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Fantastic work!
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Sweet!!! Man what a nice shop!
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Hegner user question for Hegner owners
Ken Lotts replied to nrscroller's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I puzzled through this business of Hegner clamp sizes just today so I figured I would throw in on this conversation. I have the small size and the medium size and to my eye they look identical (I don't see all that well though LOL). I can clamp a #9 FD-UR blade in the small clamp (which surprised me) so I think small size is pretty much "medium" in my book (lol). What I found as a way to positively identify which is which was that on the "medium" clamp I was able to slide a #9 FD blade in from the back side (from the circle end where the slot is narrowest). This wasn't possible when I tried it on the small clamp. Purely an academic test since no one would ever try to put a blade in like that. I etched an "M" on the medium clamps and put them in storage. I don't expect to need them very often. -
Lots of painting and glue as well.. Very artistic. Nice! I can cut but I am not very confident painting, something I need to work on.
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Beautiful work! I guess this one is an indoor piece of art but I like the idea of implementing something like it to an actual birdhouse. Here in Arizona, the UV from sunlight destroys everything left outdoors (even the paint on cars!). It's like in Michigan fighting the rust Lol! I wonder what the best way to protect an intricate piece like this if it were out in the elements.
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Welcome from Arizona! Yes, I see others beat me to it but Steve Good provides lots of help for new scrollers. He has a You tube channel too. Another thing would be the classic first cut pieces available in a book by John Nelson available on Amazon.
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3/4" oak and in one sitting over night? Wow! You must of had a coffee machine close by (Lol!) Great looking project! Super work. That piece was a challenge even at 1/2" (red oak) for me. I meandered for a week or so getting it done. I was sweating bullets doing the lettering on the top row since some elements are so crazy thin and fragile. I like the horizontal grain direction you selected. Your client will love it for sure.
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Wow, Thanks for the tour! I like the light on your Pegas. How do you heat it in the winter and cool it in the summer?
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Nice shop!
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Great job. Did you make the frame and stand as well?
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Another branch of the Steve Good "Gnome" family
Ken Lotts replied to RangerJay's topic in Bragging Rights
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Very intricate work! Excellent job!
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Thanks! I have never owned a P-C but it looks like a great saw for the price. Congrats on the King! Bet you can tell the difference Lol! I too Love/Need light (and magnification). I bought a Luxo magnifier LED lamp. It is a bit pricey but I like it so much that I would buy it again in a heart beat. It lights the workspace up better than anything I have ever used before. The model I have is a 1.75X Luxo model #LFG028214 (for some reason Advanced Machinery refers to it as the HLX6)
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wow!
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I hadn't thought of walnut ply. Thanks!
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I cut this Steve Good pattern way back when I was starting out in 2011. This was a very challenging thing for me as a newb. It turned out pretty good but the flower stem was too fragile and eventually boke. I used 1/2" BB. Probably would have looked much better in a hardwood.
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Pretty interesting. Thanks for the info!
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I discovered this pattern when another scroller (Lasha Barbosa) posted her fantastic work on a Facebook group in early November. I contacted her to find the pattern (which is in a book available on Amazon) and decided to have a go at cutting it out.. What a surprise when it actually turned out. Sharon loves them so I ended up stack cutting a bunch for this years Christmas. It was a big hit. I used quarter inch Red Oak purchased from Lowes and upscaled the pattern a bit. I am pretty sure I used FD PSR#3 at first but then I switched to FD UR#3 later. I oiled it with Old English. Sharon wanted to hang it below another ornament so I cut out a star (from Steve Good) and connected them with fishing line. She added the ribbon.
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Thanks Frank! I feel super lucky that she likes what I cut Lol! That pattern is called "flowercircle.pdf" Would it darken if I re-stained it multiple times? BTW, I found my table saw insert.
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Thanks Scrappile. I had my share of ahha moments.. I got lucky with the bade tensioning I guess. I can recall puzzling over how to get the blade tensioning to be 100% consistent.. I quickly discovered that the blades fit in the clamps all the way to the stops. (Way different than my other saws).. That was an Ahha for sure. Then there was that issue of being unfamiliar with how to deal with feeding the blade through the bottom of a saw that doesn't allow the arm to swing out of the way. At first I did some pretty awkward gymnastic moves to get-er done but then it occurred to me that the blade swings to the front through the slot in the table making blade insertion not such a big deal. I still love and use my Seyco but I think it is easier to control the fretwork cuts on the Hegner with the near zero blade forward movement (especially at the start of a cut).
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When I got the Hegner this Christmas, this was the first thing I tried to cut out. It is a classic Steve Good pattern. Sharon loves hummingbirds so I figured I couldn't go wrong with this one.. After all she approved the Hegner purchase (Lol!). I can't remember if I used the FD Penguin Silver Reverse or the FD Ultra Reverse.. In any case I am sure it was a #3.. Sharon suggested that I trim the backing with gold so I got that done this morning after taping it last night. All in all I am very pleased with how it turned out. The wood is BB 1/4". The stain on the backer is Minwax Dark Walnut. I applied Minwax polyurethane to the fretwork.
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Welcome from another newb
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PROs Five or ten years later it will still be purring like new. No complicated rod linkages with multiple bearings hidden deep in the chassis Minimal front to back movement on the blade action (this is a HUGE plus for me). Never any knocking noise at any speed. Amazing dust blower effective even at slowest speed. Hardened steel blade clamps... tighten with no worries! Quick clamp on top arm makes moving between fret holes as easy as any saw (no tool required). Blade tensioning fine tune adjustment Replaceable zero clearance plate for small or delicate fretwork. Blade stroke can be adjusted for thin work. Bearings easy to lube. Optional stand is welded together not bolted. German build quality A solid investment. CONs Arm does not lift making it more involved to feed blade through bottom of larger projects. Bottom Feed only. Tool required to change blades (for bottom clamp only). Multiple blade clamps necessary (small medium and large). Machine vibration swells slightly at certain speeds.
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Very cool... He scared me with that Dremel tool though.. I think if I tried that I would wind up at ER. Lol!
