jerry1939

We live about an hour & a half from there. Awesome place to visit. I didn't watch your video, but he buys just the "sticks", without the fire starter on. jerry

Thanks for the video Scott. I retired from scrolling last summer & gave the saw to a son in another State. Used WalMart shelf paper. My shaking hands had trouble starting to remove the backing paper. With backing paper up, I learned to hold down A TINY corner with one finger & fold the triangular corner up & back over flat. Took the metal tip of a ball point pen, pushed down hard & rubbed the heck out of it until it broke the bond and separated jerry

Two things that sometimes work: 1. Take a flat end punch the size of the screw head, & whack it with a hammer ("forcing it in further"), sometimes this helps break the bond. 2. If it's not a torx head, clamp the screwdriver shaft with a vice grip. Simultaneously hit the end of the screwdriver with a hammer & turn the screwdriver with the vice grip. This keeps you from slipping & rounding out the head of the screw. jerry

When I still sawed, I took the original and penciled the enlargement desired (i.e. 130% on the back) and took it to a nearby Copy Shop. That way, the Lady could lay the sheet on the copier & see what size to set it to copy at. Always snipped off a corner of the pattern to mark it as the original, in case it was used again at a later date, or resized to a different amount. jerry

Y'all R a guut righter. Thanks 4 the smile. jerry

I was happy with shelf liner paper and 3M 45 spray glue on the back of the pattern. Note that the wood needs a little sanding after the shelf liner is removed. There is a slight stickiness left over. jerry

I always used 1/8". Put a 1/8" luan "Sacrifice Board" for a backer. Luan is cheap at our Lowes. Put the top grain cross-wise to the bottom grain of your good piece. It will blow your mind at how much it supports tiny areas. Luan is cheap insurance. jerry

IF you intend to paint the wings, and if you are using 1/8" or 1/4", would sure seem easier to cut as 2 pieces and paint the wings before attaching. jerry

I used my Delta for years with no problems. Contrary to what a lot of you folks say about warranties, I unpacked mine, made sure it ran & took apart the brand new saw and greased it. Greased it again annually. Only thing I'd add about the switch is that the Delta (& most likely the 788) has a hole in both sides of the switch housing. Insert a zip tie in one side, up & over the "ON" part of the switch & you can thread it out the hole on the other side. Next, swing the tie towards you (holding the switch back) and tighten the zip tie. That locks the switch ON and sawdust isn't any longer a problem. That's why God created foot switches. jerry

Always good to hear from fellow senile members on this site. jerry

Easy way to test the switch would when it does run, plug & unplug the cord. jerry

Looks darn good Old Man.

What I learned was to get out of the habit of using 77 and buy 3M45. Could only find it at a hardware store. The last few cans of 77 were spitting out blotches of liquid. 45 didn't do that. jerry

Have you considered setting up a "Go Fund Me Page" on this site? Perhaps if everyone chipped in some pocket change, you could buy a new box. (Nice idea btw) jerry

IF you want a template, use a thin plexiglass in a stack. Easier to trace around. For making paper copies of a pattern, I always cut off a corner of the original. That way I didn't end up making copies of copies later. jerry

Surprised to see the negative comments about Lowes. We have one 15 minutes from us, in Coralville, Iowa. A joy to shop there. Friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people that ask if you need help. Delivery (& installation) on appliances is excellent. Never more than 2 or 3 people might be ahead of you at check out. 10% military discount on everything in the store, 365 days a year. Don't know if they still use their panel saw. Only negative was that the blade isn't quite 90 degrees to the wood. Probably intentional to try and get you to buy a table saw. If you are friendly & BS with the operator, they will probably give you 1 or 2 cuts at no charge. jerry

Re; Copy shops. We have a Mom & Pop copy shop nearby. I always had them enlarge & CHANGE THE LINES TO RED. Much easier on the eyes. IF the shops you folks go to "can't" convert to red, PM me & I can get contact info for the gal that did it in no time. Even the owner had to ask her how (I don't know either). jerry

Re: Assembling your piece. I've attached a picture of a wren bowl. (Made 6 of these). Made a jig to clamp the pieces, but you don't need to. When the sides were cut, masked the bottom & edges of each piece & sprayed clear from the bottom up, because that angle couldn't be reached later. Glue an extra pattern of the base onto a scrap. Cover it with wax paper. From the back/outside of each piece, put a piece of 2" masking tape vertically on one edge of each piece, half attached & half sticking out. Using canned goods that you stole from the kitchen, glue the 1st two together. Place a 1" tape on the inside of the joint. Squeeze the 2 tapes together to align the edges while pushing the two together. Let it set overnight. Rinse & repeat. ONLY GLUE HALF OF YOUR CIRCLE. Next do the other half separately. The 2 halves will not align, but using the same taping method, plus rubber bands to pull the halves together, you will get it to work. The next day. sand the bottom flat. Hope you can understand this. I sure as heck can't. jerry

Before I quit scrolling, I used 3M77 for years. Thought they later made the product worse later on. Switched to 3M45. Much better, but could only find it here at True Value. A month ago someone posted that he bought his at Ace Hardware & really liked it. jerry

Great to see you good lookin face back on this site old timer. Welcome. jerry

Never saw such a bunch of absent minded people in my life !!! (Gave our saw to a son in another state 2 months ago. Became a top feeder & never looked back. First saw would only bottom feed. Too often was inserting the blade into a tiny hole I had already cut). jerry

Dad was wounded in WWI. I'm the youngest of 3 sons. At different times, we were all volunteer Army. Oldest brother is deceased. He was wounded in Korea. Other brother & I served in peace time. I spent one year between the Artic Circle & the North Pole, at Camp Tuto Greenland (Google it). Army administration. After that stationed at Fifth Army Headquarters in Chicago working with classified documents. jerry

Thanks for clearing that up Friend.

Define "One of these Days" !!!!

My Brother & I, plus the 2 wives had an Agri-business Corp. in NE Iowa for most of my working years. When Dad was living, he also had a sawmill. People would bring logs & we sawed them. In his wisdom, he realized that if we worked darn hard all day & ended up with a lot of sawdust in our eyes, we were glad to quit for the day, & not go out and raise h____. Powered the mill with a John Deere 820, and also farmed with it. jerry