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I am a die hard FD-UR user. I tried the Pegas Modified Geometric and found that they were very aggressive and had issues with tight turns. I am sure it is just getting used to. I also like the finish I get with the UR as I never have to sand the inside cuts. The Pegas was rougher. I get my FD from Mikes. Being in Canada you would think it would be cheaper to order from Bear Woods but the shipping is higher and I have to pay tax. Last time I ordered (gross) the cost from Mikes was $4 CDN per dozen including shipping and conversion. From Bear woods the cost is over $6.50 per dozen Needless to say the cheapy in me rules. I am a big believer that it is the bladed that you get used to is your best blade. At our club most guys use Olsen as one member buys in bulk and resells them.

I buy 1/8 BB in Ontario for 16.75 plus tax - 18.92 CDN. The size of the sheet is 60 inches by 60 inches. You would get 35 - 8 1/2 by 11's. About 55 cents. I only get 1 cut for transportation then $1 each cut so if I had them cut it down it would be way more than your $49. Being a cheap scape, I buy both 1/4 and 1/8 at the same time and they gang cut it and then I cut down to the size I need.

Thanks John. I will definitely have to have printed at the local printer and probably figure out the max cutting as my future niece comes from a big family. Thanks again for the great idea and if this gets done I will post a picture.

Great idea do you have any idea the size? My nephew is getting married soon and I think I will see if she want to something like this. Thanks

This is a Steve Good Pattern for a Woven Basket with a few changes. Firstly I enlarged to 6 inches in order to incorporate a 5 inch cocktail napkin. Used on 4 layers instead of 8. Top and bottom 1/4 walnut. Boss approved.

Steve Good has given us thousand of patterns but the thing I use most is his Key Chain maker. I have done a couple hundred keys chains as gifts. Quick and easy and very well appreciated as a lot of kids have never had a personalized gift. New scrollers may not know of this great program as it is way way down his blog. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/ I have just complete one for each of the lacrosse team with their name and number. I add ball chain as these go on their travel bag. One thing about this font is there are some special characters that are useful too. I did one for my wife with a heart at each end and the sports team I do with a star before number. The special characters are the chart below. ;-semi colon ; ,-comma-colon , .-period . /-slash / [-sq parenthesis [ ]-sq parenthesis {]

Here are is a PDF of my scrollable fonts and one of script fonts. Both created with nexusfont and printed to a PDF writer. script.pdf scrollable.pdf

I use a program called Nexusfont. You can select all fonts and copy to a backup folder. I then copy that folder to a thumb drive. Nexusfont will install if you want from that folder The folder also gets backed up on my Western Digital My Drive that I run on a weekly basis. Nexusfont is a really great free program. I have separate collections with my scrollable fonts, stencil, clipart and script font. This way when looking for a font it is easy to find. I open along side Inkscape and it is much easier to see what the word looks like that the text feature in Inkscape. Free at http://www.xiles.net/

Great fonts. Have added to my hoard. I think they are the same font different names. A fair amount of time must have been spent adding the bridges and for some reason the "n" is a little different. I am sure I will use.

I know it is $100 more but the Rigid Oscillating belt and drum sander is a fantastic addition to the shop. If you register it has a lifetime warranty. I had one for about 6 years and when I moved the movers tightened the top knob and it would not budge. I took it in for repair and 3 weeks later they sent me another. I switch between belt and drum all the time.

Steve Good had a great pattern for Music - Piano that I really liked for my Granddaughter as she is really into music. She does take piano lessons but singing is her thing. Wanted to personalize so I came up with the attached. It is not finished as I will let her decide the colours then either she or Gramma will paint. Got to love Steve.

This is March break in our area and we had our granddaughters today and we made tool boxes. The plan came from SSW issue 71 Dave Van Ess. with some modification. The girls are now tall enough to operate the on off foot petal and so can do all the scrolling. The decorations came from a bunch of scraps. They had a great time and my back is killing me. They are taking to Girl Guides to get the WW badge.

This a box that has been sitting as a PHD since last summer edition of Scroll Saw workshop (71). Pattern by Sue Mey. Inside to and bottom Flocked in brown This challenge gave me inspiration to finish.

I turn wig stands and we recommended Titebond III as it is waterproof. Titebond II is only weatherproof. Wig stands get wet when used for drying and I have never had a failure yet. (I have repaired a couple done by others and when I asked what king of glue was used and the answer is usually "I don't remember" my bet is regular wood glue). I know that some of the gorilla glue are waterproof too but it is harder to work with.

One more off the "Papa do list" Granddaughter has taken a passion to field lacrosse and asked for a ribbon holder for her birthday this week. She helped design it and picked the colors (Blue and Black are the team colors) I have done nearly every sport but being from Canada I do hockey the most. I just have 2 more hockey to do for a silent auction at the end of March. As things go I will probably have a request or 2 for lacrosse now.

Hello fellow canuck. I am from Brooklin Ontario. Just east of Toronto. If you are looking for anything let me in the area let me know.

I did the pattern attached . The cupid came from a Steve Good pattern and the rest came from a pattern posted here. cupid napkin holder.pdf

We are having a dinner next week for Valentines so I made one for the party. I must admit I have sinned. I had a friend with a laser cut me a bunch of the wheels for they would be perfect. The pattern and the rest I did my self. I found the napkins at the $ store. Takes 3 packs. I just love the ideas that come from the village.

A little but once dried I rubbed slightly with the phony steel wool(white). It was fairly smooth before as I ran over the mop sander but I can't see any raised grin inside the letters. I always use Ultra reverse especially with pine and it leave a quite smooth finish.

This is Keda Wood Dye. I bought a couple of kits real cheap when they first introduced it and it makes a lot as you mix with water. I just dunk the pine in and hold for a minute or so.

At the club this week I was asked if I could design a pattern that had LOVE on 2 sides that he incorporate into holder for a tea light. (He knew that 2 side would be weird). I took Steve Goods pattern that said "LOVE/WOOD". Copied the love to the wood side and put on a pattern from Steve for tea light holder. I was not sure what it would look like so a cut a demo and it turned out not too bad so I finished. 6 1/2 tall from some scrap pine 1 3/4 x 1 3/4

I use the small tubes from Lee Valley http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32173&cat=1,43326 I have both the 3/8 and 1/2. Both fit just fine.

I made 2 of these this weekend for a silent auction for my Grandson's AAA hockey team. I will be interested to what they go for. I have made lots of hockey but also other sports over the years. I just have a Lacrosse in the "Papa do list"

Every once and awhile I like to turn a few items in order to keep up my skill. A couple of weeks ago when I was giving a talk on enhancing your items with clay inserts. I only had one example of a turned item where I put a strip in the lip. There was a question about doing a pattern in the bottom of a bowl and then enhancing. I took up the challenge and came up with the attached bowl.

I cancelled my subscription too for the same reason. I have written to them and they supposedly are working on it. (for the last 3 years at least). I did buy the first 48 issues on DVD and that solves that problem. Hopefully they will do 12 more issue soon. I do buy each issue at Walmart and it is cheaper because of the postage to Canada. If the pattern is in the middle I go to Staples and copy the whole page.