Rolf
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Nice job Denny! I don't normally like Red Oak but it really pops on this piece! It is a fun one to cut. If I do another I will do some carving on it. When I did the testcut I couldn't get the backer color right and was running out time to send it to FC, so I found a piece of matt board with a color that worked for me. There will be a few more of recently found JGR fret designs in future issues that I am currently test cutting.
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I would not use cardboard as a backer, it just wouldn't look right to me. That said I did use a piece of Matt board for the backer on the Heron in the spring issue of SSWWC . It had the exact color I was looking for. What I have used as backers is resawn logs that I cut to about 3/16" then run them through my drum sander to about 1/8". Free wood with some beautiful grain. I also get a lot of boxes between Amazon and Chewy. I cut many of them up and use the pieces for when I spray paint stuff. Also the Chewy can trays are perfect for keeping works in progress pieces together.
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Love the frame! The bird house is really cool.
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Actually they are not as delicate as they look. I do like a lot of details, but for years I have been using 1.5 mm (1/16) BB, Unfortunately my local supplier isn't carrying it anymore. So I will probably switch to 1/8 which seems clunky to me.
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The first couple of years we would put a stack of each ornament out. We no longer do that, now it is one or two of each then replenish when sold. We also have to have something new every year, as we have several of our customers tell us they have a tree dedicated to our ornaments. Talk about humbling.!
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With rare exception we don't box anything other than Ornaments. I hope to do a high end Artisan event this summer to sell Intarsia pieces and turnings. I will provide a box for the Intarsia pieces primarily to protect them for transport. I will get professional pricing help for this event.
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Thanks for the nice comment @kmmcrafts Kevin. We have been selling Ornaments since 2005, not sure who's idea it was to box them. Probably my wife. They are clear topped boxes and we put sparkly felt under the ornament. It really makes them pop! It is a bit of additional work but my wife enjoys the process. The Jump in sales was dramatic! The boxes make it easy for someone to gift the ornament with just a bit of wrapping paper. I cut 6 at a time and charge 12-15 ea. I only do a couple of events a year. The image is from 2009.
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I already had some Kreg clamps from the pocket hole Jig. I use those clamps on a lot of other stuff. But the inline clamps are super, When I first got them I was surprised that they were plastic. But they really work great especially when I sand stuff.
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This video shows how it works and some things he didn't like which I have never had any problems with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbgVJng7gy4
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I use a Led light ring with a 5 diopter, I wear progressive glasses so that works perfectly for me. The magnification is perfect for me. But have a look at the focal length and Magnification number and decide which is best for you.
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Great idea! Clamping is always an interesting challenge. I didn't know HF carried the cam clamps. I bought a Kreg Mobile project center several years ago, thinking I would fold it up when not in use. It has never been put away. Kreg has some interesting clamps that may give you some ideas. These are amazing and pop right into the holes, https://www.kregtool.com/shop/clamping/clamps/in-line-clamp/KBCIC.html I also made these. One is a metal electric box cover on a dowel that I use for a light with a magnetic base, The other block of wood with the slot, I made several of them and they hold my bar clamps when edge gluing.
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Get yourself a foot pedal,
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All the pin on the HF saw does is hold the arm up. Like the add on mechanism that people bought for the Dewalts. To lower the arm you have to reach all the way back and pull the spring loaded pin. A dumb design in my opinion. A lot of extra effort when top feeding. The blade tension keeps the arm down. The EX and other saws that have the ball spring, It is just friction that holds the arm up. No locking or releasing anything. The reason this damaged my friends saw is the one on the left (original) got tired so the prior owner over tightened it until it damaged the arm. The one on the right is the new replacement. As you can see the ball extends further. It doesn't take much to keep the arm up.
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The person operating the saw in the video BadBob posted is clueless! That said, the pull pin in the back could possibly be replaced by one of these ball springs that are on the EX. Just as long as they are not over tightened. The wear in the other picture was on a friends saw. I TIG welded the groove and put in a new screw. Of course I filed the weld smooth. Worked great. He now has a Pegas.
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Thank you JT for catching my mistake, I was wrong about Grizzly's table. It is a tilting arm saw.
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Let us know what you think.
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I think the Grizzly has a tilting table. (CORRECTION IT IS A TILTING ARM SAW) As much as I love my Hawk G4-26, now that I have been using a used EX-16 (my traveling saw) and now a Pegas 21" I really like the tilting arm over a tilting table for any bevel cuts.
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Normally I am not a big fan of Harbor Freight power tools. Although they have stepped it up a bit. They have a New scroll saw. a 22" tilting arm saw https://www.harborfreight.com/22-in-variable-speed-scroll-saw-59416.html A tilting arm saw for a meer $249, It is their Bauer line of tools. Has anyone tried one of these? I am sure it is coming from the the Chinese clone factory. so buyer beware. It may be a good entry level saw .
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The Delta clamp change from Pozgai was great on my Hawk G426. He stopped making them when the supply dried up. I just tried to access his web site and I get a "site not found message" I wonder if he stopped making clamp replacements.
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This is one of my all time favorite Nativity designs. I am having a senior moment and can't remember his name. My pattern has BirchBark on it? I think that is Russle. Is that correct? I make at least one every year and want to Thank him for such a beautiful design.
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Some really beautiful work. It would be nice if everyone added the Artist pattern source.
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My final thoughts on this subject, getting back to the original post about Volger Arnold's patterns. He is a great designer and his ornament pattern have paid for a huge chunk of the tools in my workshop. I started cutting his designs in 2005 on my scroll saw. Volker did transition to creating and cutting some designs for the laser as they became more available. He started making really scaled down things that he sold in his marketplace in Germany. he sent me this many years ago. That square is about 2". and has a Carousel in it. I had always planned to scale it up a "bit" so that I could make it on my Scrollsaw. Bottom line, tools are tools, and technology moves on. I for one love new tools. But my work will still be hand made, cut shaped and carved as long as my hands and mind can do it.
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I will wade in here. I agree with Kevin that the Laser is just another tool. I am a "Tool Junkie" personally love all tools. My mom bought a digital embroidery machine and got into computers in her late 70's. I had a heck of a time keeping up with her. Technology has its place. I do have a small desktop laser engraver. It's primary use is for personalizing certain ornaments and gifts. I used to do the engraving with my Colewood burner, but looked like crap especially on softer grainy woods. Also try engraving 1mm or less text by hand. Or tell me that the tears of joy are crap when I give a a laser engraved ornament to them that I created from a photo of their deceased dog. And for the record I have never been out sold by fully laser made projects even though my work is significantly higher priced.
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I have a Hawk G4 26. Purchased in 2005. Hawk made some significant changes to the design in that time frame. I personally would not buy a Hawk prior to these changes. But that is just my opinion. They made blade changes simple and very accessible, by moving the table tilt assembly back behind the bottom clamp. NO reaching around anything to get at the clamp. Also the clamps are removable and snap right in. If I am doing a big fretwork I several clamps loaded with my blade of choice, so when one wears I just pop in another, clamp and tension from the top and go. Literally seconds.
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Good information thanks!
