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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Uploading a picture that was too big for the site.
« on: January 20, 2013, 11:26:48 pm »
thx. I'll try that tomorrow.
News: Had a couple issues with the forum today. 1/19/2017. I believe I have them corrected now. Let me know if you have any trouble. Thanks.
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Brag Forum / Re: Your Opinions Please
« on: January 20, 2013, 11:22:00 pm »
They are stunning. Is the backing glued in or held in by the frame? Maybe send it to them with the black backing (every day is Guiness Day), but include the green backer board to be used only on St. Patrick's Day?
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Computer questions / Re: Photo upload
« on: January 20, 2013, 11:07:25 pm »Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a good program to crop and to reduce the size of an image. It is part of Microsoft Office so if you have Office, you should have the picture manager. Find the image you want to work on and right click on it. If one of the options is Picture Manager, use it to reduce the image.Good suggestion. I did that with a few full-sized jpegs. They are 3008x2000 pixels, and the jpeg was 1.54MB. RIght Click and Open With.. MS Office 2010 (didn't mention Picture Manager, just MS Office 2010). On the menu, "Picture" has an item "Compress Pictures..." that gives the option of "Don't compress", "Documents", Web pages", "Email messages". The "Web Pages" option converted the 1.54MB file to 73kB. Here's a sample upload to this site using "Additional Options..." below.
At least that's how it works on my PC (Win XP).
Good luck,
Jim
Thanks for the tip.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Cheaper Resin
« on: January 20, 2013, 10:52:00 pm »
Advance Auto sells a resin for fiberglass repairs. $15 per quart with the hardener. I saw an Instructable where someone used it to fix a split at the end of the 4x4. After sanding down, it looked pretty good.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fiberglass-resin-bondo_10193280-p?searchTerm=resin
Didn't try it myself yet, but it may be worth a look.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Repairing-Split-Wood/
I don't know if it will yellow or cloud as Etcher mentions above. In the instructable it was dyed black.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_fiberglass-resin-bondo_10193280-p?searchTerm=resin
Didn't try it myself yet, but it may be worth a look.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Repairing-Split-Wood/
I don't know if it will yellow or cloud as Etcher mentions above. In the instructable it was dyed black.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Using MS Office Picture Manager Compress to Web Page size
« on: January 20, 2013, 10:42:25 pm »
Same 1.54MB picture, loaded into MS Office Picture Manager, compressed to Web Page size, then Save As with a new name. I think this looks better than the GIMP Result.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Reducing file size for an upload.
« on: January 20, 2013, 04:30:36 pm »
I opened this file in GIMP2 (from a Nikon DSLR - 3008x2000 pixel), then did a Save As (new file name) and set the save quality to 4%. That got it down from 1.5MB to 119kB and could upload. But the quality is poor when you click on it.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Uploading a picture that was too big for the site.
« on: January 20, 2013, 04:07:05 pm »
This was cropped from a full sized 1.5MB jpg picture to get below 128kB.
Sugar Grove Bald Eagle - this guy and his mate have taken up residence in our neighborhood.
Sugar Grove Bald Eagle - this guy and his mate have taken up residence in our neighborhood.
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Computer questions / Photo upload
« on: January 20, 2013, 12:09:07 pm »
Steve's video on uploading photos says there will be more to come. Did those ever get posted? I tried the Picasa Album upload but just got a small rectangle on the blog rather than the picture. Here's a sample:
Did anyone post the process for reducing a local image to the 128kB limit for upload?
Thanks.
Did anyone post the process for reducing a local image to the 128kB limit for upload?
Thanks.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: hanging it up for today
« on: January 20, 2013, 11:16:17 am »I use a spiral blade. Just a thought.I've got a Porter-Cable saw and tried using some Olsen spiral blades, but the blade end would bend when I tried to clamp it. Flat plain-end blades work fine in this saw, but the spirals just will not hold. One even broke when clamping it. Any suggestions? Am I doing something wrong when tightening the clamp? I tried to tighten them just like I do the flat blades.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: hello de France
« on: January 19, 2013, 06:00:48 pm »
Welcome Florent. I'm a newbie myself (just this week). This looks like a good and active group, so I bet you will enjoy it.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Introduction
« on: January 19, 2013, 05:53:03 pm »A Big Hello. I am Larry from the Big Island of Hawaii. Sounds like you are getting a great saw. I have used Hegners for years. Enjoy your time here on the forum.Larry Hayes - funny, my name is Ray Hayes. I grew up in New York City and moved here with my job. Wish I had moved to Hawaii. It was a beautiful day here today, but February is coming fast.
I believe you are the first person I have known that lives in Lancaster, OH....I was born on a farm there and spent my youth in Zanesville.
The Hegners look swell, but I've never had the chance to used one.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Introduction
« on: January 18, 2013, 10:43:18 pm »EIEIO, Port Isaac is about 12 miles from me, and 2 of the "extra's" in the series are woodturning friends of mine.Keefie - tell your friends that the extras are what makes the show for us. Anyone we'd recognize?
What kind of saw do you use?
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Blade Ping
« on: January 18, 2013, 04:02:11 pm »
I'm new to scroll sawing and I'm impressed with the quality of the output I've seen so far. There was a post on this site about "Vertical Cuts" and a recommendation to make sure the blade tension is right - that it "pings". I have an electronic guitar tuner that is used to set tension in guitar strings. Does anyone know about what note it should hear when the scroll saw blade is plucked? I don't expect an exact value, just a ballpark.
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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Introduction
« on: January 18, 2013, 03:50:48 pm »Hi, welcome to the forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall U.K.Keefie - my wife and I are big fans of Doc Martin (Port Isaac, Cornwall).
Dustin - We are located outside of Lancaster, on the edge of Fairfield County OH.
Thanks for the welcome.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: I did it!!! My first resin inlay experiement worked!!!
« on: January 18, 2013, 11:07:08 am »
Wow - this is why I watch the Olympics. I remember the Fosberry Flip (the first guy I saw that high-jumped backwards) and the Berkoff Blast (the backstroker whose 1st length looked like upside down butterfly). A unique technique is a great thing to see.
Did you angle the cut at all? I wonder if a slight angle would help to keep the resin in the frame when you pull the tape off the back. Nice job.
Did you angle the cut at all? I wonder if a slight angle would help to keep the resin in the frame when you pull the tape off the back. Nice job.
