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  1. tomsteve
    or top feed.:) i dont top feed.
  2. tomsteve
    ya know, FD makes a blade with a little indent on the top end of the blade. cant remember exactly which ones they are, but sure make figgerin it out easy peasy.
  3. tomsteve
    one thing to look into,jim, is if the logs came from the trunk or branches. branch wood will have some internal stresses in it, and sometimes those stresses can be quite high and come out all at once with a POP!! while machining. beautiful wood,though.
  4. tomsteve
    i cant believe i never thought of that! im always leaning over to the side.LOLOL thanks,jerry, for the tip!
  5. tomsteve
    heck, i have days i cant follow a crooked line! im not sure if youre aware, but scrollsaws will have a drift- trying to feed at a 90 degree to the blade doesnt work to get a straight line. i have to feed at an angle from the right side. the best advise i can give at this time is keep constant pressure letting the blade do the work and look ahead of the cut. i have noticed better control with straight cuts when i have the saw speed up higher,too. what type of wood are you cutting? that can factor in,too also, cutting with the grain can be a bugger- it always easier to cut straight against the grain.
  6. tomsteve
    im wondering if something with birds or leaves would go with the deer https://cherrytreetoys.com/bird-lamp-shade-plan/ i saw a scrollsaw lampshade with leaves through it but ill be darned if i can find it again
  7. tomsteve
    iguanadons henry( i think his name is?) makes some awesome puzzle patterns. i have a collection of Jeff Zaffino patterns and love the detail in them.
  8. tomsteve
    are you looking for something like this: https://www.thelogfurniturestore.com/whitetail-deer-lamp-shade
  9. tomsteve
    P.S. 1 and 6 of the exotics look somewhat like bubinga
  10. tomsteve
    thats spraying some mineral spirits on the face to see the color and grain better.
  11. tomsteve
    some clearer pictures close up would help some, but on the exotics, but #2 is definatly purpleheart. can ya get some pics of both the face( wetted with MS would be nice) and the end grain of each piece?
  12. tomsteve
    very good suggestion. rocking work sucks. i usually run the back across my belt sander real quick to knock em down if they protrude out the back
  13. tomsteve
    pretty much the same here as kevin. personally i found a sweet spot at 5- 1/8" thick stacked. when i start stacking more than 3/4" total thickness, i start getting some cuts that arent parallel no matter how careful i am.
  14. tomsteve
    welp, ya said ." and have always just inserted the clock un-started.. send the instruction papers etc with a small set of typed instructions on how to remove the clock and start it etc." is there something broke with the process? customer complaints?
  15. tomsteve
    personally i use brad nails from my brad nail gun. basically because its quick and holds the pieces firmly together.
  16. tomsteve
    yes. if it aint broke, dont fix it.
  17. tomsteve
    2 hands, 2 eyes, 2 feet for footswitches....2 times the work out at once.
  18. tomsteve
    non copywrighted photos?
  19. tomsteve
    now all someone has to do is create a suicide knob for scrollsaws.
  20. tomsteve
    great idea there!
  21. tomsteve
    one thing i love about the deadman footswitch: in the event im in a fragile area, i get a little crazy feeding too hard, and the workpiece starts to jump, lift my foot and powers off instantly.
  22. tomsteve
    other manufacturers of blades do make reverse tooth blades, but i cant say how they compare to FD blades as FD are all ive used. i have read some about the blades that judy gale roberts is selling. it reads like they are a high quality blade and theres a couple different geometries to them https://intarsia.com/collections/scroll-saw-blades/products/gold-blades-dozen?variant=33146093830
  23. tomsteve
    awesome!! beings how them drawers were dovetailed, im thinkin something better than pine. i wouldnt be surprised if it was poplar or maple. but then again species could depend on what country it was manufactured in.
  24. tomsteve
    i made this! but im also single.
  25. tomsteve
    great replies here. something i actually wish i would have done was save some of my very first cuts but i used them for kindling- fancy schmancy kindling. which didnt help start a fire any better. if i would have saved a couple pieces, i could pull them out when i start getting too hard on myself.
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