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If I were you, I would take my time selling my DeWalt. I bought a Hawk and never liked it as well as my DeWalt. I gave mine to my daughter and now I have 2 Excaliburs and I wouldn't trade either of them for another Hawk. I am not saying one is any better or worse, just wait, in case you feel the same as I did with my Hawk. It looked exactly the same as yours. Good luck with your new saw, I sincerely hope you love your Hawk, but I am just cautioning you to wait a couple of months before you sell your DeWalt. Dick heppnerguy

Brenda, you are putting out the work. Way to go gal. You have shown that you are no longer afraid of anything out there. Nice job on this one too. Dick heppnerguy

As you know, I love your patterns and the detail you are able to get into them. This one is very unique and I have never seen one even presented anywhere as a pattern before. Good luck with you second eye surgery. My wife had both of hers done a couple of years ago and it really helped her also. Thanks for presenting another amazing cutting for all of us to view. I am sure you will get a lot of great comments on this one too, as you always do on your wonderful work Dick heppnerguy

Wow that Is a beautiful piece. You deserve to pat yourself on the back. That should sell at a craft show, should you wish to present some of them in one. Dick heppnerguy

interesting information. I hope I can remember it, should I find a need to use something like that Dick heppnerguy

Everyone has their personal likes and dislikes with just about everything. I started my scrolling with an inexpensive Ryobi and used it for about 2 years. I had to replace a couple of parts during that time, which were really inexpensive to buy and an easy repair job to fix. When my second turn at replacing the same parts and a couple more came around, I decided to buy a better saw. I found a DeWalt on sale at a price I could not pass up and bought it. What a huge difference it was. So much better saw. Like going from a cheap, no extras car to a new Maserati. I was so happy with it. but eventually it started making some noises and I believe it was ready for an overhaul. In the mean time. I had always been in the want for a Hawk. I thought that was the saw to own. Well I ran into an estate sale and found a Hawk that was priced at $65. I was so excited and I bought it. I quickly found that I really did not like the design of the Hawk but I did use it occasionally. About that some time I purchased a new, in the box DeWalt on Ebay. It had been a return because the table was not in the box. Well I had a perfectly good table on my other DeWalt so I bought it knowing the table was not there. The price was too good to pass up. When I got it home I found the table was in the box, but it was under the saw at the bottom of the box. I was back in business with my second new DeWalt. Paul (Scrappile) offered to sell me his 30 inch EX. because he was going to buy a Seyco saw to replace it. I knew first hand that Paul took immaculate care of everything he owns and was completely honest and would not sell me a saw that had a problem without disclosing it to me. I now own 2 Excalibur saw and I have to say from experience, the EX has it all over the other saws I have owned. I gave my Hawk to my daughter when I moved. I would not trade my Excalibur saws for any other saw that I have ever had he pleasure to work on. Just one mans opinion, but I do have several years of experience with other brands, as I have mentioned above. Dick heppnerguy

Well thank you. I appreciate you letting me copy cat your talents, so to speek Dick heppnerguy

I first used it when I first started scrolling and reserve it for what I consider 'just the right piece' for it. Glad I could help Dick heppnerguy

nice.. I made Steve Good's Stratocaster guitar and posted it on my Facebook page and sold 3 of them within a few minutes. You might take a look at that one too, if you are marketing your items. Just a thought Dick heppnerguy

very nice idea. I love this piece. I have seen and made many name plaques but this one is outstanding. Dick heppnerguy

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I like the original pattern but I really like how you adapted it and those piano keys are a perfect additional and thoughtful addition Dick heppnerguy

looks great. I have been eyeing that one also.. so many patterns so little time to cut them Dick heppnerguy

I have to agree with all the posts here about the nice job you did on them. I did that rifle a long time ago and I was amazed how nice it came out. Yours all look terrific Dick heppnerguy

nice cuttings and I always like the great framing you do with them as it adds a lot of interest and description to them. I have to remember to try that method also, if you son't mind my copying your uniqueness Dick heppnerguy

nice work. You turned out so really nice and some just fun pieces. Now you have to decide what comes next Dick heppnerguy

you can also buy a fairly large variety of drill bits that go a lot smaller then 1/16th at Harbor Freight in a cello pack of maybe 20 bits for about $3. Dick heppnerguy

Very nicely done. Nice clean cuts and well executed. Thanks for posting Dick heppnerguy

There you go.. that looks great.. You are on track now. I see you using spacers and shaping them now. Way to go.. Keep having fun I enjoy seeing your progress Dick heppnerguy

ok the font can be found at this link. it is a free download. https://fontzone.net/font-details/umbra-normal Dick heppnerguy

the opposite front and back have the same exact measurements. but the back piece only need the outline of it cut as it is not seen when looking at the finished project. it is a waste of time to scroll that back of the clock as the back is quite plane and not worth looking at. Sort of like the back of a television set, if you understand my drift. on your first question..... yes it is a pattern within a pattern. I started by cutting the front, back and sides of the bottom part of the clock. then I cut the bottom floor and assembled it. it sort of become more understandable after that. I found I was printing some of the pattern pages more then once as I went along. I hope that helps Dick heppnerguy

most of the fret clocks are fun to make. this one Is a little more time consuming then I really like to take for most of my cuttings. I do like it though. It draws a lot of amazement from people when they first see it. Dick heppnerguy

fun idea. I will put your link in my favorites list. Might use the idea on another project. Thanks for the suggestion Dick heppnerguy

I can not wait to see it when you are finished with it. You have renewed my interest in airplanes, for sure. thank you so much for that Dick heppnerguy

Locating the bells was a big problem for me. You might try ebay or Amazon. I had no luck there but I am not a very good internet browser. My daughter had a couple of bells that I am going to try and use as soon as I get them. I thought of pet stores with bells for parakeets but the pet store where I live did not have them. I also tried the craft stores with not luck and the same goes for the Dollar Tree. Just because I could not find them does not mean they are not available because I have seen them hanging about three others that someone else posted. on the first one I made, several years ago. I had the same problem so I just made it without them. No one seems to notice as they are drawn to the fret work instead. The last 2 pieces you put on the sides at the top of the clock is where the bells go. If you are using bells, then do not glue the the triangle pieces in place until you have the bells fastened to them. VERY IMPORTANT. you drill a hole in that little square floor of those two top/side pieces and tie the bell to it and then the bells will be hanging in the bell tower below. That is when you glue the last piece in place. Good Luck Dick heppnerguy