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Swan Sawyer

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Hi, thanks for letting me into this community.

 

I have been scrolling since summer 2016. I transfer public domain images directly to baltic birch plywood and cut them up into jigsaw puzzles.

 

One difficulty I am having is chipping on the image side. I am using 4B baltic birch from Robert Bury in Montreal and using #2/0 .008 .027 23 8 DOUBLE TOOTH REV (DT/R) blades from Saw Bird.

 

I want to sell my puzzles. Any advice is much appreciated.

 



Cheers!

 

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Hi Clara, welcome the village! One thing to consider is the reverse tooth blades. Make sure the bottom reverse teeth are not reaching the top of the board. That will cause The chipping. I would switch to skip tooth blade, no reverse teeth.

How do you transfer the image directly to the board?

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Hi, thanks for letting me into this community.

 

I have been scrolling since summer 2016. I transfer public domain images directly to baltic birch plywood and cut them up into jigsaw puzzles.

 

One difficulty I am having is chipping on the image side. I am using 4B baltic birch from Robert Bury in Montreal and using #2/0 .008 .027 23 8 DOUBLE TOOTH REV (DT/R) blades from Saw Bird.

 

I want to sell my puzzles. Any advice is much appreciated.

 

 

Cheers!

 

i think the double tooth reverse blades your using is the culprit.I use Flying Dutchman reverse tooth blade exclusively blades and have not had that problem.Forget about double tooth blades  for puzzles.

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Thank you, all, for the warm welcome.

 

And thanks for all the suggestions. I believe I discovered the problem with the chipping. I think I inadvertently used some inferior plywood for this last project. I was, in fact, using the FD puzzle blades from Lesley's Patterns. Both blades work equally well when using good plywood. I do prefer the reverse blade for the smoother backside it leaves. I guess experimentation is the only way to find what works best for each of us.

@dgman, I transfer the images with the technique outlined in this video, something everyone may find useful for various projects.

 

Best!

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