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Ouch Brenda, hopefully, you aren't in much pain, CA glue does generate a lot of heat when setting up. Take care, and heal fast. Len

It's gorgeous, well done!!! Len

Hello Charlie, she does some beautiful work, some of her work is amazing. To answer your question about cutting on an angle, I would have to say no. With this type of cutting and as with most others, you cut straight through the piece of wood. You have to, to get the effect your looking for. If it was cut at an angle, the scene wouldn't be as clear and easy to see. Because if cut at an angle, the wood in the background hides the scene. Yo wouldn't be able to see the picture, unless the cuts were a lot wider. And then the picture would be ruined, because it would just look like a bunch of holes when looked at certain ways... Len

Paul, this is most definitely an amazing cutting, it's obviously one to be proud of. I do hope that you have signed it, in a way that your signature could never be removed. I truly would hate for someone else, to try to take credit for this masterpiece. Len

Brenda, it was very nice of your husband to share his man-space with you, and it's also very nice that he supports you and your hobby, by building you the cupboards to store your items in. I may be wrong, but, I think that just maybe he loves you a lot also..... You both are very fortunate to get along so well, and maybe he likes having you around when he is in the shop. I used to love it, when my wife would spend time working in the shop while i did, it made for some nice quality time together. Len

Tong, your customer was happy with it, because it's so well done. He definitely wasn't happy with it because of the look on the musicians' face. I don't think that I've ever seen a person look so cross, it kind of makes me wonder, who peed in his corn flakes? Len

How could something that looked as amazing as this does, and not consider it to be a hit. Especially, church goers, not that you needed it, but you had a captive audience. Len

Steve, that is extremely well done, and it is a real show stopper. But with something of this size and quality, The las place I would have it on display, would be on the garage door. No Sir, that belongs on a wall inside a building, somewhere where it won't be destroyed by the elements. Len

Paul, yes the little suckers can look cute at times, but they can also be very destructive at times as well. I had an awful problem with them and skunks where I used to live, they got into everything and either tore it up or crapped and urinated all over everything. So I'm sorry, but I no longer consider the little menaces, skunks or raccoons to be cute. Another one to add to the list, red squirrels, they are very very destructive. They get in the attic and side walls of a previous shop I owned, and they stripped every last inch of R-22 pink fiberglass insulation. So I started trapping them, and when I stopped because I grew tired of doing so. I had to live trap them, my kids would have been very upset if I had used rat traps. Everyday, I would have to empty the live traps, and I never ever got any less then three squirrels per day. One buddy of mine thought that they might be finding their way back, he suggested that I paint a part of them so I could recognize the ones I released. Len

Dick, you did an amazing job on this challenge piece, from the look of it. I'd say your up for just about any challenge he sends your way, you'll have to ask him if he has any hard ones to do. Len

Nice job Kevin, exactly how many brownie points was it worth? Len

Nicely cut Paul, you can never go wrong with grampa's patterns, they're some of the best there is. Len

You and your son have done some very nice looking work, both pieces look great. Twenty years of almost unbearable pain in my back and legs, and no end in sight. There's days like today, I couldn't get out of bed because I was in so much pain. Any movement at all makes things worse, so I lay there as still as possible. Because of the type of damage I did, there's nothing they can do but prescribe pills. Thank goodness for Blue Cross, the meds I'm om cost over thirty thousand dollars a year. The scary thing about this, is that I will no longer have Blue Cross coverage after I turn sixty-five. Len

Very nice. Len

Paul, it's a very nice cutting, you did a terrific job cutting it out. I worked as a linesman, it was one of my most favorite jobs. And yes, they can reach that height, and yes to the amazing view you can get while at the top of them. Every once in a while, we would use binoculars to see things better. We had the binoculars for work purposes, they were used to get a better look at the lines. So no, we weren't perverts, we mostly looked at wildlife and lakes and rivers. The lines that we worked on, were so far away from civilization, that's all there was to look at. The job I was most interested in getting, was the one where the helicopters were used to work on the lines. Very dangerous work in many ways, but it just looked to be such a cool job. Of all the jobs I've had over the years, that was the one I liked best and missed the most after leaving. Len

