Clockman

Outstanding job on the pattern and cutting, I am sure your wife will love it Mike

Nice cuttings. Thanks for sharing Mike

Here is a photo of the back as it is hard to see the cuts on the front picture. [attachment=0]DSCF0014.JPG[/attachment]

Here is my entry. [attachment=0]DSCF0001 (2).JPG[/attachment]

Vote for my Jesus Carrying the Cross pattern and cutting on Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts web site Tried to put a link but it wouldn't work. But then you have to scroll to the voting link from here. http://www.scrollsawer.com/features/200 ... oting.html It is in two of the catagories Vote For Your Favorite Fretwork Portrait Project: Project 6 and Vote For the Best Overall Project: Project 16 Thanks Mike Hope you guys go out and vote for me many times The pattern is available here http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/gallery ... =67&pos=21

Same here, I have been buying all my blades from Mike for quite a while now. Always quick serive and a great guy to talk with. Prices are great, blades are top quality and service is always top notch. Mike

Thank you for the great comments. Mike

Ron, I have been using FD blades New spiral and like them a lot. One of the best thing I like to do when cutting with them is to use them also as a power rasp. With good blade tension and workpiece control you can fine tune your cut and fix minor oops that happen when you loose concentration or get momentarilly sidetrack while cutting. ( I use only my finger tips to direct my work piece as I find it reduces excessive pressure or side to side movement.). No special Blade prep other then using the recommended bit size for the holes, which sometimes requires a little extra effort to insert the blade. I recommend only top feeding on patterns of this magnitutde as finding the hole bottom feeding would be nearly impossible. I also tried spiral reverse blades on half of this cutting although the performance was not as good as the new spiral they did ok and did reduce the amount of fuzzies on the back, but I still prefer the FD new spiral of all spiral I have tried. Like I said 95% or better of this pattern is very stable, normally I tape all of my cutouts back in but did not tape any in for this. Mike

Just wanted to show you all that yes my patterns can be cut. I worked on my Jesus Carrying the Cross (Cropped version this past week). It was cut entirely with a # 1 spiral. The pattern is very stable with only a few areas that I needed to be a little careful (only a little) I printed it to fit almost all of an 11x14 piece of 1/4" Cherry ply stacked with a 1/8" piece of popular ply. Total number of cuts was approx 390. Both pieces seemed very stable while cleaning up and removing the pattern and tape etc. Here is a photo of the Cherry one. Not framed yet. Had to reduce the picture size to upload so hopefully you can see the details. [attachment=0]jesus-cross - Copy.JPG[/attachment] Mike

I toss them in a bin and if a project is big enough I tape one to the back of it so people can see the type of blade that was used to cut the item Mike

Count me in I am definately interested Mike

I make all my frames. Gives me a chance to futher express myself. I buy my glass in bulk from a local hardware store for less than 80 cent a piece for 12X14. Clockman

I use a RO almost exclusively. With fine paper and slow to medium speed haven't had any breakouts. I also sand on one of those stay put router mats. Clockman

I use pvc also, built a wooden rack it holds about 20 tubes, I bought the cheap plactic caps for the bottom of chains from walmart. Very in expensive way to sotre your blades Clockman