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There has been a lot of discussion on this subject. I don't know if there is a right or wrong method but anything you do will help. A good respirator mask is the first thing to buy. Check out the Wen air cleaner. I love mine. Good luck.

@FrankEV made a sled a while back. Maybe he will chime in.

Thanks to all. I checked with Frank and he said what you all have suggested. I must have printed my first patterns from Acrobat and just forgot. I'm old!

I did that. I ungrouped, resized and grouped. I've checked printer settings. There are none that would affect the size.

32 minutes ago, Wichman said: Ray, I've been looking at the pattern. Are you sure you got all three lines of the outside of the pattern (the squares)? If you only got the dashed inside lines it would print 1/4" short. I've printed it a few times in my efforts to find a fix and have had it come out multiple ways. I've cut the outer panels and now need 5 copies to make stencils/masks for painting the colored details that will show through. So they must be a correct match to the scrolled pieces. I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain.

Thanks but the pattern within the rectangle has to be increased by the same ratio. I'm really looking for the reason why this is happening and what the fix is.

I hope so. He needs a win just to stay in the running. His luck sucks. As does his pit crew. I hope he doesn't retire.

@TravisI've run up a stump on a project. I'm using a pattern that was shared by FrankEV for a tissue box cover and it calls for dimensions of 5/0" x 5/5". I imported the pattern into Inkscape and broke it apart using the Object/Ungroup command to get just the pattern off the page that also held instructions for building. That all went well. I isolated the pattern and specified document settings of 8/5" x 11.0" letter size paper. The pattern will not print the actual size. I've sized the pattern for the above dimensions but it keeps printing a 1/4" short on both sides. I'm tired of wasting paper and toner trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Can anybody give me some help? I'm using my Brother laser printer and I've never run into this problem before. Frank's patter came on 11" x 17" format but specified 8.5 " x 11.0" paper. I'm stumped. HELP! Seahorse-tissue-box.pdf

Whoever is in charge of paint should be moved to customer service. Just sayin.....

OMG!! What must it be like to have all that space?

Frank, it's so obvious that you truly enjoy your work. I am trying to get my feet wet with the adding color thing but so far, it's more a lesson in frustration. Mostly my ignorance and no artistic imagination. You've mastered it and I envy you. Everything you've done as of late is truly beautiful. Please keep them coming. I am enjoying every one of them.

The owl looks like a Stealth bomber coming at you.

The OP.

I have to ask, what are you making in wood that thick? If you are just practicing, there are better ways.

That is exactly what you want Paul. That saw is like new. It's got all the latest stuff on it. The latest table and motor. And it appears to have not been used at all. I don't see how you could go wrong on that. It's about $900 off the price of a new one. Get in your truck and go get it.

You won't be disappointed.

Beautiful work!

Gorgeous!

All beautiful.

Very nice Paul. I want to make bird houses too.

19 hours ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said: Kevin here is the deal. Go back and look what I said in reply to the OP. All I said they were laser cut and that I think they look cheap and my final word was I hate lasers. I think everyone here knows I hate lasers because they came up before. Then you get on here and no one else mentioned anything about hating lasers and you went into this long diatribe about how you use lasers and because one does not use one knows nothing about it and this was all directed at me. No one else mentioned the hate for lasers. It is old timers who do not want to move into the future and all that stuff. I am not stupid Kevin. I know when I am the target of a reply. Yes I used a 3D image of an angel for displaying certain religious pens I make. They are called props. Not for sale. Run away again. It does not bother me one way or other. I try to add when I can but maybe it is time to move away from this site all together. being I do not do much scrolling anymore anyway. Good luck with your lasers and scrollsaw work. Ray to answer your question you yelled at me for being negative one time before so I figured you would again. No I was misunderstood and I thought I had explained myself. Maybe not. But, I do see a lot of negativity in your posts lately. Especially toward Kevin. Why not just ignore him if he riles you? I hate to see this happening here. We have enough problems in our lives without having them here too. It's time for both of you to stop bickering.

Well said Kevin. But please don't leave the SSV. Your input is valuable to most all of us so don't let one person shut you down.

Why would I yell at you JT?

Sounds like a nice shop. Too bad you didn't do the heated floor. I would think that would be the best way. From the ground up.

Who is Tom Sevy? Not familiar.