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  1. Jim Finn
    I do not like the variable speed Dermel. To get the power needed you have to run at top speed anyway. I have an old $28 black and decker rotary tool that has three speeds and run it on the low speed. Works way better. I mounted it in a Dremel Drill Press attachment tool and slant the bit to six degrees. I need this to do the hundreds of inlays I do every year.
  2. Jim Finn
    I bought over 400 board feet a few hours from me so I picked it up myself.
  3. Jim Finn
    If it is eastern red cedar (aromatic) it is a good deal. I use a lot of it and pay $2.10/board foot for 1" x 8" or 6"
  4. Jim Finn
    "... Although I am really short of space and need to give that some thought..." I gave this issue a lot of thought myself and came up with displays similar to yours that I clamp to my four foot long tables. I normally use four of them but could fit six into a ten foot by ten foot space. I put them in an "L" shaped display or a horse shoe shaped one. Your display is very nice as are your products
  5. Jim Finn
    I do not know where the tree for it grows. I could get it at my local hardwood supplier.
  6. Jim Finn
    Clever idea. I may try that.
  7. Jim Finn
    I like Eastern Red Cedar. (Aromatic) It is soft enough to cut, plane, and sand, easily. I use it to make boxes with images inlaid into the hinged lids. One of the reasons they sell well it the smell of the inside of these boxes. Beautiful grain and color and not too expensive.
  8. Jim Finn
    I keep mine in a cardboard box along with many templates. I also keep copies of all patterns in a folder on my computer. Easy to resize there.
  9. Jim Finn
    http://www.advmachinery.com/manuals/m22v%20parts%20diagram.pdf Go here and look for item #54. I do not know if your saw is the same or not. Mine is a bit different. Removing the bumper and the bolt that holds it is what I am talking about. I had to cut the one off of my Jet.
  10. Jim Finn
    I made ten of these 4 1/2" x3/8" crosses to be hung on a rear view mirror. Folks here in West Texas collect crosses so these should sell easily. I was given a small piece of Lace-wood so I used it to make these. Tung oil and spray on clear finish.
  11. Jim Finn
    You can remove the stop with the rubber bumper on it at the rear of the saw and the Hegner arm will go up a lot more to help with bottom feeding.
  12. Jim Finn
    Good to see some sawdust in a photo posted here. As though the saw has been used! Nice job on the blade guide you made for your saw.
  13. Jim Finn
    I eventually sell 100% of what I make. Mostly at festivals and lately more by word of mouth. I had a friend take $60 worth of my boxes to show his barber. He wanted to choose form the three boxes I sent. My friend came back with just money. Sold one to the barber and two to other customers. You just never know when a sale will come along.
  14. Jim Finn
    I started selling seven years ago at street fairs and festivals. I started selling $3 toys and easily sold out! I then tried making different items including , wooden flowers, boxes with inlays, banks, signs, vases, shelves,plaques,intarsia, crosses and other wall hung items. I have found that the boxes sell best, so I make a lot of them.($20). I still do some lettering, crosses, and lettered signs and plaques. The only toys I still make are rubber band shooters. I think the trick is to find things you can make and sell for about $20 and then learn to mass produce them so that you can make some money at it. Lately the big selling items for me are boxes and crosses.
  15. Jim Finn
    I have two Hegners and an old Jet. All have the same Hegner blade clamps. In the past I have had a Harbor Freight saw and a DeWalt. In My experience, the main advantage of the Hegner saws is durability. All my current saws have induction motors. Much longer lasting than brushed ,"Universal" motors. A friend of mind, that makes toys mostly, replaced his DeWalt, universal, motor five times before giving up on it. I do not know what motor is on the Excalibur. Something to consider.
  16. Jim Finn
    I agree, a very nice job!
  17. Jim Finn
    I do not have this bending of the blade ends problem with my saws but, I have cut off about 3/4" from the bottom of a dull blade to start using the teeth above the dull ones.
  18. Jim Finn
    It depends on what kind of scroll sawing you plan to do. I can see using spiral blades for fretwork but the surface of the cut on them is very rough and will require sanding, There are many other uses for a scroll saw including: Toy making, Intarsia, segmentation, inlay, lettering, compound cutting and bowl making .I do not do fretwork...yet and do all the others listed and I do them all with Flying Dutchman Polar #5 blades. #7 also works.
  19. Jim Finn
    I would buy it but I already have two Hegners.
  20. Jim Finn
    Great job! Inlay looks great!
  21. Jim Finn
    I have my 15" Jet set up for inlay and use it only for that. My 20" Hegner I use for all other cuts and the 25" Hegner sits in reserve. Life is good!
  22. Jim Finn
    Do you have the quick clamp on the top clamp of your saw? http://www.advmachinery.com/p-74-quickclamp-for-hegner-scroll-saws.aspx I realy like mine and have one on all thee of my saws.
  23. Jim Finn
    I have three perfectly good saws. Two Hegners and a Jet. I have one tilted to do inlay work and another one set to 90 degrees for straight cuts and one as backup. I do lots of inlay work so it is nice to not have to adjust the saw tilt each time I do an inlay.
  24. Jim Finn
    That is a pretty clever puzzle!
  25. Jim Finn
    I do not remember falling asleep while driving but I woke up a few times while driving...Scarry! Not in my shop though.
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