Dave M

These look great Badukai!! Saw them on Facebook. Are the patterns available? I was a firefighter for 13 years and now a 911 dispatcher. Anything available for us in the dispatch center? Thanks.

I have a store but really haven't gotten anything in it yet. My wife and I have good intentions but no time yet! Winter is coming and we are hoping to get things in the store. The burning on a tea box I did has been sitting for a while but it has had some views. I think if we had more items posted we'd have better luck! Dave

LOL Sorry didn't proof read my response!! I should have said the belt sander.

Foot switch is an awesome idea, saw it on Steve Good's site. Also saw somewhere, maybe Steve's site, to get the 3 prong plug and plug in my wet/dry vac, that way it'll only come on when I'm cutting. I also took the pedal out and used it on my belt sander. Had a couple chairs and a table my parents wanted me to wood burn on, tipped my saw on its side and locked the trigger then used the pedal whenever I wanted to sand any areas, came out great and made it easy to change the sanding belts. Dave

I'm also use blue painters tape or shipping tape on the wood then adhesive to pattern onto the tape. I also saw something on Steve Good's page about using a heat gun set on a low setting to loosen any adhesive on your piece. This works great, especially on those small fine pieces I've broken off in the past while removing the tape!! Sometimes learning the hard way sucks!! LOL Dave

Paul, How's it going? I am looking for a pattern for a fantasy baseball league. I want to put the name of the league and year on it. Could be a wall hanging or plaque. Along those same lines I'll be looking for a fantasy football trophy, same as the baseball, name and year, hanging or plaque...Thanks in advance to all you pattern makers!! Dave

It's been a while since I came here, had a computer problem, but I Googled this topic. I found that artists are using plexi to do reverse painting and they use acrylic paints. Another site, a fish site, stated this "I'd use Krylon Fusion instead of automotive paint. The stuff sticks nicely to patio furniture so it should stick" Hope this is of some help, I've never tried it BUT I have just bought my first blades to cut plexi, should be fun!! Dave

Thanks guys. I appreciate the guidance.

Hey Kenny welcome to the group! The people here are great, very helpful in all ways possible! So along those lines, I also wood burn, as do others here. A couple great sites to check out for tutorials on burning are: Cheryl Dow http://www.cherylddow.com/Free%20Lessons%20.htm Nedra Denison http://www.nedraspyrography.com/Pyrography101.htm Sue Walters http://www.suewalters.com/PyroSchool.html Another great group like this is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PyrographicArt/ I am a member of it and they will answer a ton of questions for you there. I usually go to Nedra's site first. She is a top of the notch artist and has published many books on the topic of wood burning (pyrography). Hope this helps. Dave

Okay could be a basic question I guess. How do I know when to replace my blades? When they start burning the wood? Slowing cut? What? I read some where that a guy replaces his after every hour of cutting, is that a good practice? I seem to still be cutting with my first blade without a problem. Thanks Dave

Couldn't you just use some of the patterns and print them out smaller? Just a thought

HA HA HA I love it!!

Nice, that's what I want to do!!

sounds good I'd love to see it Thanks for the tip, I'll have a look around