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[Rolf]

That is a mess! as long as you have the writing it can be duplicated....

[Rolf]

I mixed her up with someone else, so I have no idea where to get them....

[Rolf]

I might know who has her patterns. I will do bit of digging.

[Rolf]

Who's design?...

[Rolf]

Aren't we all just boys with bigger toys (and more expensive) ...

[Rolf]

Thanks for the video, it reminds me of the saw mill at the Fox Chapel open houses. I loved all of those steam powered machines!...

[Rolf]

With practice for intarsia I actually TRY to split the line. but you have to be consistent. Mostly I use as thin a blade as possible and cut down the center of the line. A Pegas MGT #1 R is .010 inches thick and the actual kerf is .011 so every time you cut an Intarsia piece you lose that wood. On larger...

[Rolf]

There are certain projects, like text, where stray cutting really pops out at you. Arcs, circles and longer straight lines also show more.
As MarkDavid said projects that require things to fit together are precision critical (Intarsia)...

[Rolf]

Following a line is like driving , look a bit ahead of where you are going and gently steer toward that point. Some blades will not cut straight because of how they were manufactured. typically the will cut to your right as you face the saw. I sit slightly to the right of center to compensate.
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[Rolf]

Isn't that called Moonshine?...

[Rolf]

I have been SLOWLY purging / cleaning up my workshop. Not an easy task for me. I came across this small bench top Workmate that I inherited from my father. It will be perfect for doing relief carving and it may be useful for drilling angled holes also. I will post after I try it. I was starting to design...

[Rolf]

Using a spray gun seems like a lot of work to setup, spray and clean the gun, unless you have a larger project....

[Rolf]

Betty not shiny, I just like sealing the wood. John Everclear the choice for spiking punch. Wicked stuff. I didn't realize it was no longer available....

[Rolf]

Most drawing programs will import PDF files. For printer settings.

size you want / original = percentage x 100 If you want a 4" final size the original is 11"

4 /11=.363 .36*100= 36 that is the scale you would enter in the printer.

I like reducing...

[Rolf]

Lots of nice work John.

On my ornaments I have been using a 50/50 mix of Zinser sanding sealer and alcohol. If it raises the grain a bit I just kiss it with a 240 mac mop.
Been doing this for many years.

[Rolf]

I have a lot of different blades as many of us do, and we will all at some point find the ones that work best for us. The FD UR blade is one I have never gotten comfortable with for exactly the reason you mention....

[Rolf]

Some useless information, this discussion has brought back some memories. When I was an "apprentice" in a machine shop one of my jobs was to drill a 4" deep hole into cast iron pistons The drill bit was 1/16. Cast iron is a weird stuff to drill it always sounds like the drill is brea...

[Rolf]

Good for you!...

[Rolf]

What are the typical angles that you use? 5 degree increments, 10?...

[Rolf]

I also like the Humming bird one best.