tomsteve

jt, i love your style. you do amazing work for a pen and here i am doin similar to keep time! just incredible work! so, hows the table play?

is it possible that the bleeding you see is just the dust from the padauk? ive stack cut padauk mixed with oak and it appeared to bleed, but it was just the dust from the padauk. did you slow down the saw speed or your own feed rate- not as much pressure? in thicker cuts, the saw doesn't have a long enough stroke to clear out the gullets, which that causes the blades to heat up and burn the wood. I slow down the saw speed and when cutting i feed in a pecking manner- feed in a bit, then let off pressure to allow the dust to clear the gullets. repeat. this also helps keep the cut perpendicular through the depth of cut.

im thinkin yer a natural on the scrollsaw. wont be long and youll be tackling Charles dearing stuff!

boy kevin, you have a lot of energy!! want some dome clock parts to cut out?

I was trying to determine iffen you've used spirals before. if not, spirals require a wee bit less force than straight blades when feeding the workpiece into them.

that's cool!! ya know, reading the title, I thought I was gonna read someone set a record for scrolling for 24 straight hours or sumthin.

wow!! what awesome work and great stories!! heres another one that,although no scrollsaw work in it, I cherish it. a dear friend of mine had a barn on her property that was built in 1862. it had been in disrepair and toppled over. she let me come and take a look and see if there was any lumber I could use. holy cow! I wanted a skytrack and semi with flatbed!! there were beams from 6 by 6 up to 14 by 16- one being 36' long. the floor joists( there was a basement thingy in the barn. I hope theres a better term for that. actually, it might have been an ice house?) were logs with the top face cut flat and the rest was left in log form.these logs were 14-24" diameter I could see some of them floor joists were oak, maple, walnut, and something I wasn't sure of, but could have been white oak. boy, I reeeeaaalllly wanted to get to that stuff! but there was a barn on it all. so I got what my back could handle. anyways, it was very enjoyable constructing this. the top is a glue up and one thing I like doing is just looking at the end grain. one of the pieces for the top is about 5" wide quartersawn. I counted 93 growth rings across that piece alone. serious old growth! I was really surprised to see the different species used in the barn, but an old timer from the area explained it to me: there werent sawmills or lumber yards in every town and when people got their property, they had to 1st clear it to farm it. so instead of wasting the trees, they used it to build their barns with whatever trees that had and weren't concerned with what species too much.

very creative and beautiful!

you should buy a planer anyways. I have a thread going on constructing the dome clock. I purchased the lumber S3S- surfaced 3 sides with one edge left in the rough. 3/4" thick. im able to rip the lumber in half on the table saw and finish it to 1/4" with the planer and saving a LOT of money over purchasing all the lumber already 1/4" thick. it is fun and enjoyable to make lumber from pallets and rough sawn lumber, but theres something important to consider: a planer and jointer go hand in hand for the task. one face of the lumber needs to be flattened before planning. if it isn't flattened, a planer can plane any warp,cup, or wave into the wood. a jointer flattens one face, then the planer makes both surfaces parallel. it is possible,however, to built sled of the planer to flatten lumber. there are quite a few videos/articles on the www showing how. as for the pallet wood, something to consider is the moisture content. beings how I worked in a pallet shop, most pallets are constructed from quite green lumber. however, pallets that are shipped from other countries have to be treated to kill any bugs that can be in the wood and that's done 2 different ways; either heat treating, which there should be a stamp on the pallet indicating its been heat treated. or with chemicals. what type of planer? welp, I suggest the highest quality you can afford. now, the dewalt 734/735 get the best reviews for benchtop planers. but there are others out there that work pretty good. I have a delta tp305 that's over 10 years old and has a LOT of use on it. the downfall is the knives- the edges don't last long on hardwoods. cutech is a new company that has a line of planers. the model 40100H-CT is called a spiral cutter head, but its more of a segmented. instead of 13" blades, it has inserts. leaves a great finish and its pretty nice in the even that a nick occurs- which always does on planer knives, instead of having all knives have a nick and needing sharpening/replacing, the insert that is nicked can get rotated to a new cutting edge. what I know of my delta and read of others, it seems that all but the dewalt benchtop planer snipe. as for low end planers, that's hard to say what will happen purchasing something inexpensive. planers and inexpensive don't really go together. are there replacement parts and blades available? imo, id suggest either cruising craigslist for a used dewalt or look into the cutech planers. one other thing to consider: other than the dewalt, quite a few tool company names can be on the exact same planer- looking at a model of the cutech and rikkon, one model is identical with quite a different price. a rigid and craftsman model look identical,too.

