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Hmmm, tough call. Really depends in part on how "big" you want the clock face to be to "see". Being that I am getting older, and the eyes are not what they use to be, I kinda like the bigger clock face. Even besides from that, I like that it is just the clock - not the "extra" wood around the clock I think. But if you reduced that like Paul suggested, that would work maybe a little better for me "visually". Both are nice though. So, that said - since you already have both cut out, why not post both to your etsy and other accounts and see what gets the most orders? Since you cut to order most of these as you get them in - easy enough to cut either and you don't need to add another clock size as I assume you are using them both already.

Now, if I could, I WOULD give both a try. However, how would you suggest that we convince the hubby that I NEED another scroll saw with 3 on the premises. 2 of which are setup and used in HIS shop that he kindly gave me a corner of. Plus, he is the one who bought me the Seyco new when they first came out for a gift. I was going to wait and "see" for a bit and then go for the Hawk or the Hegner maybe, but I couldn't tell him that after he order the Seyco! So now, I have the Seyco and the purple Excalibur setup in the shop and a Dewalt Type 1 sitting in the garage.

You would, being from Georgia and all. - Me not so much - too many red teams in the SEC. Now if it was in Orange, I could go for that. Course, I bought the used Excalibur I did in part because it was Purple, my other favorite color. Thanks for sharing the tip.

Welcome to the Village. Glad you joined us. As mentioned, youtube videos are a great source to watch and learn quickly how someone else works with their saw. One person who does a lot, including giving away a free pattern almost every day, is Steve Good. If you haven't already, you can find his blog here: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com Steve also has a Youtube channel where he has posted a variety of videos on a variety of items regarding scrolling and it can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/sdgood/videos If you want to learn some "basics" he has a number of videos on learning to cut shared there. You can scroll through looking for them but I will post a link to several for "Beginners" here for you to take a look at. I am not going to get them all so do look through his list to see what others would be of interest to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jY-oCZoVWc - You just bought a scroll saw - now what https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJMqzOnWjQ - Scroll saw basics Part 1 (there are several more Parts that follow this one I am not linking to) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP1kR4ThXuU - Most important scroll saw technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Kf9h2CXJ0 - Scroll Saw School - Scroll Saw Blades Part 1 (Again, there are more "parts" about blades that follow but I did not provide links) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSO8uXe2NgY - Cutting a Straight Line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXfnld0QMY - Cutting Curves and Circles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTPl4XNTAKc - Cutting Tight Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9F0Bv6c0g - Cutting V Cuts While it is true in part, that even a master can make a simply tool "dance" - it is also true that for beginners, a beginner saw is often a bit more frustrating. In part, because it does seem to "jump" more and be a little harder to track then with a more mid-line or advanced saw. As a result, you will have to learn to make accommodations for your saw, and what you find works best for you. Try slower speeds, faster speeds, pressing down harder when trying to hold it down, and see what seems to help the most with the jumping. The true experts above have given you some great advise - especially on finding a better wood to start with. Listen to them and watch the videos, and soon you will be scrolling right along. i started out not quite 3 years ago, and still consider myself a newbie, still learning, but I have learned so much from the men and women here in the village who so kindly share their help and advice anytime anyone answers. Without them, I would still not be where I am today on the saw. Good luck.

Looks very nice. Thanks for showing.

Amazing work as always Randy. Thanks for sharing.

Paul, was thst “bitter half” an innocent typo or a Freudian slip?

Welcome to the Village from East TN. Thank you for your service. We are glad you joined us and look forward to your participation. What part of the forum do you not understand or have questions about? No question is a dumb question so please, ask anything you need help with. What part of NC are you in? We have a few NC members here you might be close to. Think there are some clubs over there too.

I confess that I am an imperial girl myself. I was in elementary school I think when they had the big idea they were going to convert us to the metric system. As you can see, it didn't work too well. Thanks Ivan for your work on some of these. i hope to give them a try sooner or later.

Always good to be stock piling the brownie points with the boss. think you have compiled quite a few with this one. Looks great. Thanks for showing.

Congratulations Kevin. Well earned with lots of hard work. Kudos to you.

Nice job Pete but you aren’t at home in Canada right now, aren’t you in a Florida? No snowmen needed there.

Cute idea. Thanks for sharing.

Very cute and I am sure the family loved and appreciated it. Thanks for showing.

Glad it finally arrived and you get the day off tomorrow. Enjoy and let us see what you create.

Excellent Job o it Marg. Your grandson is going to be thrilled with it. Thanks for showing.

Very nice job and I know your daughter will treasure it for so many reasons. Thanks for showing,

Nice work Don. I expect more than two people are going to want them at the auction, thanks for sharing.

Nice work on both pieces Jeff. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. They are fairly simple to do once you understand the basics. Hope to do some more soon. Need to get some boards glued up first. Les, he recommends using a 1/2" resew blade for the thicker, straight cuts and a 3/16" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi for the curves. I haven't been able to find a 3/16" yet, so I used the 1/4" skip tooth blade with 4 tpi that I did have and it worked fine so far. Kevin, yes - changing the blades out on hubby's big saw, was the main reason I had not tried them previously. It is really easy however to change the blades on the 10" table bandsaw. Denny, it would be great to come back down to Dayton and see you at the shop sometime. John, you are definitely right, I keep falling down different rabbit holes with my woodworking - usually thanks to people here in the Village showing something and me saying "oh, that's cool, I want to try that." I hope those of you who said I want to try those, will at some point. They really are not too hard and fun to do.

Nice work Don. It looks great. Thanks for sharing.

Definitely going to win a lot of brownie points with your wife for that one. Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job Paul. I am so glad that you were able to get your eye problems finally resolved and be able to get back to the saw creating beautiful pieces of art work.. Thanks for sharing.

That's a great idea Jim. I think we will be following your lead on this one at my house. Thanks for sharing.

Looks good. I agree lots of Silhouette images that I saw the other day when I was checking to see about ideas. I hope to give one of these a try soon. thanks for sharing.