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Nicely done Jerry, both puzzles look incredible. Len
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Bruce, how high of speed can you use, before the vibrations cause issues? Do you really need to run your saw at those speeds, or, could you still use the saw at a slower speed? How old is the saw, how much use has it seen, and have you checked all bushings and bearings that are on the saw? How solidly is the saw fastened to it's base, are all corners tightened down tight? There's numerous things that could be causing the vibrations, maybe someone more familar with these saws will have a solution. Len
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Wood Expo...Charlotte, Michigan...September 9-10.
Lucky2 replied to Sycamore67's topic in General Scroll Sawing
Thanks for letting us know about this, I would love to attend, but, it's just a bit to far to travel. Len -
Two more beauties Terry, both pieces are masterpieces, you sure know your way around intarsia. Len
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Tony, that's a great modification, it should make them a lot stronger. Len
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Two beauties Dick, the cutting looks fantastic, your better half looks pretty good too. Len
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I would be pretty happy with the results also Theresa, it looks fantastic. Finishing before gluing something togeher, can create as many problems as it solves. Yes it makes things easier to finish, but, it also makes things harder to glue together. It's a balancing act, sometimes there's no easy way to do things. Those are the times you have to get inventive, you use odd things to help with the luing process. I've used needles and pieces of wire, toothpicks and numerous other items to help with the gluing process. Len
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Sure you can scroll inside the house Don, that's where I do all of my scrolling. I have a room in my basement that I do woodwork in, it doesn't have a door on it and no dust seems to escape the room. I use a box fan with a furnace filter attached to the front of it to collect the dust, it does a descent job. I have a large stand alone dust collector in that room also, but, I hardly ever use it for scroll sawing. I only use flat blades, and they don't create as much dust as spiral blades do. So, I can't say how things will be if you're using spiral blades, hopefully, someone else with experience with spirals will chime in with some advise. Len
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Robert, I use 1/8" bb plywood for all of the portrait type cuttings I do. I like the 1/8" bb plywood, because I can stack cut up to four copies at a time comfortably. Most of the portrait cuttings I've done, were of people who have passed on. That makes stack cutting perfect for those types of affairs, there's always more than one family member that will want a copy. Len
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John, I'd never survive that kind of heat, I have a hard time with the temps being in the ninties. I'm a winter person, no matter how cold it gets, you can dress for it and work in it. Len
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It could be just a case of supply and demand, there's a lot of people buying them. Len
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Kevin, I'm happy for you that you're getting some hugs, but, they're awefully hard to buy food or gas with. I'm sorry buddy, but, you've got to find some money paying jobs. Len
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Great use of salvaged stock Ralph, do you make these to sell or are they for self use? Len
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Nicely done Denny, I'm sure they appreciate the donation. Will you be attending the auction, I would like to know how much it auctions off for? Len
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Robert, for a first timer, it's an outstanding bit of cutting. Scrolling Steve was right, keep your boo-boos to yourself unless aked about one. You may know it's there, but, why does everyone else need to know. Especially, if it turns out as good as this one did. Len
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Nicely done Todd, and it's nice that they're such good sellers. I might have asked this before but I don't remember if I did, but, I'm wondering how large they are? Do you ever cut out any of the main cutting in advance, to have on hand for a quick sale? I suppose you could cut out the letters in advance also, it would be a good use of small pieces of left over stock. Len
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Nathan, this is something that's going to be on display for years, therefore, you want it to be as good as can be. Personally, I think this is one that deserves some time to get it right. And to do that, you need to go through the old trial and error process. There are a lot of things to consider here, like do you really need to use glass to cover the project. Or, would a couple of coats of poly be all that you need, what is the cutting going to look like under glass with poly and without? Will the glass be touching the face of the finished project, if so, how will it react to the poly if used. Will it stick to it causing the two to be stuck together for good, or will it just sit on it with no ill effects? Lots to think about. Len
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Thomas, once you successfully cut a few long straight lines, doing so will become second nature to you. What type of blades are you using to try to cut the straight lines with, spiral or flat type? If you trying to acomplish it by using spiral blades, then good luck to you, it's very hard to do with spiral blades. If you using flat type blades, then you just need to practice and you will catch on on how to do it. On my saw, an EX21, the drift (deflecion) of the blade to cut a straight line is about three degrees. All that means, is that to cut a straight line with a flat style blade, I have to feed the stock into the blade at an angle of about three degrees off of straight on to the blade. I have never tried to cut a stright line with a spiral blade, but, I've read many times of how difficult it was to do. Len
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Peter, that seems to be a fair price, there wasn't a lot of cutting involved and you don't want to overprice yourself. There wouldn't be a lot of use for them around here, most of the horse owners have gotten rid of their horses. Len
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Danny, they may be the Cadillac of saws, but I wouldn't want one. I'm very happy to own an EX21, I would rate it as one of the top saws out there. What I don't like about the Hegners, is the blade holders that you have to attach to the bottom of the blade. To me, they're an extra step that shouldn't be needed. Plus, I would be always looking for them, as I'm always losing things. Len
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Kinda cute Deena, you did a great job assemblying and painting it. Len
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I agree Peter, you might be on to a good thing, they look great. I really like the font you used, it got the western look to it. Len
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Jim, it's an outstanding piece, you got all there was to get out of this one. Len
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Kris, I love the picture, you made a great pattern of it. I do like your cutting, but, to me, it's just a little to busy. I realize it was cut with a spiral blade, but, I think you should have changed your blade to a flat one at times. There are no straight lines on it anywhere, for me that's not normal. Your definitely a talented person. Len
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Good for you Kevin, it's living proof he answers prayers. Len
