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Here Marg - this might help your confusion: https://www.jimmydean.com/products/fresh-sausage https://www.jimmydean.com/our-story - There was "James Dean" the movie heart throb - then there was "Jimmy Dean" Nice cutting Spiridos.

Another Tennessee welcome, this one from the Eastern part of the State in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Glad to have you join us and look forward to your participation.

Sorry to hear that Iggy. Prayers continue for your family and all that are in Florence’s wide sweeping path. Things can be cleaned and replaced, life’s cannnot. Glad your family evacuated out to safety.

I found the thread from last year that had a lot of information and detail about doing compound cutting. CharleyL and several others gave a lot of good information throughout the thread so be sure to look for info. throughout that thread. It can be found here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/24171-compound-cutting-wood/ Then, when I shared photos of my first try with compound cutting, I noted I forgot to use a skip tooth blade to start and use a reverse tooth blade and had some issues. In that thread, I asked what the difference would be in using one versus the other and Bill Wilson gave a great explanation for it in that thread he said: (found in this thread: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/27019-first-try-compound-cutting/?tab=comments#comment-298486 but shown below for ease of seeing his explanation:)

When I tried cutting some compound cuts last year, I missed where Charley and some others said not to use the reverse teeth blades. As Sycamore67 noted, they are not the best because they do not do a good job clearing out the sawdust. When I went back to the threads about doing compounds cuts, and reread them, I found where they indicated this and indicated that it would be better to use skip tooth blades in doing compound cuts. Once I switched over to a skip tooth blade, it did much better. The thread I am taking about, Charley gave detailed instructions on doing compound cuts. I even printed it out as I recall to keep because it gave such good information. I can see if I can find it.

Prayers said for all in Florence's path and that she will die down from a Category 4 and better yet, turn back out to sea!

I am sorry for your family’s loss of a loved one. That is always difficult for family me,very. So nice of you to craft some as a memeorisl to the life and legacy of thevpereon lost and sure to be treasured.

Congratulations, first on getting accepted into a juried show, as that is a great accomplishment on its own. Then, second, for winning a first and third placed ribbons. Well deserved on excellent pieces. Thanks for sharing.

Paul, first, stay off the ladder, especially when placed in a dump trailer or you might find yourself in heaven sooner and trying to ascertain if they do in fact have scroll saws there. We like having you here, so please keep your feet on the ground. Second, shame on you, I hope your wife doesn’t accidentally find these posts are you sir, are in big trouble, and may find yourself outside in the dog house with the dog. especially if Griz tattles on you. As far as all that material, I understand. My mother was a sewer of all kinds. She too could never have enough fabric. While she sewed and made a lot, she still had enough in her house when we had to clean it out a few years ago to open her own fabric store. Some quilter or sewer hit the mother lode if they ever went into the local Habitat store after we made that donation! I hate to say it, but our wood collection is getting rather large so beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or each crafter depending upon their craft of choice. as far as expense of our toys, err, tools, hubby still has me beat when you factor in all of his wood working tools, but especially the boat and jet skis. So, I figure with those alone, I have a long way to go to catch up. Course, his favorite saying is what you said, what is his is mine, and what is mine is mine - I don’t argue.

Nice job. Keep working through Kathy's book. Also look for Judy Gale Robert's books. Both are two of the preiminent Intarsia pattern makers and artists who have books to learn from.

Hey Brenda. Posts letting people know that scroll saws are for sale like this are allowed. However, they general prefer that they be posted over in the "Hot Deals & Announcements" subform of the group which can be found here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/forum/35-hot-deals-announcements/ so a moderator may come along and "move" the post to that subform. (Just wanted to let you know so if it gets moved, you know why. )

Welcome to the Village Randy from another Tennessean. Glad to have you join in. Enjoy your new saw. Since Tennessee is such a long, wide state, what part of the State are you from? We have several members here from different parts of the State which is why I ask. We have several in the Middle Tennessee area and a few of us in the East TN area. I am in East TN around the Knoxville area.

