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Hadn't thought of that, I'll plan on that and in the spring putting a fan to circulate the air too!!! Thanks Good to know...Thanks Chris

My thinking is for the first winter just put a cover over it and see how it goes in spring. I'm facing back surgery later this month, so moving it this fall is a no go according to my neurosurgeon.

Welcome, I too started on a P-20, back in the 90's. My daughter has the saw now, still going strong. You may want to try Pegas blades @Denny Knappen can hook you up with him thru his website. Anyhow, enjoy the journey... Chris

I'm planning to move one of my saws to the garage, on a cart, so I can roll it outside during the summer to enjoy some outdoor cutting. My concern is come winter if I leave it in the garage (I'm in mid Michigan) will the cold have any adverse affect on the saw? I would have it covered to keep dirt and such off of it, but would the prolonged cold ( sub zero at times) be bad for the saw? Chris

I've been using Flying Dutchman Polar blades since the 90's. And yes, they do seem to cut slower than other blades. A couple of years ago I start branching out beyond the Polar to Penguin Silver and they seem to do better on stock up to 1/2", at least better than the Polar. I also started using Pegas MGT blades (3's and 5's) and they do so much better on everything over 1/2", especially the hardwoods (like yellowheart, Purpleheart, Bloodwood and such) But that's my experience! (your results may vary (LOL)) So for me I keep FD Polar for thin stuff and Penguin for slightly thicker and the Pegas for everything over 1/2", but blade is a personal choice and there is no one right answer to that question. Find what works for you. I also have a Bauer (My #3 saw) and I upgraded to the Pegas blade holders. Huge improvement as far as I'm concerned. As for cutting, for me all 3 saws "cut" about equally as well, but like @Denny Knappen mentioned, vibration is a big factor. My Hawk is rock solid with no vibration at all, the King is close behind. My Bauer is close with the only issue being the start when I hit the pedal, there's a pretty good "clunk" which i feel in the table and results in a bit of vibration for a few seconds. Hope this helps a little. Chris

Excellent work! Where did you get the pattern? I have someone in mind that would love this for their wall. Chris

When I ran across this quote I thought "that's my game exactly!!" That 1 miracle shot in a round keeps us going back for more.

Still have to glue the words of the quote in place. Thanks!

Finished another sign on the lighter side. Who knows, maybe I'll get motivated and actually attempt a craft show with these signs Anyhow, my latest takes a look at Golf. I've been chasing that little white orb since the 70's and found this quote. I thought it described golf quite well

I work in casino Surveillance, and one night those of us on shift decided we needed a mascot, after we found one I said " I can make a sign for us". This is the result.

Well, last week we had a slow day at work. So we decided that we needed a mascot. After several ideas thrown about the room we all settled a picture 1 person found online. I said " I can make that into something ", I jumped on Esty, as that was the reference on the screen, found the pattern, made the purchase (I know I could have just used the pic from the computer but I want to support pattern folks as much as possible) Anyhow, heres....Surv-E

Nice job!!!

When I got the saw (Facebook Marketplace) about 2+ years ago it was on the left. Never really gave it any thought, felt "normal " to me.

I drew heavily on Steve Good patterns for the scroller and the backer board. Scroller is Walnut dressed up with tung oil. Letters are Bolivian Rosewood. A little something for the wall next to my saws....

For me personally when doing portraits and such type fret stuff I really prefer to top feed. On my Delta P-20 it was quite comfortable given the blade holders. A few years back I gave the Delta to my daughter because I was lucky and scored a pristine Hawk 220VS. For me top feeding on the Hawk proved impossible mostly because of the spring loaded top arm. Holding it down and dealing with the blade under the table was impossible for me. I posted that issue on the Hawk Scrollsaw Facebook site and 1 response referenced the G4 26", he said it was a piece of cake to top feed. So I looked at some photos of that Particular saw and saw that there was a hold down for the top arm. So with a little improvising I think I solved my top feed issue. So far I've tested it a few times and seems to do the job....time will tell!!

I remember making one of these for my mother decades ago. Nice job and still very useful even today

Yes, it Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.

Finished this yesterday, a @alexfox pattern. I gotta say this was truly enjoyable to cut. Woods from bottom to top are Walnut, Maple, Butternut and Basswood.

That is a very cool idea, thanks, I'm going to definitely use this!!!

Not totally scrollsaw related, but in a in a way, maybe. I am going to attempt to organize and catalog all my patterns. I have close 30 years of pattern hording to get a handle on! I have some in a file drawer and a lot of them in tubes stacked between the joists in my basement shop. So in an attempt to stop doing the " I know I have that pattern....where is it?" thing I'm going to try something different. All my intarsia patterns will be "stored" flat on a table I have in my shop that I don't really use. That way if I'm looking for a pattern I wont play the pattern tube roulette game. Most all the smaller stuff is in a file drawer, a bit more organized, but needs to be inventoried and put into a data base I can search. Another thought was, if I could find one, a blueprint storage cabinet. Do they even make things like that anymore? So I'm wondering how y'all store patterns? I know the tube thing is real popular, but are there any different ways other then flat on a surface? Chris

No Table Saw for me either, waaaaaay to dangerous for me! What thinning parts I always use my scrollsaw, I don't have a bandsaw any more, really never used it. Be careful using the table saw for that!!! Chris

I have actually experienced this too. The first few times I just passed it off as "I'm new and don't know what's normal". Now that I have many, many years under my belt when I put in a new blade and it doesn't cut like I think it should, it comes out and another goes in. Fortunately the frequency with which this happens is few and very far between.

I just wanted to thank everyone for your thoughts on this. It really helps to get input from fellow scrollers which is why this place (SSV) is great. Thanks everyone!!!

I totally agree with you on that.

That has actually crossed my mind. And I believe that would be the best choice instead of trying to decide if one is better without being able to compare them side by side