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Woodmangler

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Heya all
« on: December 25, 2012, 01:48:06 pm »
Been working wood for about 40 years... the last 8 or so I have been in the bottomless pit of lathe work... I have always had one sort of scroll saw or another, the past few years a Ryobi has been sitting in the shop... had a bare-bones Delta  16" before that.. made a couple desk name plates, a couple ornaments, etc...

Have always wanted a Dewalt 788... forever... never could pull the trigger though. I was talking to a tool distributor at work and asked if he could swing a good price on the Dewalt... he said "what a coincidence, my sales manager was just talking about Amazon having a deal on that saw for way less than our cost"

Went to Amazon, and bought it... $354 Whoa!!

First project was a United States Army wall plaque from that book of patterns by Mike and Vicky Lewis... to keep the story short, basically 4 days later I am just finishing it up. I kinda jumped in with both feet and immediately humbled.

The saw needing tuning... still does to some degree (front to back blade movement) and I learned a ton as I went about saw speed, blade selection, stack cutting, lighting, seating... good grief!!... but loving it all.

Hope to be around here a lot... it is really a lot of fun!

I am United States Coast Guard retired, and did a 3 year hitch in the Army too back in the stone ages... work at Ft Benning now for a Defense contractor...

See ya around!

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« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2012, 02:32:45 pm »
Hey Woodmangler, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. First I'd like to thank you for your service! My wife grew up in Columbus, Ga, which I'm sure you are familiar with. My Father in law is buried at the base cemetery and my Mother in law still lives in Colombus.
You have come to the right place. We have folks from all over the world here willing to help anyone with questions, So come on in and join the fun!
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« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2012, 03:10:05 pm »
Hey Woodmangler, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. First I'd like to thank you for your service! My wife grew up in Columbus, Ga, which I'm sure you are familiar with. My Father in law is buried at the base cemetery and my Mother in law still lives in Colombus.
You have come to the right place. We have folks from all over the world here willing to help anyone with questions, So come on in and join the fun!

Small world eh... I am from Southern California and now I live in Columbus Ga... I was born and raised in Newport Beach and still have relatives in Costa Mesa and one in San Diego.

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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2012, 05:13:46 pm »
Welcome to the forum! I'm Dustin from Ohio

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« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2012, 09:18:53 pm »
Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. A day without saw dust is like a day without sunshine.  :)
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2012, 10:26:58 pm »
From one retired military to another:  Greetings from South Dakota Mangler.  Welcome to the forum and the addiction.   

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« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2012, 11:20:04 pm »
Hello and Welcome.  I'm Judy from North Dakota
I'm from North Dakota

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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2012, 06:38:49 am »
Hello and welcome to the forum.  I'm Julie from Texas. Glad to have you and thank you for your service. 

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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2012, 08:35:16 am »
Hi Woodmangler, welcome to the forum, I'm Keith from Cornwall U.K.
It's all a case of "Mind over Matter",  The Government don't Mind, and I don't Matter.

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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2012, 08:40:02 am »
Welcome Woodmangler  Glad yo found us
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2012, 09:33:12 am »
Welcome! I am Tony,aka,Toneman from Paris, Texas.

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« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2012, 09:33:48 am »
welcome to the forum i'm Todd from NL Canada.


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« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2012, 09:37:05 am »
Welcome! I am Mahendra from India.
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2012, 04:59:40 am »
G'day Mangler, welcome to the forum.  I'm Marg from Australia.
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2012, 10:29:02 am »
Welcome mangler. Im Rocky from North Dakota

 

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