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That is a man with no cats or kids for sure.

Notice how its never the first piece you cut but either the last or close to it. Enough to ruin the entire days work, lol Thats been my experience anyway.

I switch between a #72 and #73. I have some bigger ones but use these 99% of the time. I get them from amazon, just search #72 or gauge you are looking for.

I bought some last week and it was $21for 5 x 5 sheet unfinished 1/8" That was up about 4$ since last year. Not bad compared to the horror stories we read.

I have one similar to the harbor freight one. took some fiddling about with it but got it figured out. The main thing for me was thinning the paint correctly so it sprays evenly. Simple enough, just bought some stuff just for that and it was easy. I am anal about the tools so cleaning it is a bit if a hassle because if the tiny parts. What I noticed was it was hard to get a good base coat so I would spray paint it all white first with a rattle can and once thats dry the airbushing was easier. Its nice to be able to shade pieces. It is not that great for large areas. of course there are a bunch of types and whenever that is the case you will encounter snobs who will insist on only the finest most expensive ones. To try it out though, the cheapo fit my needs just fine.

Congrats on your grandson joining the Navy. I did 20 years myself. Thanks for the nice words. To do this, its basically fretwork but instead of tossing the little waste pieces,. You collect them and keep them. Paint them and insert them, back into the piece. Glue it all to the backing. I mark them on the backs what color they need to be. The holes are right in the corners of the black outline so you need some small bits. I use #73 bits and a 2/0 jewelers blade. The pattern is pretty much what you see. i just print the pics out color and all and spray glue it to the wood and off I go. The hardest part is not losing the pieces. inevitably this will happen. Drives me nuts and i cant tell you how much time I spend crawling around on all fours looking for tiny pieces. lol

Awesome looking piece, great work

Doesnt have to be a super thick coat, just a regular amount of spray, not soaking wet but just covered. It does have lint but it seems to stay put with the glue. I suppose now you have given me something else to obsess over, lol

For spray paint at least 24 hours if not 48. Look at the can as they are different sometimes.

I am always obsessing over my finishes. My usual projects are bb and spray painted. Have been sanding and spraying 3 coats lately and its a decent finish. Been figuring the sanding between coats and what grits and what not. Got all fired up with some 600 grit at harbor freight for cheap but the coats were just too soft to work with when done. 320 seems about right. What i usually do is sand, then rub it off on my tee shirt then with my hand until no more dust is on the piece. Got to thinking there has to be a better way. Looked online and DIY tack cloth is just some spray glue on a paper towel and let it dry for about 4 minutes. Tried it today with my old method and then the new cloth and was shocked at home much more it picked up. Just sprayed another coat on my practice pieces so will see how they compare. So far this seems like a great idea and of course, cheap like me.

I think it looks great. Just buy a bigger house so you can see it right. problem solved!!

Just finished this one along with a bunch more I will post soon.

I cut them out of those little pieces of scrap we dont know what to do with but dont want to throw away. Then I glue them on. No special trick to it. I use a #73 drill bit and a 2/0 jewelers blade. The blades dont have reverse teeth but have a ton of regular teeth so you can get really nice intricate cuts. The down side is the back side will be really ragged. To prevent this, I have learned to tape 2 pieces of 1/8" bb together on top of one another. Cuts will pretty much the same ease and the backside wont be ragged.

Just finished this one this morning.

Cool video. Thats one heck of a mechanism. Here I was pretty pleased with myself for making a wood knob to tighten the blade. lol

Yesterday. I have been trying to get a new shinier finish to my pieces. I use spray paint. Bought some 600 anf 500 grit sandpaper and been sanding between coats. Figured 3 coats gets the best finish. Looks awesome, like glass. Mind you, its 3 days between coats so 9 days into this painting thing already. Got to glue up piece one, need to clamp it some so sandwich in between some bb. Take it apart and the paint was so soft it is fully screwed up. no way I can use it. Figure I will deploy the new heat gun and pry the pieces apart. of course screwed the backer up in that process so its a complete fail. Piece 2- its all done just need to glue the little hanger on the back. Flip it over and god knows where that streak of yellow paint came from. of course nice and dry too so wont scrape off, need to sand it and repaint it. Tape it all off. out to the garage for paint, one coat should knock this out. Spit, splatter, sputter, then run out halfway through. Needs resanding and go to the store for more paint today. Piece 3. Al ready to glue it up. oh wait, I forgot to paint the rest of those pieces I set aside. no big deal, i found a can of red paint so didnt need any from the store. Shake, shake, shake, spray, shake, nothing but spits and zero air pressure. Comlpete waste of time all the way around. Actually went backwards for me effort. Took me all day to get this far too so that makes it that much funner!!

I paint the backers if it is going to show, either that or stain. I use spray paint. A lot of it too, at least 3 thick coats. never had an issue with the pieces sticking. When i glue it on, I use a little brush and carefully apply the glue to the back side of the piece. Once you put it together there might be a little oozing out so i always clean that up right away with another tiny wet brush. You can use clear glue too which of course is less visable. Sticks just fine.

I had one of those workmate bench vice things. Its a collapsible bench that sears sold years ago. I just put my saw on top of it. Put a board under it to attach it to. I use a regular folding chair. works great. it is a bot wobbly though but i never saw at high speed so its not an issue. I have a dewalt saw.

Great work. Cant go wrong with Navy stuff!!

You guys are fancy. Putting my system to shame big time. I use old pill bottles my son had for some odd reason. Yeah right. Anyway, I use the bottles but they are only about half as tall as the blades. have a piece of 3/4 stock I cut holes in and the bottles sit in there. Works for me but I make sure not to know it over and keep it way to the side and never move it or really touch it. Knocked it over once years ago and think I am still sorting the blades. Might get some of these tubes as they look like a great idea. I think we know how this will go though. I will wait until i drunkenly knock this one over and they invest the money and time in the new system, lol

I always felt that marquetry was the true measure of a man as they say when it came to the scroll saw. It just seems like the master level stuff we all would eventually want to stride for. I have watched a few videos and tried it but it looked terrible. Now I might have to give it another go with these links and tips here.

Awesome!!

Took me a minute but I have been watching a lot of rifleman lately. great job.

Beautiful work. Well done.

Great job. Looks like a real handful to make.