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Gorgeous work Paul. I cannot imagine. Hats off to you sir. Thanks for showing.

Sounds like you need to put those kids to work Kevin on those extra saws!

I had tried it both ways but I wasn't selling mine so can't give you any real feedback. I thought - still same "cute" look and most people I was going to give them too wouldn't really work the puzzle anyway so save the time and effort cutting. But, then hubby thought they looked better and easier to "read" when they were cut fully. Looking at the ones you showed above though and I am not sure that is true. I guess you can try both ways and see how they go for a bit. Let us know.

I will do a few of the animal puzzle patterns prepped up ahead but that is about it. Like others, I have patterns printed as I find them and stacked up and wood stored so I just go find what I want to do right then which can vary depending upon my mood.

Well, to be honest - for mosts of us - it is an addiction. For me, I am a tech junkie. If I had room for them all - I would want to try them all. We have three in the "building" but only two are plug-in and can be used.The Dewalt is sitting in the garage and I am trying to decide what to do about it. I hate to let it go to be honest. Why? I don't know. It's an addiction like I said! We originally bought the Dewalt years and years ago now (it's a type 1 - built in Canada - little use so still a good saw.) I had hubby buy it when my kids were little but when I couldn't cut a straight line with it, I quickly grew frustrated and walked away. (Patience is not one of my virtues.) Kids were my priority and took me until they were both in college and the death of my mom not quite two years ago to bring me back to trying the saw. So that was probably about 15-18 years ago that saw was bought. When I started again right after my mom died, I had the internet and found Steve Good's blog, videos, and patterns, the SSWC magazine and its forum, and found the Village here. That helped me figure out many things - including how to cut a straight line. I was interested in learning to do Intarsia work so took classes at Judy Gale Roberts studio. A world renowned Intarsia artist and pattern maker who essentially lives in my backyard. Who knew! Taking the classes there I got to use an Excalibur saw. I really liked that saw. Much more then my Dewalt. I felt it cut better then my Dewalt. (Maybe it was everybody on here talking about what a great saw it was.) When I found a used one (and it was purple, like I used at Judy's and my favorite color (that's a good reason to buy a saw isn't it?)), I bought it. That gave me two saws. Two saws were good, one table tilts, one the head tilts so I could justify keeping both and hubby made room for both in HIS workshop. Then, as previously explained - he bought me the Seyco saw. Really not room for all 3 in HIS shop, so I pulled the Dewalt out to put the Seyco in. He keeps asking me what I am going to do with the Dewalt but I don't know. I can justify having two in there - one is a "backup" as so many others have claimed. Plus, as we noted previously - the Seyco doesn't tilt as much as the Excalibur - reason enough to keep them both isn't it?!?!?!? Now - if I could find a Hegner and a Hawk at a steal of a deal - I would want those too but could never explain that to my hubby. Plus, I figure that I cannot recover that much $ if I sold the saw so just keep it. Plus, did I say I was a tech junkie?!?!? I keep hoping someone else in the family might want to learn to use the saw so I could "save" the Dewalt by giving it to them.

I can only imagine how worried she has been. Been a rough time for you both for sure. Glad you are both on the mend, albeit slowly. Will continue to say prayers for both of you. Let us know how you are doing. Together, you will hopefully be able to help each other get better I am sure.

Brad, so sorry to hear that you have had so much going on for the past several weeks. You are much too young to have all that going on with your heart and lungs! (I saw your bday on your profile and you are younger then me. )Most have been all that hard living you did out on the road as a truck driver! I am glad that they were able to get you airlifted out to what sounds like an excellent hospital and staff who quickly caught what was going on and get you in to get you on the mend. I cannot imagine the worry and stress your wife had going on and not surprised that she caught the flu. Especially if you were in and out of the hospital so much. Prayers are being said for both of you and for the staff working to get you healthy again. You are allowed to be "out of sorts" and we are happy to have you here hanging out until you can get back out to the shop and make some sawdust again. I confess that I hangout here more then Seem to be in the shop of late. Hope to get out there some today perhaps. Good luck and keep us posted.

