I have always beem interested in DIY especially carpentry (making shelves ,stands for the kitchen)and on weekends I use to work on outboard engines helping my marine engineer friend for fun getting my hand greased ,when I was working in the persian gulf. After retiring and relocationg to my country,One day while surfing the net and trying to get information on wood routers and other hand held tools, I came across Steve Good's website and that was the day that I was really HOOKED to this hobby,then began the search for the machine a whole lot of famous brands are available on the net but the custom duty and other reserve bank formalities in my country made it sound impossible to get the saw.
Some how found a distributor of PROXXON DSH in India and purchased one, did a lot of cutting ,self taught as so many of you are ,now I realize that I should have opted for a better saw. This saw is a entry level one and now from the past six months the blade clamps have been damaged plus the allen key screw tightening is a major pain in the neck. Temporarily I have found a solution.
I love this hobby , a big thank you to Steve Good for his free patterns and videos, I have learnt everything I know from his tutorials.
I started attempting patterns with a very big help from Don Robinson from the past eight months or so and trying my best to do a good job.
Not many scrollers in my part of the world so sourcing wood is also a problem but I am managing somehow .
I make them take pictures and give it away as gifts. That is my story