jerry1939

I have made 5 Forest Wren bowls a few years ago. Kept the 1st one & gave away the rest. One recipient told me the glue was separating on hers, so we traded our good one & will repair her old one when our unheated Iowa garage warms up. The sides are intact, as is the base, but they separated. I was able to easily cut the remaining glue holding the 2 together. The base has a horrendous bend in it. When turned up side down, it's like a rocking horse. For construction, I took each individual side piece, masked the bottom for later gluing & sprayed clear on what was later to be inside. Also masked the top edge of the base (as pictured) and applied clear. Used Elmer's to glue the side ring to the base & finished applying clear. Checked with the other people and theirs are fine. This Lady said that there is very early sun shining on hers. I forgot to ask what the humidity is in her home. In Iowa, we had A LOT of polar vortex weather. She has hot water heat & we have forced air. We live about 10 miles apart. Thoughts ???? jerry

Gordie, I can agree on your word BORDERLINE, the rest; Nope!

I've posted this before & some people were delighted to learn it. My personal favorite is Elmer's School Glue. Lay down a sheet of wax paper. Apply rows of glue & trowel it evenly with a credit card. Drop your piece onto the glue, pick it up, rotate it slightly & drop it the second time. The glue is now applied evenly and you rarely have a hint of squeeze out. Elmer's dries clear. jerry

Here is an idea for sign. You would probably want to tweak the wording. jerry

For those of you on Facebook, here is her page. https://www.facebook.com/fionakingdondesign It states, "I never worked from a pattern per se...……."

I am a firm believer of it for delicate pieces. Lay down a sheet of luan. Put your BB on with the bottom grain in the opposite direction. If you are stacking more BB, keep alternating the grain. Do the same for the top luan. You are creating one thick piece of plywood. jerry

I use 1/8" luan from Lowes & like it. Good quality. Use it for backer boards & "sacrifice boards" for very delicate pieces. I consider it cheap insurance. jerry

1/4 x 20 is probably what you used to repair your glasses when they lost a screw & you had to bore it out. jerry

Some time ago, the question was asked what screw thread fits the Delta/788 blade clamp. Loctite was not holding one of the screws on the left side of one my Delta clamps. I put in a longer screw and a lock nut on the outside. Bought the longest screw that was available and it only stuck out enough for half the thickness of the nut to go on, but it has served the purpose. Today it finally warmed up enough in our Iowa garage for this old geezer to venture out & check. The size is: M6 x 12 1 pitch jerry

THANK YOU for my copy Friend' jerry

There you go, thinking again. You raise a good point. Thanks. jerry

I often use Scotch Tape also. Keep a roll mounted by the saw. After taping, OSHA would hang me if they saw how close to the blade I put a finger to hold the taped piece down. Could use a craft stick, but I like living on the edge. jerry

If I only want one of a delicate pattern, I always stack above a piece of inexpensive luan sacrifice board. Normally use 1/8" BB & FDUR #3 or 5. Start with delicate parts first, as mentioned above. jerry

I have an unheated garage and make patterns in the winter. Grease my Delta the last thing in the fall. What I do is take clamps & mount 1 X 4s around the edge of the workbench. Won't tell you why I needed to learn this. However, it takes as much time to search for piece as it did to lube the saw. jerry

The site won't let me copy & paste. To see how I set degrees, click on my picture. In the search bar, enter "Protractor". A few lines down you will see the subject "Protractor for you". Click the pdf file. jerry

Depending on the thickness of the gap between the base & trunnion, could you cut plastic strip(s) for shims to fill the gap? The "Zero degree" trunnion hole is off on mine. I put washers on one side of the trunnion/table to cure that. Use a home made protractor that I posted on this site few years ago. Will see if I can find it. jerry

I used Microsoft Word for the words; From the Workshop of Jerry Herold Put a border around it. Glue it on.

Here is the first scroll saw project I did. Not showing is the pedestal that it is mounted on. 6 1/2 feet total height. 7 months from start to finish, but because of an eye problem, I can only cut for about 3 hours per day. No matter how complex a pattern you choose, you just cut one piece at a time, same as you have been doing in the past. jerry

I don't know why they let you on this site. (But I sure as heck admire your sense of humor Friend).

I have no interest in this, but does anyone want to make this into a pattern & cut it? jerry

I normally cut to the corner, back up a little and widen the kerf slightly (it doesn't take much) & now there is a wide cut to rotate the blade. Do it so automatically that I'm often not even aware of it. jerry

I only top feed. 1. When putting in a blade, clamp the top, lower the arm and make sure that the bottom of the blade is at (or VERY near) where you want it on the bottom clamp. 2. Lay your wood behind the table hole, raise the arm enough to be even with the top of the wood. Depending on the thickness of the wood, note how far the bottom of the blade is in front of the hole (closest to you). Now you will have a "feel" for when the blade is inserted through the wood, but hits the table, how far back to slide the wood. You will surprise yourself how quickly this come automatically to you. jerry

I have a Delta 40-694. Pleased with it, however, our Iowa garage isn't heated, so every fall I grease all the bearings and let it hibernate over winter. As for the "lack of parts", with the probable exception of the motor, it looks like 788 & Delta parts are the same. Would bet that if you ever needed parts for a Delta, you just buy for a Dewalt, jerry

Do you hire a maid to come every 15 minutes to clean up the place? Your shop is so clean that you should be barred from this site. jerry

Hi Marg. Was your sanity teetering on the edge?