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  1. ScollSaw Slasher
    Having used both E-bay and Craig's list. I'd never offer free shipping on that item or for that matter put it on E-bay. The expense and the good possibility of the shipping gorillas destroying the saw in transit is a distinct possibility. Been very successful in liquidating many of my major woodworking tools through Craig's list. Cash and Carry! As to the saw itself, I have one and it's been great. After squaring it up out of the box, it has been a cutting banshee. Have used some extremely hard wood in my intarsia work with no problem. Still have yet to service it but it's nice to know that parts whether from Delta or Dewalt are still available.
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    Hey, if you're cutting an heirloom fretwork piece, the dust is just a sign of the antiquity of the work of art.
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    I set up a test tube rack. Label a test tube with the blade name (say FD 3) and put the new blades into it. Next to that is another test tube which is where I store my slightly abused FD3 blades. Works for me. As to the question of how long a blade lasts, there are so many variables to that it boggles the mind and most have been mentioned in this thread or others similar. It comes down to the old adage "I know pornography when I see it". You will develop that sense when to toss it into the garbage can. Personally though, I don't think a timing method is to good if you are cutting different woods such as yellowheart versus cedar. But to each his or her own.
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    Well, I'm perfect in every way, so I don't make mistakes. But then again, I can tell the perfect lie (or not).
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    Beautiful grain that can be striking. Great for intarsia where the pieces are sizable so that the grain can stand out. Would recommend on smaller cuts to use a straight skip tooth blade because it tends to lift off the table with reverse tooth blades. And yes, it's a little tougher on blades.
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    Posted a racoon in the tree in the intarsia section a few days ago. Neighbor wanted one for his granddaughter so made one up. Changed three basic things. Cut the patterns with Pegas blades (3 reverse) rather than FD (3 reverse). The FD's in my hands gives a much better precision cut. Two, changed the forehead and other body parts from white oak to ash. Thought the ash turned out a little better. Thirdly, sprayed the first with Valspar satin and the second with Rustoleum satin. The Rustoleum is so much glossier approaching a true gloss finish. Oh well.
  7. ScollSaw Slasher
    Try Steve Good's Scrollsaw Workshop. Has a nice little program for stencil fonts that has many fonts.
  8. ScollSaw Slasher
    Sorry to say that my wife has always insisted that the car gets into the garage. Welcome to the "girlie man club" !!!!
  9. ScollSaw Slasher
    My biggest problem with spirals is that I break them where I haven't broken a flat blade in a long, long time. I guess I'm just prone to force the issue when using them.
  10. ScollSaw Slasher
    Very impressive. How wide is that golden spike train? To keep everything under control cutting from one end to the other dazzles me!
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    Agreed. The 120 and 180 would be the best starters as mentioned. And trust me, I'm not about to waste time making my own when they come already made and last a heck of a long time. Still on my first two and finally just considering getting a new 120 since i do quite a bit of shaping with my intarsia.
  12. ScollSaw Slasher
    No I don't. But it can lead to some beautiful works of art if you keep pursuing it. Just adds to my list of styles of scroll sawing I'd like to try. I noticed though that many that are out there are laser cut and they are proud to state it. Oh well!
  13. ScollSaw Slasher
    Run, don't walk to get yourself a sanding mop. You will not believe the amount of time and aggravation you'll save yourself. The scotch brite is a good little one for getting rid of the warm fuzzy s. I do a lot of intarsia, so the larger ones with the coarser grits especially are good for both sanding and shaping and then revert to the finer grit for just sanding. You will barely pick up the paper for hand sanding.
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    Any species of lumber can vary considerably in hardness. Redid a a 1925 bungalow floor in my sons house. It was a pine that one would have thought was oak. Have the factor of new growth/old growth, what part of the tree, what part of the world did the tree grow, etc. etc. When I say world, just picked up some pine for a project at Lowes and it came from New Zealand (live in Florida). So I doubt it was a miss marked maple since I haven't seen maple at a Lowes in years either board or ply. But this is Florida and I know HD and Lowes might carry a few local lumbers in different parts of the country.
