cyclistjim
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Nice Job
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Very nice
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Thanks again for the compliments!
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Wow that is amazing! Very nice job.
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Thank you for all the great comments. I appreciate it. Once I saw this pattern I was like that is such a great idea! I have been wondering for a while now how to do such a large project with text and low and behold the team at www.sheilalandrydesigns.com came up with a beautiful design and I just knew I had to have it. I even put aside a couple of projects just to start this one! I eventually went and finished the other stuff before completing this one. But slow and steady wins the race. I stressed over the glue up of this and the hanging of it. I always worry something will get off kilter but it is hanging straight as an arrow on the living room wall!
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I used Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse #5 on this one.
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My latest work from Sheila Landry Designs - Pattern by Keith Fenton This took me a bit of time to cut due to all the pieces that had to be done and then glued up. Made from Pine. Finished with Watco Danish Oil Natural.
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Thanks for all the comments!
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The big difference I noticed was how much easier it was to put the blades in the saw. I mean super easy and tensioning is just flip the tension knob. I love that lifting the arm and the fact it stays in place when you let go. I would think the blade motion back to front is nearly non-existent which makes you cuts truer and making sharp turns much easier. The nice big table makes it more pleasant also. When the blade is nearly straight up and down it will cut slower and that fact alone will make following lines easier at least to me. I did not notice the blade wanting to wander as easily as it seemed to on the craftsman.
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So my Excalibur 21" saw arrived this past Monday. I finally bit the bullet on a nice saw. I have been using a Craftsman 16" saw since I started scrolling a while back. Anyway I have only cut two things but wow changing blades is simple. Tensioning the blade is simple. These are my first two cuttings off it. Both designed by myself in Inkscape. The first is just a sign for my shop. The second is just something to have a work.
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Nice job on the cutting. Sorry for your problems with being paid for your work.
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Thank you for all the really nice comments!
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I cut this out for Veterans Day 2014. I'll take it to work and hang it my cube. Pattern is from Steve Good @ http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/Finish is Watco Golden Oak Danish Oil
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I plan on getting back in scrolling this year once it warms up. I spent the last two years working nights and just could not find time to scroll at all I always thought i made too much noise to go out at 2am to scroll. It wasn't the scroll saw as much as it was the shop vac that makes so much noise. I finally managed to move to another job last month but it was already too late for this year Its cold outside and my shed has no heat so I don't bother trying. But then I am in the south so by March it should be warm enough to start up again. Jim
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I've been using it as a router to round the edges on most of my work. I mostly use the round over bit (615) and it is not removing much wood just a tiny amount and the trick is to crank the RPM's up to max. The round over bit only makes a 1/8" cut. I don't even hear RPM's change when routing. I've also used the piloted beading router bit (612) for bases. The hardest wood I've routed is oak and it did not even strain the dremel. I've attached a picture of a name plate where I used the 612 bit the piloted round over bit. That base is only 1/2 thick and it is oak. You can see how little wood has been removed and it is not even hard on the dremel. Yes my scroll saw. It is a Craftsman 16". It looks strange because I removed the sheet metal covers from the sides. It makes cleaning and lubing it easier.
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I was on another site for scroll sawing and they had a link to a site with a design for a Dremel Router Table. I decided it was just too good not to make. I was always using my Dremel Drill Press to use the router bits and it was just a pain and it was easy to slip up when feeding the piece in and then it would gouge it. So I took the plans and modified somethings I didn't like and here is what I finished with. It works great and is much easier to use then my previous method and safer too. I cut all the pieces on the scroll saw. I bolted it directly to my work bench I didn't like the clamp method they used. Here is the original site with the plans: http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking ... ter-table/ And here are the pcitures of the modified table.
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That came out great!
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Using a bubble level to set the table level will not make the table level to the blade since the blade is unleveled because of the floor. Does that make sense to you?
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It came out real nice
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I decided to try my hand at Neal Moore's book Animal Portraits In Wood. These are for my Church's VBS (Vacation Bible School) since we have a cowboy theme going on this year. My wife is always asking me to make things and this year I decided to make something small on my scroll saw rather then on the table saw. This is the horse which measures 13 1/2" wide and 10" tall. This is made of 1" Pine. This is the Bision Skull which is 10 1/2" wide and 12" tall. This is made of 1" Red Oak.
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Great Job!
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I made this box for my wife for Mothers Day. Made from red Oak and Poplar. From a pattern by Steve Good
