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Actually, I kinda dig the round-over jig he has for his belt sander. I try to eye-ball my round-overs, and they never turn out right.

Thanks again, everybody. Dick - The Methow Valley is in the North Cascades. Go to Wenatchee, head north for an hour and a half, and you're there. For more information, Google "Carlton Complex" and you'll get more than you want to know (the fire started across the field from my house. We're fine, but cleanup is going to take a while). I have some brothers-in-law who are Oregonians, one in Gaston, and the other around Lebanon. I used my wood burner for the rivers and the embellishments on the maps. The Idaho map was a special order from my best friend's sister, as a Christmas gift for her husband. The drawing of the kayaker is actually him, from a picture I stole from her Facebook page. I have a repeat customer who has ordered a second Washington map (she also got one that I forgot to take a picture of), where I used my new saw to cut out the Washington Huskies logo, and I'm going to inlay it with a purple tinted epoxy. She's great in that she is letting me experiment with different stuff, since I'm very new to all this artsy woodworking stuff. My wife is an avid user of Pintrest, and when she searched for "scroll saw patterns" last night, she said "holy crap" at the amount and diversity of them. Sounds like we have a convert! Thanks for all the warm welcomes, folks.

Thanks, Marg. That was taken at John Wayne Airport waiting to go to Disneyland. I think when my Powerball numbers finally hit, I'm going to reserve a room permanently at the Disneyland Hotel. Love that place.

I'm not exactly a regular, since I just joined today, but here's me. I'm the adult male.

Thanks, fellas. Here's a few I've made. All out of pallet wood. For one, I like the rustic look, I like the free-ness of pallets, and I live in a community that is both artsy and rural, do-it-yourselfy. I'm not sure why I chose to put the rivers on there, maybe because I live by one.

I just paid $300 for one with the stand and light. Looks barely used at all, and it says made in Canada, does that mean it's a Type 1?

Hi, my name is Scott, and I'm an alcoh--- Wait, wrong place. Anyhoo, just picked me up my very first scroll saw last weekend. I went for a Craigslisted Dewalt DW788 with the stand and light. Seems to be the best saw available until you get into the much higher dollar tools (and I had to save a while to get this one, so a Rockefeller I ain't), and it came highly recommended by a dude on a woodworking site I go to. I make wall maps out of pallet wood, and that thing works a helluva lot better than the stupid hobbyist band saw I got at a yard sale. I look forward to learning the ins and outs of this tool, hopefully get my wife to use it too (she has shown interest).