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The Coffee Shop / It has been a tough 6 weeks

« on: March 03, 2019, 10:04:23 am »

 on January 15th my wonderful wife of 49+ years suffered a burst brain aneurysm. After 3 weeks in the ICU and 3 operations, another week in a neuro ward, four days in a Skilled Nursing Facility (aka Nursing home), another 4 days in the hospital ICU, another 4 days in the SNF, another 3 days in ICU for a 4th operation, and a day in regular ward, we are back in the SNF as of this past Friday night. Our kids have all been here at different times, and wonderful neighbors have taken care of our dog, and kept me going. I know the wife is having a terrible time with rehab, let alone all the returns to the ICU. We are in our winter digs in AZ, and have no idea if and when we will be able to return home to Alaska. This is why you have not seen me around for a while. I pray that things go well, wife starts improving, and I can get back to scrolling and turning.

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The Coffee Shop / Fathers' Day

« on: June 02, 2018, 01:32:21 pm »

Nice tribute to your dad, Steve. My dad passed away in 1980. I was lucky to get back to Iowa with my 8 year old son to see him about a month before he passed. We lived in Alaska, as we still do, and the trip down took about 8 hours with all the layovers in Seattle and Chicago. The time there turned into a time of healing relationships and getting quality time with dad and my son.

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The Coffee Shop / Thank you for the timely comments about hearing loss.

« on: April 18, 2018, 03:01:27 pm »

Steve, I can relate to your comments about hearing loss. I have tinnitus something fierce. the ringing never stops, and has been such for over 40 years. I was in the Air Force in the late 60's-late 70's. Had a great job as a musician. Back then we did not use any kind of hearing protection and over the years I was in my hearing gradually worsened. I was involved in music in bands and orchestras for over 25 years. I was talking with another young man a few years ago who told me that now they have decibel meters in the rehearsal rooms and they all wear either headphones or earplugs, some of them use both. Of course the VA and the military does not want to admit they were complicit in any of our hearing problems, so I have learned to cope with the ringing as best I can. However, that being said, I would love to listen to an orchestra or a band and not have to filter out the ringing to enjoy the music.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Regarding Steve's comments about "What Scrollsaw should I buy.

« on: February 26, 2018, 04:35:12 pm »

I enjoyed Steve's comments today, and must say I agree wholeheartedly with him. My first scroll saw back in 2000 was a cheap entry level craftsman I bought for about $100.00. It shook and did all kinds of jumping around until I attached it to a board and put sandbags on either end of the board. I used that saw for about 5 years and kept looking at the RBI Hawk G4 at the State Fair. In 2006 I finally took the leap and spent the $1,000 for the Hawk - what a difference. But the craftsman taught me patience, and hooked me into the hobby.

This is just my story of how I became a scroller. I know we all have a story.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / My Hawk is sick

« on: January 26, 2018, 11:28:48 pm »

Had some trouble with my Hawk today. The tensioning mechanism would not allow me to load a blade, had about a 1/2" between the blade end and the lower blade holder, after I had it in the upper blade holder. This is really the first problem I have had, other than a blade holder that wore out, so not complaining at all, it is a great saw.

I took the tensioning mechanism apart and compared my parts to the parts in the owners manual (amazing I still have it after 16 years and 2 moves). The parts I had removed did not match my diagram completely, so obviously it seems a couple of parts failed today. I will call Monday and see if we can talk to a service rep and figure out what I need and how to put everything back together when the new parts arrive. Until then, that new saw Steve has been using looks pretty sweet.  . I just know shipping will kill me though.

I have been working to get ready for a show the first weekend of March, may have to resort to my lathe to have some product.

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Introduce Yourself. / new forum member

« on: February 19, 2011, 11:36:11 am »

Hi everyone, my name is Everette. I live in Alaska and have been scrolling for about 4 years - off and on. Mostly off I am afraid. I use a G4 and do really enjoy it. My shop is in our garage - one side is for the shop, the other for the wife's car.

Really enjoy Steve's new pattern catalog and all the patterns.