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Hi Travis, count me in again. Been working on them earlier today but now it’s college football watching time. I’ll get them off to you probably tomorrow.

I have one of the first Seyco saws to hit the market. It has been a good saw and no real issues. It is my main saw. I have put the Pegas blade clamps on it. When hubby got me my Seyco, the Pegas was not yet out so I didn’t have the dilemma of choosing. the limitation on the angle adjustment is not a big concern for me because I have an older Excalibur as a backup saw that I would use for any angle cuts I wanted to make. That older Excalibur was bought used from Seyco as well. So I am quite familiar with Ray and his service and agree, he has been great. My main concern is what happens with the Seyco and service when Ray retires. All that said, if I was in the market to get a new saw, I’d probably look long and hard at the Pegas saw. I don’t think you can go wrong with either saw. Good luck in your decision.

Beautiful work Dick. Glad you have had time to be in the shop.

Beautiful and congratulations to the family on your new additions. Every reason to be proud.

Hi Mike and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Glad you found us. Look forward to your participation. I think many here on woodworking hobbyist who tinker in various areas of woodworking. I’ve just recently learned to turn a little.

He has shared it for free in a couple of the Intarsia Facebook groups. I know it is in the Files of the Intarsia Nuts group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/intarsianuts/permalink/4692420864112250

Another Tennessee welcome. Look forward to your participation.

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It does help to have smaller fingers but more helpful and useful is probably a set of jewelry plier tools. Can be bought fairly inexpensively and might help convince your wife to assume that part of the job.

Thank you, power carving is on the list too. I figured I’d get a handle on doing by hand then progress to the power. I do have a micro motor I have used a tiny bit, but the problem is it uses such tiny bits that it hardly removes much. so much to learn and try. why I tend to be a Jack of many trades and master of none perhaps.

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I admit I have been enjoying learning to carve and combining those skills with my scrolling. Still lots to try and learn.

Cute, I was going to suggest same as Frank. Have your wife take over assembly. I haven’t made any out of wood, but I have made my own earrings in the past, what is the struggle?

Beautiful lamp Frank. Thanks for sharing your pattern. I will download it and add to my “some day when I get to it pile.”

I've been continuing on my learning curve with hand carving (as well as turning). These 4 ornaments were ones that I cut out on the scroll saw and then hand carved. The two "peekaboo" santa (triangular shaped) are patterns from Carolea Hower in the Winter 2016 edition of the Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. The other santa is a pattern from Jon Nelson that also appeared in the magazine 2017 (not sure of issue - but figure Winter perhaps.) The snowman with the NP sign is a pattern from Steve Russell, again from the Magazine, with 2016 copyright so assume the Winter 2016 for it. I scrolled the basic shape on the saw, then hand carved and finished. Will try some more and probably try to "paint" them but wanted to go with the natural look on these first ones. These can easily be adapted for use by a scroller without doing the carving. You can add in extra scrolling as needed, or just cut the basic shapes, and add a little detail with paints or woodburning. The Santa and the Snowman on the bottom had the darker details added with my woodburner after I completed the carving on each.

I’m sorry for the loss of your beloved Luna. Nice job on the plaque to remember her.

Another Tennessee welcome.

Hello and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Congratulations on your new saw. Look forward to your participation.

Lots of time and hard work represented there for sure. All look great.

Helllo Pete and welcome to the village from across the pond over here in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. Look forward to your participation.

Looks great, but he still has to remember to flip it.

interesting, someone had asked on the blog post if he had patterns and he had said he couldn’t find them and thought he might have thrown them away, but he would share them there if he ever found them or something like that. So, either he found them or he has had so many requests that he is recreating them. Either way, it will be good if you can get them in time to do your special project. Be sure to share if and when he lets you know they are available. Might be interested in them myself.

Interesting, I don’t recall ever having any issues with mine not staying right. But, it has been a while since I did any compound cuts and used it, and I am getting old so my memory may be a bit faulty. I’ll have to do some compound cuttings and see if I have any issue.

Thanks for sharing. Like several others, when I started doing my first compound cuts, I made one of Steve Good’s clamps. Since then, that is only thing I have tried. Hubby has some of those spring clamps in the shop so perhaps I will give them a try at some point. It’s always good to have options. Sometimes one thing doesn’t work for all our needs.

Looks awesome Paul. Glad you figured out the airbrush.

Excellent. I love combining hobbies to create.