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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: hegner copy

« on: May 02, 2011, 02:05:47 am »

To add to Torstens questions: Does the arm move up and down as fast as the Delta does?
I looked at a picture of it, it appears to be variable speed. If the arm is not moving at a comparable speed to the Delta when both are running on high speed, then it could be a bad potentiometer (The little dial you turn to change the speed). But really need more info to diagnose the problem properly.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: frame

« on: May 02, 2011, 01:41:19 am »

Gabby, I cheated! I only drew one quarter of the frame then just duplicated it then flipped and moved it around as necessary to get the complete frame. I actually thought it took me along time to do, spent alot of today on it, off and on. I guess actual working time was about 3 hours which most of was done while I watched the Heat beat up on the Celtics .

MrsN, Thanks, and I'm pleased you liked it enough to grab a copy. I honestly never gave any thought to cutting it myself, but I guess it is a nice frame, fortunately I already have a copy.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: frame

« on: May 02, 2011, 12:09:39 am »

Here ya go, hope it works for you. Since you are in Europe, I sized it to A4 paper.

Bob

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Pattern Requests. / Re: A nice pear of...

« on: April 27, 2011, 08:10:56 pm »

Great pattern Grandpa, and I was expecting something a little less fruity! 

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Zero clearance insert-Kinda

« on: April 23, 2011, 01:38:59 am »

I was cutting some small individual letters and had a problem with the blade clearance and getting a decent cut. Since my saw will not allow for a normal type of zero clearance insert, and I was desperate, I took a piece of plywood sanded it down to 320 grit and waxed and buffed it a couple times. Then I put it on the saw cut a slit down it and my probs were solved. It waxed up really nicely to where I think it is actually smoother than the saws table. I just hold it on with a couple clamps that remove easily. An added benefit is that when my blade starts to get dull during normal use, instead of changing the blade I slap the insert on and now I have fresh teeth from the same blade cus it sits higher. Not suggesting this for anyone else, but it works for me and I thought it was kinda cool.

Bob

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The Coffee Shop / Re: If you saw on the news......

« on: April 23, 2011, 12:58:11 am »

Mother nature can be a mean lady when she wants to, glad you came out ok!

Bob

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: portrait patterns

« on: April 22, 2011, 03:07:03 pm »

Hey Clive, I too just started making my own portraits and patterns with both Inkscape and Gimp. Gimp works best for portrait patterns and Inkscape for all other patterns. I would highly recommend watching all of the videos at this link, he covers how to make patterns in both programs and they are very good tutorials.

http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24&sid=1f756f32874a5c6dc86a65c0649c83bf

Good Luck
Bob

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Brag Forum / Re: Gary Browning`s Screaming Eagle

« on: April 22, 2011, 12:30:51 pm »

I agree with everyone else, great pattern, great cutting.

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Brag Forum / Re: Horse in Head

« on: April 22, 2011, 12:28:51 pm »

Very nice I like it a lot. Did you build the light into it? or is it just a background light? its a little hard to tell from the angle. I too, am curious about the backer used.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Interesting "English" from around the globe....

« on: April 21, 2011, 10:34:09 pm »

 

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Brag Forum / Re: Kung Fu Intarsia

« on: April 21, 2011, 10:01:40 pm »

Thats Beautiful, you truly are a Master of your craft.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: maybe some pattern idea's here

« on: April 21, 2011, 01:36:17 pm »

I grabbed this picture from the above link, added some bridges and now its a cut-able pattern that any beginning scroller should have fun with.And no copyright issues.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Taking Pictures

« on: April 21, 2011, 12:30:39 pm »

LOL Marion, Unfortunately for you, but not me, all evidence is gone! That may also explain why that photo is a bit out of focus, looked good to me at the time though!

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Hello

« on: April 21, 2011, 12:26:05 pm »

Hey Schmulik, First let me say Welcome, I think this might be the video you are looking for. Unless your scroll saw table doesn't tilt, you should be able to make these cuts with any scroll saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zCgoWn-E2w&feature=player_embedded#at=58

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Pattern Requests. / Re: maybe some pattern idea's here

« on: April 21, 2011, 12:14:44 pm »

Hey Tinker, That is a great site! There is some very nice line art there that can be easily turned into cutable patterns. I bookmarked it.

Thanks for the link.
And Welcome to this site.
Bob