More nice work Pete. Thanks for sharing.

Well, only thing they are going to hear in the shop is power tools and the shop vac so I hope they have ear coverings to reduce the noise. and no, I wouldn't be giving them a key to house for package delivery either, but then, I also live in an area that they can safely leave the package on my porch even if I am not home and it's still there when I get back.

Going to need to redo that Eagles Sign on a bigger piece of wood and add "Super Bowl Champs" to it! Great work on all of them. Thanks for sharing.

My hubby had installed something similar in the shop for turning on/off the shop vacuum until I had the bright idea to add an Amazon Alexa Dot to the shop. Now we have it setup so we can use voice commands with Alexa to turn the shop vacuum off and on. Eliminates having to track down the remote control that someone else moved and left in a different spot!

Nice job on them Margeand I can see why your customer would appreciate the,. Thanks for sharing. Hope you and your foot are doing ok.

Hi Kirk and thanks for taking the time to type out such a detailed explanation. I'm sorry if you were worried that you hurt my feelings or mistook my inquiry and statements on the Seyco saw as me thinking that you were disparaging the Seyco saw. You did not hurt my feelings and I did not think you were disparaging the saw. I also realized that you had not used the saw and were simply expressing some concerns about it after seeing some of the initial reviews and information that were out last year when the saw was initially being received by the first purchasers. I understood that. My primary purpose was to make note for you, and more importantly, others doing research on saws later who might find this thread - that some of the initial issues/concerns with the Seyco saw had been remedied or "fixed" or were not issues once people got used to the saw I asked for you to clarify/provide more details on where you got the information that you were concerned with on the Seyco saw so you would do exactly what you did - provide some more details and information so we could understand your worries with the saw - and maybe address them if possible - again so that when someone is researching -they have good information. I think that helps people looking to buy a saw (or anything) if they have the best and full information to make a decision with. For example, one of the issues that someone had about the saw stand - only applied if you were not using the full stand you could get and were trying to use the short legs and put on your own work stand. I didn't have that issue as we got the saw with the full stand. If I knew that was one of your concerns, I could point that out and note that Seyco fixed that concern for those who didn't want the full stand. What is a concern or worry for one person, may or may not be for another person. That's why I think its great for us to "share" our thought processes/considerations/concerns in detail so people can see what we considered important or not and others who may know, can more fully address concerns. That way, people get more of a "full picture" when doing research. Everyone doesn't do "complete detailed research" sometimes. They simply read one post somewhere that says I didn't like XXX without saying why and the next person says ok XXX is out for me. Sometimes, the information may not be completely accurate either. Thus, why I simply was trying to point out that some of the initial concerns/problems were addressed and were no longer an issue with the saw. For example, if you only saw Steve Good's initial video and statements on the saw, you would have a more negative impression of it then if you saw that but then also saw his followup posts on the saw. So I was simply wanting to make sure that that info. was out there for the next person who was doing their own research. Also, please don't think that I think the Seyco is a superior saw to my Excalibur - as you will note in the last statement you quoted, I said I consider my Seyco saw and my Excalibur to be on par. Both good saws. So I think you will be very happy with the Excalibur. Now, as I noted before - my husband bought me the Seyco last year when it first came out as a combined Mother's Day/Birthday gift (as they fall usually within a week of each other). He has trouble buying gifts for me as I am not the typical gal who wants jewels, shoes, clothes, etc. I am a techy, tool gal. So, he unknowingly to me, saw the reviews on the saws in the SWWC magazine and put in an order for the Seyco. That is the only reason I got the Seyco. As a relative newbie myself, I was more than happy with my Excalibur. While I was "intrigued" with the new says (the techy, tool gal) I had decided to wait and see on saws (had he asked me ). However, since Hubby was so kind to buy it for me - I felt that I needed to make the effort to use it over my other saw. It was because I made myself use it, that I got used to it and felt that it was on par with my Excalibur. Like anything - I think many of us have a "favorite" because that is what we get used to. Initially, I wasn't sure I liked the Seyco, but the more I used it the more comfortable with it I became. I think Paul @Scrappile was the person who has posted that he had sold his Excalibur and gotten the Seyco and missed his Excalibur. However, since posting that - he has also said that he is happy with the Seyco saw. I haven't done much to need to cut on an angle yet. The one time I tried, I did it with the DeWalt we have and on it the table tilts rather then the head. I didn't like that. Since then I have yet to try on anything else. I do want to do some inlay, but that requires minimum tilt. Since I also still have my Excalibur, the slightly less angle tilt on the Seyco would not be as much of a concern for me since I could always go over to the Excalibur if I needed to go beyond what the Seyco would do. Plus, my thought was that I think its very difficult to "dial in" and lock in the tilt on those "little marks" versus using the angle reader that the Seyco has. So to me, that was a plus for the Seyco. However, since I have yet to use it on either I cannot personally address that I like one way over the other. I will say however, that I have branched out and tried many different things thanks to the great folks on this forum. For example, I did my first compound cuts just before Christmas. I admit, I'm not all that "mechanically inclined" - I just want my equipment to work. Including my saws. If I have a mechanical issue, or question I call in the hubby. So some of the intricacies on the hows and whys on the different saws don't matter to me like they do to some of the folks on here. So, my primary purpose was simply to make sure that those doing research later have the "details" on the saw to help them make their own informed decisions. I look forward to hearing more about your adventures with your Excalibur. I am sure you will love it and the folks here and hopefully be inspired by all they share.

