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Did they say you absolutley have to have a gram scale? I am thinking of buying whatever is needed but not if I don't need it. In the video that Fiona did, she had a gram scale and it seems like it would be useful.

You'll find a way. The same way I have 3 saws in my 9 x 13 shop. I have an 8 foot workbench, a 14 inch full size bandsaw, a drill press, my fold up Dewalt table saw and a stack tool box. You just find a way.

Thanks all. This is exactly why I asked here. I knew I'd get some good feedback. Keep it coming.

Well BadBob, what was the outcome of this saw? Did you jump in your car and head over to buy it? I, for one, hope so.

Read what? I watched the video but didn't see anything to read. Ah, never mind what I wrote. I went back and read what you wrote. I misunderstood your meaning in the above post. I thought you meant there was something to read on her video post. Anyway, thanks for the info. Is there a diffence between epoxy and resin? Or is it just that we have come to call everything epoxy? I wonder if they have anything at the local Hobby Lobby or Michael's. And for the tinting, can anything be used? Acrylic paints? Or something special?

Well, I'm having problems watching your videos and not sure why unless you are on a very slow connection. Anyway, first thing to do is mount a fairly heavy blade in the chucks. A heavy blade so that tension doesn't break it if overdone. Also, taking all the slack out of the machine will quiet it down some. From what I could hear your saw has some noise but it could be because you don't have a blade in it or tensioned. If after doing that you are hearing any noise, it's probably coming from the tension rod hitting something because it's too loose or the upper link arm is contacting the underside of that cover. Here is what you need to do to fix that. It's a common problem with these saws. Here are pics of what needs to be done. On my saw, when I had it, I had to actually grind away enough of that cover that some of the groove was actually gone. What is happening is the link coming from the rear of the saw to the front upper blade mechanism is hitting the underside of that cover at high speeds. Also, if you have too much slop in the tension rod it will flail around above the cover and hit the cover. It's just a matter of relieving the cover's underside and fine tuning the tension rod on the upper side. Once you have managed to do all that, you shouldn't have any more knocking.

Yes, that's what has triggered my thoughts. I'm not sure of where to buy or what to buy. I'm hoping for some tutilege on the subject.

What brought me to this question is the tissue box covers that I have made. I've made quite a few with just this palm tree on the 4 sides and got to thinking that I might try to fill the palm fronds with a green tinted resin and then somehow fill the trunks with a brown tinted resin. I might have to alter the pattern to add a "separator" between the top and bottoms.

Me too!

I'm toying with using colored resins in some projects that I have in mind. I'd appreciate any advice that any of our folks might have to offer. What/where/how?

If you end up with the "dreaded knocking noise" then it will require taking that cover off one more time and file/grind off the portion that is being contacted by the drive link. If you need more info on that go to scrollsaw.com and see the pics.

That makes sense as the date was for later THIS year. I was hoping and praying that it was not a mistake. That would have been terrible. For such a work of art.

Dave, I'm curious about the date on your plaque. What exactly does it commemmorate that hasn't happened yet? Is it a wedding thing for future use? I love the pattern. Where'd you find it?

It looks like you unscrewed the rod to the point that it fell out if the adjustment wedge. Easy fix. And I don't see the bar that the wedge slides against to apply the lift to the upper arm. Nothing too tough to fix if you understand what is happening when you turn the tension knob/lever. Here is a good clear pic of how it should look. You can see the wedge and the plate above it. The rod screws into the wedge and pulls forward when you apply tension. The wedge "forces" the upper arm to move up and that makes the blade get tight.

What size blade?

Beautiful work Dave. As always. You have a real gift for making beautiful stuff. Would you tell me where you find the sapele? When I was looking fo it, I found none from any of the regular sources. I wanted it for the bowl I made and was forced to use padaul instead and now it has darkened to almost brown.

It doesn't. The picture is confusing. The rod goes up through that cover and the bearing goes on top of the rid and sits in the groove on the underside of the adjuster knob. Look at the pics and not the diagram.

I guess it really all depends on how bad you want it. I have a 16 & 21 green so I'd love to have it just to complete the set. $700 doesn't sound bad for all that appears to be included but being who I am, I'd have to dicker some. Depends on circumstances. Those 30 inchers don't come up often.

The last saw I bought was about that same time/distance. If the deal is good, I'd already be on the road. What are you waiting for?

The last time they offered all the available back issues they were $5 ea plus shipping. I bought about 30 of them to fill in what I was missing. I have almost a full set of them now and truly enjoy going back and reading the old ones. The problem I have though is I forget I'm reading an old outdated magazine and find something interesting with a website URL but they never work. Oh well................

I was diagnosed with SA many years ago and they prescribed a CPAP. It was set at 13 whatever that means. Anyway, the pressure was enough to make my mouth fall open so they put a chin strap on me. One night, my nose got congested and didn't let the air through so with the chin strap holding my mouth shut and no air through my nose, I woke up thinking I was drowning. Scared the hell out of me. I tore that thing off and never put it back on again. The last I saw of it was when we have an estate sale and somebody bought it. The apnea either went away or I still have it and don't know it. That was about 20 years ago.

I'm not sure exactly of what you are speaking. A picture might help. Are you sure you got the wedge and slider all back where they should be? If so, it's just a matter of aligning the rod, putting the cover over it and the rest of the small pieces. There is a sleeve that fits over the bent end of the rod and that fits into the cover so that when the cover is rotated it pulls/pushes the rod to either add or reduce tension.

Well, until you blew it up, it looked great.

You described me. I'm a jack of all trades and master of none. I've not run into anything that I can't at least attemp to fix or make. Sometimes I get in over my head and have to ask for help but most generally if I did deep enough I can find the answer and git er done!

I agree with what you say. I'd love to be able to do it all but age, shop size, and wallet all figure into it. I found that I can satify my need for working with wood in the newfound hobby of scrolling. It seems to satisfy my need to create something. I keep looking for patterns that I can use but with some alteratiion to come up with something that serves a purpose. I'm really not into wall hanger or desk sitter. But, I appreciate whatever anybody makes if they truly put their all into doing it. Larry, your intarsia is beautiful. Your love of the hobby shines through.