  15. ScollSaw Slasher
    Haven't submitted much of late. Did some spring traveling and a lot of other things. Did get some intarsia done though in between. First is a deer similar to one I showed off six months ago. Wife wanted one but with a matte finish. Tough to get an even finish coat but here it is up on our wall. My five year old grand daughter wanted more cats for her room, so I did JGR sleepy cat. Neighbor saw me working on it and commissioned me to make her one that was more yellow like her cat. Breakout the yellowheart. And finally a JGR Florida Panther on the prowl in the reeds. My wife's birthday gift since she definitely supports the save the panther movement down here in Florida. Hope you enjoy.
  16. ScollSaw Slasher
    Interesting use of a guitar tuner. As a guitar player for 60 years, I've become a fan of these electronic devices. Many years ago, I could tune a guitar in the standard E standard tuning by ear, but age has left me wanting in that ability. They basically work not in the actual sound, but the vibrations that they create in the actual guitar, etc. Most tuners use a A 440 configuration as their base (think wave length). Now on other posts and scroll saw forums, one is trying to hit a C. That I can not ascertain myself as the optimal config for tensioning, but just to say it's a interesting use of the device. I'll just have to give it a try myself.
  17. ScollSaw Slasher
    Can get the pattern at Berry Basket online. They have a three clock special which I've done 2 of. This one is the one I haven't attempted yet.
  18. ScollSaw Slasher
    Was about to start on that one about 6 weeks ago and said to myself, "are you ready to drill and change the blade that many times"? Decided to do some intarsia instead. But it's the kick in the pants that I may need because it turned out excellent.
  19. ScollSaw Slasher
    Mrs. Slasher told me that this is the ugliest thing I’ve ever done. A neighbor commented that it’s so ugly, it’s beautiful and the best thing I’ve come up with. More by referring to the intarsia segment of this forum under Sir Bruce the Boar.
  20. ScollSaw Slasher
    Great work. Tis a shame that probably 75% of Americans today wouldn't recognize one of early televisions great characters. Now you have to do Marshall Dillon and Miss Kitty.
  21. ScollSaw Slasher
    Yes, metallic paints can be a real booger. Kevin gave great advise on shaking the can well. Even while spaying, give that can a few shakes as your changing positioning. Another mistake that happens to me is that I get the perfect distance, and then start sneaking up on the project to get all I can get out of the can. One has to realize that with spraying, over spray is a fact of life. Another bugaboo is when your just about finished with the perfect spray job, you get nozzle drip. I'll also put an opinion in that I don't like a natural finish on plywood, so you attempted what I would try as noted by my clock posted a few weeks ago. So a great effort.
  22. ScollSaw Slasher
    Hey Kevin, a picture of my shop would set scrolling back a hundred years. Does "TOTAL CHAOS" have any meaning. I think I mentioned it before, but Mrs Slasher still insists on putting her chariot into the garage/shop. So stuff is stuck into every nook and cranny. Just maybe I'll have to get rid of the golf clubs?
  23. ScollSaw Slasher
    Two projects just finished up. #1 was a portrait from Jesse Ramirez from the pattern library. This one is going to my grand daughters bedroom. Great one to workout the use of spiral blades. #2 was for a neighbor who is a hunter and he wanted a leaping deer. Even brought me a picture. Found a pattern from Berry Basket that was close and with some modifications created this intarsia. He just picked it up and loved it giving me a little bonus payment. Yeah!!
  24. ScollSaw Slasher
    All wood table tops if done right are secured to the base by oblong holes 90 degrees to the grain by screws. No glue! This allows the top to expand and contract freely. A possibility is to coat all of the plaque to minimize shrinking and expanding and attach the backer board with small wood screw counter sunk with the holes in the backer board larger than the shank of the screw. I don't know if it would work, but it's a possibility. The backer board would not be glued.
  25. ScollSaw Slasher
    Dewalts out of the box do a beautiful job of sanding. But the dust collection port is a pain to deal with if you want to attach a vacuum. As in probably all random orbital sanders, the mechanisms that create that randomness tend to wear out quickly with heavy use such as when I was doing cabinetry. I've both rebuilt and just went out and bought new ones, but kept with the Dewalts because I like the feel in my hands. Haven't had a pad sander in 20 years because the random orbitals are so much faster and leave a smoother service. Variable speed is of no interest to me because I never felt the need as in using drum sanders etc.
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