Hi Lou and welcome to the Village from East Tennessee. Glad to have you join in. Hope they can figure out the issue with your saw soon.

Hi Joe and welcome to theVillage. Nice to have you join in. Enjoy your new saw, and don’t be afraid to ask questions and show us your work. Great group here all willing to help, and love seeing everyone’s work.

Looks great Dick and I am sure your grandson will love and treasure it. Please tell hi, we thank him for his service.

Nice work all around, thanks for showing.

Nice work on both. Thanks for showing.

Welcome to the Village. Glad you stopped lurking and decided to join in

Hi @LindaB - that Trivet looks pretty good and you are right on Cherry wood being hard. Wow, you started with spiral blades - I still haven't given those a go yet. Thanks for sharing. Keep on participating here as we all learn from each other.

My story is fairly similar. I love this place and the friends who share so willingly and give such great advise. I started out wanting to do Intarsia work. Thanks to this group, I have expanded out into other areas and have enjoyed it all.

Another wonderful piece Pete. Thanks for showing.

Beautiful looking Box Rob. Thanks for showing.

My saws are on the manufacturer's stands. They are set so I can stand, but I have an adjustable chair so I can also sit and adjust the chair height as needed. I primarily sit to cut unless I am just making a quick cut. My saws are flat, not tilted though I have considered tilting to see if I like it but I have not done so yet. My saws also have the foot pedals and I have those up higher off the ground so that I can reach them. (Yes, I'm on the shorter side of "average height". ) I presently have a piece of wood across my bottom cross brace on the stand that the pedal sits on.

Hey Paul, I took a look at the Etsy shop in question that Kevin posted the link to. The "items" for sale there are all "digital" files. Which means you are getting and downloading a file. You need to look at any file you are interested in and see what file format he is providing it in and make sure that you have a software program that will open that format because they all do not offer the same format(s). Some say they provide the CDR file, some say they provide the .dxf file, some say other formats. Some say they are a zipped file which have a mix of different formats in them like the CDR, a .dxf and maybe an AI file. These are just the few that I quickly looked at. I did not look at all of them to see what all formats he may be providing depending on the file. A CDR file is a Corel Draw file. CDR is a proprietary format to Coral Draw so you would need Corel Draw to open the file. If you don't have it, then you may not be able to use the file unless the owner of the file and Etsy shop is willing to convert it into a format that users who don't have Corel Draw can use. Which means, if the file only contains the CDR file, you would need to reach out to the Etsy shop owner and see if he can convert it to another useable format for you. (Easily done.) A .dxf file is a "Drawing eXchange Format" file that is usually created in an AutoCad type program. Again, a scroller is probably going to need to have the file converted into another format for them to easily use. An AI file, is going to be a file created with Adobe Illustrator. Again, like a CDR file, it is going to be a proprietary file format for AI and unless you own AI, you would need to file converted to open in another program. All of these file formats can easily be converted in Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, or other programs that may be used to create them. You, as the purchaser, would just need to know what format you wanted or needed and see if the seller is willing to convert to that format. A universal format that can be saved to is a .svg file. A .svg file can be opened by most programs and would be a good format for the seller to use with all of his files. .svg stands for "Scalable Vector Graphic". It allows you to scale a file up or down without distorting an image like occurs with a bitmap image for example. It is also the default format that the free program, Inkscape, will save to. He could also provide it as a Vector PDF file. Forgot to add, when talking about using the files with a CNC machine, you have to have the file and open it in the software you use with your CNC cutter. You have to go in and tell that software what to do with each line or part of an image, whether it is being cut out completely, whether it is being carved, what depth, etc., Once you have done that, you then have to export those "directions" out in a format that your cutter understands in order to create the actual physical item. This can take a while. The benefit it has is that once you have all that done and saved, you can then more easily recreate the item. That is just basic, general information that I hope explains generally what you wanted to know Paul.

Those look really nice Roly. I like the boxes.