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Try this site for Pegas blades, Bens scrollsaw .com. I have ordered from here a few times, great service. Sorry don't know how to link the site. Erv
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This my opinion only but I believe that the blades that Scroller is selling under the brand of Sharktooth is the very same blade that is sold as Flying Dutchman. The description of the blades is the same with very little difference. Both blades are manufactured in Germany and I would bet, the same factory. The difference that I can see is the price. Scroller's price is a little bit higher than WTB. Schroller's shipping is also more than WTB. As with the majority, I will stay with FD although I will use Pegas modified geometry blades for compound cutting thick hardwoods. For myself they just work better than FD. As stated at the beginning, just my opinion! Erv
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I have been in that part of Idaho in the summer time to pick up a load of "Hops" that went to the brewer of Michelob beer. This particular farm was just about 1 mile from the border and as stated Idaho is a beautiful state and they do receive a lot of snow in that area. There has to be a good reason to move and hope it works out for them. Erv
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Have any of the scrollers here that order products from The Wooden Teddy Bear noticed that they have moved their operations out of Portland Oregon to a very small town, Spirit Lake, ID up close to the Canadian border? I went to the separate site they still have for the FD blades and there was a notice that the office would not be open until Jan. 2nd due to inclement weather slowing down the move. The address is also on the new catalog just received. Just wondering why the move to that part of the world. Erv
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I agree with the other scrollers, it has to be not enough tension. I put as much tension as possible on all sizes with the exception of the 2/0 flat and spiral blades, on those I back off just a hair. Since you use the #5 ur you probable know about the crimp on one end being in the top blade clamp. Erv
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Its to bad that the old Delta company had to be bought by Black & Decker and than both of them bought by Stanley because the old Delta's had the best blade clamps ever made. As far as top feed maybe not suited to that, I don't know, I bottom feed and could never get the hang of the top feed. The Delta clamps were the best once you set the right clamping force and it would "cam" over time and again. The patient may still be in Delta's name and can't be used by any other company, don't know about that. Erv
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Where did I put my book mark patterns???
redwine replied to hawkeye10's topic in General Scroll Sawing
Steve Good has a number of book mark patterns, so does Sue Mey although hers are not free. The ones I cut was from 1/32" ply bought at Hobby Lobby and sprayed different colors. Erv -
Not only does the blade pull the wood up, you will also notice that it will not track true and difficult to make it stay on line. For my self there is also a different noise made when it is upside down. Erv
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I too use the dead man foot switch and with the combination of using a 3 outlet plug, the vac is also connected to start and stop same as the saw. I don't know why it took me so long to change over to the foot switch and have used on for the past 3 years and it was a cheapy one and still going strong. For the 1st year I would catch my self reaching up to flip the switch on the saw to start or stop it. Glad no one was around, very embarrassing! Erv
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Thanks for all of the great info about drilling through maple. Although the holes are small, as stated in the original text, 1/8", 3/16", 1/4" and I do have a drill press, and I do clear the chips out by the "pecking" method. Having learned that the hard way drilling the small entry holes in the patterned wood and having the hole at an angle into the where the next cut would be. The method of drilling just till the brad point peaks through will most likely solve my problem. At the moment I do not have any maple left to try this but will write this down for future reference. Although I have been scrolling for 11 years I am still learning what wood will and won't do! Thanks every one! Erv
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The wood is 1/2 inch thick, the drills are I/8, 3/16 & 1/4 inch. The drill bits are brad point, not the best quality but fairly new, and the Dewalt pilot point that are new. Erv
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I am hoping that some one can solve a problem for me about drilling holes in maple. I have tried every thing I can thank of to drill the holes without getting tear out on the reverse side. I have a pattern for a Christmas tree that has 3 different circles all around the tree and for ease it is quicker to drill the holes than to cut them with the saw. What I have been doing is not working even though I put blue tape on the back, put the wood on to a flat backer board and use a slow speed on the drill press. I have used a higher speed but than I get the burning of the drill. What gets me is I do not have this trouble with any other hardwood or soft wood. What am I doing wrong? Erv
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To be your first show is hard to believe by the way you have what looks like professional panels for the display and nicely arranged items with the sales tag below each item. I go along with Rolf about only displaying one item at a time when you have more than one. For small scroll cut ornaments displaying multiple items is okay. One other thing I would add is do you have ability to take credit card payments? If not you should look into doing so. With all of that said we are all wishing you good luck on your 1st show and you will have a good one no doubt! Erv
