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Really like the birds. Great work. I am really a wantabe whittler. The bug has hit me again since I have not been able to scroll.

If it is a Hegner clone, cuts like a Hegner and is trouble free as a Hegner,,, you will be happy. Hegners take some getting use to, but very much worth the effort. Maybe the past owner will explain the tension to you. It took some experimenting and patience on my part to figure out mine. Now I love my Hegner, would not part with it. Hope yours is a good. Congratulations on the new to you saw.

I use veneer wood. It really looks nice and you can stain it or not.

Very well done!

Good job. If you have as many quilters in your area as we have in mine, those would be great sellers.

Ya, John, I have that problem.... finally got my with trained to warm me when she is approaching. I wish others would let me know also. It can be dangerous some times.

I would put it in a pan of very hot water for a little while, after making a forum of the shape you want. Take a piece of 2"x4", cut the shape you need down the middle of it. Put the wet wood you want bent between the two pieces of your 2x4 mold and clamp the mold together. Let it sit a day or so. Least that is how I would try it. I've done some steam bending, lots of info on the internet, youtube, an woodworking articles. It is fun to play around with. Many different ways to do it.

Very nice work, Rob.

The only time I got frightened when a blade broke was the first one that broke on my Hegner. I thought the saw was flying apart, I ducked for cover!! Now I am use to it. I have broken many many blades. I break fewer now only because I have a better feel for sawing and I am better at knowing it is time to change blades. And normally the only ones that break on me now are because I didn't stop and get a new one when I knew I should have. I use to break more and I think most people do buy forcing the blade or not having the tension right, as experience is gained that lessens. You are doing fine from what I have seen. Relax, and keep up the good work. When I first started and was getting tense, and breaking blades and breaking pieces, the best advice I was given from a neighbor here in the village was, "relax, let your shoulders drop, (he was right I realized the next time I was scrolling I had my shoulders up above my ears!) and breath normal.... Yep I was holding my breath, hanging on for deal life!!! Like the man said it is suppose to be fun. Pretty soon you will head to the scroll saw when your are tense, to relax... Bet it won't be long before your husband is fighting you for the say and you will need to get another.......

Looked again John and I really like the way you do the corner joints with the dark strip up them. Do you glue a dark piece to each piece before you cut the 45 deg. joint? However you do it it really looks nice.

Yes Sir, very well done! Beautiful work.

I really like the boxes you make. Nice work

I look at it differently. In all my years with what shipping and receiving I have done, which is not a much as some, but still, the amount of problems I have had I could probably count on one hand. Considering the volume of items they handle daily and as much handling as it all requires I think that is pretty darn good. Most damaged things I have received were magazines, but a lot of the blame for that, in my opinion is the fault of the sender's lack of packaging. Ones that are package somehow do well. And for price, next time you want to have something delivered across country, or even to the next town, get in your car and deliver it, then figure out what it cost you... Just saying.... Just my opinion, not worth the cost of a postage stamp!!

Some very nice work... You are retired, you can do all the "flitting" you want to... I do.

Good job!

Very nice job.

Nice job. I spray my basswood pieces with a clear lacquer. My favorite is "Deft Clear Wood Finish" in Semi-Gloss. It is hard to find in some places so any good lacquer works. I usually put on five or six coats. Oh, and I use a backer.

Clean cutting, look good! I like cutting popular.. How do you like it?

Looking good, Kevin.

Welcome to the Village I think you will enjoy it here. Bragging rights is where you post completed project... You don't have to brag, but you have the right if you want! We all started, just like you are, we all asked a lot of questions and still do. Jump in. enjoy and learn...

I have a Seyco that I am very satisfied with. They are a little harder to assemble that the King or Excalibur, but if you watch Steve Good's video on assembly, it really helps. Even I could accomplish it!! The only negatives about them that I know of are: one, there is a hole in the table about midway back. It allows for clearance for some part of the swivel mechanism.... or something and it can protrude above the table just high enough to mark the magnetic cover. Too fix it thin washers can be put between the table top and the body of the saw,,very easy. The second con for some is the head will only tilt 30degrees or so... some people require up to 45 degrees of tilt. I did not care for the magnetic top cover so I gave it to Heppnerguy to play with.. But to me it is not a pro or con, just personal preference. Thought of one other thing,,, the Excalibur has a knob you turn to tilt the head,,, Seyco you push it. I do not know if good or bad, I haven't tilted the head on my Seyco yet, but it seems to me the knob turning would be better for ease of adjusting,,,, maybe, maybe not.

WELL DONE! The added color really make them stand out.

You going to become the "Basket Master". Really like the looks of this one, the addition of the flower in the bottom really notches it up!

Really nice work.