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  1. JTTHECLOCKMAN
    Yea I have no idea what mine is and have no idea what a diopter is I do know it works. My next one will be LED. Still have old fluorescent tubes.
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    Always love desk clocks. Nice work.
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    Oh I remember the days when I used my magnifier as a light source only. Those days long passed and now won't be without one to scroll with. No need to hunch over just set to the perfect height and lock it down with the setscrews. Best invention they ever made.
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    Sorry but my thought is plastic is the way to go. List the items on the lid and use a piece of BB or even cardboard to divide the pieces or seperate the types. Card board gets broken easily and then they will spill. Been there done that. I am attempting to getting rid of all my cardboard boxes used at shows and switching to plastic bins. they make all sizes today and convenient. Just my thought.
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    Ray you evidently never used a holesaw. The bit can not have a spring behind it because it needs to be solid to even start the holesaw. So it can not be solid and then miraculously spring up into the mandrel. As Kevin said those cutters and even a holesaw does not make clean holes or discs. You would need to sand them so you are back to the other methods I suggested. Now you could loosen the setscrew and it may slide up into the mandrel enough to be out of the way. But then you have to reset for the next group. Sounds like a whole lot of trouble for some round discs. Remember too you need a drill press that has no play in the quill and no runout to start with to even get close to a good disc.
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    Well Ray I know of nothing like that. You ask if I ever made something for the sake of making it. I do this all the time. I make tons of jigs to suit the project I am working on. You posted a video of a scrollsaw circle cutting jig. I would make one of those if you want. The idea of a retractable pin is beyond my reasoning. You will always have a hole of some sort with those holesaws so if the bit retracts means nothing. The hole is there already. To do what you are asking you would need 2 holesaws of the same size. Drill all the blanks with one that just starts the hole and then either take the bit out and drill the rest of the way or switch to one without a bit.
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    In the electrical field they have holesaws that have a spring activated devise to expel the plug from the hole saw but the bit drill through the material. The hole saw needs a pivot point to spin on or it will wander.
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    What do you need a spring for?? Do not over think it. A finish nail as I said will give you a dimple to pivot on. A cork bottom will work to hide it if you are in need to hide it. or you can celebrate the hole and accent with a dowel of choice. If you want to save the work making the circle cutter you can use a holesaw and a drill press and tune the pilot bit where it just penetrates the wood but does not go all the way through. You can do this on a router table and have no holes and use a pattern flush trimming bit with a bearing as a guide. Double stick tape to a pattern and you are good to go. You can use a disc sander with a jig to hold the piece as you rotate it. In the woodworking world there are many ways to do things. You can use a tablesaw and make circles. To me unless you are making a ton of these coasters free hand on the scrollsaw is the way to go.
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    Ray show us the project when you get done with it. You can do a couple things too like use a thin finishing nail for pivot point so that center hole is not so large. You can also use it so it does not poke through the piece and just pivot on the point so there is no thru hole but a small indent on the bottom. Need to watch feed rate on a scrollsaw because unlike a bandsaw where the blade is constantly moving in a circle, a scroll saw moves up and down and the blade will have a tendency to flair out thus creating an imperfect circle. Wood grain could be a factor also. When doing freehand you compensate for this but when locked into a fixed position it can wander on you. Keep the gang informed.
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    Thanks Dave. Yes you do need to think about showing your talents in a video. It is unique. As for price, I do not blame you and who knows you may find someone who will appreciate the work and understand what it takes to make something like that. I know most people will have no clue. Good luck and look forward to seeing more of your work.
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    Dave that has to be some of the nicest inlay work I have seen in a long time. Are the sides inlayed also??? If so that is a $80 to $100 piece. If anyone needs to do a video is you. I wish you make a set of videos depicting the process of your inlay work. That is a video I would watch over and over. I have done some inlay work but nothing on your scale. truely beautiful piece of work. Can we talk you into doing some videos?? Please. Maybe you have some already and if this is the case can you link them for us?? A++++ work. I always look for your work. You have extreme talents. The one thing I would have added and believe me this is just a thought but either flock the bottom or a piece of red felt or velvet. What is the finish on this piece??
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    Kevin do not go by what I say. Post videos and I am sure there are people who love seeing them and maybe helpful too. As far as grain goes I said it was a matter of opinion. I just voiced an opinion. All very nice work as usual.
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    Sure you can double stick tape and you can make any size you want. What I do when routing with it is to use scraps of the same thickness as the piece being drilled or routed and place along side the original piece so it does not tip.
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    You watch for it then, but it can happen when half the unit is hanging over the edge of a piece and you are pushing down with both hands. If you have holes that need to be drilled close to the edge. That thing is plastic and does not travel all that smooth. At least mine does not. To do it many times a drill press is more accurate in my eyes.
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    You are talking about stroke length of 3/4" and blade cutting depth of 2" when using a 5" blade. Now I never tried this but I bet it is possible if you took a fret saw blade and cut to any size you can increase the depth of cut. Say make the blade 6" Probably get another 3/4" cutting depth. Now from what I am gathering of your second question or problem is that the blade travel is not true up and down. This has been talked about here before and what you need to do is check the back of the blade and measure at its top stroke and at it bottom stroke. if they are not the same then an adjustment needs to happen. I had shown here that I raised back of my table to compensate for this. Others will chime in as to how they handled it. Good luck.
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    you have to be careful not to tip when close to edges. I use that for routing more than anything else. Good luck with it.
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    I skip watching others scroll. They do that alot on FB too. We develop our own style. Just like I would never turn the grain of the wood that way. I would always have it the other way. Just a matter of choice. But the golden rule is the longest size gets the grain running with it. It is an eye thing. Many people just go by the amount of wood they have but little things like that I notice.
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    I use to point those grass blades but have long since stopped doing that I now spin on the dime and they actually look better with a slight round edge. I sometimes spin inside corners too but probably do a 2 step cut inside if it really needs to be sharp.
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    As an example it use to say General scroll sawing where it now says go to topic listing. I use to click on that forum I was in not what it says now. This is at the end of the thread when you get done reading the last thread. Maybe I am imaging it but something is different
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    It is not a case of not behaving just different. I did not see that topic. But shows I am paying attention.
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    Did Travis do some changing here?? It use to be at the end of the thread the forum name was on the bottom and you would click on it to get back to the top of the list. Now it states something different.
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    I have that setup and just about every option Dremel offers and use them on occasion for special jobs but they are not smooth and get to be a pain in the butt to drill with. Nothing like a good drill press. A drill press would be a better investment than a laser.
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    My opinion a Delta table top drill press would be a better way to go.
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    I never seen BB at my Lowes or HD either. They sell Laun wood that is cheap underlayment basically.
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    There are people that have Ipads running or things like that. Portable DVD players set up if you have the room. But what that can do is draw a crowd and block the sales table and all people do is watch movies. I have been to shows where there is crafters with their saws but again people stop and watch but does not necessarily mean more sales. You do need more help if you are doing that though. Those things work well if you are selling tools and you are demonstrating the tool. Doing it for a finished product not so much.
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