Wooden Lace

All I want for Christmas this year is my house back in order.  Wish we could have done all this renovating before we moved in last February.  You can't believe how much HEAVY furniture needs to be moved to re-carpet 3 bedrooms, the living room and the upstairs bonus room.  Then there's the new hardwood in the halls, kitchen, dinette, dining room and office.  That's all after we replaced the quartz counters in the kitchen and painted pretty much every wall!
We hired the counters and carpets installed, but tear out and everything else listed we're doing ourselves.  I'm starting to feel more like 94 than the 74 I'll be on Saturday.  We may be slow, but we're CHEAP. 
The best part is I'll get my scroll room back and have some time to work in it.  We still need big brackets for the front porch.

I've always used 1/16th aircraft ply and people love them.  I've cut as many as 10 at once, but really don't like the thicker blades needed for that.  Mostly stack cut 4 or 5 at a time now, and really enjoy the Pegas #1 modified geometry blades.  
 
  My only problem with those blades is that, even though I have the Pegas blade chucks, I can't seem to keep the bottom blade in the holder unless I lightly scuff it with sandpaper before starting.  Same with the 2/0 size.  NO FUZZIES on the back with those blades.

All I want for Christmas this year is my house back in order.  Wish we could have done all this renovating before we moved in last February.  You can't believe how much HEAVY furniture needs to be moved to re-carpet 3 bedrooms, the living room and the upstairs bonus room.  Then there's the new hardwood in the halls, kitchen, dinette, dining room and office.  That's all after we replaced the quartz counters in the kitchen and painted pretty much every wall!
We hired the counters and carpets installed, but tear out and everything else listed we're doing ourselves.  I'm starting to feel more like 94 than the 74 I'll be on Saturday.  We may be slow, but we're CHEAP. 
The best part is I'll get my scroll room back and have some time to work in it.  We still need big brackets for the front porch.

I've been scrolling for 22 years now and have to say, when I look through my patterns, there's a LOT of Sue Mey and Sheila Landry/Keith Fenton patterns.  Also have quite a few from Dirk Boelman, his Cathedral cross is my favorite. 
 
Another one I seem to collect is Pedro from Seville, Spain.  He's at www.finescrollsaw.com.  His patterns are not originals, but computer precision remakes of old patterns.  They tend to be pricey, but worth it.  I have him email me the patterns, but they are designed for much larger paper, so I simply forward them to my local print shop that has paper that size.  My favorite of his is the Venetian bird cage, and I made that one.

I've been scrolling for 22 years now and have to say, when I look through my patterns, there's a LOT of Sue Mey and Sheila Landry/Keith Fenton patterns.  Also have quite a few from Dirk Boelman, his Cathedral cross is my favorite. 
 
Another one I seem to collect is Pedro from Seville, Spain.  He's at www.finescrollsaw.com.  His patterns are not originals, but computer precision remakes of old patterns.  They tend to be pricey, but worth it.  I have him email me the patterns, but they are designed for much larger paper, so I simply forward them to my local print shop that has paper that size.  My favorite of his is the Venetian bird cage, and I made that one.

Mine seems fine, and I only live about 35 miles from you...up in Longview as of February.  Sure miss the woodworkers club we had in Bellingham, Mt Vernon area.  Over 200 members, so lots of help with projects of just about any kind.

Hi, just curious as to how you get scratches on the top of the board from top feeding.  Not something I've every heard of or experienced.
Nancy

I have a Grizzly and we've had no trouble with it for the past 8 years or so that we've had it.  Really great for resawing hardwood.  It's the GO636X, 17" 5 hp with the resaw fence.  It's not in the price range you're looking for,  but my son has the 14"  and it works great as well.  Sometimes people have heard bad things about Grizzly tools  and don't want to try them, but they've come a long way since they first came out, when the price was good but quality wasn't the greatest.  I also use their table saw,  jointer and planer and love all of them.
I live about 20 miles from the Grizzly store in Bellingham, so it's very convenient if I need to ask questions from the guys in the shop.  This beast has a shipping weight of 784 pounds, so it's not something we can just throw in the back of the van and take in for service, but they can generally talk us through any adjustments that need to be made.  Actually we did bring it home, in the crate, in our van, but it's not something I would EVER do again!  They put it in with a fork truck, but we didn't have one at home and it took us forever and about killed us both.  Next time I'd pay for delivery.

