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I have never seen anyone make a bowl with a live edge before. I lone your creativity and the bowls are extra interesting because of your creativity too Dick heppnerguy

nice job on making the pattern and cutting it. Very good likeness. Dick heppnerguy

cute little critters. Good job Denny Dick heppnerguy

I love this project. The color choices certainly catch the eye. great job Dick heppnerguy

Thank you very much/ I quickly understood when you joined up, I believe you stated that you were just learning the scroll saw, if I remember correctly, and after a really short time it came quite apparent to me that you know more about wood working then I will ever know. You really amazed me. Dick heppnerguy

It was rather interesting to try and get everything in the perspective I was looking for. I just happed to have the almost perfect wood on hand for this project, at least the colors I was looking for except for the circular frame that I ended up painting some pine. Dick heppnerguy

Might be well worth the wait. Sounds like it may turn out to be quite interesting. If you do that I would input that I can do portraits of family from any good photo. That would most likely bring a large interest to add to and sales you would get. Just a thought Dick heppnerguy

Several years ago a person contacted my with a request to make this same intarsia project for her to give to her church pastor who was retiring. All she had was a photo of it and had no idea where I might find the pattern to purchase one. I could not locate the maker of the pattern so I ended up using Inkscape to make one. I was fairly new at scroll saw projects but gave it a go and was able to get the project done. It came our fairly well and all were happy with it. I never attempted to make another but I had taken a photo of it for a memory of some of the things I have made through my new hobby. 3 days ago a local friend came to my house to ask me to make a cross for another local friend. I showed his some of my crosses and he choose the one he wanted for her. I happen to remember a few photos I had laying on a shelf of earlier projects and showed them to him, just because they were of some of my first ever projects. He ran across this one and changed his mind and ask if I would make it instead of the cross. I said I was willing to give it a try but I did not know if I could still find the pattern I made but I had the photo so I figured if I could not find the previous pattern I would make another. So I was able to find the pattern but it was really small. I was able to adjust it to the size I was after and here are the results. Dick heppnerguy

Have you thought about getting a bid to have an addition to your room where all the wood personalities hang? Just kidding. Great projects I wish I lived close enough to you to brows your collection of portraits in person Dick heppnerguy

I saw your recognition on Steve Good's site. Congratulations on that. Again you do a great work with your videos that not only entertain others but also is a good education for many Dick heppnerguy

You are wrong Marg, These are very special. When one takes the time to do something for the younger people, it is ALWAYS SPECIAL...and so are you Dick heppnerguy

Very cute little roosters. Where oh where did you find the pattern. I have a niece that has chickens and loves them....would be fun to make her one too. Dick heppnerguy

There is a couple of fun and interesting projects. Nice job. Thanks for sharing them with us Dick heppnerguy

Fun looking at your epoxy projects. I am going to get my first shot at watching and trying to understand how work with epoxy and hope I am smart enough to totally understand it, as it is something that interests me too. Dick heppnerguy

keep up the good work and posting your projects. I love looking at other's work for new ideas as well as enjoying their projects. Dick heppnerguy

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE. A fun way to express your love and I bet it brought a large smile to her face and found a fun place to display it. Cards and flowers last such a short time and this one will be around even when you reach your 60th anniversary. Dick heppnerguy

All very nicely done , as usual with your work. Your end presentation is also always outstanding. Thanks so much for posting your work so others have the opportunity to enjoy them as well Dick heppnerguy

Here is my latest out door project I made for my granddaughter and her husband who just completed building a new home. I wanted something to give them that also happened to be their 20th anniversary too. I thought they might enjoy hanging it at their entrance way. Dick heppnerguy

That would not include me in your conversations, would it? Oh well, I can take it.

Welcome from Southern Arizona. Take a journey through our pattern page and download any one you would like to cut. They are free and all made by our members. log on often and post some of your projects for all of us to enjoy. Dick heppnerguy

Welcome aboard mate. I hope you will log on often and remember to comment on other person's projects as that is how you get to know us better and before you know it you will really feel as a family member here. From Southern Arizona, Dick Jones

Thank you so much for the wonderful compliments. I appreciate your considerations of my scroll work but I can not share them as I see the unbelievable work others produce and I can only be satisfied that I choose this hobby to pursue as it does bring me a lot of job to understand that I too can do it and I will never achieve the level of skill of so many other scroller but I can always enjoy trying. Dick heppnerguy

Thank you for the nice comments. I too like the colors but what really mattered on this project was for my wife to like it, which I found out, the colors were not to her liking. I too, like the colors. Dick heppnerguy

A better idea than the sanding of the tips is just to replace the inserts whenever a blade STARTS slipping. Way better fix and the tips are really inexpensive and you do not need to start sanding the tips to get a better hold. The clamp instantly become as good as new, if they have not been reaped on too much. Dick heppnerguy

Most of the slippage problem is from tightening the thumb screw with too much pressure and and that does spread the clamp body and then the problem only increases as it gets to be no longer square hence not as much surface holding the blade in place. That is usually followed by even more muscle applied to try and stop the slippage, which also increases the problem. Sanding the tips does help some as it makes the surface of clamps a little rougher so they are a little less slippery. The solution is really an easy one to fix if one takes the measures to correct it at the very beginning by simply replacing the insert tips on both the set screw and the thumb screws right away. (very small cost to do so). I use about as much pressure on the thumb screw as a 4 year old might use if they were tightening the thumb screw. If one uses their scroll saw quite often then the replacement of the insert tips should be required at about every 6 months. NO ware or speading on the clamps that way and one never needs to reap on the thumb screw using this method. Now about the Pegas clamps on the Excalibur saws......I recently decided to give the pegas clamps a try and found I really liked them over the stock ones. To my surprise, the reason I liked them more was not because of the lessor vibration, as I really did not notice a difference there. But the part I enjoy most is the design of the the clamps do are not restricted by the tension lever like the original ones have. I found it a big increase in installing new blades. I never have a problem if the upper part of the blade is a little bit too high in the clamps, as they can tend to bend sometimes. No longer a problem using the Pegas clamps. For me it is well worth the little extra price of a clamp for this reason alone. Dick heppnerguy