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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 have an air compressor that I use to use to blow off parts, but its too loud in my new basement shop, so now I use my shop vac on the blow setting with a reduced attachment. That thing puts out some air. No need for the air compressor now, except to put air in the car tires.

I bought a laser printer many years ago and wont go back to inkjet. They print fast, the toner goes a long way and you can transfer the ink to a project if you wanted to.

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 had a feeling it was going in that direction. Great story, loved it.

Logo's are a touchy subject with copyright laws and such. I'm sure somebody could do it but to post it could get the lawyers after us again. Just saying.

I upgraded in the beginning of summer and I like it. I did have 1 compatibility issue with a program I use but after patching it I haven't had an issue since. I do like the version. Im not sure many here will have this program but the compatibility issue was with Autodesk Inventor. Everything worked fine except the File Manager. But after patching Inventor everything works as it should.

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 wish you luck finding a pattern, looks like this plaque has been around since the late 1800's. I saw a picture of one that somebody made in 1909 that is hanging in a museum.

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

Did you check the pattern library, I thought I saw one in there.

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

Bookmark the page or copy and past the post to a text or word document. Then file it in the nice orderly fashion that you file your patterns.

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.

Dust control is top of my list. I was thinking of a system like John Heisz just put up on his you tube page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5csWbjg5w4w I really like the looks of this air cleaner he made, much better than duct taping a filter to a fan I think. Then I am thinking on building a dust collection system following Matthias Wandel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckETVOT59aYw80B36aP9vw This guy is the master at building his own machinery. I'm thinking on building his band saw also. I'm am an AutoCAD draftsman and I love to reverse engineer things, so just by watching the videos and looking at pictures I feel I can come up with something that will work. I'm all for doing things cheaply as long as they will work.

Here is what my workshop looks like at the moment. She aint pretty but its mine. It is built out of an old carport that was on my house when I bought it 15 years ago. I added the walls and some lights. Unfortunately it is starting to rot now, the roof is very soft with patch upon patch on it and the T1-11 that I used for the sides is rotting. It is about at the end of its usefulness so in the spring it is coming down. I plan to move my shop into the basement. I will have about 90% use of a 30ft X 30ft unfinished basement that has 7ft ceilings. I just need to clean it out, and start building my workbenches, cabinets and add electric. Its a blank canvas that I get to make how I want it. I will try to control the clutter in the new space. I use to be a scrapper, go around and collect metal and sell it at the recycling center. It got me thru some tough spots, but in doing so I accumulated a bunch of tools. The radial arm saw was free, as well as the grizzly metal band saw, all the metal shelving was gotten as scrap and I have boxes full of hand tools. Its amazing what people will throw away instead of fixing.