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Thanks for letting me know Dan. Will try to work from your picture if I get a chance to try.

Now, that's a neat place to find some wood for cutting. I like what I can see on the Deer. Thanks for sharing.

More great cutting Kevin. Glad to see you have the work pouring in. Take a break when you need it. Hoping the heat goes away soon and we get some nice Fall weather and color around here soon!

Nice piece of artwork you have cut and assembled there. Even the shoelaces. Its understanding the right amount of detail that adds to a piece that is probably the hardest to grasp. Looks like Don has it mastered. Great pattern he designed. Thanks for showing your work. I am sure Don will enjoy seeing your piece cut out.

Thanks for showing your updated piece. I missed where some suggested a red back. Makes sense since its a "fireman's" piece. I liked it before - really like how the red pops in the background now. Like Dick - I would have been afraid to try and take off the backer for free of breaking all that beautiful work you had done. Glad it worked out for you. Thanks Jerry for your tips on spreading the glue out. I tend to be like Ralph and use my fingers as my spreading tool. Then I wonder how I got glue where I didn't want it.

Isn't that how it usually goes - you plan on keeping one to "show" and they want them both! Glad she liked them and wanted them both. Clearly she loved your work since she now wants you to do the deceased dog. Sounds like a happy and repeat customer. Cant beat that. Congratulations.

Thanks John - yes its the "spinning" that I am having difficulty mastering and figured was one of the appeals to the spirals. However, the learning curve is no doubt in understanding that it is cut in all directions and learning how to work with that. Don't worry, I promise that anything I tried would definitely not be too involved. My patience level would not allow that!

I understand - I don't complain too much - he's usually at work earning money to paying the bills.

Thanks Bill for this knowledge and insight. Like you, I prefer the "look" of hardwoods. However, it is interesting to find that "hardwood" would ten to break more than the BB ply. I was thinking the opposite simply because they were hardwood. Also like you, I thought the hardwood would be more "visually pleasing" then plywood. I was thinking I wanted to leave them natural so you could see the wood grain and thought hardwood would be better for that too. I tried some of the "ribbon ornaments" that Denny had shared - cut them out of 3/4" WRC. I had a couple of them "break" in a spot. Asked my husband if the grain mattered as well - he said for ornaments the tighter the thicker the grain would probably be better he thought (but then said but he'd never cut ornaments on a scroll saw so wasn't sure.) Denny had been asked about the "delicate" nature of them and he indicated that they weren't that delicate and he didn't have the breakage. I was going to ask him what he was cutting from on those so I could try and see the difference. I do have some BB ply and some Oak ply that I was going to try to cut some ornaments from - thinking to try it with stack cutting and see how I did and how I liked them. I appreciate your help and sharing your knowledge with us newbies as well.

Thanks Rolf for that explanation. I understand now and know of a couple of times with itty bitty eyes on some intarsia pieces that would have helped and kept me from losing them through the hole. Will try to remember to try this in particular the next time i am working on those small bits and pieces.

Great looking Trivet. I had recently gotten interested in making some trivets for holiday gifts. Have a couple of cut. Need to share - means I need to take time to get my camera out and such which I haven't gotten to yet. Maybe this week. Thanks for sharing.

You have been busy! They look nice and your "turkey" friends and family will love them!

Looking good Theresa. Thanks for sharing your pic.

Congratulations on your new to you saw. Sounds like you got a deal and sounds like it got a great new home where it will be well loved and cared for. Nice cutting it did there. Thanks for sharing.

In general, I think that most people with most things (like software programs), blades, etc. tend to like what we "learned on". Kudos to you for trying to learn a different way. I don't know that there is a right or wrong - it is usually what we find that works best for us. However, being willing to try new things/new ways new tools keeps us learning and sometimes we will in fact find something we like better then what we are using/doing. Other times, it simply offers us a new way to approach or do something. Win-win in that case. I still need to learn to master the blades I started with - flat - but those are probably best for Intarsia work anyway. One day I will attempt some spiral blades if for no other reason then to see the difference in how they work.

So Dave, what did the customer decide?

Thanks. I didn't know the first time or two that I saw BLO referenced on here but I did a little digging (hubby wasn't around at the time or i would have simply asked him) and figured it out.

Well, sorry about your truck but glad you were able to exchange your saw and get the Excalibur 16 and are happy with it. Look forward to seeing what you create.

Okay, newbie here - newbie question - how does a "zero clearance insert" help? and Where does one get one? Are they different for different saws or all the same? Thanks for everyone who shared their experience/knowledge regarding stack cutting - I have been wondering about it a bit - wondering if how many or how thick was "too much" or just right and the best wood to try with etc. I am thinking it would be easier if I did some stack cutting on some Christmas ornaments for family I was considering. Part of it was trying to decide whether I wanted to cut out of BB Ply or hardwoods. Still can't decide for sure on that. I think I prefer the look of the hardwood.

Sorry to hear - hopefully you (and us via your sharing) learned somethings and will be better off the next time. One being to "clarify" more details about the show and to check around and see what else is going on in the area at the same time to determine if it is something we want to undertake. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Thanks Frank for sharing the tools for the tedious, patient time-consuming cleanup work. I have been wondering how some of you all get into those small tiny places to clean it up. The most important tool in that picture seems to be the comfy looking chair.

Welcome from another newbie and another Tennessean. Look forward to having you here and sharing.

I agree Rob, great job on the project and she is going to love it. Great way to commemorate her accomplishment. Thanks for showing.

Great jo . I think he looks good. He will be nice greeting guests.

Sounds like a win-win all around. Did you work out the "split" on the profits though?