Saw Time... Finally

[Dak0ta52]

Between the weather and my health, it was good to finally get back into the shop and create some sawdust. The first is a Charles Dearing pattern (Lab Family) I purchased at the request of my wife. I stack cut 2 of BB with a BB backer. I used primarily Pegas #1 spirals and a few 2/0 in some of the tighter areas. I will say the pattern, purchased from Wooden Teddy Bear, had a few issues where I had to do some scroller editing to keep from having dropouts. The size with frame is roughly 12X18. The frame was made from pine.

The second is a smaller piece (approximately 6X10) also of BB with a BB backer. I used Pegas MGT 2/0 and 0 blades. For the life of me I can't remember where I got the pattern and it didn't have the designer's name. If anyone knows the author, please let me know so I can credit them with the nice pattern.

Finally is a Steve Good pattern I cut for Mother's Day. My mom is 92 and is in early stages of Dementia. I've cut pieces for her on her Birthday and Mother's Day since I've been scrolling. This one makes about 8 pieces I've cut for her and she has me hang them in her Dinette where she spends most of her time. This piece was cut from BB with a BB backer using Pegas 2/0 and 0 MGT blades.

The first two pieces are stained using Ipswich with Pure Black stain for the backers. They were finished with several coats of Polyacrylic and sanded with 600 grit between coats. The frames on the first two pieces are also stained with Ipswich. I also added splines to the corners, but they are unseen from the photos. The Mother's Day piece is stained with Natural, and the backer is stained with Red Oak.

[preprius]

Nice cutting. 

The labs are so cute.  The right pup seems a bit distracted by the ducks in the water. 

The mothersday plaque has some nices smooth cuts. Nice contrast also.

 

[Scrappile]

Very well cut and finished. It looks like you have mastered the perfect 45° cut.  I am still working on that.

[Aggie]

Very nice work

[rjweb]

Welcome back to saw dust, excellent cutting, RJ

[MarieC]

Really nice work.  I love the horse one.  Great cutting on the Mother's day lettering 

[Dak0ta52]

5 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Very well cut and finished. It looks like you have mastered the perfect 45° cut.  I am still working on that.

Paul, I set up a jig for my 45 degree cuts on frames and it works great. I used a metal ruler to make a 90 degree angle on a flat panel with the saw blade running 45 degrees to the ruler. The ruler on the right is marked in inches. I make the first cut on the left side to get my first angle and then move it to the right side to cut the second angle to length. What's nice is I can use the recess from the framing material to butt up against the ruler and can cut it at the actual length of the piece I plan to use it for. Another words, I don't have to figure the quarter inch or so when making the cut. Really, really simple. I've also made a jig to cut the splines. This one fits over the table saw fence and slides back and forth. I can raise or lower the blade on the saw to make the spline as deep or shallow as I want. I simply rip strips to fit the blade cerf. If the strips are slightly too thick, I'll sand them down until they fit snug then glue them in.

[Scrappile]

2 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Paul, I set up a jig for my 45 degree cuts on frames and it works great. I used a metal ruler to make a 90 degree angle on a flat panel with the saw blade running 45 degrees to the ruler. The ruler on the right is marked in inches. I make the first cut on the left side to get my first angle and then move it to the right side to cut the second angle to length. What's nice is I can use the recess from the framing material to butt up against the ruler and can cut it at the actual length of the piece I plan to use it for. Another words, I don't have to figure the quarter inch or so when making the cut. Really, really simple. I've also made a jig to cut the splines. This one fits over the table saw fence and slides back and forth. I can raise or lower the blade on the saw to make the spline as deep or shallow as I want. I simply rip strips to fit the blade cerf. If the strips are slightly too thick, I'll sand them down until they fit snug then glue them in.

I'm sorry, you what?  Got a picture of your jig?  It may help me.    I have a spline jig that works fine.  I also have a 45° cutting jig, but I have never been able to get it perfected.

[daveww1]

excellent work

[wombatie]

Glad you are back in the workshop.  Terrific work on all of your projects, but I love the Mothers Day plaque. 

Marg

[Dak0ta52]

On 5/7/2025 at 6:33 PM, Scrappile said:

I'm sorry, you what?  Got a picture of your jig?  It may help me.    I have a spline jig that works fine.  I also have a 45° cutting jig, but I have never been able to get it perfected.

I'll take some pics this weekend so you can better understand. The picture you have above could actually work. The only difference is where you have the plywood on top of your sled, I use the metal ruler. The ruler is thin enough to allow for the notch in the framing material to ride against thus not having to calculate the difference to allow for the notch. The length of the ruler on the right would have the measurements so you can cut the frame to length. When you make your measurement cut, you have to measure at the point where the framing material notch falls on the ruler. May sound confusing but it's really simple. The pics I'll send will make it clear.

 

[Dak0ta52]

On 5/7/2025 at 6:33 PM, Scrappile said:

I'm sorry, you what?  Got a picture of your jig?  It may help me.    I have a spline jig that works fine.  I also have a 45° cutting jig, but I have never been able to get it perfected.

I did something wrong and lost my curser so I hope this works....

The first photo is of my frame jig. You can see the metal ruler attached. The right side is the length that has the measurements because that is the side I measure the length of the frame that need to be cut.

The second photo is making the first cut to create my first 45 degree.

The third photo shows how you place the frame against the ruler in the groove where the piece you are cutting the frame for will ultimately be. You measure the length where the angle created by your first 45 degree cut rides along the ruler. Place the groove angle at the length you want to cut. In this picture I would be cutting the length to 10 inches.

 

 

Edited May 11 by Dak0ta52
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[Scrappile]

5 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Thank you very much.  I understand now.  Did you cut the ruler with your table saw blade?  

Edited May 12 by Scrappile

[Dak0ta52]

3 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Thank you very much.  I understand now.  Did you cut the riler with your table saw blade?  

Yes. Although I used an older blade that I don't use for delicate woodwork.