Wichman
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Yep, mom was a seamstress.
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Just don't use her fabric shears .... for ANYTHING.
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Very nice cutting, kudos.
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Welcome to the Village. Swing arm, magnifying light. Mounted to the table not the saw. plunge router attachment for the Dremel (to drill straight holes). Dry erase board on the wall behind the saw, to take notes or for reminders
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Delta 40-560 Type 2, two speed (rarely use low).
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I used up all my FD corian #3 blades and am looking for replacements. Today the first batch of test blades came in. One dozen each FD Polar skip #1, #3; Pegas Skip tooth #1, #3. I am cutting the interior of my heart boxes, 1 1/4 inch thick oak, some fairly sharp corners, same pattern for each blade, two boxes per blade type. FD-P #3 first up, fairly good cutting very smooth finish, drop out slides back and forth in the hole without binding, good tracking (didn't wander off the line) PST-3 good cutting, not as smooth finsh, one drop out would not slide all the way through, poor tracking. PST-1okay cutting, broke one blade an inch into the cut, finished the first and second box with the second blade,not as smooth a finish as FD, drop out slides back and forth , poor tracking. FD-P #1 great cutting, smooth finish, drop out slides back and forth, good tracking. I think this is the winner, especially for the sliding dovetails. I'll continue to contrast and compare these blade to one another as I make more boxes.
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The Hepa filter should come with a foam sleeve pre-filter. the foam sleeve will catch most of the big stuff and the Hepa catches the small stuff. Rinse them both with water after shaking, knocking off the majority of the debis. Allow the filter to dry overnight.
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Tried it, you are right, e-mailed Steve again, pattern fixed again. Got a reply from Steve thanking me. All good now.
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The pattern has been fixed and the new version is now available.
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Just e-mailed Steve, had to copy and past the address.
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Yes, I just printed out the pattern and have the same problem two of the pages have been mirrored. If you can use a computer program to flip the image. Please e-mail Steve with the issue, I'm not set up to do so, yet.
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Scroll Saw Magazines ( I Remember Why I Stopped Subscribing )
Wichman replied to kmmcrafts's topic in General Scroll Sawing
Ya know, You can take the pattern inserts to a copy center (I use office max) scan both sides then cut up the copy and scan. This spring I bought a 11 x 17 scanner/printer, it is sooo nice. -
Welcome to the village. Very nice cutting.
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Tiny basket (pdf file added on new patter area)
Wichman replied to innar20's topic in Bragging Rights
Nicely done, bravo. -
Welcome to the village.
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Better tools make it so much easier and faster though.
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So today I went looking for hardware. At HD I found and arbor adapter and fender washers that make the bracelets so much easier, same basic concept as the rings just a larger diameter, turned the drill press down to 400 rpm due to the diameter.
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I have an order for a set of wedding rings from solid walnut. I have the pattern form Steve Goods site, but shaping the rings by hand is really tedious. So the brain finally kicked in and I thought if I could get a compression plug the right size....nope, too big. So then it hit me that I could make my own, so here goes. I used a#10 x 2" machine screw two washers and two nuts (one for a jam nut). I bought a sponge I thought was a good thickness. I then cut a small piece of sponge (about 1" x 1") and pushed the screw though the center. Set the ring on the sponge, tighten the nuts and voile, a compression mandrel to hold the ring while I shape it. Used a sanding block and chucked the mandrel into a cordless drill. Tomorrow I'll try it on the drill press. I need to make a couple of bracelets as well, tomorrow I'll look for the largest bolt/fender washer combo I can find.
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Back in the day I started with a Sears 13" saw with 3 " pin end blades. I used safety pins for a couple of years, they work fine. Also, using a drill press you can drill two small holes close together to form a slot for the blade to fit into. I cut one of these with that 13" saw: basket 1
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Very nice work, welcome back
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The one thing I found at HL that I didn't see anywhere else in town was an egg shaped (xxl egg) chunk of wood that I use as a handle for my needle files. Very comfortable in my hand (no cramping on that tiny shaft.:
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Someones been busy, very very busy. Nice work.
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Welcome . Southeast Idaho
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I started with just spray adhesive to the wood, far too much work to remove the pattern. Then I tried packing tape, better, but clear packing tape is a royal pain for me: static electricity makes it very hard to manage. Then I tried blue painters tape, still have 1/2 a roll somewhere. Okay, but takes several strips for each piece of wood. Last year I started using clear self adhesive shelf liner (Duck brand). I have paper cutters and use them to size the shelf liner to the piece of wood, one piece of shelf liner per side and done, note that the shelf liner stays tightly rolled until the backer is removed... then it relaxes and is fairly easy to apply. In my experience the shelf liner maintains good adhesion for extended periods of time and then removes easily with little or no residue (the welcome sign took several months to complete, the only issue was the paper pattern overlap not staying down, problem with the paper and not the liner). Your mileage may vary.
