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Neither of these was ordered from etsy... But no I haven't got permission for the names either... still could list them as long as I don't use the name "Dodge" I doubt the name Dart is trademarked.. it may be.. I haven't looked.. But there are so many things called Dart that it would get lost in the search anyway.. such as Dart games etc.. Now Dodge is probably a different story.. I wouldn't have taken the guitars off unless Etsy said something to you or took them down for you, LOL.. I might have changed the wording in the title and description or at least kept them until they sold out.. You can get creative with listings titles etc. to help avoid conflict.. My car clocks could be listed as Muscle Car, vintage style car, old car, antique car etc etc.. clock.. without having the car make and model involved.. I just run with it for what it is though.. until etsy takes it down.. then I sometimes relist it without the make / model.. Etsy isn't my only business livelihood.. if they shut me down.. I won't die, LOL That's why I sell on 4 different online sites.. Etsy makes up about 60% of the business though.. I'd make it tough for a couple years... but the other sites are gaining steam..

Rolf brings up a good point.. My son will sometimes bump my saw to turn on the radio in the shop... once I start sawing I find out it had been bumped enough to move it out of it's settled spot.. and will sort of kick out at the legs while the saw is running and I can get it settles in it's spot again..

Really like this one!! Job well done... Be prepared to make many more of those.. I bet they'll sell good

Les, the first Hawk I bought had a shelf located down about maybe mid way down the legs there should be some pre-made holes.. Get yourself some angle iron or aluminum.. bolt them to the existing holes..( If you don't need / want a shelf below you could just use flat stock.. ) then you can cut a piece of plywood o set onto the angle for a shelf.. My other two Hawks do not have the shelf.. but they will one of these days.. I really like the shelf on that old saw and the added steel makes the thing a little more solid.. I believe Hawk has a shelf kit that you can buy.. but with the holes already in the legs.. it's fairly simple to just cut and drill some angle.. aluminum would drill easier than steel.. Make the shelf stout enough you could place some weight to help give it more mass.. since it's on wheels the added weight probably isn't going to be noticed.. I have to pick up or slide mine if I'm moving it.. which I never do move it so not a big deal.. Hawk also sells a wheel kit for these.. its designed to be picked up or tilted back into the wheels and you get a fancy handle to bolt to the front to pick up and pull / push etc.. Edit to add: Looking at your pictures. I can't see the holes in your stand legs.. maybe you don't have them or the wrong angle of the camera view.. but all my saws.. even the new one has the holes..

Stoney, I believe this is the first time I've ever seen any of your great work... Thank you for posting a few of your projects.. Great job on all of them. Really like the natural edge / live edge whatever you want to call it stuff.. LOL... I've done a few pieces in the natural slab edged wood and it really just takes the uniqueness to a whole new level..

Patterns are here on this site.. in the pattern request section....

I prefer flat blades but I cut with either.. I wanted to see if I could cut an entire clock using spiral blades... This is the clock I made entirely with spiral blades.. it was tough but I did it.. I found that spiral blades are better suited for plywood.. Solid wood they like to follow the soft areas and if you're not careful they will through you off coarse quickly.. LOL.. Clock turned out okay really but I could have done better with flat blades..

Very nice shop! and set up with many great tools too..

Thank you Jim... No I never thought about drilling the wheels.. I just cut them on the scroll saw.. LOL.. I should have thought that though a little better.. might have been easier and quicker to drill them.. LOL No probably not by the time it takes to set up the drill press etc.. These cut pretty quick..

Thank you Kevin.. I wasn't too sure about the wheels before cutting it.. but I do like them.. at least they fit these projects perfectly..

Thank you..

Thank you Jim, Couldn't have done it without the awesome patterns... Thank you again for taking the time to make those patterns

Thank you Marg.. I think once that tow truck hits the website it'll be a great seller..

JimErn did an awesome ob with these patterns.. First the tow truck.. that one was a hot seller right off the bat.. I haven't even put it on the website yet.. just posted a picture on my FB.. got orders for 6 of them so far.. The Dodge Dart customer liked it so well they ordered two of them.. one goes to the Dad who they was originally getting it for.. but the son liked it so well he also wanted one..

Hawk use to make a small saw called the "Hobby Hawk" Not battery operated but was a small lighter weight saw with a stamped tin work table... I think it was only a 12" saw.. but not sure how much it weighed or anything.. But back in those days.. craft shows was a much bigger thing than they are today.. and today.. we have ways to do video as demonstrations.. I personally think that scrolling at a craft show is more of a show stopper.. as you probably get a crowd to watch and block off your display from actual shoppers.. not to mention the dust created by sawing may not be liked too well from other vendors close by..

Boy this topic sure changed the subject in a hurry.. went from you asking about the Jet saw to stands with wheels, LOL We tend to do this quite often on here.. so hopefully you'll stick around.. eventually someone comes along and gets things back on topic, LOL New or used Jet? I ask because if your going to spend the money on a NEW Jet.. I'd put the money towards a Pegas rather than the Jet.. Jet is a good saw.. but there are some that don't care for the blade clamp design.. Also heard complaints of the table being mounted too high in relation to the blade clamping mechanisms and that the reverse tooth blades are useless on these saws because of that.. I don't have any experience using a Jet saw so i really cannot comment too much.. I have checked them out in person at a store showroom.. I think the clamping design would be quite neat to use for lots of inside cuts.. I like the concept on the clamps.. and all in all I think it's as good a saw as the other saws built similar to it such as the Excalibur, King, Pegas, Seyco Etc etc. They are basically the same mechanics with slight little changes such as blade clamps table sizes etc etc..

