Dak0ta52

Frame only.

Welcome from North Carolina.

Awesome job!

Nice job, Charlie. He will be missed!

I pretty much ditto what FrankEV said. I primarily use spirals because of the intricate patterns I chose to cut. However, I will use straight blades when needed. I feel it's a matter if experience. The more you use them, the less intimidating they become. They do create a lot of fuzzies, which again is part of the learning experience to remove them. Clint is also one of my favorite actors. My cousin actually roomed with him when he was in college.

I purchased my Pegas 30 from Denny and I can say I've never regretted it in any way. Have I cut anything that required the 30-inch throat... no, not yet. But it's there when I need it. I do plan on cutting large pieces in the future. I have the pattern right now for a piece that will be around 10-inches X 42-inches. This is a huge machine. At the time I made the purchase, Pegas just came out with their 30-inch and Seyco just introduced their 24-inch. I was torn on which way to go. The Seyco had more distance between the blade and the front of the table, however, considering the Pegas blade clamps as well as the extra 6-inches, Pegas won the toss. The 21 would serve you well, I'm sure, but if you have the space I would recommend the larger, 30-inch saw. Like I say, it is huge. My shop is unheated as well as having a few areas that drip when it rains. I purchased a 6' X 8' greenhouse popup tent where I house my saw, a table for my blades and a stool for a little 1500 watt heater that keeps me toasty warm even when the temp drops below freezing. I have a waste can for my scrap as I cut it out and a dust collector velcroed to the stand of the saw to catch the majority of the sawdust. (The dust collector is a styrofoam meat tray stuck to a piece of 1/4-inch ply cut to size and sits on the cross members of the saw stand.) Depending on how much I'm cutting, I roll up the door and give it a good vacuum when needed. The greenhouse has the large zip-up door as well as 2 zip-up windows that can be rolled up and secured. I don't think there will be an issue with it being too hot in the summer. If it is, I have several fans I can use to circulate the air. Good luck on our decision. Regardless of which you choose, you won't regret going with a Pegas.

If I'm not mistaken, Frank uploaded a similar pattern to the Village library.

It was very appreciated. She was presented the plaque at Christmas. Needless to say tears were shed.

I finally broke down and did the pattern. Took me a while, as you can imagine. The most difficult cutting was her hair. Fortunately, even though there were a bunch of frets, they were pretty sturdy, and I didn't have any break-outs.

And it's a pleasure every time I press the foot peddle!!!

The puppy, Chip (as in Chocolate Chip Cookie), is only 4-months right now and is all legs and puppy fuzz. He's a Papillon so I'm going to wait for the adult hair to come in and to fill out a little.

I haven't posted in some time with new projects because I've been busy working on commissions. I thought I'd post some of them to give you a "look-see." The Porsche was actually three photos I combined into the one piece. The K-9 was with a local police department and passed away. The plaque was a presentation to the handler. The three dogs together are my fur babies (not counting the new puppy I got the wife for Christmas) I'll post patterns of the Border Collie and Lab in the library. Those were 'free to use' photographs that I made patterns from at the request of the customer. If you have any questions about any of the pieces, please let me know. Hope you enjoy!

Beautiful piece, Dick. Love how you feathered you backer.

Another excellent pattern and piece, Charlie. Well done!!!

Nice engineering to change from a napkin holder. I prefer shelf sitters without backers. Your's looks perfect as is in my opinion.

Nicely done, Rick. i really like the grain in your backer! I just recently finished a black lab I did for commission.

Nice hall, Barb. I look forward to see what kind of beauty you can create from your new supply.

Nice idea for the bird feeder. Squirrels on my property would love them.

Nice recovery and two nice projects. My wife is the dog trainer in the family (Obedience). Her Christmas present was a Papillon puppy. That makes three Papillons and a long hair Chihuahua in the family along with two cats and about 75 goldfish. Needless to say a puppy is very time consuming. Between the puppy and the nasty weather I haven't been able to spend much time in the shop. However, my Christmas present was a 6X8 popup greenhouse that I have erected in my shop and put my saw into with a heater. Now I can cut in cold weather. My other Christmas present was a new truck. Now I can buy full sheets of plywood and long boards without having to cut them down to fit into the trunk of a car. (Guess I was better last year than what I thought.)

Another great bowl by Tbow.

Another North Carolinian. Welcome to the Village!

Very nice! A lot of delicate cutting there!

Great cutting. Your piece turned out awesome.

Welcome to the Village. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

I think it will well liked and appreciated!