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I use the full sheet labels.. Buy mine from a seller on eBay 1000 at a time.. they do sell them smaller quantities too but the larger amount the better the deal.. since I sell online and actually use shipping labels for that it's kind of a win win to have them on hand anyway. That said.. the supplier I first started out getting them from.. well those labels barely stuck to the boxes etc.. stuck great to a taped up board or on the shelf liner but not so much on bare wood.. and I always was taping over the label on my packages because they'd start lifting up on their own.. Now I get them from another seller.. and.. they stick so well I barely can get them off my fingers and you better make sure they are stuck where you want it because they don't come back off once they touch something... almost including my fingers I haven't had any luck using them stuck to bare wood.. depending on the label.. they either lift off during cutting.. or you can't get them off.. so... I still use the shelf liner / tape or whatever to cover the wood first.. I'm pretty much betting that the suppliers on eBay are getting seconds or something as cheap as they sell.. I been getting 1000 sheets about every year and the most I've paid is about $50.. I think they've bumped the price up since my last purchase and I'm going to need to get some again soon.. Not sure how a different brands etc would do.. as for peeling back off bare wood.. I like them just because there is no mess of spray glue going all over the surrounding area.. and I feel it's less time just peeling and sticking rather than flip over on a scrap piece of cardboard and spraying that nasty glue all over.. Not to mention... no clogged nozzles to deal with either..

Don’t always rely on it being okay because you bought a pattern from a designer. I’ve been nailed twice on patterns I bought from well known designers.

Okay.. so I guess I'm not quite understanding your question.. You don't need to remove any bearings to change the blade chuck.. Now.. you might need to move the bearing sleeves.. Once you remove the nuts on the hex head screws.. and slide out the screws.. you should be able to push the sleeve out if I remember correctly.. I did have one of them on mine that was sort of jammed or stuck but wiggling the clamp around helped as I used a small screw driver to sort of push on the sleeve.. Hope I made some sort of sense LOL

Well, I check my email until you mentioned it... I had not seen it yet..but would have eventually.. as I am signed up on the email list.. Thanks for the heads up though.. defiantly going to cut that one.. I have another batch of "New" clocks I'm working on so I'll add it to my list.. cut 4 new ones last night..

For the most part.. I'd consider all images copyright protected unless otherwise stated on the pictures and or.. posted on a royalty free site... so basically yes you'd have legal issues.. not to mention that most likely the puzzles you seen are infringed upon because they are movie / show characters.. especially Disney and professional sports things... are largely illegal.. I'll also say that probably about 90% of anything you see on Pinterest is copyright or trademarked infringed.. Probably nothing wrong with making them for yourself.. just don't try selling them.. and personally I wouldn't post any photos of the pattern or the finished work made from something with copy written images etc..

Glad you was able to get back to a home.. I'm actually surprised you don't have at least half you shingles gone with the wind they say these storms have.. The loss of 75 puzzles stinks but in the whole scheme of things.. it's very minor of what could have been.. so you can count your blessings on that one.. Yeah you'll be able to write them off on your taxes.. maybe on your business insurance? Mine covers my inventory and equipment etc.. as well besides the liability stuff that I got it for originally, LOL Anyway.. glad you came out as good as you did.. and hope you'll have things running back to normal very soon..

I don't think there is any jail time for cross posting so I say go for it.. .. I think Steve is a pretty busy man and put the forum up for others.. Seems like at one time he was going to shut it down but then someone offered to help run it? I rarely go there and actually had forgot about it.. mainly because I kept having trouble logging in back in the day when he had some issues.. and they lasted for a couple months.. use to be quite regular there.. Guess I should hop over there one day and see if I can get back on it.. The cross posting thing I dislike most is on Facebook.. I belong to a lot of the groups... and apparently so does a few others.. and when they post their projects on 3-6 of the different groups.. then my news feed is full of the same posting and I end up having to scroll for 15 minutes of the same postings just to get to something different.. especially if that person post two or three postings on all of those groups.. and then when 3-5 other people also do the same thing... That one just really annoys me.. so I dropped a lot of the Facebook stuff simply for that reason..

