Bendita

We'll never see or hear from Dick again He'll strike it rich and move to California Beverly Hills that is Well you all know the story. Great idea Dick go for it I wish you well so I'won't have to sleep on the floor when I come to visit.

Thanks folks I gave it away to another artist who is going to use it in one of his pieces, To me the enjoyment is in the cutting so I've got what I want and I'm about 1/2 way to re building it so no biggy.

Steve Scrolling is much like fishing to me, you don't always catch something

I did read your Post Dick, thats what spurred me on to post my boo boo, but yes our hobby is scroll sawing, and that was accomplished the end result was just postponed thats all.

I spend 3 days cutting this and a bunch more when I found I had mixed up the print size so all this was to big (sniff) Oh well started all over it will be a week or so before you'll see this one.

I just spend 3 days cutting and found out it was the wrong size to fit with the rest of the pattern Oh well just put it in the designer kindling bin and re cut it . Never re- cut it while your still steaming, cool down and take a break. But you have to get back on that horse eventually but not right away. Good luck with your project.

Hey everybody I'm not totally out of blades just spirals I still have some flat blades left thats what I'm using now Once they are gone i'm not going to be a happy camper and will more then likely book a trip north to get me some, just hope it won't come to that. Thank you everybody for your help and comments.

No room for both of us in Heppner Dick you'd have to move

You buy my house I would give you March 1st for possession date Larry

Thanks but I'll be going to Canada myself this summer and I'll be sure to load up before I come back

Do pinned blade come in smaller sizes then an 8 or so cause not here Tried that Dan but there is no way this gringo is going to convince him otherwise I had names and addresses and pictures and everything on my ipod but he just wasn't interested.

Its not that easy Dan There are so few people that even know what a scroll saw is, there is the odd one that has a cheap saw that takes pin type Blades they cut things into wood the find like pallets or other scrap material the may find. But nobody that I have found here is into fret sawing. The people here don't spend money on good tools they make most of their tools Like a bend piece of rebar makes a hacksaw etc its unbelieveable at times, I've watched them work with some of those tools or should I say struggle as there is absolutely no way you can produce a decent job with that junk so I usually end up giving them the right tools which then end up on the dash of their truck to never be used only to show off to their co-workers. So to make a long story short I don't think there would be a market in Scrollsaw blades yet maybe a few years down the road as the economy here is picking up and they finally developed a middle class that spends a bit of money but not yet. That manager was right from a business perspective, they only use pin type so why stock pinless?

Yes Dick we have ups here but Mike will only ship via first class mail and yes Steve I'm still waiting for that Order from Mike back in December. Dick thank you for the offer but as I said before they never get here by mail I'm still waiting for stuff mailed to me 4 years ago. It just doesn't get here. Courier is the only way and then I would have to order large quantities to make it worthwhile as couriers tend to be expensive.

Not Always Kevin as I ended up with nothing.

I spend part of my day searching for more blades all I've been able to find besides pinned blades are Dremmel #7 blades pretty coarse for what I do, now these people are the DeWalt dealer ship as well as the dremmel. So I finally found the manager and asked him if thats all the blades he had and his reply was yes dremmel quit making blades so we can't get anymore. I had the name and number for a Olson distributor in the US but he said he wasn't ordering any more blades as there were still so many pinned type left and thats what the majority of the people that have scroll saws use. I told him mine doesn't it takes pinless so he suggested I buy one of those Dremmel ones that you drive with your dremmel moto tool So my adventure was just that an adventure so I'm going to talk to someone who handles good blades and see if we can get a distributor here in Mexico.

Thanks everyone for the great compliments Its my pleasure to make and show these pieces to you and I thrive on the comments. It makes me want to do better with each project. time after time I run into bad patterns like this one was, but then I just pick myself up and restart. I hope to make a bird cage thats taller and even more intricate than this one but first I have to get some other projects out of the way.

Russel the bird cage is 8" long x 6" wide by 8" high to small for a bird besides I like my birds free this is the second cage I made the first one was to small and due to the material being to week I had to abort that projects and increase the size the first one was 6 x 4 x 6 I used real sticks whittled down to 1MM so they are really week also but altogether it came out all right I'm on to my next project all ready.

Got the pattern from a scroll saw friend in Egypt

Smooth move Larry!

They are fun to make and easy to sell but they do take a lot of space on your table

Excellent craftsmanship You definitely earned the bragging rights on this one she's a beaut to admire Thanks for showing it of I love it.

Great cuts Dick, I don't know a thing about pricing in the US but 35 dollars each sounds fair

There is no end to Ideas and patterns on the internet, I rarely do letters or pictures as they don't stimulate me I need more so I search out boxes, bridges, mirrors and bowls just to mention a few. But you need to do the research and find these things.

Hi Dick I have the exact Clock and never put a finish on mine for the very same reason, Nobody wants to brush it on it would take forever I think spraying is the only solution and even then I wonder if you'll get it everywhere. one other idea I had was to put oil in a turkey roaster and soak the clock then roll it over and over until all of it had a good soak the put it away to let it drip dry. It will be messy but I just see no other way. Fantastic Job on the clock by the way.