heppnerguy

Welcome John to this world wide family of scrollers. We all are glad that you have found us and hope that you check in often so that we can get to know you and you can do likewise with us. Many of the people here have the DeWalt saw that you are having problems with and we (me included ) have no problem cutting intriquet fret work with them. I hope you check out the link given to you to help you solve your problem. Your saw is very capable of dong whatever you might expect it to do. If you can not figure it out then start sharing what you are doing and someone will be able to get you on track I too am very sorry to hear about your tragic loss. we lost a 10 year old granddaughter 12 years ago and we still grieve her passing. I know it is terribly difficult for you and your family. Just know the people here are sincerely saddened to hear your story. Dick heppnerguy

The finest home made rocker I have ever seen. One talented man, you are Dick heppnerguy

Dan, The last thing I looked at last night was your success with the card holder and I thought about the Jig you mentioned, not really having a clue about where you thought a jig would speed things up and I also concluded that drilling the hole would be most difficult part because it can not be off even one degree and I went to sleep thinking about how to make the jig. Funny how minds work, ( mine usually not too well ). Dan, what other kinds of wood to you think might be strong enough when cut as thin as is needed here ? Maple, maybe ? I am not very versed on types of wood myself. For an old guy, I really do not know a lot. Dick heppnerguy

Wow. I am amazed with disbelief. You did a fabulous job. Your skills are amazing. I don't think I have the guts to try this one. I am so glad that I posted it because you proved. "if it is made of wood, you can make it' It is a great box, if you do ever decide to make a jig for this item, I hope you post it because i would love to make these myself. I think I would want to do inlay in them too. Wonderful job. I was not sure if anyone would even be interested,but they intrigued the heck out of me. Thanks for the great work and for sharing it Dick heppnerguy

Your pieces are awesome. but your audience is way too small to do the job. maybe I can help you further if you send me a PM Dick heppnerguy

sorry about not understanding mm and cm my ruler says mm so I assumed from it that it is in mm. I am enclosing a photo of my ruler so you can see why I am confussed. Dick heppnerguy

I think i probably understand what you were saying better now. The photo helps. I could not see that the tip was another piece to my thumb screw. I too have a DeWalt 788 and when I took out my thumb screw it looked like a single piece, but apparently it must be inserted into the thumb screw. Does it just rotate within the hole you can see at the end of your setscrew or does it actually pivot as well ? Maybe it is terminology where I am uncertain. I am not trying to be difficult here, just trying to understand what is going on, in case it should happen to me. Dick heppnerguy

glad it is all worked out for you. anxious to see some newly made items now..easy fix. Dick heppnerguy

I have not a clue as to how many cards it holds. you might want to check the pattern I did for Roly, above. It has measurements it mm but if you need them in inches adn fraction of inches, let me know. happy to help where ever I can Dick heppnerguy

Roly, I have enclosed my efforts to make a pattern for you, I hope it helps. I measured it in mm because i know that is what you are used to. If this is more confusing and if you really want to take on this challenge, My offer still stands to sent it to you. Let me know if you have any questions. hint referring to the above photos might help. Dick heppnerguy

I will try and do a pattern, if I succeed, I will post it tomorrow Dick heppenrguy

Sooy I meant the thumb screw when I posted..but I tookout my thumb screw and it did not have any pivot that I could see either.. strange. I don't believe I have ever seen one that does pivot..( if I am understanding your explanation ). thanks for the reply Dick heppnerguy

nice box. Using a spiral blade must have given you some 'holding my breath' moments. turned out swell Dick heppnerguy

Roly, If you are sincere about making one of these. I will go you one further and mail you the one that I have. They you would have all the dimentions right in front of you Dick heppnerguy

Jerry welcome aboard. I am glad that you found us so early in your new hobby. This is a very helpful place to stay in contact with because there is such a large number of people with many skill levels and much knowledge. I would like to invite you to explore the 'Forum', like Ron suggested. Also do not pass up the pattern library where there are well over 1000 free patterns to try. If you find that you run into any problems or uncertainties as you go about cutting a project, be sure and log on and post a question. There are no questions that can stump everyone here. You can rest assured that someone or several (most likely) will be able to help you. If you decide that you would like to take a crack at making your own patterns, scroll down the form to the Village University and watch the easy tutorials to find out what you need to knwo to succeed in that endevor. A couple of quick suggestions from me to you, Take that guard/hold down, off your saw and put it in the drawer, you don't want it in your way. Don't buy your blades from the big box stores because they are way to big for most of the work you will do, trust me on that one. Start with an easy profect that looks fairly simple and then when you are happy with the results. slowly choose more difficult patterns and challenge yourself. When scrolling, it is not about speed, but rather accuracy iwith your cutting. And lastly, go to youtube and type in scrolling tutorials for videos.. this is just a start. I hope you have a great time with scrolling. Be careful becasue it is very addicting. enjoy your retirement. and thanks for the service to our country Dick heppnerguy

