We all have professionals in our lives that we count on to keep our health in tip-top shape. More than 61% of the population wears glasses or contact lens. It's fun to tell these professionals thank you with a gift. This eye chart should get a chuckle out of your optometrist at your next appointment.
In case you can't see the picture(pun intended), the chart says, "My optometrist keeps me focused". The glasses are on a wooden dowel standoff about 1.5" from the eye chart. The theme of the pattern was submitted by a reader named Conrad Holtz. Thanks, Conrad.
Pattern Suggestions?
I know this type of pattern will not get a lot of downloads but I like to make them. I do enough patterns that I can make these slightly oddball patterns without running everyone off. I'm happy to take suggestions for pattern ideas. Even though I call this a slightly oddball pattern there are still millions of people who take advantage of optometrists. A suggestion for a pattern that thanks your typewriter repair technician is probably not something I would do.
Matt Hass DeWalt DW-788 Scroll Saw Repair Video:
My friend Matt Hass, over at Awesome Wood Things made a very helpful video on repairing the DeWalt DW788 scroll saw. Matt bought a used DeWalt scroll saw and decided to give it a complete overhaul including a paint job. Lucky for all of us he did a video journal of the steps he took.
The DeWalt DW-788 is probably the most popular scroll saw ever introduced. There are thousands of these machines in shops all over the country. Unfortunately, many of them are now starting to wear out and need service. If the machine is out of warranty and you are handy with tools you can repair most of the problems yourself.
One note to consider. The newer Type 2 DeWalt DW788 comes out of the factory with little to no lubrication on the bearings. These bearing are common failure points of this saw. Lubricating the bearings will extend their life. The question you have to answer is this. Do I disassemble the saw and lubricate the bearings before they fail or do I wait for them to fail and lubricate the new bearings when they are replaced? Good question and only you can decide which option is best for you.
Matt made great use of editing to get this information-packed video down to under ten minutes. If you own a DeWalt DW788 then you absolutely need to bookmark this video. At some point you are going to need it.
Thanks for the outstanding video Matt.
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All current orders for Signature coins should be ready to ship Monday. I will send an invoice when they are ready to ship. Thanks for the orders.
$12 per sheet of 12 coins plus $3.50 shipping
Inlay with a 1" Forstner Bit.
The perfect way to sign your work.
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Scroll Saw Pattern Design Tutorial: DVD
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Then I will show you the technique to take your photograph and make a pattern from it. When the pattern is complete we will go in the shop and cut it.
The DVD is $10 plus shipping. This is a data DVD that you will use on your computer to watch the video tutorial
Every Scrollsaw Workshop Pattern from 2007-2017 in DVD
Purchase the entire Scrollsaw Workshop pattern catalog for offline access.
This DVD has 2,300 patterns published from 2007 thru 2017.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
If you use the DVD on a Windows PC there is a simple viewer program to browse through the patterns.
The DVD also works fine on a MAC. The viewer program is not MAC compatible but there is an included PDF with all the patterns shown as thumbnails for easy viewing.
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