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Cool idea but I am not familiar with Indian symbols. In addition the frame is only 1-1/2" wide so the symbols would be too small for these old eyes to cut. If I were able to do so, symbols could be wood burned on the frame. That would look great. Unfortunately I can no longer even write. I have to crudely draw each character or number. Thanks for the idea though.

The corners are just glued with Titebond III. Usually I reinforce the corners with a couple of staples. The cutting is not fastened into the frame yet. I'll use the Honey pine on it and give it a topcoat of shellac or semi gloss lacquer. The material is 1/2" thick.

Here are some stain samples. Top to bottom: Gunstock, Cherry, Honey Pine, Ebony. All are MinWax stain. Apparently except for the Honey Pine darker stains are a no go. I do think the nice smooth surface should take paint very well. Second photo just compares the Honey Pine stain with unfinished Particle Board.

At my age I could care less.

Guess I'll have to do some experimenting with scraps.

I may have posted this Jim Blume before but what I'm really posting is the frame. I have a bunch of particle board that I was thinking of throwing out. Then I noticed one side is very smooth and I kind of liked the geometric shapes. I made a frame to try my rebuilt sled for my table saw. There is no finish on the frame. Also it is very smooth and should take paint easily.

I'd snap that saw up in a heartbeat. I love old iron. I restored a Burke #4 horizontal mill. It was a rust bucket. Evapo-Rust is your friend. I then sold it because I could not find a vertical attachment. Old iron is the best. The saw comes with several inserts too. Good buy! I only have a folding saw because of space constraints.

That's gorgeous! Well done.

The beast is fantastic if you use the fence correctly. Raise the blade up quite a ways. Move the fence against the blade and lock it. Then keeping it locked move the fence by sliding the table in or out. In this manner the fence is always locked square. Hopefully I've explained it OK.

Did you mean a direct drive is no good? I sold my big Delta Uni-saw because the large footprint did not justify the amount of time I used it. My folding Kobalt fits what do just fine. Use whatever works best for an individual. Although I agree with most of your post.

Get that tiger out of the box! I had a T-100 in 1963. It was a 50's something. Faye and I had just gotten married and she thought a deep freezer was more important. I decided to keep my wife. You can guess the rest of the story. Sorry for the hijack.

I use newspaper to lay the wet items on just because we get a free weekly paper that I use. I throw the wet newspaper in a trash container outside. For painting I have a professional spray booth.

I went to HF just yesterday. I usually cruise the isles and didn't see the routers. Must have had my, politically stupid, mask up too high.

Welcome to the Village. A friendly place to be. Lots of helpful folks here.

They are both very nice but I prefer the second one hands down.

I think it looks great! Good job.

That's very cool!

Don't know how helpful this is but here is what I use. The router is a small 1/4" router mounted on a small table screwed to a work bench. I do a round-over on lots of things I make. Table is about 16" wide. It works very well and takes up very little room. I think there is perhaps $130 tied up in it. Purchased it when I was turning pens from Penn State Industries. They sell things for turners but Rockler sells the same thing.

I have not cut it. I've not even used it for a backer. I think I'll do that and paint it.

Anyone using it? I have some. 1/8 or 3/16", I'm not sure. Should take paint welll

Very nice cutting on a great pattern!

That might be a problem because my 50/50 BLO is half mineral spirits. I'm also wondering if the linseed oil will harden in the tips orifice. Thanks for the info.

I'm with Ray. I'd rather take a chance on a higher end used saw or other equipment. Being careful I'v only been burned once and that was my fault.

I have two sets of HF number drills that I have used for years. Mostly used on aluminum and brass of course. Been pleased.

I have four air compressors, several air brushes and a regular paint sprayer. I don't use any of them as the compressors are noisy, air hoses are a nuisance as well as being inconvenient in my tiny shop. I presently paint with rattle cans with the garage door open. Painting is fine. However, I usually dip my projects in 50/50 BLO. I use a large pan and assist with a brush for items that exceed the pan dimensions. I lay the dipped item on newspapers to drain and then hang them to dry. Someone here posted a video about someone making a basket with a very crude lathe and scroll saw. During the finishing of the piece it was sprayed with a spray bottle. Looked like a good idea. I could make a frame with wire mesh, suspend it over a cardboard box with newspapers and spray the item. The drippings would go onto the newspaper and I could leave the item on the mesh screen to dry. I know there are problems with this idea but I don't what they might be outside of the BLO drying hard in the spray bottle. So what other fallacies can I look foreword to? I hate finishing.