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Very, very impressive!
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Fantastic!
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Now you’re cooking with gas! Getting the Pegas was maybe my second best move in life. (I’m married. Wanna stay that way). Anyway, enjoy the new toy!
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Found it! I had saved it to Notes on my iPad. It was a free pattern, by John A. Nelson, if anyone wants it.http://scrollsawer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/WEB-ShortCuts-20-Trivet-Pattern.pdf
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Frank, I came across the pattern as a free download last week, but is was real late. I saw it, thought it was cool, saved it on my iPad , printed it, then couldn’t find it again. I am certain that it wasn’t Fiona’s. I have been tuned into her work for some time and would have remembered if it been hers. I’ll come across it eventually, and will give proper credit here.
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Jerry Jeff was one of my favorite singer/songwriters. In his younger days, he actually was not always a welcome sight at many parties, as he frequently rather overindulged in various partakings. Go way back and he and Jimmy Buffet were partners in crime, but eventually Jimmy realized he couldn’t keep up with Scamp’s lifestyle. But like Jimmy, Jerry Jeff was a savvy businessman and, with help from his wife, he was quite successful in his own right. It took a while, but JJW eventually calmed down and cleaned up his lifestyle. He loved the Caribbean and had an annual 2 week bash in San Pedro in Belize. Cool pattern and nice work! Thanks for sharing.
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Paul, great job on the cutting. Getting detail like that in 1/2” Oak takes a lot of patience. I have nothing against Baltic Birch, it has its place, but I really love the look and the soul of solid wood. Fiona’s work, and designs, are in a class of their own. She never uses patterns! She “sees” things in a piece of lumber and brings the image in her mind to life. I bought a Green Man pattern from her last year, cut it out of nominal 1” Red Oak, and backed it with stained glass. I used to cut a lot of glass, but rarely do it anymore. If we weren’t on total opposite sides of the continent I would happily cut your backing for you.
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Outstanding. You did the wood justice.
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Thank you for asking and to all of you for your kind words and compliments. Nothing really wrong, just dealing with the hand that life deals me. It’s weird, the Covid virus has put severe restrictions on doing many things that we all used to do. You would think I would be knocking out a mountain of projects, but I just hit a lull, (or a wall) recently and got kind of stagnant. Then, bingo! I got rejuvenated about a week ago and have a whole lineup of things to get to. Peace & Harmony to all of you, and stay safe! Joe
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I haven’t been around for a while, had other issues going on, but I have gotten my juices flowing again the past few days. I added inlay to two Alex Fox baskets and really like the effects. In addition, I decided to add some power carving to this full 1” African Rosewood trivet. I downloaded the pattern, but forgot where I found it. I went through more than a couple of blades on it, as the wood was tough. Then I decided to personalize it with my power carver. Hope you all enjoy these.
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I have had the Pegas for several months and I like it better every day. Two bits of advice: take the work hold down piece off and throw it in a box.It's a detriment. Secondly, use Johnson's Paste Wax and rub it in thoroughly. It lasts for a few weeks for me. I agree with you about about the light.
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Thanks for the info, Denny. I was undecided between the K35 and the Foredom, but after talking it over with my friend, I decided to go with the Foredom, which unfortunately is quite a bit more expensive. Your price on the Marathon is fantastic, as was your price on the Pegas Scrollsaw I bought from you.
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Odd, they are exactly the same color in real life. Light made them look different.
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I used up some Cherry and Padauk I had around by reducing the size of Steve Good’s patterns by 40%”to 6”x 4 3/4” I tend to cut almost every pattern smaller that I use of someone else’s design. I find it not only more challenging, but also more sellable.
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Thanks for all of the feedback. After doing a fair amount of research I decided to go with the Foredom 5240 from Klingspor’s. I friend of mine does more woodcarving than anybody I know and it was his recommendation, too. The price doesn’t seem to vary much from one place to another, but some don’t charge sales tax on out of state orders. This is an example of the woodcarving my friend does that convinced me to go Foredom. He has tried them all and I figured I’d take his advice. .
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I thought this was a Pegas tool, but it’s actually a Marathon K-35 Cube.
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According to Bear Woods it is much more flexible.
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Thanks for the input, DJ. Do you know if it will take the Dremel keyless chuck?
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I have several Dremels and when I do anything extensive they all get really hot. I am looking for an alternative. Steve Good has been kind of promoting the Pegas through Bear Woods. It is quite pricy, but I would be willing to spring for it if I was convinced it was all that. Has anybody got one? And, if so, do you have any feedback?
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I like it! Very cool.
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I have scrolled a lot of Charles Dearing patterns recently. Charles writes that he gets requests to simplify his patterns. I like his more detailed works. He has a simplified Willie Nelson pattern that, though I liked, I found it too simple. So, after I finished it, I randomly drilled a bunch more holes Willy-Nilly, and just free formed my way to a bit fuller finished product. As I often do, I reduced the size down to 9 1/2”x 6 1/2.” I’m pretty happy with how it turn out.
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Denny, I regret making it as small as I did. I do like to challenge myself with miniaturizing patterns, but the spaces were just too small, as I have 3 minor “blowouts” on spaces between the frets. I thought about attempting to cover them, but decided against it.I added detail to Stevie’s fingers that Dearing didn’t have, including finger nails and wrinkles on his knuckles.This is probably my least favorite of musician portraits that I’ve done, but I have someone interested in it to purchase, so I won’t dwell on the screwups.
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This 6x9” Stevie Ray Vaughn cutting is a case of too little of a good thing. Again, I decided to cut a slightly modified Charles Dearing portrait much smaller than the artist intended.Actually, only the guitar was too difficult. I used mainly a combination of Pegas 2/0 spirals and Pegas MG 2/0 and MG #1s with micro drill bits. 1/4” Baltic Birch mounted on 3/4” Pine, stained True Black.
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