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Have not seen anything on any of the sites as I have been watching.

Just a point of interest you want to use elctronic solder as opposed to standard pipe solders. Electronic solder has flux built in and also melts at a lower temp so it does not harm electronic components. It is also a more flexible solder. Cleanliness is key. Clean surfaces helps for better adhesions.

Dirty power surges is what causes problems with people using standard generators to run electronic equipment on power failures. It will destroy boards. Today so much of our appliances are elctronic controlled as well as cars as Kevin mentioned. Things like vibration as well as surges and even undervoltage when power companys cut back on power distribution in extreme heat situations can really take life out of electronic equipment. Many items have what is called zener diodes built in along with other components that can absorb voltage differences but you pay for better equipment like this. I am sure the electronic field has changed so much today from what it use to be. As I said heat is a huge enemy in the electric field. Even when using too small of extension chords when powering tools. Try to keep as short as possible and the use of chords is preferred to be not used if possible.

Without seeing a wiring diagram that looks like a pot with 2 variable resistors. More complex circuitry will use both resistors to control signals or speeds to be more exact. That probably is a pot that is universal and they use what they need which is one set of resistors to control resistance in circuit. Having a wire with only a few strands is bad in that that wire can heat up because now more resistance is put on that wire causing heat. Heat is an enemy in the electrical field as it is in many other fields. The vibration of the saw could have been causing increase and decrese in Resistance which is added to the pot and cause surges and decreases. I bet that was your problem.

We all know what MDF is medium density fiberboard so here is the differences. https://forestplywood.com/blog/plywood-uses/mdf-vs-hdf-how-theyre-different-and-what-theyre-good-for/

Prayers sent your way Steve. keep fighting.

Ocooch woods. Name it they have it. I buy from them all the time and waiting on latest order for BB ply.

I will eventually get to my version as soon as I can complete this shop make over and have to build a few jigs for projects upcoming. But I do have now the plans for that cross so will attempt it also.

As many of you follow Steve's Blog and look forward to his daily patterns may have gotten his message that he broke his ankle. Well seems he now needs surgery on it because it is not healing. He mentions that this will cause him to miss some time posting patterns. he is trying to post a few ahead of surgery to make up for the absence. But I think we all can just wish him get well wishes and have him concentrate on his health. I am sure we will not go into pattern withdrawl and be able to carry on in his absence. I believe he at times reads the comments here so hopefully he sees this and sees that the scrollsaw community real do appreciate what he does and the dedication he has attributed to it over the years and yes the patterns will be missed but more important he will be and we all wish him a speedy recovery and maybe when he gets back at the drawing board he can relate some of his patterns to his experience. Maybe an ankle with a broken bone or pair of crutches. Good Luck Steve and listen to the doctors.

kevin brought up point about getting blades with saws. Forgot about those blades. I think they were called AMI blades that I got with my Hegner. Delta blades and there were a bunch off brand names I never heard of but have samples of.

I have been cleaning my shop and reorganizing a few things to get ready for some new projects. Today I opened a cabinet that stored many bits and things like that in there. But there was a box of scrollsaw blades. Now over the years I probably tried every blade that ever hit the market till I settled on FD blades which are my go to blades even till today. But I found some packages of Pegas blades. Have to give those a spin. Found some Tiger blades which came from the Old Steebar. They were a Swedish blade and I loved those when I first started. Found some Olsons. Some Vermont Americas. and a few that had no name on packages. Now I have a drawer that has all my old blades at least I thought so but these too can be added to that pile. I could not possible use all blades in 10 life times. Anyone else ever do the trial and error blade challenge?

I did not read all the answers so somone may have mentioned this. But what I see is the blade is not against the back of the clamp . Also if the screw on oposite side of thumbscrew has protruded too much into the clamp then what you are counting on a small tiny section of the blade to hold in place. You want that screw even with the side of the clamps so when you screw thumbscrew into blade it pushes blade against a flat surface giving it more support.

I echo the wishes too. Hope 2026 brings all good health and fortunes. Happy New year.

I like it. very well done. Put some napkins in it and really show it off. I know they will really like it. Brings back memories from here when the craze was hitting this site with napkin holders. I did a few and here is one of mine, I guess a peacock.

Sorry about that. I created more work or you. I hope to get copy end of week.

i just the magazine from the source. SSCW&C. $8 Works for me.

