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Stopped at a yard sale down the street and bought two ancient jig saws for $2 each. A Dunlap with stand and motor and a Cummins "Do It". The Dunlap appears to take pin less blades. The tag on the Cummins says made by John Oster manufacturing, I figure the welded stand with adjustable feet was worth the $4

Can I tastefully make fun of both candidates equally?

I see folks in this area offering 30 year old craftsman lathes for $450, as if they were something special. The lathes don't bring $25 at farm auctions and flea markets. In fact a much better brand new lathe with more features is cheaper. It seems it is always :belonged to my departed (fill in bank) and I don't know much about these and "one just like it sold on ebay for two gazillion dollars but I am willing to let it go for less to someone who appreciates it." There is a guy nearby that always has tools listed for sale on craigslist. Always the same write up. Starts high and reduces the price about $50 a month until sold. I did recently get a deal from an ad that said :my boyfriend just moved in with his ex wife and left all these tools in the shed (picture of bench grinder, jet mini lathe with chuck, etc. First $100. Must take everything he left in shed. Sure, although I threw the x rated vhs tapes in the trash at the first convenience store I passed. (don't have a vhs player anymore ).

According to the Web site, an alternative variable motor is available for some models, but the cost is $350.

Picked up an RBI model 214 at a yard sale for under a hundred. Can it be converted to variable speed?

Fella that got me interested in scrolling takes a Skil scroll saw with him. He has a wooden box with handles that serves as a base when flipped over. It will clamp to a picnic table and holds the saw about 8 inches higher than standard table height so it is the same approx height as when on the bench at home. When not used as a base, it holds the saw and supplies in the RV storage area.

I use BLO on exterior wood that I want to get that gray weathered driftwood look. It turns a natural looking weathered gray rather quickly when out in the sun and the oil adds some slight protection. . It really doesn't finish wood, absent so many additives that it is no longer BLO. For small heavily used items I use Linspeed, but I don't know if it is non-toxic. I refinished my daughter's antique flexible flyer sled twenty years ago using BLO. It soaked in well, but took months to dry properly. With all the modern preservatives and finishes, I see little use for BLO as a go to substance.

Thank you so very much for the information. That table is exactly what I was hoping for. I already made a copy for in my workshop reference book (where I keep all the manuals, etc)

I know there are threads per inch, pinned and pinless, spiral, straight, reverse tooth and skip tooth. and then combinations of the various things. I got some wood cutting blades, but would like to try cutting an inlay design from sheet brass. But I cannot figure out which blades are best for which purpose. I figure there are probably a few different fine tooth counts for metals. But when a vendor just states Olson No. 7, that means nothing to me. It doesn't tell me what tooth count, whether it is fit for metal, or nonferrous metal. It doesn't tell me if another tooth count might be better, I think you more experienced scrollers may have figured out a system for determining what blades to use. For a couple years, I worked in a specialty store and all the employees really had to know their stuff. I can't tell if the clerk is just trying to sell me something or actually knows what he is talking about. I asked about other tooth counts and he said it was the only blades for metal cutting. Is there a quick reference chart to figure what blades for what purpose?

Was hinting around for a scroll saw for father's day and nobody came through. Sort of. My future SIL, showed up today with a like new Skil model 3335-7 that his widowed neighbor was giving away. No blades, box or wrenches, but came with instructions. Free is nice. Anybody have any tips about this brand and model. Have to get blades for it tomorrow.

Having some work done around home and the excavator said two trees had to go. One an Oak and the other a dead sassafrass. Had a fair length piece of trunk that was 8 inches in diameter. I was able to cut several oblique slices out of it. Since it is already dead, and has been for at least a year, I don;t think I will have any checking.

It was a Boice-crane, probably made in the 1950's or 1960's

Saw a very old industrial scroll saw for sale. The owner said it takes 8 inch blades, and he has been making them from band saw blades since he can't find them for sale. I did some checking and can't find any. I tried to see if the machine could be converted some how to five inch blades and it may be possible, but before taking on such a project, I figured I would check for ready made blades.,

I recently saw a wooden bowl which had piercings around the sides which appeared like they were scrolled. I am having a little trouble tying to figure out how such a thing is done. I can't figure out what kind of saw would permit the operator to see the lines to be cut. Unless it had a very narrow work table and base, (a bit like a free arm sewing machine) . .

