Clayton717
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what blades should beginner buy
Clayton717 replied to floridagramps's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I agree get in contact with Mike about the blades. Myself I keep several different sizes on hand in a couple brands, olsen and flying dutchman. I use the FD blades more. I used to use spirals , but now just can't get the hang of them. I can get tighter corners with a flat blade. Mike has great service and can point you in the right direction about which blade is best for what you are cutting. I order my blades(both brands) from the www.woodenteddybear.com just for the fact that when I order blades I am usually ordering patterns and other supplies I use. As far as finish never used lemon oil, but like Chris I use spray poly. Or spay acrylic both with a satin finish. I don't lke thing extremely shiny. Good luck with the new saw, and hope to see some of your projects. -
Hi Emmitt and welcome to our Village.
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Hi Richard and welcome to the village, There are a lot of great people here willing to offer advise. If you have any questions just ask.
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Hi rick and welcome to our village. You will enjoy it here, lot of great talented people. If you have any questions just ask.
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Welcome to our little village Grannyjo
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Hi Dave. I use 1/8" hardboard on all my cuttings that need backers. I use wood glue(elmers or tightbond) mainly one that dries clear. I have a roller bottle that applies a thin layer to the back of the cutting. then just press together and let glue dry. If its getting a frame I then place them in the frame, and use a few small brads to hold into frame. I make my own frame and normally don't put glass in them unless requested by customer. Hope this helps a little.
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excellent cutting.
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Hi Michael, I have only done acouple puzzles myself. But one was a photo and i just sprayed clear acryllic spray over it. I've heard others say something about a spray called triple thick glaze ( i think that the name) Its by Krylon. I would spray the puzzle before cutting, to avoid "sealing" the pieces back together. hopefully this is a little help. Someone with more experience with puzzles will chime in.
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Dale it is pretty easy to do. there is not as much involved as I thought there would be. It is just addicting as scrolling. Thanks for the great comments everyone.
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Sorry to hear about your "BITE" Steve. I wish you a speedy recovery. The table saw always scares me when I use it, no matter how careful you are there is always that chance of something going wrong. Get well my friend
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Great cutting, i really like the background. make the cutting reaaly pop out
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excellent work Ron
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Here are some pens I turned. I had to try out the new toy. They are marked what kind of wood was used. There are six pens, a pencil, and a pill box. They are all slimlines except the first one, its a 30 cal bullet kit
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I agree as well better saw than what I started on and blades, gotta have the good blades. and would of got help early on for the new found addiction
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Here is my first turning on the new lathe. It is a pill "box" keychain for my Dad and father in law. They both carry nitro pills with them, so I thought this would be something different. it gave me some practice on the lathe before trying the pens, and I need some other grits of sandpaper before doing a pen. The one pictured is turned from Orange agate. The picture is a little blurry.
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Hi Skip welcome to the village. Travis has some pattern making classes in the village university. we would love to see some of you work you should create a user gallery You can [tut]find a tutorial here[/tut]. There are lots of talented people here. If you have any questions just ask.
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that turned out great.
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welcome to the village,
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I keep hearing about lemon oil as a finish, followed by acrylic spray. You have got my curiosity up, I need more info, because I'm going to try it on my next intarsia piece. Do you spray it on or brush it on or how do you apply it? How long does it have to dry before clear coating it? and most of all on light colored woods will there be any yellowing affect? Does this method bring out the grain and beauty of the wood more than polyurathane? any input would be great, thanks.
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welcome to the village
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no problem here Travis. I should have thought about that when I entered the card puzzle. So you can delete that posting if you want I will enter this puzzle instead. It's a puzzle cut from a picture of our little dog "chippie". The puzzle has 46 pieces and was cut freehand so there are some odd shaped pieces.
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I took me just under 9 hours. Thanks for all the great comments
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My scrollsaw is outback in my shed/shop, along with all my other tools.It used to be half and half - storage/shop. Now it is all shop except a little space in the loft(attic). It is only 10x12 but it works great for me since its all I got. And being small its fairly easy to keep it warm, even now, since its only in the teens outside.
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I just finished this piece tonight and took the picture between coats of poly. The pattern is by Judy Gale Roberts. There are 43 pieces and is 17x 20 1/4". The woods I used were cherry, walnut, birch, aspen, and poplar.
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Here is a puzzle I finished the other day and just remembered to get a picture. It is a picture/puzzle of our little dog,(yes it is a dog) . The puzzle has 46 pieces, and is about 7x9. I cut this one freehand so there are some odd shaped pieces. It was fun cutting this with no lines to follow.