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Macman, instead of buying drills to make the clock holes, why don't you cut them out with your scrollsaw? That's how I do it, and I've never had an issue doing it that way. Len

Nicely done, that looks great, it should a good seller here in Canada with all those maple leafs. Len

Beautifully done John,she must have loved it when she first saw it? Len

Nicely done Steve, how large are they? Len

I'm lucky I guess, my drill press will hold the small little ting bits. I do own a couple of small chucks for the Dremel tools, but I've never had to use them for scroll work. The drill press I use is made by Sears, it is a large bench top model. Len

He was one hell of a man and politican, to bad there arent many more like him. Nice cutting Dick, is this one of your own patterns? Len

Great sign Jeff, inj the last year and a half, I've had quite a few of those memories rolling down my cheeks. My wife of forty years left me, we were getting along fine, and there were no issues that I knew of. She comes home from work on Friday the thirteenth, and she states that she's not happy and that she's moving out. I haven't been right since, and sometimes the memories I have of us together gets to me. Len

Duke, all of these signs are amazing, and very well done. You might get some flak about one of them though, the Marine's one. It states a few good men, well what about the female Marine's. It doesn't bother me, but it could bother some of the women who see it. It's so hard to be politically correct nowadays, it seems like all of the old sayings even need to be changed to keep one out of trouble. Len

I would never cut MDF because of the dust and chemical issues, I don't like the stuff at all. Sure it takes a coating of paint well, but since I don't ever paint any of my work, that's a non issue for me. Len

Ralph, I don't know what glue Dan uses, but for this type of item I would use gel-type CA glue. It won' set immediately, but when it does it does a perfect job holding the clip in place. Len

Nicely done Luis, it looks great. Len

Nice cutting Marg, I do hope you stack cut this one. Len

Nicely done, one to be proud of. Len

Too Cute!!! Len

Nicely done Dave, your inlay work is the best I've ever seen. Len

Peter, this is a beautiful jewellry box, it's most definitely one to be proud of making. Len

No Les, it isn't kosher for me, but some people don't like using fine cutting flat blades. And some people do it that way, because they don't have the proper tools and blades to cut fine lines. Len

Marg, it's good that you got your EX back in action, what was the problem? I find it hard to believe that just cleaning the saw, would solve your issue. Len

Kevin, you must have gotten a messed up screw, my EX has the swivel tips. Len

I was severely injured in an accident, and I was going crazy with nothing to do. My wife at that time, bought me a Delta 2000 model 16"scroll saw. Up to that point, I didn't have any idea of what scroll sawing was. I got into the hobby back then,and I have been enjoying it ever since. Since the accident,I have not been without severe pain in my back and legs. Everything I do causes pain, and I was going insane before I got the scroll saw. There was nothing I could do, and I mean nothing that didn't worsen the pain. I worked with wood for years before getting injured, but had never heard of a scroll saw. Surprisingly the scroll saw cutting didn't cause me more pain, it actually took my mind off of the pain because of concentrating on the pattern I was cutting. Once I realized that I was cutting without as much pain as I normally was, I got into scrolling like crazy. I read everything I could about the hobby, and I talked to people like Mike Moorland of Flying Dutchman fame. He taught me a lot, we talked once or twice each week, sometimes we talked for over an hour. I miss Mike, he was a great mentor who taught me mos of what I know about scrolling. He even allowed me to sell Flying Dutchman blades to Canadian buyers, I still have over two thousand dollars worth of blades I bought from him at wholesale prices. I will never have to purchase another scroll saw blade for as long as I live, I have lots of blades I didn't sell. I am no longer interested in selling any blades, I will use most of them over time. And seeing as how I can no longer buy blades at the wholesale price, I decided to keep them for my own use. Len

There is another way to do veining work, and it's to use a pyro set-up. You can burn the fine lines required to make the project look right, but you would have to burn both sides of the project. Len

I do the same as JTTHECLOCKMAN, I would never use a spiral blade to cut veining work. The veining I cut is very narrow work, IMO it requires a flt blade for it to look the way it should. Len

Marg, I think your issue is being caused, by having the back tension lever adjusted to tight. Try loosening the back lever as you try to install a new blade, doing this will give you the setting you need to properly tension your blades. If you don't understand what I'm trying to explain here, try PMing me and I'll explain better. Good luck. Len

Charley, I would like to know, what you found so difficult to cut about this mailbox pattern? I've cut several of them out, and I haven't found anything difficult with the cutting of them. I enjoy compound cutting also, I have two or three books of patterns on the subject. |Len

Bob, John was right about the two speeds, the high speed is used to cut all types of wood soft or hardwood. You didn't mention what size of blade you were using, for bandsaw boxes it's suggested that you use a 3/16" blade. Any blade larger in size, will break much easier then the 3/16" one will. Len