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  1. Frank Pellow
    I was unaware that this was going but, now that I know, I will be on the lookout for it. I'm confident that I have not been the recipient of any such patterns.
  2. Frank Pellow
    I've now completed the work. A photo is attached. I also placed the pattern in the pattern library.
  3. Frank Pellow
    We need to support artists and craftspeople! To that end, we should purchase patterns that are for sale rather than finding some way to obtain the design for free. Of course, if a designers makes the pattern that I like available for free, then I will accept their gift. In particular, I agree with Mark when he says: If you want detailed instructions with your pattern check out http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/ She does beyond fantastic work Mark I have learned a lot about painting and staining my work from Sheila.
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    I'm not certain what you mean by the term 'table'. Depending on what you mean, I might have built such a 'table'. I built an alternative larger table to fit onto my Excalibur 30 scroll saw in order to handle a large piece that I was cutting. I talk about and show this alternative table in the thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/17682-tap-dancing-in-the-rain-completed/?hl=dancing
  5. Frank Pellow
    Randy, I'm sorry that you feel that way. I certainly do not intend it to be any kind of assault. Rather, I think that it is a simple statement of the application of the scientific method as the basis of belief for atheists.
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    OK, I decided to meet the challenge and design from scratch an atheist themed pattern. I used Microsoft Word as my design tool. The process was very simple: First, I came up with a few (3) words that, to me, sums up the difference between Atheist and Religious beliefs. Next, I found and installed a scroll saw friendly font, this is 'Scroll Beach Italic'. I typed the 3 words on 3 lines leaving space between for symbols. I located simple symbols on the internet for Science and for 3 popular religions (Moslem, Christian, Hindu) I inserted the symbols in appropriate locations on the page. I printed the page. The whole process took only about 15 minutes. I cut the foreground out of 3 millimetre thick Baltic birch plywood and intend to glue that to a piece of 5 millimetre thick solid walnut. I'm attaching two work-in-progress photos. Eventually I will post a photo of the finished work here and place a pattern into the pattern library.
  7. Frank Pellow
    Travis, what category should I place my Atheist-oriented pattern(s) into? 'Religious' seems wrong. Perhaps 'Cultural'.
  8. Frank Pellow
    I brand the back of all my work when it is possible (not possible if the material is not wood). That includes a lot more than scroll-saw work, for example stained glass, carving, furniture, and toys. If I have made something that someone else has designed, I also burn in a tribute to them. Also, if a piece is art that I have designed, I initial and date the front of the work.
  9. Frank Pellow
    Bill, I had forgotten that as you say "Christians are specifically called to witness and spread the Gospel. It's a major tenant of our faith. " is true for many Christian sects. I guess that explains the large number of Christian-oriented scroll saw patterns that are available. I do hope that this thread encourages some people to produce alternative patterns.
  10. Frank Pellow
    Russell, this is an aside, but I can't leave you with your assumption in the statement "I'm sorry your can't live here". I did live and work in the USA for 7 years and could have stayed. But, I prefer Canada, so returned here
  11. Frank Pellow
    Debi (debinoz), I see that you agree with me when you say: "As for patterns, I've found there is an over abundance of religious themed ones. " This observation is exactly why I started this thread. As to your comment: "if you can have those, why can't you have the other?"; It appears that, at least on this forum, you can have such art -although I have not (yet?) posted a pattern for it. Notice that I have not said whether or not I am an atheist. I have not said one way or the other because I don't want this thread to degenerate into a religious debate.
  12. Frank Pellow
    There appear to be many more religion-themed scroll saw patterns available on the internet than I would have expected. On the other hand, I searched and was unable to come up with any patterns oriented towards atheism or even skepticism. Why is this? I have no trouble at all finding quotable atheistic sayings and there are many atheists who are skilled artists and craftspeople. Therefore, both the material and the people exist to create such patterns. I did find a photograph, but not a pattern, that I was able to use to create the piece shown in the attached photo. I was unable to find the name of the person who created the work in the original photo. I cut the “Darwin-walking-fish†from 22 millimetre thick figured maple using a #9 reverse-toothed blade. I then sanded the piece in steps up to 500 grit and finished it with several coats of polymerized Tung oil. The attached photo was taken before final sanding and finishing. I will add a photo of this finished piece to this thread once I return home in a week or so.
  13. Frank Pellow
    Yes the blue background certainly looks better than the brown. Are you going to make the other plaques in the set? What about trying the extra plaques that I designed?
  14. Frank Pellow
    Thanks Everyone. I've now downloaded GIMP and have made a (very) small start in my attempt to learn how o use it.
