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  1. BadBob
    After having two saws with loose blade clamps, I don't think I would take another one if it were free.
  2. BadBob
    I despise saws with separate clamps that you have to remove from the saw to mount the blade. My first two had these, and changing the blade and retention was a pain. When the blade breaks, the clamps can go flying somewhere in the shop, and I would wind up crawling around on the floor looking for them. I wound up with multiple sets of clamps because, sometimes, when a blade broke and the clamp went flying, I couldn't find it right away. Contrast this with Pegas/Ecalibur style, where the clamps are fixed in place and changing a blade or moving to another hole takes seconds, and I never lose a clamp. In addition, I love the steel tables.
  3. BadBob
    Open it from Steve's PDF by selecting the page with the bird pattern. Then select the objects that you do not want and delete them. Steve's patterns are already in SVG format. What you have is a bitmap, most likely imported from a two-page PDF. Right-click on the PDF file you want to open. Select Open With and choose Inkscape. It will open the import dialog window Unselect all and scroll through the page until you see the page you want Click OK Select any objects you don't want and delete them. I don't use Windows, so this might vary a little, but it should be essentially the same, except for the wording.
  4. BadBob
    Yep, that is exactly what I think. I have been continuously searching for scroll saws across three platforms for several years. I see mostly junk saws and a few old Hawks and Hegners. Occasionally, there is a Chinese EX-21. I have only seen one Taiwan-made EX-21, and I bought it. Used it for a couple of years and rebuilt it. I found an unused Pegas and bought it, and sold my Hawk. I had to make a two-day road trip to pick it up, but it was so cheap that it was worth it, and I got to visit with family and friends. The Pegas was not posted as a scroll saw. I stumbled across it while looking for something else. People tend to hang on to things that are of good quality.
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    I made this toddler rocking pony for my grandson. I made it from southern yellow pine and finished it with shellac. I used a bandsaw for most of the cuts because southern yellow pine is a bear to cut with a scroll saw. After almost ten years, it is still in use, and my grandson still rides it at years old. This aggravates he much younger sister, who claimed it was hers as soon as she saw it the first time. She took one look at it and said, "Mine". My house is full of wooden toys. There are toys that my grandkids play with today that I made 30-40 years ago. Wood toys can be extremely durable and repairable.
  6. BadBob
    Please explain what you mean by heavier oak. I make lots of toys. My old Taiwan-made Excalibur EX-21 easily cuts 3/4-inch oak, and I routinely cut 1-1/2-inch wood and occasionally 2-inch, but I would not recommend it for that. I had an older Hawk saw that cut very well, but the round blade clamps drove me nuts. I also have a Pegas saw that works very well for me.
  7. BadBob
    Same here, and it made a big difference.
  8. BadBob
    I have both, and so far, I don't see any difference.
  9. BadBob
    You can get parts from Seyco. I bought my EX-21 used and have completely rebuilt it with parts I got from Seyco.
  10. BadBob
    For dipping in caned shellac, I mix it with an equal amount of alcohol and store it in an airtight container. I use compressed air or an electric blower along with blue paper towels to remove the excess. Unless it is too old, shellac cures very fast. I only thin acrylic paint if I am going to spray it, and only use distilled water for this.
  11. BadBob
    I make toys, and my scroll saw is used for almost every project.
  12. BadBob
    That is a great idea.
  13. BadBob
    I don't know what happened to the photo. Either the upload failed, and I didn't notice, or my 2-year-old granddaughter distracted me. No, it has never happened with other hardwoods or softwoods. There was very little airborne dust, and it tended to clump together.
  14. BadBob
    I use a knife so I don't poke myself.
  15. BadBob
    I am working on a large project with many small pieces cut from black limba. From the beginning, I noticed that the sawdust was not blowing off the table as it usually does. It wasn't causing me a problem, so I let it go. After cutting approximately 280 pieces over fourteen hours over three days, this is how it looked. The pile is about 1 inch deep. I have never had this happen before. I have never cut black limba before. It's not a problem. I thought it was interesting.
  16. BadBob
    FedEx stores in my area have huge self-service scanners that charge by the square inch (I think). They work great. It flattens as it scans, so there is no distortion and no visible folds. I have used my camera to get patterns. It doesn't work well unless I can get the paper flat and the camera parallel to the paper pattern.
  17. BadBob
    Bend the staples and pull out the insert.
  18. BadBob
    I have spent $600-$800 on Ocooch Hardwoods and never had an issue. Just a few days ago, I received an order totaling $202.25. Their wood is always near 100% usable and very smooth. I have wondered if they sand it.
  19. BadBob
    I made a music box years ago. I didn't use a pattern. I purchased the mechanism and made a walnut box to fit it, using some brass hardware. About as simple as you can get.
  20. BadBob
    I get it.
  21. BadBob
    This is taste. There is nothing wrong with using sap wood if you like the look of it.
  22. BadBob
    I can see how that would work.
  23. BadBob
    I use AI every day for something. It is the best search engine I have ever seen, but I have never been able to get a scroll saw pattern from it.
  24. BadBob
    One would think that going back and forth across the Canadian border would be easy. I stopped selling internationally for this very reason. Lee Valley is in Canada, but if I order tools from them, they ship from a warehouse in the US.
  25. BadBob
    I have done similar. The first time I used my carrier board, I followed the instructions from a YouTube video. It advised using hot glue to hold everything in place. The footage never mentioned how to remove the hot glue.
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