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Brag Forum / Re Coins

« on: July 28, 2011, 08:52:13 pm »

Here are the first 2 coins I have cut, a bit rough but a start, the silver one is a 2 shilling piece dated 1934 and the copper one is a penny and dated 1960, these coins are no longer used in NZ as we are on decimal currency, them about 4 years ago the re sized all our coins and now the older coins are of no spending value
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Cutting coins

« on: July 28, 2011, 03:18:34 am »

Not as hard as I thought it may have been, I made a jig to hold the coins [2 sizes] got some old blades that I had kept #2 I think and put them in and just started cutting, easy as
The reason I used old worn blades because the cutting is done on the upper part of the blade that has not been used, I broke 3 blades on 2 coins but the blades were worn so it did not matter
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Craft suppliers

« on: July 27, 2011, 10:08:42 pm »

Any one on the forum dealt with Steebar, I sent them an e-mail a week ago inquiring on the cost of postage to NZ on some clock motors and haven't heard a peep so far, I sent them a reminder 2 days ago, any one else had problems?
jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Craft fair

« on: July 27, 2011, 02:50:26 am »

I did a small winter craft fair a few week ago, it was indoors so that was good, I was not expecting any thing much as far as sales goes more of a donation and hoped I would break even on the day, it happened that sales were great and i sold all my jewelery boxs and puzzles plus other stuff, $400 in 4 hours I was happy with that
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Coins

« on: July 12, 2011, 06:14:28 pm »

Has anyone cut coins? if so what blade size and type did you use
Jimbo

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The Coffee Shop / To Judy Hunter

« on: June 26, 2011, 03:52:21 pm »

Happy birthday Judy hope you have a special day
Hugs and kisses
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Saw break down

« on: June 21, 2011, 08:35:39 pm »

I am in withdrawal symptoms and my saw only packed in on Tues. a bearing has caved in by the looks of it as a few ball bearings fell out of the back, didn't last long as I have only had it for 12 months
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Drilling holes 2

« on: June 07, 2011, 08:55:50 pm »

I must be really hard to drill a hole in some thing as it has taken 64 posts to tell me this, I must try it one day
Jimbo

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Brag Forum / Jewery box

« on: May 31, 2011, 03:33:40 am »

Here is a small jewelry box I made 100mmx100mm square and 80mm deep, it has lift out tray and is made of NZ native Rimu.
Jimbo

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Brag Forum / Special box

« on: April 06, 2011, 02:58:18 am »

This is a box I made for a customer he wanted it to put his dog's ashes in, this one of a number of unusual requests I have had of late, note the hole in the front handle that is to nail the coffin closed, I gave the customer a copper brad to seal it.
Jimbo

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Brag Forum / worth while brag

« on: March 29, 2011, 02:04:12 am »

This is a wig stand I made for our club to be passed on to the wig maker in the cancer clinic, she gives them to people who have had chemo. and have hair loss, it is a small gift that many of our club members donate every year, a very worth while project
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Not a bragg

« on: February 23, 2011, 01:28:36 am »

This is the Sheila Landry Solaris bowl constructed, it was no easy task as I had not done my conversion from lineal to metric properly and the slats were to thick and had to be sanded down, it would have been easier to re cut and plane the wood, over all a worth while project that keeps you on your toes, give it a go, I will certainly be making this project again
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Bowl

« on: February 22, 2011, 02:12:52 am »

This a sheila Landry design bowl in the making, it is now fully assembled waiting for the finishing, not as easy as it looks I had some problems as the measurements were not in metric and I cut the slats one mil too  thick and had problems fitting it together, will make adjustments next one I make
Jimbo

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Last fair

« on: February 22, 2011, 02:06:45 am »

Last fair until next season [spring] all the trinket box's sold  so that was pleasing only the colored puzzles sold and a large number of fridge. magnets, over all a great days sales and will be looking forward to next season
Jimbo

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Ask Steve a question. / Patterns

« on: January 26, 2011, 09:05:49 pm »

If I buy a pattern book, take a pattern alter the pattern who does the pattern belong to then? if the author of the original pattern says it is how can he prove it just because some of it looks like his, I have noticed since I have been scrolling that there is a big similarity in a lot of patterns
Jimbo