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Since I have to order all of my hardwoods, walnut, maple, cherry, which none of the big box stores here stock, the box that they are shipped in is 24 inches or longer, 8 inches wider or wider and about 4, or 5 inches deep and I cut one down to about 3 inches deep and that is what I use to spray the glue onto the patterns. I replace it maybe once a year. You can leave the box as is just fold the lid sections down inside, kind of controls over spray if used inside! Erv
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You have a great start and you believed in the wood workers saying of "You can never have to many clamps"! Like what you have done so far! Erv
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Dick, I too have a great grandson that will be 3 in Oct and he is into dinos also! I have cut one of the T Rex pattern and sent it to him and will cut the other one and anymore I run across! By the way you did a great job on these 2 and I am sure the great grandson that likes dinos will like these also! Good job! Erv
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That is the work of a true scrolling master with a sharp eye, a steady hand and the scroll saw that has no or very little wear and maintained to do that fine cutting. Letters and numbers are two of the most difficult to cut and get it right! Sir, if I had a hat on I would have it off right now! Super job! Erv
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Now seeing the pattern it is there! I have some patterns that really look good until I cut them and than it was difficult to determine what the cutting was supposed to be! You did a great job on both cuttings and seeing an owl facing that way is very unusual! Nearly all owl patterns, pictures, are facing toward you as they are in the wild! Erv
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Gene, I am with you on the "Owl" face! I just can't see it as such! The German shepherd is a great cut! Erv
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How does one "bottom feed" without standing on your head?
redwine replied to MarieC's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I was going to put my 2 cents worth in until i ran across your post! When i used to do a lot of portrait cutting with many, many holes, I would use a Sharpe marker to dot the holes! For the work I do now that requires lots of openings, I use an awl to open the holes and the blade just slides in almost with out looking for the hole! Erv -
Actually you will be doing yourself a great service by stack cutting anything you need 2 or more of! Stack cutting portraits is one item that benefits as if you make a slight mistake or go off line slightly, the other cuttings will be the same and if and I say if, someone happens to see the mistake and questions you about it, just tell them that was the way the pattern was! Any time you have more than one to cut ,by all means stack cut! In your case you can very easily cut all 3 at the same time. One caution, be sure your blade is at right angle to the table before cutting! Erv
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Beautiful job and the woods selected made the projeck stand up and be noticed! Great job! Erv
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Happy New Year to everyone and may 2023 be the best year yet! Erv
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Ron, you have been a busy "bee" ! Really like all 3 projects but the one with the color is my favorite! I have cut 4 wooden cars for the Great Grandson from a different pattern maker but very similar, all were painted different colors! They were 4 different patterns from a different source. You did a great job on the wooden toys! Erv
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Unless laws have changed over the rest of the world, The USA is the only country that requires that hold down piece to be placed on the saw before it leaves the manufacturer! It is supposed to be a safety item to hold down the work piece! Your hands do a much better job of holding down what you are working on! Not only that the hold down piece will be in the way and could break the finer cuts as you are moving the project around for the blade to do its thing! Just my 2 cents worth! Erv
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It amazes me that a small co. like Lesleys Patterns that keeps getting emails wanting to know about their orders and when thy can expect to receive the orders can still be in buisness! There are so many other businesses such as Wooden Teddy Bear, Scroller, Dennys Pegus and Blades etc, that make good on delivery's, sometimes within the same week, and at reasonable prices, why would anyone want to go through the hassle with that one! I for one, if a company, big or small, doesn't want to deal with me in a timely amount of time, I no longer will deal with them! I'm sorry, but that is just my opinion! Erv
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I wasn't aware that HD gave veterans the 10% discount! I know that Lowes has that for the Veterans which I have and do most of our business there. Now as for the glue, I have tried different brands, some cheaper, some more expensive but always come back to to the red can, 77! Erv
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I started using the shelf liner about 2 years or so ago after seeing the dog puzzle maker that cuts hundreds of them was using shelf liner instead of blue tape or just spraying the back of the patterns and attaching to the long lengths of the wood! As you said the price of the blue tape was just getting to expensive and if it is used with patterns with a lot of detail, you run the risk of breaking out some of the detail as you peel the tape off! After using it the first time and seeing the results, I never looked back! Erv
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Wow, after seeing the saw in the condition that you purchased, you did a super job on the recondition! Great job! Thanks for the before and after photos! Erv
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Do you have a photo of this first Delta scroll saw before you started the restoration? It's great to see what the P 20 that I have that I bought back in 2005 just before Delta was bought out by Black and Decker, evolved from! Thanks for sharing! Erv
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Beautiful job all around! There is a child just waiting for this toy, I just know it! Very well done! Erv
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This is what I had to do with my Delta P20! The part that the bellows mounted on broke in half and the part was no longer available! I had an aquarium air pump that had been used on another saw that i sold and decided to hook it up to the P20. It actually puts out more air than the original bellows did and it is hooked up to run when the saw does and shuts off when the saw does! Erv
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AMEN!!!
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Thanks John and Travis!
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Great job and you do have a very good selection! Would be hard to choose one over another! Erv
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Let me say that to cut letters as the first thing you cut using a scroll saw you have a great future ahead of you! Cutting letters or words for most scrollers is the most difficult! You have nothing to be embarrassed about, you did a fine job on the first cut! As others have said keep that first cut in a safe place and go back and look at it in a years time! You will be amazed! Erv
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If that upholstery shop quoted you that price for materials and a 4 month waiting, you can bet they did not want to do the job! I used to do a little bit of upholstery years ago and I never run across any material any where near that price . To do that small chair shouldn't take more than 2 days even fitting it in between larger jobs! If it was myself you should take your wife out for a very nice dinner and evening of daninching! She did the next best thing for you! Erv
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Thanks for the info! I do order patterns from the WTB, didn't thank to look there! The one on the left looks like what we are wanting! Again thanks to all with your help and photos! Erv
