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  1. Jim Finn
    Hegner puts the "saw teeth" in there clamp holder to show you which way the teeth should face, I guess. I have found that I scratched my arm on this modification so I rounded off the corners a bit.
  2. Jim Finn
    I drilled the holes for the rivets about 1/4" deep, then installed the aluminium rivets.
  3. Jim Finn
    Here is another modification to my Hegner saws I made. Helps to center the blade in the clamp. Just pop riveted in place.
  4. Jim Finn
    Offered twelve of these phone stands for sale today for $10 and sold two.
  5. Jim Finn
    OK, You have convinced me. I will try offering them for $10 and see how it goes. Thanks.
  6. Jim Finn
    I have altered the stand a bit in order to be able to charge the phone while in the stand.
  7. Jim Finn
    Lets see..., at making ten per hour at $10 each would mean $100 per hour to glue a few pieces of wood together... Sound fair?
  8. Jim Finn
    Thanks for the kind comments and input. T As to price: I live in a low income and low cost of living area and I sell at our local farmers market, so the price needs to be low in order to sell. The wood is scraps, so no cost there. I can make this in about six minutes. I plan to offer it for $6. It is well worth $10 though. I sell all my stuff pretty cheap in order to move a lot of it. This means I get to do my self funding hobby and don’t need to just burn the stuff I make. I spend about forty hours a week in my workshop so I go through a lot of wood. Much of what I make I give away. (Toys for local hospitals and other charities) Some of the other phone holders I am making, I am using images already made by me when doing inlays. I have been giving/throwing away those so this is another way to use them.
  9. Jim Finn
    After getting the idea from this forum, I made my first phone stand and after showing it to my friend he wanted it. I gave it to him and am working on more. Made of 3/8" cedar.
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    Angels

    Jim Finn replied to Jim Finn's topic in Bragging Rights

    Thanks for the kind comments. I offer these for sale but have sold few. Whatever i do not sell I give to local hospitals. They give them to small children for something comforting to hold during their stay. The pattern I use is one from a magazine at I have modified a bit to make it more robust for the kids to handel.
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    Angels

    Jim Finn posted a topic in Bragging Rights

    I have been making angel ornaments this past week. Cut using pine on my scroll saw. Halos are drilled out 3/4" wheels. I now need to loop 10" long ribbons through the halos to form a hanger on each.
  12. Jim Finn
    You could do this easier, using two small vice-grips. I have twisted flat blades this way but just ninety degrees and cut from the side of the saw. Did this to make cuts on wood longer than my saw could reach otherwise.
  13. Jim Finn
    Normally, I do not use plywood. I do not do fretwork. I do inlays and make toys. I purchase cedar and maple from a local building supply house, as needed. The wood I use for inlay (walnut and hard maple) I purchase about a years supply at a time. Because I am the most active member in our local woodworking club, any wood donated to the club, I receive. Because of this, Most of my wood, used for making toys, is free to me. Mostly poplar.
  14. Jim Finn
    This is what I have done with #5 Polar FD blades. I have also put a 1/2" thick plywood spacer on top of the saw surface. I find cutting off the bottom a bit works best for me.
  15. Jim Finn
    I make and sell cedar boxes with maple inlays in the hinged lid. Many are bought to give as gifts to men. Here are examples:
  16. Jim Finn
    After making hundreds of toy angels I decided to try to develop one of a young girl. Our club gives toys away to local hospitals and they asked us to make something for little girls to just hold on do during their visit. Five inches tall made of a fir 2x4. First photo shows what it looks like right out of the saw. You can see the feet need work as does the pony tail hair and the head. I adjust the shape using a "Mastercarver" rotary tool. The pattern is of my own design. You are welcome to use it.
  17. Jim Finn
    I think it is Lucinda handwriting. In three different sizes. I use them for doing inlay.
  18. Jim Finn
    I only use three fonts and I just put an example of each onto one "word" document that I save. When I need a font I just go to that page, select the example of the font I want and hit enter and on the next line I start typing my new, needed, words. It automatically adjusts to the font of the example I selected.
  19. Jim Finn
    I have my scroll saw table at chest height as I sit in an old rolling office chair. This puts my face near the work and as I cut I am sitting up straight. I also wear glass (not plastic) +3 glasses and a dust mask. Dust does not stick to the glass like it does to plastic. I spend hours at a time at this saw.
  20. Jim Finn
    I was once a Jet fighter mechanic, but always like the corsair. I even put a corsair on my shop wall. Yes, that is a ceiling fan on the wall.
  21. Jim Finn
    The horse is impressive!
  22. Jim Finn
    I have made this pattern also and I also like to use a #7 for wood this thick. One reason someone would leave the loose pieces in place while doing the second cut is that it keeps the cutting slower = more control. I sold the one I made, first time, I offered it for sale. I moved on to making toys/ornaments using this process, and have made and given away hundreds of those.
  23. Jim Finn
    I have a 1986 25" Hegner that I use every day and a 2012 20" Hegner Polymax that is set up to do inlay. I removed the bellows and have an eight dollar hair dryer blowing on all my saws. Works way better than any of the other things I have tried.
  24. Jim Finn
    Model BO5030 $70 At Amazon
  25. Jim Finn
    I have had a DeWalt also, and now have a porter-Cable and a Festool. I recently bought a Makita and I like it the best. It will run slower than any of the others, and I like that.
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