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The round iron weights from barbell sets wout great for this and are in weight from 1.25 lbs up to 50 lbs.
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So that you know, in your link, everything past the "?" is tracking information. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1756640011532610/
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I would do some research before I tried it. I did a quick look around, but I did not find anything about trouble with sawing. However, it seems to have similar issues as Ipe when it comes to glue.
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About a year ago, I was given some beautiful, very dark hardwood flooring that I eventually identified as Ipe. In a recent project, I decided to use some of it. I ruined two bandsaw blades in an attempt to resaw these boards. A few days ago, I had a project that required some dark-colored wood, and some of the Ipe was the right thickness. I cut the parts ok, but it rapidly dulled the blade. To make a long story short, Ipe is almost impossible to glue with wood glue, and it is iffy with an acetone wash and epoxy. Next, I'll find out if ipe burs is well.
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I have used almost everything and settled on wood glue in the waste area. It is cheaper than all the others. It doesn't leave a gap between the layers like double-sided tape or hot glue. Downsides: You need to clamp it long enough to cure the glue. I use Titebond II and let it set in the clamps for at least 20 minutes before cutting. You must be careful about how much glue you use and locate the glue far enough away from the cut so you don't glue the pieces together. Little dots of glue around the edges are all that is needed.
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Love the laminated body? I'm curious. How did you drill the hole for the driver? I make these without the windshield. I found that it was much easier to drill the hole after the car was assembled. That way, I'm sure it is vertical.
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WHo are you asking?
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It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If there are sharp corners, you may need smaller blades. The wood makes a difference. Feed rate matters, as does how much you are willing to sand. My go-to blade is a Pegas #3 MGT. If that isn't working, I'll switch to something else. I routinely cut 3/4-inch wood with a #3 blade. It is slow but smooth. Cutting straight takes practice.
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They put shellac in food.
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Buy once, cry once. Sorry, that was the first thing that popped into my head. This is about the bottom end for a cheap new scroll saw. They haven't been around long and there is not much info available about them. It's worth a look. https://www.amazon.com/WEN-LL2156-Variable-Extra-Large-Dual-Bevel/dp/B096G8SFC8/ You can find good saws for sale used. My saws were all bought off the used market.
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As a filter clogs, it removes finer particles, but the airflow decreases. At some point, the airflow decreases enough that there is not enough air to draw the dust in. That is why I have a piece of yarn hanging in the outflow. If the yarn is waving around straight out. The filter is working. If it begins to droop, filter maintenance is in order. I worked on equipment that had several 100 air filters. These were designed to be reusable indefinitely. Cleaning these filters was a major chore until someone discovered filter paper. We started using filter paper outside the filters and rarely had to clean them.
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I'm not using a leaf blower. I have a Dewalt DCE100 that I use in the shop. I don't think this one is available in the US. I bought mine from someone on eBay. Today, the only places I can find them are all outside the US. Dewalt has a DCE100B on their website.
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I have a piece of yarn hanging on the exit. As long as it blows straight out, I don't do anything.
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Since so many of us seem to be fixated on dust, some might find this interesting. I noticed that the dust collector wasn't blowing air like it should, so I climbed up there and pulled the filter. I didn't change it for a new one, but I carefully took it outdoors and blew the dust off with my battery-powered blower. The blower is gentler than using my air compressor. I reinstalled the filter, and all is well. The fine secondary filters looked good, so I didn't touch them. They were still white.
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I have not done it, but I have seen it done in videos. The only problem I can see with it is that you would need to hit the lines perfectly unless you are going to paint or round over the edges. If I had a laser I would do it. -
I print from Inkscape to legal size and o shipping labels. I must change the size in the document properties to the size of the paper.
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That is because Steve Good's patterns are SVG stored in a PDF to make a book. When scanning patterns, you produce a bitmap. JPG, PNG, or BMP are just a few of the image bitmap formats. Inkscape will let you set the paper size to anything you want. If your printer can't handle it, that is a different story. I do wish that it had the capability of splitting the pattern across multiple pages. I had software years ago that would do this, but unfortunately, it only ran on OS/2.
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PDF is a container. It is not a format. The only reason to put patterns into a PDF is if it is multiple pages and you want to keep them together for some reason. You do not need to print on A3 paper. Go to the document properties and change the paper size to your preference.
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I thought I had all of her birdhouse patterns. The second from the right on the top row looks like a Steve Good pattern.
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Are these your designs? I see several that I havent seen before.
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Plywood or MDF would work. Hardboard was what I had in the shop.
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I'm not organized at all. I lose things all the time. The boards go into the stack with everything else. I lost an airplane last year. All the parts were cut, and it was ready to assemble. I sold a made-to-order item and dropped everything to get that done, and life got in my way. When I remembered the airplane, I could not find it. It' is still out there some where with something sitting on top of it.
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Here is the best shot I have. If I sand some thin small, I snug it up to the spindle.
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@OCtoolguy, I also use my boards to paint larger pieces. I drill holes for a dowel and glue it in. It gives me a handle to hold onto while painting that I can hold in my hand, clamp in a vise, or hold with locking pliers. The dowel is cut off flush when I am done painting.
