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  1. Jim McDonald
    Great cutting for a servant of the people. Thanks for his service and sacrifices.
  2. Jim McDonald
    Windows 10 has the WORST picture filing I have seen since I left the darkroom at the newspaper.
  3. Jim McDonald
    Another fun--and HIGHLY unscientific--poll.
  4. Jim McDonald
    Again, these polls are not to start a big debate of what is better, just to see what people are thinking. I can't tell if I told this thing to make the votes visible. If not, I will post updates or delete and start over. Jim
  5. Jim McDonald
    Trackman started an interesting question on another thread, so I am trying to design a couple of fun polls. These should be enlightening over the course of time. The purpose is not so much to start a discourse of who is right, just a way to judge attitudes.
  6. Jim McDonald
    I'm thinking the ball pein or maybe even a ball bearing might be your simplest route.
  7. Jim McDonald
    There is a series on videos on YouTube®. Look for Gwinnett Woodworkers--should find it. Or look for DW788.
  8. Jim McDonald
    http://ep.yimg.com/ay/villagestreetwear/floyd-the-barber-mens-t-shirt-27.jpg
  9. Jim McDonald
    I am afraid you have run up against a sign painter from years ago. It was probably a style he developed which worked well for his style of painting. This person was most probably contracted by the stained glass company. Having done some calligraphy and brush lettering years ago, I would try very hard to copy type faces, but they always had some variations due my techniques. My art teacher at the time said the hardest thing to do in lettering was to completely follow someone else's work.
  10. Jim McDonald
    I this ready to scan as a six page PDF document. Then all you have to do is butt splice the pages and trim. I'm going to save it to a thumb drive and if I see a request later, I can send it from my laptop. Six page version now attached--Jim 50 QUARTERS.pdf
  11. Jim McDonald
    This is similar to what I found. I actually had searched for "reindeer silhouette". Thanks for the looks.
  12. Jim McDonald
    Did about 30 of these (before breakage). Most of them are plain, but for a few, I added "diamond" studs and 12mm hoop earrings. Did these out of a bunch of woods I had hanging around. This started as a Google image search for "cartoon reindeer" and a couple of trips to Hobby Lobby for wobble eyes and pompoms and they were ready. (I had it turned vertical on the hard drive, don't know why the forum reverted them back to their original orientation)
  13. Jim McDonald
    One more thing to try is "nicking" the paper with a razor knife right were you want the bit to go through. The paper is already compromised at that point and will lessen the tear out. All said sharp and fast are the way to go.
  14. Jim McDonald
    Jerry and Dave: I'm only a couple of weeks behind you in winter storage. Always a sad day when the weather gets too cold consistently to be outside sawing. Problem is, she still expects me to be out on the mower. There is something inherently wrong with mowing in a Carhartt® jacket and gloves!
  15. Jim McDonald
    I gave a lot of thought to doing a glue up when I was doing my birdhouses. I may have to go back and do that option. Good looking designs.
  16. Jim McDonald

    Bama

    Jim McDonald replied to hotshot's topic in Bragging Rights

    As my wife, the Ohio State grad, says, "I will cheer for Alabama when they play Al-Queda".
  17. Jim McDonald
    I am also a baby soda bottle user. Large enough to get my fingers in and will store far more blades per tube than I can afford to fill!
  18. Jim McDonald
    Got the majority of my Christmas presents cut when I finished these birdhouses. A few cut from maple--which just about killed my saw--but the most are poplar. I found some 1 3/8" poplar square dowels at the lumber yard that had some coloration in them, meaning most people would have passed them by. This is not as many as some have cut and it more than I originally aimed for, but I was having a pretty good time doing them. Thanks to Diana for a great set of patterns. Now onto some stack cut fretwork ornaments.
  19. Jim McDonald
    I can understand why those sell well. They look great.
  20. Jim McDonald
    I am a tape user and very happy. I have traced patterns, glued directly and keep going back to tape.
  21. Jim McDonald
    For what little painting I do, the Wal Mart stuff seems to work well. Of course, the quality of the brush is paramount.
  22. Jim McDonald
    If you use a foot switch, tie the pump into the output of the foot switch. Then it runs when the saw is on.
  23. Jim McDonald
    Sawzall down the edges of the runners. Fast and reasonably clean.
  24. Jim McDonald
    Used them on an OLD single speed Delta and tried them later on the DeWalt, but the problems are illustrated above. I just buy emery boards at Walmart, trim them and you have both a coarse and fine surface.
  25. Jim McDonald
    I think I would give that a good soak in lemon oil or Danish oil and make it really hard for someone to paint over it. Be a shame to lose the look of the wood.
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