Bendita
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oh you live and learn I had to test the market and found it very cool so no more I'll go back to giving it away
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After all this time Preaching on how I give my stuff away well I finally decided to test the waters and booked my self a table at a fairly elite arts and craft show here in Merida Mexico just to see if there is any kind of market for the stuff I make. Well as you can probably guess from thew title after I paid 150 pesos for a large table and 100 pesos for lunch and water/coffee I lost 20 pesos today not counting easels and table cloth but of course I get to keep them anyway but it was a total wash out.
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As usual great workmanship a fine cut from a fine pattern.
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Great set up at a bargain price, I'm blessed with a good set of eyes, so far a pair of glasses is all I need but of course, everything is subject to change.
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I have that very same pattern laying on my dining room table but I'm still waiting for blades that I ordered in the middle of December You'll have yours done before I get my blades I think, Oh well gives me time to clean up.
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Definition of a scroller is someone who thinks a short stack is plywood stacked on top of one another with a pattern stuck on it
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I plan a visit to Portland this summer so keep me posted please
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Great for a first cut I'm sorry I can't compare it with my first cut its just to long ago but once you get into it Russell it won't let you go keep up the good work.
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Nope its not for anyone yet but its more an heirloom and I'm sure my grand children will end up with it.
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Yes I made the Table also but I had to buy the legs as I don't own a lathe anymore but I do have a router and a router table so I used it for a jointer, I would have build the table out of a hardwood but its just not available here and not used to much as the termites run rampant here, I'm glad you like it thank you.
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1/4" Good on one side plywood for the last one but some of my others have been 1/8 inch I think the strength lies in the form of the pattern I've cut some that were pretty weak and it was only from having to many cuts in one direction but a good balanced pattern isn't normally weak.
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I do large projects also my last one was 5000 holes I also bottom feed I drill 100-200 holes at the time and then I flip the whole thing over and chase each hole with a 3" finishing nail after that try and cut in a straight line I mean the holes. I never look underneath when I feed as I try to go from one hole to the next by rubbing the blade as it comes out of the last cut to the next hole Works for me! Good luck try it. .../Hans
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Very nice Paul you did a great job on it.
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I have to confess I bought the legs as I don't have a lathe anymore other than that its just 3/4" pine. It came out just as I had envisioned it.
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Just got to cut the hole and a little sanding then a finish on it then a piece of glass on top and its done
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Very pretty Larry nice cut but why did you use 3/4 rather then the recommended 1/8 b/b?
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Don Your right about it taking longer to find the hole then to make the cut as I'm strictly a bottom feeder, so to make it easier I drill about 50 holes or so and then flip the pattern over so I see the back of the holes and chase each hole with a 3" nail to round of the edge of each hole then I work by feel alone. I've used a pencil instead of the nail as the graphite in the lead kind of lubricates the hole so the blade slides in easier but all in all there is just no easy way. .../Hans
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I see way to many people fall into the pin type trap to only be frustrated later on as they progress in their skills here is a picture of the difference
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Hello Gregory welcome to the forum I noticed on the picture of your scroll saw that its a pin type meaning the blade has 2 little pins in them 1 on each end which will cause you a lot of frustration in the future if possible seek out a saw that takes either both or pinless believe me you won'y regret it. You see even in compound cutting you need to drill a hole to put your blade in so with the pin type machines your hole needs to be much larger then say a pinless blade. just saying. ../Hans
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Thanks a lot that was beautiful I had never heard of him before
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I've had some dealing with all three companies for patterns, gun checkering tools and carving tools, all three are highly recomendable.
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thank you all for your compliments I truly enjoy reading them .../Hans
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Hi Jen Welcome to the Village There is a couple of options for you the first one of course is upgrade your saw but you all ready said thats not a option, the second is to see if you can get a pinless blade adapter for your saw they make them but I'm not sure if they are available for your saw the third which is not easy but do-able and that is pull the pin out of one end of the blade poke it through your wood and re-install the pin back in the blade. Like I said its not easy but do-able, off course you could drill bigger holes but not in that pattern. I wish you all the bast let us know how you make out .../Hans
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Steve I printed this pattern of months ago and finally got around to cutting it, I looked for about half an hour and can't seem to locate it but I'll keep my eyes open for when I find it I'll let you know.
