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Very nice work Steve!

I love Kokopelli and you did a great job on this one Steve!

Nice work DW. They must be saving for college!

Congratulations Andrew! Hope you charge their worth. In other words, don't give them away!

Steven, why do you have to be so negative? They have been working hard to get the new forums on line. I'm sure they have had hundreds of emails and tough to reply to all of them. We need to be patient, not adversarial.

That came out great Edward! Great cutting of a great pattern!

Great work frank, I like it!

Hey Jim, yup they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks but they did win two Stanley Cups in three years!Do you ever get to the Woodcraft store in Ventura? I know it's about an hour from Canyon Country. Although I don't work there, I do teach scroll saw there. I have a lot of pieces on display there.

So, do we know where things are at this point?

Nice work Steve!! Nice patterns too Bob!!

The Kings were the Stanley Cup defending champs. They made it to the first round of the play offs, but that's it. Thanks for all the comments!

My thanks to my buddy Gordie for this great pattern! 1/4" Mahogany and 1/2" Mahogany backer painted black. Cut with a Flying Dutchman FD UR #1, stack cut two layers. Soaked in a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits and a topcoat of Deft semi gloss spray lacquer. Three coats, with no sanding between coats because it didn't need it. P.S. For those that don't know who the Kings are, they are a professional Hocky team from Los Angles.

I have never had the need to use them. Using the correct blade, saw speed and feed rate for the wood you are cutting, you shouldn't have to Sand except for the fuzzies. If you mis cut, it's easy to go back and clean up the cut with the blade. I use the right side of the blade to clean up a mis cut. The right side of most blades have a bur from the manufacturing process. This makes them somewhat sharper than tha left side, perfect for touching up a mis cut. Using the right blade should produce a clean and smooth cut edge. On certain hardwoods like Cherry and Maple, the cut edge will even come out shiny. What is the right blade? That's dependent on the type and thickness of the wood. I like mostly flat, skip tooth blades. I use the smallest size blade to cut the frets or inside cuts but big enough to handle the thickness of the wood. So you have to experiment with what works for you. One of the most important factors is to be as accurate as possible. I like to split the line. That is not cut to the right or left of the line but down the center. When you go off the line, make a gradual return to the line, not an abrupt return. This will prevent those ugly bumps that need to be sanded out.

Sloans does not carry Flying Dutchman blades. They do carry Olsen blades though.

I teach scroll saw at the Woodcraft store in Ventura, Ca. They have five DeWalt saws. One is on the DeWalt stand and the others are mounted on plywood basee and stored on the bottom shelf of a storage cabinet. When needed, we just pull them off the shelf and clamp the base to a work bench. Easy enough!

Hey Rob, welcome to the village! I'm Dan from So. California. Come on in and join the fun!

Reminds me of Rob Roy!😄

Very nice! " Go smell the Roses".

Wow, beautiful work!

Nice work Bobby!

Welcome to the village Jason! We are here to help if you have any questions. Make sure to post pictures of your projects!

It's not to often you share your work with us Merlin, but this is worth the wait! Great cutting and I love that wood!

My favorite wood is Mahogany. It cuts so nice, smells good when scrolling and finishes so beautifully .

Very nice looking projects Al. I think it's time to change your screen name!

A problem that occurs quite often is the set screw that backs up to the thumb screw backs out. This leaves the blade up against the thumb screw and a hole. If the blade is breaking at the blade clamp, this is what's causing it. Check to see if the set screw has backed out. Use what ever tool is needed to set it so it just protrudes past the hole. I frequently use 2/0 and 1 and 2 size blades at all speeds tensioned to high C without breakage so tension and speed should not be an issue.