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I didn't think I could order planks of wood at a reasonable price. You think places like "Ooch" would have long planks of poplar, pine etc that can be delivered?

Thanks all, Using a scrap is a great idea! Why didn't I think of that LOL I'll try that later and report

We're in a tight spot in this area for wood. Since the hurricane, wood specially good wood is very hard to come by. I've been lucky enough to get some Poplar here and there, but it has just about run out now. I picked up a 1x12x10 board of common (pine in our area, not knotty) for $28 and figured I make a bunch of unfinished kids stuff. I sanded both sides, put up the shelf paper, glued down the patterns, cut out the individual patterns with a Jig Saw and began cutting the outlines of the puzzles. At first, I used a #12 Pegas MG, but had to switch. I tried a #5, had to switch and finally settled on my go to blade #3 Pegas MG! The problem...! #1 The wood did not slide as easily as other woods I have used. I have used common in the past with no problems sliding across the acrylic. #2 It was very difficult staying on or near the line to cut. I've not had this much trouble since I first started a few years ago. I felt like I had forgotten everything and was a beginner again! #3 The chatter and lifting of the subject was insane! I had to forcefully push down on the wood to keep it from chattering and lifting. I've NEVER had to do that before. At first I thought it was my speed and a new blade. I changed the blade to an older one, no change. I slowed down the speed, no change. I normally run around 5-7 for outer lines, and 5 for nibs and inside lines on puzzles I changed the blades to a 5, same thing. Changed to a 3 same but a little more manageable. I finally got 6 puzzles cut out and ready, but it took the better part of a morning and afternoon! Do you think the wood could be the problem or am I just the world's worst scroller! Thanks as always in advance for reading

Yowza! It's still a great piece - just as another option, would color cellophane with a single bulb behind them work?

That's really nice - I do like the lights though, too bad about the wires Is it not possible to run the wires along the back/trees and stars. probably would take a lot more time though? Thanks for sharing it

Really nice work - the frame really makes it pop!

Geez, wanna adopt LOL Good for you and the kids - wish I had a GP like that when I was a kid

Blasphemy

Damn I love that pattern! nicely done, thanks for sharing it

Very cool - We have a Dillon 550b setup, have had for a long time. The wife also loads her own, if she wants to shoot, she needs to load! We still go through about 300-400 rounds when we go to the range. There is an outdoor range they are working on expanding here. They have skeet, paper, long and short range rifle, and I'm waiting for their silhouette range to open!

Panama City has changed significantly since you were last here. Actually it has changed several times since then. It is no longer a spring break fiasco location, although there are a few breakers that continue to come. Mostly we see northerners and westerners vacationing and moving here. Specially now that many are fleeing the northern blue states. The amount of relocationer's from the north right now is amazing!

Naval Jelly is very simple to use - I use the Loctite brand... Scrape/remove the surface rust, apply by rubbing the naval jelly on the rusted area, let stand about 5 mins then rinse or remove with a damp/wet towel.

The Delta also comes as a Belt Driven saw

That's the 36-725, the one I bought. The t2 is the replacement for it. It's a really good saw! https://deltamachinery.com/products/table-saws/36-725 t2/

Crossing my fingers for you. However, if it's that warped, I'm concerned for you and the outcome.

That's a really nice looking cut - I can see a few "breath hold" moments in there LOL Thanks for sharing it

I have a Delta, it's one of the best tools I've ever purchased. Not sure which TS you have, but the Dewalt contractor is also a very good saw. I know you've probably gone through all this but, have you tried to really tune it up? I had a similar problem with my old craftsman until I learned how to take my time and tune it in. It used to cut with a 1/16" variance, and when I was done I had gotten the variance down to under 1/32" which I can live with On my Delta I have it tuned down to under a 1/32" as well If I buy another saw, it will be a Dewalt 7491because it accepts a dado Also you may want to keep an eye on CPO lowes. I got mine at Lowes on sale, and they also have an everyday veterans discount that will help in the price

Yes I know all about this method - way more effort and science than I will ever want to attempt

You can get the patterns to those at Scott's website: https://woodcraftbyscott.com/ The Panama City part is a custom order however

Yes it does to an extent. I've tried it and it requires a lot more "elbow grease" than just letting the items soak over night

Oh that's a good one!

A big thanks to @Iguanadon for the puzzle! Not special but the new puzzle was a real special purchase! I cut 2 of them this week, along with a leash holder. Also cut a small space shuttle for children, unfinished. Thanks as always in advance

As far as I know HF is the only one that carries it. For surface rust I would use naval jelly though - the Evapo-rust stuff is really good, but depending on how much rust there is it's not for every application

Very nice - Toy Trains are on my list to cut as well Thanks for sharing it

You all probably already know these things, but for those new scrollers that may not here are a few discoveries I made this week... Veining - Veining has been a problem for me. I don't have anything small enough to get inside some of the veins on the puzzles I've been making to clean out sawdust or fuzzies. What I found is for most of the veining, I can slip a piece of paper into the vein, slide it back and forth and use it as a quasi sand paper to get into those really tight spaces! Evapo-rust - Incredible.... Again! So I found a tool box a few days ago while walking the dogs. I looked inside and found a bunch of tools badly rusted. I took the box anyway as I was hoping I could clean up the box and re-use it. The box had wrenches, driver bits, lots of sockets and a few socket wrenches, needle nose pliers and some odds and ends tools. Here is an example of how rusted the tools, sockets and bits were: On a whim, I filled a few plastic cups with Evapo-Rust and dropped a few of the tools and sockets into each and let them soak over night. Here are the bits after the over night soak All or most of the rust has been removed but not really good for using as there is a black film on them I ran the bits and tools through a sanding mop and this is the result of the bits Easily usable now! I don't have any pics of the tools before or during soak but the results were identical. All the wrenches came out clean, the sockets all came out near perfect, the needle nose pliers are now in my stock. I was only able to salvage 1 of 3 socket wrenches... So far - I put them back in a clean Evapo-rust solution hoping I can salvage them as well. They've been soaking for 3 days now and I'll let them go one more day before tossing them out. Thanks as always in advance for reading