I have been wanting to do something similar. I cut some branches but on a diagonal do the slices are like ovals when laid flat. I have them drying in a 5 gallon bucket packed in saw dust. Minimal chaeking last I checked. I was tempted to try boiling some slices to see if they are as prone to cracking. There is a YOU tube video of a guy scroll sawing such pieces of branch. He epoxied the checks before sawing. However not nearly as big a scale as the op suggests. Slicing branches on a band saw is how I get most of my cherry and cedar wood stock anyway.

I think it was Country magazine that ran a design every month with instruction about colors etc. Expressly intended for readers to copy.

If the owner of the copyright goes bankrupt and defunct. The magazine did not design the "art" a person did. If the person did it for hire, then the company truly owns it. If the person designed the art and then sold or licensed the art design to the magazine, it probably still belongs to the person, unless all rights were sold to the magazine. Even if the company went under and no one acquired the company's rights to the artwork, Somebody probably owns it. The odds of them coming forward and complaining are slim. I have a collection of old hunting and fishing magazines. Most of those companies folded and ceased operations years ago. There is a provision of the recent copyright law changes, that says if a work was published 95 years ago, there is a presumption that the work is in the public domain. Hence the 1923 fail safe date that Barry5180 mentioned. A magazine owner that I sometimes exchange ideas with, indicates that his legal specialist advised him that under the old copyright laws, the fail safe year is 1938 for published items. because back then, at most it was 28 years plus a renewal of another 28 years and those lengths were not changed by later amendments. My father owns an original watercolor by a famous artist who died in 1985. The watercolor was used in a magazine and then years later, the magazine discarded it's old files containing the original artwork, drawings etc. Dad noticed the files being thrown out and took a couple of boxes of them. he has some nice signed sketches by several wildlife artists. The artists and/or the magazine probably own the copyrights, but Dad actually owns the original pieces. No one can copy the originals without Dad's permission as owner. That person would also need permission of the copyright owner. They could copy the copies from the old magazines however, but again, would need the copyright owner's permission. Lets say a hobby magazine published a design. Isn't there a presumed permission that the subscribers are able to use that design? After all that was the purpose of publishing the design in the magazine.

Logos are not protected from some reproduction and use. Just as an example, I could never take a picture of a famous automobile, because the reproduction photo would contain the likeness of the logo. Obviously that is not a violation of copyright laws. It comes under a partial exemption from the copyright law called "fair use" § 107 . Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use40Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include— (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. As an example: In the 1970's Volkswagon ran a few ads showing a Volkswagon floating in water. Way back when Ted Kenndy's companion drown when Ted drove off the side of a bridge, Mad magazine ran a a full page ad showing a Volkswagen floating in a pond. The caption said "Had Ted Kennedy been driving a Volkswagon, he'd be president today" There was nothing Volkswagon could do about the use of it's logo or picture of it's car, because it was fair use. That particular issue is still a big collector item because of that ad.

Barry5180, hey neighbor. What you state is 98% correct for anything in 1978 or later. The law before that time is indeed a morass, with many unrenewed copyrights being lost after 28 years. Some however renewed for another 28 or 67 years depending on when created and renewed. And the copyright law specifically gives an example of a modification of a copyrighted item continuing to have the modification copyrighted even though the original is not. There is a point at which under prior law, all copyrights expired before the recent changes. I do not remember the exact date, but as I recall, items published before a certain year , perhaps 1934, are in the public domain. The problem is locating original art published before that date. Any reprint may have copy protection alterations.

