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WOW! That is very very nice!

I also went from DeWalt to Pegas style saw(Excalibur) then to Hegner. I truly don’t think there is that difficult of a learning curve for the Hegner. It was rather painless for me. The table on the Hegner is much smaller than the Pegas. Hasn’t been an issue at all (for me). I do have to wax the table on the Hegner much, much more often than I do on the Excalibur. The only other maintenance is a few drops of oil on the arm every 10 hours of operation. Like Kevin said, if you do a lot of angle cutting, the Pegas wins hands down. That is the only time I use my Excalibur. Other than that, I’m using my Hegner. If I had to, would I buy another Excalibur/Pegas type saw? Nope. But I’d buy another Hegner in a heartbeat. If you go with Pegas, deal with Denny, he’s a good one to work with.

That is really, really cool! I’ll have to check out the pattern. Being that I am a Clown, I gotta ask, does a clown fish taste funny? (Sorry, I couldn’t pass that one up.)

Very nice!

Very nice!

What a bummer! Are you “center punching” the hole before you drill? Also, that is a long way to drill with that small of a bit hanging out that far and then trying to drill that deep of a hole. You will get deflection. Quite often I will chuck the drill bit up so that only 1/2” or so is extended from chuck. Then I will pull bit out further to finish hole. I would venture to say that you are probably doing this, but I figured I’d mention it.

I agree with what everyone has said.

Per your quote: “One trick I learned a while back, when cutting the perimeter, do not cut across the bottom on the first side. Only do it on the 2nd compound side, this way the piece stays anchored in the body,and does not bounce. It also gives you the most accurate and flat bottom minimizing putting it onthe belt sander to flatten the bottom.” To me, that is the key to compound cutting when the opportunity is there on a flat bottom. Doing that, there is no need to take it to the belt sander. I’ve only made 3 chess sets on the scroll saw and what I’ve found is to do only a few pieces at a time. If I do more than 2 or 3, I start to get sloppy. By the way, that is a very impressive chess set! Makes me want to make another set. May I ask where you got the patterns? I to would like to see the set when it’s finished.

Very nice Denny!

Wow! Very cool! I was going to ask same question as Denny, is that Split Rock? Sure looks like it Again awesome work!

Wow! Very nice piece. How big is it? As for pheasants, We are very fortunate. Our land abuts a wildlife management area. It seems to be teeming with pheasants. I attribute that to two winters in a row that weren’t too terribly bad.

If I’m not mistaken, that’s a Steve Goode pattern. Have made quite a few. I’ll send ya the dozen eggs in the mail.

Very cool! And. Dry nice of you to do that

Thanks for the information Kevin, much appreciated. Been kinda/sorta been thinking about getting one. Now I’m not so sure. Would only be able to use it during the warm months. So maybe 4-5 months out of the year.