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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Grampa's Shop
« on: July 17, 2010, 12:46:33 pm »
Nice workshop Grampa!!
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Craig's List.....
« on: July 17, 2010, 12:36:40 pm »
WOW, I never heard about the craigslist, but it seems there is a dutch version to.....
..... never to old to learn
Marcel
..... never to old to learn
Marcel
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Plexi zero clearance
« on: July 17, 2010, 11:40:49 am »Janet, since I mainly cut ornaments at this point of my life, they are fragile and a zero clearance helps with breakage and give more stability to the wood. The holes in many scroll saws are in my opinion are too big and with what little experience I have had, breaks many fragile areas.
I have also learned to put back the piece of waste that has been cut out, tape it back in place (like a puzzle) and it also adds stability to those really narrow areas of the wood.
I hope you can understand this explanation.
great idea, never thought of that.
I like to make small projects myself and this is a good tip!
Thank you Cherie
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: African teak pole
« on: July 17, 2010, 11:34:22 am »
Why paint such nice wood?
I like to work with oils and keep the grain visible!
I mix my lineseed oil with max. 2-3% siccative.
this makes the dry oil a bit harder and after a couple of layers you can "polish" it a bit.
personally I rather use tung oil. (made from the chinese Tung nut)
lineseed oil will discolor a bit yellow over time, tung oil doesn't
I dilute Tung oil with 10% pure orange oil, it penetrates the wood better that way and it dries quicker.
with some projects I don't even put a clear coat over the tung oil and it stays great.
I like to work with oils and keep the grain visible!
I mix my lineseed oil with max. 2-3% siccative.
this makes the dry oil a bit harder and after a couple of layers you can "polish" it a bit.
personally I rather use tung oil. (made from the chinese Tung nut)
lineseed oil will discolor a bit yellow over time, tung oil doesn't
I dilute Tung oil with 10% pure orange oil, it penetrates the wood better that way and it dries quicker.
with some projects I don't even put a clear coat over the tung oil and it stays great.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Thanks so much to Steve
« on: July 17, 2010, 07:16:09 am »
If it wasn't for steve I wouldn't still be scrolling!
He inspired me so much!!
Thanks Steve!!!
btw, does everyone know that Steve's wife is sick and that she has a lot of pain in her back!
mayby we could encourage both of them by sending them an email now and then.
a PM to steve:
http://stevedgood.com/community/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=1
He inspired me so much!!
Thanks Steve!!!
btw, does everyone know that Steve's wife is sick and that she has a lot of pain in her back!
mayby we could encourage both of them by sending them an email now and then.
a PM to steve:
http://stevedgood.com/community/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=1
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The Coffee Shop / Re: WALKING....
« on: July 16, 2010, 04:42:37 pm »
GB, ... do you know wat u should do when your mother in law is walking/totter/wobble in your backyard?
shoot again.....
shoot again.....
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The Coffee Shop / Re: WALKING....
« on: July 16, 2010, 04:39:02 pm »
I quote Frank Sinatra:
walk on, walk on, walk on, You never walk alone........
who is that behind me saying that I should walk on?
I wish I walked alone
at least without my mother in law
I like walking, I can watch it for hours
walk on, walk on, walk on, You never walk alone........
who is that behind me saying that I should walk on?
I wish I walked alone
at least without my mother in law I like walking, I can watch it for hours
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Pattern Requests. / Re: Car to pattern
« on: July 16, 2010, 04:23:59 pm »I use Photoshop for the pattern and Inkskape to clean it up a bit and Artrage for freehand work...Paulhey grampa, nice job.what program do you use?
Hi Grampa,
How is this great work done within inkskape, did you use filters?
could you give us a "ten steps plan" how you use inkskape?
Marcel
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The Coffee Shop / Re: Your Flag
« on: July 16, 2010, 08:49:18 am »
I lived my hole life in the Netherlands (Holland)
was born in a state called OverIJssel in the county Twente
My wife was born in a state called Gelderland, and where ever she will be, thats my home!
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was born in a state called OverIJssel in the county Twente
My wife was born in a state called Gelderland, and where ever she will be, thats my home!
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Pattern Requests. / Re: Car to pattern
« on: July 16, 2010, 06:11:09 am »
Great work!
Grampa thanks for the software tip, I'm downloading inkskape just now.
http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en
http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47/Inkscape-0.47-3.exe/download
Grampa thanks for the software tip, I'm downloading inkskape just now.
http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en
http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47/Inkscape-0.47-3.exe/download
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The Coffee Shop / Re: Vacation Planning...redneck style!
« on: July 16, 2010, 03:48:40 am » gorgeous !! Marcel
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The Coffee Shop / Re: Visit to the Gynecologist....
« on: July 16, 2010, 03:42:57 am » where do you get them... Marcel
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The Coffee Shop / Re: Penguins!
« on: July 15, 2010, 04:59:27 pm »
there's a zoo in holland where 2 penguins escaped.
people called the police to report a penguin in the garden.......
so,..... perhaps penguins here go walkabout before the die?
people called the police to report a penguin in the garden.......
so,..... perhaps penguins here go walkabout before the die?
