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  1. MrsN
    Very cool! I am a bit jealous of the green grass in your yard. I really like the arrows, who's patterns are they?
  2. MrsN
    Cute!
  3. MrsN
    ScrollMania has a plan for one. http://www.scrollmania.com/plans.html there is a link on the left hand side of the page for bowl press. Personally, I just use a brick but a bowl press would be a nice addition to the shop.
  4. MrsN
    I have cut plastic a few different times and always used my regular blades. If the plastic is thin, sandwiching it between wood will give stability and make cutting easier. One thing to remember when cutting plastics is that if the saw speed and feed rate are not right you can get the cut to melt back together. I have found that using clear tape helps a bit with that, but not entirely. I look forward to seeing what you create.
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    I see you are in Iowa. Menards sells Olsen blades, to my knowledge they are the only big box store that does.
  6. MrsN
    I use 3m command strips on many projects. Sometimes I will hot glue or epoxy a saw tooth hanger to the back. Other times I do like TomSteve does with string or wire. Usually I will either make the string short enough to hid behind the art or decorate it a bit with beads or something to make it look like it is part of the art.
  7. MrsN
    I use a small torch to burn off fuzzies on the back of a piece. I wouldn't be with out something like this: https://www.amazon.com/AMRIU-GF-851-Micro-Butane-Lighter/dp/B073MDYM89/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1519314664&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+butane+torch&dpID=51kzHykz3AL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch x-acto knives are small hobby knives, and useful for all sorts of things. https://www.amazon.com/Xacto-X3311-Precision-Knife-Blades/dp/B0000DD1N4/ref=sr_1_5?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1519314790&sr=1-5&keywords=X-Acto+knives&dpID=41MdF0VxB0L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
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    I rarely use use oil, I use rattle can spray finish. Most of the time I use rust-oleum gloss like this link (but locally it costs like $3 A can) www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KZ6LYMM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519267609&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=rustoleum%2Bclear%2B2x%2Bgloss&dpPl=1&dpID=418l1QH6ZOL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1
  9. MrsN
    awesome!! I love this pattern.
  10. MrsN
    is this one on your website?
  11. MrsN
    All golf balls are not the same. Some have rubber band how things, like you discovered, but others have a more sollid rubber/plastic core. Some have a few different materials inside.
  12. MrsN
    http://www.wood-database.com/ Is a site that has pictures of different woods, you may be able to compare some pictures to what you have
  13. MrsN
    I thought of something else, I think most drill presses have depth stops these days but that is a feature I would have to have if I was upgrading.
  14. MrsN
    My drill press at home is from 1984. My dad bought it from harbor freight the year I was born. It is a little bench top unit and it works just fine for me. It makes sense to have a dedicated drill press for the clock bits and for pilot holes. I like bench top drill presses. The big ones just look like they are wasting space underneath. I can only think of 1 time I ran out of room with the throat depth on a drill press, so the extra depth is a bit lost on me. One nice thing is the table is bigger so there is more room for jigs, which can be nice if you are doing production type things.
  15. MrsN
    I just had my delta torn apart. The motor was a bit loose and needed to be tightened up. To get to the motor bolts you have to take just about every other bolt apart, it took me a while but my students were quite interested in the process.
  16. MrsN
    where did you buy the wood? can you look at other things they normally stock? sometimes it helps. exotic # 2 is purple heart. for domestics - 2, 5, and 8 are all pretty light, my guess is maple. I don't usually see poplar where I buy my "good wood" usually only at the hardware stores so that is why I am guessing that. #6 looks like oak, and 3 could be also, but it is hard to tell from the picture. 1 and or 7 could be cherry
  17. MrsN
    I made a version of Don's sign. I really like ice cream so it is high praise coming from me
  18. MrsN
    Very nice!! I got a nice piece of ash one year, we had lots of fun with that.
  19. MrsN
    I frequently stack 4 or 5 pieces of 1/8" and 2 or 3 of 1/4"
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  21. MrsN
    I had as many as 3 for a while, now down to just the one. I had the extras "just because". I had gotten used hegnar, but did't have the time to put in some maintenance to really make it sing, so I kept my old one. Then I got a deal on an Excalibur so I had 3. I had the room in my shop at the time so I would use them all depending on my mood. I sold the Hegnar at one point and then later got rid of the old porter cable when I got divorced and didn't have the room.
  22. MrsN
    I usually prepare as I go. I do print off patterns as I see them and think I might want to cut them (I have a stack in my shop of things I might want to cut) I find that if I have things prepared too far in advance I loose interest in the project and never want to complete it, or decide the wood would be better used for a different project.
  23. MrsN
    I cut the outline and then cut the pieces. Hopefully one of our resident puzzle experts will stop by and give you some more info.
  24. MrsN
    It is nice to find free wood, can't wait to see what you make.
  25. MrsN
    My 6th graders and I were just having a conversation about saw speed. for cutting a thin piece of ply, when the saw is running slow, the feed rate also needs to be slow. The slow feed rate often will be slower than your default speed rate. Turning up the speed a bit will help you find a good balance between saw speed and feed speed. Finding that sweet spot will make cutting feel much more natural.
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