jerry1939

Great font & cutting. Your workplace is a mess. Both are signs of a true craftsman! jerry

Here is a link to the video mentioned above http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-got-mail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScrollsawWorkshop+%28Scrollsaw+Workshop%29 I use a quite a bit of 1/4" solid oak. Don't like Lowes boards & we don't have a Home Depot. Menards is "fair." Nearly impossible to find thin boards that aren't cupped. To solve that, I rip the board into strips, turn ever other one over and glue it back together. Here is a place that ships flat lumber, but some of theirs is of a quality that you would not pick up at a store. Therefore, I only guess at how much extra to order. http://www.ocoochhardwoods.com/ For baltic birch, I have always been happy with this supplier. For complex pieces, I order "good both sides." That way if one side isn't perfect you have the option of flipping it over. http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/default.htm Hope this helps Friend. jerry

A lot of people either LOVE or HATE spirals. Personally, I tolerate them. Based on the above pictures, you are an Amazing Kevin. I don't even dream about having 1% of your talent Friend. jerry

I don't have any desire to have something like this. MAYBE it would interest someone else on the site. https://www.etsy.com/listing/245368475/custom-branding-iron-bic-lighter?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_a-craft_supplies_and_tools-other&utm_custom1=aa982722-f611-4d8f-bca7-0197676560b7&gclid=CjwKEAjw3qu5BRC-0uCw8O6Y5zcSJAA_WtdLNDmq9QSWexuLIMIgoeKgGWpadHYlzMlpYPADbFePJBoCPdrw_wcB jerry

That's interesting Friend. I'm just getting ready to load a pattern. Here goes! jerry

Don, I would echo "kywoodmaster." For the amount of time spent on a piece, I consider it cheap insurance. When "your piece" is sandwiched between 2 others, there is no place for it to go. On less complex pieces, my "go to method" is blue painters tape on top & bottom. That also works quite well. jerry

1. Maybe the Nice People on this site could take up a collection and buy Dan a new blade. I hate to see a fellow scroller sadly sitting in front of a saw, with nothing to do, because of a broken blade. 2. Dan Buddy, Have you considered setting up a "GO FUND ME" page. There are a lot of good people in the world that help people through hard times. Remember Friend, "This too shall Pass." jerry

You do some great work Lady !! jerry

What I find awesome about this site & the people is the different directions people take in their niche. As an example, I don't have a desire to sell any of my pieces. They are given as gifts to Family, Friends, a Church group that Visits the Grieving, Depressed, Lonely to give them something to briefly take their minds off of their troubles. Recently I took the pictured item to a Retirement Center. I asked the Activity Director earlier who to give it to. We ended up having a lovely visit with a 100 year old Lady whose mind is still better than mine ever was. The "Jesus" font was Los Banditos. She kept running her arthritic fingers over the letters in admiration. Her deceased husband was a Baptist Minister. She told us that she enjoys writing & sending cards. She asked for our names & address, so I will probably have a new 100 year old pen pal. Darn hard to put a value or price on all that. PLEASE don't get the impression that I'M telling any of you great people how to do things!!! I find it wonderful that each person here goes their own direction. That's how it should be. jerry

I've never had a need to try what you want to do. Would it work to put the blade in backwards and run the saw at top speed, in an attempt to get it to burn??? This would only be an experiment. Wish I could be of more help Friend. jerry

AWESOME, FRIEND! Instead of driving with a cell phone in your ear, you would certainly look good heading down the highway holding this to the side of your head! jerry

MrsN, Now what did I do to offend you?? jerry

At first, I made the inner cuts of the fret piece. Next I glued it to the backer. Cut the perimeter for a perfect match. Masking tape on the "front" (the fret piece), laid it face down and sprayed the back and lightly sprayed down at about 45 degrees for the edges. Would often have some paint seep into the end grain and show on the front. Not enough to be a big deal, but it bugged me. Now I do the entire fret piece and make the backer slightly bigger. Very simple & easy. Buy the tiniest washer in the store. Clamp the finished fret piece to the backer. Put the washer tight against the cut piece, insert a pencil in the washer and trace around. If the cut piece is symmetrical, mark the front of the backer, because you have slight flaws in the cut piece. Paint the backer and eyeball the edge as you position for gluing. jerry

On this clock there were places where I put square "dowels" in some of the corners. That greatly added to the area to apply the glue to. Also, for extra insurance, I put screw eyes on the bottom of the roof(s) and the tops of the base. Ran wires from top to bottom and screwed in the screw eyes further, to tighten the wires. Hope this gives you ideas Friend, jerry

When I was a kid, my Dad (R.I.P.) had a sawmill as a sideline. The local nursery took most of it to put around their trees. jerry

I like the way you think Friend. They look great. jerry

My 2 cents worth would be; IF you have even the slightest inkling that something could be construed as a violation, RUN AWAY FROM IT! With all the patterns at our fingertips, either for sale or free, I wouldn't cut it. We also have a good supply of pattern makers that seem to jump right on a request for something to be designed. I'm off of my soapbox now. jerry

Wow!! Double Wow!! jerry

I have a bench mount, but only use it for the light. Not happy with trying to position the lens. Had a Bausch & Lomb visor that was great, but eventually the lens clouded up. Bought a cheap $17 visor from one of the scroll catalogs. The focal length is shorter, so my nose is closer to the work. Also, the head size adjustment isn't going to last long. I wouldn't consider sawing without a visor. 1. Get one with no less than a 12" focal length. 2. Don't waste your money on a cheap one. 3. IF indeed you are a "crabby old fart", I'm afraid I can't help you with that !!!!! jerry

Kevin, I wish you would taken me along to look at the saw Buddy. I would have acted like money was no object, and run it up to $126 !! jerry

Sure looks like perfection to me !!!!!!!!!!!! jerry

Hi Jim, WELCOME !!! If by chance you build your own stand, I am tickled with the one I made. Might give you some ideas. jerry http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/15942-my-new-command-control-center/?hl=command

Kevin, I rarely do intersecting word art, but when I do, I put a sacrifice board on both the top and bottom. I consider it cheap insurance. Also, this was brought before. I never stack cut anything, so the top & bottom pieces are thrown away. I have this thing about never making 2 things alike. Just another of my weird eccentricities. jerry

Russ, GOOD EYE!! I would never have noticed it. I'm blind on one eye and can't see anything out of the other. jerry

I use the throw away foam paint brushes from WalMart. When you first have any amount of glue on the foam, apply it to a (wider)(thicker) area. As it starts to "run low", dab the tiny areas. jerry