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Had a custom order for this clock.. but I need to personalize it.. I used to have this font on another computer I think.. for the life of me I cannot find it now that I have a order to do.. Any ideas on what this font is? Not a real big deal I guess I could use another type font for all of it.. Still would like to know..Sorry I don't have the best picture to show the actual font all that great.. Thanks for any help / tips Kevin

That is great to hear.. I imagine your business will grow over time to more than what you would probably like. I'd like to have more time to do some shows or farmers markets etc.. but just cannot ever commit to them.. maybe after the kids are more independent..

For color I had been using foam sheet backers.. sheets at the hobby / crafts stores are typically $1 a sheet.. I can cut with scissors.. I typically use this on portraits cut from 1/8 ply.. I also use it on wall plaques / signs but cut from thicker wood.. as the foam doesn't really add any stability to the piece like another piece of painted wood backer would.. Not a big fan of painting backers.. while they look nice.. I just don't like cluttering up my shelves with assorted colors of paints.. and there is always that one person that wants a oddball color that you don't have on hand and may never use again, LOL.. I've gotten to a point lately that I only use contrasting plywoods for backers.. But that said I really do like the look of some projects that are painted and have considered the whole painting plywood backers.. Would be cheaper for my projects as I can paint quite a lot of BB ply for the cost of a sheet of walnut ply like I have been doing..

All the 20" and 26" Hawks have the tension release lever at the front of the saw.. Unless you are getting a real awesome deal.. I'd stay away from the older ones with the round ( barrel ) lower blade clamp.. I bought one last October that was $100 and while not wore out but was definitely used more than I was lead to believe. Its a 1993 220VS.. While it's not a horrible saw to use.. it's just not a very aggressive cutting saw.. The newer Ultra and later saws have a two position lower clamp for forward backward motion of the blade and a faster running speed.. Since I got my Ultra a couple months ago my old 220VS and DeWalt have been collecting sawdust LOL..

Awesome if you really did buy that.. I think it was a pretty awesome deal.. Maybe you should get a spare.. This one is a little older than the BM series but probably not a bad deal as well.. This one is pick up only.. Too bad more sellers of some of these wouldn't consider shipping because I have seen many things that I'd buy in a heartbeat if they offered shipping.. Was a nice basically new EX-30 not long ago on either craigslist or eBay for $300.. poor owner died before he got to use it.. That is how I got my saws I'd have paid another $300 to have it shipped but seller didn't want to mess with it.. and I do understand the sellers side too.. trying to get rid of a loved ones things is a physically and mentally draining job to do.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hawk-G4-Precision-Scroll-Saw-Model-G-426/282540334691?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

I'd be curious if this has the adjustable lower arm for forward and back blade movement.. I am not sure that all the BM series have this option.. If so then I would definitely say it's a good deal.. I'd probably consider it but I already bought a brand new one for just a little less than this and it was just down the road.. mine was so new it wasn't even taken out of the box.. but it's the Ultra series not a BM series.. Kevin

Yeah probably depends on where you live.. but.. for me the total would be 560 and most older 26" saws bring 600 plus and they are old.. this is a newer model BM series..I think new with shipping from BM this saw runs about $1600..

I just thought this is probably a decent deal on this BM26 .. I don't know how long the BM series have been around.. certainly not all that long and the older 26" Hawks are bringing this kind of money.. I seen this the other night and am actually kind of surprised it's still there considering how they are somewhat in demand according to what Scott had said about his being back ordered.. Does have the short leg set though so it needs to be like a table top or bench to use I think? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hawk-26in-precision-scrollsaw-BM26-/192235996494?hash=item2cc228854e:g:IkIAAOSwOMdZWYmi

No spray glue used here.. I use full sheet shipping labels.. print my pattern out on them.. peel and stick.. They are pricey though if you get small quantities and or buy them local.. I get 1000 sheets at a time off eBay so I only have to order about 2 times a year.. Multi functional for me as my business is online so I do a lot of shipping anyway. Kevin

Little odd to get used to but.. how about taking the set screw from the opposite side and putting it in the stripped side and then use the better threads for the thumb screw.. You might have enough threads on the stripped side to have the set screw hold... The set screws have lock tite or thread lock stuff on them.. I'd be sure to use it especially on the stripped side.. Just a thought to get you back up and running until you can find a new clamp..

Actually I think it sounds more like something is loose.. When I did one of my rebuilds I thought I had everything tight.. but I think it was bound up on something and came unbound once I turned on the saw.. sounded about like that.. ended up checking the bolts on the front portion of the saw where the rocker arms connect to the rod that goes through the saw to the back.. some of those was just slightly loose after running it for just a couple minutes.. I think maybe the thrust washers may have been out of line with the sleeve or something.. anyway once I re tightened them it was good to go.. But then it's hard to tell whether the sound is coming from the front or the back on a computer..

