OCtoolguy

That looks like underlayment. Only 3 layers. Get some real B/BB plywood. Big difference.

Great job and I love the pattern.

When I was into woodcarving a few years back, I bought a used Delta 14" just for making roughouts. Now, I use it for quick cuts and many times saves me having to set up my table saw. I could do without it but having one is nice.

I think you would have to also add the blade guide bearing to your saw in order to control the tiny blade. And each size blade has it's own bearing because of the slot in the bearing.

To answer your question Les, you can't delete a post but you can delete the content. Just hit the edit tab, delete all the pics and content and you can even change the topic title to deleted. I checked with Travis once about that and he told me not to worry because eventually they go to a back page as the new topics come online.

If you are going to use old toss-away wood, you might want to invest in a metal detector wand to check for nails, staples and such. Pallets are notorious for having a lot of junk metal in them.

So true.

Now, if you are really good, you will do it with the mower running. LOL.

I have a couple of battery operated tools and the safety lock is a pain in the butt on both of them. So, I dribbled some super glue down inside of the safety lock with it in the "go" position and let it set up. Now, the tools are so much easier to use. These "safety" things are on tools just to stop lawsuits. In my estimation, if they would take all the safety warnings off of everything, the gene pool would sort itself out.

Thanks. I had intended to do something like that but I needed a starting point. I think what I came up with will work. I just wish I knew enough Inkscape to create my own patterns. I messed around with my printer yesterday and came up with a magnification of 218% to copy/print the original patterns. Everything except the 20 side panels. I'm anxious to start on it but I will have to glue up some wood to get pieces large enough. Thanks for all the advice.

When I was in the tool business I sold a lot of these and the smaller air operated ones that use 1/4" belt. The body shop guys loved them.

Wow Dave! That's gorgeous! You did that pattern I sent you in a big way. I had thought about doing the thin layers in corresponding colored wood. Now, I know what it looks like. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful!

Thanks, that was how I was going to do it until I got the brainstorm posted above. I found by googling the info I needed to come up with the circle size. It all depends now on how many panels I want to cut. If I stay with 10.35" I only have to cut 20. It appears to me that each panel I add increases the diameter about a half inch. Give or take. And those panels take me about an hour apiece to cut. Compound 3D cuts.

And on the 8th day, God created "super glue".

Ok Jim, since you seem to be the only person here with any math skills, here is what I came up with. I took the width of one panel at 1.5 inches, added 1/8 inch to it to come up with 1.625". I randomly took 20 as a starting point and that came out to 32.5 inches. I asked google what diameter circle would accommodate a circumference of 32.5 inches and it came up with 10.35". So, I guess that will be what I work with. I can't go any larger or I come up with an odd number. Thanks for your help. I think I have it now.

My take is, very expensive. Maybe if you have all the other tools you'll ever want, this might be next. The blades/bearing changes will break the bank. I just don't see enough use for it unless you are doing some very big projects.

I second what Scrappile just said. First of all, we all have had a lot of firewood. Sadly, I have no fireplace. Second, wear a dusy mask no matter what you are cutting. Scroll saw make a ton of fine dust. Many of us have a 20 inxh box fan sitting along side of us to draw the dust away. Put a furnace filter on the inlet side. Make sure your dust blower blows the dust away from you toward that fan. I vacuum off the furnace filter after every session. It's amazing how much it catches. 3rd, Rockytime buys sheets of under layment plywood ay H/D for just a few dollars. It's about 3/16" thick amd seems to cut well. And, 4th, do tell us a bit about yourself. Welcome to the village. It's the friendliest place on the web. 5th, no such thing as a dumb question!!!

Very nice. Far better than most first attempts.

Is your method keeping the side panels the same size as all the others I have made? I don't want to alter that dimension. I am thinking that I might have to make my circumference an odd number in that respect. I'm going to cut some pieces of paper to represent the side panels and create a circle of them and then measure the diameter. I can't chamge the size of them but I can change the diameter to accommodate whatever number of panels as whole units. I'm thinking somewhere around 16-20.

As most of you have seen my "votive candle holders" I'm sure you are familiar with them. I have made 3 now and I want to expand on the pattern. The original pattern calls for 8 side panels in a circle diameter of 4 5/16" inch. The actual location of the side panels is set in about 1/8" from the exterior diameter. So, here is my question......I want to make the exact same pattern but expand the diameter out to 11" or so. Somewhere between 10" and 12". Whatever works out the best. I want to retain the same dimensions of the side panels and just increase the number of them. They are 1 1/2" wide with about 1/8" between them at the nearest point near the top. I need help to figure out how many will fit in that diameter, whatever it turns out to be. I would assume that after drawing a circle I would determine how many degrees the segments are in my original and then divide that figure into my larger diameter. If someone can come up with a formula for me, it would be great. I'm attaching a drawing or two so you can see what I have now to clarify what I want. Thanks to all.

Maybe you can grind it into a wedge. Or buy a quick clamp.

Les, I can't tell from your pic but the factory clamp has a divet in the top for the upper clamp retaining screw to screw into to keep it all centered but not tight. I recall when I had my Hegner Wolfgang told me it had to sort of "float" so thay it could rock inthe v shaped seat. It looks like your clamp may be too tight and can't rock. Am I making myself clear?

I completely understand what it is you are doing Dick. Thanks for great ideas. I'm not into making plaques and wallhangers but this idea fascinates me. I'm going to find a pattern of something and give it a try. I take it that you could just about take any pattern and "thicken" the cut lines to get that look. I'm not sure how to go about doing that but after learning Inkscape, I sure hope to. Thanks again.

Les, there is a video of the manufacturing plant and if you watch it,( I'm sure you can't listen to it unless you speak German,) at some point in the video they show the engineering and making of that piece. I'd grab a screen shot of it and email Wolfgang at Advanced Machinery and request info on it. I'm sure it's something that will become available as an add-on. That's how they keep making money. It looks like a great item and as suggested, if they were to add a tiny spring to that clamp bar, it would be much easier than screwing the clamp bar in. Too much screwing is not good.

Les, check out the "Dustopper" from Home Depot. I'm sure you have a 5 gallon bucket around. It works great. I incorporated one into the vac system that I posted the youtube video about. It's a lot cheaper than the DD.