which direction do you cut

[amazingkevin]

I've allways though about when i look at magazines is that i start from the back and work to the front.Now scrolling i do the same thing .I start at the last letter and work towards the first in a non -clockwise direction.How about you?

[Mick]

Looking at the blade I have the waste on the left, so I guess I am cutting like you, counter clockwise. I have cut the other direction depending on what I am cutting. Have been doing it that way for 19 years.

 

Mick

[Bill WIlson]

I find myself cutting in both clockwise and counter clockwise directions. It all depends on the pattern and how the blade is cutting. If I'm cutting an area that is delicate with little margin for error, I'll cut from which ever direction I feel I have the best control and least risk of overcutting.

 

Generally speaking, for fretwork, I start in the middle and work toward the outside, cutting the most fragile areas first.

[Clayton717]

I do like Bill. cut from which ever direction I feel most comfortable with and get the most control of the piece.

I also start from the center and work out.

[scrollworks]

Like Bill & Clayton, I cut in whichever direction I feel most comfortable with and have the best control of the piece. I cut the most delicate areas first and work out from there.

[Travis]

I work from the inside to the outside, cutting the smallest holes first, then moving to larger ones. I'll cut both directions but I often use the bur (from the stamping process) on the blade to "file" problem areas such as nibs.

[mikesscrollsaw]

Inside to outside smallest to largest. Either direction. The piece dictates the direction cutting more fragile pieces first. I don't think I'm any better one way or the other.

[wombatie]

When doing letters I start with the last one. When I cut I go clock wise (I don't do spirals).

 

Marg

[Marshall]

I do like Bill. cut from which ever direction I feel most comfortable with and get the most control of the piece.

I also start from the center and work out.

I'm in aggreement with Clayton ............MB