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Welcome to the Village, George. Bruce Minnesota
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Welcome to the Village, David. You will learn a great deal here. Bruce Minneapolis
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Hi Sherry: Welcome back to the Village. Bruce Minneapolis
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Welcome to the Village, Robert. It is a great place for scrollers of all experience levels. Bruce Minneapolis
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Dave, I am going to have to try your technique. Your work is so consistently beautiful I am in Awe! Is the main body of this piece Baltic Birch or solid oak? Bruce
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Welcome to the Village from Minnesota (a state that seems to want to hold on to snow and cold forever this year) You will find the Village to be a fantastic place for questions, ideas and inspiration. I know I have! Bruce
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Beautifully done.
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Beautiful work!!!
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That is a beautiful piece of work!! Your son will treasure it forever.
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Ditto on Amazon. I went an extra step that serves me well. I wanted to have the blade size and type on the cap for each tube. I used the casting resin (pictured) product (also on Amazon) to accomplish that.
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Hi Ruth. Welcome to the Village. This is a forum where you will get respectful answers from those who have made the same mistakes you may be struggling with. Ask away. The only thing worse than asking a "dumb question" is not asking at all. You will shorten your learning curve and achieve satisfying results with fewer frustrations. Bruce Minneapolis
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Hi Ben: Somehow I missed your post. Welcome to the Village from Minnesota! Bruce
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And a salute returned. It is always a pleasure to connect with another veteran!!
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It is more than the steel. The following is from the Timbersaw bandsaw blade website: "When you are done cutting for the day, take the tension off your blade. Band saw blades, when warmed up from cutting, always stretch; and upon cooling shrink by tens of thousandths of an inch each cooling period. Therefore, blades, when left on the saw over tension themselves and leave the memory of the two wheels in the steel of the band, which will cause cracking in the gullet. When you leave the band on your saw under tension, not only do you distort the crown and flatten out the tires (which makes them very hard), but you also place undue stress on your bearings and shafts. Believe it or not; you can, and will damage your wheel geometry sooner or later and considerably shorten bearing life. You are also crushing your tires or V-belts."
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Leaving a bandsaw blade in tension shortens the life and is so easy to do. I had a piece of wormy oak laying around so I used it to help me remember. (I am sure I am the ONLY ONE in the Scrollsaw Village that needs that kind of help!!) The sign sits on the bandsaw table when the saw is untensioned and hangs from the shop door when the saw is tensioned so I have to duck my head to miss it. IMG_0868.JPG 1.9 mb · Done
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One of my puzzle zombies had his first big event...
Blaughn replied to Iguanadon's topic in Bragging Rights
Nothing is more contagious than SUCCESS. Maybe you need to order a "Hers" saw. Bruce -
Nice work, Dan. I guess we'll let you "stick" around. Bruce
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Welcome to the Village, Dick. Bruce Minnesota
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Welcome to the Village, Kirk! Bruce Minnesota
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I really like what you've done with it. Beautiful!
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First steps are always a cause for celebration. Well done! Bruce
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It would take 3 weeks for my eyes to recover. Wow.
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Wow. Just ....... Wow!! Bruce
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Welcome to the Village, John. Bruce Minneapolis
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Welcome to the Village, Robert! Bruce Minneapolis