I also got mine from Mikes wood shop about 8 years ago... so far has held up.. I really like it as it's key less, quick, and simple. I just leave it in the drill press and use it for most all my bits.. except the bigger bits that won't fit.. Not sure how big it goes up to.. Kevin

I understand the frustration.. however coming from someone that sells online crafts as one business and also sells retail of supplies for music equipment.. most business's loose money holding inventory that is sitting around taking up warehouse space collecting dust.. Products that sit around are money tied up in stock as well as warehouse space.. that space is better of for storage of products that move at a faster pace.. Most business's I know do not stock a slow moving product.. then the product becomes hard to find.. in stock anyway..

I had an issue like this only one time with a supplier.. I now stock x amount of everything I may need.. and.. I set a certain amount off to a different side that is what I call my back-up stock.. When my inventory gets down to nothing or close to nothing in my regular stock I reorder and use off of my back-up stock.. this wouldn't need to be done if suppliers did something like this.. and if I was just a hobbyist I probably wouldn't worry about it much BUT.. selling online as I do.. customers typically order a week or better after they actually need it.. can't tell you how many customers I get a week asking if my made to order item can be shipped out the same day... while my listing shows that it won't ship for up to 14 days, LOL That all said... The tables could be turned around and a customer could be mad at me because I have about 30-40% of the items I have on my web site are not in stock and are made to order..While I do my best to keep the more popular items in stock.. I also temporarily remove out of stock items from the site if I am backed up on orders ( mainly around the Christmas holidays ) because I can only produce and stock so many items.. I can tell you yes I do loose orders sometimes because the item isn't stocked and the customer wants it sooner than I can produce it.. I am only one person and most my customers understand that..

There is a narrative in the woodimal book I just bought and it says the guy retired and decided to get into woodworking.. bought tools etc and make a lot of crafts to sell at craft fairs etc.. said he didn't sell barely enough to cover the booth.. figured he'd made " the wrong stuff for the show.. then he started making free standing puzzles and sales started coming in, but wasn't satisfied with the product as it wasn't really unique and anyone could cut up a silhouette to make puzzles. One day at a show he seen someone wearing a necklace that was a name in puzzle pieces and thought if they work for a necklace then they could work for his puzzles.. and he began doing the woodimals. Said they was a big hit..

Where do you get these patterns from? I know of Dales puzzles and then there is a CD or books from Fox chapel.. I bought a book over the weekend that is called Woodimals by Jim Sweet. I've printed a couple of the puzzles.. but in the book it says to print some of them at 150% etc.. and doing so makes a pretty large puzzle.. that I have to use my 11 x 17 paper for.. then finding a board wide enough to cut them out on.. By the looks of your puzzles.. hard to tell in the picture but.. i'd say it looks like anywhere from 6 - 10 inch wide and maybe in that range tall.. depending on the puzzle.. as for the puzzle patterns in my book.. If I make more.. I don't think I will resize most of them.. some need to be a little larger but for the most part.. I don't see a need to make a 15" wide by 8-10 in tall.. other than the pieces might be smaller and a choking hazard for kids..

Guess I must be some weirdo then.. because I have a shop vac that I use every night at the end of the day ( if I work in my shop as I don't go vac if I haven't worked LOL ) to clean off my tools and the surrounding floors.. and about every 6-12 months I vac the whole shop.. including walls and ceiling.. Have been told that fine dust is also a extreme fire hazard if you just leave it laying around for years.. I even use the johnson wax to clean and wax my tools tables ( usually weekly ) and the whole tool and tool stands etc about every year.. as it helps keep the dust from sticking to it.. so even though many of my tools are 20 +years old.. they still look, and function like new..

Think this is the model I wanted to get when they was on clearance as they discontinued it.. Glad I didn't get it because I was at a antique engine swap meet and there was a older smaller Delta drill press I picked up for $2.. but was missing the chuck. Just so happen my friend had bought a box full of junk at a auction that had something in it he wanted.. but it also had the chuck that fit this drill press that he gave to me.. Been using this for 6-7 years now.. My next drill press will have two things different.. One is a crank to use to raise lower the table.. Can't tell you how many drill bits I have snapped off when trying to raise the table up and the thing goes hard and all of a sudden lets loose and makes me smash the table up into the bit and snap it in half.. Also.. I rarely have a bench top that isn't cluttered with junk from myself or my boy when he is working on stuff.. and I got tired of having to clean off a area on the workbench in order to have room for the drill press.. so I made up a stand for it.. but it now takes up more room in the shop than a regular floor model drill press.. so next time.. I will look for a floor model.. plus there have been times I wished it was taller to be able to drill something taller.. a floor model would do everything I'd need and more. and use up less space in my situation.. I think the one you are looking at is a decent drill press.. though to me.. seems a little pricey for a bench model IMO..while they sold new at around $300 I think..but clearance out price on them back when i was looking was right around $180.. Kevin