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I used to use just the packing tape but I was getting a glare from the lights that made it difficult to see the line I was cutting. I just use the blue tape on all projects except portrait style with lots of small fine cuts. I just spray the back of the pattern and apply to the bb ply and use mineral sprits to remove the pattern. When I was using packing tape I had the problem with the sawdust getting under the tape while cutting and making it even worse to follow the line. Erv
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The only 2/0 flat blade I ever tried was a FD don't remember the exact one but could not control it even with the slowest speed, also had the same problem with #1 blade. The #1 turned would not turn to the right regardless of what I did. About that time the UR became available and problem solved. I later found out that the #1 had a defect that caused the problem. It will be interesting to see how the new UR 2/0 will do. I have enough blades to carry me through to the new year and than place an order and for sure get a few of the new one. Erv
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Maybe I can answer the question of Mikes Workshop site. When Mike sold his business to Wooden Teddy Bear, one if the stipulations was that the site would stay up for 1 year than it could be closed. You can see why this was done so that it would not be perceived that WTB just went in and took over. This was a good thing for both party's and made for an easy transition. As for the price increase that may or may not happen, the shipping cost will increase unless WTB makes an exception for a different cost for blade order only. Erv
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I use painters tape on all of the projects except the portrait style where there are more than 200 entry holes and it is 1/8 inch bb ply. The pattern is sprayed on the back and applied to the wood and mineral sprits is used to remove the pattern in whole. The only problem than is removing the residue left by the adhesive, that is a pain sometimes. The biggest reason for doing it this way is the time it takes to remove the tape and the possibility of breaking out a fragile piece of the cut. Erv
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Thanks for the kind words and the lady this was cut for is a retired teacher of over 40 years in the schools. She had told me that if it was entered that for sure the credits would go where they should. You might say this is old school way of living. Erv
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For everyone interested, the 2 dogs that a lady requested and I got the patterns from Russell here at SSV and Sprithorse over at SSC, received a blue ribbon at our county fair this past weekend! She had ask if it would be okay to enter it and I told her sure. I wasn't sure if she could or not but it was entered into a new section this year of framed and signed art work by crafters. She entered it with the explanation that I did the cutting and the designers names! Erv
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The only Pegas blades that I will use are the #5 & #7 modified geometry and than only for compound cutting. For me they work much better than any of the skip tooth blades I have tried. They seem to go around curves much easier than other types and not taper that I have trouble with FD ultras. Just my opinion, take it for what its worth. Erv
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The surest way to be sure the ink doesn't bleed on the wood is to spray one very light coat on the wood than a very fine pen is used for the signatures. I do this with every thing I sign and haven't had one bleed yet. The 2nd coat also needs to be a very light coat to be sure that there is no bleeding than spray the additional coats as needed. Erv
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Kevin, if you are doing this to make a living than you are running a business and to run a business successfully that means keeping track of what it costs you in materials and your time to make the projects and than pricing the items to make a decent return on the dollar! This also means that your customers understand that you are friendly but you require a deposit with final payment upon finish, no if, ands, or buts! If you are letting the customer pick up with out final payment you may as well forget about them ever paying for the items! In the case with this lady, for any future requests, I would double the price you have been charging and explain to her why you have to do this. Its one thing to be friends with the customers but not to the extent that they take advantage of you! This is only my opinion and please take it for what it's worth. Erv
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That is a great find and the person that owned it was either a master craftsman and/or a finish carpenter that knew how to care of tools of the trade. Will not try to guess a price but it was worth what ever you paid! Erv
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Yes you did make a great find! That is worth more than fire wood that's for sure! Erv
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Very nice cutting, simple and to the point! As for me, didn't care for their music nor did not much care for Elvis except for his religious albums he put out, now the Beach Boys, that was something else! Could and still do listen to their albums all day long! Great job on the project! Erv
