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What are you talking about?? It is a double tooth skip blade. 2 teeth per skip and that by no means will slow you down. Try the Penquin silver reverse. That is my favorite and go to blade of all time. Just maybe a different blade from what you are use to. Maybe you had blade in upside down and yes it could happen. I scroll red oak with the blade I mentioned and sometimes 3/4" and never had sawdust pulled up stroke like you are saying. As far as cutting slow man I can not talk to this because either I am just satisfied of cutting slow with never being in a hurry or my saw just cuts differently than everyone elses saw on this forum Keep hearing about RBI saw cutting slow and now FD blades cutting slow. You people must be heck on the highways. 75mph is not fast enough I assume.

yes Kevin. Typo.

never used them but is this the same type blade as the FD scroll reverse blade and the Olson precision ground blade?? These are blades that are not stamped but milled.

I too have wayyyyyyyy too magazines and I am looking for a place to sell them or give them away. I hate to throw them away. I use to get so many wood magazines and after awhile they all talk about the same things and become redundant. Didn't that scrollsaw club use to have a magazine. Scrollsaw Association of the world or something like that .?? Does anyone still belong to that?? I remember when they first started and they tried getting everyone to join and create this huge scrolling club. Whatever happen to that???

Boy some really nice shops here. Some nice machinery too. I need to sort through some very hardly used tools and have a tool garage sale one of these days. My furniture days are over and if there is anything to be made smaller tools can do the trick. Really need to organize my basement shop. No photos from this shop.

Special, there is nothing special. It is a blade I settled on to cut just about anything I throw at it. There are so many specialty blades but bottom line find a blade you like and stick with it. I do not find a need to try different companies blades or different styles of blades. I like these and have been using them for a very long time. In fact even though I still had plenty I ordered more when I ordered the superior puzzle blades. Now those can not be subsituted for the Penguin silvers. http://mikesworkshop.com/products/penguin-silver-reverse The double tooth is good to clear saw dust and keep scrolling and they last a super long time. As I mentioned before on my Hawk I can scroll multiple projects with one blade. I don't like the question about aggressive blade. All blades are aggressive depending on if you match the blade to the product you are cutting. Get over 3/4" and of course even I have to step up to a larger more robust blade or it will bend and distort. You set the aggressiveness by either the saw setting or your pushing and feeding of the material. In scrollsawing it is not like cutting wood with the grain and against the grain because you are constantly doing both. On a table saw you can use a rip blade or crosscut blade. No such thing with a scrollsaw blade. Now different blades will cut differently but that is something that needs to be found out by user because my use is not the same as anyone else's and there is no way to compare such things. getting of course here but that is my 2 cents worth. By the way I never tried Pegas blades and never will. have no need to. I have used Olsons when I first got into this because I use to buy Delta blades which were Olson blades. I did use a very good blade for some time called Tiger Teeth blades and they were sold through Steebar back when I worked for them. They were a German blade also. Very good quality blade. Not sure if the new owner is still selling and using the same distributor.

My blade I use the most and I scroll oak walnut maple and mahogany with a FD #5 silver reverse blade. Have been using them for many years and I have tried alot of blades.

Do these people have to sign on your phone or does the chip eliminate that and can you take cards with chips too?? This summer I am going to look into this deeper.

Means 1" approximately in the hardwood industry. 5/4 = 1-1/4" , 6/4 = 1-1/2" and so forth. I would not accept it either. That is false representation unless it is stated somewhere in the sales tag. Not acceptable to a reputable hardwood dealer.

Good to hear some good news about an early craft show this year. Would like to hear more about square reader. I asked this question in another thread so have some info. I plan on getting this because it seems the way of today. I do not have a smart phone so need another device to get and was wondering how you or anyone else handles this square reading thing. I do not mean to hijack this thread. Sorry.

Ray I am enjoying everyone"s story also. I see the same things you are. I also see that many times the story starts from parents, grandparents and the roots are deep. It is good to see that people continue to enjoy doing this. Most for the fun and hobby aspect but maybe picking up a few $$$ to support the habit. Therapy as some have put it is good. Ranger Jay brings up a great point about using found wood to make outstanding projects as well. Hope many others join in and share their journeys as to the path they took to get here behind the scrollsaw.

I did not notice that so I am guessing no Home Depots??? My point is he did not post what he wanted to use it for. If this is an outdoor thing on a fence gate then why wood. Get something that will stand up to weather. Now if this is for a project that is smaller in scale and indoors you still need more tools than a scrollsaw to pull it off was my point. Now because I do not draw well and can not make patterns, I suggest 2 levers or bars on both sides of the fence tied together so that what you do from one side the other side operates too. Simple latch. That is all I have without more info.

I put a smiley face after it. Not enough for you??? Sorry We are all winners here. But I do respect your words. Travis has done a great job with the site and it is good to come to a scrolling site that is informative and entertaining. Keep on scrolling!!!

