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Ask Steve a question. / 3D keychain Program

« on: December 01, 2020, 03:56:08 pm »

Hello,

I would like to make some 3D keychains for gifts. Your patterns are  exactly what I am looking for. I have two years worth of your patterns on a memory stick, but no matter what I type in, nothing shows up. Is there a program you have published that will let you cut these keychains? The only thing I have found is one for a PC, I am using a MAC. And when I load the plans on a PC, it won't let it work for some reason.


Thank you in advance,

Dr. JEff Popa

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Top feed hole finder....

« on: April 23, 2018, 10:41:12 am »

Hello one and all...

After watching Steve's really neat laser hole finder, I started to wonder if perhaps I needed one, since I am a total top feeder.

After a moments thought, it came to me that I never seem to have a problem finding the blade hole in my Excalibur, not matter how small my pilot hole in the workpiece is. I thought about it, and realized that the hole in the saw table is directly under the top clamp. If the blade is in the clamp and vertical, all you have to do is let the arm down and the blade will point to the hole. I went to the saw and tried it, and sure enough, every time I lowered the blade, it went right into the table hole. Now, once in a while the blade will not be vertical, but it is a simple matter to look at the blade, envision where vertical would be, and guide the blade to that position.

Since seeing his video, I have made a dozen or more of his great patterns, and as long as I have the blade vertical, or can visualize vertical, the blade goes right where it's supposed to be, no problem. I think the hole finder may have a place if you have problem even seeing the hole or some other distraction, but if your blade is mounted in the top clamp in a vertical position, there should never be a problem finding the hole in the table.

Just my thoughts, and Steve, great job on the videos, patterns and information. You are a leader in keeping the scroll saw hobby growing. Thank you...

Dr. Jeff Popa

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Get togethers, shows and swap meets / Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Scroll Saw show.... May 18,19 2018

« on: January 16, 2018, 09:04:43 am »

I just received an email about a Scroll Saw show in NorthEast Ohio. I received my information from scroller_at_heart@hotmail.com. There will be seminars, a judged contest, and a dinner. That's all the info I have for now. Hope that helps and see ya'll there. Oh, it will be May 18 and 19.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Something Stinks in Canada and Taiwan

« on: January 16, 2018, 08:57:52 am »

Hello all,

After talking with Ray at Seyco, parts will not be a problem for the foreseeable future. He has plenty in stock and the new saws use many of the same parts. I just ordered spares for the clamp system on my EX-21 and there was no problem at all. Ray is good people. As far as discontinued after a few weeks, perhaps you haven't bought any electronic items for awhile. It seems everything is "outdated" after a week or two. My $2000 MacBook Pro is now worth $75 in trade on a new one. What do you think the odds are that I will be buying anything Apple again?

Shipping is a PITA. Try ordering scroll saw plans. One or two sheets of paper cost $5.95 shipping and handling. So, shipping would be, say $.75 including envelope. That means, whomever is their mail clerk is making about $5.75 an item. So, shipping 50 items a day would net them about $290.00, or about $36.00 an hour. Where do I sign up?? For stuffing envelopes with a piece of paper! Like not watching NFL due to the "protests" by someone making millions of dollars, I refuse to pay that amount for sending me a couple of pieces of paper. So, we do have an option. Write to these companies and tell them you like their patterns but will not buy from them unless the shipping becomes more reasonable. Thankfully, a few are offering PDF files by internet without the shipping charges. Buy from them until the world gets the message.

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The Coffee Shop / Off Topic

« on: January 15, 2018, 10:08:54 am »

I know this probably isn't the place, but regarding your pattern of January 15....... I honestly wish his "dream" would come true. There would be no need to hire someone because the government wants equality, only by ability. Affirmative action would be eliminated and a non-minority applicant scoring 100% on an ability test would actually be hired ahead of someone scoring 70% who is a minority. By the way, thank you for putting the quote to "Martin Luther King". Since he plagiarized his entire doctoral thesis, the university was going to remove his doctorate, but to avoid rioting by the illiterate majority, they quietly stopped calling him "Dr.". That is a slur to those of us who actually earned our doctorate.

