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General Category => Introduce Yourself. => Topic started by: TripleB on March 06, 2011, 04:25:21 pm

Title: Greetings All
Post by: TripleB on March 06, 2011, 04:25:21 pm

I'm Bob from Lakeland, Fl. This scroll saw thing started as a whim for me early last week, I was cruising Craig's list and found a scroll saw for $10.00, so I figured what the heck, I like tools and even if it doesn't work, it's only 10 bucks. I bought some box store blades, took it home, cleaned it up a little and was very surprised at how well it worked, very little vibration. So I started my education of scroll sawing and came upon Steve's blog, WOW what a find! Little did I know this little whim I had would turn into a new love, I can't stay away from the darned thing now, and with Steve's help my learning curve has been expedited to warp drive. I've already completed a few of Steve's pattern with what I consider good results even handicapped with inferior blades (Waiting on my Flying Dutchman's).

I want to thank Steve for making this new adventure so much easier and enjoyable and it also appears I have a new neighbor in Russ C, same neck of the woods.

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Post by: Russ C on March 06, 2011, 04:40:36 pm

Glad you found us Bob. Hi I'm Russ from Mulberry Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. Such a small world we live in.  :)

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Post by: dgman on March 06, 2011, 05:16:19 pm

welcome Bob, I'm Dan from southern California. Come on in and let the sawdust fly!

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Post by: newfie on March 06, 2011, 05:19:36 pm

Hi Bob welcome aboard,I'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada.

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Post by: mrsn on March 06, 2011, 05:34:59 pm

Congrats on the craigslist score! Although in the long run it might be the most expensive thing you ever bought...
Make sure you show us what you are working on, and let us know if you have any questions.
Have fun making sawdust.
MrsN

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Post by: Mainewoods on March 06, 2011, 09:00:50 pm

Welcome from Maine, Bob!  Sounds like you're hooked! :D

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Post by: HWPlmbr1 on March 06, 2011, 11:40:18 pm

Welcome Bob! Harold from Illinois

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Post by: heiko rettberg on March 07, 2011, 01:41:31 am

Hi Bob, Welcome to this Community, I'm Heiko from Germany.

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Post by: Dawie on March 07, 2011, 07:27:34 am

Hi Bob I am David from the Netherlands. Glad you found us, this is a place filled with loving and helpfull people. Feel welcome.
David

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Post by: julief on March 07, 2011, 08:11:24 am

Hi Bob and welcome from Texas.  So glad you joined us. 

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Post by: cameronj on March 07, 2011, 09:53:48 am

Hi and welcome.  I'm Jim from London, Ontario.

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Post by: Judy Hunter on March 07, 2011, 11:51:42 am

Hello and Welcome from North Dakota

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Post by: TripleB on March 07, 2011, 01:01:04 pm

Thanks all for the warm welcome. You sure are a friendly bunch, looking forward to becoming an active participant here. And to Russ C, my mother lives in Mulberry, about 5 mins from here, I'm there all the time, maybe one day I can pick your brain over a cup of coffee. MrsN, as soon as I figure out the Picasso program I'll add pics of what I've  done, I've already invested more in wood and blades than I spent on the saw (Which wasn't hard to do!) and look forward to spending more.

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Post by: ChuckD on March 07, 2011, 04:46:09 pm

Welcome.  What kind of saw did you get?

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Post by: TripleB on March 07, 2011, 08:00:06 pm

Hey ChuckD, It's called a ProTech, After a couple hours of research on it I found out that it was actually  made by Makita. It was Makita's first and only foray into the production of scroll saws, it is no longer made, but I was still able to find an owners manual for it. It by no means is a DW788, but for $10.00 I won't complain. It takes both style blades, cuts well, it's variable speed, and even at 1400 spm the vibration is minimal I hardly even notice it. Changing the blades is a bit cumbersome due to I need to use an anal wrench for the blades and the blower doesn't work (Which I was able to overcome with a bit of McGiverness) But for the price I'm more than willing to deal with those issues. Overall, with the pleasure I've gotten out of it and the really cool templates provided by Steve, I'm pretty sure I got a good deal! ;D ;D Oh its a 16 incher.