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  1. TAIrving
    Very nice Peter! What kind of wood did you use? I have tried to make bowls like that but always seem to get dark sawdust or even pigment bleed from the darker woods into the lighter woods, either from turning or sanding. Do you have a technique to avoid that? BTW, golf is a 12 month sport here in Texas.
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    Very nice Denny, both Rescue1 and Rescue2. I personally like Rescue2 better because the lines of the wood seem to line up better with the imagined lines of the dog. I had an optical illusion with this one as it appears that the lower arms of the "R" separate from the front paw on one arm (of the "R") but not the other. I had to enlarge the picture to see that it is the "E" separating from the "R". Keep them coming.
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    That smile on his face says it all! Great job!
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    I sympathize with Maw Maw. But that is a great idea and very well executed.
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    That is a beautiful and tranquil scene. I feel relaxed just looking at it. Great craftsmanship and I like how the grain of the wood plays into the scene.
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    I gave another try at epoxy filling the Tree of Life, put a bit more color in it this time. The previous time I did this one the colors were somewhat muted. I like it better this way, the colors show up even better in person than in the photos.
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    I stack-cut these and then filled with epoxy. The green one is cut in walnut and the red one in mystery wood. My daughter claimed them when she saw them, will take them to her next week.
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    I question what you really got. According to The Wood Database, white limba is a relatively light, soft wood and should be easy to work. On the other hand, it does carry the risk of respiratory infection. Limba | The Wood Database (Hardwood) (wood-database.com)
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    Here https://www.wood-database.com/european-yew/ is the Wood Database article on European Yew, aka English Yew. It is an interesting wood, the wood of choice for archery bows. Suggest you read the section on Allergies/Toxicity as it recommends that "care should be exercised when working with this wood species."
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    This has been a helpful discussion. What I now understand is that this is a repositionable hood mounted on 1.5" PVC. When connected to a properly designed dust/chip collection system, it can work well. Their website says "Build out your setup to fit your needs". The next question is, what is the right vacuum for this size hood and PVC line? And this will differ if one includes a chip separator. Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to determine the right vacuum for such a setup?
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    I have seen their ads. Your link takes us to the page for the pickup arm. They also show it connected to a cyclone style dust separator. They are expensive but a way to get the dust pickup where you need it. It probably is an overkill for a scroll saw but might be good for the lathe and other woodworking tools. You just have to connect it to a vacuum cleaner with sufficient power.
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    Beautiful job Barb! And hubby has an artistic eye too!
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    Very nice Forrest! I enjoy working with epoxy fill in my scroll saw projects and I understand the challenges of doing multiple colors in one piece. Regarding the pictures, it would be nice to be able to see the wood also. You might be pushing the capabilities of your cell telephone camera in trying to capture the bright glow of the sun shining through the colored fills.
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    Call out to both Pete @Scrappile and Bernd @munzieb for great pattern and great cuttings. Persistence pays!
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    Mine (Pegas) sits on a bench also, concrete floor, solid bench. I had to adjust the levelers on the feet to stop the vibration.
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    Very nice, I like the design and the finished products. Did you use oak for the wood? The spoon looks like white oak but the fork is a slightly darker color.
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    A gift

    TAIrving replied to Gene Howe's topic in Bragging Rights

    Very nice Gene, but I don't see the blue. How tall is it?
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    Love them all, very nice work! Wishing you the best with your surgery. Do what the doc says and you will be back at the saw soon enough.
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    Paul @Scrappile, best wishes for you with your health issues. Here's hoping they clear up soon and you are able to get back to the shop. Regarding the Alternative Ivory: that looks interesting, but I have a question. On their website, they price the pieces by dimension, i.e. 3x5x1/4 but do not tell us what the units are. Nowhere can I find if that is in inches or mm or feet or what. Do you know what the units are?
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    I like them. I have a lot of family history in Mississippi.
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    Very nice Jeff! The Young Love one looks like it might have been a Norman Rockwell cover for the Saturday Evening Post.
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    Beautiful job Jane. I rather suspect he will treasure that.
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    Wayne, beautiful job on the Lord's Prayer. That looks like a challenging scroll saw project. Congratulations on the new saw. I am sure you will learn to love it as much as you do the old one. Best wishes for you in dealing with cancer and neck surgery. Know that you are not alone in either of those.
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    @wagner1958 Contact the manufacturer. It sounds like an unintended design feature that varies the output signal to the vacuum cleaner as you vary the scroll saw speed. I rather suspect that they will want to know about this and will provide a fix for it.
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    Very nice! Watching your posts is inspiring me to try my hand at intarsia. Maybe soon.
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