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I know it's probably silly of me to suggest this but if you are using a furnace of any kind in there, please make sure you have it vented properly. Carbon monoxide is deadly and very silent. Ray
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Not sure where you are located but in Anaheim, Ca. there is a great company by the name of Anderson Plywood. They have plywood down to 1/64" thickness. Three plys I think. Not cheap but the quality is great. Ray
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Well, I feel much better now knowing that at my novice stage, I'm not the only screwup. I always have to do a job more than once to be able to get it right. No matter how many times I measure something, I still make measuring mistakes. When asked what I'm making in my shop, I usually say "oh I buy expensive hardwood and make cheap sawdust". Ray
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We all need a wake up call once in a while. After reading all of your experiences, and getting over the heebie jeebies, I will be much more aware, observant and vigilant in the future. Thanks to all of you and I'm sorry for your pain. Ray
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Mine is quiet up that far too but at 8 it starts to vibrate a bit. I found that part of it is in my table and the mounting of the saw. I am going to insulate under my table with some pipe foam rubber insulation. Once that is done, it won't vibrate any more. Ray
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Ducky, did your wife make you get rid of your table saw? I hope not. Everybody needs at least one good saw. Ray
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Mine did the same thing. I was all set to do a total rebuild like the video but instead I just took the cover off one side and found the main shaft nut had come loose. Once tightened the knocking went away. I'm still going to do the rebuild. Ray
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Only two kinds of wood workers. Them that have lost a finger in a saw and those that are going to. Now, you have joined the first group. So far, I've been lucky. That's why I don't use guards on any of my tools. It forces me to pay attention. Ray
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I'm not sure this will work as I have not tried it myself. But if you are running Windows 7 at the bottom of the screen there is a little "snip-it" tool that you can capture only a portion of the picture you want and save it. Then do your resizing of only that part on your print/scanner. I can't see why it wouldn't work. Ray
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I was going to suggest that maybe it was a part of the Shopsmith family but you folks have made me think otherwise. It just looks like an attachment for a Shopsmith. Ray
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Thanks Dick, I wasn't even aware that there was a number 12 blade. So far, I haven't seen them for sale anywhere. But, then again, I wasn't looking for them. Ray
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Thanks DGman, I don't have one of the FD Polar in that size. But I do have some Olson blades in 7 and 9. I'll give them a try. Ray
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Thanks to all of you. I may have been trying to cut too fast. It just seemed like it was working hard. I was using a FD blade too. I'll try a 7 or 9 and see how it goes. Ray
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If you were going to do a carving cutout in 2 inch basswood, what blade would you use? I have done one already and it seemed like the #5 skip tooth blade struggled to cut it. It did make it through the whole thing but I was wondering if I should have used a #7 or #9. Anybody out there to guide this newbie? Ray
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I made one that is similar for my band saw. But this would allow me to make a circle bigger that the 14" that my band saw allows. Thanks. Ray
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Cordorygirl, I took the pics with my Nikon but I was holding it sideways. I guess that would explain it. I'll have to start doing it your way. I was in a hurry. Sorry for making everybody twist their heads around. Better next time. Ray
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Ok, here is what I am working on today. I have been carving on it for a couple of hours. My hand feels like I haven't held a knife in a while. But, it's coming along. I'm not sure why my pics always seem to come out on the side but you get the idea. Ray
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Thanks everybody, that's pretty much me too. I can't wrap my head around too many things at once. But, right now, I'm getting back into my woodcarving so I am going to go out to the shop and rough out a carving of a caricature buzzard that I have been wanting to try to carve. I cut the basic block on my band saw and I'll cut the outline on the scrollsaw. It should work out great. Now, I can scroll saw outside in my shop and carve inside in my office. Ray
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I'm curious about something. How many of you folks finish one project before starting another. This goes along with my question about keeping track of slightly used blades. Ray
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I just posted my Dewalt scrollsaw on the hot deals area
OCtoolguy replied to nrscroller's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I bought my type 1 less than a year ago off of Craigslist for $250. It came with a stand and a light. But the stand went to stand heaven and the light is in my toolbox drawer. My saw is very tight but at some point I'm going to do the Valvoline synthetic treatment on it. So far so good. Serial number is 5798. Not sure where that puts it. Ray -
Man, you're lucky. I think our closest lumber mill might be the one you go to in Ohio. California doesn't have lumber mills anymore. I think they all moved to Japan. Or China. I envy you. Ray
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Work in Progress - A Case for Flat Blades
OCtoolguy replied to Scrappile's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I take you folks don't work one project through from start to finish? I have been trying to finish one thing before starting another. I guess I will have to rethink that strategy. Ray -
Very nice job Scrappile, it's way over my head at this point. I'll be happy when I can even attempt something that difficult. Ray
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Thanks for posting the links. I signed up for the Wood emails so I should get them now too. Ray
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Great offer for somebody out there. I just bought the set of 60 tubes on Amazon. Thanks though. Ray
