I agree that it is quite petty to complain about the ads that are on Steve's site, but there will always be a few people out there that feel the need to nitpick.
It appears that Steve has the right attitude (not letting it get to him and not apologizing for the ads) so that is good. His site is a wonderful asset to the scrollsaw community, and I am guessing that there are thousands of happy visitors for each person that complains.
I hope to purchase his DVD's that contain all of his patterns someday (not in a position to do it at the moment) as a way to give something back (and get lots of neat patterns at the same time
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I also plan to purchase the ebook that contains the vase patterns for the same reason.