Sawer

A vector drawing program like Inkscape is the way to go. My favorite fonts is Brush Script BT, it is thick enough to hold together and being a script each letter helps support it's neighbor. This fonts works good if you are doing a free standing text. I haven't done much were the fonts pieces are the cutout.

Here's a Hummingbird desk clock pattern

I hope to have a pattern posted before long, I made a few changes and made the sides a little higher. I what to make a cover that could be used and I thinking of using the sides for a wall clock also. Thanks all for your kind replies

I made this basket as a Christmas gift. It turned out being a good learning procedure. It is made from 1/4" oak and walnut.

I have some of Mikes blades and they work fine for the most part. I was trying to use the woodrunners up that I had found as they were the best that I have ever used until now. I will be getting some of Mikes ultra blades in the near future.

This is a first for me after 30 some years of scroll sawing. I'm using a DW788. The last 2 items I cut had a angle/taper as if I had the table tilted. I triple checked to see if the blade was square to the table and it was dead on each time. I changed the blade and ended up with the same issue. I now scratching my head, I checked to see if I could find something that was loose or broken, everything checked out ok.I did some check cutting on a piece of scrap with the same issue. I finally change to a different blade from a different manufacture, ah the light goes on, it appears the whole batch of the blades are bad. I had found some #3 blades from RBI the woodrunner ones. Up until this issue I thought they were the best blades I had used. I think I'll throw the rest out, I still have 4 dozen left. Just thought I'd pass this on. You are never to old to learn something new.

My thanks as well. As a new member I quickly became accustom to visiting several times a day. Thanks again, GOOD JOB.

Sorry for the problems with your host. I'd like to suggest staying away from Go Daddy.com we had major issues with them a year ago and it took a couple of months to get things fix after changing host. You may want to check Ipower, I,m using them for my websites for about 110.00 a year. I don't know what kind of bandwith you need but it would hurt to ask. If I can help let me know, I can get around in php somewhat.

Here's my version of a table indicator. I fits over the table pivot flange and the indicator pointer sits on the table.

You can see some of my work by clicking on my signature below. About 60% of the clocks are my own patterns. It's the patterns themselves that I've made the greatest mistakes. When I first started making patterns I did it with an old copy machine that I kept cutting and pasting with touch up with a pencil and eraser. I don't have any pictures of my first piece I made, cut it with a hand fret saw out of floor under layment so it was pretty rough. I then bought a 16" Delta 2 speed, that saw made me a lot of money. I had a couple of other cheap saws that didn't last very long then bought a 20" Hawk and then my 20" Dewalt which is about as nice as they come. I'll see if I can find the images of some of the fretwork that I've done, plus a few other things. Almost everything I done is custom work these days. Thanks all for the welcome

This maybe a little late but, if you tighten to much the blade will pull loose, most of the time you are one click too much. The other posts need to followed also.

I agree with all the above posts. The thing I found for myself is my right eye is dominant so I have to be sure my chair is moved to the left so my eye lines up with the blade better. This has work for a couple of people.

Great idea, love it. I use a small protractor to level my table but like the idea of have it attached to the saw. Going to set it up with your idea thanks

HI: I've been scroll sawing for about 30 years. I do a lot of custom desk clocks in most any theme. I found this site while looking for how to do fonts in Inkscape. As a Linux user it is some times had to find how too's for Linux apps, thanks for the work that has been done here. I also do wood turning, mainly pens but some other things also. I live in the Chicago area for the past 47 years.