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Title: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: BigPete on November 01, 2011, 10:14:17 am

Hi Everybody , My name is Peter and i am from Largs in "Bonnie Scotland"  ;).
I started scrolling about a year ago after seeing some amazing stuff at a craft show, and as i would like to think of myself as a creative person i decided to give it a go, so i bought myself a cheap scroll saw and started making sawdust!  ;D,  although not to the highest standard i was quite impressed with the results and what i did not know i made up as i went along  :).
Shortly after i bought a bigger but still cheap scrollsaw  that still had pin ended blades , but people started noticing what i was doing and were offering words of encouragement :D, so as i always seek to improve i bought myself a hegner scrollsaw off of ebay but i have to say i was a little dissapointed with it as it kept on breaking blades for some reason SO i really pushed the boat out and bought myself a new "Excaliber ex 21" only to be dissapointed again when the top connecting rod snapped just after a week  >:(. you would think i would have given up by now but i am persistant and with the replacement now in place  and having redesigned my work space i am ready to make more sawdust.
I joined this forum after watching some of steve's great videos and hope to share some ideas and photo's with you's once i know how to resize my photo's as they seem to be to big for the forum, Peter

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: dgman on November 01, 2011, 10:20:26 am

Hey Peter, welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. Come on in and join the fun.

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: Judy Hunter on November 01, 2011, 10:25:04 am

Hello Peter,  Glad you didn't get discouraged.  Welcome from North Dakota

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: Russ C on November 01, 2011, 11:17:42 am

Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum Peter. Hi I'm Russ from Florida, I am glad you found us. A day without saw dust is like a day without sunshine.  :)

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: DaveP on November 01, 2011, 12:54:26 pm

Hi Peter and welcome to the forum  ;D

Have you still got the Hegner as I could give it a good home in Dumfries :D

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: newfie on November 01, 2011, 01:00:31 pm

welcome Peter i'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: wombatie on November 02, 2011, 01:04:33 am

Hi Peter, welcome to the forum, I'm Marg from Australia. I spent a wonderful day in Largs about 20years ago, loved it.

Marg

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: BigPete on November 02, 2011, 01:12:10 am

Thanks for the wlecome guys , and yes davep i still have the hegner i was going to repost it on ebay whenever i get a chance ! in fact at the moment i still have all four scrollsaws , the first was a small performance 14" which i am going to through out , and i will keep my woodwise 24" as a back up !.

Marg its a small world and yes Largs is a wonderful place to live  ;D

Peter

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: heiko rettberg on November 02, 2011, 02:36:46 am

Hi Peter and welcome, i'm Heiko from Germany.

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: SheGold on November 02, 2011, 04:36:23 am

Hello Peter, welcome from Texas, I'm Sheila

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: Dawie on November 02, 2011, 05:49:34 am

Hi Peter,
Welcome from across the Channel (Netherlands). I love Scotland, don't recall ever being in Largs, but it would be a thought for my next visit. Glad you found us. Enjoy yourself and looking forward to seeing some of your creations.
David

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: beginner on November 02, 2011, 08:58:15 am

Welcome to the group.  I'm Jim from North Carolina

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: tux_linux on November 02, 2011, 09:00:59 am

Welcome Peter.
I think we need some tutorial for resizing pictures and how to handle them here.

Torsten from Munich, Germany

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: campasano on November 02, 2011, 10:31:36 am

Welcome Peter, I'm Mike from California sorry to hear about your problem with your Hegner as I have owned the Hegner  18v for over 20 years and have never had a problem with it. Try checking the blade tension as if it is not set properly it could cause the blade to break.You can also contact the company "Advanced Machinery"

Mike 

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: grampa on November 02, 2011, 10:56:36 am

Hi Peter, Im paul from over the border in Lancashire, welcome to the group.........Paul

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: cameronj on November 02, 2011, 11:21:43 am

Hi Peter,
I'm Jim from London, Ontario (Canada).  Welcome.  Glad you didn't give up.  Hang in there and hope you soon are working with a saw that isn't breaking down.
Jim

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: julief on November 02, 2011, 03:10:28 pm

Hi Peter, welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad to have you.

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: bigred7469 on November 02, 2011, 03:36:31 pm

Hello, welcome to the group.

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland !
Post by: BigPete on November 03, 2011, 02:13:23 am

Hi, A great big thank you for all the welcome messages from all of you  ;).
Torsten i think a tutorial on photo resizing would be a good thing   ;).
Campasano , re hegner , i checked everything i could think of including the tention but i am at a loss as to what the problem was ! also forgot to mention that i managed to blow an internal fuse within an hour  on the replacement Excaliber 21   >:( but the supplier sent replacement  5 amp glass fuses and all seems to be working well now ! PHEW  ::).
This scrollsaw bug is catching as i have now bought myself a tablesaw and made myself a mitre sled so i can make my own frames ;D
once again thanks to you all and i will post some of my work if i can figure out how to resize my photo's
             Take Care Peter  ;)