Thanks    Dr. J P

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ReSizer?

« on: November 10, 2017, 05:40:58 am »

JustLarry,

You're right, I looked just now and the ReSizer site is no where to be found. But, it was a great program while it lasted.....

Thanks for letting us use it, Steve...

Dr. J Popa

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ReSizer?

« on: November 09, 2017, 12:12:02 pm »

Hi Guys,

Here is step by step what I do and what happens....

1.  Go to Steve's Blog Site

2.  Left side to "ReSize a Pattern"

3.  Choose a file     I use Bass Fanatic from Steve's patterns

4.  Submit my file

5.  Choose page..... I chose page #3, the outline of the pattern

6. Prepare your Design

7.  Rotate    SKIP

8.  Crop       SKIP

9.  Tint Red    APPLY

10.  Fit Page

11.  Print

It immediately takes to purchase page....

So, what am I doing wrong???

Thanks   Jeff

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ReSizer?

« on: November 09, 2017, 09:02:16 am »

Hi Scrappile,

Could you take a minute and tell me how you got it to work? I've been using it for quite awhile with no problems, but recently it will let me get the red tint, resize, and then when I hit the "print" button, it takes me to the purchase page. Steve has looked into it and talked with the APP owner and both agree it isn't working. Maybe you have the magic touch, and I sure would appreciate it if you could walk me through how you get it to work like it did. I'll pass your info on to Steve and the owner, because they can't get it to work like it should either.

Thanks,

Dr J Popa

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ReSizer?

« on: November 07, 2017, 06:02:06 pm »

As I mentioned in my post, I AM using Steve's patterns. I received an email from him. He will look into why it's not working anymore for free.... I just tried it again using his "sisters are forever" pattern. It lets me do everything until I hit the print button. Then it brings up the purchase page for ReSizer. I can't print it from a previous screen because it prints all the wording on the side of page. So, as of 6:06PM on November 7, it is still not working as a free app

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General Scroll Saw Talk / ReSizer?

« on: November 06, 2017, 04:57:01 pm »

Has anyone attempted to use the "free" resizer software that Steve put on here years ago? I tried today and found that now I have to purchase software in order to use it, even with Steve's patterns. Is it me, or is now a purchase only option???

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Toy Makers / Re: Motorcycle

« on: February 23, 2017, 10:06:48 am »

Very nice... it really is a "Blockhead" motor....

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Seyco Saw

« on: February 23, 2017, 10:04:35 am »

Well, another delay. Another two month wait for the new Seyco saw.... I'm going through withdrawal so it's off to Lowe's and a new DeWalt for me. I'm sure Ray will have a great saw, when, it comes out, but I've waited too many months already. So, guess a lost sale but a new saw for me......

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Brag Forum / Rose for You

« on: February 18, 2017, 09:34:50 am »

Hello all,

I used one of Steve's great patterns to make a sign for my wife for Valentine's Day. It turned out really nice. Instead of using a backer board, I used a very sparkly sheet of poster paper from Michael's. IT really sets off the sign.I may start trying different colors on different patterns, such as Blue on fish scenes, Green on basic signs, and so on. There are lots of colors to choose from. You can't really see it in the photo, but when the light hits the sign, it sparkles...

I bought several sheets of Red from Michael's. These were about $1.90 a sheet 12x12. While walking through Walmart, I found some similar paper so I bough a package for $.98 for two 12x12 sheets. Once I got home, I noticed that the Walmart sheets were very dull compared to the Michaels papers. They really didn't do the sign justice so I used the Michael's sheets. Guess you get what you pay for.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Picture in Post

« on: February 17, 2017, 08:07:15 am »

Well, apparently no one knows how to do this so guess I'll just forget adding photo's.....

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Ask Steve a question. / Picture in Post

« on: February 15, 2017, 09:30:49 am »

Hi Steve,

I am trying to include a picture in a posting. It is about 100KB in size. I go to the attachment link, pick the file but then it doesn't show up when I preview the post. I went to your "adding picture" to message link and it just brought up an intro to the Blog, nothing about adding a photo. Sooooo, how do I include a photo in my post??? Thanks again, Jeff