Thank you! Yeah well these are really quite simple ones to make.. and with a little bit of seat time at your saw you'll be able to comfortably do this much work in a day..How you have your shop set up will also play a huge roll in what you can do in a days worth of work..

I have not ordered these yet.. I also have never used the 2" inserts before ( that I remember anyway ) I belong to several large lawn and garden tractor clubs (ie John Deere Simplicity, Wheel Horse etc) I made myself a wheel horse logo pattern and made a clock.. I liked it very much and posted an image on the club website.. not for sale.. but at any rate.. I ended up getting permission from Toro Wheel Horse to use the logo.. I sold about 50 clocks within just a few hours once I did put some up for sale.. Anyway my story is.. The cheapest clocks I could find at the time (2007) was plastic with the plastic back cover... I used them in all those clocks.. I have several here that I still have in use.. Never had a complaint.. and mine still work great.. I believe the 2" clocks still use the same motor so I really don't have any worries about it being plastic. Maybe the motors have changed but like I said.. I've never had any issues with them.. I have since upgraded to metal cased clocks and I buy factory direct now with Japanese made moters etc.. I can order the 2" ones with Metal cases etc.. just as I do the smaller ones.. I just don't use the 2" that much.. but I may change to those once I see in person how the 2" compares to the smaller ones.. I'm getting quite low on the small inserts and will be ordering again in the next month or so.. I may order both small and the 2" ones... At one time.. I had a lot of issues with the larger 3" + sized clocks.. and at that time.. I went to all suppliers I could find online.. order small quantity samples of various sizes and styles that I used at the time.. Found that they all are pretty much made in China and probably the same factory.. There are two different motors that I am aware of.. the Japanese and Chinese for the smaller inserts.. I do buy the USA movements for the wall clocks with hands etc ( not inserts ).. I'm going to order some from sloans soon and I'll take some pictures of what I get to show you.. But I'm doubting I'll order any more than just a few from them.. If I like the size etc.. I'll be placing a large order factory direst with metal cases.. I do like the metal cases better.. but never an issue in the past with the plastic ones either..

Very Nicely Done!

Nice work as always... Looks like Keith Fenton patterns?

Thank you!

Thank you JT, I also do my clocks in group batches as so i'm not changing set ups all the time.. I haven't ordered the 2" clocks yet.. and will probably not order them from the factory since I need to buy large quantities to do that.. and I just don't use that many 2" clocks.. I've done a little shopping online and found that I will probably be buying mine from Sloans.. My normal factory direct supplier has better ones with metal cases and the Japanese movements in them.. but I really don't need 250 + clocks in the 2" size.. I've never used a 2" clock before until I did these clocks.. most are the 1-7/16".. Might have to change up my designs though as I do think the 2" would be easier on the eyes to see.. at least for my old eyes they are, LOL Look forward to seeing your clocks.. you always do top notch work..

The saws made in Sommerville was made for about 20 years.. starting in around 1982-3 ish.. so it's a old one.. I was thinking the real early ones was belt drive? and the speed changing was done by changing the belt to different pulleys.. But this one shows a Variable dial on it.. I actually would prefer the belt drive over direct drive.. due to the fact that you could throw a lot of different motors on it if a motor went out.. This looks to not be direct drive.. so I would think a electric motor shop could get one going should you have electrical control problems with it..

Like I said in my reply... It's not a "BAD" deal.. but you could do better IF you wanted to wait it out.. If I was using a old pinned end blade saw and this came up.. I'd probably go take a look at it.. Keep in mind it's a old saw and may have a lot of miles on it... keepin mind that you may need to do some work on it.. Keep in mind that some parts are not available for it.. ( mostly electronics and the arms of the saw are obsolete ) but I think the main wear and tare parts are still available s I think they are still using the same parts on today's saws... but with that all said.. I'd probably at least look at it if it's real close to you.. and make a test cut on it.. Maybe make an offer... OR.. wait it out a week or two.. then make an offer.. most people that sell stuff like this online will price a little high for the haggler type buyers to make their deals.. I'd go look take note of anything worn.. tell them well this & that is worn some and parts are no longer made for these older saws.. He put in his add that they are expensive saws.. but maybe he doesn't know how old it is.. and that parts are NLA.. Explain that to him.. and say the best offer you'd do is $100 - 125.. .. If it's in real nice shape.. maybe offer a little more.. pristine saw.. maybe don't need to haggle the price... Things to look for.. I'm not real sure really on these old saws.. the obvious is to look at table wear to see how much it has been used.. make sure the saw holds good tension on the blade.. run the saw through the speed ranges to see that it functions as it should.. take note of wear on the little tension release lever at the front of the saw.. vibration and noise of coarse.. look for blade wobble while running etc..

