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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade sliping

« on: March 31, 2015, 04:14:31 pm »

are the two faces of the screw and other side flush? the screw itself might have worn as well. Check that both faces are flush and parallel. Another possibility is that the "left" face has backed out. Make certain it reaches to the center of the slot.

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Swap Shop / F/S Dw 788

« on: February 14, 2015, 01:12:00 pm »

craig list Don't know anything about it not mine. 

 http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/tls/4880790201.html

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Hello!

« on: January 23, 2015, 03:54:19 pm »

Mathew there is a DW on ebay for $350 closes in a week. I know nothing about it but does have several attachments

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Totally New Scroller Needs Pointers

« on: January 21, 2015, 07:49:20 am »

relax your hands and let the saw do its work. I'll bet you are forcing the wood into the direction you want it to go and that pushes the blade in weird directions. In particular the spiral blades will do that 'cause they cut in all directions.

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Computer questions / Re: resize a picture help

« on: January 21, 2015, 07:44:59 am »

If you can scan the photo just copy/paste it into a word processor ( Like Ms Word or Wordperfect) and drag the handles to resize.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Help me with Finishes

« on: January 04, 2015, 03:34:17 pm »

Are you using gloss lacquer? Deft is usually very shiny. You may need two or more coats to build up the finish. Lacquer is very forgiving since the coats will "burn" into the lower coats and give an easy finish.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: spraying clear finish

« on: December 23, 2014, 03:03:13 pm »

If you are spraying lacquer you don't need to sand since it will "burn" into the previous coat. That is one of its advantages. If you do lightly hit the surface the final finish does tend to be smoother. Enamal and acrylics don't work the same.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Plastic sheet??

« on: December 12, 2014, 05:20:13 pm »

How about "masonite" pretty tough stuff as I remember. Or maybe some sort of "bakelite" material.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Dewalt 788

« on: November 20, 2014, 04:22:22 pm »

O.K. try putting a screw driver or knife blade under the knob and gently pry it up. You should b able to turn the shaft easily with your fingers. Maybe the inside of the knob has been rounded off, The shaft has a flat that the knob should turn by friction.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Dewalt 788

« on: November 19, 2014, 06:00:58 pm »

I'm certain you have checked but is the knob firmly attached to the shaft? There is a screw that attaches the knob to the shaft. If it is loose the knob will turn but the control will not move.

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Ask Steve a question. / Your catalog

« on: November 13, 2014, 05:42:43 am »

has been loaded on Scroll saw workshop. It is found in a pen stand topic. the reference allows one to download your patterns probably form the CD?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Fonts for name plate

« on: November 08, 2014, 07:18:21 am »

Go to fonts 101.com and select a sans serif (no feet) type font. If you change your letters to Small Caps you wont have a problem with the descenders I don't believe.

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Ask Steve a question. / Suggestion

« on: October 28, 2014, 06:02:48 pm »

Steve, I don't see how you can have a day job and do what you do with the saw. Suggestion. you did a cat plaque about what meow you don't understand. I have been trying to modify your "Woof" plaque to include what part of woof don't you understand but have not had much luck. You might try that one for us... thanks for your efforts. I'm new to this hobby and having a ball.  Darryl

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Swap Shop / DE788 F/S

« on: September 07, 2014, 04:06:59 pm »

On C/L $175 with light and stand.  Union Bridge MD that is North of Baltimore I think.   Just posted.  Not mine

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Not a tip, but looking for tips on this....

« on: July 02, 2014, 08:52:09 am »

Transparent not opaque acrylic paint that you can find for airbrushing will allow the grain to show and can be tailored to the grey you want