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The Coffee Shop / Ineresting statistic

« on: November 20, 2017, 08:58:10 am »

Was browsing the coffee shop part of the forum and found that this post http://www.stevedgood.com/community/index.php?topic=20250.0 with the subject line "Safety Suggestion" had the fewest views of any post.

Curious.
Jim

47

Pattern Requests. / Re: Ham Radio name tag pattern..

« on: November 09, 2017, 08:54:50 am »

Spirithorse, do you mean FreeForm Black 721, or perhaps FFB710?  Couldn't find a FFB727 on Dafont..

Jon, https://www.dafont.com/ has many free fonts you can download and install on your computer.  On of the two above might be what you want.  If not, the site has many stencil fonts available https://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=114

Good luck,
Jim

48

The Coffee Shop / Safety suggestion

« on: November 01, 2017, 09:43:44 am »

Once again, the clocks change (most places) on Sunday.

If they are not operated occasionally, the circuit breakers in your electrical panel could "freeze" and not break the circuit when needed.  Because you will have to reset your clocks, this will be a good time to flip all the circuit breakers (off and back on) to make sure they are working properly.  If the breaker doesn't "snap" open and closed, it would be a good idea to have them checked as they springs inside can get old.

Don't forget to trip the big incoming breaker, usually at the top of the panel.  And don't forget to turn them back on.   

If you have fuses, it would be wise to remove and reinstall each one to make sure they aren't stuck.

Have a good weekend.
Jim

49

The Coffee Shop / Car tip???

« on: October 30, 2017, 11:54:08 am »

Found this on line and thought I would share it.

Jim
PS
This tip is made in jest and I take no responsibility if you follow it.

50

Brag Forum / Re: After 20 years, its done!

« on: October 24, 2017, 08:53:31 am »

wedo, thanks for the extra pictures.  Absolutely fascinating level of detail there.  Can't imagine how you did the rigging - must have used long, tiny tweezers with lots of patience and steady hands.

You have every right to be proud of your work.
Jim

51

Pattern Requests. / Re: Pattern from silhouette

« on: October 23, 2017, 09:12:30 pm »

daveo, thanks for the advice.  Generally I prefer to colour the wood to keep a light grey so that the background (outside) and the interior cuts are white.  For this pattern, once I had the bitmap traced, I saved the file as plain SVG. I used GIMP to fill the interior.

It may not be the best way but it seems to work for me.

Thanks again,
Jim

52

Pattern Requests. / Re: Pattern from silhouette

« on: October 22, 2017, 10:25:50 pm »

Donrob and daveo, thanks for the patterns but I was trying to figure how to do it myself.  loftyhermes, your suggestions gave me enough info that I could do it myself.  I think I figured it out so I can do it in the future.

Here's my pattern.  What do you think?
Jim

53

Pattern Requests. / Pattern from silhouette

« on: October 20, 2017, 11:37:29 pm »

I have a silhouette of a saxophone where the instrument is solid black.  I want to make a pattern of the saxophone in the style Steve Good makes - a fine solid black outline with the interior shaded a light grey.  I followed reply #13 from http://www.stevedgood.com/community/index.php?topic=13355.0.  The resulting trace was rough - not a smooth line but instead was very jagged.  The line was about 1/8" wide.

Obviously I'm doing something wrong.  Any suggestions on how to get better results would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim
PS
The Scroll Saw Gimp and Inkscape tutorials seems to have disappeared.

54

Brag Forum / Re: After 20 years, its done!

« on: October 20, 2017, 09:06:42 pm »

Wedo, that looks great.  I know I would like to see more pictures, and I'll bet others on the forum would also like to see them.  Can you post more?

Good work,
Jim

55

General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Advice for Led magnifying light

« on: October 19, 2017, 08:55:40 am »

That looks like a good light.  I would find the flexible arm a little short but it might work for you.  The light I suggested had a ring of LED lights to illuminate all around but there might be an advantage to having lights on two sides.  BTW, a 3 diopter lens magnifies 1.75 times, not 0.75 times as noted in the advertisement.  Some interesting information on lenses https://www.microscope.com/education-center/buyers-guides/magnifying-lamps-guide/

Jim
PS
I sometimes have trouble locating the blade relative to the line.  Based on the Rockler light, I'm going to test my light with some of the LEDs blanked out - might help.

56

General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Looking for stencils..

« on: October 19, 2017, 08:49:09 am »

You might find some at art supply stores.  Similar lettering templates might be found at office supply stores or drafting supply stores.  Most drafting is now done by computer but back in the day, lettering templates were widely used.

Good luck,
Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Advice for Led magnifying light

« on: October 16, 2017, 11:11:57 pm »

A few years ago I bought a light much like this http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=76037&cat=1,43349  Got it on sale which was a bonus.

I mounted it on a block attached to the wall so it isn't affected by any vibration that comes from the saw.  Use it to light the scroll saw and the drill press table.  Getting up close to the lens doesn't bother me as there is little heat generated by the LED bulbs. Wouldn't work without it.

Jim

58

The Coffee Shop / Re: Tony Cook???

« on: August 05, 2017, 09:37:28 am »

You are welcome.  Glad I could help and I hope Mailwasher solves your problems.

Jim

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Tony Cook???

« on: August 04, 2017, 09:06:50 am »

I haven't had any problems with emails from Tony Cook but I do use Mailwasher http://www.mailwasher.net/  It is a free program that fits between my email program and the mail server.  Mailwasher checks the mail server and shows a list of emails waiting for me.  I can look at the sender and subject line and mark any suspicious emails as spam.  Then when I click the download button, the spam messages are deleted at the server and then those I want to see are downloaded.

When an email is deleted at the server, it doesn't get to my computer so there is absolutely no chance that any malware reaches my PC.

There is an option to white list (or black list, ie. Tony Cook) senders or web sites or to mark emails as spam.  The program also references known lists of spam sites and automatically marks suspected emails.  You can then investigate those and, if you want, can download those emails anyway.

I find it invaluable, and the price is right.

Good luck,
Jim
PS
I am NOT affiliated with the Mailwasher program in any way.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Jpg error 404

« on: July 13, 2017, 09:47:03 pm »

How are you trying to open the jpg file?  Is it on your computer, on the Internet, or . . . ?  What exactly is the error message?

It might help if you told us what computer you are using and what operating system you have.

Jim