Rolf

Along with the great sources already mentioned, Charles Hand being one of my favorites for fretwork, I like these. Sue Mey has a huge assortment of projects fairly priced and quick down load https://www.scrollsawartist.com/ Shiela Landry is another great designer http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/

Thank you IGGY, certainly something to look into.

I use a 240 grit by 2 inch wide Spindle mounted MAC mop, like Don I buy them from Klinkspore. Like all mops you need to break them in a bit. I find that this style lasts much longer than the stacked paper type. Certainly worth the extra cost . As you see it is connected to dust collection ( a must in my opinion) There is also a screen to so that my parts don't get sucked up. The small pieces end up in my cobwebs, yes that has happened.

Some great advice from lots of folks. One thing that I have done to help with the final finishing cut. I put a couple of layers of blue tape just on the edge that the router bearing rides on. do your cut, the tape causes you to leave a bit of material. Remove the tape and do a final finishing cut using a steady and continuous feed rate.

Lot of great suggestions. I have always had a different approach to learning something new, Intarsia was no different. I am lucky to have a local scrolling club. but when I joined Intarsia was only being done by a couple of folks and most of that work looked like only the edges had been rounded over, for the most part I was not impressed. Good precision cutting skills are in my opinion crucial. For My first project I took an intarsia pattern and cut it out as a segmentation. So that I did not have to worry about fit. I wanted to practice shaping before committing to exotic woods. I shaped until it appealed to my vision, it really helped having pictures of a completed project. The next piece was still a simple wood but I cut individual pieces incorporating grain direction. I then went to using the different woods. After a few pieces I decided to take an intermediate class from Judy Gale Roberts. There I got a good taste for the detail, wonder wheel and her huge sanding drum and all of the other sanding tools, that I of course added to my workshop. One thing to look at when you start doing Intarsia , wood Toxicity and DUST COLLECTION. https://www.wood-database.com/?s=toxicity

Fish what brand do you use? I never use clear packing tape under my pattern , most of my work is delicate with lots of small areas, I have had more than one occasion where I missed a small piece when pealing it off and it screwed up my finish. The only time I do use it is when doing compound cuts to hold the pieces together.

I use clear contact brand shelf paper on the wood for bigger projects, blue tape on the small stuff. I use a Xyron machine for putting on the adhesive. I really don't like using spray adhesive. For the occasional small items I use rubber cement, especially when doing intarsia since the surfaces and pattern get sanded away anyway.

My wifes 2008 Hardtop convertible 35K many parts no longer available. Right or wrong ? TIS THE SEASON play nice! Merry Christmas to all and may Santa bring us all some new toys!

Thank you, your post makes me very happy. I am glad that they are active. I hope those Christmas orders are saws. ! Randy I am 71+ and yes that 54 lbs is still heavy and awkward to carry. But it is only one a year.

LOL Bill, still chuckling. Thanks I needed that.

One of the main things is that you want to have is at least 3 teeth touching the wood at all times.

Congratulations! You can scroll the bow !

Lots of variables, Blade, Material you are cutting, detail of cuts. You will need to find your own comfort spots where you have good control no burning of the wood(cherry). On the EX I run full speed, on my Hawk I have to back off a bit with the small blades or I get a higher rate of breakage.

If I were in the market for a new saw I would buy the Pegas. Yes you are comfortable with the Hegner, which of course is an excellent saw, as is my Hawk which I will have till I can't scroll anymore. I have never liked the Hegner clamps. And on my Hawk I installed after market Delta cam action clamps Super easy and fast. But the Pegas has simpler clamps than even my Hawk, it can top and bottom feed and the big advantage that it has is that the table stays flat and the blade tilts. The Pegas kept the rack and pinion plus 90 deg pin for resetting to 90 deg. It also tilts a full 45 deg both directions if you remove the dust port under the table which I don't like on any of this style of saw. I have my own dust collection setup that I prefer.

The height of the G4 took me some time to get used to. My wife bought me a stool years ago that is the perfect height for it. Of course I could have modified the legs. But now that I have an EX 16 with the Pegas clamps, I feel I have the perfect combination of saws in my shop. The EX for all the bevel cuts and the Hawk my "production" saw and large projects. The EX @ 54 lbs vs 110 for the Hawk makes it my traveling saw.

Did you get the stand with it? Is this your first Hegner? It is a great saw. Most of our senior members had them when I joined the club years ago. I was a rebel when I bought my Hawk.

I do love my Hawk G4-26. I have also had a few discussions with Nilus, one of the owners. If I remember correctly he had a brother that passed away. ( My memory may be wrong) but I suspect that that brother was the driving force. I think they missed the boat by not hitting the market hard when the EX went out of production. The availability of multiple versions of the EX now available, especially the new Pegas may be the clincher. Just my opinion.

Is this a brand new saw or new to you? Whichever it is enjoy and get help lifting it !!!

Considering that I only do 2 events a year one consignment where I just drop things off, and the other is our local church. We did very well at both. Several of the other vendors were complaining that their sales were not so great compared to years past. Some of them have the same old stuff every year. We always have new items and am always amazed at how many repeat customers we have for the ornaments. I should really maintain a spread sheet to track it. At our Church fair we have 2- 8 ft tables with mostly $12 ornaments. I didn't make many larger items this year. The fair is run by the United Methodist Women and I give them an additional 10% of my sales. I have no more room for any substantial toy additions to my shop so the toy fund is expanding.

The first time I used a Dewalt, I was surprised at how aggressive it was. I had a Delta SS350 before my Hawk G4 it had close to 1/8 front back motion. I did not realize how challenging that made my delicate ornament cutting until I started using the Hawk which was easily adjustable. And now I have the EX 16 that has been perfectly tweaked. I love a well tuned saw.!

John, my first reaction is that the name plates are too big. I would make them smaller so that there is a uniform gap between the frame and the bottom of the cut image.

Nice review! Was the front back motion pre-adjusted to minimize it or did you tweak it? When you say that there were some things you had to take care of due to shipping what were those.?

Not only was this under the tree last year but Santa also added the compressor with it. This spins at 400,000 RPM. I made the mistake and tried one many years ago thinking it was a toy. I have wanted one ever since. The Dremel spins @ 35,000 rpm and a I also have a Ram power carver that spins at 45,000 rpm. Both the Dremel and the Rampower are great tools but can grab and screw up your project. The Vortex is totally controllable. Thinking of my Dremel I have it connected to a foot switch and I heard a loud pop the last time I used it and it is now dead, time to do some surgery to see what got toasted. My Christmas sales pay for all of my tools except the gifts from Santa (aka Wife)

Roly, yes I cut them out on the scroll saw and then I used last years Christmas present, the Vortex F5 power carver It literally takes me a few minutes to do the carving. I don't go too nuts as they are supposed to look a bit rustic. I tried using my carving knives but the wood is surprisingly hard, no idea what it is.

This is what I have been playing at. The trees are too small for me to do the 3d . They are about 3" in diameter