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A few weeks ago, I smelled smoke in our family room. I looked around and found nothing. There was no smoke, just a smell. This happened a couple mornings for about an hour, then would go away. On the third day, I came in from the shop to get a drink, and this time there was actual smoke. No fire just smoke. It was coming from my wife’s area where she sits and stitches her cross stitch projects. She uses a lighted magnifying glass on a stand. The way it was standing, sunlight coming in through the window was focused on some books next to her chair. Fortunately, there was no real fire but it did burn several of her books but nothing else. I’m just happy that I was at home and caught it before there was actual fire! This reminded me of another incident. A few years ago I was at a friends shop that had the same thing happen to his DeWalt saw. He had a magnifying light mounted to his saw sitting in front of a window. Sunlight from the window shining through the magnifier melted all the plastic on his saw! So, this is a warning, if you use a lighted magnifier, make sure it does not sit next to a window!

Congratulations Barb, it is well deserved!

More information is needed. What kind of wood are you using? Are you using blue painters tape or are you using clear packing tape. Do you not usually use the blower?

The pattern is drawn like a portrait pattern. All black with no discernible lines to follow. The waste is white. Yes, it is cutable that way, but with my tired eye, it is very hard to cut. So I had it redrawn with red lines to make it easier to follow. Here’s the original pattern

Yes, that is Birchbark’s pattern. It is one of my favorite patterns also. I converted it to a line pattern to make it easier to follow the lines. It can be found in the free pattern section here at the village. Unfortunately, Russel hasn’t been on for quite a while.

So sorry about the loss of your sister Charlie. I’ve been there with several family members. It’s a tough thing to deal with. What a wonderful plaque you made. I wish I had your talent of design.

A simple trick I use, I wipe the nozzle with my finger nail after each and every use. Doing this prevents it from building up and clogging. If my finger gets too sticky, I just wipe it off with a shop towel sprayed with mineral spirits. If you can’t get mineral spirits, use paint thinner. Wiping the nozzle with the wet shop towel will work too.

Iv’e used Deft spray Lacquer for years. When it became scarce I started using Minwax spray lacquer. In my opinion, it actually finishes nicer then Deft. Lately though, I’ve been spraying Minwax brushing lacquer. I purchased a spray gun and dilute the brushing lacquer with lacquer thinner. It finishes so much nicer than spray cans.

Fantastic work Marg!

Nice rendition Charlie!

Very nice work JImmy!

Nice work Barb! I did that guy about 15 years ago.

Nice!

Beautiful work Marie! Did you do the inlay?

Exactly as I do!

Springtime brings lots of birds to our backyard. I made this for my wife who is the bird lady of Moorpark!

Nice work Charlie! Is that an 8 track?

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie!!! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me! I showed this to my wife, and she is literally drooling!

What needs to be done Dave is provide ample air circulation around all sides of the wood. The best way to achieve this is either lean the boards against a wall or work bench so air can circulate or stack and sticker the boards. That entails placing stickers or sticks between each board with weight on the top board. Leave the boards alone until they acclimate to your shops humidity or lack of.

The three most important factors is 1: the blade must be perfectly square to the table. You need a small square to square up the table. A credit card will work in a pinch. 2: Tension. You need as much tension on the blade as you can get. You want to hear a high “ping” when you pluck the blade. You may need to clean off the tips of the thumb screws and the back up screw. 3: make sure you don’t apply lateral pressure on the blade when cutting. Look straight on the blade, if it is bending while making your turn, the cut will be beveled.

I agree that using ply is not the way to go. A lot of folks use ply, but I would rather use hardwoods. I have always thought 1/4” was too thick and !/8” is too thin. So, I use 3/16”. Of course I have the tools necessary to resaw and plane my stock. If you are going to use hardwoods, I would go with 1/4”.

I like the contrast of the Basswood to the black. I’d leave it.

Congratulations Paul! A wonderful rendition sure to please your Buddy!

Well said!

No glass.