My latest challenge - The Lord's Prayer - build log.

[Dragonkort]

thank you so much for you post!! I didn't think it was long at all...I even understood most of it lol  basically what I do anyway.... the smaller and the closer the cuts are the thiner or smaller the blade should be.... if I understood you correctly. lol I have 2 dewalts I use... both are the same saw. lol once when I had my saw in the shop...spikebought me another one so I could keep scrolling lol I love it this way I always have a working saw. lol or should have anyway...I have one in the gragrage waiting to be taken to johnsons to be serviced....i'll have to do it soon I think because the one im using could use a little servicing to. now don't anyone yell at me but the first scroll saw the ex got me didn't have that safty arm that helps hold the wood down....so when I learned to scroll I didn't have that piece... every saw iv had after that I have always taken that part off....iv tried to saw with it on but for me it just seems to make it harder for me to see the lines im trying to cut... and I have never found a good hight for it that will hold the wood down with out making it to hard for me to slide the wood to do the cutting..... but I am VERY wary and carfule around that blade... still have all my digets!! however when my grand son is ready to learn to cut with the saw I will start him out on a saw with that extra hold down piece on it!! when I teach I make sure to teach the right and safe way to use a tool....my old stand by for whey do I have to have the safty bar on when you don't is BECAUSE I SAID SO!! LOL  if you want to saw with me you will do It the right way!! well im off to my wood shop now to see what trouble I can get into there. lol 

[Dave Wittich]

Short day in the shop today - just barely 4 hours.  Horses had the priority today, farrier & vet for yearly shots, checkup, etc etc.  Still, managed to get that bottom panel ("Amen Amen") done and the last, most complex panel of them all, started.

[Dave Wittich]

We're getting there.  Almost approaching what I'd call a good work day - 5.25 hours, which is really a miracle for me lately.  I'd guess the final piece is something over 1/3 done, and on only 5 blades.

[Scrappile]

One heck of a lot of scrolling.... looking good.

[Scrappile]

On 4/12/2020 at 8:41 AM, Dragonkort said:

now don't anyone yell at me but the first scroll saw the ex got me didn't have that safty arm that helps hold the wood down....so when I learned to scroll I didn't have that piece... every saw iv had after that I have always taken that part off....iv tried to saw with it on but for me it just seems to make it harder for me to see the lines im trying to cut...

You and 99.93% of the rest of the scrollers remove the hold down first thing when they get a scroll saw. You fit right in.

[Dragonkort]

lol well im glad i fit in!! lol  you are really comming along with the loards prayar!!  humm id proubly get more done IF i stay in my wood shop cutting longer... i can only spend an hour or 2 in the wood shop at a time...lol  just not a disaplaned person i guess. lol  i only spend an hour or 2 on any project im making no matter what materal and tools are used.. then i  guess i get tired of doing say the scrolling and go to the sewing machine an hour or so on that and im off to sit in my chair and crochet... an hour or 2 doing that and im off again to rest from that project and do another project. lol  it drives spike nutts!! lol  because you know thats NOT the way your SUPPOSE to do things lol  and evedently im not an orgnized person either lol  as i spend half my time when im doing a project looking for the tools iv layed down somewhere and now can't remember where i put them!!! but ya know like i tell spike everything gets done eventually lol i just have to  find  a better way to keep all my materls together for a project in a box or something....the kitchen table is most of the time littered with some kind of project... and the table ad floor around my chair always has a least 2 bags of materal for what ever projects im currently working on . lol once in a blue mood spike will get so asperated with me he'll ask me WHY i can't just work on one project until its done and then go on to the next one...my answer.. its my job to annoy and agravate you as much as possable in a day so your brain dosnt get lazy and you go senial!!  lol im keeping his  brain always  working and he should thank me for being such a good wife!!!  lol poor man most of the time he just walks away shaking his head. lol 

[Tomanydogs]

Dave that will look amazing!!!

[Dave Wittich]

(5:00 AM)For sure, that little safety foot is a major pain - only thing it serves for is to block your view and break your wood - - didn't last a minute when I bought the saw, yea those many decades ago.  Another thing that went the way of the dodo at nearly the same time was that little clear plastic shield that covered the blade.  First thing it did was fog up with sawdust so I couldn't see a thing - so, bye bye to the shield too.

Dragonkort - you're funny.  What you describe could almost be our house - everything, everywhere.  Susan and I will occasionally do a full clean-up of the place but then neither one of us can find anything for the next month or so.  Guess that's the bonus you get for sticking around this long - no mind.  Y'know, when I was young I used to worry a lot about losing my mind, but now that it's gone I don't miss it even a little bit.

By the way, Spike's lucky to have you - - - just in case you didn't know that already.

Hoping to get back to cutting today.  Yesterday was our Red Cross blood drive at the American Legion and I always work that.  It's 8 hours of good socializing and a good cause too.  Can't give, myself - banned for life because of the European Mad Cow thing back in the 80s AND Chernobyl.

Well y'all, sun's looking to come up, coffee's ready (first pot of the day, anyway) and my other half is stirring.  Pretty close to time to head out to the horses, and then some more "follow the lines".  Hoping to do the last cutting tomorrow - doubt I can finish it all today, but you never know.

