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Thanks for sharing this tip John.

Nice work. Thanks for showing it.

Any teacher will love it. Might suggest that you either give her extra bars of chocolate to replace as eaten, or just suggest she keep the wrapper and replace it back in after eating the chocolate.

Awesome work Paul. I cannot fathom drilling all those holes, then cutting all those places AND enjoying it. but I am always in awe of the beauty of them and the patience of those of you who do them. Thanks for showing.

Thanks for sharing where to find his patterns. I did do a google search for him yesterday and couldn’t find anything other than his personal page on FB.

“Who” doesn’t like a cute owl?!? This one is great. Thanks for sharing. I need to look up this pattern designer.

Nice job. I am sure the recipient will love it. Thanks for showing. @lawson56 as a fellow Tennessean, that is sacrilegious to say you don’t like orange. course, this orange is not quite the right shade anyway. I bleed orange. But, purple may be my favorite color at least when not bringing college sports into it.

Nice job on creating your pattern and executing it perfectly. A nice key holder any farmer would love to have. Thanks for showing.

Nice work Edward. I really liked that pattern when Steve posted it. Thanks Jim for sharing info. on them as well. One day I will try them out.

Very nice clock. I remember the joker well as my brother was always watching the batman tv show when we were younger and the joker was a regular bad guy on there.

Beautiful. I can not imagine attempting that even if it is only one hole at a time. I would not have the patience needed just to drill the pilot holes. I always admire you guys and gals who do. Forgot to say, let us know how much it ends up going for at the auction. I suspect given the audience, it will be a big hit! Thanks for showing.

More nice work Jim, but I am afraid it will not be seen by as many folks since many will skip over this thread believing they looked at it already. Please, feel free to “flood” the forum with new creations, I suspect most are like me and enjoy seeing them.

No Paul, that is its own little Country. Nice group of Firsts, Jim. Great looking work. Fun to make those boxes isn't it. I still need to try my first inlay. Thanks for showing yours.

Nice. I could see why it would be a favorite. Thanks for sharing.

Like the others, I have no knowledge on the RBI saws. I also checked the Scroll Saw Reviews Subsection of the Village under the "Resources" tab and did not see any reviews there for the RBI. You can find the ones that are listed there by going here: https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/scroll-saw-reviews/?d=5 Perhaps someone who does will come on and be able to reply sooner then later. Then, perhaps they or you once you have it purchased and used for a bit, can add a review there. However, I did want to welcome you to the Village.

Thanks Duke for giving a little more detail on the licensing, I appreciate it.

Nice work Duke. Can you explain how you went about getting the license as a "hobbyist"? Expense involved? How it is suppose to work? Thanks.

Hi Tony and welcome to the Village. I am not familiar with that machine. Does it have a blade already installed on it? If so, you may want to remove it and take a good look at it. There are basically two main “types” of Scroll Saw blades used with most saws. They are pin-end or pinless. you will want to figure out what kind your machine uses. (Some will accept both.) Pinless is better because it allows you to use smaller (thinner) blades because you can drill smaller holes. Blades with a “pin end” require a bigger hole to be drilled so that you can insert the larger pin-end through After that there are spiral blades and straight blades. Some people swear by spiral blades while others hate them. Most people recommend that beginners use straight blades to start. Then later after you are comfortable cutting with your saw, you can give spiral blades a try. After that, the blades come in different sizes, and “styles”. The smaller the number, the smaller the blade. So a 1 is much smaller then a 9 or 12. How big or small of a blade to use is dictated by several things including the type of wood being used, how big the hole you need to insert it through, type of cutting you are doing, and more. For most general cutting, most probably reach for a 3 or 5 but it really depends on the end user’s personal preferences. Then after “size” you will find there are some additional features like “reverse” teeth - this is where the bottom few teeth are “reversed” the thought being that by doing that, it reduces the tear out on the bottom of the piece. There are others that I won’t go into full details on like a skip tooth and more. Once you understand the basics about the blades, then you find there are different brands/manufacturers of blades. Some people use different and.various brands, like Olsen, Flying Dutchman, Pegasus, and many more. Others stick to one brand. It’s all really personal preference, you just have to decide what you prefer. you can do a quick google search and find lots of details and info about Scroll Saw blades. however, here is a Link to Steve Good’s blog where he has shared a lot of info. On blades over the years and you can find them here: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/search?q=Blades Steve shares a lot of great information plus a free pattern almost daily on his site so it’s a great place for a newbie to the Saw to look back through. Here is another article from Woodcraft’s site: https://www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/choosing-scroll-saw-blades and an article from Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts magazine: http://scrollsawer.com/2017/09/06/choosing-the-right-blade/

Brenda, I think you are in need of closer supervision as it was not that long ago you had a serious injury to your throat wasn’t it? it looks painful, I am glad it wasn’t worse and prayers said for a quick and easy full healing. I manage to do my own “oops” but so far, nothing this bad. I am usually sanding some part of my finger or hand or cutting myself it seems. Why I leave the heavy lifting with the table saw to my DH.

I know many of you are fans of Sue Mey’s Patterns. I saw elsewhere today she is offering a 20% discount on her site for most all patterns except for the “Special Offers” section. She had to have hand surgery two months ago and is still recovering. She has at least another month of recovery to go so her ability to create new things is limited or non-existent right now due to this. I was thinking of getting a couple patterns mainly to give her the business right now while she is laid up. I thought others here might like to support her right now, and get the discount. A sin-win for Sue and us. Here is what she noted earlier in regards to the discount. ”Thank you for the support of my website and the many friendly emails in the last two months since my hand surgery. Progress has been slow but I was warned that it will be a full three months before positive results are on the cards. It seems many people are starting to make Christmas projects and are asking for a discount offer on Christmas patterns. So for the next 10 days, until July 19, there is a 20% discount available for every order placed and not just patterns from the Holidays>Christmas section. It applies to all patterns, tutorials, and even Gift certificates - only the 'Special Offers' category is excluded. To qualify for the discount, enter JULY19 (case sensitive) in the voucher code area during checkout and click 'apply' once.” Her site for anyone not familiar is here (all patterns are digital downloads):https://www.scrollsawartist.com/

Nice work. I like the "change-up" into one piece rather than 4. Looks great either way.

Great job. Thanks for showing.

Nice work - glad you rediscovered your saw.

Another option is to store one of those drives, memory sticks, discs, etc. at a friend's house, family member's house or in a safety deposit box at a bank if you have one already. Now, if a major natural disaster hits in your area, and those friends or family also live in the area, it still might not matter if you all get nailed.

Looks like you did an awesome job on thst a Pete. Your Big Green Egg will love its new home. My DH made one for his several years ago now. Pretty much same design. It has held up well.