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Interesting idea. William. Did you simply place your pieces in a brown paper bag and nothing else or do you rub the outside of the bag to get some friction contact on the wood. Bob
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Is it the spiral blade or the user?
savethebeer replied to Phantom Scroller's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I didn't know there was a completion for worst cuts .............................. When I started down this road as a scroller 5 years ago I bought 2 packs of various selections of blades to allow me to experiment. I used all the blades except spiral. I tried 2 spirals but the results were as bad as Roly's so I now have about 20 spirals that I'm never going to use. Bob -
I got some stiff flat foam panels and thought they would be great for comfort when standing for long periods. And the foam worked great except under my saw. I began to notice the blade getting fuzzy as I followed the lines. It was minute vibration caused by the mat. I took the foam mat out and suddenly the blade became crystal clear again. If you have the space, place a mat where you stand but not under your saw. Bob
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Welcome to the Village. You've made the perfect start in just a simple introduction to us before you've even gotten to unpack a saw. It will continue to be an easy relationship if you keep asking questions. The folks here just love to be asked questions. Bob
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Absolutely lovely job. How did you achieve the contrasting letters, and is the bark stuck on? Bob
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A month ago a friend mentioned this supply place, The Carpentry Store, for craft supplies. it is outside Nass in Kildare. I went the other day and found a very well stocked display showroom and shop. They have just about any item a craft worker might need. Check them out on thecarpentrystore.com. Only Irish people will understand when I say that this information would have saved me hours of time online and years of trekking up to the local Parcel Motel to collect my items.
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Thanks Paul. in Ireland we don't have too many outlets for craft supplies so I just wing it most of the time. I have some pieces of black plastic sheeting (which has gotten me to 2 free weddings after I made personal toppers for the wedding cakes) but I don't like to waste good stuff on backing. Other things I use are white or blue old sheets and a finely woven lightweight red blanket ( as used on my last wedding gift of Trinity College) [as seen in pattern requests]
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Just waiting on these to dry before I wrap them. I don't know if they will load in the correct order so I'll do my best. Both sets of wording was done using stencil sets of different sizes. (I know Travis try's his best but I am a Luddite really) My Granddaughter Matilda is being christened next Sunday so this is one of my presents. Its 8mm ply and about 220 by 190mm. The backing is an old black shirt (cleaned first then cut up) glued on and then stiffened with Mod Podge, and then finished off with lacquer. A friend is moving house on Saturday. Her hobbies include hill walking and her favourite places are the Wicklow hills and the Camino in Spain which finishes in Santiago de Compestella. Both are 12mm ply and about 320mm by 90mm. I'll leave them just with BLO. I intend using a short chain to hang one under the other. I don't know why but I went through about 7 blades on the Glendalough piece. Both came from the exact same piece of waste ply.
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I like it a lot. What wood is it and is the apple the same type? Bob
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Very nice clean cutting. What wood is it? The rolling pin and the spoon make it look like its part of the finished design
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Thanks guys. I don't have too many issues with grain lifting normally unless it is a pattern that takes days to do, as the tape has had longer to bond to the wood surface. This pattern is 'Firemen' by Steve and as I have to work to pay for my scrolling, it will take a few days to finish this, so I'm worried about grain lifting. However I planned this in advance so I used a ply that 'definitely probably maybe' wont lift as the top piece and if it lifts then it suddenly becomes a sacrificial piece and I have 1 good piece or if it works out for the best then I suddenly have 2 great pieces. Also 2 weeks ago, as a once off, I put BLO on my ply to try and harden the grain before I attached the pattern. I did get some minor lifting so I cant say this worked too well. Bob
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Was putting together 2 pieces of wood to do a stack cut of a Steve Good pattern when I got them mixed regarding the top and side of each piece. So I was rotating them to align them in size and grain direction when I had a sudden thought (which does not happen often), Has anyone ever noticed any difference in the amount of lifting of grain when peeling off tape, when the tape runs with the grain or across the grain?