I have used bamboo on a couple of projects. I cut an ornament that was only about 1/32 of an inch thick and it was a rather delicate pattern and I was successfuk with it.the wood was almost as thin as paper in a magazine. I just wanted to see if it was possible. Bamboo is not easy to find, at least I have only seen it for flooring. the Company name on the holder that I posted photos of, is a floor company in Portland, Oregon and I ask them for some scrap material and they gave me a little bit and the card holder. If you can get your hands on any, I bet you would find a use for it. It is amazing to work with Dick heppnerguy

Kevin, The problem with cutting down bamboo is that is it so strong and dense that I am not sure how difficult it would be to cut it down and use the matereial for another project. It is not rock so I guess it is a possiblity. Not sure I would want to tackle it though. Dick heppnerguy

Ron, I gave it a thought but I really do not have a wood that I think has the strength as thin as this project is. bamboo is extremely tough. I have not seen a wood that is as dense as bamboo. So I just gave up that idea.

Ron, You continue to amaze me with your skills and creativity. I love it when i see that you posted something new because I always know it will be freath taking and you never let me down. Thanks for posting this wonderful item. I am also looking forward to seeing the many replies this one will get Dick heppnerguy

I was given this wooden business card holder that facinated me when i first saw it and thought others here might like it too so I decided to post some photos of it. it folds and fits in a shirt pocket and because it is made of bamboo it is extremely strong and light. the cards remain in the unit when it is in your pocket and then it can be opened and placed on a desk, displaying the cards. It has a wooden bamboo pin in the pivoting part. the rounded part on the back of the unit serves as a small foot when displayed. It is so well designed that it blew me away. I don't know if anyone else appreciates it like I do but I wanted to share it anyway. The thickness of the wood is 3/16 th of an inch. Dick heppnerguy

I agree with most of the above posts. Wood pallets are often thrown out by your local grocers and if you ask, you might find they would be happy to give you some. Then you can just cut of the boards between the support frame boards and sand the smooth on both sides and make something from a pattern yo like, as a gift for someone and you will be making things you love to keep at no wood cost what so ever. Dick heppnerguy

Sam, I too, started scrolling after I retired and quickly grew to having it put my first past time of fishing, in second place. My shop is my man cave. I am there as often as possible. Let me give you a little piece of advice,,,, from one retired guy to another. You have started out perectly. That is, making things for your wife to enjoy. Scrolling is going to make you popular with her if you make sure you give her gifts of your work, often. It serves two purposes. one: you feel good about yourself because you are givng your wife nice things, just because you love her and she in return will praise you for your creativity and will become happy that you invested your money on that silly saw. two: She will encourage you to spend as much time in your shop as you like. This, my friend is a win, win situation. now I want to welcome you to THE VILLAGE, a place, you will soon learn that is full of talented and wonderful people who love to share their knowledge with one another. On top of that, everyone here understands that everyone else has brings part of themselve to ' the table' and we all learn from each other. It doesn't matter that you are brand new to scrolling because you will be helping others by being here and sharing your work and time and knowledge with us too. so don't stay away from here, but rather when you are not in your shop, take a moment to log on here and read the Forum and put in your replies. Start new threads and anticipate as often as you can. That way you will get to know everyone and quickly feel you are have a lot of friends and are part of this world wide family of scrollers. Glad you are here Dick heppnerguy

sounds like you have it figured out. Please let us know the results of your new parts, when you get them in place. I have to say that I have not noticed that the tip of the set screw has pivoting tip.. I will now, have to go take a close look at mine. Interesting observation Dick heppnerguy

I got an email announcement for a new pattern by Steve Good and I showed it to my wife and she said that she wanted 'one of those'. So I cut it out for her St. Patrick's Day decorations. The photo is a little blur but the piece came out just fine and only took a short time to cut and finish. I just used 3/4 inch BB and it served my needs just fine. I thought it was a cute piece so I thought I would go ahead and post it Dick heppnerguy

Carl, Are you saying that when you clamp your blade in your saw, the top of the blade bends slightly and this makes it difficult to thread through your drilled holes? I had this problem too, (if I am understanding your problem correctly ). I corrected the problem by adjusting the set screw opposite the thumb screw. Now i have no bends in my blade. My problem was so bad dthat when I tried spiral blades the blade would break at that point, almost as if I was cutting it with side cutters.. Just a thought for you on this matter. Dick heppnerguy