Saludos and hello - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

jim_mex · 09-20-2008, 02:51 AM

Hi - I'm Jim - an expat Brit living in Mexico the past 20 years.

I work as a freelance consultant ceramist/ceramic engineer, usually overseas, and between jobs I have a fair number of creative hobbies around the house including woodworking.

I bought a Delta scrollsaw a year or so back and have just gotten around to 'playing' with it to feel my way. I'm particularly interested in learning intarsia and segmentation techniques and joined the forum 'to pick the brains of them that knows' and hopefully contribute where I can when I have achieved some level of knowledge.

I guess that being a ceramist this can be looked on as a 'potted' intro ! - now time to lose myself in the forum messages

Cheers to all

KathyRo · 09-20-2008, 02:59 AM

Welcome, Jim and Cheers to you too! This is a super site with lots of really good scroller's. Stick here you'll learn a lot.
KathyRo

lucky788scroller · 09-20-2008, 03:01 AM

Now weve got a pot head in here!!!!!!!!!!!!! What next????????????????

LOL, welcome to the wonderful addiction of scrolling.Browse the site a while, youll learn heaps quickly!

scrollnaway49 · 09-20-2008, 04:33 AM

Welcome Jim, lots of good people on here along with lots of information ,you will like it here!
Shirley

greatdane2 · 09-20-2008, 04:45 AM

Welcome Jim, this is a great site to learn from. feel free to ask questions. And as you live closer to a lot of exotic wood than most of us do and you travel as well you should be able to get quite an assortment of wood. So let me be the first to offer storage space for some of that wood. LOL.
There is no such thing as a stupid question anymore, I've asked them all! So dig in and enjoy the ride.

Alan.

marshall · 09-20-2008, 11:41 AM

Welcome there Jim : come back and join in on our talks once in a while , again welcome !!!!!!! Marshall

Sandy Oaks · 09-20-2008, 04:08 PM

Hi Jim,

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy the nice people and helpful information.

Denny

minowevie · 09-20-2008, 08:17 PM

I would like to welcome you as well Jim. you will learn alot hear, for your jerny into intasia, and segmentaion. we do have some experts hear. to many to name, someday I will try it as well. I am still loveing my fretwork right now. but do admire the other woodwoking done hear. they are masters for sure. I am sure you will fit right in. and add to are little family. Evie

jim_mex · 09-21-2008, 06:41 PM

Thanks everybody for the friendly greetings - I really look forward to joining in with the forum.

@lucky788scroller - good to see members with a sense of humour ! - an essential characteristic I reckon that often keeps me from tearing my hair out when tackling new projects and tripping over all the simple mistakes which I should have checked on beforehand.

Ok - back to the workshop to batlle on with my first segmentation project which is already teaching me that this scrollsawing lark is certainly no mugs game!

turningnut · 09-21-2008, 09:03 PM

Jim,

Welcome to the forum...If your anything like me, you can't afford to pull too awful much hair out...Come back often and post some pictures of your work, we love to see pictures. Enjoy

09-20-2008, 02:51 AM	#1
jim_mex 'Senior' member - no way! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pachuca, Mexico Posts: 2,388	Saludos and hello Hi - I'm Jim - an expat Brit living in Mexico the past 20 years. I work as a freelance consultant ceramist/ceramic engineer, usually overseas, and between jobs I have a fair number of creative hobbies around the house including woodworking. I bought a Delta scrollsaw a year or so back and have just gotten around to 'playing' with it to feel my way. I'm particularly interested in learning intarsia and segmentation techniques and joined the forum 'to pick the brains of them that knows' and hopefully contribute where I can when I have achieved some level of knowledge. I guess that being a ceramist this can be looked on as a 'potted' intro ! - now time to lose myself in the forum messages Cheers to all

09-20-2008, 02:59 AM	#2
KathyRo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: High Desert Arizona Posts: 443	Welcome, Jim and Cheers to you too! This is a super site with lots of really good scroller's. Stick here you'll learn a lot. KathyRo __________________ Really New Scroller NEWMy Website, Robbins Nest Creations www.robbinsnestcreations.com My WCI Scroller Gallery http://www.scrollsawer.com/gallery/s...0/ppuser/12025 My WCI Wood Carving Gallery http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.co...00/ppuser/3480 Measure twice cut once

09-20-2008, 03:01 AM	#3
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,354	Now weve got a pot head in here!!!!!!!!!!!!! What next???????????????? LOL, welcome to the wonderful addiction of scrolling.Browse the site a while, youll learn heaps quickly! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

09-20-2008, 11:41 AM	#6
marshall Just love Being Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Jonesboro Arkansas { USA } Posts: 2,664	Welcome there Jim : come back and join in on our talks once in a while , again welcome !!!!!!! Marshall __________________ Usually busier than a cat in a sandbox !!!!!!!!!!! { Dewalt 788 only }

09-21-2008, 06:41 PM	#9
jim_mex 'Senior' member - no way! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pachuca, Mexico Posts: 2,388	Thanks for the greetings Thanks everybody for the friendly greetings - I really look forward to joining in with the forum. @lucky788scroller - good to see members with a sense of humour ! - an essential characteristic I reckon that often keeps me from tearing my hair out when tackling new projects and tripping over all the simple mistakes which I should have checked on beforehand. Ok - back to the workshop to batlle on with my first segmentation project which is already teaching me that this scrollsawing lark is certainly no mugs game!

09-20-2008, 04:33 AM	#4
scrollnaway49 scrollnaway Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 351	Welcome Jim, lots of good people on here along with lots of information ,you will like it here! Shirley

09-20-2008, 04:45 AM	#5
greatdane2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC. Canada Posts: 2,298	Welcome Jim, this is a great site to learn from. feel free to ask questions. And as you live closer to a lot of exotic wood than most of us do and you travel as well you should be able to get quite an assortment of wood. So let me be the first to offer storage space for some of that wood. LOL. There is no such thing as a stupid question anymore, I've asked them all! So dig in and enjoy the ride. Alan.

09-20-2008, 04:08 PM	#7
Sandy Oaks Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,244	Hi Jim, Welcome to the forum. Enjoy the nice people and helpful information. Denny

09-20-2008, 08:17 PM	#8
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,297	I would like to welcome you as well Jim. you will learn alot hear, for your jerny into intasia, and segmentaion. we do have some experts hear. to many to name, someday I will try it as well. I am still loveing my fretwork right now. but do admire the other woodwoking done hear. they are masters for sure. I am sure you will fit right in. and add to are little family. Evie

09-21-2008, 09:03 PM	#10
turningnut Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas Posts: 626	Jim, Welcome to the forum...If your anything like me, you can't afford to pull too awful much hair out...Come back often and post some pictures of your work, we love to see pictures. Enjoy __________________ Mike...Ft. Worth, TX EX-21 with Bandaids by Curaid

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