Practice pattern

[Wichman]

Would one of our pattern designers put together a practice pattern collection?

You've seen them you've cut them. I'd like to see one we can post in the pattern section.

[don in brooklin on]

I teach Scrolling 101 at our club and attached are the practice patterns I have used.

1.  The practice pattern from Shelia Landy.

2. I revised to the DWC 101 training pattern

3. I now use the DWC 101 patterns revised.  

I found that to do a lesson on doing only the basics was rather boring so I made my own to show the basic moves but give something that they could take home to say "look I made this". 

I also in our lesson do the phone stand by Steve Good that I made simpler to try and get finished in 3 hours. If time permits, we do a shelf sitter of man with dog to practice cutting hardwood. 

 

Training Pattern shelia landry.pdf DWC 101 training.pdf DWC 101 patterns revised.pdf

[BadBob]

I learned to use a scroll saw, making animal cutouts from the Scroll Saw Pattern Book by Patrick Spielman ISBN:0806947721 ISBN13:9780806947723. To my mind, creating something while trying to learn was much better than spending my time making scraps and sawdust. Start simple, and move to more complex projects as your skills develop.

Surprisingly, the simple cutouts and other simple animal projects were popular with kids. Two generations later, grandchildren and grandnieces are still playing with them.

[Wichman]

I started scrolling in '85. This was before Internet, enlarging a pattern was done with a projector or the grid method. My saw was a sears 13" that used 3" pin end blades, there were three sizes available. My first book was Spielman's book "Scroll saw handbook with patterns" no isbn number. I spent 2 hrs a day for two weeks cutting nothing but practice cuts( I know I'm an aberration ). I cut left over pieces of 1x2's, 1x4's, and scrap plywood. I don't expect new scrollers to follow this regimen. But it really helped develop my skills.

Do you think football teams get to the Superbowl by just playing football? Or do they have practice drills for specific skills and skill areas?

 

[BadBob]

14 hours ago, Wichman said:

Do you think football teams get to the Superbowl by just playing football? Or do they have practice drills for specific skills and skill areas?

This isn't football.

[kmmcrafts]

Much like Bob, I jumped in head first.. This is the very first piece I made and it was some left over 3/8" plywood decking I used to re-roof my 5th wheel camper.. Now I did do some practice cuts without any pattern for about 10 minutes just cutting like puzzle shapes. Actually this would be my second attempt because my first one didn't go well because I had no idea how to attach the paper pattern to the wood so like a dummy I just taped the pattern down.. but it fell off shortly after cutting for some reason,  I had to get onto those old Yahoo groups and ask how to attach the pattern.. we all start somewhere right. Has a old two speed Delta saw and slow was slow and fast was fast.. I got tired of slow so I just hit the fast and did the best I could. Still remember the blade was a Olsen 2/0 reverse tooth pack that I picked up at the local true value hardware store.. 

[BadBob]

16 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

Has a old two speed Delta saw and slow was slow and fast was fast.

My first saw had only one speed fast. When I first got my EX-21, I could not figure out why I needed to slow it down. I didn't figure out why until I started trying to cut 1/8-inch plywood.

[Scrappile]

Yes I did like some others, I just jumped in with what I thought were simple patterns.   Often found on Steve Good's site.  I found I progressed faster cutting something I found rewarding when finished.

[Bill WIlson]

My first commercially produced patterns came from Patrick Spielman books.  From there it was trial & error.  In the years since, I've acquired the John Nelson "Scroll Saw Workbook" not because I needed it, but to help me show others the basics of scrolling.  Some folks learn better with the trial & error method and for others a more formal, structured curriculum is required.  Nelson puts all of the stuff, most of us veteran scrollers know instinctively or take for granted, into clear language that is easier for some people to comprehend.

[preprius]

When I start a cowboy hat, I do have a warm up time up cut or 3.  It mostly is for for my brain calm down and focus. Bowls with 1/8" thick walls are not very forgiving in little mistakes.  The time between hats is months.  So some practice cuts help me.

[BadBob]

18 hours ago, preprius said:

The time between hats is months.  So some practice cuts help me.

I get that. Before starting a complicated project, I would cut something simple for a warm-up.

 

[Wichman]

This is a pattern I intend to cut soon. Below the pattern is an anti suicide token I give away for free. I use the waste area in the pattern for these and as a way to train my brain as to how a particular wood or stack of wood will cut.

[Wichman]

Through an Internet search I found what I was looking for.... Here at the village.