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How does she want the smaller plaques to hang? - horizontal or vertical? Regardless - and along the lines of Russell's thought - I wonder if a brass accent piece (or pieces) used as trim on a contrasting but complementary wood might help to set it off - maybe even fabricate the hangers themselves out of brass. A neat challenge. Be really interested to see what you come up with. Jay
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Now those are just plane neat ....... you dun well!! - with lots of Kudos to Marg!! Thanks, Jay
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The one thing that goes hand-in-hand with the band saw (for re-sawing) that I haven't seen here yet yet is a planer. I have also found that my chop-saw is a lot more effective and efficient at cutting consistently accurate angles than is my table saw. My final bit of advice is to think about the kinds of projects you wish to do - typical scrollsaw projects, at least for me, are generally "detail intensive" small projects - meaning tools that allow a fine level of detail are good - a singing 10 inch blade does not always lend itself to finger-fine cutting - neither does a typical router - currently I am thinking of a crafter type of table saw (4 inch blade), and have also included on my Santa list a set of router bits for my Dremel tool. Jay
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Once you get up and running again here's a little blurp from Seyco on maintaining the lower clamp that I found pretty helpful: http://seyco.com/bottom-clamp-info/ Jay
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I use only the 220 grit and have never felt the need to purchase any other grit. I've used mops for roughly 3 years now - always without the stabilizers - but the last refill I thought I would give them a try and seem to be finding out that the stabilizers look to be contributing to a longer lasting, tangle free mop. I've included this website which has a bit of an explanation on sanding mop grits - it is a Canadian website and I'm not sure about international shipping - but if they do ship to the U.S., and with the current exchange rate, you might get a good deal on a purchase. https://www.tufftooth.com/ Jay
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Great looking and meaningful donation - it all looks great but I find the way you did the backlighting really dramatic - and the donation of "bowels"??? - that would be a Freudian slip?? Thanks, Jay
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Old Grist Mill....Mike Williams pattern...
RangerJay replied to Scrolling Steve's topic in Bragging Rights
Another great job - with another great pattern. Jay -
That is something else - terrific looking project - I would be another one who would really look forward to doing one of those - but gotta admit - I'm more than a little intimidated ...... Thanks, Jay
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I'd 2nd the use of a small pilot hole and then drilling the actual size hole you want from both sides using either brad point or forstner bits.
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Northwestern Ontario here - all one of us present and accounted for ...... Welcome to the club! Jay
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Makes lots of sense to get yourself a great book on the subject - but I would also agree that this forum is about as great a tool as you could possibly get - not just for skills but also for motivation. And a bit of added advice ...... ..... if you already have a background in woodworking then pick a first project that is ridiculously hard - get a bunch of diverse blades - and go to it - it will be a steep learning curve but your experience will see you through it .... .... if you don't already have a background in woodworking then pick progressively more difficult projects - but starting off with something aestherically pleasing but very simple (there are lots of examples) - and almost continually browsing through this forum - the learning curve is nowhere near as steep but you will get there and you will enjoy every part of the journey. Good Luck, Jay
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Super looking project - beautiful job on the frame. Jay
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Here are a couple places: http://www.clockworks.com/clock-movement/clock-inserts.html https://www.klockit.com/ Jay
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.... and absolutely worth every single one of those trials you have mentioned. Great looking piece of work. Jay
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Great looking job on a great looking pattern - and the frame is terrific too. Jay
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There are not a lot of really stand-out pattern-makers but Mike Williams would be one of them. Terrific looking cutting - and really enjoyed the slide show! Very interested to see what you do with color and a frame. Thanks, Jay
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Regardless the method of holding the stack together it is also important - particularly with mulitple and larger pieces of hardwood that might be prone to a bit of warping - to ensure the stack is solid and flat - you do not want even a hint of "slop" between the pieces and you do not want any "cups" facing each other creating the potential for voids in the middle of your stack. Jay
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Very, very nice - a terrific piece for this neck of the woods. Jay
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Dave, I'm thinking you are in a place where we all spent time when we first began to use a scrollsaw. It was a pretty humbling moment for me - but I did get past it. The answer you are looking for includes research (on this forum), experimentation and most of all - practice - not necessarily in this order. I want to emphasize that it would be a pretty rare person to produce a work of art on their first try .... Since your scrollsaw is not a variable speed then think of using some different blades, some different feed speeds, and some different woods - do some straight lines, some curved lines, some tight turns and some circles - with each - you will very soon gain the knowledge and the skill you need - and the circle you have shown will become a perfect cut. .... and .... .... assuming you like what you are doing ..... .... you will find yourself saving for a variable speed saw ..... Jay
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I do this all the time - but maybe a little different than what you are thinking. My primary tool is a sanding mop - used very gently - (read VERY gently) - (read EXCEPTIONALLY gentle) - in all 4 directions - and on all of my fretwork. The mop softens all hard edges and cleans up any "fuzzies" on the down side of the blade. My secondary tool is my dremel tool - first with a fine sanding drum on larger areas that might need it - and second with fine diamond burrs on smaller areas that might need it - note that the areas needing it should not be many - in fact very few - if at all - (assuming I have been clean about my cutting). Jay
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Every piece you make is incredible - but no doubt in my mind you are getting better and better at this kind of work all the time. Jay
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Marvelous job - everything about it looks just great. What kind of wood is the burl? Thanks, Jay
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They are all great - but that Cheetah is something else. Super work. Jay
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Exceptionally well done - the wood and pattern go together perfectly. Jay
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Well cut, well finished and well presented - well done!!! Jay
