ScollSaw Slasher

I'm salivating with that purchase. Of course I still have a chance to win the mega million lotto.

Hey Les! How can you even put food on the table when you lavish yourself with such expensive, high tech gizmos? Are you Bill Gates in disguise?

Cute! Brings back memories when I would give the wife a break from motherhood.

Just take it easy and let the body mend.

Currently use a Dewalt 20 volt which was a replacement for the Dewalt 18. The main problem with any is that the batteries go bad and replacements are just as expensive as the whole package on sale (which happens 3 or 4 times a year). So the lifetime guarantee on Rigid batteries intrigues me. Then again, if I can use the corded drill (which I have one that is 50 years old, another 15 years), I will. Would shy away from Hitachi because I had the charger and battery melt in the charging process.

Been away from the saw for 2 1/2 months with a bad back and some other medical issues. Not exactly cured, but finally could finish up some intarsia projects where the parts were sitting around. Also cut out a wolf pattern just to see if I stilled had a little sawing MOJO. Nothing spectacular, but it felt good to get back into the swim of things.

Showed this Christmas gift for my granddaughter about 4 1/2 years ago. Well it got returned because she's outgrown it being seven going on eight, playing the piano, gymnastics, soccer etc. etc. They don't have room to store Creeper (the name she gave to the rocking horse for unknown reasons). Of course these type of items always are found in Grandma's attic. But Grandma is thinking about downsizing (and Grandpa too), and not for 20 years when the young lady might have tykes of her own. So on to finding a church daycare center to donate or something like that. Has this happened to anyone else in scroll saw land?

Unbelievable Dave with the quality of your work. But inquiring minds want to know! Did you sell that inlaid box that you showed off a few weeks ago that got so many raves from the troops.

I have slowly and methodically gotten rid of most of the small parts stored in bins, drawers or any other place for that matter. Found out that even though I knew I had it somewhere, easier to go to the local Ace or Lowes which are nearby and definitely get what I needed rather than search for hours.

Keep talking guys. Got that dremel plastic one sitting on my bench waiting to put together. Have had too many honey-dos to even set the dremel into it for a test run. Got to get my priorities straight now that my back is good enough to start scrolling again.

"You're a better man than I Gunga Dave".

Exquisite !!! The sides just blow my mind. How did you keep track of all the inlay cutouts? With me, half would end up om the shop floor.

Viva the tinkerers! Let us hope the new Hawk cuts thousands of projects for Kevin.

I hate to get into this with the bullets flying but I never did duck an opinion. When Gates etc were mentioned, nothing like the personal computer existed. IBM, Xerox and the other big boys were locked into mainframes. So the time was ripe for new ways for personal computing besides the abacus, slide rule,pencil etc etc. Now scrolling is another matter. It's been around for thousands of years with only the machinery to create improving. Now I really enjoy seeing the creations that other scrollers show off in these pages, and am amazed at their technical and artistic abilities. But I probably wouldn't pay anyone for them since if it was that great, I'd try to do it myself. So I have to hand out kudos to Kevin for making it a viable business that he's happy with. Now is it sustainable or turns in to drudgery, we'll find out in a few years. I'm pulling for you Kevin but I have found in my different attempts to make a buck, it all of a sudden gets old. But that's my nature I guess. Whether any career started out as a hobby (which I don't think many do) or just the need to put bread on the table by striking out on one's own, the pitfalls and problems are still the same. If we take a look at a mega corp like Apple and it didn't come up with the I Pad, I phone, I music., it would be a minuscule player ( if it even existed today) in the world of computers. So innovation is something that one somehow needs for a product that's been around for so many years. Enough of my rambling. Blake

Go too BerryBasket.com or Scrollsaw.com and a paid version of the pattern is there. Something like $7.95.

OK Ralph. You got me fired up. Already checking out the pattern to get the lumber needed to do it. Maybe by Christmas, I'll show it off to all. Getting a little burned out on my intarsia products.

That is impressive art work.

Heck of a job of cutting!!! Have that pattern and have been meaning to do it for the past two years. But what has stopped me is what your quandary is now. How do I finish??? Not really a fan of bare Baltic birch. Did a similar one a few years back and ended up painting in two colors before assembly. Probably will bite the bullet and spend a fortune in cherry or mahogany thin cut lumber since I don't have a band saw to cut my own. But again, you have met the challenge. Blake

Hey John, take it easy on poor Ray LOL. A quick photo showing a few of my instruments. More in the closet. But I still can only play one at a time! Blake

Two things Kevin. In this modern age, signatures don't mean a thing. The box stores don't even ask for your signatures under a sizable limit. Somebody get your credit card and they could rack up thousands in a New York minute. Secondly. Anything shipped by UPS that is somewhat heavy is a recipe for disaster. Used to ship a heavy television display cabinet for a company I contracted out of Canada. Had a 15% damage rate. Yes, I could have had custom made Styrofoam packing made up for the parts, but would have cost thousands which wouldn't be very cost effective when I only shipped two to three a week. But I'm loving the pictures and the on going review as I'm laid up with a bad back and haven't touched any woodworking in six weeks. Blake

You're right there Dave as to more uniform color on a large cabinet project. In addition, most people think of the cherry color as the aged cherry color which naturally darkens over time. I had one client many years ago that was highly upset when a new cherry cabinet I made wasn't dark enough. Oh well!

Still too cold up your way for a stealth midnight visit to start digging. Guess I'll just remain a poor pauper. Blake

To paraphrase a famous Hollywood line. "DIRECTIONS! I DON'T READ NO STINKING DIRECTIONS". So relax on this one Kevin. As posted before, can't cure stupid.

Don't know why this thread was even posted. Makes me feel like a complete putz. What a talent!!!!!!

SUCCESS! Tried the local auto parts store for the belts, but no luck. So went to Harbor Freight and secured the chain link belt material and made up the two needed belts. Of course I made them one link too short but that was a quick fix. Cleaned out the mud wasp nest in the belt compartment (it is Florida you know) and turned it on. Smooth and quiet, almost like brand new. So thanks to all and I'm glad that it was a learning experience for myself and others who got into this thread.