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Not sure Len, I am only going on what I have learned from King Canada both in emails and speaking to them in person along with speaking to multiple sales people and a manager at KMS tools which carries the line of saws. I too also learned that apparently King hired the lead designer of the saws that used to work at General, I have no way of knowing if that is true but time will tell. I will be putting the excelsior 30 through the paces shortly and blogging on it. I too have King products and although they certainly are not the highest of quality they are generally sufficient for the DYI people. I bought two king products and they have served me well, I am upgrading one and keeping one both have been sufficient for my purposes which was learning to use the tools. My guess is that the named it excelsior in canada to have a familiar ring to it for canadian scrollers. My guess is that they are branding it as King in the US to perhaps make a bigger dent in the USA tool market not just the scrollers market. King Canada has been in business for 35 years so I am not terribly worried about the service aspect of the saw, more so the quality of it.

Yes that is what I was told by King Canada. The excelsior which is sold in Canada by King is the exact saw made to the exact specs and in the same factory as the excaliber was. King Canada has struck a deal with woodcraft for distribution in the USA. I have no idea why King Canada chose to market in Canada as Excelsior but the in the USA as King, silly if you ask me but I can ask the question next time I communicate with the contact at King Canada. I should be connecting with him in a week or so. The 16 and 30 are already at Woodcraft and I am told the 21 will follow shortly.

I have an excelsior or King in the usa 30 due to arrive soon. I am getting this after striking a deal with King Canada to review the saw on a blog. As a result if that I do know that the 21 King will be an option at woodcraft soon. Iggy, sucks about the hawk. Why not get them to ship you a replacement? Sounds like you got a lemon that Snuck by quality control tests, people. I know why people like dewalt as I have one, nothing spectacular but good enough at everything but it is certainly not a professional quality saw but you are a professional.... Don't settle, I say... Rather find the right one for you and perhaps that is the dewalt.

I like it! well done...

Cut and framed from oak reclaimed flooring, mounted on a black artist canvas

Cut from Honduran mahogany from salvaged bi fold door, framed with cherry from an entertainment unit, mounted on a drawer bottom

Thanks Marg, Steve and Scrappile! I am planning on doing this one in a larger version with a a variety of hardwoods when I get my 30 inch saw...hopefully soon.

Cut from acacia eng flooring sample, framed by old oak kitchen cabinets with Tuscan stain, mounted on an old Ikea pine shelf

its fun every time I go to the cafe and swap out some pieces or simply just hang out. A definite buzz and lots of great conversation and compliments about the work I am displaying.

be safe those in the path...I used to work on ships and we often had to alter our coarse at this time of year...

I should be able to provide some reviews on the excelsior in the near future via a blog. stay tuned for further details.

anyone here know if the sell this in store in Canada? I use painters tape presently but would rather use this... 'peel and stick laminate transparent shelf liner"....off to google walmart.ca ! thanks for the tip Iggy and congrats on the multiple references on likely the most popular scrolling blog on the planet... You should ask steve to do a cameo appearance.... edit! I think I found it on walmart .ca https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/duck-brand-12x36-peel-stick-clear-laminate/6000016952357

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rob, 95 % of my projects are done with reclaimed wood. I use a tonne of oak, maple, birch, cherry and ash. Mahogany I get at times but I usually save that for special projects...happy re-purposing! I save the drawer bottoms as well, they make great backings and also can be used for bracelets if they are solid wood.

brilliant!

thanks Dave! I cut another one today!

welcome! also a newbie of a short few weeks, everyone here is really nice!

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spectacular job cutting that peterbilt!

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Yes definitely win win. I am going to make them a custom piece they can raffle off for a charity they support.

actually there are simply hung by 19 gauge wire from a nail at the top of the wall that is driven into a half inch piece of wood that runs the length of the cafes wall. The owner did not want people anchoring over and over in his wall for obvious reasons. So I staggered them in length so I could get more pieces in. I have a wire going from the sawtooth hanger to the nail and I also placed two screw eyelet things on either side of the top of the piece and strung wire through that as well for safety reasons...its not pretty but I did not want a piece of my heavy art crashing on a customer....LOL.. I went today and spent an hour or so and as soon as I walked in there were two customers talking about the pieces and one of the staff indicated they should ask the artist, he just walked in. Later the owner made an announcement and it was pretty cool . Lots of folks talking to me about my pieces and that they have not seen or heard such a buzz in the restaurant about the artist of the month that has been going on for several years now. Young boy 11 years old admired the Yoda piece I made, he left a happy 11 year old boy...all in all it was really fun.

thanks folks, the background really made this one more like a tree...that is a thick, heavy piece though...its like 1, 1/4 thick with the oak and the eng flooring sample...

Cut this tree , faces from oak kitchen cabinet door mounted on an engineered flooring sample Asian acacia. Framed with oak from the same door

they do certainly stop people in their tracks, its interesting to see peoples reaction to the various optical illusion pieces. I just wish I could find another color background option that is as effective as black. I have tried red and neon green but they just don't seem to work..