tomsteve
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those are awesome! you deviver,too! i wonder sometimes if you ever sleep!
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the bevel cut is an awesome idea but i like to make multiples so just cut everything at a 90 and overlayed. im thinkin of doing one for myself with the bevel cut and thinking about what lumber to use. but have quite a few other projects to do beforehand.
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that is pretty cool. im wondering how the candle gets in there and lit.
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did this quite some time ago. was one of my first scrollsaw projects. mostly solid red oak but a few different types of wood used. even put maple flooring in it! not t&g, though.😊
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thanks all. actually theres mistakes in every piece i have ever made. theres already a repair i have to do on the butterfly. the two big open area arent supposed to be open.i forgot to modify the pattern there to add some strength. the blades used... on the deer and butterfly, 1,3, and 5 fd spirals. on the rest a #5 fd ultra reverse which is what i mainly use. i use a #3 when theres tight corners or fragile parts like the dogs' whiskers. thanks all for the comments! i actually have quite a collection of ss work as i do everything in multiples. love seeing people when they open their presents or when someone requests a certain "unique" item and they get it and say, "perfect!!" plus a few things i did for myself.
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it was in cwwc magazine years ago but is available herehttp://www.scrolleronline.com/product/8478/375
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and one im pulling back out.started it about....heck, its been almost a year! its the one that my old scrollsaw said,"ENOUGH!! IM DONE!" ive done the butterfly twice before mainly for gifts for someone i knew. did those ones 3- 1/4" birch ply. this time im going 4-1/8" birch with a 1/4" oak on bottom.got someone in mind and an excaliber!! the wine one was the 1st one i took the time to think about if i could use the remnants. all tbe others were stacked,too. i stack all portraitwork. i gotta say its awesome coming here and just lurking seeing all tbe awesome work everyone kiks out! a d i have learned some,too, from ya's!
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the pattern was from scrolleronline. the rest lf the wood from this one was scrapped.i stacked 4 of them except for the eagle. did 6 of those.i have some finish drying on some other pieces and will get a pic of what i was able to do with some leftovers.
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glad i came back before ordering. thanks, jerry! i can do that!
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DOH!!!! found em on there!
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first time posting any of the many things kicked out this summer. my son retired from the army recently.he asked me to build a flag display case for his retirement flag, i saw this pattern and thought it would go nice above the case. the shelf is a piece of walnut thats been in my shop for some time(ive got a small stash of live edge im waiting for ideas for) and ive been thinkin of something to build out of it for a few months. then my brother visited and saw it. first idea he had! i said," wow, ive been thinkin about it for a long time. i shoulda asked ya months ago!! so, what ideas do ya have for the rest of these live edge slabs?" he replied," let me take em home and think on it!"
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having my ex for almost a year now, i think ive admitted some round knurled blade clamps would be nice to have. are they available somewhere? didnt see them on the seyco website, unless i wasnt lookin in the right place.
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cant tell how long i spent walkin across my shop to drill holes or holes i missed before i realized i could put my drill press right next to my scrollsaw. i can relate to the downtime. i hadnt used spirals on a portrait in quite sometime until about 3 weeks ago. it was like learning it for the 1st time.
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i himmed and hawwed on the 16 or 21. figured tnat in tne years ivd scrolled did i very very rarely need the throat capacity of the 788. then ended up with an ex16 and footswitch under the christmas tree last year. ive done quite a bit of scrolling with it and have been very happy witn it and dont miss the added throat depth.and tne footswitch.... its awesome!!!
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I'd suggest seeing if you can upsize the dust ports on your tools.
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I was quite surprised at the difference after I started waxing the surfaces of all my machinery. Table saw, Jointer, planer, scrollsaw table.I didn't have any problems either and main reason was to help keep rust at bay... It made the lumber slide pretty nice. And some day I might wax my car even!
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I had a craftsman with a plastic throat plate that drove me crazy until I took a piece of 1/8" plywood, traced the table of the saw on it, cut it out , put a 1/4" hole in it for the blade and glued it to the table. Roughed up the surface of the table with 100 grit and clamped the plywood real good until it dried and it worked excellent. No more problems with fragile cuts.
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If there's no internal cuts or sharp turns a bandsaw might work pretty good.
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Check pawnshops in your area,too, for one.
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Seems this http://www.mikesscrollsawpatterns.com/pattern.asp?id=181 Is the same as what he's selling as this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flaming-Horse-Head-Airbrush-Stencil-Template-/150824033286?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231dd01c06 Also saw a couple I think are in the pattern library here.
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If you want the most durable, longest,lasting finish,,go with an exterior acrylic latex. Ie- clear paint Sherwin A-100 base( untinted) is,pretty durable. There's some write ups on why an acrylic latex is,a better choice over polys and even varnishes for exterior applications as you're looking at.
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I was thinking bulls fans must be weird to want DAN DW788 Scrolled out.
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I've seen Eddie painted many different ways but never woulda thought of scrolling him. Great job!!!
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I'd go with just a clearcoat. You might be able to find a jobber( a place that sells auto paint) locally that can load a rattle can of the brand of clear they sell or use a rattle can clear they sell. Scuff the surface with 800 grit, clean. Normally a wax and grease remover is used but you could use 90% IPA to clean the surface. Clean it real good. Then a few coats and let dry thoroughly. Then wax it.
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The blower hose on the ex is called loc line. If you have a machine/ indrustrial supply store nearby! Something like production tool, you could take what ya got ther and they should be able to hook ya up with more. To tighten up a knuckle you can try moving their position. Or http://www.mrmsworkshop.com/uploads/1/8/1/8/18181809/air_hose_repair_information.pdf
