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hi I would like to throw my twopenny worth in if I may, I like you after I had done some scroll work on my record power 16 inch machine for 12 months , and the blade changing for internal cuts took ages, up to 2 minutes and over sometimes , but with the pegas blade changing system its 10...

Image of a colt 45 in white, grey and black corian and a Mozambique timber from stiles and bates .

hi again well, I finally got the colt finished, seems like it has taken since forever, any comments welcome good or bad. This is bound once again to Australia to my mate. There are two notches in the handle, for his two children and , four straight cuts in the base of the handle for his grand...

hi Martyn thanks for that , I think I have got it mostly figured out except for the first couple of cuts , at the moment I am trying to finish an intarsia of a colt 45 so this will have to wait till thats done ,but will be defo having a go. take care John

I have been watching videos by a man called Steve Giddion on youtube and he makes some cracking stuff , just thought I would give it a try to prove I can do it ,I think I have figured it out how to do it but will have to buy the patterns to make sure, at $15 and $ 20 each, but when they are...

hi all has anyone out there had a go at scroll saw shells please ??, not intarsia type. take care John

I totally agree with AES on all points including cars mine is a BMW to heck with fords and my saw is an axi trade 30 bought because Brian - claymore - suggested it for the work I want to aspire to one day, axis do come for sale on here from time to time wish you luck with which ever one you buy...

hi again started off with a cheap lumberjock, only took pinned blades so it went back, next a record power 16 inch , after I got the vibration problems sorted out , I used it for 18 months before I got really into plaques etc , and found out the major draw back with this saw was the blade...

hi and welcome , there has been a few axminster and hegner recently on ebay , dont know the condition ,there is a for sale section on this forum and axminsters sometimes come up on that . take care John

ok hope you and yours are all well . Do you have a face book account as there is two new scroll saw sites started last year A)scroll saw and wood projects and B) scrollers hangout lot of newbies and interesting stuff on both. take care John

Hi Arnold9801 do not know if you have purchased another saw yet, I have a record power 16 inch scroll saw, I was really pleased for 18 months with it, after I got the vibration problems sorted out - turned out it was my fault - what got to me was the length of time it took to make an internal...

if you enjoy scrolling then mothball your machine and occasionally turn it on, then it will be ready and waiting for your return , because to replace it in three years time will cost a lot of money you do not need to spend. John

here,s wishing one and all a happy, safe and peaceful new year

thanks Silversam in total about 7 hours work , still not totally finished I recon 2 more hours should see it done, - all this work has been done on my axminster trade ex 30, it is so easy to use and blade changing is a doddle, on my old record power I would have hardly got started - then I can...

made this over the weekend its a pattern from Steve good s site ,just needs gluing ans staining the piece behind the design ans words bit so they stand out better , and a coat of varnish to protect it , made out of 1/4 inch plywood,its for an 8 inch doll take care John

this is an update on how far I have got so far, the handle is white corian and glued up the other parts are shaped and ready to glue up and are grey corian , the cylinder and the piece between the barrels will unfortunately have to be made of wood ran out of the grey. have a merry Christmas...

the colt will look something like this, I am using corian, stuff that I have lying around from other projects, this is the pattern, I have already marked the pattern and have got the handle parts glued on to the corian ready to cut later on today, maybe depends on the weather its dam cold in...

could be the first one defiantly not the second. take care John

it was / is a colt revolver not sure which model or if it is a colt for that matter, but will put image on later when I start then let the fun begin deciding which one it is, take care John

Hi again, I got a colt 45 pattern From Charles dearing and cut out on 3 mm plywood and what a mess I made of it , to much detail, unless one cuts it to 29 + inches like Charles did, I cut another one out of a pattern I found on some site, and burnt the detail in the wood out of 3/4 inch pitch...