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Offline BigPete

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Hello from Scotland !
« on: November 01, 2011, 10:14:17 am »
Hi Everybody , My name is Peter and i am from Largs in "Bonnie Scotland"  ;).
I started scrolling about a year ago after seeing some amazing stuff at a craft show, and as i would like to think of myself as a creative person i decided to give it a go, so i bought myself a cheap scroll saw and started making sawdust!  ;D,  although not to the highest standard i was quite impressed with the results and what i did not know i made up as i went along  :).
Shortly after i bought a bigger but still cheap scrollsaw  that still had pin ended blades , but people started noticing what i was doing and were offering words of encouragement :D, so as i always seek to improve i bought myself a hegner scrollsaw off of ebay but i have to say i was a little dissapointed with it as it kept on breaking blades for some reason SO i really pushed the boat out and bought myself a new "Excaliber ex 21" only to be dissapointed again when the top connecting rod snapped just after a week  >:(. you would think i would have given up by now but i am persistant and with the replacement now in place  and having redesigned my work space i am ready to make more sawdust.
I joined this forum after watching some of steve's great videos and hope to share some ideas and photo's with you's once i know how to resize my photo's as they seem to be to big for the forum, Peter
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 10:20:26 am »
Hey Peter, welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. Come on in and join the fun.
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 10:25:04 am »
Hello Peter,  Glad you didn't get discouraged.  Welcome from North Dakota
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 11:17:42 am »
Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum Peter. Hi I'm Russ from Florida, I am glad you found us. A day without saw dust is like a day without sunshine.  :)
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 12:54:26 pm »
Hi Peter and welcome to the forum  ;D

Have you still got the Hegner as I could give it a good home in Dumfries :D

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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 01:00:31 pm »
welcome Peter i'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2011, 01:04:33 am »
Hi Peter, welcome to the forum, I'm Marg from Australia. I spent a wonderful day in Largs about 20years ago, loved it.

Marg
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2011, 01:12:10 am »
Thanks for the wlecome guys , and yes davep i still have the hegner i was going to repost it on ebay whenever i get a chance ! in fact at the moment i still have all four scrollsaws , the first was a small performance 14" which i am going to through out , and i will keep my woodwise 24" as a back up !.

Marg its a small world and yes Largs is a wonderful place to live  ;D

Peter








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Offline heiko rettberg

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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2011, 02:36:46 am »
Hi Peter and welcome, i'm Heiko from Germany.
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2011, 04:36:23 am »
Hello Peter, welcome from Texas, I'm Sheila
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2011, 05:49:34 am »
Hi Peter,
Welcome from across the Channel (Netherlands). I love Scotland, don't recall ever being in Largs, but it would be a thought for my next visit. Glad you found us. Enjoy yourself and looking forward to seeing some of your creations.
David
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2011, 08:58:15 am »
Welcome to the group.  I'm Jim from North Carolina
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2011, 09:00:59 am »
Welcome Peter.
I think we need some tutorial for resizing pictures and how to handle them here.

Torsten from Munich, Germany
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2011, 10:31:36 am »
Welcome Peter, I'm Mike from California sorry to hear about your problem with your Hegner as I have owned the Hegner  18v for over 20 years and have never had a problem with it. Try checking the blade tension as if it is not set properly it could cause the blade to break.You can also contact the company "Advanced Machinery"

Mike 
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Re: Hello from Scotland !
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2011, 10:56:36 am »
Hi Peter, Im paul from over the border in Lancashire, welcome to the group.........Paul
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