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  1. Frank Pellow
    Steve, I already looked for Mike here on Scroll Saw Village and could not locate him. What is his user id here?
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    I like both the pattern and the work that you created using that pattern. I would appreciate it if you could point me to a spot where I can obtain the pattern (I'm willing to pay for the pattern)
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    Dick (heppnerguy), you say you don't like paint. How do you feel about dark stain that lets the grain show through?
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    Boy, I am certainly glad that I purchased my 'made in Canada' EX-30 scroll saw back in 2003. . At that point I was doing very little scroll sawing. I bought the saw on spec thinking that, a few years into my retirement, I might take up scroll sawing. That hunch proved to be correct because I did start to use the saw in a big way just about a year ago.
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    For the most part, I use Olsen reverse tooth blades and Flying Dutchman spiral blades.
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    I'm with several other people in that I think that the light one should be mounted on a dark background. If you did that there would be little to chose between the two. As it is, the black one is better.
  7. Frank Pellow
    Earl, I like both the plaque that you have scrolled and the setting into which you placed it. (I placed a link to this thread into the 'Atheist-Themed' thread.)
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    EarltheScroller has done a great job with CaseyJ's Humanism pattern. See the thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/20991-humanism/
  9. Frank Pellow
    I have now installed this plaque on a outbuilding on Pellow's Island in Lake Pivabiska, Ontario. Two photos are attached.
  10. Frank Pellow
    If you have good 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood there should be no problem. I cut that all the time and I never need a sacrifice piece on top.
  11. Frank Pellow
    Casey, I like your design! Congratulations on mastering Inkscape and I look for ward to seeing the piece that you cut from your pattern.
  12. Frank Pellow
    Congratulations Rolf! It's a great experience to have an article published. I've had a few but never one about scroll sawing. Maybe someday? I must see if I can find the magazine for sale somewhere. I'm not at all sure where it is sold around here.
  13. Frank Pellow
    Thanks Roly (Phantom Scroller). I painted the foreground and the frame with two coats of Tremclad High Gloss Rust paint (oil based) which is what one would use to touch up metal. I think that Tremclad is only available in Canada but I expect that there is something similar in the UK.
  14. Frank Pellow
    My objective was to make a plaque that, at first glance, looks like an old cast iron sign of the type one sees on old buildings and other historic sights, I describe the process of designing and making the sign in the thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/20868-dated-historic-plaque-joke/ Attached is a photo of the completed plaque screwed into temporary spot outside. I will be transferring the plaque to it's intended destination next week. By the way the sign is attached with real cast iron screws.
  15. Frank Pellow
    I've found them to not be very durable and to not really do a good job. I'm much happier using a set of fine files, a set of rifflers, and some foam-backed sandpaper cut into strips.
  16. Frank Pellow
    Great design and great execution Rob. I am fortunate in that, over the years, I have spent a lot of time fishing with my (now 14 year old) grandson Ethan. I'm now thinking if there is any way I might make some slight modifications to your design in order to make the scene look a bit like Ethan fishing from our dock.
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    Scott (Iguanadon) for showing us how one can set up to produce a LOT of scrolled items. I don't want to do it myself, but I find the processes that you follow to be of great interest.
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    Craig (125 CSL), you are correct that a few posts in this thread take us off the topic. But the majority of the posts do stick to the topic and I believe that we are accomplishing my objective of coming up with a few patterns that are atheist and humanist oriented. I have resisted debating religious points of view and claims about atheism put forth by some people in this thread and I wish that everyone would do the same.
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    Casey, I like your design. Now, I want to see what EarltheScoller does with it.
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    Matt ( vykus), I knew about the A with a circle symbol when I thought about a symbol to used to represent Reason, but I liked the symbol that I used to represent Science better. The science symbol that I used is intuitive. I didn't know about the Circled A in the word Reality or with the DNA symbol and I like both of these. Thanks for bring them to our attention. I will definitely consider a scroll saw work that includes one or the other.
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    Hawkeye10, I assume that this thread is allowed to go on because, for the most part, the posts have been civil and have not been about religion or lack of it. Rather, most of the posts are about scroll sawing and about a place for scroll-sawn patterns and objects that differ from the religious (predominantly Christian) patterns and objects that are very prominent on the internet. For instance, I have never taken a religious position and have not even stated whether or not I am an atheist.
  22. Frank Pellow
    I finally got around to applying the final coat of Tung oil to the Darwin Walking fish that was the trigger for me starting this thread in the first place. A photo is attached. One thing that I did not mention when starting this thread was that, having used a #9 blade on think hard maple, the cuts were not smooth and required a lot of tedious, patient, time consuming cleanup. I find that this type of work goes well with a pot of tea and someone to chat with. So, I'm also attaching a couple of photos that feature the tools used in the cleanup, that is some fine files, a set of rifflers, some foam-backed sandpaper (and, of course some tea).
  23. Frank Pellow
    Of course, Russia is on the Baltic and I expect that a lot of the plywood we get is from there. I do know that at least half of what I currently have in stock was manufactured in Finland.
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    I use the good Baltic Birch Plywood, not the crap sold at big box stores. I've been using A LOT of this type of plywood for many years in my cabinet-making work and the quality is worth the extra cost. I use so much of it and in so many different thicknesses that I built a frame in my garage to hold my supply. A photo is attached. I'm fortunate in that there are many outlets in the Toronto area that stock the real stuff.
  25. Frank Pellow
    Certainly, I use a drill for circles when that is the easiest way to cut those circles. I have no idea why anyone would consider that to be cheating.
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