Off and on for years, I have cut my own small thin planks on my band saw and then run them through a buddy's thickness planer The pieces may not be very wide, but I have made some up to 7 inches wide and 30 inches long. Normally about 5 x 20. Cut slow with a good blade. I normally cut to 3/4 or 5/8 and plan on losing an 1/8 to a 1/4 inch in planing and sanding. I get walnut, cherry, maple, cedar, etc from what would otherwise be firewood. I do the same for stock for the wood lathe. Perhaps a bit more labor intensive, but I can make a gift and say, this is from a tree that was on my back forty. .Recently made a bowl for neighbors from stock cut from a tree that was in their back yard and was knocked over by a storm. When we lost our house to a fire, I saved a few of the old charred beams from the 1860's farm house and made a bowl for each of the kids. Adds a sentimental attachment to the piece. .

When I was in college, I turned several bowls out of teak cut offs from a furniture factory. Each was basically the same and was finished with particular felt pads on the bottom that I made myself. I sold them to help pay for tuition. imagine how I felt when I discovered two of my bowls, a few years later, being sold in a craft store with another person's name tagged as maker. After that when I made something, I took two letter stamps from a metal stamp set, clamped them together and heated them with a torch and burned my initials into the work. I sold some leather work for a while and did the same then. Branded with my initials. Even when making anything as a gift, I add my "mark" It identifies the item. If I were to do anything commercially again, it will be marked with a brand that is comprised of my initials.

40 years ago, I blew a fuse on my Moto Guzzi, way up in the nether regions of the state. There was no hope of finding a replacement within 100 miles. I did what any person would do, I wrapped the old fuse in a foil gum wrapper and had lights again. I drove the 75 miles home and made it to within a few miles when the wires to the fuse caught fire. Ended up pushing the motorcycle the last three miles home. Had a terrible mess to fix before I could ride again. Kept at least two of each fuse in the bike as replacements until I sold it. They came in handy too. Lost my house and shop to a fire a year ago. Fire Marshall, suspected wiring in the old farm house went bad, chewed on by mice etc. I put 15 years into remodeling that old farm house. replaced all the plumbing and pulled out live knob and tube wiring. When the fire happened, an electrician had replaced all the wiring except the wiring on the back wall of the house. that was the side i would be doing last. That was where the fire started. Aint taking any chances on electricity ever again.

I despise outfits that charge shipping and handling based on the dollar amount of purchase. One company I deal with does this, If I ordered 100 coping saw blades the shipping would be the same as a 20 pound single item of the same total price. A couple years ago, I purchased an item that was right around 500 dollars, and the shipping was $17.00. However the bronze item weighed about 120 pounds. Most places would have charged far more for shipping. Whenever I consider ordering on line, I always check shipping and handling as part of the total purchase price when comparing prices.

Kids misbehaving in public is a problem of long standing. Back in the 1960's, I was a clerk after school at the local Woolworth's. One darn mother decided to have her kid try out a bicycle and he crashed into a display causing it to fall on an old lady. The kid's mother then screamed at the store manager for not having a place to try out the bicycles. In the late 1970's at another Woolworth, I caught a teenager taking a leak on a clothing display in a corner of a store. The excuse given by his foster care worker was that he was extremely troubled. Outside Philadelphia a couple weeks earlier, a teen age girl, upset over being caught shop lifting torched clothing displays in several stores at Plymouth Meeting Mall. My ex wife would let my oldest two kids get away with everything in stores. So bad that we had an argument in a store about my correcting the children for climbing on the counters. I stormed out of the store and walked home (2 blocks.) 10 minutes later, the store manager and a security guard told my wife to leave the store because the kids were destroying things. She was the type that would give a 6 year old a bottle of nail polish and think the resulting mess was cute. That was in the mid 1980;s At a flea market years ago, I was looking at an item on a table and noticed a rifle being pointed at my head. from the side. I ducked and knocked down the culprit and jumped on top of him. and then realized it was a rather large 14 to 15 yr old. His mother called police. Thankfully witnesses stayed around to talk to the police. The kid had picked up th gun from a vendor table and immediately was swinging it around pretending to shoot people. There isn't much that can be done about some folks. You can just try to minimize problems. delicate items up high on a solid shelf, items wrapped so they are not able to be dumped, kid sturdy items down low. sample out to play with. etc It is hard to be friendly and not be a door mat,

I put saw dust in the compost pile and when it has cooked a few years mix it with garden soil