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Here is a tutorial on the "Swirl" inlay that I use, but with a twist, this time I made a little jig for the table saw.

As you can see it is a small simple sled. I then took the sled and marked a line of what I thought would be a good angle for most pen blanks. I don't know what the exact angle is... I just eye balled it. It is more than 45 degree's of that I'm sure of.



I measure ...

Here is what I basically do with my Decal pens. As you can see I use Testors Decal paper. This can be found at Hobby stores. I purchased mine at “Hobby Lobby.”

Just follow the directions for printing out your logo, name…etc. One thing I have found using this material is that you MUST use a light colored blank for the background. This is transparent film, but the inkjet inks are not solid enough for darker colors. That type of decal must be purchased through professional modeler ...

I don't know anything about blogging, so this is going to be a learning experience for me. I have a thread I started in back in November (I think) about my workbench project. I want to recreate some of the entries for that in this blog, plus add some more stuff. In the past I have kept a journal on some of the projects I have built and always find going back and rereading those to be helpful as I learn to be a better woodworker. I kept a journal on the baby cradle I built for my 1st grandson. ...

Originally Posted by glenn bradley

Originally Posted by Mark Mrsa

Glenn, I had the wrong number. Correct model number is 113.29901.

This thread may help. Besides Grandpa's 1950 Emerson I had a 1970's "113." contractor. I added a decent fence, PALs, machined pulleys and a link belt. I also wrapped a 90# bag of Redi-crete in plastic and tossed it in the base for ballast.
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I could get the blade very well aligned at 90 degrees but, as with nearly all contractor format saws, bevel cuts were a challenge.

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The next step is to cut some dark wood strips for the spacers. Just make sure you cut them long enough to cover the angle length on the sections you just cut from the checker board blank. This is what you end up with:




The one thing I do is to make sure to sand off any chips and splinters off the sections.


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