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    Al is right of course, it could be a bad L2. You...

    Al is right of course, it could be a bad L2. You can check the power supply by setting the machine on its side (muffler side) and take the bottom panel off. The power supply will be at the bottom...
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    A Little Goes A Long Way!

    This is usually a direct result of "loading" way to much wax on the wheel. The wax in the creases will have to be taken off by hand and as the instructions state, very little is needed to accomplish...
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    Your right LG...the frame joints need gluing but...

    Your right LG...the frame joints need gluing but not the panel. Thank you!
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    Wood Movement

    The other day I posted a thread regarding wood movement. Some folks have their own philosophy on the subject and believe it to be correct. That is fine. Some even think that the larger the board, the...
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    Pkunk; My last word on the subject. I agree...

    Pkunk;

    My last word on the subject. I agree that in some parts of the country you can get by with glueing solid wood together in different grain directions...New Mexico for instance, where I would...
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    Michael; If folks want to use this...

    Michael;

    If folks want to use this technique...I would advocate using 2 part epoxy to set the different wood pieces in the cutouts instead of wood glue. This would allow more flexibility in any...
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    Plywood

    Solid wood IS NOT plywood! By gluing NUMEROUS thin strips of wood in alternating directions layer by layer, plywood is much less likely to expand or shrink based on moisture in the environment, and...
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    cnsranch; I hate guys with nice, picture book...

    cnsranch;

    I hate guys with nice, picture book shops! And then there's Al @ www.PoconoDigitalWoodshop.com who couldn't be satisfied with just ONE shop! Just kidding. The shop looks great (can't...
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    Dec. 2008 Tips and Tricks

    I looked over the Dec. tips and tricks newsletter written by Doc Wheeler. Doc explains this process of replacing different woods into "cutouts" made in the base wood with plugs of different woods....
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    Be careful

    Be very careful about veneering over solid wood. Wood moves! Before stable sheet goods were available, craftsmen veneered over solid wood because it was all they had. Over time, the veneer will come...
  11. Stephani; I would suggest using the "connected...

    Stephani;

    I would suggest using the "connected lines tool." The first mpc file shows the design using this tool. The second shows the result after the two intersections were converted to curves. I...
  12. Crashing

    I use 1.30 and the program crashes. Of course 1.26 crashed often enough as well. With 1.30, the program crashes (every time) I exit the program with an "unable to read memory error" along with "The...
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    Sticky: Chris: ABSOLUTELY! The machine needs a cleaning...

    Chris:
    ABSOLUTELY! The machine needs a cleaning every 15-20 minutes. It allows you to pause production, clean it out and start back to carving. Allowing sawdust to build in the carving chamber risks...
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    Sticky: I was not saying that you never check on the...

    I was not saying that you never check on the machine while it is running, but if you run a workshop for profit you are not going to stand at that machine all the while it carves! The machine can take...
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    Joinery

    Great question. Carvewright stated back in Dec. of 2006 that this capability would be in future versions. This was a year ago.
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    Warranty

    You are saying that sears sold you a warranty and LHR honored that warranty?
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    Native Born

    This piece measures approximately 15" x 40" and is carved out of Birdseye maple. It includes an ebonized Walnut frame. The frame is joined with box joint joinery at the corners. The carvings were...
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    The text was "copied" from the first file and...

    The text was "copied" from the first file and pasted into the second. When this occured, the software looked at the name "Karli" as a graphic object and not text. I did not have the same font as was...
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    Family tree

    Juno2

    Try this. You had the name inverted. I reinverted the name, put it on the apple and "merged" it with the additive option. You should be able to manipulate it however you like now. :)
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