Well yes.. that is when I purchased the pattern set.. and I thought I had read that these patterns was royalty free but wasn't sure.. I bought back around 2010 I think and the set of 1800+ was around $40 - 60 I think.. maybe more but it was really cheap. While I may just send the pattern to her.. not interested in selling it though.. I also lost a lot of patterns in a computer crash.. and luckily I had backed up these patterns to a disc or I wouldn't have them either.. I now backup to a external drive as well as to disc and another computer LOL.. Kevin

They used to offer a free trial download WAY back in the day.. I tried it and at the time I liked it.. BUT.. that was when I was first starting to do my own patterns etc.. tools for it was quite limited back then.. Then I bought Corel draw.. mainly because way back when there was several designers getting out of woodworking and designing work and was hitting the road in a RV.. some gave me a lot of templates patterns where all I needed was to fill in the names for personalized type items.. they was done and saved in corel draw and wouldn't open in any other program... I never bought any updates for corel and now the old program won't run on windows 10.. I now use inkscape.. and actually find that it is easier to use than the others are.. but you mentioned portrait work.. and gimp is my go to for that.. I learned to do that from the videos posted on here by Travis.... not super great at it as I don't do patterns much so when i do I have to watch the videos again to refresh my mind.. LOL While I like custom work.. I really don't care for the designing parts.. rather pay someone to design for me so i can stay out in the shop doing what I really love... making sawdust.. LOL

Thanks for all the replies.. I've messaged the lady and mentioned the book from Fox Chapel and told her I wasn't certain if it was in the book or not.. Kevin

Way back several years ago maybe around 2010 I purchased a large set of patterns from the berry basket.. like 1800 patterns.. anyway... I have a person on etsy asking me for one of the patterns.. I figure it's not my pattern to sell / give away so it's a no from me.. however.. if I could steer the person to a web site or somewhere to get a copy of the pattern she wants.. Is the berry basket patterns still out there somewhere to purchase? This is a desk clock pattern of a dolphin.. see photo of one I made below. Person claims they have looked for years for the design but haven't be able to find anything.. thought maybe one of you all might know where to get it... besides me, LOL Thanks, Kevin

I always thought it'd be cool to do some of the patterns in metal instead of wood.. that said.. at the time I had thought of doing metal cutting I only had a Dewalt saw.. and in my opinion.. I would never cut anything other than wood with any saw that has the open needle style bearings.. such as the DeWalt and Ex type saws have.. it's bad enough getting wood dust in those bearings.. but metal seems like it would really prematurely wear out the saws bearings and sleeves.. I have to take my Dewalt apart 1-2 times a year just to clean out the bearings and re grease.. Kevin

I don't think a lot of people do them.. and probably many of them are for the same reason I don't do many of them.. First of all... if I am cutting something I am going to make money off of it or.. it is a gift for a friend or family member.. I don't cut stuff just to cut stuff.. and give away etc. In cutting puzzles get's a little more complicated when making to sell.. because the images you use need to be royalty free.. There was a big topic about using older calendars a few years ago.. Some say it's still copyrighted images and some argued something about fair use or something along those lines.. I wanted to get into making puzzles at one time just shortly before the whole thread on copyright started.. I went out and bought around 20-30 year old calendars on sale and was planning to use those images.. Then the topic came up.. not REALLY knowing I never pursued the puzzles.. Then a few years later I went out and bought a fancy expensive camera.. for the purpose of taking my own photos to use for the photograph for puzzles and for taking pictures of my work for my online store.. Well.. it just takes a lot of time to learn photography.. not to mention that the average printer photos will fade after a couple years.. so really to make a quality puzzle one probably should have prints made.. when considering all the factors into making a high quality puzzle I got discouraged.. I am not one to sell junk.. I take pride in my work and I do my best to put a quality product out there to sell.. You go to the handmade sites such as Etsy.. look at how many people are selling puzzles... Not too many shops there that are selling them.. especially when you compare it to fretwork.... same for other types of scroll saw work.. you don't see a lot of inlay, intarsia etc etc.. As for your question you asked.. I think you got a pretty good selection of info..for a really generalized question... someone mentioned using 1/4" BBply.. some have given info on ways to glue the photo to the board.. spray with clear for protecting the photo.. what saw blades should be used.. etc..any specific questions.. ask I am sure that someone would give an answer..

I am confused here.. while I have only done a handful of puzzles.. I don't understand why you would need to glue a 1/8 backing on a jigsaw puzzle.. Are you talking about a tray type puzzle?. On the puzzles I cut.. I used arleens tacky glue to glue the portrait onto the 1/4" BBply.. Used a roller to smooth it out and take out any air bubbles. Then after dried I sprayed the triple thick clear glaze over that.. I have done both free style cutting ( no pattern ) and I used a puzzle pattern from ( steve good I think). With freestyle cutting I drew 1" sized square graph on the back of the puzzle to help me keep puzzle piece sizes somewhat uniform. With the pattern I ended up taping a couple paper towels to the puzzle to protect the portrait and then taping a 1/8" BBply with the pattern on it.. This worked best for me.. however... freestyle cutting was much more pleasing to cut.. just had a hard time keeping the sizes uniform..