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I bought Volker Arnolds Book 21 of patterns. I did some of the smaller ones but his pyramid tower was huge, 4' tall. Would have been a great project but no place to store it.
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Ray, Checkout what I'm talking about. German Nutcrackers, Incense Smokers & Christmas Pyramids (erzgebirgepalace.com)
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Rolf, your cutting is worthy of the craftsman of the Erzgeberge in Germany. Great job.
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I thought it was time for another portrait. It is a self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh showing his good ear and not the one he cut off. The original portrait had all the swirls in the back ground but it seemed too busy and I didn't want to make all those cuts. I even tried a spiral blade in one spot but didn't like the look. I did better with my 0/3 Skip tooth blade. Plaque is 1/8" BBPW and 1/4" backer with shellac and semi-gloss lacquer. Frame is one of the wife's collection.
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Great job! A plaque to be proud of.
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In 2015 I bought a EX 16 from my local Woodcraft store. I had it shipped to them for free and picked it up. I had an old Craftsman and it was like going from the stone age to the Jet (Excalibur) age. It has given me good service but I have done some few changes. I bought the Pegas clamps from Denny and they work great. The old ones just wear out. Steel thumb screws and aluminum housings. I mounted the lower thumb screw on the left so I can mount the blade with my right hand. I filled in the downdraft vent holes with apoxy because I top feed and was always going in the wrong holes and scratching the top. The top deck gets worn and found some white magnet sheet material (cheap) I cut to size and has been working very well. It's a black Excalibur General International unit. Not sure where it was made but it works well and keeps making saw dust.
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Dick, what a beautiful portrait. Best congratulations on your Anniversary!
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Todd, that is amazing! You are a scrolling maniac!!
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Great job on the plaque. Just saw the Curt Russell version of the film again. I really enjoyed it but still can't get my head wrapped around them wearing the black long coats in AZ?
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Impressive work on the Schwibbogen. I have question on the lights. I had built a few a couple of years ago using 20 each 3w grain-of-wheat bulbs and used 2 "D" batteries to drive them. I soldered them to run parallel and hot glued in place. It would run through batteries. I can't get them to work anymore. Maybe some of the solders or leads are broken. I want to revisit the lighting and would be interested to know which bulbs you used. I thought about using 5v (like phone chargers) but would have to find the correct bulbs. Are yours AC lights?
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Dick, great story! You are going to give "The History Guy" of Youtube a run for his money!
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Outstanding!!
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Dick, that is impressive. I really like the paint job!
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That came out great! Very inventive.
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Great Job Paul. I made a similar one for a friend of mine and he really appreciated it.
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Paul, Your clock is outright stunning. Its now a family heirloom. The workmanship is outstanding and something to be very proud of.
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Here is the link on Pedro's site for the Wiseman coffer. The wise men coffer, scroll saw fretwork pattern (finescrollsaw.com) You can see that different types of wood were used. BBPW would definitely be a lot cheaper. If you decide to make this there are a few tips. The sides are intersecting slots and depending on the wood you use, the outer edges can be fragile. I left a 1/4" connector at the top to hold it all together and then cut them when I was ready to assemble. The top can be a little confusing. The drawing calls out a 18 and 25 degree angle. the 18 is for the short sides and since it's 1/8" I used my disc/belt sander with the plate on the disk sander set to the angle. I used my scroll saw set to the 25 on the long pieces. What threw me was I assumed that those pieces would butt up against the top and bottom edges. The side angles didn't line up! Once I looked at other samples I realized that the top of the pieces sit about 1/4" below the top and all the angles lined up. Go figure!
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Thanks lawson. It is doable just plan it out and go slow. It would have been a lot easier using BBPW. It could be cut stackable/ He has some examples on his site of project with BBPW.
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I really would like to try it. My wife had started to sell on Poshmark and has sold somethings, mostly clothing but she has a lot of jewelry and parts to make jewelry. She has posted some of my cars and planes too. I really don't want to sell them but we are running out of room in our office but I still have the patterns and can make more. Maybe I'll have room for the clock. You have seen my walls... besides the 2 studes, they are all my patterns.
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Thank you. He was the first person I sent pictures to and he responded back and appreciated my comments. Cremona clock is an outstanding project! I would go there but we are out of wall space.
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I had looked at Pedro's finescrollsaw.com several times and wanted to try one of his patterns. Purchased one of his patterns called the Wiseman Coffer. (9 euro) It was great working with Pedro and he did give suggestion that I either use European "A3" paper or have it converted but retain the original size. My local UPS store made it happen with 2 sets of 17 x 12 prints. I decided to kick it up a notch by going with Bubinga wood $$$. It requires both 1/8" and 1/4" wood. I had some of the 1/8" but I needed 2 pieces of 8" wide and the 2 sq foot packs were only 5.5" wide. I contacted Richard at Richards Craft wood in Clemmons NC. www.richardscraftwood.com. He was able to mill up the pieces I needed and had them in a few days. Lots of cutting and lots of broken blades (Bubinga is hard !) It took about 3 weeks to finish. I used a Lacquer finish and it really brings out the color of the wood. I did used a temporary light wood backer on the inside to accent the fretwork for the picture but removed it afterwards.
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Todd, you nailed this portrait. I am amazed with the ultra thin bridges you cut, scary! Spirals are NOT my go to blade but I did do a portrait of a German Shepard and it was the only way to cut the fur. Great job!
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Great job on the chess board and game piece. Padauk is a very hard wood and will always change color(darken) after time. Most of what I have cut is either 1/4 or 1/8" and it will handle smaller blades but they do wear out fast. Padauk has a sort of peppery smell when cut. It didn't take long to figure out I should be using a mask because it did affect me after a while. I actually prefer Bubinga. It is also a hard wood but retains its color and has a beautiful sheen when lacquered. (still use a mask)
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Too Delicate a pattern for you to cut?
munzieb replied to Jim Blume's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I'm a big proponent of your "taping cutouts back in place" and partial cuts to maintain strength. I enjoy the challenge of the intricate pattern. It makes you think ahead as to the direction of the cut like cutting the weakest areas first. -
So sad and awful. Les was a always a positive and helpful source on the web site and will be missed. R.I.P.
