I'm cutting a plaque that has a lot of small letters using a spiral blade

[rjweb]

Ok Frank, keep us posted to your progress, RJ

[Frank Pellow]

'Return to the Northland' Update #1

Well, that did not work out very well!  I used 6mm thick plywood rather than the 3mm thick ply that I used for ‘I Long for the Northland’.  I thought that the thicker panel would  make it more difficult for me to go off-track when cutting.  That turned out to be true.

But I ran into a problem.  The thicker panel is too heavy for me to hold up with one hand while threading the saw blade up through the hole from below.  In cutting 21 letters, I broke about 20 blades:

Only one blade was broken while cutting.  All the rest were broken while attempting to bottom-feed.

I gave up with the heavy panel and glued the revised pattern to a 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood panel.  I also took the opportunity to tweak the wording of the poem.

I've done a bit of cutting and, so far, have not broken any blades

[OCtoolguy]

I'm happy to see you back Frank. I will also look forward to seeing your progress. I've not yet attempted anything with spirals but I have ornate pattern for a lamp that I may try using them.