  15. Frank Pellow
    I see that courses on both Gimp and Inkscape are available at the Village University. I want to be able to create patterns along the lines of which can be found here under Scenic Patterns. My questions are: (1) Which of these two programs is better for creating scenic patters from photographs? (2) Is there better software somewhere for creating such patters?
  16. Frank Pellow
    I talk about (and show) how I dealt with a large pattern in the thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/17682-tap-dancing-in-the-rain-completed/ Among other things I built a table to temporarily replace the table that came with my saw. It turns out that doing that is quite easy.
  17. Frank Pellow
    Thanks Stu. First of all, I really like what you have done. It's considerably different than the technique used on the Old Mill and Old Barn, but it is the closest that I have seen.
  18. Frank Pellow
    I asked this question towards the end of the thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/topic/17611-old-mill-old-barn-experiments-with-spiral-blades-and-with-staining/ and received a few replies but I expect that a number of people will not have seen the question there, therefore I am repeating it here. QUESTION ABOUT STAINING STYLE I looked for examples of other scroll-saw scenes similar to the Old Mill and the Old Barn where this type of staining has been done. As far as I have been able to tell, I may have come up with a slightly different artistic technique. There are many different scroll saw "drawn" scenes that I can find on the internet, but none of them have been stained different colours. All the ones I can find are either two shades of wood or a wood foreground and background of a single colour. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can point to others who done something similar and/or who can confirm that I have hit upon something a bit different.
  19. Frank Pellow
    Ron, I did manage to find my EX30 manual and, as you expected, the bearings are permanently lubricated. I located the hex screws that you mentioned and will (eventually) change the grease as you suggest. The manual does recommend periodic lubrication in the spot you mention but outlines a different technique for doing so.
  20. Frank Pellow
    Ron, I have never greased my EX30, and it's an older (12 year old) model. I hope that I can find the manual and figure out where and how to apply grease .
  21. Frank Pellow
    My Scroll Saw (an Excalibur EX 30) is in the basement in what used to b e my woodworking shop. When I retired 12 years ago, I built a stand-alone woodworking shed in by back garden and left the old room in the basement for storage. A year or so ago, I moved my scroll saw back to a corner of that room. That, in turn, freed up some space in my overcrowded shed. Since the scroll saw does not make nearly as much noise or dust as my other power tools, my wife does not object to having it back in the house.
  22. Frank Pellow
    QUESTION ABOUT STAINING STYLE I looked for examples of other scroll-saw scenes similar to the Old Mill and the Old Barn where this type of staining has been done. As far as I have been able to tell, I may have come up with a slightly different artistic technique. There are many different scroll saw "drawn" scenes that I can find on the internet, but none of them have been stained different colours. All the ones I can find are either two shades of wood or a wood foreground and background of a single colour. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can point to others who done something similar and/or who can confirm that I have hit upon something a bit different.
  23. Frank Pellow
    Completed (part 2 of 2) Like with the Old Mill, the Old Barn is stained with a variety of Saman stains and blends of same then, after assembly, finished with a couple of coats of satin varnish. I made the frame out of figured white oak. The style of the frame is the "standard" Rosseter/Pellow style that I have talked about elsewhere. I found that the Old Barn looks very different in different light and am attaching three different photos that illustrate this.
  24. Frank Pellow
    Completed (part 1 of 2) The Barn "art" has now been completed and framed. The first photo below shows the front of the piece after I had applied Varsol to the pattern then removed the pattern. I then let everything dry well and removed (most of) the glue with a light sanding. But, some of dried glue just didn't want to be removed and I was afraid to sand any more in case I were to sand right through the thin oak veneer. So I flipped the whole thing over and made the back the front. Like with the mill, I mounted the panel onto a background panel of the same material. I used stain (as well as a bit of paint) on portions of the foreground panel. With the Mill, I had simply used flat black paint on the background panel. This time, with the Barn, I decided to try staining and painting different parts of the background panel as well. The second attached photo shows both panels after they have been stained/painted.
  25. Frank Pellow
    The sawing has almost been completed. I haven't actually counted the holes, but I estimate that there will have been about 400 of them once sawing is complete. If anyone actually knows how many holes there are in this pattern, I would like to hear from them with a number. I have managed to use #3 blades on about one third of the holes but have had to resort to the only other size of spiral blades that I have on hand, that is #3/0, for two thirds of the holes. I haven't broken any more of the #3 blades since I broke to two early on. But I have broken about 15 of the #3/0 blades. I have ordered some #1 New Spiral Flying Dutchman blades and will eventually try them with another pattern.
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