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Nice work Kevin. My wife was an owl freak when we first married (back when dirt was new). You could not go into any house without owls starring at you. Then she got into Longaberger Baskets, they are all over the house. My son-in-law, one of the first times he and my daughter came to our house for a weekend, after they were married, went in to one of the bathrooms, he was, I assume, sitting there and all of sudden he calls out "oh, my God, I have counted 13 basket in here!". Now it is quilting... material everywhere.... I love her, what can I say.....

I just want to point out, cherokee has the same grade plywood. B/BB as Sloan's. They also sell BB/BB grade (a lesser grade).

Is there a fuse in there some where maybe by the computer board.

I mean that is a great job, Steve! I am doing the Beardy Viking right now. Looks like she has added a couple patterns since I was at her site last..

I've using Johnson's out of the same can for probably 20 years now. Amazing how long it lasts. I don't live where there is high humidity which helps on the rust area, I manly wax for a slick surface.

Don't think you got my drift, that was a veiled threat. If the wood ain't good, I coming to put a brown poop bag on your door step!!

Great work, Francisco, nice to see you post again.

Well, so far so good.... I placed an order yesterday, at 0745 hrs. today I got a call from the "very nice young man named Chris" to ask me what lengths I would like my wood cut into. I failed do specify because I had somehow got the impression they came in 24" length unless you specified differently. Guess I was thinking Ocooch Hardwoods. Any way, he was very helpful as @octoolguy said he is.

Very, interesting pattern, you cut it very well. Looks like a great selection of wood to cut it in.

Okay, @octoolguy, I just placed an order... Lets see, ,, you live in Huntington Beach.... right?

Yep, looks nice and I bet your wife's smile made it worth your trouble.

What kind of wood have you used from them. I may give them a little business. Have you gotten any Cherry from them?

Looking mighty good!

I don't mind the smell of dill pickles! and I love their sub-sandwiches! If you do some house painting, the Behr 5 gallon buckets are very heavy built also. I did not realize there is such a difference in 5 gallon buckets. I contacted Dustopper.com and enquired about where they recommended getting extra 90° elbows. Got a response that they sell them for $8 including shipping. Most places I look, like Dust Deputy, they wanted $5 for the elbow, +$9+ for shipping. Kind of cumbersome the way you have to order them right now because the do not have a store yet, well here is their response: "Hi Paul: The process is a bit clunky, but it works. Please send me your address and phone number, then I can send you an invoice for an elbow from my PayPal account. After you pay that with a credit card, I can ship that day or the next. The price is $8.00, which includes shipping. There will soon be a utility that allows for purchases from our website, but the current site design is not as secure as we want, and looks too amateurish. We are in negotiations with a top-notch company to manage our online business. Send me your address and phone number (in case there’s a problem), and I’ll get you what you need. Tom Huntley, President" I responded this A.M. and already have the Paypal invoice. We will see how it goes.

Welcome to the village. Hope to see some of your work posted soon.

Yes, congrats. I still remember when I went from my old Craftsman to a new DeWalt. It was pretty amazing. Then the step up to an Excalibur was not quite as a drastic change but still a nice difference. Funny part, when I got a Hegner, I thought oh my what have I done. It wasn't an easy transition, and I really thought I had made a serious mistake.... To me a couple months to get use to but now it is my favorite saw and if I could only have one saw, the Hegner would be my choice. The only thing better than having one saw you love is to have two saws!! If I could sell my Seyco, I would probably get a new Pegas, because they are sooo pretty!

Interesting. I have always thought different saws, different blades. One blade is not as good/bad on all saws. It all depends on how aggressive the saw cuts. I know it is definitely that way between my Seyco and Hegner.

That is one cool little cart. I guess on the Fein I would have to mount it on piece of plywood with casters. he doesn't mention where he got the second 90° elbow. It doesn't come on the DS only one is included. That guy does one of the comparisons i watch;

I hear you!! Great one.

@octoolguy The main part I am having trouble with it the end of the Fein hose that goes into the vacuum when the DS is not connected. Mine has nubbin on it the goes in and you twist to lock the hose in so it doesn't pull out when vacuuming. I it didn't have that Nubbin on it, it would slip right into the inlet on the DS. I do not want to remove the nubbin, so I came up with the rubber nipple hose clamps setup.

Three things I like better about the DS over the DD, 1: does not stand as tall above the bucket so less top heavy. 2: easier to remove the lid from the bucket to empty the bucket, than to remove the DD lid from the bucket. Those lids for 5 gallon buckets do not come off easy for my old stiff hands and 3: a little cheaper setup.

Been wanting to hook up a dust collection separator for some time. Either a Dust Deputy or a Duststopper, are the ones I know about. After watching a couple YouTube videos comparing the two, they compared so close that I went for the cheaper, the Duststopper from Home Depot. The reason I wanted one is the bags and filters for the Fein Dust extractor can get expensive quick. The do last a long time if I just use it on my scroll saws, but if I vacuum the floors with it, they fill up quicker. Anyway. I went to HD and got a Duststopper and a bucket. I also got the flexible rubber 90° connector and the rubber sleeved nipple for the two connections I needed. The Duststopper (DS) comes with a 36" hose and one 90° fitting. I wish it came with two. To purchase a second on to fit the vacuum system was around $15 with the shipping. PVC fittings did not fit. Any way this it the messy way it is temporarily set up. One of these days I will find a shorter hose that will hook into my Fein and go to the dust collection on the saws. When I first used it with the HD bucket, It started collapsing the bucket! I solved this problem by removing the 3/4" modular loc-line nozzles on the bottom dust collection so in effect it became 1". I also switch to a Behr Paint bucket I had because it is a heavier bucket. This system, although ugly, works great! For some reason it even reduces the suction noise down to where I can hear the Fein running also.

@John B that eagle is a free Steve Good Pattern, go here and search "flying eagle" . https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php

That is cutting" it a little close! You did a great job and I like your plans for its future.

You certainly do nice work. Let's see,,, $20, -$5 for wood, -$5 for time , -$5 for a drink and $5 for donation,,,,, sounds like a plan.