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ochooch is great

does it really make a difference if the blad is perpendicular to the table?Verticle is important but what difference does it make if the top of the piece or the bottom is cut first.Igenerallyuse wood less than 1/2 inch so maybe ticker wood makes DIFFERENCE

i inherited my grandfather's. One of the reasons I ended up with a motorized scroll saw. Neat but need to watch the width of the wood you are going to work on.

I find using lacquer and GIZMO CALLED tHE cRITTER WHICH USES MASON JARS IS SIMPLE AND RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE. THE CRITTER USES PINT MASON JARS. i KEEP 3 CAPPED. oNE WITH LAQUER ONE WITN SANDINGN SEALER AND ONE WITH ACETONES. aFTER USING ONE OF TE OTHER TWO i RUN A BIT IF THE ACETONE THROUGH TO CALEAN UP TJE I NSIDE OF tHE cRITTER

oil or lacquer will bring out the color and make grain stand out. beautiful as a a backgroud

I use them all the time. The wood is top quality and they ae fast

I just dab with paint thinner or some times lacquer thinner

amazpn has a fairly big list of sand o flex stuff from the wheel on up

the wheels I mentioned can be found on Amazon as abrasive sanding wheels. I mentioned in earlier post I like the RUSTIC look from an artistic perspective. But the wheels would allow you to move towards a realistic rounded shape if you soften the edges.

you can get sanding wheels for your dremel. They look like wheels with flappy edges and come in different grits. You could relive the edges and give a more rounded look. I dont see why whast you have is good and is fine as is though

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The finer straighter grain the better

it is fairly straight forward. just make certain your blank is as perfectly square as you can get it. You can put up with one side not perfectly square but the common side needs to be as square as possible. you just need to make certain the common side is flush up and down where the pattern fold is made

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