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  1. redwine
    Thanks everyone for the kind comments! This was a quick pattern to cut and at the first show this past Saturday a lot of interest was shown! I do want to make a correction on the designer, it was indeed Falcon that came up with the design and not Travis Cook! Still don't know where I saw that on the pattern! Must be getting old! lol Erv
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    I cut a lot of crosses for craft shows and when I seen this one it had to cut! I cut it from 1/4 inch poplar and the "frame" is 1/4 inch MDF. I want to thank Travis Cook for the pattern and it is definitely different! Erv
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    Here is a tip that works for me, instead of moving the work with the straight line away from you, reverse the work and pull it to you. For me this is so much easier to get a straight cut this way. Erv
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    If this is the same site that has the pattern of the Union Pacific locomotive "Big Boy" it may not be online anymore. About a year ago I had requested a pattern to be made from a photo and I received an email back stating that it would be awhile before he would be able to do up a pattern as his wife had just passed away the day before after receiving my request. It was about a month later that he sent the pattern online. The gentleman used to comment once in awhile over on the Scrollers Café, but haven't seen any activity for some time. Erv
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    "Veining" was the original way of showing definition to a cutting. Once the computer and the very talented designers learned how and what the machine could do, veining was not used as much. The pattern you have is using that technique on the letters for that definition as a Halloween design. Veining can and is still used but not as much as it once was. Erv
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    This is an amazing piece of engineering! Some one has to much time on their hands! Erv
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    I have used the Insta-set that Trackman's photo shows except it was labeled for a hobby shop here but is the same item. The problem I have had using it is that while it cures instantly, it leaves the cured CA with a white coating that is very difficult to remove. If the part to be glued is hidden from view that is fine if not wait for the normal curing time. jmo. This has happened with 3 different super glues so test before hand! Erv
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    I will add my 2 cents worth if it is okay. When you first put the glue on to the pieces get them to fit as tightly as possible to try to eliminate the broken line. When the glue has started to set and if you have some squeeze out take some fine grit sandpaper, 220 or 320, and lightly sand those joints and the sawdust will mix with the glue and fill in the gap if there is one. You can also wait until the glue joint is dry and put a very small amount of glue on the break line and using the grit above lightly sand into the glue and the sawdust will mix and fill any gaps or the line itself and most if the time will be hard to see. I also drove trucks for 15 years and wish at times that I had started years before! Loved being on the road! Erv
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    The original pattern has been found! The Phantom Scroller had posted this pattern March 5 over on the Scrollers Café and has just reposted it this morning! I don't understand why this pattern was not put into the Café archives but I do have copies of it now safely downloaded for the future! I want to thank everyone for all of your searching for the pattern and your responses, thank you so much!! Erv
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    I have used the method that Steve put out on his site not long ago and it does work to a small amount. As stated you cannot get the wood completely flat but within 1/32" which is useable. Now having said that, I had ordered 1/4" maple 1/4" x 24" X 8" and it started to cup a couple of days later. I decided to try the process and I wasn't expecting what happened. I wish now that I had taken a photo of the result! I had done the wetting and put the stickers down than placed the wood with two weights on the stickers and left it alone. That afternoon I went to check on the process and the wood had done a cupping that was an arch! Now these weights weigh about 15# and that maple had pushed them up a good 3inchs! I was eventually able to get the wood flatten somewhat but ended up cutting it into 4inch wide strips and used it for ornaments. Every day I find out more about what wood will and won't do! Erv
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    I don't know what has happened but I cannot find this pattern in my files and I have searched all of the sites I can thank of with no results! Has anyone seen or has this pattern and where may I obtain it? Sorry about the small photo but our email provider has changed the system so thet any photo sent has too be resized first! Erv
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    The one thing that I have noticed about the 3M 77 is the size of the can. It is much taller and slimmer than the older ones. It still has the same amount at the same price, just under $10 at Walmart and the 2 home improvement stores. The first one I bought did the splatter and uneven spraying until I shook it up than it sprayed ok. Keeping the nozzle clean is a must! Erv
