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All these new saws getting purchased... Guess there will be a dent in the lumber industry in the next few months. Congrats on the new baby!

Congrats! Expecting to see a lot of work out of you now!!!

Very nice. Turned out much better than mine when I cut that pattern.

Any time on the saw is a pleasure. And I can almost assure you at some point while you were cutting the wands you learned something new. Great job and I'm sure the kids will enjoy them.

This would be the 3922. The 3921 uses the pinned blades and doesn't really need to be clamped. The new WEN saw, 2156, uses a different clamping system if I'm not mistaken.

I was constantly having trouble with the blade clamps on my WEN scroll saw either slipping or completely coming loose when cutting. The original knobs that came on the saw broke within the first couple weeks because I had to "over tighten" just to keep the blades from slipping. I tried roughing the clamping area of the clamps with sandpaper and that helped some but again, the slipping returned. Eventually, having to tightened the clamps so much to try to get them to hold, the threads of the clamp would strip. I started using a regular bolt and a nut driver to tighten the clamps. I made knobs but trying to tighten them by hand was no sufficient enough to hold. The original blade clamps use a M4-.07 bolt/thread. I drilled and tapped a clamp with a #10-24 and made another knob. So far it has been working fine. The coarser thread tightens faster and you don't have to turn and turn and turn to get the clamp to close onto the blade. Clamps can be purchased through WEN for about $5 each. I've ordered a half dozen and will use them until I start having problems with slippage. Then I'll drill and tap to uses with the larger, coarser thread. Hope this helps some of the WEN users. My goal is to upgrade saws sometime in the future but for now, this will have to do.

Welcome to the Village with a new name.

I agree Love is never clean-cut... but Eric sure cut clean on this project.

Two thumbs up!!!

Great job, Joe. I'm sure your granddaughter will love them. By the way, the chair in the background... I have 5 almost identical.

Eric, you did a fantastic job. Especially if the guitar pick is the size of a standard pick. In the picture you have something between the two and I'm guessing it is something to give a relative size. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is, so I have no perspective. I've played guitars all my life. First band at 12. Finally gave up playing about 5 years ago. Still have two of my guitars. An electric and an acoustic. Either sold or gave all the others away. If I could sell the last two I have, I might would go ahead and buy that 30 inch Pegas.

Yes, the cutting is great and you don't want the back to distract from the main project. I say paint it.

Way to go, Charlie. Just let her know it's your d#*% shop and you'll do with it as you wish!!! Love your decorations.

I agree with Craig. I really like the grain. And the grain really shows in the frame. Very nice, Frank.

Great job, Barb. Kind of reminds me of my house.

That turned out great, Charlie. Fantastic job.

OK Kevin. Travis is going to scold you for putting scroller internet porn links on the forum. Actually, I'd be happy with the standard 21. A 30-inch throat is almost twice what I have now.

I now see your photo. Another great job with the cutting and the frame. Hope you get your computer problem worked out. I understand about having a 10 year old to help. My daughter can type faster with two thumbs than I can with 10 fingers.

Great job, Dick. Love the cutting and you have mastered the framing in no time. Really like the use of two different types of wood.

I'm also not seeing a picture, Dick. I was going to give the same suggestion as Tom. E-mail them to yourself from your phone. I was having trouble connecting to my computer using blue tooth. I had to unpair and remove my phone from my computer. While I was having that trouble was when I was emailing my pictures. I finally got my phone to re-connect to the computer and things are working properly now.

You've been busy, Jim. Great work. Those type of patterns seem to be the thing right now. Love the camper!

I've got the 4300 Dremel with plunge router attachment and it seems to work for me. It has plenty of power although I'm usually only drilling through one or two layers of 1/4 material. The chuck on my drill press wouldn't clamp down small enough to hold the smaller bits I needed. For a while I would wrap a small wire around the smaller bits so the chuck would clamp and hold. If you do this, you almost always have to re-wrap the bit with wire each time otherwise it will not clamp straight and tighten off-center. Anyway, I got the Dremel plunge router attachment and it has worked well for me. You do have to press down on the handles evenly as Kevin said. I haven't tried more than 2 layers of 1/4 inch material. Some of the holes I've drilled didn't require more than starting the saw with the blade inserted through the pilot hole just to knock off some of the edges to make the cut (super small holes). I've been working on some of Jim Blume's patterns if that gives you any idea of the number of holes and their size. The Dremel plunge router was an alternative to the Seyco Scroller's Drill which I hope to own one day in the future. I'm thinking it will be more accurate when depressing the head to drill the hole. Maybe someone that has the Seyco drill can comment on its operation.

That turned out great. Did you use pencil colors or stain to get your various colors?

Nice work, Merlin. Did you laser the writing on the small pieces?

Fantastic job.