JimErn

There is one in San Antonio (65 miles) ot much of a store, kinda small - of course I have not been to any in another city, but not what I expected. No scroll saws in stock at all, and very few other power tools on hand.

Very very clean and nice, I especially like the tree

I set an alert on craigs list for a scroll saw, received several emails during the next month as they were listed, the last email was an ex-21 for $500 - I got it. What a difference!! I did notice that the new Jet scroll saw looks identical to the ex, any one seen them in person or know if there is difference?

Very Nice, I find the simplest ones are often very attactive

And the fuzzy pic, or at least my interpretation of it

@ Lawson I think I figured out the fuzzy one with the hat, when I get it done I'll add it to this thread, again thanks so much.

That is what I was thinking Nice work Dave

Very nice, I too would like the font.

Thanks to all of you for the kind words, but I just make sawdust - lawson did the real work

I did two from the pattern you made, I kind of like the one on the right more. Not finished yet, they are just laying on the black mat so I could preview them. Thanks again, I really do appreciate it, and I know Shy will too. jim

Clear the cache and cookies from the browser, close it, then open and try again - chrome is kind of notorious for this, firefox not so much, IE is ...

Multiple small boxes for the shop, surprising how heavy a medium size box can get. If you like the new place, fold flat the best boxes and store in the attic. Having moving boxes on hand insures you will not have to move again. <smile>

Dennis the Porter Cable blade holders are on a drift pin and they rotate forward and back. If the blade is tightened and it is not "in-line" with the slot in the blade holder the blade will wobble. Really hard to describe. Install the blade, set the tension, and look at the bottom one (that is the one I had the most trouble with when I use the P-C saw) and the top too. From the side, the line of the blade and the line of the holder needs to be parallel.

Really nice work Jim. The board with the letters appears to have a small white border, is that matting or ...?

I got this from woodcraft, fits a 5 gal bucket, works well with no problems, just insure you place the inside coupling they provide in the same hole and orientation as shown on the box. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/143868/MINI-DUST-COLLECTION-SEPARATOR.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAjwxoG5BRCC7ezlzNmR8HUSJAAre36jWBXAxHYoPrclf7SOiieyzhKJc3RvvgyxvfyWHpzfORoCbk_w_wcB 24.95 item number 143868 in case the link does not work edit - copy and paste really works weirdly here

Really nice cutting NMBob, in the future you might also try an electric knife (like you use to slice a turkey). I use that to cut all densities of foam and Styrofoam - works well

JY I wish you luck with the spiral, I've tried them twice now, and keep going back to flat blades. I just don't seem to have developed the touch to use spirals reliably.

JY I got my first scroll saw, the porter cable, for Christmas. It seems to work best at 3/4 speed, the hockey puck in the center on mine, and others, was lower than the table top, glue a playing card, x-ray film something to raise it up level or cut a replacement. Being lower it causes vibration which can break the fretwork pieces. And keep an eye on it, it does sag after awhile. Slow down, feed the wood slowly and watch the blade/line intersection only, you can NOT look ahead on the line the way you do with power saws. It takes two hands working together to move the wood, takes time to learn it. I found that putting two 2x4's under the rear legs of the table made a lot of difference in how comfortable I was too, raised the rear about 3". If you do not have an account on craigs list, create one then enter a subscription to the words "scroll saw", I got a 2 year old excaliber-21 with stand for $525 two weeks ago that way - What a difference a saw makes! I have tried Flying Dutchman and Olson blades, the FD ultimate reverse works best for me. Blades from the big box store are ... well better off ordering good blades. Home Depot sells poplar wood in 1/4 thickness, 4" & 6" wide planks - I used them a lot when learning.and they stain pretty well, no grain to speak of though. Edit - I said when learning, hell I am still learning, that was called wishful thinking on my part> :-)

Thanks Pete, that is a help

Welcome from Kerrville, heart of the hill country.

I would like to ask y'all to mention the font you use when you post a new word pattern. A lot of times I like the font, but the amount of time trying to find it, when I have the time, is unreal. Please consider doing that. Jim Edit: If we had something in the pattern library, a listing of fonts, showing the font name, and some words in the font - what a resource that would be.

Awesome work. I would get different color (tan, gold are my initial thoughts) poster board and put each color behind it, take a pic of each, and wait a couple of days and look at the pics. I think either would look good. I like the subdued look of the work, not everything has to be in your face. A plaque I made to honor my father is Red Oak with a black backer. Lose the feathers though, they distract from some outstanding work.

I cut this cross out of laminate flooring a month or so ago. Never again, I went through FD blades quick, I mean wore down to no teeth at all on one. But the cut edges are nice, almost no fuzzies to deal with

Thanks for that, a simple elegant solution

Now that I have had enough coffee I thought of one other thing I had to do. You need a 3mm allen wrench and maybe blue locktite. Blue, not red or green, red and green are semi-permanent and permanent respectively and require a lot of torque and sometimes a torch to break them loose. Any auto parts store will have it, and maybe home depot. on the left side of each blade holder, opposite the wing knob you tighten on the blade, is a set screw. Get down below the table with a good penlight and check to see that the set screw does, does protrude slightly into the slot where the blade goes. If it does not use the allen to adjust the set screw. adjust both top and bottom the same If the set screw turns really easily, back it out, put a drop or two of blue loctite on the threads and then turn it back in to where it should be and go have lunch to give it time to set up.