tomsteve

something else you could do,kev: holidays are comin. subtle hints now and then to family. subliminal messages.

my opinion? if you dont need a slider or dual compound, look at the dewalt DW715 or a makita ls1040

yowzer thats some close flooding there! i sure hope everything turns out ok at the homefront. i could see me seeting up my scroll saw on that porch!

apparently there is a show called "scandal" the customer follows. not sure what the show is about, but theres stuff going on around a conference table often. she loves the table and wanted something to look like it. i did some digging and found out the woods used in the table were ebony,butternut,and walnut which would have made a very pricey chest top, let alone for a movie prop. so since the customer is a michigan native i decided to use locally grown woods in this. cut the cost way down,too!

i occasionally hone my skills at the art of making big pieces of wood smaller then calling it high quality kindling.

thanks all for the comments. on a side note, if anyone happens to have to ship something large like this, look into greyhound shipping. commerce twp,mi to norfolk,virginia ranges anywhere from $90 to $200- depending on whether station to station,station to door, door to station, or door to door. not bad for something this size.

typically only one scrollsaw project at a time but it is very rare that i dont have some other project going on,too- watching glue dry is rather boring so i have to occupy my time.

i was asked if i could build a "basic blanket chest" with the only real requirement being how the top looked. i dont do "basic" very good. all native michigan woods in this- walnut,hickory,and maple for the top. birch for the frame, contre' plaque panels( thats actually french for plywood but plywood isnt elegant enough. and didnt come from michigan but close enough- it was bought in michigan), and cedar lined. along with the letters, i had to use the scrollsaw to do the radius on the bottom of the rails. this has been one of my favorite pieces to build over the years and honored to have been asked to build it.

UPDATE! new VS speed control arrived, installed, and problem solved.

i have some dust to make and as long as the speed settles down after hunting a bit im good until the replacement get here. if i get this work done before the replacement comes in ill definately tear into it and take a look.

good on ya! yer a better mechanic than a lot of mechanics-many just keep tearing off and bangin stuff creating an even more expensive repair without readin how-to's and you took the time to read instructions. ive been scollin since 06 and im still just practicing. thats pretty much all i do with whatever im doing- even walking. i can mess up that even but glad im just practicing.

i called ray this AM and he seems to think the speed control,too- given the symptoms. with the caveat that electrical gremlins are.....welp...gremlins. ordered up a new speed control as im not the greatest at cross referencing and all that online and no place locally i have faith in helping me. so we shall see in a few days.

thanks,all. kevin, i happened to pull the brushes after typing this. the brushes have a lot of wear left on them. ray, i used some CRc electric control cleaning spray on the ponteniometer control thingy( that is what its called on my schematic. ) with no luck. looks like a call to ray in the AM. i was out scrolling a bit and the speed will stay put once it finds its speed. touch the speed control and it goes bonkers- hunts for a bit then finds the speed and settles in. i wonder if anyone ever had any luck with the lifetime warranty on these saws.....................................

my baby's 4 years old and started acting up on me this weekend. im not sure what the issue is and hoping for some guidance/advise. the VS went rather crazy. i hope im linking to the video right:

ive had a few projects end up with about a 150-220 grit finish due to wind gusts. that led me to plan my spraying for early mornings or late evenings when winds are calmest.

that would be cool. id have to come up with something to put on the lid of a seahawks one. hhhhmmmm..... "made it to the superbowl and choked on last the play. we had barry. nuff said."

and NOT the easiest thing to build. reason not easy to build? welp, ive lived in michigan my entire life. been a lions fan as long as i can remember. so NOt easy to say,"sure thing!" now the funny part: its for a friend that lives in seattle and is a seahawks fan. her husband is from wisconsin and a packers fan. we lions fans arent fond of green bay. hes a mason and has some days hes hurtin and wants to kick back with his feet up. however, they have a pair dogs- an american bulldog and a heeler. big dogs! buuuut, they go crazy when he lifts the footrest on his recliner. so hes not able to kick back too comfortably. hopefully this helps him and he likes my little lions touch to it.

spray some mineral spirits on one of the scrap pieces before staining and see if that stops the blotchyness.

the hardware is available through CTT https://cherrytreetoys.com/carousel-complete-hardware-kit/ it mentions a lazy susan and pulleys(and springs) so id assume theres a rope/wire system involved in makin the animals go up and down.

another years worth of work and my EX16 is still doing great. no parts replaced to date and a lot more hours on it.

2 years later and my ex16 is still going strong with LOTS of hours on it.

a year later and uncounted hours-well over 200- my ex 16 is still a joy to run.

Welp,mwhat I thought was an ex 21 Santa left me turned out to be an ex16. Didn't really look at the box and it sat there by the tree for a few days until I got to it, but I'm still happy with a 16" one. After burning up a craftsman, then having a 788 type 2's motor go out, then just about burning up another craftsman, it is a huge step up in finely made equipment. So far I've got only about 20 hours on it. Out of the box the only thing I had to do , besides bolting it to my stand, was turn the motor to be the blade to cut more verticle- as in less front to back movement during the stroke. It was simple to do. The table is super solid and the built in dust collection is pretty cool. Also the hole in the table for the blade to go through is nice and small leaving lots of support for fragile cuts, which is a blessing after using a craftsman with a huge hole and plastic throat plate. It's super quiet and almost no vibration. What's there isn't anything to even mention. The rubber pads I made out of a scrap of rubber I had may be helping there, but from what I read even without them there's very little vibration. The warranty... Wow!!! What a warranty and from the reviews of people that do a lot more scrolling than me, well, it doesn't rad like general tools has too much warranty work on these machines. I'm still learning the blade change on it, but it isn't bad. Very well build saw and I look forward to many years of scrolling with it.

im wondering what the look would be if ya turned the back 45 degrees( i think that would be it) to make one of the corners of the back in line with the "12".

How Did You Get Here??? it was a dark and stormy night........