I don't actually remove them....just bend the crap out of them so they point kind of sideways.  Then it's in the perfect position to hold a small plastic tube that's connected to the shop vac for dust collection.  It points right up under the table toward the hole.  Connects by a Y connector to the one on the top of the table.  That way, both top and bottom of the table get ALL the sawdust pulled away, and I don't have to breathe any of it.  Kind of my version of a Scrollnado.

I'd be happy to share pictures of my wine glass caddies, but actually don't even have any photos of them.  Used to show all 25 current patterns on my website,  so buyers could identify their favorite ones.  Now it's just a hobby with only 3 clients, and they take an assortment of whatever hardwood and pattern I want.  Don't have a recent count, since I quit using QuickBooks, but it's somewhere around 9500 of them sold.  Between those, ornaments and stuff I want for myself, it keeps me out of the bars!

I'd be happy to share pictures of my wine glass caddies, but actually don't even have any photos of them.  Used to show all 25 current patterns on my website,  so buyers could identify their favorite ones.  Now it's just a hobby with only 3 clients, and they take an assortment of whatever hardwood and pattern I want.  Don't have a recent count, since I quit using QuickBooks, but it's somewhere around 9500 of them sold.  Between those, ornaments and stuff I want for myself, it keeps me out of the bars!

I use mine mainly for finish sanding my wine glass caddy blanks before I scroll the pattern in them.  They're only 3 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches, so not a problem keeping pressure on the small of a piece.  I use 360 grit.  If I use the right blade, there's no need to sand the back again, 'cause there are no fuzzies.  I use either Olsen Mach 3 or Pegas Modified Geometry 1, depending on the hardwood I'm using. 
 

I have one and love it.  Bought mine from a friend who was moving and didn't have room for it at the new place.  I'd looked at them before, but just couldn't justify the price of a new one, but $150 for the used one was a great buy.

I didn't download the patterns, so don't remember exactly what the full saying was, but something about "until your proud".  It should have been you're instead of your.

Congrats on the new saw!  I've tried friend's Hawks and Hegners, plus have had Excaliburs and a Jet, but DeWalt is still my favorite.  BUT....really don't care for the yellow, so this past winter when we were snowed in for over a week, I got bored and painted one of them.  Masked off a few things and hit it with 3 coats of Rust-Oleum Cranberry, then 2 coats of spray lacquer.  Sure is pretty!  Everything that was black still is, just painted the  yellow, and the ugly orange on-off switch.  Noticed on one of my newer saws that the switch is  burgundy rather than orange, so maybe they thought that was ugly too.
Hope you get lots of use out of your new toy.
 

Too cute!  I love it.
Nancy

I had heard of the 4 part video series from Gwinnett Woodworkers, but trying to watch it on my computer was SO slow, so I looked them up and found a contact number.  I called and discussed it with them.  Ended up sending them a $20 donation to their club and they sent me the entire series on a DVD.  Makes it much easier.
Nancy

Glad you like your new saw!  I also got my new Jet last December and my review would be pretty much the same as yours.  I talked to the people at Jet about the problem with the bottom blade holder not having a positive stop so you know how far in to insert the blade, and they are working on that.  As you stated, after using it for awhile, you get used to where to set it, so it's really not an issue anymore.
As far as the blade set-back from the front of the table, I really like it.  I've never had any problem with the work not being supported in front, and it's much easier for me with the blade hole there.  I can always tell if I'm using the Jet or the DW788, because after only about 15 minutes, my neck and left shoulder are sore if using the 788.  That's because I'm only 5' 3" and I have to lean forward more, and tip my head up to see through the bottom of my tri-focals to see the line, since it's 8" away instead of only about 4".  But there are times if working on a large piece with lots of interior cuts that I prefer to top feed, so I use the 788.
Any tiny issues with the Jet are completely over-shadowed for me by the fantastic upper blade clamp.  It's magnificent!
Nancy