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Nothing fancy here, but I have all my ducks in a row. I don't know how many little animal cutouts I have made over the years. Over a thousand, for sure. I learned how to use my first scroll saw to make animal cutouts. Kids love them, and so do some adults. All but two of these are cut from oak using #5 Pegas MGT blades. Two are salvaged mystery wood.
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I have exchanged tools at my local store with no issues. No receipt was required, but no power tools. My policy is buy cheap if you only need it once if it breaks by a better one.
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You can buy up to 2 years of Extended Service Protection. I'm not sure if they still do this, but they used to do in-store exchanges for broken tools if you had a service plan. Ask at your local store.
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I always have multiple projects. It is very easy to get me to jump from one to another. I can never seem to stay on track.
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I have had to upgrade chargers three different times because the old ones would not charge new higher-capacity batteries.
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Without some way to test where you could measure how much load you put on the battery and do the same for both, it would be hard to tell. Maybe 98% of my usage is intermittent, so I would not notice an issue. The only problem I have had with lithium batteries is that they are all 3rd party. Some were DOA and got replaced by the seller. The others stopped charging well after the one-year warranty had expired.
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I ordered a pair they have already shipped. Sometimes on eBay, low-priced items are scams. I've ordered some of these. eBay always refunds my money. Sometimes without even asking.
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Every NiCad-powered tool I have owned was junk. Low power and batteries that had a short life span. Worst to me is that they would die sitting on the shelf, and I would need to charge them before using them. Some were so bad I would not sell or give them away. After the last one went into the trash, I swore I would never have another battery-powered tool. Then, a few years ago, I needed a hedge trimmer and bought a Dewalt. Now I had batteries that worked and held a charge. When my reciprocating saw exploded, I replaced it with a Dewalt after reading how handy it was for clearing brush. I can cut it off at or below ground level faster than I can haul it away. Today I have a substantial collection of lithium-powered tools. The only lithium-powered tools I have had that I did not like are anything that runs continuously. I have a battery-powered string trimmer. It eats batteries.
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If you use Dewalt batteries, you might want to look at this.
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I purchased three wired Bauer sanders because they have round dust ports I could hook up to my vacuum for dust collection, and I don't like changing paper. They work well for me, but compared to my Hitachi sanders, they don't work as well. They sand OK but don't seem to remove the material as fast, and the cord is much shorter. My Hitachi sanders have very long cords, 10-12 feet. If you are the kind of person who takes care of your tools, Bauer tolls would likely work fine for you. They might not hold up as well if you use them hard. If I remember correctly, I paid less than $15 each for my sanders. If they die I'm not out much. At the time I purchased mine, I had to order them because my local store could not keep them in stock.
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A brushless tool will have a longer battery life, assuming everything else is equal. Having multiple battery types is a pain. I have Dewalt, Bosh, and Hitachi in several different voltages. You can buy adapters for all of them to use a Dewalt battery on a Bosh tool. I don't have any Harbor Freight cordless tools. When I started down the cordless path, they didn't have the Hercules brand, which is what I would buy if I were in the market today. Harbor Freight's in-store replacement warranty and lower cost would trump everything else. Almost all of my cordless tools were purchased refurbished or grey market. I can only think of three that were not. All Bosh tools.
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I am Puzzled! Can you ID each species of wood?
BadBob replied to rafairchild2's topic in Bragging Rights
The designer often roughs out the pieces with a bandsaw and then uses the scroll saw to finish. You can see this in many of his videos on YouTube. -
I have the newer Pegas and the Excalibur EX21 Taiwan version with Pegas blade clamps. I purchased the EX21 used after seeing a video about the blade changes and have never regretted it. Today, if I were purchasing a new saw, it would be the Pegas. Lights are not an issue. There is a lot of steel in these saws where you can attach magnet mount lights. LED sewing machine lights work great for this. I have zero problems inserting blads in the clamps. I also have considered the Seyco saw but I did not like the table. I prefer my waxed steel.
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I'm scheduled for October 5 and 19 one eye each day. I decided on near near-vision standard lens with ORA. Two reasons: I have been nearsighted since childhood and a standard vision lens gives the clearest vision and highest contrast.
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I cut this skull and crossbones for my grandson. I cut it from baltic birch plywood. We are still debating how to finish it.
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I am trying to use a stack of random length and thickness wood pieces. I pick up a piece of wood and think: What can I cut from this?
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I had an unopened can of shellac from the factory that did that. I use a rubber maid container with a locking top and a gasket to store and dip. I think Denny uses plastic bags.
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How are you keeping track of your inventory selling in multiple locations?
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Not yet. I haven't had time.
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My Etsy shop grew slowly over several years, so I never experienced setting up a shop from scratch all at once. I've been working on my GoImagine store, and I'm 147 listings into the process. Adding all these listings is a lot of work is a lot of work. The process is pretty simple now that I have it all figured out. Well, most of it. The search keywords are still a mystery, but I'm making my Etsy tags fit. Counting the items I still need to list, I have about 400 more listings to go.
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Not my experience. Months later, there is still an odor. Watco was no help. I have decided that those who can't smell the odor from Watco and BLO probably can't smell other stinky things. For example, smokers lose a lot of their sense of smell.
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How do you package puzzles for shipping? I have been making boxes for my puzzles, is there an easier way?
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OpenGPT Bard Grammarly has an AI, but you must be a paying customer to use it. Basically, they just look stuff up and combine it using a set of rules.
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I have used both Google Bard and ChatGPT for this. They work but make many mistakes and are too fluffy for my taste. They do better if you give them lots of info but tend to get even more fluffy. You need to proofread them closely because they will say some incredibly stupid things. I have found that they are good for brainstorming for keywords and tags. ChatGPT is best at this. It will give you up to 100 suggestions if you ask it right. Bard is more limited but still worth looking at. Gramerly has one built-in.
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Look where you want to go not where you are. +1