Haven't seen one yet.. But I have seen where others have taken a power inverter and run saw on deep cycle batteries at shows

If price is no subject.. Buy all of them and then weed out the ones you don't like, .. That is somewhat what I have done over the past 20 years.. Only bought 3 new saws in my 20 years of scroll sawing.. two of which went right back to the store once i un-boxed them and turn them on.. they vibrated across the floor, LOL great saw if you need cardio exercise chasing the saw.. the heck with a gym membership.. just go out and chase the saw for a while, Over those years of sawing and trying all the saws I've had and voicing my opinion on what the best saw is and listening to others say their saw is best.. I've found that 1) everyone does different types of projects and cuts different materials or thickness of materials etc.. 2) Some like cutting slow and like to use dull blades 3) some like to cut fast 4) Some people are insane and use those round blades for everything they cut.. 5) This list could go on and on.. so because there are soo many different types of projects to make on a scroll saw.. then you have all the different types of scroll saws.. not to mention a wide variety of blades.. then the goofball that sits behind the saw either wants the thing to cut faster or whoa... this things way to fast and they're turning the saw speed way down.. What one person looks for in a saw is different than the next person.. So in reality if money isn't an issue.. really.. buy every saw you can find.. then buy every brand and style of blade.. play around and find what works for you... as everyone is different.. I've used about every brand saw out there except Hegner.. ( That's next on my list though.. ) But if you come to my shop and see three Hawks setting there.. well you'd probably be right in thinking they are my favorite saw I've used so far.. Oh.. never used the Jet brand yet either.. Have used several Deltas. Ryobi, DeWalt, Excalibur, Dremels, Hitachi, Craftsman, and several other saws I'm probably forgetting

That Hawk in the craigslist link is probably not a great deal considering the age and being single speed... My personal opinion on a NEW saw money not a problem.. I'd try out a Hegner.. if I was rich and didn't care if if I lost some money on it if I didn't like it.. and had to sell it... My second choice on a NEW saw would be a Pegas brand.. then my third would be Excalibur then a DeWalt.. I don't have experience with Hegner.. The Pegas and Excalibur are about the same saw really.. All that said though.. honestly I'd scope out a good used saw.. Ray mentioned many quality brands etc.. If you find something and want an opinion.. ask here.. many folks here willing to give their opinions..

The leash idea will probably take off pretty well.. They was a hot seller for me for a few years way back when I first started.. but I never found the source for all the breeds of dogs like you have found with Harveys patterns.. I only stopped making them because I lost my patterns in a hard drive crash.. and I had moved onto clocks which was doing really well..

I quit my subscription several years ago.. they use to have some great stories and projects but over the years the stories started fading away and more and more advertisements came.. the patterns are typically scatterbrained from mostly one category and most wasn't all that useful to me.. What really is a shame is the fact that the other magazine went out of business.. but they sure kept the stories and a wide variety of patterns that most everyone would enjoy almost in every issue.. Guess they should have put more paid ads up and they might still be around selling a crappy magazine like the other did, LOL.. sorry.. hope I'm not offending those that love the magazine.. but they really did go down hill IMO.. The other one kept their dignity right to the end and run themselves out of business I guess.. Either case is a sad situation.. Maybe they've upped their game to a better magazine these days? Before i subscribe.. I'd look at the store for a few months worth of issues to see if there is improvement.

When doing the bearings on mine several years ago I accidentally knocked that bugger out of the hole... was quite the chore putting it back in there but I finally got it.. some how..LOL

The Hawk just has a simple lever at the front of the saw to tension the blade just as the EX type saw does.. so I really see no difference in the two saw as far as that goes.. Where I find the difference is the quality of detail work I can do on the Hawk over the EX types saws on cutting thinner stock.. Now. most times i'm stack cutting.. but even when i use the DeWalt which is the most aggressive saw I've used I rarely stackd my stacks over 5/8" thick.. most times I stack to 1/2".. my clocks I make are cut from 5/8.. The cutting seems to really slow down for me on anything over 5/8... I've cut puzzle patterns in 3/4 on the Hawk but in doing them I find it ( for me ) slow.. I can pretty much do the same quality work on either saw... as well as the DeWalt.. BUT... find the Hawk more relaxed and enjoyable saw to use.. there are times when i'm in a hurry to get a clock out the door and i'll use one of the more aggressive cutting saws to get it done quicker.. Yes the EX can have the blade aggression adjusted to not be as aggressive or be more aggressive.. I've found that moving that motor does help in one way or the other depending on what you're looking to do.. I makes a little difference but not so much to write home about.. Hawk has the same sort of thing but easier to change but as I said.. there isn't a huge difference between the aggressive settings and the not so aggressive setting.. other than quality of cut..

Thats awesome JT.. While I like the project I did because it was different and unique to to what others did with the same pattern..I like the little ball clocks better... I don't really like the main pattern / part with the clock I made here.. The thing is... is the clock is ( In my opinion ) lost in the big shape.. I used that size for two reasons.. one being that was what the design called for and two, that was about the size the balls are in the pattern... But I felt like the clock is way to small in that design.. so if you make something with that pattern... change it up somehow to make the clock not be lost in the design.. It's a neat pattern and fun one to cut.. But.. I think it could be improved on quite a lot too.. I'm sure with you're talent and creative ideas you'll do something awesome with it..

My pool themed clock incorporates the pool table all the balls.. After I made and sold this.. we was at a restaurant and they put those big wood tooth picks in our sandwiches.. I thought about asking if i could buy a few of those ( unused ) to use them on the front and back of the table/ base as the cues.. never did ask though LOL..