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I was doing general woodworking and had general woodworking tools. I subscribed to all the general woodworking mags like WOOD, FINE WOODWORKING, POPULAR WOODWORKING and AMERICAN WOODWORKING. Evertime I saw a turning or scrolling project I would have to say to myself, nope, can't do that cause I don't have a lathe or I don't have a scroll saw. So over the years I asked Santa for these tools. One year I got a scroll saw and another year I got a midi lathe. At the time, my wife was a tole painter. In fact she had a group of friends that came over twice a week to paint. I started cutting the wood blanks for these girls and soon was making enough money to finish equipping my shop like a jointer and planer and a drill press and of course turning tools and chucks and a sharping system and so on. To be continued.......... Sorry, had to break fo dinner! i became proficient in both the lathe and scroll saw. I turned hundreds of pens, bottle stoppers and bowls, and tons of fret work, all of which were given away as gifts. About that time I was a member of a large woodworking club in Thousand Oaks, Ca. I became the clubs scroll saw mentor and did a lot of demos. It was at a meeting when the future owners of the new Woodcraft store came to look for people to teach woodworking classes. I offered up to teach scroll saw and they accepted. Other then the wood blanks I cut for the tole painters group, I had never thought about selling anything. The store wanted to do a Christmas Botique one year and asked if I would participate. I said I didn't have enough inventory to do a show, and I also thought no woodworker would want to buy somebody else's woodwork. They told me they were going to advertise to the general public and we're confident I could build enough inventory for the show. So, I agreed. It was a two day show with about twenty local wood crafters, and I made a killing! They did it the next year and I did even better. So, the next year, I built a large inventory only to be told the store wasn't going to do the Botique again. So I had all this inventory to get rid of, so I looked around and found two local shows I could do. I have been doing these two shows for about five years now, and each year I do better than the last. i still work full time and teach about four classes a year. I have the weekends to cut when I'm not doing any Honey Do's. In the summer I will spend an hour or two in the shop after dinner. And when I have time, I visit the Village! P.S. I don't turn anymore!

Nice work Gordie!

Very cool Barb!

Don't be such a grump JT, celebrate them!

The beauty of making frames is sizing the frame to fit the project, not fitting the project to fit the frame. So no, I don't stockpile frames because I don't know what I will need for the future.

Ray, I teach my students that when the blade no longer does what you want It to do, it's time to change it. Weather it lasts an hour or ten minutes. Sometimes I will install a new blade and immediately change it because it's not cutting like I want, and sometimes a blade will last for an hour.

Welcome home to your shop Bobby!

Well, some of us still work full time and don't have time to play! This weekend, I'll be laying a new floor in the guest room, so if l have time, I'll work on it!

Hey Les, I do the same as you, however I don't have a problem taking the lid off. Yes, it does take a little effort, but I can always take it off. I have a rubber band clamp that is used for removing kitchen jar lids like mayonnaise jars. Perhaps that might work for you.

Nice looking work Jim!

Nice cut Edward!

From what I can see, it should not make any difference if any waste parts fall out through the table hole or pops out from the top. It's very difficult to cut yourself on a scrollsaw blade, so if you need to, you can use a finger to hold a piece down close to the blade so it doesn't bounce around. If you are afraid to do that, use the eraser end of a pencil to hold the work down. For me, I have never had a need for a zero clearance table. I cut a lot of fine fret work but just have not had a need.

I do as Katie except I will usually drill the hole on the end or beginning of the vein. If there ar intersecting veins, I'll drill the hole at the intersection. This hides the hole better.

Welcome to the Village Ruth! Lots of folks here willing to help from begginers to professionals and all in between. So, come on in and join the fun!

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Looks great, nice work!

The last time you did a dog show, it was a bust!

I to keep my blades in tubes in a stand. I keep the tube of the blade I am currently using out of the stand so I know which blade I am using.

Looks good Les!

All the scroll saw catalog and online stores carry them. Having said that, I don't own a set. If I need to clean something up or reshape, I just go back and clean it up with the blade. Quicker and easier!

Welcome back Bobby. Glad you are on the mend!

No, I don't feel guilty! Things happen. If I can glue it back together without it showing, I have no problem with that.

Smart thinking Dan! They look great!

Another stunning piece Randy!

I'm with you Ike, I don't read long posts either!