get one. What they liked about them most, was that they were free. Len

Nicely done Monti, the different types of wood you used really adds to it. Len

Duke, that's a nice looking cutting, the firemen and women will love it. Thanks for sharing the pattern with us, it should be a good seller. Len

Ray, I made a mistake in my last posting on this issue, I stated that I don't save blades. That's wrong, sometimes I will save a blade. But only if I'm still going to be using it again on the same cutting. Like, if I'm cutting a piece where I have to switch from one sized blade to another. The blade not being used is set on a speaker magnet, I have it attached to the table my saw sits on. But, that is the only time I save a blade, when I switch back and forth to different sized blades on the same cutting. Len

I really enjoy this site also, and the main thing I like about here . Is that all questions get answered, no matter how many times they've been asked. I despise the sites, that always has someone or more who directs you to their library. Pretty much everyone who uses the internet, knows that each site has a library or index of its own. But I've searched many of those libraries, and I couldn't find what I was looking for. I greatly appreciate that this site isn't like that, if it was I would have left a long time ago. That's what I did with the other sites, when I got the check out the library reply from more then one person, I left the site for good. I do realize that my leaving the site made no difference to whomever owned it, but I do have principles. Thanks Travis, you do an amazing job of keeping everything running smoothly. Plus, I apologize for any issues I may have caused. Len P.S. The apologize pertains to any replies that I may have given, that may have upset others. It's just that I believe in speaking my mind, and when I do that I don't think of how others might feel about my response. I'm stubborn and pig-headed, and I usually say what I think. I truly am sorry for being like that, but I do believe in saying what one thinks or feels about something. It's not meant to be mean, it's meant to be about how I truthfully feel about something.

Nicely done Frank, I like the one with the dark frame better. Len

Brian, you did a great job cutting this out and assembling it, I'm not to crazy about the grey paint though. Len

Sorry, double post. Len

Nicely done Duke, did you have any issues with the Ask wood burning? I would use much more ash then I do, but I don't like how easy it splits and cracks. I have four pieces of clear ash that is sixteen feet long, and it's six inches wide. It is set aside, in case I ever decide to built more cedar strip canoes. Len

Ray, your going to have to decide which type and brand of blades you want to use, I've tried a few different brands and settled on Flying Dutchman brand. Others have different brands they like better, but that's them, not me. You have to do the same thing, pick a brand and stick with it. Otherwise your going to have so many different types and brands of blades, you won't know what type or brand your using. No matter what brand you choose to use, they all have different types of blades for different types of material. So no matter what brand, you can find a blade in that brand to use. Once I settled on the brand I was most pleased with, I gave away most of the blades I owned of other brands. I've never regretted my decision, FD blades do everything I expect and want them to do. For saving blades, if they're worth saving they go back into the container they came out of. I don't save many blades, they are cheap enough that I don't worry about saving them. I used to save used blades, I stopped doing that because I never used them. As for the dullness of a blade, to me, that a feel type of thing. You should be able to feel when your blade is starting to not cut as well as it did when you first starting the cut. Plus, it will take more force to feed the blade into the wood, or the wood into the blade however you want to look at it. Plus, if the blade is real dull, you'll be able to tell from the amount of smoke coming off of your project. Len

Pete, are your bowls turned or are they scrolled, there is a big difference in how you apply a finish to each type of work. The only soft beeswax that I know of, is mixed with mineral oil or some other sort of thinner/softener. Beeswax is more of a turners type of finish, it can be applied then buffed while spinning on the lathe. I would think that to apply beeswax to a piece of scrollwork, would be a miserable job to get it evenly spread and then buffed. I don't really know because I've never used it on scrollwork, but I have had great results using it on turned items. Len

Nicely done Marg, who was he, a family member of their's? Len

Kev, congrats on such a nice new purchase, you almost stole the thing. I own one, I've had it for about seven years or more. It's never given me a problem, it sure is a pleasure to use. If I were you, I'd try the saw with the motor situated as it is. See how it works like that, before you change a thing. And then, if you do decide to twist the motor in one direction or another, mark on the saw where the original position of the motor was first. Len

Paul, I've learned a long time ago, that if it's something I don't really want to cut, it's work and no longer a hobby. That is why I quit selling things, to many people were requesting things I didn't enjoy cutting. It got to the point that it was more like a job then an enjoyable hobby, and I didn't want to ruin the enjoyment I got out of the hobby part of scrolling. I had people coming to the house and phoning me at all hours of the day, they thought I had most items cut in advance. People were bold enough to show up at 11:00 p.m. I was getting tired of that, and with the impatience of others. It had taken me far to long to find a woodworking hobby that I enjoyed doing, and scrolling was it. I'm disabled and I'm in constant pain, no matter what I do causes me much more pain. Any type of movement hurts, and scrolling distracts my mind from the pain. It is/was my saving grace, and it has helped me control my feelings of being so useless. That is why I gave up on selling things, but, I was in the position where I could give up on the extra money. There is some people who need every cent they can get from selling their wares, and I am happy that they can raise some extra funds from scrolling. Len

Ray, there's no issue with using a glue-up, as long as you pretest the wood to make sure that one piece takes finish the same as the other. So as long as you test for color change and other characteristics, you shouldn't have any issues. This is what I do when I have to use a glue-up, I hate ending up with a two tone project. Len

I built a light box/table to help me with alignment issues, it was easy to build and it does a great job. Len

Ray, I really appreciate you trying to make it possible for me to view this video, but your video link just has a sad face on the front of it. For me to view it, all I need is the OP's name. If I have that, I can look up any and all of his videos. Len

Dan, congrats on such a successful sale, you sure had a lot of outstanding items to choose from. Len

Nicely done Duke. Len

Paul, that is definitely one to be proud of, it's an amazing accomplishment. Len

I can't view it, all I get is a notice that You-tube closed the connection. Len

Runa, I use a branding iron on larger objects, but I don't usually have any identifying marks on smaller items. Sometimes I will sign my name on the back of an item, I usually sign with a fine point marker. For the ones I sign this way, I sign between layers of finish. I sign them this way, so that my signature usually stays visable. Len