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Well, I went and bought some blades today from America.... After much listening and reading about scrolling, the one thing that keeps popping up is 'Flying Dutchman' blades. So I took the plunge and bought 3 kinds. Ultra Reverse #5,, Scroll Reverse #2 and Jewellers #1. Not sure I've enough experience to truly know what to do with them, but, nothing ventured nothing gained. The Jewellers blade is purely because I've just found out that you can cut shapes into coins and thought ''I've got to try that''.. Jack of all Trades, Master of None as my mother used to say However, having put in my order, I now feel as though I'm almost a "proper" scroller and to top it all, my hubby has said he'll tilt my saw
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Not sure I could cope with music, I like to be able to 'hear' the saw, but there again I don't have music whilst I'm driving as I like to hear the engine. Perhaps I'm just a neurotic old biddy.
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I really do genuinely think you are all awesome. I tried cutting a more (for me) intricate pattern today, and boy, oh boy, the concentration, the undoing the blade and putting once again through those teeny tiny holes, the amount of times I have to adjust my magnifying glasses so that I can focus. For all you who do this over and over again, I take my hat off to you all. I have only done 5 letters in 2 sessions and I'm shattered.
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Thank You, I feel my cutting is getting better. Grasping Inkscape was all down to Travis and his video lessons in the resources tab He's very good making things easy to follow. I just did what he did on screen. LOL. Thanks Travis xxx
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LOL, Yes it is. It just means that' I'm as pleased as punch. I forget sometimes that this is not primarily an 'English' forum. We must come across as quite strange sometimes.
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Awww, I've just checked and they fit Axminster Trade Series EX-16, EX-21 and wouldn't you know it I have the EX18.
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My first ever thing that I've made from start to finish. I made the pattern in Inkscape and I cut it with my new saw. Now I know it's not earth shattering to many of you, but to me it's great and I'm chuffed to mintballs with it. It has my daughter and grandson's names on it. Onwards and upwards as they say
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Oh WOW, such a beautiful piece. Your artistry shines through. Amazing.
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Immaculate as always.
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http://www.dugnorth.com/blog/uploaded_images/ExoticBirdInstructions.pdf http://re.trotoys.com/article/waddling-duck-mechanical-toy/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150318135011/http://www.greenvillewoodworkers.com/pdfs/misc_pdfs/toyplans/plan062.pdf I like this page https://allcrafts.net/woodworking/woodtoy.htm
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Beautiful, I'm sure it will be treasured for a lifetime.
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My best wishes for a speedy recovery. UTIs are not nice, look after yourself.
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Well I've overcome one hurdle at least. If I 'save' my downloadable patterns, then open them with Inkscape, 'Select' the pattern and change the fill and stroke colours it works beautifully, and so simple. I've done one with red lines on a grey background and I've done one with red lines on a white background so it just shows the red lines when printed. It just means that I'll have to go through my box of paper patterns and try and remember where I got them from and download them to my 'scrolling' folder on my computer and although that is going to be a pain in the butt, I think I like red lines enough to go to that trouble.
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Well, I never knew you could do that. I'll try that next week. Thanks for the tip.
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Is that a relatively simple procedure ? Or do I have to be Einstein ? Sounds promising. thanks
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Mmm, perhaps not making myself clear here. I can change colour of my patterns that I have done in Inkscape. I'm talking about the patterns I have downloaded/printed from elsewhere. They all come in black and white, and wondered if there was a way of changing those to red with the help of technology, such as scanning them and changing the line colour. Oh boy, I wish I was better with words
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Must confess, good lighting or not I find watching a black blade work on black lines doesn't sit well with my eyes.
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If I make a pattern either in Inkscape or Word or Publisher and such like, then the facility to change the line colour isn't difficult. What I'd like to do is take a pattern that I have with black lines and somehow scan it or copy it somewhere and change the lines to red. However, methinks that may well be impossible, but maybe someone with more tech knowledge could say otherwise ? We live in hope
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I was cutting several things last night but couldn't settle to do just one, so I picked up a new pattern that I'd printed out. Now this pattern was printed onto yellow paper as this was what I had to hand, but the pattern its self was done in red ink. Wow, what a difference the red ink made. I could see the teeny tiny blade in my new saw really well and it made cutting a pleasure. I had begun to go cross eyed with my patterns that had black lines as I found it hard to distinguish the blade from the ink and made it a very tiring time for my old brain. Now to fathom out how to get the patterns I have in my box changed to red ink. !!!!
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Oooh, didn't know about them, I'll have to go and look and maybe spend some more LOL. x
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I've tried to use a Dremel several times but I find it really hard to hold. Although I know it's not big I find I cannot get my fingers around it's chunky shape. My hands hurt after just a few minutes of using it. So I went searching for an alternative and Voila !!! It was advertised for Nail Beauticians but it looked ideal so I bought one. I chose pink much to my hubbys amusement. It holds all the Dremel bits, so I'm really pleased with myself for finding it.
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First scrolling since high school woodshop
Foxfold replied to HeeresJohnnny's topic in Bragging Rights
Love them both, lovely work, must find the pattern for those they are beautiful xx -
Welcome from the UK. xx
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Wow, they are gorgeous. I couldn't do one in day let alone 12,
