jerry walters

Seeing your work took me back many, many years. I grew up on the farm and my dad was a John Deere man all the way. To him, if it wasn't a John Deere it wasn't a tractor. My parents gave me a camera when I graduated from high school. I took many pictures around the farm. He had two John Deere's. Attach is a picture of the oldest on as 1947 model "B".

That is very nice Barb. Looks like a trout and moon. Maybe someone was dreaming of nighttime fishing when the pattern was designed. Too nice to be used as a trivet, I vote for wall hanging. Jerry

Matthew, I did put a copper wire inside that memory tube (I think that is what they called it). Can't remember the copper wire size. The cable ties are there only because the holder for the tube doesn't stick to the upper arm. I thought of getting some magnets to glue on the support. But for now, the cable ties work OK. Jerry

You usually end your video by asking if we love watching you. I for one, YES!! i I always enjoy. Always learn something. I think making these stick figures is a great way for beginners to start scrolling. The results are nice for displaying and gives the scroller a sense of accomplishment and encouragement. I am going to make some. Nicely done Tyler, nicely done Jerry

WOW!!!! Who would have every guessed. I must admit Frank, you are one amazing individual.

Matthew, I thought the numbers would show, but they don't, so pretty much top to bottom. Sorry Jerry

Matthew, here you go. Will attach some pictures of my set up which is attached to a Pegas scroll saw. I have had no issues of tiny bits, they just get sucked up and into the recipticle. I hope the pictures make sense. I would expect this fit also on the Dewalt since this is a very popular saw, but don't my word for it. If I can be of further assistance please let me know. 992 & 993 are above and below the saw table. 995 shows saw and how the scrollnado is hooked up along with the small shop vac. 996 is the recipticle the dust goes in. 997 & 998 are side views and you can see both the top and bottom hoses. The table has to be removed to place the bottom hose. This doesn't need to be adjusted. The top hose can be moved around to accomodate differecnt sizes of wood. Hope this helps. PS, included with are fittings which stick to the side of the saw, but the fittings don't stick well enough, that is why the tie down straps. Jerry

Thanks for sharing with us. Look good all dressed up. I'm sure you had a lot of fun. Jerry

Earlier this year I purchased the Scrollnado dust collection system as demonstrated by Steve Good. I think it was around $60.00. Two things you will need is a small shop vacuum which I got at WalMart for $30.00 and some ear silencing head set which I got from amazon. I didn't get the kind that plays music, just deadens the vacuum. I read with interest earlier posting on dust collection and this was the best solution for me. Don't have the smarts to build my own like many have, or the bucks to install a dust collection system. All I have is my scroll saw. Oh, forgot to say so far I am happy with the scrollnado. Got that from amazon. I know some people did not like the scrollnado, but I do like mine. Collects at least 90% of the dust. Hope this helps you Barb. One more thing I usually don't scroll more than 3 or 4 hours a day. Here is the silencing head set https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Safety-Muffs-Decibel-Defense/dp/B073DMTGC1/ scrollnado New Universal Scrollnado with Mininado dust separator - - Amazon.com

Sorry about that Joe, I hate when things like that happen. Then you have to restore so many things. Hopefully you had a backup. Being a retired computer programmer I'm a firm believer in backing up your computer. I usually do that about every 3 months unless I have done many things. Goes to show you how much we rely on computers in our daily live. Jerry

Love the John Deere combine. Grew up on the farm, my Dad had one. He would do custom combining. Jerry

WOW, that is amazing.

Coln. what you learned in 4 months took me years. When I finally caught on, I remembered watching my wife sew and noticed how she moved the material around. I guess that is why I heard ladies are very good scrollers, they apply what they have learned sewing to the scroll saw. Very nice work, Jerry

Girl, you have really opened an issue. You are getting a lot of responses is a very short time. For many of us the only way to thread the blade through was to bottom feed. Didn't have a choice. Now, with being able to raise the arm, bottom feeding is much easier. Also, as Paul said, when top feeding, especially with a small pilot hole, you are basically cutting wood because the teeth of the blade point down which is the cutting direction of the blade. I will use an awl to try to enlarge the hole on the bottom and will use a pencil to mark a black spot to make it easier to see the hole. I have used dental picks which can help. Another useful tool is just use an old blade and feed it from the bottom while holding the board and use a sawing motion to try to enlarge the hole ever so slightly. As far as feeding from the top, I can't do it, even if the pilot hole is big enough to accept the blade without any issues. In order to get the blade in the lower clamp, what do I have to do, get down on my knees and feed the blade into the chuck. The big issue with this is that I can't get back up without the aid of a garden kneeler. One other thing that helps is a good light that you can point at the bottom of the board. Jerry

Thank you Dave

A couple of weeks ago you posted on of your projects and stated you used a sanding mop which produced a very nice project. I didn't really know what a sanding mop was, so I started googling. Thousands of sanding mops popped up. I ask you, what kind did you use? Thought I might like to give it a try. Jerry

Colin, at the beginning of this subject you said the subject of blades has been beaten to death. This kind of took me back to my school days. We were promoted to the next grade, but early in the school year we always reviewed what we learned the previous year or maybe 2 or 3 years back. This was done in an effort to remind us of what we probably forgot during the summer. So, I always learn something new when the subject comes up again. So, to y'all (learned the from FrankEV) that have been members and to the newbies. don't hesitate to bring up subjects that have been posted before. We all need reviews. Thanks for listening. Jerry

Welcome back Doug. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your work, might need a little work on your spelling. The main thing to do is to keep your mind sharp and I think scrolling will help with that because there is so many projects to do and new things to learn. Jerry

I should not have said "guys", you ladies also do beautiful work. Please forgive me. Jerry

I don't know how you guys do such beautiful work. I thought I was pretty good until I joined SSV. But I get as much joy out of my work as you do yours. I have learned so much since joining SSV. I hope I live long enough to do everything I want to do. Jerry

I really lie the crosses, but the lavender (purple) is my favorite. The flag is very nice. Nothing like our flag. Jerry

I envy people who can do something just from a picture.

Looks pretty good to me even if it is from the same piece of wood. Nice job cutting looking at the grain to see how it should look. I have no desire to try intarsia, but maybe one day. Jerry

that is Jerry. Just figured out how to edit. Spelled "Jerry" wrong in above post.

I know why you do, it's the artistic talent in you. Jerry