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here is a pattern of and I suspect a axminster scroll saw anyone can use it I got permission to share, adjust as required, I am going to level off the front of the table , - do away with the taper - and take the extra bit off the back bend, and remove any lines that are in the way. take care John

thanks for the info, got the plans downloaded but there where no dimensions for anything at all, on all of them bitter disappointment. take care John

hi now here is here I make an *** of myself, today I went on a site called "I BUILD IT " and downloaded some plans,come to print them off no chance, why they are a SKP file format , so can anyone help me to A find an app and B help me change them to a PDF file format, on windows 10, I do not...

cheers for that Brian it got laughing, must admit I still do not know how I went down, anyway went to hospital and got x rayed etc, all ok nowt bust, now that would have been a bummer if it was bust. Just finished cobbling together the table off Steve goods site, only had pallet wood...

as you know I got my saw back hooray, then this morning I slipped in the wet room an damaged my left shoulder, so will be out of commission for a while , boohoo, and after just receiving a whole load of pine given, off a couple of wood beds. :( https: take care John

hi no offense taken, I tightened the screw near the motor first and that seemed to work for a while, then it started again, so got in touch with axi and they told me to adjust the nut as per your advice , again worked for a while , so adjusted repeatedly and the same thing happens,sent it back...

hi Brian I have to lift the arm to do my adjustments for some reason I cannot do t the other way round, I lifted the arm up and it is supposed to stay there, as I was doing some internal cuts on 3d stuff aka Steve goods patterns and the arm just dropped bosh got ya, and I do have the same...

thanks for that Toonie, I have adjusted this from both sides and it stays up for about 10 blade adjustments then starts to drop again, I was cutting a thick piece of wood and it dropped without warning and nipped my fingers , I keep doing it but it is like a bad dream it keeps coming back to...

set the saw up and the main problem to get fixed hasnt been touched the drop arm take care John

Saw arrived this morning , got it back on the stand , brief look hose changed and top pegas clamp, got too hot to continue, will bolt it down and test it tonight , all things being equal. take care John

Axminster been in touch saw will be dispatched soon. take care John

hi I finally had to give in and send my saw back to Axminster , too many problems to ignore, top of the list was vibrations. followed closely by arm dropping then the niggly bits , table scratching,screws in the pegas head almost shot,on off switch acting up , speed controller acting up so off...

hi here a few things I have done over the last week, I am posting this as my saw is going back to axminster on Friday for repairs, arm wont stay up,on off switch problems , speed regulator problems, pegas head screw thread almost shot, and vibs it is virtually vib free free running but as soon...

hi and thanks for the info on the information on the supplier Martyn, will give the site a look at. thanks John

Hi my wife was watch something on the telly ,something with Kirsty Alsop in, and a man coloured some wood using wax sticks, it was bare white wood and it coloured and waxed it at the same time,anyone know anything about this and where to get these things please. thanks John

Hi Just watched two video's by Hans Meier on you tube called back to basics, I know we all - hopefully - experienced scrollers lol, -here is me the big I am after 3 years scrolling- but sometimes its good to look at something like this just to refresh ones memory, and maybe pick up a tip or two...

you are very welcome, and yes the eagle looked very impressive. take care John

Sally who is sally?? I guess you know about stiles and bates catalog, they do all sorts of woods and the spindle blanks are very very reasonable, I got a hard wood selection bag for about £30 last year and am still using bit of it, got to say I dont do any where near the intarsia you do ...

I do not know much about intarsia, come to think about it I also dont know a lot about scrolling either but she has been doing it for 30 years,,and it certainly shows, I have only been scrolling for about three, so a long way to go ,but at 76 there is not a lot of wiggle room, so I will have to...

hi all Steve good has just released a you tube video, of the 50 the anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, on his web site / blogg, his daily one, and nasa commissioned Judy Gale Robets to do an intarsia piece of this, please take the time out and watch it, the quality of work is such that my...