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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: northie66 on May 05, 2010, 09:09:59 pm

Title: Many thanks....
Post by: northie66 on May 05, 2010, 09:09:59 pm
I can't thank you all enough for the help this site has provided me.  Steve, thanks from the bottom of my heart :)

I got my foot pedal... and I'm loving it!  I not longer have to take my hand off my work to stop the saw.  I still every now and then smack my hand up on the power switch... but it won't take long and I'll stop that.

I fixed my thumb screw (and the screw on the other side of it - I forget what it's called) and now my blade is square.  I also learned that I don't need to over tighten that thumb screw.  Since my blade is now straight, I no longer have to push the wood into the blade.  Now I know how it feels to "just let the blade cut the wood".  And since the top of the blade stays straight because I fixed the thumb screw setup, the blade slides easily into the drill holes.

Also, I now know (or at least have a rough idea) of which blade I should be using.  I chose a scroll reverse and it worked great.  Although I think any blade would work great because I got the saw so tuned up :)

I could go on... I'm one happy camper :)  Many thanks!
Title: Re: Many thanks....
Post by: dgman on May 05, 2010, 10:01:54 pm
Way to go Janet! Sounds like your getting the hang of it!
Title: Re: Many thanks....
Post by: GrayBeard on May 05, 2010, 10:09:04 pm
Now you know first hand what I was talking about in my earlier post.

There is not a friendlier, more helpful and caring group of people than "SCROLLERS"!

Very glad everything worked out for you!!!!

Make some DUST!

~~~GrayBeard~~~
Title: Re: Many thanks....
Post by: sgood on May 05, 2010, 10:51:14 pm
Hi Janet, isn't it great when a plan comes together?
Title: Re: Many thanks....
Post by: dunk on May 06, 2010, 12:43:34 am
That's super Janet.  Now lets see a bunch of pics of your work...
Title: Re: Many thanks....
Post by: northie66 on May 06, 2010, 06:29:44 am
dunk - You can see some of my work on my website link.  I just made that (with the help of cherie) like 2 weeks ago though so it's not built up alot yet.