Thank you Iwill check it out. I buy the magazines now from directly the magazine site. Goes back further than I thought.

Yes Sue was the first place I looked. I know I have seen it too somewhere and I am betting it was in a magazine. I just posted question on Creative Woodworks and Crafts site. I am following a very good woodworker right now on FB and she makes all kinds of things and she makes a couple Intarsia version with a cross and her work is beautiful. She makes a version of this cross too and that is where I git the itch to make it because it is simple enough for me to try it. She is not selling her pattern because she sells the crosses too. I do not blame her. Others have made versions of this too but the simple design is there. If I was good at drawing I probably could easily draw it up but that is a skil I do lack. Thanks anyway. Have a Merry Christmas.

Still looking for the pattern for this type cross. Anyone recognise it and have a link? Thanks I believe this was in a scrollsawing magazine but have no idea who made the original. I see this cross in many versions. It is called a Fleur De Lis design. I sold all my scrollsawing magazines and will buy only ones if I need a pattern now.

You will notice the difference for sure. I am building a couple jigs for a box project I am working on that will done on my lathe and I trust the tape I linked. Now with that said I have made a sanding disk for my lathe because I sand pen blanks and other things on it and needed a piece of flat sheet metal attach to the face plate. I did not want to use adhesive because do not trust it and also I could not have lumps behind it. needed to be exactly flat. for this I did use carpet tape but I used the strongest I could find and that was from Home Depot in the carpet dept. It is made for outdoors and is better than a cloth tape and has string fibers in it to give it shear strength. I did not want that plate flying off. I knew this wood tape would not hold that. So carpet tape has a place. In this photo you can see the first version I did was plexiglass and then switched to metal. but you can see the carpet tape design in that photo. I also use it to hold that jig where I was thinning a quarter down to demonstrate to someone this was a method to thin a quater so it can be bent around a pen tube for casting. the second method I showed him was me cutting a quater in half down the middle on a scrollsaw. he bet me I could not do it but I won and did it. If anyone wants to give that a try. I would like to see it. I think I have those photos too. Done on my Dewalt 788. I know went off track here. I might as well finish the story. This happened on my pen turning site. This person would use a scrollsaw to cut quarters of the different states and bend them and cast them into a pen blank. being I make pen blanks with a copper mesh I sent him my blank and being he lost he had to cut a NJ quarters and cast it into a pen for me. here was that prize. well worth the effort.

Well that is a delema because in one hand you do not want the piece to fly off when sanding especially using a sander of any kind. But need to be able to pull it off. That is why you use tape designed for wood use and not carpet tape. Big difference. I use turners tape from here. https://www.ptreeusa.com/turn_accessorie_tape.html You ask about tape colors. If using painters tape then purple is less tacky. Green is about the same. Then blue and then yellow really tacky. Just an example, those bumpers on the rails have 3 different angles on them that were done on a router. If I did not have tape and wider sacrifice board there is no way I could get that shape. Now you know how much force a router has when spinning so that shows it works well. Same goes for all the trim work on it. Cut on a 10" tablesaw. Worked very well. I have many rolls of that tape in the shop and use it alot. It does not leave residue behind and if difficult to get off, just a little heat will solve that. All the examples others are showing are tapes used for woods too so that is a good thing.

Supposible there is no voids. What the core is made of I do not know. This stuff is used in cabinet making alot because of the both sides A grade. It holds screws and nails well too along with wood glues. Maybe worth a try.

Any time I work with small parts, weather it is cutting sanding or finishing. I break out the double sided tape. I use turners tape because I know it sticks well even under heat because with turning you build heat. I use alot of that stuff when I built this pool table pen box. besides the pieces were small and thin but fragile. Taped to a larger piece and worked well.

I too have heard BB for some reason is not the same quality it use to be. Not sure if it is regional thing . Speaking of Birch plywood, has anyone used Super Core Birch plywood. It is suppose to rival, BB plywood. It has 2 perfect faces as opposed to BB with patches especially one side. Not sure what exactly the cores are but when stacked next to each other tough to tell difference. The super core weigh more than BB because it has stronger cores. What it all means I do not know. But maybe it is a better plywood to use for things like puzzles. More info would be needed and maybe trials too. Not sure how it stacks up price wise but here is a link for some to see what I am talking about. https://www.woodworkerssource.com/plywood/sheet-goods/supercore-white-birch-plywood.html

I am assuming BB plywood?