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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade angle

« on: March 26, 2016, 06:28:05 am »

I thought it did, just didn't remember if I saw it or not, its been a long time since I looked at it when I first got my saw.

I always look at the owners manual when I get any new tool or machine and make sure to look iver the adjustments page and mantaince page before even touching it unless I take it out the box to look at it.

That is  a good habit, I should, I know I should, but ....

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Monkeys?

« on: March 26, 2016, 06:24:05 am »

Ahhh shoot, I am so old. Judy asked about the monkeys, and I thought of the band from the 60's.

The see no, hear no monkeys never crossed my mind.
sigh.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade angle

« on: March 25, 2016, 06:15:42 am »

@ dirt rider

You are right, the manual does talk about moving the motor to adjust forward lean, I found it last night during commercials.

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Brag Forum / Re: Filet & Release

« on: March 24, 2016, 06:41:31 am »

Very very nice.

I like the use of the keyhole router bit on the back, good thinking.  Is that a dremel keyhole bit or a regular router bit?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade angle

« on: March 24, 2016, 06:39:05 am »

Thanks to all for the replies, sorry I should have mentioned I just picked up a used ex-21.  It appears to be set up fine, the left to right 90 degree aspect for the blade is right on, and I have no problem with tight turns (well no machine problem anyway, I am still getting my hands trained)

I will try that cutting a thick piece and comparing the top depth of cut to the bottom, great idea.

After I posted this, I checked my starter saw, porter cable, and there is no back to front cant to the blade at all.  I thought it interesting that neither the porter cable nor the ex owners manual talks about back to font blade alignment/setting, only left to right perpendicular blade setting.  Of course then again I am a guy and I generally flip through the owners manual ... quickly.
:-)

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Brag Forum / Re: Whiskers, feathers and a chop saw

« on: March 24, 2016, 06:27:53 am »

Thanks, robroy and gordster, appreciate it.

The Parrot is 5/16 thick, instead of the 1/2 or 3/4 the pattern called for.  I wish I knew what kind of wood it is, I picked up some boards at an estate sale and there was a couple of them.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Blade angle

« on: March 23, 2016, 05:44:37 am »

I See on the net most everyone says 90 degrees, left to right and front to back.
And then there are some that like a forward lean to the blade too.

So after finally modifying a real square to work in that small space, I find out that I have been working with a forward lean, not much but some.

Using credit cards, and blocks of wood just did not show the forward cant to the blade

Any reasons for one way or the other?  Or any reason why one is not the best choice even though it works?

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Intarsia / Re: TT Rider Geoff Duke on Manx Norton Intarsia

« on: March 21, 2016, 07:37:30 am »

Brian, wow!  Fantastic work.

I ride too, in the past I have had, Bultaco, Norton, Triumph Bonneville 650, Yamaha scrambler, and now I have a 1999  electra glide with over 300K on the clock and a customized fat boy.  I ride and wrench.

Beautiful just beautiful work.

Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ex-21 air bellows

« on: March 20, 2016, 05:35:15 am »

@ dirtrider - I'll try that

So what is normally considered a high quality saw, dropped the ball in that area.

hard to believe a $90 porter cable has a better air pump and comes with an integral light too.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / ex-21 air bellows

« on: March 19, 2016, 06:19:06 am »

On my used 21 I picked up, the force of air coming out of the blower nozzle is (to me) lousy.  My starter saw, porter cable, the nozzle tip could be 2-2.5 inches away from the blade/wood and work to blow off the sawdust.

This ex-21 the nozzle has to be about one half inch away

How close to the work/blade do you  have to be where the nozzle is effective?  Do I need a new air pump (bellows) for the saw?

Thanks
Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Dipping & Spraying

« on: March 17, 2016, 08:07:14 am »

I should have mentioned coffee filter, I use that when pour the stain back in the can from the dipping tray.
Thanks
Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Dipping & Spraying

« on: March 17, 2016, 06:08:47 am »

Dave, I thought about that and about adding a 60W light to speed drying and/or raise the ambient temp if needed.

Curious, do you use a paper filter (surgical mask, etc) on the inlet side of the vacuum hose?  I was wondering about the residue building up in the hose and/or making its way into the vacuum filter.

Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Dipping & Spraying

« on: March 16, 2016, 08:51:18 am »

Not much I can contribute being so new to this, but I threw this together and thought I would share it.  The full project and the downloadable grid pdf is at
http://www.onsale-apparel.com/Scrolling/gimmick.html


Jim

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: A matter of practicality?

« on: March 16, 2016, 05:30:58 am »

If you use the FD Ultimate Reverse you can just turn it upside down to extend its life somewhat.  The FD-UR is two teeth down, one up, two down, one up, etc etc

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Avatar sizes

« on: March 15, 2016, 06:07:40 am »

Dave's pic is displayed at 136x147 pixels on my monitor if that helps