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Our first framed item - used a $1 frame we got yesterday: Eh, at least we got one done - it's not great but it's a beginning

Yah, I don't do google anything - unfortunately my phone is android, but everything in it is turned off

Thanks all figured it out - I use Firefox (an old version) with a bunch of add ons If you move off a post your are responding to, and use the back arrow in the browser your response is gone. However, in my browser if I click the post again to respond, my response is still there. This may not work with all browsers Oh, and btw - yeah I know about writing first and copying - it's really not that big a deal to me. It was at the time a real pita though cause it was a really good response LOL I seldom will write a post in notepad or other and paste it. Instead what I will do is once my post gets long I will copy the text and put it in the cache. Then if I lose it I Ctrl V back into the reply box and good to go This time, I went to get a link and misclicked and instead of "open in new tab" it opened in my reply tab *sigh* S.... H......

Yeah, not going to happen - she doesn't do forums - leaves that to me However, she did add beads for the eyes and nose

Welcome Kirk - nice work and thanks for posting and contributing! I know the "layering" projects you are talking about, I have a few of those patterns saved to do one day when I don't suck so bad. As far as wood, I use a lot of Pallet wood for thick cuts and other wood working projects and jigs - it's free and it's everywhere. You just have to be careful with the quality of the pallet. Here is a guide I use when I pick them up - DB HT are the ones I look for - they are usually stamped somewhere on the pallet - if not leave it where it lays I did an entire Cleat system with pallet wood and also am in the process of finishing a few scrolled portrait with a pallet backing Also, there are some really good wood deals on ebay for about $40-50 for 1/8 inch BB ply or 1/4 inch BB ply Also a nice box of 2nd's at the bottom of this page for both domestic and rare scroll all the way to the bottom

Is there an auto save feature on the website? I just wrote a long post and lost the whole shebang :( I'm not going to recreate it and just post a short one

Cool - I'll have the wife take a look since she uses nail files all the time Thanks for the heads up!

Very true - I'm just wondering what materials I'll be missing next time I get in the shop lol She doesn't like it when I'm in the shop and she's scrolling - says it makes her self concious

Thanks to @Travis posting his "peeps" pattern, the wife just had to cut a couple. Here are her "peeps' - she's very proud of them No idea what she's going to do with them though

Huh, that makes sense doesn't it!

That is very slick! Thanks for sharing

That is a great piece of work! Something I aspire towards to as well! Thanks for sharing

Oh, now that is a very good idea! And those lamps are very nice. Did you use regular(incandescent) lamp kits or LED or other? Thanks!

Very nice piece - simple? It's all relative LOL

That's a nice piece and a nice thought as well - thanks for sharing

Good stuff frank - it always re-motivates one to get back to doing what they enjoy! Thanks for sharing

I've been using prestain on my bare woods before apply finishes - it evens everything out I'm sure others with more experience than I have better information though

Oh, you're killing me now! LOL

Is there usually a diffuser paper behind the pattern in scroll lamps? It's not tissue paper is it? I would think that would burn or catch fire from the bulb. Trying to find whatis used for these types of lamps but not having luck - if you have a link that would be great or if you know the type of paper Thanks in advance

Wife took me to lunch today, and on a whim we went pricing picture frames at Joanns - way too expensive. In fact I saw one similar to one I made last week for $20. But then we found paradise - I've never been in this store before and we found all sorts of incredible items and I kept asking "this is how much?": frames, picture backings, poster boards, glittering bags (for backgrounds), wrapping paper (for backgrounds), psychedelic paper (for backgrounds) and so much more I had to get out. Then we go to the cash register and I'm thinking, geez gonna be high.... OMG $18! Everything for $1!!! Dollar Tree - everything is a dollar! I bought 10 frames for $10, one of my diy frames alone cost $5 in materials! Now I have 10 (although mine is quite a bit wider) but still - 10 for 10 works for me!

Excellent and very creative backings! I am so stealing err... borrowing that idea!

Can't wait to see it - have you tried E6000 glue - I'm using it with good results on tiny things

Holy cow - that is just plain awesome! Thanks for sharing

Like Kevin suggests - get the sample packs - at least that's what I did I got a sample pack of FD, Olsen and Pegas - then I bought a gross of the pegas 3 UR and 5 UR which I use the most

First off welcome to the Village... I'm very new at this as well and I have the same saw as you AND I bent a blade yesterday during a set up AND I have sanding strips AND I have used the box store plywood. So here are my discoveries from a newbie scroller... The bent blade - caused me more headaches to install and fret than was worth the cost so I threw it in the trash, got a new blade and no more headaches - worth the cost of the blade The sanding strips - I have used them installed on my Wen, IMO they work great if you have no other means of sanding or getting inside a cut to sand. So IMO they work fine if you want to use them. However, they are not the most efficient means of working a project. I use home made strips from Popsicle sticks and I use needle files as well for touching up - I am new after all and I make lots of mistakes that I so far have been able to "clean" up with the files Plywood - During the first few days of getting my Wen saw, I used the plywood I had on hand which was what I had purchased for other wood working projects -box store special. and I as well got so much blow out it was very frustrating! After being advised here about the quality of box store ply (which I had no idea before I came here there even was a quality issue, I thought the only difference was sanded or not), I opted to buy some BB from ebay (1/4 inch BB , 1/8 inch BB ) - once I got my plywood and glued up a pattern and cut it - it was night and day Blades - You didn't ask about this, but the box store blades also are not the best quality - I've tried Dewalt, Olsen, Flying Dutchman (FD) and Pegas blades and I am a Pegas fan forever - or at least until something better is available. Hope that helps somewhat