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Thanks for sharing John. A great idea for a lovely wedding momento. I am sure the receiving couple loved it.

Sorry to hear it was a slow weekend for you Iggy. Hope this upcoming holiday will get you kicked off with a bang.

Hi Dave and welome to the Village from East Tennessee. Glad you have joined us.

Beautiful job. Glad your shoulder is doing better.

You make a great team. Nice work all around.

Glad you are feeling better and could get back on the saw for a bit. Hope you continue to heal completely. Nice work on all the pieces.

Glad to hear after all of those struggles Dan t hat you are on the mend and back at the saw. Sorry it took so long for you. Listen to your body and take it easy and take breaks at the saw as everyone says. Happy cutting.

John, I always love seeing your boxes - could you show us the back side of the lid. I'm curious if you have a "lip" on the edge to help hold it on the box at all.

Nice work Charlie and thanks for sharing the pattern.

Beautiful work all around for sure. Lovely work by you both. Thanks for showing.

Glad you can post from your phone at least a Kevin. Good to see some of your work again. Nice work.

Welcome to the Village Charles. Glad to have you here with us. Glad you came out of “lurking” to let us know you are here. Look forward to your participation.

Beautiful work and a great way to commemorate his service. Please, accept outer thanks for his service and sacrifices for the benefit of all of us around the world.

Great work Kevin. I really like that. I don't think I had seen it before. Will have to check out Sue's site for it. Always good to keep the boss happy, even when they come in with those last minute projects that they want moved to the top of the to do list! I am sure she appreciates it.

Beautiful job on the patterns, beautiful work in bringing them to life. Thanks for showing.

Well come on down to East TN - you can either visit Judy's shop or come visit mine. Visiting Judy's shop would be much more inspiring however - just seeing all of her Intarsia work would leave you in awe. Mine - not so much.

Glad you found a good option for you and your back. Now you can do more scrolling!

Tell them after a few drinks, it will come into focus better.

Kevin is right, the CNC creates a much bigger mess then any scroll saw. Fortunately, like Rolf - hubby has a central vac in the workshop that all of the equipment gets added to. Then we have a "dust boot" that we use with the CNC to help control most of the dust and get it into the central vac system. Still, you get more dust then the scroll saw probably!

Rolf, I have the VCarve Desktop version of the software that comes with the machine. There is an upgraded version called VCarve Pro and then their ultimate upgrade which does the 3D work which is their Aspire program. There is so much in their desktop version that I have yet to learn that I decided it will probably be a while before I even think I need to upgrade. the router speed and on/off is also controlled by the software as well.

Good luck Kevin. Looks like the same brand one we bought a little over a year ago for our joint Christmas gift. I am the only one who has used it so far though! We got it when they were offering the free laser module at the time as I recall so we do not have the spindle but have a router with ours. They offered the free spindle the next year. They are fun, make sure you watch the tutorial videos and do some of those projects first to get your feet wet. Let me know if I can help in any way. I haven't worked with ours in a while so I am afraid I may be back to square one in trying to use it to make anything though. If you look in the sub-forum, "Other Woodworking" both Roly and I shared some projects we did with the CNCs. (We weren't brave enough to discuss in the main forum - we didn't want to get lynched and thrown out of the Village. ) This is the thread where Roly says he is getting one of those "dreaded machines" and I showed him some of my first projects with it https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/29599-the-dreaded-cnc/ Then there are several threads spread throughout where Roly showed some of the work he has done with his.) Look forward to seeing what you do with yours.

I have two of what many would consider to be "expensive" high end magnifying lights. I bought them from Judy Gale Roberts after having used them in her classroom studio. You can find them on her site here: https://intarsia.com/collections/hardware/products/new-led-daylight-slimline-magnifying-lamp It comes with 2 different diopter lenses that are 5" wide. It has little to no distortion even at the edges of the lenses. I have been using mine for about 3 years now. I couldn't scroll without it. I need the light and the magnification. As I noted, it comes with two different lenses (1.75X and 2.25X) that you can swap in or out. I would say they are indeed high quality with little distortion. After buying the first one at Judy's, I decided I needed a second one for the second saw I had. Instead of buying another one from Judy and since this was a saw that was not my "main" saw, I thought I would save a little money and buy a cheaper one. I think I tried two. Neither of them were nearly the quality of the one bought from Judy's shop. The lenses were not the same quality and had a lot more distortion with them especially around the edges, and there were "shadows" that I don't get with the one I bought at Judy's. As a result, I got rid of those and got a 2nd one from Judy and haven't looked back. Well worth the expense in my opinion, especially if you use your saws as much as you do Kevin. MFRP is around $260. Judy's price is $152.10 and notes its $20 shipping (but also notes that shipping can vary - she usually only charges actual shipping cost.) This is in part due to how heavy it is (the lenses are very heavy) and the box is not small. It has a spring arm that clamps on. Mine are both clamped on my saws and I don't get any vibration that moves it. When I bought the second one, I decided to look around and see if I could find it cheaper then I could at Judy's site. I looked at Amazon and the Manufacturer's site and both were more then at Judy's site. I just checked both again. On Amazon, there are 3 listings. 2 are much higher and then there is one listing slightly cheaper then Judy's and list it with free shipping ($149.95 and free shipping so perhaps a savings of about $2 on the light and the shipping cost.) I know if anything was wrong - Judy would attempt to make it right though. The Amazon listings I found are here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Daylight+Slimline+LED+Magnifying+Lamp&rh=p_89%3ADaylight&dc&qid=1556194395&rnid=2528832011&ref=sr_nr_p_89_1 It is $255 on the Manufacturer's site and appears to show free shipping from there: https://daylightcompany.com/slimline-led-magnifying-lamp-daylight-25030.html.html I will also note that I did not have to pay shipping for the ones I bought from Judy because I live about 40 minutes away from her shop. The first one I bought while I was in an Intarsia class there and brought it home. The second one, I also bought when I went back for a second class. Because I live local, I didn't have to worry about shipping it home or getting it home if I had flown in for a class. I do know that if they every went out, I would quickly be seeking the same quality light as quickly as possible. I know several others who have taken her classes have also purchased the light after using them in her classes. I know that @NC Scroller Scott also bought one when I bought mine as we were in the same class.

Nice work, but like Dick's thought wondering how many trips would take up a whole lot of wall space. I have collected small refrigerator sizedmagnets from most of the places we have visited. They take up a lot less space for sure. But I do like yours - they are much more attractive on the whole.

Nice work. Thank you for your service.

Beautiful job Dick. Enjoy the hot air ballon ride and your summer in Oregon. I believe Paul has more than one scroll saw in his shop so you all can scroll while you visit.