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Title: Jesus saves
Post by: berighteous on October 08, 2012, 09:36:26 pm

I got a new saw and my first test was with 1/2" red oak.  My 1/16" drill bit broke so I was stuck with 1/8" for the interior holes.  Boo.
The dust blower on the new saw wouldn't stay put, kept wandering at the worst times so I couldn't see where the blade was going. Fought a desperate fight to keep the blade from wandering with the grain. I lost miserably in a few places.  Yikes.  Some spots are terrible.

The back of the dust blower has threads that are supposed to screw into a metal tube, but noooo it just flops around.  I finally resorted to crazy gluing it in place. Works great now.  Lol.  

I sanded it and rubbed it down with mineral oil  The oak looks nice!  This is my first time scrolling oak.  I like it.  If you don't look too close (of if you look at a fuzzy photo, lol) looks pretty cool.  As soon as it dries some I'll spray it with Deft clear wood finish.

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Post by: daliclimbs on October 08, 2012, 10:02:11 pm

Well it looks good to me! Nice work!

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Post by: DWSudekum on October 08, 2012, 10:49:33 pm

Great job.  You should have seen my first one hehe.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

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Post by: newfie on October 08, 2012, 11:11:53 pm

it doesn't look bad at all thanks for showing us.

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Post by: wombatie on October 09, 2012, 01:26:58 am

Very nice, well cut.

Marg

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Post by: Keefie on October 09, 2012, 04:06:31 am

Not a bad job at all for your first attempt. With a new saw as well that needed setting up too.  What blades were you using? when I started I had the devils own job trying to follow the lines on patterns, it just wandered wherever it wanted to. Then I found this forum and was told blades make all the difference, I bought some FD UR blades from Mikes Workshop
( www.mikesworkshop.com ) it improved my cutting instantly, I found I could follow lines a lot easier and within a week or so I even managed a plaque of my mum (pattern courtesy of our own Grampa on this forum)

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Post by: countryscroller on October 09, 2012, 06:11:26 am

Very nice job! I love the grain on it.

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Post by: Al W on October 09, 2012, 08:16:21 am

Nice job there.  Keep going and thanks forsharing.

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Post by: frankorona on October 09, 2012, 08:38:37 am

Very nice job, looks great

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Post by: Russ C on October 09, 2012, 08:39:27 am

Looks great to me. Thanks for sharing with us.  :)

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Post by: bzeyher on October 09, 2012, 07:23:44 pm

Nice work. Keep it up.

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Post by: smitty0312 on October 10, 2012, 10:10:23 am

Great Job!!

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Post by: slowcutter on October 10, 2012, 12:19:07 pm

Nice job
The grain makes it stand out
Thanks for sharing

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Post by: jlatorre on October 10, 2012, 08:23:59 pm

nice work, thanks for sharing