Frank Pellow

Thanks for trying to help Jim, but it looks like the result that you got is no better than what I managed. All we both got is a thumbnail of a thumbnail in line. Then, when you select that, you get a thumbnail. What should happen (and does on other forums I belong to), is that the thumbnail should be placed inline and one should be able to select it to get the full photo. So, it appears to me that maybe there is a general problem with this at the Scroll Saw Village, and that this is not just my problem.

Don, I tried all that and nothing worked. I expect it's another miss-match between Internet Explorer and Amazon.

I thank the many folks who have welcomed me here and who have taken the time to look at the photos of the non-scroll-saw projects that I posted in my introduction. Many of you have complimented me on those projects and I very much appreciate those compliments. Specifically, I thank those who I have not already responded to above, that is: Falcon sorcier wombatie amazingkevin scrolling Steve multitom bobscroll ike heppnerguy I'm certain that I will learn a lot here (but, I am somewhat disappointed that no one has managed to move the thumbnails in my original post to the places that they belong within the text)

I agree with Dick. Like him, I use spray glue on the pattern and attach to the wood then remove it by applying Varsol. It's easy and it works. Why would anyone do anything else?

Phantom Scroller, when I purchased my Excalibur EX30 in 2003, it came in that purple colour. At that time the saw was manufactured by Somerville Industries in Pickering Ontario (very close to where I live). Then General purchased Somerville, changed to colour to a blah green-grey, and moved the manufacturing out of Canada.

John, I'm disappointed that you don't know of more. I will set it as a task to design at least one such piece during 2016.

JohnR48, I see from your avatar that you are a fan of West Cost Native Art. I have carved, and even designed, several carvings based upon the Haida style but I am unaware of much such art that has been done using a scroll saw. If you or anyone else could point me to any places which depicts such art, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for the welcome Larry. My scroll saw was in the woodworking shed when that photo was taken, just not in the photo. But, since then, I have moved it into the basement of our house. Once I convinced Margaret that the saw did not make much noise nor raise much dust, she let me move it. About the clams; I have added more since that photo was taken. And I am sure that I will continue to purchase some additional clamps from time to time. Here is a photo of my scroll saw in its current location:

I’ve owned a scroll saw, an Excalibur EX30, for 12 years but, until a couple of months ago, had only used it for a total of about five hours. Two months ago, I happened upon the ‘Seasonal Welcome Sign’ series on Sheila Landry’s web site and ordered the plans. Sawing, painting, and framing them seems to have got me hooked. I will talk about that project in another thread but, before I do that, I will introduce myself in this thread. I am a retired software designer and developer with a forty year career, mostly with IBM and with Microsoft while residing in Ontario (Canada), Washington state (USA), and Hampshire (United Kingdom). Twelve years ago, I retired and built (by myself) a separate woodworking shed in our back garden in Scarborough, Ontario. Here is a composite photo showing both exterior and exterior views of the shed of that shed: As well as our home in Southern Ontario, Margaret (my wife of 49 years) and I reside at our small island in Lake Pivabiska in Northern Ontario. I have another, smaller, woodworking shed on Pellow’s Island, but, as yet, no scroll saw. My main hobbies are furniture making, toy/game making, construction, photography, carving (native North America north-west style), stained glass work, and (for the last two months) scroll saw art. Here are a very few examples of items I have designed and made: Furniture (oak filing cabinets): Game (walnut and birch crokinole board): Construction (cedar and stone steps for our cedar log cabin): Carving (a small cedar totem pole & a cedar bentwood box with an ash top): Stained Glass and Woodworking (traditional style windows in walnut doors): Construction & Stained Glass (La Bécosse with Backhouse insert): Miscellaneous (Cherry and walnut musical jewelry box): HELP - I CAN"T SEEM TO IMBED THE PHOTOS WITHIN THE TEXT 'Add to Post' is supposed to put a placeholder at the current position of the cursor but that does not seem to be happening for me. I hope that this is not another incompatibility between the forum support software and Internet Explorer. If someone who has the authority and ability to do so could move the thumbnails to their intended locations, I would appreciate it.

MrsN, we have Michaels here but it seems that they don't carry Deco Art products in this country. Scollerpete, thanks I will check out their site.

It would be even better if you can tell me a store on the East side of Toronto that sells it. I've been using water to dilute acrylic paints to make them more stain-like but I understand that it is better to do so with this product.