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The factory insert is pretty bad. It sits lower than the table and it is flimsy. When working with small parts I got a lot of vibration in the material due to the fact that there was no support under it. I replaced the factory insert with one I made of wood. I planed down a piece of wood down to .135" thick, then cut a 3.125 circle out of it. I cut a line down the center and cut away and area around the blade. Gives me plenty of support now for my small parts.

Hello, I am new to this group and also just bought and put together this saw today. I have filled in some of the missing information bellow for the saw. As for feedback, I havent used it yet so I cannot say yet. I will post my feedback once I get a chance to run the saw a little bit. What do you mean by the blade feeding method?

I do the same thing, but I use Inkscape, Make my cut lines black and the area to be taken away a very light gray.

I do the same thing and what I have is a 20" box fan with a furnace filter attached to it. I sand behind that and blow all the dust to it. This keeps the huge majority out of the air. I will do my finishing in the opposite side of the shop with hopes that most of the particles have fell by then.

I saved it to my computer, opened it in Windows Photo Viewer. At the bottom of the photo there is some rotate arrows, I rotated it until it was correct then went to the next picture, it will either prompt you to save the picture or just save it.

Very nice cutting. I flipped it around for you.

I have yet to try 3D cutting, but I find it very interesting. Nice job, only 11 to go.

That is a great looking portrait, I love the eyes. Well done.

First word that came to mind. WOW. Those are fantastic, well done.

This was a pretty simple cutout. I found the pattern online to be used for stained glass making, they work great for segmented or intarsia work. Just attach the pattern to a piece of board and cut it out, then sand the pieces, paint them and glue it back together. Put a backer board on it and its done.

I will try to document my process the next batch. Sand pieces Blow off excess saw dust Prep drying tray with a sheet of paper towel Dip pieces in BLO Shake excess off pieces Lay pieces on paper towel Dab excess oil off top of pieces Let set over night Transfer pieces to different drying tray without paper towel, flipping the pieces over. Let dry another day or until dry. It seams like a lot of steps but its really not that bad. Its a lot of waiting to dry really. On a safety note, make sure you store your oily rags properly, don't just throw them in the trash. BLO can spontaneously combust. I use paper towels and take the used towels out to my burn barrel, You can lay them out flat to dry and once completely dry you can put them in the trash.

Not really sure where to put these, there not finished enough to put in the bragging room they are almost good for the works in progress page, but not really a tutorial. So I will post them here. I have 15 puzzles cut out, sanded, and finished with boiled linseed oil. Since it is cold outside I moved them inside to dry, I will let them sit for a few days before packaging. These should fill my table up pretty well at the show I have in a few weeks. Well off to make more saw dust.

Yea some people are so touchy. Anyhow, that's why I really wont post patterns. Honestly, there are so many patterns out there, even if you think of something yourself, chances are others will claim to have the rights to it. Its amazing that a copyright lawyer will contact a small website like this but allow Teds Woodworking to stay in bushiness. I believe its all out of laziness, they will go after the ones they know they can intimidate and the ones they have to work to find they let slide.

Welcome, your going to love it here, a great bunch of people.

They are all different size pieces. The stock is 3/4" thick, some pine and some oak plywood. The boards they are on are 8" x 10" That should give you an idea of their size.