Just finished this on my Wen I got for Christmas.

[scrollsawSQUIRELL]

This piece took a day and a half since I don’t have a stool yet and my lower back kept bothering me. 

Satisfied with the finished product for a somewhat difficult piece to start off with. 

[meflick]

Nice work. Definitely not an easy piece to start with. Lettering still makes me want to run and hide. 

[Rockytime]

That is an admirable piece you cut. And just out of the box too. You are well on your way!

[Tomanydogs]

That is a beautiful piece. You did a great job. 

[scrollsawSQUIRELL]

14 hours ago, meflick said:

Nice work. Definitely not an easy piece to start with. Lettering still makes me want to run and hide. 

The lettering definitely makes me want to throw the saw across the room lol. I need to get a stool since my lower back gives me trouble the longer I stand hunched over. 

[amazingkevin]

That saw made a believer out of you . I'm very impressed at your out of the box skills! You're going to be the one to watch!!!!

[jerrye]

Letters are hard to do. You did them very well. I started with that saw. It was a great beginning, made better once I got Frank Pozsgai's EZ blade clamp system on it.

Like you, I went for the best blades I could get-Pegas MG. I've always found that investing in the best blades to be a winning move with all my tools.

[edward]

Vert nicely done, guess the machine isn't as bad for a cheaper one.

[Scrappile]

Nice job.  Letters are very unforgiving in that any deviations seem to show up more.  I like to do pictures because only I know where I goofed......

[RabidAlien]

On 12/27/2018 at 9:03 PM, meflick said:

Nice work. Definitely not an easy piece to start with. Lettering still makes me want to run and hide. 

If you look at lettering as nothing more than straight lines and curves, they're not quite as scary. 

 

Nicely cut!!!  I may have to do one of those soon for some friends buying a house.

[meflick]

3 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

If you look at lettering as nothing more than straight lines and curves, they're not quite as scary.  . . . 

So you say,  my mind seems to just go 

 it.s. Or the straight lines and curves, I can do that for the most part, it’s the points and sharp angles and narrow places that make me quake  stars do the same thing. 

[RabidAlien]

8 hours ago, meflick said:

So you say,  my mind seems to just go 

 it.s. Or the straight lines and curves, I can do that for the most part, it’s the points and sharp angles and narrow places that make me quake  stars do the same thing. 

Guess that's one of the advantages of having an ancient saw like mine, with very limited blade choices.  I don't try to make the scrap nice and pretty and easily fit back inside the project like it was a puzzle.     I treat the blade like its a Tron light-cycle, looping around and cutting through scrap to get to the next straight line.  If it hit an oddball corner, I'll back up a bit, shave a kerf-width off the previous cut, back up, shave another kerf, etc, until I clear out an area wide enough to park my blade in.  Turn off the saw, get the blade in teh new area, then start cutting again.  Sometimes I'll leave a bit of scrap, get the new line started cutting, then loop back around to the old line.  I'll knock that little piece out, then go back and shave off the scrap I left making the turn.

[scrollsawSQUIRELL]

On 12/29/2018 at 4:25 AM, jerrye said:

Letters are hard to do. You did them very well. I started with that saw. It was a great beginning, made better once I got Frank Pozsgai's EZ blade clamp system on it.

Like you, I went for the best blades I could get-Pegas MG. I've always found that investing in the best blades to be a winning move with all my tools.

I have looked at that blade clamp. Gonna have to save up and get it I think.