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Brag Forum / Re: Show your very first scrollsaw project

« on: January 05, 2011, 09:54:35 pm »

This  was my first try several years (7or8) ago. It is a pattern that was in a scroll saw magazine at the time. I cut it out of 3/4" plywood and I painted  1/4" backer board red, and blue in the right places. The saw was my first one which was a $100.00 Tradesman from Ace Hardware.
It is now owned by family friend and hangs next to the front door of his home.




Rog

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Computer questions / Re: Computers

« on: January 04, 2011, 09:25:33 pm »

I'm using a Panasonic CF-73 laptop that I bought for using in my business in 1998. I used it every day on a tool truck until 2007 when I retired. I put it in my shop then and have used it every day since for roaming wood working sites on the Internet.
She's still going strong!! Never a problem except when I got a virus two years ago and my son-in-law  got that straightened out for me.   
Knocking on wood. 

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Hardwood nightmare ....

« on: January 01, 2011, 08:35:48 pm »

Slow down YOUR speed. Don't force it, let the blade do the cutting, you just guide it to where you want it to go.
I cut red oak all the time using every saw that I own including the scroll saw. I usually cut 3/4" red oak (or other hard woods) for bowls and vases etc. I much prefer hard woods over plywood for most things except real fine fret work. Solid wood of any kind does not like fine work as it usually breaks along the grain.

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Storing Wood

« on: January 01, 2011, 08:22:44 pm »

Here is how  handle some of my longer stuff (up to 60" long) it's on wheels.






And then I have several stacks of the smaller material sitting around the shop.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: "SCAM" Warning!

« on: December 29, 2010, 04:21:18 pm »

Yea, I know what you mean. They wern't there last Monday.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: What is the normal protocol ????

« on: December 29, 2010, 04:17:46 pm »

I don't have a fireplace to burn my mistakes in but, I do give my scraps and off cuts to a friend who has one. When I see him, he often hands me a piece of wood that I gave him and asks "Is this something you meant to keep?". I can't help but laugh and tell him to go ahead and burn it! Sometimes he keeps it for himself. 
There no such things as MISTAKES!!! 

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: What is the normal protocol ????

« on: December 27, 2010, 05:41:18 pm »

"It's not a mistake, I just wondered what it would look like if I did it that way."

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: WELL?!?!?!?!?

« on: December 26, 2010, 11:49:34 am »

Four pair of underwear, 2 T-shirts and a Snickers bar.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: You gotta see this, Merry Christmas

« on: December 23, 2010, 10:25:05 am »

That is cool!!!
They must have done that a few times before. 
I really enjoyed that. 

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex-30 vs 788

« on: December 22, 2010, 05:13:14 pm »

Thanks for the honesty.
I have often wondered about how much difference there is between the higher end saws.
I'm on my third saw. I started with a $100.00 Tradesman and moved up to a $200.00 Dremel and now I have the $500.00
DeWalt.
I noticed a very great improvement with each move up the scale from everything from blade change to vibration but, I can't see what else could make another saw any better. (other than throat depth maybe)
That being said, I am a firm believer in "You get what you pay for" and "Quality does cost money" but, what more can be done to make one saw (on the higher end) that much better than another?
I think that it is all in what you get used to and your pocket book.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: julief asked me to post this for her!

« on: December 21, 2010, 10:45:42 am »

julief,

As a former Mac Tools distributor, I loved the first trick!!
I had customers do a few things to me too but, we won't talk about that. 

As for the second thing. When my cousin got married, we jacked his car up and set cinder blocks under the frame for when they left the church. 

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Full member now!

« on: December 20, 2010, 02:02:53 pm »

What are the FOUR things a PLUMBER must know?

~~~GB~~~

Lunch is a noon.

Payday is Friday

Don't chew your fingernails


"Stuff" flows down hill.

Rog

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Brag Forum / Re: Japanesse Lantern

« on: December 18, 2010, 10:02:57 am »

I like that one!! Gives me another idea. 
You might also consider a colored plexiglass. I think that blue or red or even yellow would be very attractive.

Rog

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Brag Forum / Re: Christmas Presents....

« on: December 18, 2010, 09:52:21 am »

To be honest GB, I don't have a pattern for the larger one.
I don't mind sharing at all with anyone and everyone. I just don't always use patterns, I do alot of free hand work and steal ideas from others. 
I used Steves orignal pattern and cut the indivdual parts (bezel, buckle, tang, and both pieces of the band) and drilled holes for dowell to hinge them for the smaller one.  Later, I redrew the parts larger to make one to fit the bigger clock as I recall. I'll look around and see if I still have the sketches that I can send you copys of if you really need them. (it has been 3 years since I cut them)
In the mean time, I will post close-up pictures if the watch to give you an idea of how it was done if anyone wants me to.
I only made two of them. A friends teasing was the reason for the hinges in the first place and then my daughter got into the act, and wanted a 'big' one for the wall. Funny thing is, my daughter now wants an even bigger one!!   I may have to give that a try next.  

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Cool house deko and sound

« on: December 18, 2010, 09:24:28 am »

How would you like to live across the street from that?!?!?!   
After the third night , I would be thinking of moving or at least pulling the plug on their house!!! 

Rog