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Yes, there is that. Great point. It brings my memory back to a couple of pairs of shoes I ordered from an outfit on Facebook. A great price on Merrill walking shoes. Half what I had been paying. I ordered one pair and then the next day I ordered a second pair but in a different color. I received neither pair. They sent me tracking numbers and I tracked them as they were in transit. All of a sudden the tracking said "delivered". Not to me. After going through the Post Office Fraud Dep't. I was told that they went to 2 different addressed in the same town I live in but a different zip code. They wouldn't tell me anything more than that. I contacted PayPal but they said they couldn't help me. Finally I contacted Capital One and told them my story. They refunded my money and went after the shipper. I never heard anything more. Thanks for refreshing my memory. No more Chinese products. I must keep telling myself that. No such thing as a free lunch or a deal too good to believe.

Now, that is a work of art. You did a masterful job on that box.

Paul, I did take a marquetry class. In fact, marquetry is what started me in scrolling. I was at our County Fair about 5 years ago the the woodworkers group was out there as usual but this year was different. There was a guy there who had built his own foot powered saw that was different than anything I had ever seen and it intrigued me so I stood and watched him cut a few pieces of his picture. Anyway, long story short, he gave me his card and invited me to come attend one of his classes. I did that and was so interested I just had to buy my first saw. If you want to try it the same way he taught the art, I recommend buying this book. "The Art of Marquetry" by Craig Vandall Stevens. I bought it from Amazon and I think it was only about $15. It gives great pictorial views on exactly the same method that I was taught by Ken Cowell. The strange thing is though that I never went any further with it. I got side-tracked on other forms of scrolling. What I did learn from it though is that you have to have some project intended to use your finished marquetry on. A box, a cabinet, a table top or something to use it for. And, whatever you apply it to, you have to attach something to the back of whatever you attach it to. I guess it's like any other laminated object in that you have to have offsetting pressures so the board doesn't warp in one direction. Am I making myself understood? I'm not sure. Anyway, get the book and read it. You'll have a much better understanding once you do. I did this little leaf/stem as the first project. I bought another pattern/kit from him along with the woods. They are still laying on my bench where I put them 5 years ago.

Hi, I have a Dewalt saw similar to that one but earlier. Mine has a plastic body without all the round tube stock. I do have the folding cart like that one but a bit different. I like it alot. I was going to upgrade a while back to a contractors saw but I just couldn't afford to buy one so I searched youtube for a good video on how to "tune" this saw. After I did that and bought a good quality blade for it, I've very happy with how it saws. I also mounted a 7 1/4" blade on mine for cutting small stuff. The kerf is much narrower. It's a 40 tooth carbide blade and it also works great. Before buying a new one and laying out the big bucks, search Craigslist or FB Marketplace for a used one. I see them all the time for great prices. You won't be disappointed in this saw especially after you tune it up.

You are right but he is very fair. If a tool doesn't stand up to his scrutiny, he says so but he will also praise one if it does pass. I just like seeing how he goes about it.

Believe it or not, I bought a roll of cellophane tape at H/F for $1 and it seems to work well. I'm not any kind of expert on tape but whatever sticks long enough to get the job done is what I want. I also like it be be as thin as possible.

I live a mile from the Pacific ocean. We hike the local wetlands and can see the stack up of cargo ships sitting in the L.A. harbor. Last week we had a pretty good storm go through and many of them moved further off shore to avoid serious damage. It really is amazing to see just how much foreign goods we import. Sad state of affairs!

I agree Paul. I guess I can get along without any of those tools. I have so far. I just found it interesting. Seems that you can make a great product and sell it cheap using slave labor.

Yeah, I know. I did find a pretty good recipe for "crow" though.

That's what I thought too. When I watched his first video on building his workbench, I had to reply to him and say that I'd love to be able to afford all the great tools he used but that would never happen. He came back to me and suggested that I watch his series on China tooling. It appears that he has found Chinese products that equal or surpass some of the great ones made in this country. The stuff I could never afford. Now, maybe I can.

Thanks Randy, I was replying to another post and I totally agree with you. When I had my Hegner, I never used anything but the middle size clamp. As I said though, I'm still on the hunt for a real good deal on a used Hegner and hope to find one. But, I'll not lose sleep over it because I have 2 great saws now. I'd just like to have Hegner again. I'll find one under $300 just like I did on the last one. I'm a cheapskate.

I ran across this guy the other day. He does some beautiful woodwork. Typical German quality. He put together this series on woodworking tools from China that are of great quality. Not the cheap junk that many of us have become accustomed to. I have watched a few of the videos and am impressed by what he has shown. He seems to be buying everything from an outfit by the name of Banggood. They have a website, Banggood.com and I have been drooling over a lot of the nice tools. So, I thought I'd ask here to see if anybody has any firsthand knowledge and if so, tell us about it. It appears that the first in the series is no longer available but here is the link to the 2nd one and you can go on from there.

I use leftover small pill bottles for that Kevin. So far I only have about 4 different species but they do come in handy for repairs.

That's what I have too Paul. I think it was about $15 on Amazon. My problem is I have 60 tubes but really only use 3 or 4 different blades. Same blades, different sizes. I guess I must be missing something. I haven't gotten into knowing all the different types of blades and their uses. I don't do fretwork or photos. I'm generally working with thicker wood. At some point I'll have to branch out and make some wall hangers.

You said inlays. What are the inlays made of?

After reading what you wrote and thinking about it, I realize what you meant. NO CHINESE saws. My first bandsaw was Chinese and I got what I paid for it. $100. Nothing on it was precision. It had a table that wasn't flat and the tires on the wheels were junk. So, I agree with you completely. If it's not a well known mfgr. don't mess around with it. Even then you can get bit. Like the Excaliburs that came out of China. Not the same saw for sure.

Once I'm dead, who cares?

That's what I'm going to try to do Jerry. My problem comes in when I try to do ANYTHING in Inkscape. I'm still very wet behind the ears when it comes to Inkscape. In fact, right at this moment I'm trying to get through a video on it.

What I meant here is that if someone comes up with any gadget that is related to catching a fish, woodworking or ??? there will be plenty of people who will step up and open their wallet. Just ask me to show you all my fishing lures. Or any other of many useless gadgets. I'm a sucker and easily sold a bill of goods. I always heard that the easiest sale is to a salesman. That was me.

Kevin, my Delta was made in China. For sure, it's not the same quality as it's counterpart made in the U.S. but it is still a very good saw. The table is flat, the guides work great and other than the fact that the tilt mechanism broke, I'd buy it again. It's got the enclosed base and a 1 hp motor. I would like to update the belt though to one of the segmented belts. Much quieter and smoother.

It's really interesting how no matter what the situation, whether it's for a hobby or for fishing or for your pet, it's not difficult to part a person from their money. I really don't see $36 there. Someone is getting fat. Very fast!

To update, I emailed Sue May and she replied that it must be a combination of a couple of her tree patterns. I went through all that I could find on her site but didn't find any that would have been a hybrid. I get the feeling that the maker of this tree might have used the basic tree from one of hers and just came up with the fret work on his own. Whatever, I'm going to take a picture and try to create a pattern from it. Thanks to all of you who helped.

S long as you remember that it was vinegar and not hootch.

This is another old topic that has come back to life.

I saw this on a FB forum. Person looking for this pattern. I would like to find it also.