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And I would be the opposite regarding speed. I use fairly low speeds with my cutting. You'll just have to experiment, and what might work today on some wood wont work tomorrow on a different type or thickness. I always found my blades get noticeably hot when using higher speeds. Bob
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What I did regarding the clock mechanism itself is buy the cheapest standard clocks from an international furniture manufacturer [from Sweden I think] and gently take the hands off the front then unclip the motor from the back and discard the rest. €2 as opposed to €12 but the shaft would only be long enough for a vynal record
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I have plans to make a clock out of real wood, only made clocks using vynal records so far. I think you need to swap into carpenter mode first and cut/chisel the place for the clock mechanism to a thinner size [from the back] so that the shaft fits, then back into scrollers mode for the rest of the clock Bob
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I've used the following site for ideas for awhile http://chantournage.wikeo.net/ Bob
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One of the things about belonging to the village is the sense of belonging, and to be able to put some new ideas out there for all to comment. I did not think this was suitable for Bragging Rights as I considered the above to be only a 'throw away' idea, which I did not put too much time or effort into when cutting it out nor have I finished # 3 or # 4. I thank you all for the comments and I thank Travis and the other mods for the upgrade. Bob
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I tried placing the photos in the correct order and even embedded the photos in the correct order so I don't know why they entered in the wrong order. # 1 is the cartoon. # 3 is the burnt one. # 4 is the cut out drawing and # 2 is the spray template. Bob
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My brother and I are firefighters, and getting on, me being 59 and him being 53, so when I saw this cartoon I had to see where it would lead me. This is the actual cartoon I got off Pinterest. Then I burned the cartoon. Still not too happy and not knowing how to do much with a one dimentional drawing, I cut out the drawing and will stick it to the white board and place red tape around the edge. Still not too happy, I decided to make a spray template. Now my plan is to use spray on 'snow' to leave the cartoon on windows and walls. I stack cut this in thin plastic so I can give him one and then we will put these around our own stations when we know we are not being seen and just listen to the crews wonder who is doing it.
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The only ones that I know of are the ones the mods give us here, like 'obsessed Scroller' or 'Pro Scroller' or Zen Scroller' These are based on the amount of members posts on this forum, not the skill level with our saws.
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Folks, What I should have said previously was, I opened the box, read the manual over a cup of tea then unpacked the machine and did all the rest. Now this morning what I did is re read the manual over another cup of tea and started noticing words like oscilate and vibration which I had read last night also but because I hadn't used the saw at that stage I took no notice. First thing that went last night was the hold down foot. Now, I've removed the 'Protection Bracket Down', also the plastic. So all I'm left with now is the vibration problem. I slightly adjusted the blade clamps as instructed in the manual [aren't manuals great when properly read] which didn't have any noticeable effect on vibration. So I went for the motor twisting. I have moved the worst of the vibration to a mid speed level. So I have a little vibration at about 80% speed and none at minimum speed. I will keep trying to get an improvement. bob
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Hello folks, I finally got my new EX21 yesterday. I ordered in in late November from Axminister Tools in Britain knowing it was on back order from Taiwan. I've spent 30 minutes cutting through some waste wood and 2 hours watching Steve Good talking about it. First impressions are, its huge and its quiet. Second impressions are; I'm having huge difficulty fitting the blade into the lower clamp. Has anyone removed the fitted shaped wire above the lower clamp. its restricting my ability to get at the blade end. The plastic beneath the table. Is it necessary? I know people have removed it. Last night the blade catching on the stretched plastic was making more noise that the blade going through the wood. I did some cutting at low speed, excellent. Then I upped the speed and the vibration started lifting the saw off the table. What is the first thing I need to adjust? Twist the motor? I have a heavy bench so I was not intending to bolt the saw down. Bob
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Right one.
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Last week my dust blower ceased working. It was very difficult blowing dust away as I cut. I had hovered my saw and the dust connection regularly and thought I was doing enough to keep it working OK , but today whilst re arranging and spring cleaning my whole workshop, I decided to turn my saw [gently] upside down to empty some sawdust that I could see. I could not shake it out so I used a narrow piece of wood through the hoover connection and scooped out loads of dust that had been wedged under the lower arm. Lo & behold, my dust blower is working again. I will be doing some extra cleaning in future
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I have been a bottom feeder for 4 years and two days ago I ordered a top feeder ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I feel conflicted.
