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The Coffee Shop / Re: Old?

« on: July 20, 2014, 08:34:00 am »

I remember all of that.  I also remember that we had our teeth drilled with no Novocaine.  Pain blockers like that cost an extra dollar so we did without. First Novocaine I got was in the USAF in 1961.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Scrimper from Gloucestershire England

« on: July 20, 2014, 08:26:45 am »

Welcome from West Texas

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: DeWalt boat anchor

« on: July 19, 2014, 04:21:27 pm »

I went from DeWalt to Hegner.  The reason I switched was: the DeWalt literally fell apart on me just out of warranty. Back to front motion on my Hegners is zero.  Same on my old Jet.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: resizing

« on: July 15, 2014, 06:01:11 pm »

I re-size use the program called "Paint"  It is on many computers I think.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Well, I Thought of Another Question

« on: July 09, 2014, 07:41:04 am »

When I am finished with a saw for a while I leave it just as it is.  Either under tension or not.  I use my saws every day so they do not sit long with tension on them.  Overnight maybe.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Small Vac for scroll Saw?

« on: June 26, 2014, 08:20:36 am »

I killed a new Ridgid shop vac when I hooked it up to my saw.  I had it plugged into the foot switch for the saw so it only ran when the saw was running. I cut a few hours of inlay until the vac burned out.  Warranty replaced it but I no longer use a vac with my saw.  I now have the saw hooked to my dust collection system which can run for hours with no damage to it.  What is the brand of the vac that can work as long as a saw will?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Excalibur , Dewalt or Delta ?

« on: June 24, 2014, 06:17:22 pm »

Get a Hegner

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Looking for solid dog head patterns for inlays (pug or newfoundland)

« on: June 21, 2014, 05:53:34 pm »

Yes, what Charles said.  That is what I do.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Hole repair

« on: June 15, 2014, 06:31:40 am »

I use Elmer's white glue mixed with sanding powder from, my orbital sander.  Not sawdust.  Saw dust is not fine enough to work well.  It may take more than one coat of this mixture because it shrinks a bit as it dries.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Hello from Canada

« on: June 13, 2014, 07:32:21 am »

Welcome...  from West Texas.

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Intarsia / Re: Wood changing

« on: June 12, 2014, 08:32:05 pm »

I do what Troy_Curtis said.  Stack cut adjacent pieces.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Foot Pedal

« on: June 06, 2014, 08:46:36 am »

I agree with Dakota...  I have Harbor Freight switches but not the one you have to hold down to keep the saw running.  Two reasons for this: (1) I get tired holding down the peddle all the time. This is why I like cruse control in my car.  (2) When cutting large or long pieces I need to move my body away from the saw a bit to turn the long piece of wood around, and keeping my foot on the peddle/floor switch is a problem doing this.  The only reason I can see to get a "Hold it down " switch is that you can turn the saw off with just the removal of your foot from that switch.  I achieve this same benefit with my on/ off floor switch by, when nearing the end of my cut, I press the floor switch down, saw keeps running until I take my foot off of the switch. As I near the end of my cut I just remove my foot and the saw then stops.  So, you see I have it both ways with an on/off type foot switch.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Today is number 77 for this ol' dog!

« on: June 01, 2014, 10:28:33 am »

I will be 72 this year myself.  Good thing I stopped have birthdays 24 years ago or I would be very old! <grin>

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Outdoor shed/shop

« on: May 31, 2014, 09:20:43 am »

I have a small separate shop next to my house and a large separate 31'x21' x 12' tall garage and inside it is a 10'x12' metal shed that I use as a finishing room.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Howdy Yall from Texas.

« on: May 27, 2014, 08:43:46 pm »

Welcome to the forum..........  From Lubbock.