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Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« on: August 23, 2012, 08:05:41 am »
Firstly, thanks all - this forum and Site in general has convinced me to get my first saw and enter into the wonderful world of the scroll-saw. 

I currently Live in Newport, South Wales in the UK and am quite new to cutting elements that are not essentially round..  I'm more at home with the Lathe, but after a number of years, I have decided to branch out into other mediums and methods.

I have an entry level scrollsaw but seems to do for the moment... will see how it goes.

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2012, 08:23:18 am »
Hi Stravides, welcome to the forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall. So not too far from you. I too am a woodturner and have branched out into scrollsaw work too (with the help of my extended "family" here in the forum). I started out with the most basic of saws too, but even though it takes longer to finish your projects, there is nothing you cant cut on a top of the range saw that you can't also cut on a basic one. Just let the sawdust fly and enjoy what you are doing.
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 08:39:17 am »
Glad you found us. Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. A day without saw dust is like a day without sunshine. There are people from all over the world here. :)
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2012, 08:50:36 am »
Welcome! I am Tony,aka,Toneman from Paris, Texas.

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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2012, 09:04:07 am »
Greetings and Welcome from South Dakota, USA.  Jump in, have fun, keep learning.
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2012, 10:05:02 am »
Hello and welcome from North Dakota USA
I'm from North Dakota

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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2012, 11:21:26 am »
Welcome Stravides,  Hope you enjoy this group as much as I. Lots of very friendly and knowledgeable folks here.
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2012, 11:28:34 am »
Hi Stravides, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California, USA. Come on in and join the fun!
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2012, 07:20:13 am »
Hi and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad you've joined us.

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2012, 10:19:09 am »
Hello Stravides
Welcome ! I am Mahendra from India.
mahendra

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2012, 11:11:12 am »
Welcome from Huntsville,Texas. I, m  John.

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2012, 12:11:52 pm »
Hello Stravides welcome to the forum.
I also have an entry level saw. What I found is that the blades make a big difference. I am using now Flying Dutchman from Mike.

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2012, 04:10:15 pm »
Hello Stravides welcome to the forum.
I also have an entry level saw. What I found is that the blades make a big difference. I am using now Flying Dutchman from Mike.

Look at the sun and be happy
Billy

Yea not found a decent source for those in the UK yet... having to make do with pegas blades

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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2012, 05:46:31 pm »
Stravides, you can still order the Flying Dutchman blades from Mike, he will post them to you in the U.K. I use FD blades from Mike and the difference is phenominal.
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Re: Noob from South Wales - UK ;)
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2012, 07:38:05 pm »
welcome to the forum i'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada


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