Ken Lotts

Your Granddaughter will love it!

I decided to try this frame from Steve Good's catalog. I used 1/4" BB and FD-UR #1 blades and my Hegner saw. The pattern also calls for another layer (an oval vignette for a 5X7 photograph) but I am undecided about that at the moment. The cutting went fairly well and it kept me nicely occupied for a few days.

Good to know. I will have to send an order to Denny next time I need Pegas blades. FWIW, Lesley's has done fine every time I ordered over the last few months.. I went several years without placing any orders and then last year during Christmas season I decided to get a good stock of FD blades and they all arrived just fine. Their shipping does seem unusually slow though, I agree. The other night I wrote them an email and I got a reply back within the same hour. What I really like is that on their invoice they say "In Business to serve Christ". I checked the "about us" narrative on their web site and they are still a "mom-and-pop" family business mostly run by mom so I am not sure about what might have happened in the past.

Welcome Tim!

Nice find! I use Lesleys for all my blade purchases. Just got an order from them yesterday.

So you sawed that in 1/2 oak? wow! That really looks perfect! What blades did you use?

Welcome from Sunny Arizona!

Looks perfect. great work!

Awesome. Looks like a fun toy for someone too!

Thanks! I just ordered it and cant wait to get busy and surprise the grandkids with it. Gonna be fun Lol!

Woohoo! Good times. Happy scrolling!

I love clocks as well! Nice job!

Gave me a chuckle! Yes indeed... golden advice. Thanks

Very cool design and excellent cutting!

Amazing job of cutting!

Looks great!

Interesting about the aging of the glue on the wood regarding residue. Thanks for sharing. I know that Alex Fox layered patterns are very intricate (and beautiful). I am sure that they will be a big hit. Residue has not been in my cross hairs as a problem yet but I haven't done anything like an Alex Fox pattern either Lol! Normally when I spray a finished project with denatured alcohol, the pattern instantly peels off as a single piece with near zero resistance no matter how intricate it is BUT, I have found that not all glues dissolve like that. There is only one type of spray glue that I am aware of that reliably dissolves with alcohol. I have seen all sorts of methods people use to apply and remove patterns when I watch YouTube videos. I started out armed with Steve Good's old videos that used a hot air gun to release the glue from the wood. Then he suggested using contact paper. Now he uses Blue tape. A bit of the back story of how I came about to use alcohol to release my spray glue; One day last year I discovered in an R/C forum that alcohol releases the adhesion of hot glue so I decided to test that with my spray adhesive and found it was hit and miss. When it worked it was amazing but when it didn't I would have to resort to mineral spirits to get the pattern off (which I hate). What was even more amazing was that the exact same brand of glue worked if it was new stock and failed it it was vintage stuff I had laying around from years ago.. I am guessing perhaps the spray glue company changed up their formula at some point. So I know of one glue that has been well behaved in this regard and as long as it continues to work I will probably stick with it (Pun intended Lol) Not sure what the down side is yet. Sorry for the length of this reply.

Love it!

Stunning work! Wow

Wow, Looks super!

Nice work! Looks Great! Here is a recent story that came to mind after reading your post. I did an 8X10 winter scene fret piece (from Steve Good) during Christmas using BB and as I got into the last third, the saw started getting hard to control. Up till then, I had never had a board bow while cutting before. (yeah, I am still trying a lot of stuff for the first time Lol). I ended up using the "foot" to help hold down the bow. The piece turned out fine but I ruined it by staining the backer with the wrong shade of stain.

Welcome, and the browser translated your Italian to English just fine so I think that is fine. Hope to see some of your projects and thoughts here in the forums. Ken

Welcome to SSV! Glad you found it. I too live in AZ (Sierra Vista)

Nice!

That is awesome! What a great idea!