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First of Four Shows for the Holiday Season.
dgman replied to Dave Monk's topic in General Scroll Sawing
Holly molly Dave, I think you have set the bar for sure! If you start running out of stock, start moving out tables and displays so it doesn’t look empty. Great looking display! -
I do not wear a respirator or dust mask because I have my saw hooked up to my dust Collector.
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From here it looks like Ash.
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I love it, nice work!
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Actually, changing blades on the DW734 is real easy. The planer comes with all the tools needed to change blades onboard. The blades are two sided so you just flip them over when they dull. What makes it easy to change is they are indexed, they fit into the head onto pins so you don’t have to adjust them. Unfortunately, because they are indexed, you can’t adjust them which means if you sharpen them you will lose blade height and will not cut properly. This means you have to replace them. I use mine regularly and have flipped them over one time. Fortunately, the price of replacement blades is about the same as having them sharpened professionally. It’s the price you have to pay for having a great planer.
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Nice work Ralph!
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Les, if the crown is unnoticeable use E6000 adhesive for the letters. If the letters are small, use a tooth pic to apply the adhesive.
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Very nice. Keep up the good work!
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Looks great Edward! The Oak gives it much more depth.
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If it does what you want, then don’t worry about it!
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It hasn’t happened to me. Looking at the label it says CLEEN STRIP GREEN. It also says 65% Renewable content which means its recycled. Also in Spanish it say SUBSTITUTE ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS. A few years ago I accidentally bought a gallon of the green stuff. I saw that it was milky. I only used it to clean my soaking pan and brushes. Did not use it for my 50/50 mixture because I didn’t know what it would do.
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Yes, the backer is 1/4”. And yes, I do use oak, red, white and other species I can find out here in the West. Some may try to discourage you from using oak because of the wild grain, but I never have a problem cutting oak.
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Yes, I used screw eyes to attach the strings. They were the smallest I could find. They are a #000000. I found them on Amazon. The directions or pictures do not show how to assemble the roof pieces to the back. I had an issue with leaving the palm tree just glued into a slot in the base. It seemed it was to easy to break off from normal use. So I glued the roof pieces to the front of the back instead of the top. That way the tree can be glued to the roof in addition to the base to give it more stability. So you have to make sure the roof pieces are cut perfectly flat for better glueing. I used the sharp end of an Exacto knife blade to find the weight center to place the screw eye. So far, I have made 20!
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Yes, I glued the figures to both the back and bottom. I glued the sheep to Joseph and the bottom. I use a DeWALT saw which has a large blade opening int the table, but I don’t need a zero clearance table as I know how to keep small parts from falling through.
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Hey Gary, first off, I never use Baltic birch. I always use hardwoods. I used 1/4” maple for the overlay and Mahogany for the backer. To bring out the color and grain, I use a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits. Then when dry, I topcoat with Deft semi gloss spray lacquer. I have them priced at $24 each. My first show of the year is this Sunday, so I will see how they will sell.
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Very nice work Gary! I cut a dozen of those for my up coming shows!
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Looks good Edward!
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Bill, they are really easy to cut. You will want to stack cut. I cut four per stack. Fortunately for me, I have a planer so it’s easy to come up with 1/8” material. I used Aleen’s tacky glue instead of CA glue. The tacky glue sets up real fast and you don’t need to clamp. I built a little glue up jig tp align the roof pieces to the back.
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Nice work Edward!
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Great work Dan. It’s too nice for outdoor use!
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Hickory is an extremely hard wood. What blade are you using? If you are using a reverse tooth blade, I would change to a skip tooth blade. Also try experimenting with different size blades.
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Because I used to do a lot of demos and teaching, I made a presentable blade holder rack. Made from Three layers of 1” Mahogany. I even decorated the back side. The tubes I get from Sloan’s Woodshop.
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Looks good Dan!
