Larry B

These are very cool. I'm going to be making a set sometime this year. These look fragile. What wood(s) would be best for this type of cutting? Larry

Charlie beatuiful work. I think my grandsons would like that in their room. I did some quick searching for the pattern but came up short. Can I ask where you bought/downloaded the pattern from? Thanks Larry

Hey Folks, Don't often post things I've made, I'm but kinda proud of how this baby turned out. My daughter is a US Federal Probation Officer in Iowa. I wanted to do something for her to celebrate her accomplishments. I saw a number of members on this forum posting military type plaques of various styles and that got my thought processes going. She showed me what her department seal looked like so I took all the tips and ideas gleaned here and came up with this representation. It is about 16 inches in diameter. The bottom layer is 1/2" Walnut, middle layer is 1/4" Sycamore and the top layer 3/16" Walnut. I milled all my own wood. I used Inkscape to come up with a cutting patterns. The color picture of the flag is a blowup of an image I found on a photo web site (royalty free). To help mitigate wood expansion the bottom layer Walnut is cut in an octagonal shape and then splines used to join it to a 1/2" plywood backer. The middle and top layers are loosely screwed to the layer beneath so hopefully there is enough room left for any movement of the wood. I used a FD UR #5 on the bottom layer, FD #3 on the middle layer and a FD #2/0 on the top layer. For all the veining I first cut the vein with a flat blade then came back and recut with a FD #2/0 spiral following the initial blade kerf. Finished with a Deft Satin Lacquer spray. I have 16 hours in cutting time on all the layers and probably another couple hours for assembly and finishing. Thanks for letting me share. Larry

I glue my business card (which I sign, date and include the item's serial number) on bottom. I also take a picture of it and rename to jpg file to the serial number so if I get a call back or question I can look up what I made and any notes about that project. Larry

Hot Dang! Thanks Bob!!

Hey folks, can anyone identify the name of this font? Or a similar font... I tried the brute force method on DA Fonts and gave up, way to many... Thanks Larry

I have mine on a 2 x 4 and a 3/4" piece of ply. Can't see in in this pic. I'd suggest once you find the right angle bolt to machine down to the stand and add weight to reduce vibration. I have 140 lb's of sand, two lights and a magnifying lens on a homemade cart... Larry

Hey folks, I'm inspired at doing a plaque for my daughter who works in the US Federal Probation System. I like the flag idea as a backdrop. Those that have used a spray sealer or lamination, does or could the image fade over time? Also I'd be printing the image on a color laser, before I buy supplies would a spray sealer cause the toner to bleed, or the paper to turn translucent? Thanks Larry

Jeff, Nice job. In the end how thick were the pieces when you cut them? I started a thread here a week back when trying to cut some word art from 1.25" maple and found my Dewalt 788 blade was way out of square at the top of the stroke (but square at the bottom) after install the Pegas blade clamps. I'm curious what saw you used and how much out of square your blade is from top to bottom of stroke. Thanks Larry

Very cool. Where did the pattern come from?

Ralph, what font did you use for the persons name part of the sign? Larry

I found the red/white can of 3M 77 at Wal Mart and Hobby Lobby. I've not had a problem with these. Home Depot has the black can, but I've had issues with it spattering. I clean the nozzle regularly to avoid spatter, but didn't seem to help on the Home Depot can. As for glueing your arm hairs, I kinda had that issue too until I put a piece of hardware cloth over a large garbage barrel and spray the back of the pattern down into the barrel. Larry

Good day fellow scrollers. Have a question that I've seen on these forums, but the theads are rather old. My question is top feeding a blade on a Dewalt 788. I've been scrolling for 6 years and have always bottom fed the blade. I can do a blade change in 12 seconds. However I've been toying with portraits and the larger sizes are crimping that routine. I need to learn to top feed the blade. I've looked a videos and read remarks, but honestly I tried a few times this past week and I bet I fumbled for a couple minutes to get the blade into the bottom clap (without looking) and then on my Dewalt I find to get good tension I need to push the top arm down slightly when clamping the blade. This move really requires three hands. So is there any update on top feeding techniques for a Dewalt 788? Pointers, modification to clamps, suggestions? Thanks all. I'm going to post this across several forums to get good coverage so I appologize in advance. Larry