(10:15PM) Well, I almost made it.  6.25 hours, which puts the project at 112.25 hours total, 5 more blades (98 total) and another hour or so tomorrow and the cutting will be done.  YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then, we start gluing and assembly.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Dave Wittich
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[Dave Wittich]

CUTTING IS FINISHED!!!!!!!!  YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here, you see my high-dollar, super-high-tec, method of holding the framework down while the glue dries.  I've actually got a whole set of dedicated lead weights for this purpose - if I knew where I put them last, I'd be using them.  Oh, well.

Anybody got a use for near $50-worth of dead scrollsaw blades?

[Dave Wittich]

OK!  First board's standing, complete except for polyeurethane.  Second board's on the table - got stained today.  Tomorrow I start putting all the goodies on that one.

[rjweb]

That is beautiful, I don’t think I could have the patience to do it, RJ 

[Dave Wittich]

21 hours ago, rjweb said:

That is beautiful, I don’t think I could have the patience to do it, RJ 

Sure you could!!!  Just like any other scrollsaw project, y'er just following the lines - but this project has a few more lines than most.

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And just like that, the day is over.

First coat of spar urethane is on both of them, took approximately 2 minutes to spray after 10 minutes of setup and then another 10 minutes of cleanup.

[Dave Wittich]

OK, everybody gets one, right?

After 3 days of drying time (yeah, 70/30 urethane/turpentine ratio - took awhile), I spent 2 hours, this morning, hand-sanding both boards with 400-grit sandpaper - bringing all the booboo's back to some kind of civilized appearance.

THEN, spent another 2 hours unclogging my sprayer ... we won't go into details about that though. (yeah, sometimes I'm an idiot)

Finally, both boards got their 2nd coat of finish and they look GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pics tomorrow, maybe, before they get coat #3.  Using semi-gloss spar-varnish type urethane, I'm planning on 4 coats on front, 3 in back.

[Dave Wittich]

On 3/23/2020 at 12:51 PM, meflick said:

Beautiful but sorry, I am pretty sure you DO  NOT get the title of slowest scroller because In 3 days, there is no way I would have even that much done.

OK meflick - wanna argue that "slowest scroller" thing again?

One month and still at it.  OK, I admit, I'm actually stretching this thing out just a bit - my spar urethane is apparently getting a bit past its prime and it's taking somewhat longer for each coat to dry than I'd like, close to twice as long for each coat.  BUT, I gotta say, I'm liking this one an awful lot.  Third coat on front this morning.  This evening it's nearly dry and very VERY smooth and even.  If all's totally dry in the morning I'm turning them over and starting the back-side finish coats (2).

Been thinking, for quite some time, about tackling what I think is probably one of the biggest, most complex projects a scrollsaw can take on - the Milan Cathedral.  Might have to get a bit more serious about it - this project's been an awful lot of fun but I think that might actually (for me) be the ultimate.

Thoughts anyone?

[meflick]

9 hours ago, Dave Wittich said:

OK meflick - wanna argue that "slowest scroller" thing again?

One month and still at it.  OK, I admit, I'm actually stretching this thing out just a bit - my spar urethane is apparently getting a bit past its prime and it's taking somewhat longer for each coat to dry than I'd like, close to twice as long for each coat.  BUT, I gotta say, I'm liking this one an awful lot.  Third coat on front this morning.  This evening it's nearly dry and very VERY smooth and even.  If all's totally dry in the morning I'm turning them over and starting the back-side finish coats (2).

Been thinking, for quite some time, about tackling what I think is probably one of the biggest, most complex projects a scrollsaw can take on - the Milan Cathedral.  Might have to get a bit more serious about it - this project's been an awful lot of fun but I think that might actually (for me) be the ultimate.

Thoughts anyone?

Well technically you aren’t “scrolling” anymore though you are in the finishing stages. However, I’ve probably got you beat on that stage two, I have a couple Intarsia pieces that I did in a couple JGR classes a year or more ago (pretty sure it’s been more than ) that still need finished out. anyone who has taken one of her classes knows you never leave with it “done.” Unfortunately, each of those classes I had something in life right after the class that kept me from getting right back to it and, as we all know, once you get away from a project, sometimes it takes a bit to get motivated again. They are technically not in the scrolling stages either, but still need some sanding/shaping and finish applied then glued up. However, I do have a golden retriever fretwork started that still has many holes to cut (and their aren’t that many compared to this project, so yea, I think I would still give you a run on the Title.  
 

this piece is beautiful and I can promise I won’t be tackling it though. While it may just be “one hole at a time” my patience for that work is not there. I do admire those of you who can do them as I find the finished pieces stunning (probably because I know the time and effort it takes and know I don’t have the patience for sure!)

[Dave Wittich]

And the adventure ends.

Brought them up out of the shop today - can't hardly believe they're done, finally.

Plans are to give one to the church, should they find it worthy, and to put the other up for sale.  Still have 3 full center sections complete - thinking of assembling one of them without the outer framing to keep for myself and, should the one sell, to assemble the last 2 with the outer framing for sale.

Here they are, as they came out of the shop and one hanging in the living room.

 

Yeah, I think I've actually impressed myself on this one.

[meflick]

Awesome and beautiful. Hats off to you for your perseverance.