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  1. ScollSaw Slasher
    Thanks to all for the compliments and advise. Mrs Slasher wasn't to hepped up on the colors so probably not going to keep it. The neighbors love it and asked me "how much"? Never thought about an asking price since I don't do this for money. But what price would you guys and gals put on something like this. I know on a hourly basis, only Donald Trump or his cohorts could afford it, but it's food for discussion.
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    Kris, From one retired dentist to another, that's one real piece of work and design. Beat's mod amalgams, doesn't it?
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    I have the Delta, and found that it is still quicker to have a short 2x4 to keep the arm up then to reach back and play with the pin to lock the arm up. Now I don't know about the Dewalt after market that achieves this. I think Steve Good has a video on that add on.
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    Got my Baltic birch at the local Woodcraft store. Thought that would be quality birch. I new the staining would be problematic because when I used birch ply for cabinets, it was typically for painted cabinets.
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    Just finishing up this clock. Going to let it set for a few days and do some minor touch ups. Decided to do it with Baltic Birch plywood since I've never worked with it before. That was an adventure! Besides those warm fuzzys, some delamination of the plys. Also, couldn't get a good cherry stained look, and decided to get out the paint for the finished project. Learned a ton on this one with the different blades used and the delicate fretwork. Next up will be some portraits. Every Scroller has to do a John Wayne! Blake
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    I will be using the dental strips to sand veining cuts. Used to use them when I played dentist to get a perfectly smooth flush fit between filling and tooth for those fillings that would end up under the gum line between teeth.
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    Well I'm on my way to filling my New Years resolutions. Just got in a magnifier with light, test tubes with a rack, small desk fan and some dental finishing strips. Now if I can get the right focal length setup on the light (just about there) when cutting, it's going to be great. Test tubes are not so much for the new blades but those slightly used (or abused being the slasher) blades that have more cuts left in them. Never been happy with the dust blowers on scroll saws, so once I build a little extension rack, will try out the fan. Hopefully the dental finishing strips will get rid of those warm fuzzies on delicate fretwork. Will see. Next will be a foot switch to turn the whole show on when I get everything set up. And all of this is brought to you by Amazon. Twenty years ago, I never thought I'd become such a mail order freak.
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    Just used FD-UR #3 for first time. A heck of a blade and probably going to throw away my Olsons. But I didn't know about the crimp so I probably lucked out in positioning. That's the little tidbit tips that makes this site so valuable.
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    I got a Delta 40-690 about three months ago replacing my Hitachi. Excepting that I thought the table could have been polished better, it cuts like a bandit and I'm happy with it. Now if it falls apart in a year, I won't be as happy, so only time will tell. Sometimes we get that paralysis by analysis in tool selection. Two questions. What's your budget, and do you want to wait around for the perfect tool, or be slicing and dicing now (slasher joke). I'm a guitar player, and if I waited around for the perfect guitar, I wouldn't be as accomplished as I am at it.
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    Yes, I used to have a mini 4" table saw for HO building projects. Kick myself in the rear for letting it go at a garage sale when I got out of HO.
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    Here's one that hasn't been mentioned and saves a ton of money. A sandpaper cleaning stick. One of the smartest purchases I've made. Makes any kind of powered sandpaper last 5 times longer.
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    Check Berry Basket. They have some nice plans and I downloaded a three pack of clock plans for very little outlay of funds. And yes, doing Pedro's or any of these fancy plans is not a money making proposition. You just got to love doing it.
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    Doing a fretwork clock with delicate cuts, and the Olsen Crown seems to be doing a good job. But be very aware that since it cuts in both directions, if the blade is upside down in it's placement, the cut line will pull left rather than right which we are so used to. Screwed up one section because of this. Test the blade placement on a scrap before you do your on purpose cuts.
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    Many thanks to all for the warm welcome and the compliments on my work. Like many of us, I'm my own worse critic, always seeking perfection in a imperfect world. It so far has been fascinating going through some of the posts and seeing some of the exquisite work being achieved by a group of talented individuals. I already have a wish list of future endeavors as well as future equipment to make my scrolling even better. OOPs!, there goes the Christmas fund. So, let's get cutting. Blake
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    Mrs Slasher (the Queen of Clean) would throw me and my saw out of the house. Of course I have the opposite problem. It's the summers with no air conditioner in the the garage that is the problem.
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    Brian, that's one beautiful piece of work. Inspires me to get more into Intarsia after I finish my current fretwork clock project. Your colors are superb.
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    A couple of thoughts. In normal scroll sawing it's been said that lines of the pattern are merely a suggestion as long as as long as you don't stray to far. But with intarsia, the cutting has to be precise for a good fitting project. So it's something that a novice shouldn't tackle until nailing the lines on other fretwork projects etc can be achieved. A great lead into intarsia is doing segmentation projects which can be done with once piece of inexpensive lumber and a little artist colors or stains.The pieces automatically fit and the art of using the sanders for shaping effects can be learned. Many of the sanders that one has to come up with to do this shaping have already been mentioned in this thread.
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    My name is Blake and I've been scrolling for about 6 years. It is such a fascinating hobby because of the bazillion different things that can be achieved. Have done a lot of Steve Good patterns from baskets, boxes and word art for gifts. Currently doing some complicated fretwork clocks as well as getting my feet wet on intarsia. Enclosed are a couple of pics of my 1st intarsia (Kathy Wise pattern) and a earlier Steve Good clock pattern. Hope to gain more knowledge from this site. As in anything, knowledge and practice are kings!
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