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  1. Hudson River Rick
    Nice coasters---GREAT inlay work. Anyone would be happy to own those.
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    Real nice job on your wifes gift. Will outlast roses for sure. Steve is so generous.
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    Dave, they will be SINGING your praises at the Jazz Festival for sure. Nice job once again.
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    Don, THANK YOU for the pattern. You did a real nice job on the one you cut.
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    I really like what you did with the pattern, that bowl will undoubtedly POP when you hit it with the Watco. Not a fan of the desert, but you look mighty comfortable.
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    Great job! Your sweetie is going to LOVE it.
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    Thanks for looking everybody, and thanks for the nice comments. Rick
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    Hi Dave, I guess you heard it all so far, but let me add this. You should keep the box because you are the real superman on this project. Outstanding craftsmanship.
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    I finished this name train today and it will be delivered tomorrow. The wood is red oak and it was from a tree that fell down in a neighbors yard about 4 years ago, someone slabbed it and it was in pretty bad shape. I ran it throught my drum sander to flatten one side then went to the planer to thickness it to just under 3/4 inch. I applied 2 coats of Watco oil and then our friend Rattle Can Lacquer. Benji's birthday was put on the caboose using vinyl letters, the finished piece is about 40 inches long. We hope the next baby our friends have will be named something like Al or Tom. This is a variation of one of Steve Good's patterns---Thank you Steve.
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    REALYYYYYYY nice Don.
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    Thank you for the advice Kevin. I'll try that when I get to cut the Corvette.
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    Sorry Rocky, I am going to call in the big guns to either get this computer to cooperate or take it out behind the chicken coup and shoot it. I hope I can solve this soon !970 Yenko Nova
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    Hey Jim, this one's for you. Once again, thank you for your help. I changed the bottom, I thought the wrench looked kool under the car. I cut the image from a nice piece of Cherry, 2 coats of Watco Oil and rattle can laquer. The lettering is vinyl, and he was very happy with it. Hope this works, I have never post a picture before. I am slave to my computer. !970 Yenko Nova
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    Thanks Ray. At least one of us can make the computer know who is boss.
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    Very happy everyone who has interacted with this company has had the same great service as I did. I would really like to link this thread to them, but I jsut can't get this computer to know who is the boss. Thanks for all the nice replies.
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    I posted this on another site, thought all would like to know that there are business people out ready to serve us. I just wanted everyone to know about my recent purchase from QTE North America. I ordered the new Pagas Head Clamp Set for my ailing EX-21 on 1/19 and was excited to receive them in about a week. When I opened the box, my excitement waned because I noticed that I was sent the wrong set of clamps and my saw is pretty much out of service. I called QTE this morning (FRI.), and received the best customer service I have ever experienced. I spoke with Richard Boehl and he immediately knew what my problem was and couldn't apologize enough. Rich quickly looked up my order and promised to ship out the correct set quickly, well in less then an hour, I got an e-mail that said my clamp set was on the way to the east coast via express mail, and I should expect them in a few days.I would highly recommend that anyone who needs or wants Pegas parts, to purchase from QTENorth America, INC. www.Qtena.com Rick
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    Paul, I was in the picture framing business for about 20 years and loved every minute of it. As you mentioned, LOGAN is a good name for products for the home framer and the mat cutter that Scott has will serve you well for many years. The big trick, just as in scrolling, is to use only the best sharp blades you can find. Depending on the thickness of the mat board you are going to cut, you should have a few differnt thickness blades available. I own a Fletcher-Terry professional mat cutter, but that is only because I purchased it for my business and used it successfully before leasing my computerized mat cutter. I also use the Fletcher -Terry Point driver for securing the framing package into the frame, both of the tools i mentioned are very expensive and in my opinion more that the home framer would need. I kept both of the tools because I continue to frame professionaly at home. Good luck with your venture, I'm sure you will enjoy the sense of instant gratification when you look at the finish product. Best of luck in the new year.
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    I had CT surgery performed on my left hand about 30 years ago. I another life, I owned a custom picture framing business and every day I used to cut mat boards on a manual cutter, I got to the point where I couldn't hold a pencil. I went to a hand specialist to do the surgery, and he told me thatI should stay away from repetative cutting strokes for 3 months, but since there was no one else to run the shop, it was a NO CAN DO situation. I started cutting mats again after about 4 days and the surgery only lasted for about a year...not the doctors fault, it was my fault. After that episode, I invested in a computerized mat cutter and that worked out well. Bottom line, try to do what the doctor advises. Hope your recovery is complete.
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    Thank you to all who took their time to contribute to this worthy cause, and Thank You Travis for putting this effort together. My wife, Ann Marie volunteers at an organization that send meals to families that are affected by cancer. I just finished cutting and oiling 75 ornaments to include in the deliveries sometime in December. Even though I don't agree with this politcally correct nonsense, I tried very hard not to OFFEND anyone by not concentrating soley on my Christian beliefs. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all or the best of the season to those who prefer.
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    Retired Scroller, sorry I couldn't find your name on the post. You did an excellent job on that beautiful box, if it's gift, get ready for a zillion THANK YOU'S. Thanks for sharing.
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    I just finished a piece made from Sapele for my wife, she sews fabric pinwheels that we bring to local nursing homes. Sapele is a very nice wood to work with, and I think it is the Mahogany family. I will try to post a picture. I hope it works. Ornament stand
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    CharleyL, thank you for the information but I don't need help with scrolling, I am attempting to learn Inkscape. Dave, thank you for your help. I imported the image just as you said, but I didn't have any luck with it. I couldn't spend a lot of time on it this morning because I had an appointment, but I will try again later.
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    Well here goes, another Inkscape question. Does an image have to be a PDF to be able to work on it in Inkscape? My niece asked me to cut a piece for her daughter who is a swimmer in high school sports. She sent me the image, but it needs some work to be useful for me. I got as far as importing it into Inkscape, but couldn't get the program to outline the image, I looked in the university section but honestly did not read the complete package. I am going to attempt to attach the file here so you can see what I'm trying to do, if someone knows the wat a complete computer idiot can do this I would appreciate the help. Thank you in advance. Girl swimerclipart.pdf
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    Thank you for the design suggestions. I think I may try Russell's idea, it looks like it may work well.
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    Hi to all. I'm cutting a puzzle from a calendar picture for a very good friend. They have a place down on the Jersey shore that we are invited to every year and we are as generous as they allow us to be when we are there. This Christmas I would like to give them a puzzle of the beach picture I found and I am trying to incorporatethe letters LBI, for LONG BEACH ISLAND, somewhere in the puzzle. Obviously, the L and the I are not a problem, I can't come up with a good way to cut the B. The letters don't have to be next to each other, I would prefer to scatter them across the image. I can't seem to find the correct font that will allow me to cut the letter B. Thanks for any help.
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