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    Laser

    Sycamore67 posted a topic in Other Woodworks

    A couple of months ago, I bought a laser engraver/cutter. It is the Ortur Laser Master 3 10 watt. It has been a struggle getting it going as I had a number of troubles but all are resolved now. This is a project I downloaded for free and then cut out from 1/8 Baltic birch.
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    Alien.!!!!
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    Well, this weekend we said goodbye to our Monarchs. We released 14 females and 8 males. We had a good year and our Milkweed grew very well. We water it like our flowers and it paid off as the caterpillars found it delicious. There is a good feeling when you have a Monarch on your hand and then it flutters off. This is what we attached the chrysalis to while waiting for them to emerge. It is empty now but hopefully next year will be great.
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    The butterfly weeds are great for the butterflies to feed on. The lay eggs and caterpillars feed on Milkweed and need quite a bit of it. We found about 24 caterpillars this year and raised them inside to chrysalis and then emerge. We have released 20 so far with 12 females and 8 males. It is so amazing to hold the Monarchs in your hand and have them spread their wings and flutter away.
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    Cutting rpck/stones with a tile saw could be dangerous. It is very difficult to hold a roundish rock in a tile saw. It would be very easy to come loose and fly around. This is a Geode I drilled a hole thru to insert a LED with a diamond hollow core drill. It was tough going.
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    I think it is a bad idea as stones are much harder than coins. In addition, you could get grit into your machine and damage it. I have drilled holes in rocks but used a diamond coated bit immersed in water at very slow speeds. You might cut limestone or other soft rocks but anything with silica in it will dull a blade very fast. They do make diamond coated scroll saw blades.
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    Before I recommend a saw, it would be good to know what kind of scrolling you will do. Are you new to scrolling or what?
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    Your blade choices kind of baffle me. Yes, if you are using a blade with reverse teeth, cutting 3/4" pine is tough especially with smaller blades. And given the shapes have no difficult corners, using a smaller blade not really needed st least for me. I would have been using #5 skip tooth blade such as FD Polar. IMHO you can make it easier on yourself by using a skip tooth blade on thick pine. They will cut easier requiring less pushing on the piece and clear sticky saw dust better.
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    Just an update as it had been busy. We have released 10 females and 3 males. It is a great feeling to see them fly away. We have 10 more to go.
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    Sorry to hear about the health problems. I really enjoy the cartoons you post.
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    This will likely be my last post about Monarchs as I have likely bored people. The fall migration is going on and people could be lucky to see a bunch of Monarchs settle in trees for the night. I was fortunate to see several years ago about 30 Monarchs settle into Pine trees one night in early fall. It was awe inspiring. We are busy now releasing Monarchs as 5 of the 24 have emerged from their chrysalis. We have had 2 males and 3 females. The rest well be emerging soon. This is the male we released tonight. You can tell by the black dot on the wing toward the back on either side of the abdomen. I also learned something new about the chrysalis. The gold colored spots are where the chrysalis gets oxygen.
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    One more picture. This is the chrysalis shortly before the Monarch emerges. It becomes black and semi-transparent. All of the sudden, the Monarch bursts out.
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    Yes, likely time for migration along with the Monarch Butterflies.
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    There are markings on the wings that let you know male or female.
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    Simply amazing !
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    We have had two emerge today and flutter away. They were both female Monarchs.
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    The first Monarch emerged from the chrysalis. Com the first picture is just after he emerged and wings still folded. The second as his wings are out and drying and stretching. We will take him outside to release in a bit.
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    We bad a couple of the chrysalis turn black overnight. This means the Butterflies will emerge in a day or so.
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    The Monarch Butterflies like several different flowers including Butterfly weed, Zinnia, Butterfly bush and others. We have these planted all around. The Monarchs lay their eggs on Milkweed and the caterpillars feed on the Milkweed..
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    Monarchs require Milkweed for food. It is about the only thing they eat. The decline of Monarchs is due to the loss of Milkweed.
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    We found 24 Monarch caterpillars and have been feeding them milkweed. It is amazing how much they eat. The caterpillars have now turn into chrysalis and now we must wait for the butterflies to emerge. I think these maybe the super generation and will be heading south to Mexico. We carefully remove the chrysalis from the enclosure and use thread to tie them to a cross bar.
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    What Brand blade are you using? The type of blade..skip or reverse?
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    What blade are you using?
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    They are almost done. One hour wrapped in foil with some BBQ sauce and it will be eating time.
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    Three half rib all and and a bacon wrapped pork tenderloin. They will smoke for around 6 hours at 225 F.
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