Clayton717

I have used that spray on many things. It is my preferred finish when spaying something. I also use the matte finish.

Thank you for all the comments

I guess I really don't hate it but my daughters and a few friends are always looking at pintrest then asking me - "can you make this?"

nice job Kevin

great job. I like the repaired one better too. adds a little more character to it. Well done you saved it from becoming designer firewood.

thanks Dan.

pretty clever. does the vibration of the saw effect it??

I've had a very busy week and weekend as you can tell by all the pictures I just posted. I'm trying to get all my orders done (couple to go) so I can get back to work on my fair projects for the year. It looks like I got a lot of catching up to do here reading all the post. But I would rather be in the shop than in front of the computer.

I made these for my daughters friend. They found a picture similar on pintrest (I really hate that site). and asked if I could do something similar. I think it took me longer to draw the pattern than to actually cut them. Made from oak and are 12" x 16"

Welcome to the Village from another Ohioan

Welcome to the Village Terry. Travis has some tutorials on pattern making in the Village university section. here's a link.http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forum/47-village-university/

very nice.

looks good Ron, I'm sure they will have fun playing with those

great job Roly

looks great. and congrats on the new saw. just a suggestion try using black for the backer once I think it makes the cuts stand out more.

Hi Chris welcome to the Village. You will find a couple threads covering blades in the general scroll sawing section. are you referring to size of blade to use for cutting or type of blade? I use flying Dutchman blades scroll reverse. mainly 5R & 7R for thicker hard woods and for portrait/fretwork 2R,3R & 5R and sometimes smaller depending on the picture I'm cutting.

Hi Perry. Welcome to the Village. I haven't used a cheaper light duty saw for a long time but a few come to mind- porter cable, Ryobi, craftsman. Buy the best saw you can afford. I can give you a couple things to look for in a saw. - 1. ease of blade change, knobs easy to get to and not using an allen wrench 2. blade tensioning is it easy to access and to change. Check out the scroll saw review section it may give you an idea. I can tell you one thing DO NOT BUY the harbor freight saw. I was teaching a teenager to scroll and do intarsia and that is the saw he brought over. It was loud and vibrated bad. he had problems following a line so I tried and a couldn't get it to cut straight either.

congrats on the new saw. I think you'll love it. I do mine.

hello Becky and welcome to the Village.

thanks for sharing Dan. I'm going to have to try this.

Like a couple others I have used woodworkingparts.com but I have a local place that sells a lot of the stuff I use including wood wheels and dowel rods cheap. They also have a web site which is http://www.bayerwood.com/. not sure about their shipping rates as they are 20 minutes from me.

Looks great

The 2 blades sizes I use the most are the Flying Dutchman scroll reverse # 5 which has 13 teeth per inch and the # 7 which has 10 T.P.I. I use these the most often when cutting the harder 3/4 thick woods for my intarsia. When doing fretwork / portraits I will use the # 5 and smaller blades.

Hi Michael. Welcome to the Village and to the world of scrolling. It sounds to me you got the idea of how much tension to put on the blade(by the sound). but if the blade breaking sounds like a gun going off you may have a bit to much tension. When you pluck the back of the blade with your finger nail you will hear the note. If they are snapping shortly after starting to cut, my question would be are you pushing to hard and to fast. Let the saw do the work slow steady feed pressure. to much pressure and the blade will bow and flex and cut on an angle and going to fast won't let it clear the wood and overheat, both will cause to much stress on the blade causing it to break. I don't think it has anything to do with the wood. I cut lots of poplar. My advise would be to get some different blades, most of us use Flying Dutchman blades or Olsen. Here is a link http://www.woodenteddybearonline.com/x/home.php?cat=87. they sell both. I personally use Flying Dutchman blades. I rarely cut at full speed on my saw. most of the time just a little more than half way, all depends on what I am cutting. This is my advise/opinion I'm sure there will be more members adding their advise soon. Does your saw take pinned ends only or will it take plain end blades too? Don't get frustrated just take your time and keep practicing, we all started there.

I use many different types of wood especially with my intarsia. It all depends on the project I'm cutting. For portraits style I use 1/8" baltic birch plywood mostly.