Stunning piece of artwork you have crafted there Dave. Thanks for sharing. Also gives me hope for spring time to arrive sooner then later. (at least I hope.) thanks for sharing.

My lesson for the day. Had never heard of a noodle board. Your's looks very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work and nice selection of wood to put it on. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice work and definitely a different twist on the name plates. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations on deciding on the used Excalibur 21. It should be a great saw. Sounds like you are getting a steal of a deal on it and based on that information, is the one I would have probably gone with in your situation as well. I did want to clarify/ask a couple of things regarding your concerns with the Seyco saw. Mainly for the future when people are looking back through old threads considering the purchase of a scroll saw. Steve Good also did a video and review on they Seyco saw last year when it first came out. Is that where your initial concerns were raised? His initial issues had to do with getting the saw together. It can be a bit of a pain but with his video and information - it should be easier for the next guy. I also got one of the original saws and had my hubby put it together. (He's much more technical minded then me and definitely can do the heavy lifting much more then me! Besides he bought it for me as a gift.Only fair that he put it together. But I did help.) He did so before Steve did his video and thus had the same issues that Steve did with putting it together. Once together, it has been a great saw. I believe that it is Steve's go to saw from what I have seen on his blog. I have a couple of choices in our shop now, including an Excalibur and the Seyco is my go to saw for various reasons. Some don't like the magnetic top - but it doesn't bother me. I did add the washers that Steve did to raise it up a tad and that has helped with the issue of it sitting low and the "hole" under the middle. I know several others who have gotten the Seyco saw and been happy with it. So, I just wanted to add this to let people know that while the initial reviews of a few raised some concerns, they are not issues that should eliminate this saw from consideration. It is a good saw, on par with my Excalibur. I had purchased the Excalibur used from Seyco and we bought the Seyco new in the first batch. I had excellent service from Ray at Seyco with both purchases and he was always willing to help/answer questions/concerns.

Always a good day when you can sit at your saw in the shop. Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

I would be honored if you used my idea. look forward to seeing your work as you progress. It should keep you out of your wife's hair for quite a while I would think.

More nice work Kevin. Afraid I have no idea either. Like the purple! Thanks for sharing.

More nice work - of course, nothing else coming from Kevin. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing.

Great find. I have heard others having cut them. Think they cut well for them. I will have to remember to check for them next time I make it into Wally World.

Yes, usually you are going to have to "connect" the dot - either to a letter next to it or off a little to the side on the i itself. That would be why many people only do things in all Caps. Avoids those dots on i and j and the lower "extension" of letters like j, g, p, q, etc. (This is assuming that you are cutting the letters entirely out like in a name plaque rather then in a Fretwork style.)