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  1. Jim Blume
    We don't do too much concerning Valentine's Day, but my bride and I do work together in the shop and come up with some interesting ideas. Working together daily is better than simply noticing one another on holidays in my opinion. Here is an idea my wife had, and she wanted to use some exotics for it. I decided to use nothing but domestic scraps. By the way, scraps are nothing more than materials we haven't found a use for yet. These were glued up after we took them out of the kindling bin. Not the exotic hardwoods she wanted but since she is happy with the results, win win,
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    Just Wow!!!!
  3. Jim Blume
    Click on this link and in the Search block type in "Mount Rushmore". Should pop right up. Scroll Saw Workshop Catalog (stevedgood.com)
  4. Jim Blume
    Great job. I have cut that pattern many times but always in hardwoods, cherry or maple. The cost of wood has skyrocketed to the point where I will have to start cutting it out of 1/8" BB if I get any more orders. As to that subflooring ply, I have had good results with that when I was out of BB, but now and again you might find some voids. Again, Great Job.
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    I have one, but it was a gift from a friend who is a cabinet maker. He thought it would be good for making repetitive marks as he worked but then refused to convert his measurements to metric, so he uses a square which has holes in it at various points. Marked in inches is a big plus he says. LOL. . It is unique and it was a gift, so it hangs out in a drawer in one of my roll-a-rounds, which is full of all sorts of other cool but seldom if ever used items. I also have one of these and use it all the time. INCRA Precision T-Rules | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
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    The coolest thing about giving things to special folks is that you will always remember the looks on their faces. The folks who buy things from you, not so much. So Happy for you man.
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    Awesome workmanship.
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    There are many of my patterns in the pattern files though I do have many more on my computer. I have been working on organizing them so that I can put more of them here. If there is something you may have seen cut and can't find it, feel free to give a shout out and I'll see if I can help you find it.
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    You did an awesome job on that pattern. And donating them to animal rescue folks is a wonderful gesture. Good on you Pard.
  10. Jim Blume
    A young southern boy in math class. No Teacher! Pie are round. Cornbread are square.
  11. Jim Blume
    These are the kinds of gifts people cherish. Well done Sir.
  12. Jim Blume
    He probably has over a hundred sayings about politics as well as those listed above. And those are still true today as well, LOL
  13. Jim Blume
    Thanks for sharing. Ole Will has long been an interesting character to me. His way of seeing things even during hard times helped folks a great deal. While stationed in Alaska in the late 60's and early 70's, I took an annual trip to Point Barrow and a couple of times went with a native guide I had met to see the place where they crashed. It's not a huge-big deal memorial, but it was something I just had to do. Glad I got the chance.
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    Eye Injury

    Jim Blume replied to Dan's topic in Coffee House

    The eye heals pretty fast as long as the scratch or abrasion is not too deep. Hope that is the case for you.
  15. Jim Blume
    Stunning!
  16. Jim Blume
    Yes Dave. I scaled it to approx. 11" and cut it in a 2 stack out of 1/8" BB. Then stained the sections different. Not sure where I found the drawing but had to work on it a bit to make it stronger on a few branches. I had thought to try and inlay it but got lazy and took the easy way out. LOL
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    Smart folks here!
  18. Jim Blume
    Some of my patterns have some extremely long cuts in them. That will throw off the average cuts per blade. I tend to believe that heat is the major cause of blades losing their set and temper. As mentioned previously, the hardness of material, thickness including layer cutting, and speed all have something to do with blade life. But buying blades by the gross brings the cost way down and so I don't even worry about this anymore. When I can no longer feather the cuts, smoothing out the beginning to the end of the cut, I chuck it and put in a new one. This Yin Yang Tree cut in a two stack of 1/8" Baltic Birch, was one long cut, so to not heat up the blade I ran a slower speed and took it slow on all the tight turns.
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    Might not go anywhere, but it may promote some thought.
  20. Jim Blume
    Except that the black ring was a part of the whole piece. One pilot hole where the black, red and white come together.
  21. Jim Blume
    Awesome workmanship.
  22. Jim Blume
    I used those "PGT" blades for many years while we had our year round craft business. I still marvel how smooth a cut you get with a #9 PGT blade on 3/4" Pine or Aspen. Almost no sanding needed, and for that sort of work we did, cutting fretwork into small shelves and such, they lasted quite well.
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    I often hear folks talking about how many cuts they can get out of each blade. Of course we all have opinions concerning that. I bit too and tried to figure out approximately how many holes I could cut out of each blade. And then it hit my wee brain. To illustrate this better, let me ask, "How many pilot holes are in this project?"
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    Awesome job all around.
  25. Jim Blume
    I tried to see if I could get something out of the image. The problem is that when I crop and then enlarge it, It gets all fuzzy. Hopefully someone who is better at photo imagery can get a clear image to work from to do a pattern.
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