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Title: Hello to all!!
Post by: sholarj on April 10, 2013, 11:31:03 pm

Hello everyone. <My name is Jonathan, I live in Western KY. I am new to scroll sawing, I have a Sears pin type scroll saw and have used it a little in the past. My wife recently bought me a Dewalt 788 scroll saw (just waiting for delivery :) I am hoping to become proficient at this hobby. I had a good friend named Dave Gerzan that spent 60+ hrs a week in his shop making various scroll saw goodies. Dave passed away, he took his work very seriously, and enjoyed this hobby.  Also I enjoy Amateur Radio, mainly during the winter months. My wife put gas heat in my workshop for Christmas, so I wasn't around the radio much :)

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Post by: dgman on April 11, 2013, 12:29:53 am

Hey Jonathan, welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. Compared to your old saw, you are going to love the DeWalt! Make sure you get some good plain end blades from www.mikesworkshop.com and you will be ready to jump right in, so come on in and join the fun!

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Post by: wombatie on April 11, 2013, 02:58:39 am

Hi Jonathan, welcome to the forum.  I'm Marg from Australia

Marg

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Post by: mickey357 on April 11, 2013, 03:19:42 am

Welcome ; I'm John from Huntsville,Texas.My biggest fan is my granddaughter,I like making stand up puzzles for her.You are going to love this hobby.

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Post by: rob roy on April 11, 2013, 06:29:53 am

Hello Jonathan, I'm Roy from Scotland. Welcome to the forum,come on in and join in the fun. You'll find plenty of encouragement and information here. Just ask and answers will be forthcoming in no time.
Rob Roy.

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Post by: newfie on April 11, 2013, 06:41:00 am

welcome to the forum i'm Todd from NL Canada.

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Post by: julief on April 11, 2013, 06:58:10 am

Hi Jonathan and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad to have you.

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Post by: Russ C on April 11, 2013, 08:01:34 am

Glad you found us. Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. A project a day will keep the doctor away LOL...  :)

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Post by: countryscroller on April 11, 2013, 09:27:15 am

Welcome to the forum. I'm Dustin from Ohio. Glad to have you with us.

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Post by: Marcellarius on April 11, 2013, 09:35:03 am

Hello Jonathan,
I'm Marcel,  a great welcome the Netherlands

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Post by: Al W on April 11, 2013, 02:52:46 pm

Greetings from South Dakota.  Welcome to the madness.

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Post by: EIEIO on April 11, 2013, 05:08:45 pm

Welcome from Central Ohio. Your wife seems kind of committed to keeping you in the workshop...

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Post by: Toneman on April 11, 2013, 05:19:41 pm

Welcome to the forum! I am Tony,aka,Toneman from Paris, Texas.

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Post by: jrpeteo on April 11, 2013, 05:23:43 pm

Welcome Jonathan, I'm Pete from Minnesota, the land of April snow plowing....grrrrr.

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Post by: sholarj on April 11, 2013, 09:18:35 pm

Quote from: EIEIO on April 11, 2013, 05:08:45 pm

Welcome from Central Ohio. Your wife seems kind of committed to keeping you in the workshop...

Well I thought so too....well until the table saw bit my left index finger. I was building my wife a pie safe while waiting for my new Dewalt 788 to come in. Well long story short.....while ripping a 1X8 pine board a few pieces of a pine knot hit me in the face, to which I was wearing safety glass :) but I flinched and as a result I pushed away and touched the saw blade. Unfortunately I had removed the guard to use a dado blade and failed to put it back.....short trip to the ER and 5 stitches later all is good. They couldn't numb my finger so it was a little extra pain. But I'm not counting fractions :) Note to self--always use safety guard. The one time I didn't use it........ 

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Post by: julief on April 12, 2013, 08:00:07 am

Sorry to here that, Jonathan.  Glad you didn't loose a finger. 

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Post by: sweet saw on April 12, 2013, 08:17:24 am

Welcome, Doyle from Ohio.

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Post by: Keefie on April 17, 2013, 01:25:14 pm

Hi Jonathan, welcome to the forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall U.K.

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Post by: rteubner on June 06, 2013, 11:44:08 am

Welcome to the forum, I'm Rocky from North Dakota