Nice unique cutting, I would like to see a picture of it looking straight down on the top of it. I'm interested in the base, I would enjoy seeing how creative you were. Len

Ron, who counted the number of cuts, you, or the pattern included that info? It's an amazing piece, best of luck at the fair. With that many hours and that many blades, you most certainly deserve to win going by that alone. Len

Ray, what would happen if they found that you did have some mineral spirits, what type of penalty is there? Len

John, believe it or not, but he did sell all of the patterns he had, he did it after he made the deal to sell Berry Basket. It was a bit underhanded of him to do so, but he did it anyway. I could only imagine how cross the new owner would be, this would have ruined any chance of him selling the patterns. Everyone who was on the mail out list for the free patterns, got this offer in their e-mail instead of a free pattern. There was about ten large size clocks included in the patterns we got, those were the only ones we weren't allowed to sell or give away. I'm surprised that no one else remembers this, there was a lot of people who got in on the deal. Len

Kevin, as long as the pattern was in the group of patterns we bought from Berry Basket, before it was taken over by new owners. You can safely give away, or sell any of them that you want. The only patterns that we are not allowed to sell or give away out of the bunch, was the large clock ones that were at the end of the cluster we bought. If you wanted to, you could even post them all on here without repercussions. I found my copy of the original e-mail, we received back when the offer was made. I had thought that I had lost it for good, but I found it this year when I was packing things to move. So feel free to sell or to give any of them away, there's nothing that can happen to you according to the conditions of the sale. Len

Hello Ralph, I think that your problem, is being caused by using to much tension. You should be able to close the clamp handle to the two o'clock position, by pushing back on it. If you can only push it to the twelve o'clock position, it's obviously to tight. Or, it is clamped to far down on the blade, which will prevent the blade from closing completely or cause it to pop up. I've had this issue with my EX21, and this is how I fixed it. Good luck. Len

Ray, if you would do as John(JT) has suggested, you would end up with no more then a dimple in the center of the disc. Al you would need to do, is have the piece of wood your jig is made out of, to be thick enough for the nail to be held firmly into place. Now what I'm thinking of is for scroll saw use only, but the jig could be made very much like the ones used on a drill press. I hope that this explanation will work, and that it's not to long to read. But if you were to take the piece of wood, you plan to use as a base. And you cut a kerf into it, so that it could be moved farther from or closer to the blade. Then add stoppers to the underside, so that it can't move any from side to side. Then with it still in place, mark a line that runs 90* from the front of the blade to the right or left. I prefer the right hand side, but you choose. Now, remove the base, which should be no less then 5/8th" plywood or mdf I prefer 3/4"plywood. Do not use OSB or Particle board, they are not strong enough. These holes have to be very close to the size of the nail, so that there is no movement in any direction. But, they also can't be so tight, that they cannot be easily removed. I'd suggest a 2 1/2" nail be used as your pin, you cut it off so that no more then 3/32" is up through the drilled hole. You will have to sharpen the tip of the cut-off nail to a point. And you should also drill the underside of the base, with a bit just large enough for the top of the nail to sit into. Doing so, will help hold the nail in place better. This should work, but you will only be able to cut circles that are within 3/8" to a 1/2" larger or smaller then the other. It would depend on how far apart you drilled the holes. Now, if you were good at using a router, there's an adjustable one that you could make. It would be almost the same, as the ones used on a bandsaw and adjustable to any size as well. There's numerous ways of making one of these, and they're not that hard to make. You could make an adjustable one, just using a tablesaw. This is something that I never imagined would be requested for scroll saw use, but to each their own. But, I suppose one could come in handy, if you had a lot of circles to cut. I make no guarantees that this will work, I just came up with this idea after reading the posting. Len

Been there, done that. Len

Nicely done and decorated Dan, I'd like to see a night time picture with the Christmas lights lit. Len

Kevin, I see the issue you're concerned with, but, I am wondering why you posted it in the bragging section? It doesn't belong here, general or some other section would be a better place for it. Len