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    I replaced the springs for 2 reasons. 1. They were so stiff that holding the base down to keep in place on the slick shelf liner I use was difficult. 2. With the stock springs, the bit sat 3/4 of an inch or more from the surface and the extra travel seemed unnecessary. I did have to use the Dremel cutoff wheel to trim 1/4 inch of drill bit shank but now it works better for me. Pickey? Maybe but with patterns with 300 or more holes it helps!
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    I got my springs at ACE
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    I also use the Dremel Plunge for holes I can't reach with my drill press. I didn't like the length and stiffness of the Dremel springs so, I replaced the springs with shorter and lighter ones. That makes it much easier to push down without needing much hand pressure to hold in place and now my bit rides about 1/8th of an inch above the workpiece. I was going to buy the Seyco but I try to avoid one purpose tools when I can.
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    Less is more. celebrate the wood.
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    I tilt my saw because it is easier on my neck. I have a wood block that is 2" x 3" and long enough to go under my back legs. I turn it one way or the other depending on if I'm standing or sitting. It's all about your own comfort.
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    Congrats! 107 degrees F? Just your typical summer day here in the Ol' Pueblo. It's dry heat lol. I have to admit, after 110 F it's hot, dry or not. Good thing is, you don't have to shovel sunshine!!
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    Nice piece. Welcome to the dark side! I also usually reduce the pattern size but, recently bought a sheet of 3/8 BB and am starting some rather large patterns by Charles Hand.
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    Bingo! "Works for me ."...Very important. Other peoples well meant tips and suggestions are great but, "works for me!" is what really counts. I've cut many fret work pieces from the dreaded and oft misaligned 3 ply (underlayment type plywood) that many say is impossible to use. I've come to wonder how some things become "dreadfully wrong." If it works for you, how can it be wrong?
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    I pre-sand any wood I'm using for fret work patterns. Trying to sand after the fact is much trickier on delicate pieces in my opinion. I also feel like the clear shelf liner I use is less likely to raise any grain when the wood is smoothed first. I no longer use painters tape on fret work, except to stabilize some portions of the already cut sections. The tape doesn't pull any pieces because it is applied over the existing packing tape.
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    I usually look at someone's' profile to view their album so I can better understand the tips and advice I see given in the forums.
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    Maybe a dumb question but, are we talking big box store 3-ply BB or 5-ply BB?
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    I remember listening to one of those old radio show segments called "fact is stranger then fiction". Seems a couple of good ol' boys were out squirrel hunting and blew a fuse in their truck. They discovered a 22 cal shell was the right size and plugged one in to get home. As things got heated, the shell fired and hit one of them in a spot a little closer to home than was ideal. True? Who knows?
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    Like the good old days of 60 amp service in the house? Just stick a penny in and replace the fuse. lol I'd rather replace fuses than possibly a board. Then again I drive a dreaded Dewalt. I do miss my old Ryobi 15" with the quick change clamp. Glory days, I guess.
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    When I left my lake cabin after a weekend of ice fishing, I simply turned the water off and drained the system. Took about the same amount of time as it took to load the car. I agree, turning the heat off without draining can be a disaster.
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    Women aren't always forgiving when you find another purpose for some of their things. I once used my wife's favorite bread knife to cut sod around the contour of our walkway. Walkway looked great and so did the "new" bread knife I was so happy to purchase.
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    Having lived in Minnesota for nearly 50 yrs of my life, I lived in many places heated with boilers and hot water radiators. I don't remember freezing to death and got a chuckle about needing to top off my antifreeze, even though 20-30 below temps were common. I went to several schools that were radiator heated. Once again, never froze if I wasn't seated next to the rad. Not a fan of hot water heat mostly due to the lack of vents, so adding air conditioning was a problem, but a properly maintained hot water system is different then what some have said here. Many people painted the radiators which reduced the efficiency and they can be insightly. I don't know if a hot water heater would work anywhere as well as an actual boiler.
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    Nicely done. Never hurts to help out at the local watering hole.
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    That's what came to me 1st also. I worked summers at a sod farm as a youth. We always reminded people, "green side up" Lame joke but hey, it was a sod farm. lol
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    HORSE

    Wilson142 replied to Scrappile's topic in Bragging Rights

    Nicely done! Have you checked out the Drinking Horse video and pattern Charles did on Steve Goods site? I have a feeling you may be making some saw dust again soon.
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    DW788 is the only saw I have and I notice some stretch in new blades. Occasionally I'll start a project with a new blade, find I have to re tension and than decide that's not the blade I want for the piece. In those cases I remove the nearly new blade and place it in a tube to use later. I don't seem to have a tensioning problem with those when I come back to them.
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    A lot of my patterns come from family and friends. When asked what I'd like for birthdays and Christmas I always say, find me some scroll saw or stained glass patterns. At my age, what else do I need. lol Most things get gifted back to them anyway. I don't like to display much of my stuff at home. They are just more dust collectors here in the desert. lol
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    Thank you. I've had that wood since 2017 and almost used it for a fish several times. Glad I saved it.
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    These are mostly 3/4" cherry with a mix of equal parts mineral spirits, Natural danish oil and semi-gloss oil based poly. Simply wiped on, left for a day, lightly scuffed and reapplied 3 times. The Iguana is 6" x 6" 3/4" Leopardwood. Pattern by Charles Dearing. All cut with Pegus #2/0 spiral blades.
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    I watched a you tube video a bought pre-tensioning blades. Don't remember who the guy was, but he is a well known scroller. I'll look to see if he is in my subscribed list (after the Raiders game!) He would run the fresh blade awhile and then re-tension before cutting. I prefer to install the blade, make a few cuts and then re-tension.
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