RabidAlien

Thank you sir!

Told my wife about this, she thought it was hilarious!

Couple of lessons learned, for next time: 1. square the edges. His patterns are sized for 1.5"x1.5", the 2x2 piece I bought had rounded corners. I just left them like that, didn't think anything of it. Well...One side is definitely a lot closer to the edge of the block than the other. Thankfully its the lower edge of "You", so its harder to notice. I"ll trim up the edges my next go, though, get rid of the rounded corners right off the bat. Can't help but think that a planer would make this REALLY easy. 2. Try not putting the waste pieces back inside when I flip to cut the second edge. I didn't have any problems threading the holes without the waste pieces in there, actually had to remove the blade and pull the jig apart to put the waste pieces back in as his instructions suggested. Cutting wasn't an issue, but maneuvering the blade, trying to back up, trying to get waste pieces out...the interior pieces shift around with all the vibration and make this a real pain. My next cut is probably going to be some of his 3D Christmas ornaments while I work on a "The Shadow" pattern (who knows the evil that lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!), I'll give it a try with one of those. I think the wood is thick enough that as long as I don't tighten the jig down so tight that the arms start to bow, it shouldn't collapse in on itself.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang....would've taken me all day to do ONE of those!

Spike!!! Used to love that bulldog.

Thanks all! Now that the wife and kiddo are back in town, I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to try out the 3D ornaments tomorrow or not. If not tomorrow, though....there's always after work next week.

Been wanting to try my hand at 3D cutting. This being a "bachelor Saturday" while the wife and kiddo are out of town...why not? Power's back on after last night's storms, temps are in the 70's, Mountain Dew is at hand....'tis a good day by any reckoning! Wasn't as difficult to cut as I thought it would be. My fancy drying racks are the little plastic pieces that come on top of a stick of deodorant. I started saving them a while back, and they work well for the purpose.

I shot him a text and said due to the age I'd be a taker at 100, but he's standing at 200. Too far away to make a drive worth it unless it was a newer model. I'd LOVE to have a 30", and love even more to get out from under pin-ended blades, but there's too many questions about it.

Phenomenal!!

Check your local artsy-craftsy store (Hobby Lobby or Michaels are big ones here in the US, not sure where you hail from). Get the colored transparencies, not sure what they call 'em. That would make a good stained-glass effect!

Nice!!! Personally, I'd do the key in something dark, walnut or provincial, something like that. The rose, I'd just finish with BLO (boiled linseed oil) and put a red backing behind it.

Well....questions raised here, plus the look my wife gave me when she saw the price....I think I'll save the money for now.

Blah. I was hoping this would be one of those finds that people talk about for years, one of those once-in-a-lifetime deals. I'll hold off on it based on the age and unavailability of parts. Thanks for the info! Back to pin-ended blades it is.

I'm trying to get a better photo of the serial number so I can see when it was made. I dont' mind older stuff (I'm using a Dremel 57-2 right now, go figure), and Excalibur is supposed to be one of those brands that you buy it and never have a second thought about it. I guess the gamble is, do I spend $200 on a hope that it is in good working order or continue using pin-ended blades and hope that another Excalibur comes up? I hate gambling, either way. Blah.

Guy found it in a house he bought, fired it up and it runs. Apparently the previous owner used it for scroll saw work that he used to make stuff he sold at art shows.

https://austin.craigslist.org/tls/d/excalibur-scroll-saw-with-30/6701248300.html

To quote Foxfold, I'm "chuffed as mintballs" (I'm guessing this means "really excited")...found a 30" Excalibur with stand not too far from here. Is there anything I should be asking or looking for with Excaliburs? The picture of the boilerplate doesn't really show the serial well, but it was made in Canada somewhere. Its been used....but I have no problems with used equipment.

Ver' nice! Great plane, too!

"Chuffed as mintballs". I now have a new expression to add to my repertoire. Looks AWESOME!

That's some good frett'n!

Thanks all!

"Scrap" is just wood waiting for the correct pattern.

Needed to get out of the house and away from...family...for a while, so I cut this Steve Good on a bit of scrap I had leftover from another project. It was meant to be....the scrap was about 1/8" larger than the template. I'm going to leave it as it is, unframed, and put some magnets on the back and stick it up on a cabinet over my desk at work. I think it's pretty accurate. LOL

Beautiful choice of background!

One thing I'd recommend from my own pattern adventures, I don't think Travis mentions it in his videos....occasionally, to check and see how many islands I have left to bridge to, I'll use the paintbucket tool on the pattern and color in the parts that I want to save. Ideally, it should turn the entire pattern that color (I use red or green, depending on whether I'm keeping the black or keeping the white...red contrasts well with white, and green contrasts well with the black, making the islands really pop out). Then just CTRL-Z to undo the paintbucket to go back to regular B&W. It looks like the upper loop in the ampersand may need to be bridged. My first pattern, I got about halfway through actually cutting it when I ran into an island that I had no idea how to bridge to, I'd already cut away too much. After that, I started the paintbucket check.