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About a week ago I finally put my saw on the stand and I'm impressed -- what little vibration it had is about gone -- I've heard of the nickel test so I gave it a shot -- in one of them I tried feeding the wood with one hand since I didn't bother with setting up the tripod -- this is running at full speed with a #1 pegas MG on 1/4 Baltic video-1591922791.mp4 video-1591922255.mp4

I didn't know that you were from there -- you mentioned going there in July--- Beaverton , clackamas and Portland -- moved to Colton my senior year (76) - left Oregon in 84

Hit me up in a pm on my insta page (or here if it works that way -- haven't looked into it) -- You might like to check out that flower bowl in person before I ship it off -- and I'll be here for only a couple more weeks -- then back to home BTW I moved here from Oregon

Mesa here -- but staying the month (dog sitting) at my son's place in Florence -- I took over his garage lol

It would have gone well at my daughter's wedding -- Beetlejuice theme there Nice work

Finished with Teak oil then satin poly -- will probably use beeswax later to polish. I left it a bit rough because it's getting really thin in spots (singing to me again). I even had to patch a sanding hole but I doubt you can even find it -- even in person it's hard to see.

Thanks but with this wood it would be hard to do a really bad piece -- even mistakes look good

Mostly the sanding -- once layed out it only took a couple of hours to cut -- about 3-4 days total

I'm re-doing the little flower bowl in a larger size and this time I took some progress pics that may help you see the method I came up with. In the first pic I've already done the outside cut at 40 degrees angled outward and set up for the next cut - this time at 35 degrees inward on the same line. The second pic shows that cut complete. From there I dropped the angle by 5 degrees per cut -- starting at the beginning it's 40 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 20 - then 15 for the final cut (the base). You do have to adjust the cut lines as you go inward or you won't end up with enough glue surface --each layer needed re-drawn as I went -- I feel like there may be a smoother way to do it but I haven't found it yet (maybe reverse the cut order and start at the base?). Also sanding the sides can be scary as some of the wall areas are thinner than I'd like because of the angle changes - especially in the 5 corners -- In these pics nothing is glued to together yet -- it would almost look cool to leave the outside like this and just smooth out the inside but we'll see next time.

I use danish oil then finish off with satin polyurethane -- from what I've read given time almost any finish (barring nut oil like walnut) is food safe --- I think I read 3 to 6 months to fully harden and it's fine -- oh I also finish off with a beeswax and orange oil polish

While working the large flower bowl I decided to go for a rectangle -- my take on a bread bowl of sorts. I think it came out pretty sweet!! 4/4 Black Limba (love this stuff) cut with a #9 modified geometry - 30 degree angle on this one. These are a bit more difficult than the ovals were - mostly in sanding those inside corners. Also they are actually thicker in the walls than the shape of the top suggests

Here's the completion of that experiment -- I did some more shaping with the Dremel and then applied Danish oil. For those of you wanting to know how -- I'll get it down better but here's the nutshell version -- cut the bowl as you normally would -- then the top layer gets cut on the same line , but both angled in and out, then sanded down to about 1/2 it's original thickness . It seems to work best on thicker wood (tried on 3/8 baltic and failed miserably). Once I get it down I'll try to get more detailed than that . I did end up with a crack in this one because when I went to glue the base on it slid sideways but i didn't catch it for about an hour. I separated it again (cracking it) and re-glued. I'll be trying it again shortly , only larger. Edit -- I forgot to add -- the top ring was cut at 40 degrees outward and 30 inward the next was cut at 22 1/2 - the next at 15 - all on 4/4 black limba -- I may revise those angles on the next one

This is my second attempt -- the first one failed miserably (3/8 baltic ply) -- maybe once I get it figured out myself -- this one the wood decided it wanted to go a bit different direction than where I intended -- a nice one, but I'll re-try soon -- and I might as well see where she wants to go while I'm at it ----she was singing to me when her petals were being formed-------

most likely -- I haven't quite figured out where she's taking me yet --- but she sang to me when her petals were forming

maybe once I get it figured out myself -- this one the wood decided it wanted to go a bit different direction than where I intended -- a nice one, but I'll re-try soon -- and I might as well see where this one wants to go while I'm at it ----she was singing to me when her petals were being formed------- and to all of you for your interest

Thank you Kevin -- My cousin is the graphic artist who created that -- Ray Hendrix

Lol I don't know what size it looks but it's about 8 inches across

I just realized that I never introduced myself -- I'm a former plumber in my professional life. Then just over 2 years ago (January 2018) I needed a secret santa gift. Being a bit broke I found a piece of cedar fence and made a box -- very basic. But then I was hooked. After that I worked with my Dremel for a year -- Was gifted my first scroll saw (Ryobi) Jan 2019 and up-graded to a Pegas earlier this year. No previous experience in woodworking beyond a little construction so I'm teaching myself as I go. My working name comes from combining the first initials of all my kids - their spouses - and grandkids and playing with them till I found something that made sense -- can I buy a vowel please?

A little experiment I'm trying with my scroll saw -- a flower cut like a bowl -- still have some kinks and angles to work out -This is mostly freeform cutting based on an actual flower frrom my yard -- it's not something I've seen anybody try quite like this but I could have missed it somewhere -I think I may have to go bigger to make it work as an actual bowl - more shaping with the dremel to do also

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I don't think so -- never used it before but from all the pieces I saw at the wood store this appears to be the normal -- apparently the wood without the dark grain is sorted out as white limba

Haven't decided yet but it'll involve some feathers I still have to cut and shape and maybe some leather

3/8 Baltic birch with a #1 modified geometry --#1 is almost too big but I need more practice with a 2/0 -- another variable on size might be that I run my saw at full speed and control my feed rate -- I don't have the patience for a slower blade rate

I just did a search for circle mandala's -- just cut out the white lol