tomsteve
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Welcome Lorenzo. Proper lighting is necessary when taking pictures of projects scrolled in clear acrylic.
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Sharp drill bits, higher rpms, and a solid piece of wood underneath to let the drill bit to keep drilling into helps me stay splinter free when drilling. And letting the drill bit do the work.
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Hhhmmmm... Does the " no pictures or it didn't happen" rule apply around here??
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Very ambitious and something I've wanted to do for some time. It looks like a lot of stack cutting can occur with it. Probably be wise for the wheel sides so all the stuff in between lines up nice. I'm thinkin this would be a good project thread for us to follow.
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On large projects with many cuts I'll drill only 10-20 holes at a time, cut those and drill 10-20 more. Seems to help me. Plus I have a light at table level together light under the workpiece to help. And then there's times where I still have to look at the hole from the top and decipher where it is on the backside.
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Google 1/16 brass. Quite a few online metal suppliers.
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Learn how to make patterns from pictures. Tune up on all tools and(once again) re arrange shop. Keep hands and fingers in tact in the shop Not bleed on projects when I do bleed.
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Thanks for the welcome,all. Yes, there was a lot of dust made on them 3 saws. Now that I have a very high quality saw, which I haven't had a chance yet to fire up, I'm,going to start thinking about the dome clock. Did the workshop clock a few years ago, said id never do another clock after that, but bought the plans some time ago for the dome clock and am loading up this weekend on lumber. So, I just might get kickin on it soon. Plus I have orders for other stuff but waiting on the lumber and time.
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But not to scrolling. I've been doing scrollsww work for about 8 years now and woodworking of some sort for many more years. After burning through 3 saws over that time, with the last being a 788( loved the saw, but wasn't happy with the motor going bad) I decided I was gonna wait for the $$$ for something more durable. Wouldn't ya know it, I got an excaliber ex21 for Christmas! Anyways, glad to be here. Hope I may be able to contribute and also learn some things myself.
