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  1. TAIrving
    In today's ScrollSawWorkshop newsletter, Steve Good does a walk-through of his shop. For scroll saws he says that he has 2 which he uses regularly, Seyco and Pegas, and another 5 that he seldom uses. I trust his opinion about scroll saws.
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    My go to blades are Pegas MGT #1, 3, and 5. I have many other blades but infrequently use them. I cut mostly 1/4" to 1/2" hardwoods, sometimes fretwork, but lately more often patterns. I am comfortable with these blades doing everything I like to do on the scrollsaw. I appreciate that there ae other blades that others of us like but do not see the need to try them.
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    I use the full sheet packing labels like Kev described and am very pleased with them. I like not getting 3M77 spray adhesive on my fingers. And I really like having/using the backing paper for glue-ups and for backing when spray painting small pieces. I sometimes use parchment paper when a backing sheet is not available. One word of caution re spray painting: the overspray paint does not stick to the backer or parchment paper and often will come up with the wood piece being sprayed.
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    This is what I started with. I don't remember where I found it.
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    That looks very nice Frank. But it just doesn't look like walnut - must be the lighting.
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    Thanks for the kind comments. @rjweb, I live in Magnolia, NW part of the greater Houston area. Where are you? @Eplfan2011, I am not a pattern maker. I just worked from a picture of this that had been posted previously. I have attached a *.jpg of the basic template. You will have to insert the call sign and name individually for each plaque. I did it using a drawing program (PowerPoint). It was tedious, picking fonts, saving as *.jpg, inserting, stretching, curving, etc. Maybe one of our fellow scrollers who is a pattern designer can come up with a better way to do this.
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    I made Ham Shack plaques for 2 of my good friends as a gift for help they freely gave in times of need. I am working on another for myself. I used 1/2" Poplar finished with Zinser Shellac spray. I saw this posted here on the Village website. I think it was @Danwho had posted it. Thank you Dan, they were a big hit with both Monty and Mike.
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    basket

    TAIrving posted a topic in Bragging Rights

    Scroll saw basket per Steve Good pattern. I added extra layers to make it taller and alternated woods, walnut and poplar. I intentionally did not put the ring on top per my lady's request.
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    Test it first by putting straight water in the paint bowl. It should spray clear water. That will suggest what to look for next.
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    We get them twice a year as they pass through during their migration. We get lots of them, mostly Ruby-throated, at our feeder and they put on quite a show.
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    Found an article in Wikipedia about Paulownia. It says that Paulownia is the fastest growing hardwood and compares it to balsa. It is almost twice as dense as balsa and has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than balsa. The following is copied from the Wikipedia article. Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia states: A Japanese Kobundō (小分銅), 95–97% gold, "Paulownia" Kiri (桐) mark, Kikubana (菊花) emblem, 373.11 grams, Japan It is important in China, Korea, and Japan for making the soundboards of stringed musical instruments such as the guqin, guzheng, pipa, koto, and gayageum.[5] More recently it is used as body material for low-cost electric guitars,[21] as the core for lightweight touring skis,[22][23] and for surfboard cores.[24] It is used in guitars as the core body, then laminated under a more durable wood.[21]
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    I agree about using different wood, the most noticeable flaws I see in this piece are in the wood itself. But then, we all practice on lesser woods first. And, along those lines, I do see some fuzzies on some of the cuts. The holes for the support cord might not be perfectly round. I often have trouble cutting a small round hole with the scrollsaw and now sometimes use a drill to drill the hole rather than try to cut it. When displaying the finished piece, nobody knows how you did it, just what it looks like.
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    I have used the Columbia Forest Products Project Panels from HD and like them. You can get them with other woods for the surface, right now they list them with Maple and/or Walnut surfaces. They do not stock them in-store, at least not at my local HD, but they are available for pick-up in store or ship to home.
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    Welcome back! Tell us more about the place you will be getting to do scroll sawing. Do you have something in mind for your first project?
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    My personal safety rule: Once I drink alcohol, I do not operate power machinery for the rest of the day, scroll saw included.
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    Very nice Kris! Beautiful scene, nicely composed and executed. The old Chevrolet in the yard gives it a sense of age and nostalgia. The wood grain gives dimension to the sky. The deer are very well done but hard for me to appreciate. They are overpopulated in my neighborhood and they eat every bit of landscaping we put out. Half of my neighbors love them and put out food for them while the other half, including me, plot on how to get rid of them. Bottom line is that I appreciate the work but must decline to request the pattern.
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    I bought my Pegas scrollsaw in late 2020. It is my only scrollsaw and I have many hours and many projects of use with it. I have never had a problem of the type you describe. The only problem I have had with my saw was when the blades started slipping and I had to replace the thumb screws and swivels.
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    Thank you Travis and thanks to John. Those already in the library look like fun and I will be watching for what is to come.
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    Welcome to the obsession hobby! Your work will get better. Save these first few cuttings. In the future you can compare what you are doing to these and see how much you have improved.
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    Very nicely done and very attractive. I am impressed that you could cut 3/4" hard maple with a #1R MGT blade.
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    I have the Mac Mop and really like it. Don't remember offhand what grit, maybe 180.
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    A search brings up his FB site (20+) Sam Custodio Workshop & Designs | Facebook which was last updated on August 8, 2020.
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    Thanks Scott/Iggy, That is better than most patterns I have seen for Maltese. They are beautiful dogs but it is difficult to get that into a scrollsaw pattern. Thurman
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    I am smiling!
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    That is my favorite movie of all time. And I still listen to the music. Great cutting!
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