while I was out pickin away at the dome clock last night, it occurred to me that this is the largest ss project ive tackled, but not the most cherished. got me to wondering if others have the same thing and would like to hear/see what others have done as their largest or most cherished project. as for me, it seems the most cherished is very hard, but the last gift I made, their response was priceless. I have a very good friend that's also a melanoma fighter/survivor. states away and we've never met, but we've helped each other out through our fight to survive. her hubby has been a police officer for 20 years and recently got the promotion hes been wanting for a long time- k9 unit. got to thinkin how ive made her Christmas gifts all these years and this year he should get something. so I made the plaque in the picture. actually did 3 and sent them 2 of them. she contacted me the day they received it. said it was the first time she had seen her hubby gert choked up over a gift. so at this time, that's the most cherished! heres hubby with his new partner. so how 'bout all ya'll- whats your largest/most cherished project?

i think one of my favorite crosses is the august cross,pattern sold at cherry tree toys scroller online has quite a variety of cross patterns,too.

good work,kevin!

welcome, jacques45! I don't know if there is any accridation or anything. as for me, no matter how long I scroll or what I build, im just practicing a hobby I enjoy.

this should be interesting as id like to know the difference myself. haven't ordered spirals in a while and gonna have to order some soon

iv used the acrylic paint sold in the craft section at walmart, hobby lobby, michaels,etc- sold in 2 ounce bottles- and thinned it down a bit to add color. its inexpensive and works good for adding color. to get the depth of color I am looking for, I start with full strength and brush it on a piece of scrap, then wipe off. thin as I feel necessary

a finishing blade,which is a blade of high tooth count and usually high ATB, is the type of a blade. miter saw blades generally refer have a lower hook angle and can be negative hook. usually the lower negative hook blades are for sliding compound miter saws and RAS. higher hook angle has a more aggressive cut- used on table saws generally. however, I have great results with an 80 tooth ATB diablo on my MS. the one drawback to high ATB is they dull quicker. it can get pretty complicated.

cant believe how much time I cut by not getting crazy with sanding. skip grit sanding and stopping at 220 cut my pre finish work down greatly. and the results are just as good as using every grit. and no more going finer than 220 after reading some of jeff jewitts articles in some mags and having pictures to prove finer than 220 is rather pointless.

that white in the 2 is sapwood. the dragon looks like it could have been cut from a small tree or branch, but I have seen streaks of sapwood in the middle ish of a board.. very sweet! I say put your regular selling price on em and see if they sell.

is it possible the plaques are cupped before planning? whats the moisture content of the wood? has the lumber been acclimated to the shop before working it and/or in a temp controlled shop? are you starting from roughsawn or is the lumber S4S?

im not sure if youre aware on the dc, you will be sucking air out of your shop, which will need make up air-a negative pressure will occure.if theres any furnace ducts out there, vents into the house, or any place air can pass between the 2,that can cause furnaces gasses to be backdrafted into the house while the dc is running.

uh ohhh... I didn't get r done...yet. I found a butterfly I scrolled out of purpleheart last year! now to find the right spot for it.

I have a new found respect for people that do the arts and craft stuff like this.

ive been down with the flu the last few days, so im thinkin finishing this by Christmas morning is gonna be cutting it close!

theres a dewalt 788 in the long island CL posted Thursday for $275

theres a video on youtube of a guy that did modifications to his excaliber and the dust collection was one of the mods.