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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Dremel pluge router attachment... why use it?

« on: February 04, 2012, 10:32:30 am »

"......why not just put the drill bit in the dremel and drill the hole?"
     That is what I do.  I am doing inlay work and I set the wood on the tilted scroll saw table and use the dremel to drill my start hole streight down.  This gives me the proper angle  i  need for this hole.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: What blade?

« on: February 03, 2012, 04:55:24 pm »

I cut mostly 1" thick material or thicker in softwoods and hard.  I find that FD Polar #7 work best for me.  #5's also work well but I  find the #9 cut quite slowly as do the heavy duty industrial blades and  they last no longer.

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Intarsia / Re: Thickness

« on: January 31, 2012, 11:26:15 am »

I use 3/8" thick wood for my intarsia work. 1/8" Masonite backing.  Keeps it light.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Seyco's fan filter

« on: January 30, 2012, 05:18:28 pm »

A  substitute for accelerator is to spray with a fine water mist. A bit cheaper too.   
     I have a Grizzly fan filter set up hanging from my ceiling in my wood shop that I Paid $175 for and it does a good job.  It has bag filters in it.  They are about 90% efficient.  Pleated filters are about 50% efficient and cheapo furnace filters are about 30% efficient.  Hepa filter$ are about 98% efficient.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: so when making up pricing

« on: January 30, 2012, 05:09:31 pm »

     Re: so when making up pricing
? Reply #9 on: Today at 03:33:38 PM ? Quote 

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"The guy that owns the gallery I put a couple of projects in last week asked me what I wanted for my work. His cut comes from that price. He doesn't add anything to it. I think that's fair."
  I agree it is fair but: 
     If  you want $50 for your stuff he takes a cut from that? So then you do not get what you wanted, right?  You get a percentage less?  So if he takes 40% you get $30 not $50?  To get the $50 you need to price it @ a percentage above that. $70 in this case.  Would it sell at that price?  Mine did ..... sometimes, but after a year in the store.   It may be worth a try, but in my experiance, most never did sell at that price.

 

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: My 40-690

« on: January 30, 2012, 04:53:38 pm »

Thanks for the info. guys.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: 'Best' scroll saw for double-bevel Marquetry

« on: January 30, 2012, 04:51:55 pm »

Yes my DeWalt cut the inlays just fine.  It was a type two and literaly fell apart after 20 months.  I had already done 3-4 repairs on it and was so frustrated  with it that I bought the most expensive saw I found, a  Hegner Polymax-3
      I later bought a used Hegner Multimax-3 and now use that one just for inlays.
    ( I know lots of people swear by DeWalt so I do not rag on DeWalt too much).

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: 'Best' scroll saw for double-bevel Marquetry

« on: January 30, 2012, 12:25:02 pm »

I do a lot of double bevel inlay of images on cedar box lids. (as many as ten images some days)  I have a dedicated Hegner multimax-3 set up at 3 degree angle for this.  It has a 3/8"+ stroke, which works great for me.  (I have another saw  for, other than inlay, work).  I use two 3/8" thick wood for my inlays.  I do not have to change blades or re thread through starting holes much more than a few times on each inlay, unlike fret work which requires hundreds.  Quick and easy blade changes is not important to me for this reason.  I started using a DeWalt but when it died an early death I got the Hegners. Both  brands worked well for my inlay work.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: so when making up pricing

« on: January 30, 2012, 12:09:27 pm »

In my opinion , your reason for selling is also important along with the venue of the sale.  I sell at festivals and street fairs here in West Texas and find that it is very seldom that I can sell anything  for much over $20.  I have had stuff in consignment shops but sold very little there.  Their markup puts  the price too high.
     My reason to sell things is to get rid of completed projects. (I could  burn them I guess).  My friends and relatives have received many as gifts and I donate some to charities but if I sell even more, I can make more!  The fun part.
     The way I look at it is:  Someone else is funding my hobby.  Also my low prices allows folks that do not have much money to spend, can also have some hand made artsy stuff in their home.
     Attitude is everything.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: My 40-690

« on: January 30, 2012, 11:49:32 am »

OK.   a 40-690........ Just a number?  Who makes it? Does it have a brand name? Like craftsman?

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Intarsia / Re: first intarsia.

« on: January 28, 2012, 10:46:01 am »

Very nice!  Did  great job.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Trees

« on: January 17, 2012, 03:22:46 pm »

I have made puzzles in this shape. 1/2 of it cut into puzzle pieces.  The second piece held it together.  Did not sell all that well.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: TURBO CARVER

« on: January 16, 2012, 06:11:40 pm »

I have used a turbo carver of a friend.  He does not use it at all and after trying it I understand why.  It is only good for very fine detail but I can do that with the Master carver set up I have. I have their carving hand piece which is a mini jackhammer with removable gouges.  That works very well.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: The ultimate scroll saw

« on: January 16, 2012, 05:50:41 pm »

Different  folks have different needs.  I do not do fretwork, so top feed is not a big deal to me.  I cut mostly 1"-2" thick wood and do a lot of inlay work. I had a very smooth and easy to operate saw (DeWalt) but it was not durable.  To me a great saw will last over 2 years. I finally found that in a Hegner. I wore out the others in less than 20 months. 

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Intarsia / Re: New to Intarsia

« on: January 16, 2012, 03:04:21 pm »

a good question..........  The third combination of pieces looked wrong so I tossed those last pieces.  Would have had a red (cedar) face and it did not look good to me.