How much room do you have?? they do take up valuable landscape. If you are seriously getting into projects that require frames then maybe it would be a good idea to streamline your projects to sized projects and have frame material ready for assembly at a moments notice. In other words if you are using one or two types of material for your frames, cut the sides up to standard length and store them that way. When you need a frame just pull from inventory the pieces and assemble. This will cut down on space taken up. I do not make many projects with frames o I custom make my frames when needed.

Thank you that will help and I will give it a read. He was the king of the puzzles for sure.

Sorry I do not even look at them or anyone elses. You can have mine too if you want

I have cut multiple projects with the same blade on My Hawk with no problem. I cut red oak and walnut and mahogany mostly. Many times I change blades for the sake of changing. Not that they stopped cutting. I use a FD #5 silver reverse blade as my go to blade. I have many different blades because I use to test blades for Mike Moorloch but I also use Jeweler's blades too so that adds to the total easily. A blade is dull when it is not easy to cut with any more. The blade is the cheapest part of what we do so just buy many and use whenever you need to and do not look back. You will spend more on the electricity to run the saw than th blades.

Looking for suggestions for a nice soft smooth mop sander that can be used on thin delicate work but also be able to knock of flat edges and round or smooth them out. I have some older cheaper versions but hey are too hard and will break the pieces. Or if not a mop sander then something else I am listening. Thanks again.

OK I plan on doing a couple puzzles this year as I mentioned a few posts ago. My questions are as follows. For those that do puzzles that require placing photos or other paper on the wood and scrolling it to make a picture puzzle what type glue do you use to adhere it and has it held up well over the years?? I was thinking 3M77. Also again with picture puzzles what do you find is a good top coat to protect the picture?? Again I was thinking a satin watco lacquer. Last question is The only type puzzles I will be doing will be picture puzzles and I will be using BB plywood. Do you seal the wood in anyway after you cut the puzzle? Do you top coat the picture before you cut or after you cut in order to seal the ends of the cut pieces too?? Or do you top coat and then dip pieces in something after you cut them?? Basically asking your procedure if you make picture puzzles. I wish I had saved some of Carters tips when he use to explain his Christmas card puzzles. Thanks. This is something new to me that I want to add to inventory.

Why would you want to make out of wood?? If you want to just copy what you have and have at it. Pretty self explanatory and no pattern needed. If you are a woodworker and have the tools you should be able to make that. The latch maybe the tricky part. Go to Home Depot and take some photos. I bet they have something close.

I have to say either you are the unluckiest person with a saw or you just are hard on them. I know you saw alot but I bet I have sawn just as much as you over the years with the amount of projects I did. I started back around 1973 I started with a Dremel 2 speed and sold it when it was still working. I moved up to a Hegner 18" and then bought a RBI 220 and added a 226 and a Dewalt 788 (hardly ever use the Dewalt because of that stupid arm not staying up) basically fell into my lap but my go to and main saws have been my RBI saw and have scrolled the most projects on them. They are still running and never did any maintenance on them except for a worn out front tension lever on both. Never oiled anything lubed anything and they still are cutting like brand new. When do you need to get the message to realize Dewalt is just a mid saw player and move up to a real saw that will last. I hate putting it that way but 2 dozen saws you could have owned a few RBI saws. This summer my saws will be put through a very heavy work load because I am changing up inventory and I will be using mainly the 220 but will need the 226 for my mirrors and golfball racks. I have confidence they will do anything I throw at them. I cut all hardwoods and mainly oak. 2 dozen saws, man I would quit long time ago.

Take the guess work out of things and cut the molding upside down. Work from the back. As mentioned make the basic 2 cuts to form the first angle. Lay your project in and now mark the opposite inside edges on the back of the molding. I like to make a witness mark showing the angle of cut. Lay on chop saw or table saw and you can not go wrong if the jig or fence alignment is spot on. Cut both lengths equal using a stop block.

Sorry Len not talking about this site. I mean scrolling in general. I will correct that.

Sorry if there is any confusion, I am not talking about this site, I am talking scrolling in general. As the title says. Like to hear the stories of how did you get here?? What was the deciding factor to make you do what you are doing in the scrolling world?? Was there one particular person, event, project you saw, craft show you visited, got hit in the head with a piece of wood. What made you get behind a very boring, time consuming, labor intensive, slow cutting, piece of equipment such as a scrollsaw? When you did, what were your expectations and have you reached the goals you set out when you first started this journey?? Did you plan on making money, just take up a hobby, or glutton for punishment and you enjoy that. Do you feel you have improved much over the time you have been at it. Are you proud and happy when someone offers you money for your work?? Are you having as much fun as when you started and is this something you plan on continuing?? Did scrolling lead you into other areas or hobbies such as collecting tools?? I hope you take some time and read the different parts of the questions and answer truthfully and lets see where we go as we travel this journey together. Maybe we can learn a little more about each other. I will put my replys off so that this is just the question post. Lets have some fun.

Some plastics can break down with finishes that have minerals spirits and other mixtures. Waterbase no so much.