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Old Newbie
« on: December 07, 2012, 05:17:51 pm »
Hello All,

My name is Dean and I am currently living in Southern Illinois.

I guess I would consider myself as new to scrolling, although I have had my scroll saw for approximately 20 years. It is a Craftsman 23618 (Antique) bought new for me by my parents after I had completed some gifts for them made with a coping saw. For whatever reason, I got away from scrolling, but my current situation provides me with a lot of "alone" time so I dug out my saw, knocked the dust off and decided to start making saw dust again. I have been modifying my saw to make it a little easier to use until I am able to upgrade. Bought thumb screws for the blade changes, increased the size of the thumb screw for the blade tension, and of course, after all this time the blower rotted out so I installed an aquarium air pump.

I have read through most of the forum and have already picked up a lot of good tips. I am glad I found this forum and Steve's website.

Happy scrolling

Dean


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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 05:25:30 pm »
welcome to the forum i'm Todd from NL Canada.


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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 06:28:52 pm »
Hi Dean, welcome to the forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall U.K.
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2012, 06:43:33 pm »
Hello Dean  Glad you found us.
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2012, 06:46:26 pm »
Hello and Welcome Dean.  Welcome from North Dakota.
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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2012, 06:46:40 pm »
Hey Dean, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan From Southern California. Come on in and join the fun!
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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2012, 08:07:51 pm »
Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. There are people from all over the world here.  :)
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 04:27:59 am »
Hi Dean, Welcome! I am Mahendra from India.
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 09:03:37 am »
Greetings from South Dakota and welcome to the addiction.    Al 
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2012, 09:50:21 am »
Hi Dean, I'm Roy from Scotland. Welcome to the forum. Come on in and join the fun.
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2012, 10:53:54 am »
Welcome Dean
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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2012, 05:30:59 pm »
welcome  I am dustin from Ohio

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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2012, 05:44:21 am »
G'day Dean welcome to the forum. I'm Marg from Australia 
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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2012, 06:55:04 am »
Hi Dean and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas.  Glad you joined us. 

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Re: Old Newbie
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2012, 09:05:04 pm »
Thanks for all the welcomes. I have been busy practicing with the scroll saw and actually completed a few projects that I will be giving as gifts for Christmas. Leaving for Arizona tomorrow to spend the holidays with the family.

Thanks again to everyone here for all the very informative tips, ideas, patterns and fun. looking forward to many years of scrolling, I'm hooked :)

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and happy and safe holiday season.

Dean

 

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