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Title: New member
Post by: Tomsunnu on January 17, 2012, 10:40:06 pm
Greetings from India to all the members

I am a recently retired person and a brand new scroller,after my research on the net I have fallen in love with this art form.
I have made quite a few things from mr Steve's goldmine of patterns,it looks pretty good for a person who started three months ago.

As for the right wood to be used I am still learning as there are no DIY stores in my country and from what I heard from the local carpenters the other exotic wood is expensive!

So all my work which I will post is done in MDF ( not advisable for a long period as the dust generated is harmful) once I am more confident I shall go for the expensive wood.

It is really an honor to join this community and will learn a lot from you guys.

Thanks
Mahendra





Title: Re: New member
Post by: wombatie on January 18, 2012, 12:02:53 am
Hi Mahendra, welcome to the forum, I'm Marg from Australia.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Tomsunnu on January 18, 2012, 12:16:01 am
Thanks Marg.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: heiko rettberg on January 18, 2012, 01:38:16 am
Hi Mahendra. i'm Heiko from Germany. Welocome to this community.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Russ C on January 18, 2012, 02:23:07 am
Glad you found us Mahendra. Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. There are people from all over the world here.  :)
Title: Re: New member
Post by: J,Hamilton on January 18, 2012, 03:46:15 am
Hi Mahendra, I'm Jeremy. Welcome to the forum.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: tux_linux on January 18, 2012, 06:05:41 am
Welcome! Nice to have someone of that area here. I'm looking forward to what you will be cutting.

MDF is not so nice to cut - I avoid it. Try to get some plywood, that is much better.

Torsten from Munich, Germany
Title: Re: New member
Post by: SheGold on January 18, 2012, 06:56:22 am
Welcome to the forum Mahendra, glad you joined us.. I'm Sheila from Texas...
Title: Re: New member
Post by: julief on January 18, 2012, 07:21:29 am
Hi Mahendra and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad you've joined us.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: rob roy on January 18, 2012, 10:02:22 am
Hi Mahendra,I'm Roy from Scotland. Welcome to the forum,which I'm sure will enjoy. Come on in and join in the fun.
Rob Roy.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Judy Hunter on January 18, 2012, 10:04:35 am
Hello, and welcome.  I'm Judy from North Dakota USA.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Keefie on January 18, 2012, 11:49:38 am
Hi and welcome from Cornwall U.K.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: dgman on January 18, 2012, 12:46:36 pm
Hi Mahendra, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. come on in and join the fun. As Torsten said MDF is not the best product to cut because it produces a very fine dust that is not good to breathe, and it will wear down your blades much faster than wood will. You don't have to use exspensive exotic woods to start with. I don't know what woods are available in India, but inexpensive woods available to us here in the U.S. are pine, poplar and ceder.
If you still want to use the MDF, make sure you wear a good dust mask.
Title: Re: New member
Post by: glenn wouters on January 18, 2012, 02:58:18 pm
Hi Mahendra, welcome in the group
No matter what you scroll or what machine you have... most important is to have fun, that's what it's all about.

So have fun and show us your work....

Greetings Glenn Belgium
Title: Re: New member
Post by: newfie on January 18, 2012, 02:58:39 pm
welcome to the form Mahendra, I'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Tomsunnu on January 20, 2012, 12:09:43 am
Hi Mahendra, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. come on in and join the fun. As Torsten said MDF is not the best product to cut because it produces a very fine dust that is not good to breathe, and it will wear down your blades much faster than wood will. You don't have to use exspensive exotic woods to start with. I don't know what woods are available in India, but inexpensive woods available to us here in the U.S. are pine, poplar and ceder.
If you still want to use the MDF, make sure you wear a good dust mask.

Hi Dan
Thank you for the good advice. I shall go and look for the woods you mentioned in the saw mills in my city and avoid using the MDF. I have posted few of my work 11 to be precise I am just two months experienced in this art form so please correct me if I have gone wrong somewhere so that I can improve in the future.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Mahendra
Title: Re: New member
Post by: Tomsunnu on January 20, 2012, 12:11:51 am
Thank you all very much for welcoming me to this forum. I am sure I shall learn a lot from all of you.
Best wishes.
Mahendra
Title: Re: New member
Post by: ChuckD on January 20, 2012, 02:04:35 pm
Welcome to the forum from Beautiful Southern Oregon..  :)
Title: Re: New member
Post by: rickther on January 21, 2012, 10:31:17 pm
welcome to the forum, being new here to this site i am sure that you will find many fine scrollers here.
 I looked at your work you posted in the gallery, fine start !!!! as others have said, be careful of your choice in woods.
   Rick,  no. california