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First, let me say - I am far from an expert and I usually hesitate to answer these types of questions and wait for the experts with many more years of experience then me to give their excellent answers so I apologize if I screw anything up in trying to answer you. 1) The table on my saw feels as though it's not letting the wood slide nicely. Is there a solution ? Many people "wax" their table tops to allow things to slide across more smoothly. I believe many use Johnson Paste Wax to do that. It also helps to protect the table. 2) I bought some Danish Oil last week and put it into a container with a flat bottom, as I've seen on the Internet, so that I could just 'dip' my finished pieces. However, when I opened it tonight it has a thick, almost green layer on the surface, like you get when you don't close a paint tin and the oil underneath is quite congealed. ??? The container isn't 'airtight' is this the reason ? I would suspect that indeed the problem is being caused by it not being an air tight container. 3) If I have a pattern with lots of cuts, I have to stand up, loosen the knob at the back of my saw, loosen the front tensioner and then undo the clamp to release the blade. Then I have to do it all again in reverse before I can cut anything. Sometimes I feel like the proverbial yo-yo and I find it very tiring... Is there another way of changing blades ? I have never used a saw of the brand yours is so I have no real answers on this for you. On my Excalibur, my Seyco and the Dewalt I started with, they have that tension knob in the back of the saw like yours does but you do not have to release the tension knob in the back of the saw. You only have to release the tension flip at the front and then release the blade at the top or bottom. Since you indicate that yours has a front tensioner are you sure you need to loosen both the knob in the back and the front tensioner switch? Now that said, I am not a very patient person, and having had a couple of cervical fusions done, I struggle a bit with trying to "see" to fit the blades in those tiny holes. As a result,, I am not a big fan of all those little holes and most of my projects are of different types of things then those detailed scrolled pictures with what seems like hundreds if not thousands of holes for those reasons! Melanie

Well except, you already said we are all crazy for staying where we get the winter cold and snow so I'm not sure you would come this way for us to help you out. Is this an offer for someone to come and spend the winter with you in Southern Calif to teach you?

Looks like you are well on your way to earning a lot of brownie points from your wife. Nice job. Thanks for showing.

Looks like more than a little bling there. nice job. Thanks for showing.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Glad to have you here and look forward to your participation.

Very nice looking project. I am sure your friend will be thrilled to receive it. Thanks for showing.

Well, glad that snow is there and not here. Here in the south, we would be snowed in for a while. Sorry the shop doesn't have any heat though. Especially since you need to get out there and get some work done. Looks like winter has arrived early. While we haven't had the snow - we have been way below average for this time of month. In the 30's, 20's with wind chill. Is it Spring yet? I think we missed most of Fall.

Congratulations on Santa's early delivery. Look forward to seeing what you make with it. Make sure to make Santa a platter for his cookies.

Glad to hear you were able to find a simple solution that fixed your problem. Sorry you didn’t find it until you had taken the saw apart.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee Karl. Glad to have you join us. Look forward to your participation.

Welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. What part of Ohio are you from? There are a few members here from different parts of Ohio. Glad you found us and look forward to your participation. Good luck on deciding which saw you want.

Glad your surgery went well Frank and your recovery is as well. Good to hear you are taking it easy and doing as instructed. Great to hear you are getting to spend some time on the saw. I hope it all continues down that path for you and you are back to 100% sooner then later.

I already downloaded and browsed the newly added patterns. Now, to find time to cut some of them. If anyone cuts some, I hope you will show us photos of them. Hanks Travis for doing this each year. I donate regularly to several of our local charities including our food bank.

Happy Thanksgiving Dan and I am glad to hear that you have mended enough to be home now, even with more mending to come. Prayers said that you will continue to heal with no more complications or issues. I am thankful for everyone here in the village and all the help and information everyone so kindly shares here everyday. Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA friends - Happy Day to all our non USA Friends not celebrating our overindulgent Thanksgiving day.

I'm a matchy type girl so I would use woods that I had used in the coasters. Since the Walnut is the primary wood used, like Roberta, I would probably use cherry since it is only an "accent" strip in the coaster its self.

Ray, if you check many different graphic/paint programs have the "bucket fill" option in them. It is a quick way to "fill" an object with color. I believe Inkscape may have it but can't remember for sure off the top of my head and it is not on the computer I am on.

Welcome to the Village from East TN. Look forward to your participation. I don't do them, but I have seen some larger ones done in wood.

Thanks for letting us know Travis. I know its hard to keep up with everything.

Let's add an @Rolf to make sure he hopefully sees your question. You can also send him a PM - Private message via the Forum.

I agree, if you prefer it that way, and are willing to pay the price - then the copies are "priceless" to you. B/W copies are always cheaper.

Whew hooo!! Let's keep it going. . . anybody else want to push us further out and really break the curse!?

Every time my husband looks at, buys new clamps I ask, don't we have enough clamps and he says "you can never have enough clamps"

Welcome back to the Village. Hope you will stick around and show us some work and participate in the Village. How old are your kids? Mine are now 23 and soon to be 22. I found the scrolling and the Village when they went off to college a couple of years ago.

Welcome to the Village from East TN. An inherited Hawk saw, don't think you can get much better inheritance then that from what I hear about the Hawk saws. Nice project and you are well on your way with this hobby. Look forward to seeing more of your work and your participation here in the Village.

Who wants to make Travis' Christmas wish come true? We need one more person to send Travis 5 ornament designs to take us to his 50 for the year. @MrsN and Travis will get their's done I know. Can we get one more person to help us out? They don't have to be complicated - we need ornaments for beginners too (that's usually what mine are aimed for - easy for me and beginners!)