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The Coffee Shop / Re: FANTASTIC SHOW
« on: October 28, 2014, 07:56:25 pm »
Congratulations Judy on a great show. Hope all of them will be like that.
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Brag Forum / Re: For my Brother & Wife
« on: October 27, 2014, 09:45:51 pm »
Jerry sorry to hear about her passing at such a young age. Your memorial angel will be well received I bet. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: How do I glue up a basket?
« on: October 27, 2014, 06:02:22 am »
Karl use small dabs where the different layers touch and clean as you go. The cleaner you are when assembling this the better. I do not know what kind of glue you are using and the assembly of a basket of this type varies depending on the glue used. If you have accurately cut the pattern the " pins " should all line up when you do your glue up. Take a moment before doing the actual gluing and dry fit the basket layers. Find the best fit and go from there.
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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Cutting Music CDs
« on: October 26, 2014, 09:13:14 am »
There is a good way to cut CD's you need a zero clearance insert or surface, this is to support the cd while cutting, second you need to cover the cd with blue tape. The tape acts like a lubricant and helps prevent melting back together. You do not need to really slow the speed way down, mid range is good and using a reverse blade helps keep the kerf clear as well.. Another thing you can easily cut is the platters from inside a scrapped hard drive. Disassemble the hard drive cover the platter with tape and use a #3 jewelers blade, you get a very nice and shiny ornament.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: The Hardest Thing in Scrolling For Me
« on: October 25, 2014, 07:25:56 pm »So far, the hardest part of scrolling for me is determining which direction to put the blade on the scroll saw, which way is up. I always try the holding the blade at eye level and dragging it between my index finger and thumb, method and I probably get it correct 60% of the time. Once I start scrolling I can usually, pretty quickly determine if I was correct or not by moving the blade lightly along a cut and seeing which side of the blade cuts as I move it. I don't know why they don't mark the top of the blade like the FD #5 blades.
Are there other way to tell other than what I stated? I have spent some time search the internet for answers but as yet haven't found much. Seems to me it would be covered in every tutorial or video about blades. Maybe I just the alone in this, but it should be easy in my opinion. I know posting this will help show how stupid I am, but well that is life.
A lot of the newer Flying Dutchman blades have a ridge at the top of the blade so that you know what way is up.
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The Coffee Shop / Re: Wife's comparison
« on: October 24, 2014, 10:03:05 pm »My students often compare the scroll saw to the sewing machine. The kids all think that the saw must be more dangerous, but we have had a few kids sew through their fingers and no one has needed more then a band-aid from the saw.
Actually a lot of the skill set for scrolling can be directly related to sewing. Sure they are not exactly the same however we both follow a line, or at least attempt to. Both the sewer and the scroller make changes to the pattern on the fly. Both have to watch the feed speed. Both need to have good light to see what they are doing. For both practice makes for a better sewer and scroller. And for both we are our own toughest judges.
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Brag Forum / Re: Nothing to brag about but
« on: October 24, 2014, 03:36:21 pm »
You sell yourself short my friend. Those all look great. I like them. Thanks for sharing these with us.
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Brag Forum / Re: Finished the Raccoon..
« on: October 23, 2014, 09:25:14 pm »
Awesome work. I would not have the patience to do that cutting as fast as you did, if ever hehe. Thanks for sharing this work of art with us.
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Brag Forum / Re: Lamp Batman Logo
« on: October 23, 2014, 12:13:43 pm »
Very nicely done Frank. Someone is going to be really happy to get that. now you need a bat signal 
Thanks for sharing these with us.
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Brag Forum / Re: Lamp Zelda logo
« on: October 23, 2014, 12:12:46 pm »
Very nicely done Frank. Someone is going to be really happy to get that. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Brag Forum / Re: Gun Van Helsing
« on: October 23, 2014, 11:33:21 am »
Very nicely done Frank. Some one could easily see those as being real Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Brag Forum / Re: Bread Basket - Protoype
« on: October 22, 2014, 12:00:50 pm »
Here is what I decided for the end caps of the basket.
The bread crust is cut from red wood, the other is from pine.
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The bread crust is cut from red wood, the other is from pine.
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Computer questions / Re: Tablet shuts down
« on: October 22, 2014, 03:06:09 am »
Edward how old is this tablet? If it is new return it. From what I have read this tablet is / has been buggy from the beginning. From your description of what it is doing this is most likely not a software problem but a hardware problem.
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Brag Forum / Bread Basket - Protoype
« on: October 21, 2014, 12:01:52 am »
Cut from 1/2 in pine. The dowels are poplar stained a mahogany. Finished with a satin lacquer. I know ... I know not a whole lot of scrolling. . . . yet. The end cap pieces have enough room for some design work. I have not yet decided what I need to put there. The basket is 10 1/2" long x almost 6" wide.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Scrolling In Baement
« on: October 20, 2014, 10:03:01 pm »Hey Guys, Question? I had enough of freezing my hands out in my cold garage in the winter or not scrolling at all. I have room in my basement for my saw. The problem being. My hot water heater and my furnace are not to far away. Any ideas of how to get rid of the dust before it gets to them? Any ideas will help. Tired of freezing. I think I asked the same question a long time ago and never did it. Must have erased the replies. Thanks in advance.... Dave
Ok folks this is my type of scrolling. I work out of my basement in a corner 10' square in it I have my drill press, my saw, a workbench, 12 in disk sander, flat belt sander, a sandflee knockoff ( homemade ), a dust collector ( 1 HP Dust Collector ) similar to the one by Rikon, 2 box fans with filters taped to them ( air filtration ) My furnace and Hot Water Heater are right next to my work area while there is some dust that makes it past my air filters and dust collector it is not enough to worry about. The main thing that keeps most of the sawdust limited to what the air filters can handle is the collector. I highly recommend you look into one. The good ones are fairly quiet. I have not heard the ones that Harbor Freight sells so I can not tell you about those. I used to not have the dust collector, got it at an estate sale. Before the dust collector my air filters could not keep up with the saw dust. I was constantly either replacing the filters or taking them outside to blow out, anyway since the dust collector was installed I have not had to do this but once and it has been 2 years. So the key at least for my situation is having that dust collector and using it. Once you realize the amount of saw dust that it captures that you are no longer breathing you will be amazed, I was.
Btw the 1 hp dust collectors - new - about $350
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