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    Iggy, That's how Walmart makes up for free shipping if the order is over $35! Nothing is free regardless of how it is stated! Erv
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    Thanks everyone for the kind comments. The plaque did turn out rather well and the part to make it appear to be a frame look just came to me as I and Ruby was trying to come up with a design that would be different and not use squared off ends. Again thanks for all the comments! Erv
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    I want to thank the following designers for their work on coming up with the font and design that I had requested back on the 25 of May. However and I can't believe that after the customer did not like the one that my wife had done, she decided that that would be the one to use even though she seen the 3 designs from Bobscroll, Jollyred, and Birchbark! It still brothers me that this happens every once in awhile and I spent 25 years in retail grocery with the public! Anyway this is the plaque that we came up with and I hope the customer likes this finished product! Ervin
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    I have always had that problem with the blue tape and it seems it is just the plywood and the way it is made. I have often thought about using the tape meant for delicate surfaces to see if that would help or do away with the pulling up of the small slivers. I have since stared using the clear shelf liner and found that it does not pull up the slivers from the ply. The blue tape will stick so much stronger and I assume that is the reason for pulling the wood. Russ's idea for the light coat of sanding sealer may stop the pulling of so much of the wood. It would be worth while to try. Erv
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    For the life of me I don't know how anyone can stand and cut with a scrollsaw! That does not seem natural to me even though everyone stands to use a miter saw, table saw, band saw, etc. It just would not work for myself and that is the way I started, seating down on a stool than updating to an office chair or draftsman chair. At the time I knew of no other woodworker around the vicinity so I self taught myself and it was just natural to be seated. Erv
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    I have tried using both Elmers and Locktite, did not like either one. I had problems with the pattern lifting at the wrong time when cutting in close to other cuts. I have been using 3M 77 for a long time and the price at Lowe's or Walmart is around $10. However the last can I bought has changed both in the diminutions of the can, taller and slimmer, and I thank the formula has changed because the spray comes out really wet and soaks the paper. Even after shaking the can before use it is still the same wetness. I also noticed the word super has been added and don't remember seeing that before! I have let the glue dry to the tackiness of masking tape as I have always done and the pattern will not stay stuck to the tape or shelf liner. Not sure what is going on but have to get it sorted out soon! Erv
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    Check with Steve Good's site. If I am not mistaken the guitar image is one of his and he does have alphabet letters also. Erv
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    I don't think I have left a pattern on more than I year and it was the pattern "Old Griz" designed of the Pennsey locomotives and it was sprayed on the pattern itself so no problem taking it off with mineral sprits. How ever with the blue tape it will come off but not very easy. I had a lot of scrap pieces with tape still on them that are probably 2 years old and that was difficult to get the tape off. I don't have a heat gun or a hair dryer that would make it easier to take the tape off. Just thankful it was not the old masking tape, it would still be on! Erv
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    I wish I was closer to Milwaukee, that would be in the shop in a minute! I currently own one that I purchased in 2005 and I cannot tell you how many hours it has on it and it is still going strong! True there are a lot of parts that are no longer available, one that comes to mind are the complete blade clamps. The "handle" to open and close the clamp is no longer made but the pads and spring are still available. There are a lot of parts that would not normally be needed during the life time and some of the parts can be made by a good machinist. This saw pictured has had very little use and has many years of good service ahead of it! Erv
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    I agree with Jim, spray a coat of lacquer than use a fine point pen than seal it with another coat or 2 and your finished! Erv
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    Thanks for the reply. I just went to the Hawk site and there wasn't any patterns listed or any links to patterns. Since we don't do patterns like this, only name shelf standers or simple word art standers, I have drawn in the broken arrow and when I cut it will clean it as I go. Once again thanks for the response. Erv
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    Can anyone identify the designer of this plaque that was given to me to cut another one? This plaque has been cut from 1/8" BB and who ever cut it used some easy ways of not undoing the blade clamp and threading through another hole to complete the cut. Anyway I would like to obtain the original pattern but if need be I can draw in the arrow that has been broken off. Erv
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