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Introduce Yourself. / Re: retired looking for help

« on: February 24, 2013, 06:37:31 pm »

I make and sell small boxes that I make of cedar with inlayed images on the lids.  I keep my prices below $20 for most of my stuff.  I sell at street fairs and flea markets here in West Texas.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: newbie :)

« on: February 24, 2013, 06:00:01 pm »

Welcome to the forum.  Take time to try the various uses for a scroll saw.  Many only do fretwork but there is also Inlay, Intarsia, and compound cutting.

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Intarsia / Re: Wood Thickness

« on: February 20, 2013, 09:54:34 am »

I use 3/8" thick wood .         I buy rough wood that is about 1 1/8" and resaw it to 3/8"

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: New tool

« on: February 19, 2013, 05:27:23 pm »

I liked my Delta six inch jointer also.  It lasted 10 years and then died.  I now have one from Grizzly.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Brad Nailer

« on: February 19, 2013, 05:23:46 pm »

I agree with dirtrider..... Also It depends on the size of the picture frames you plan to make. 6" square >>>23 guage pin nailers and glue.
  30" square would require glue and larger nails. (18 guage)

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Foredom rotary tools?

« on: February 19, 2013, 05:19:51 pm »

I started with:  cordless Dremel rotary tool. Much to low on power.....
Next :             Dremel tool 115 volt......variable speed  Speed slowed down during use. Kinda bulky
Then :             Black and Decker rotary tool....(Three Speed) stronger than Dremel (and a lot cheaper) Still kinda' heavy and big to hold
Dremel with long flex drive... not as bulky
Now: Master carver (Similar to Foredom) Variable speed, strong, and light weight.
  I use my Mastercarver to round over small intarsia pieces that are hard to work with  on my drill press drum sander.  I also have the carving attachment for this tool that allows me to do internal detail carving on my inlayed images.
 

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Intarsia / Re: oscillating spindle sander

« on: February 16, 2013, 07:29:49 pm »

I run the larger pieces of my intarsia projects over my round over bit in my router and the smaller pieces I round over on an inflated drum sander mounted in my drill press.  Very small pieces I round over with a Mastercarver tool.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Any one know what this is?

« on: February 15, 2013, 05:59:09 pm »

I used to have one just like that. ...wonder where it is...............?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Dust Control

« on: February 15, 2013, 05:56:57 pm »

I keep my dust mask in a plastic pail that once held ice cream.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: My Next Scroll Saw

« on: February 15, 2013, 09:43:47 am »

I also cut rather thick woods. (never under 3/4")  Softwood and hardwoods.  I wore out a DeWalt in 20 months and bought a Hegner. It is serving me well.  I suggest you keep an eye out for a used Hegner if you want to stay under $1000 cost. I got a 1986 twenty five inch Hegner for $600.  Blade changes are not the quickest but then I do not do fretwork so that is not an issue for me.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: new use for blades

« on: February 14, 2013, 10:08:48 am »

Dyslexics of the world  __  UNTIE!
Ha ha ha  I like that!

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Veneering and Marquetry

« on: February 14, 2013, 10:07:12 am »

I do a lot of "Double bevel inlay" and am wondering what the advantage  is in using veneer. It seems a LOT harder to do it with veneer than the way I do it with 3/8" stock.  Just curious.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Pricing work

« on: February 14, 2013, 09:55:49 am »

In my opinion: Pricing is determined on why you are at the sale.  I go there to get rid of the stuff I make. The more I sell the more I get to make without throwing it away.  When I like making a certain item I sell it pretty cheaply so I get rid of it and can then make more.  I have NEVER had anyone tell me my price was too high.  Too  low  yes.  I sell at craft fairs and flea markets and see almost no competition there.  I have made some $125 trunks (about 50 of them) but no longer make them because I grew tired of lugging them to and from the sales. (I do about 25 sales a year). They eventually did all sell. I now make smaller items mostly because of the transportation hassles of larger items.  My prices range form $5 to $40 now.  Some items I earn about $20 an hour making and others only $3 per hour but I am sure having fun with this self funding hobby.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: SAND-FLEE!

« on: February 14, 2013, 09:35:25 am »

I bought the kit to make this tool from "Stockroom Supply".  They call it a "V" sander. It did not include the motor. I got  a motor at Harbor freight and the total cost for kit and motor was about $250. I made the box required  for it and have it hooked up to my dust collection system.  It is a useful tool for limited applications.  Mine is 18" wide and I use it to sand flat the edges of cedar boxes before gluing on the tops and bottoms.  I originally bought this kit to sand flat a chess board and it did do it but took a long time.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Putting a Rooster into Oak flooring.

« on: February 14, 2013, 09:20:31 am »

I do a LOT of inlay work.  I suggest you look at Steve Good's video as has been suggested by Pete.  I stack two woods and hold them together with masking tape. Draw the pattern on top and drill a small hole on one of the lines.  Insert the blade there and cut out the image with scroll saw table set at a slight angle (I use two 3/8" pieces of wood and a number 5 blade and cut at 2.2 degrees.) You need to do some test pieces to find the angle needed for your thickness of wood and your saw blade. The fist time I did it this way it came out perfect enough to sell.