I'd pass.. Parts are very limited on those old ones.. There was someone on here that had one of those last year or two and something broke on it.. they ended up having to buy a new saw... Then again... those old saws was built very well.. so.. I guess it's a toss up.. I personally would wait for a newer one.. unless you're in need of a saw very soon.. other wise good deals .. better than that come on time to time.. just have to be patient and have cash when they come.. I bought my EX-21 last fall for 350 and it was still sealed in the box.. My Hawk 226 ultra came brand new in the box for $400.. so like I said... deals come around.. and I think one could do better than that.. unless you just can't wait it out.. I'd let it go.. if you must get it.. shoot them an offer.. Scroll saws are funny sellers.. I've sold my share of them.. and.. unless the person really knows scroll saws... ie many people will look at an old saw and think $200 for that? new at harbor freight they only cost about $100.. but they don't know that the used machine is built to last.. etc.. Believe this is why you see many higher end saws with a larger price tag sit online for a while.. unless they are super cheap deals.. there seems to be a scroll sawer in every town that knows what is what.. but he isn't buying unless its an awesome deal.. like me LOL

Looks like foam board to me... like the thin sheets of insulation. .. doesn't look like it'd be anything I'd use myself.. interesting to learn more about it.. hope someone has some knowledge about it that can share

Thank you! Yes they was designed by Birchbark.. I hope he will be happy to see them put to use, he did an awesome job on them.... I'd like to see more clock type patterns being made.. always looking for new clock designs..

Thank you! I found that in order to sell clocks.. well anything really.. you have to have quite a variety to display.. gotta have one themed for everyone, LOL.. everybody knows somebody that just needs a desk clock of something they are passionate about... whether it's career, sports, or just something they enjoy... Honestly don't think they'd do real well at in person events.. The issue with clocks is. most scroll saw people don't really want to spend the money on the inserts and then not be able to sell them.. They do sell in your area.. well maybe not "your area".. but in your country they do because I've sold about 23 of them to Australia so far this year.. most were car themed and most were the 57 Chevy clock... they must be a hot car over there, LOL..

Thank you! The patterns are by BirchBark and are in the pattern request section..

Hoping you have very little damage if any.. I just cannot imagine what this is like for those that was effected by such a storm..

Those are beautiful.. very nice designs and work is top notch..

I like it.. very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Since I found some new clock patterns last week and had a order for a clock I made about 12 clocks this morning. Only photos of the new ones posted though and these aren’t quite finished yet as I don’t have these sanded and mounted to the bases yet. I need to order some inserts as I don’t have any 2” inserts left. So another reason they aren’t finished. Thought I’d show them anyway so I won’t forget to when I get them finished up. Probably finish on them after my afternoon break lol. All cut from 5/8 Cherry.

I have had a set of those for a long time... well.. not exactly the "blue tooth" ones.. I had bought a set back about 12 years ago when I started up a lawn care business.. ( one of those things I thought I'd like to do but once I started the business.. I didn't like so much after all )... anyway fast forward.. they stopped working about 2 years ago.. thinking it was because my kids left them outside all winter in the cold shed.. so they got me a new pair that is blue tooth.. while I've never used the blue tooth part of it.. I just listen the the radio.. so i can hear whats happening in the world and my favorite songs play some more favorite that others but ... That all said.. I rarely use them in the shop unless I'm running the loud stuff like my planner etc.. otherwise I just have the radio on in the shop... but anyway... they are awsome to listen to while mowing the grass.. I have a large yard.. so mowing is about a 3 hour job.. music makes it go by much faster, LOL.. Oh in case anyone here in the USA is interested.. my wife bought the at Walmart.. believe they was about $40-50..