mikesscrollsaw
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Hi Marc welcome to the site. Any story behind the nick name? (crash landing)
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I cut them with a chainsaw then sanded smooth. (started with 60 grit belt sander, then kept going up to 220 grit). I didn't want to use the plainer because I was afraid it would tear off the bark. Plus I let them dry first before sanding and they warp as they dry which would never work in a plainer.
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Inside to outside smallest to largest. Either direction. The piece dictates the direction cutting more fragile pieces first. I don't think I'm any better one way or the other.
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I hvn't been on here in a while but I wanted to share this one with you all. The wolf pic might just be my favorite project thus far. These are slices of a black walnut tree about 13-14 inches in diameter. one with a cougar and one with a wolf and trees cut out. the cougar one is about an inch thick, the wolf is about half an inch or less in some spots. I put a 1/4" thick baltic birch plywood backer board painted black on the back of each to keep it from falling apart. the cougar slice checked really bad and would be 2 pieces if not for the backer. plus the backer gives the nice black background contrast and a way to put a strong hanger on it too.
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Welcome to the village. This is a great place to hang out and to learn this craft. There are plenty of very talented people on this site. as far as making a business out of scrollsawing, all I can say is be ready for a rough road. From my limited experience, it will be VERY difficult to make enough money at this for it to be a full time job. I make some money, mostly feeds my hobbies (which is a good thing) but that's about it. definelty can't quit my day job. Again welcome to the site! mike
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Looks real nice
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That looks awesome. Also looks like a lit of work! Mind me asking what you charge for one?
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I got the pattern from finescrollsaw.com. The pattern is actually for a shelf but i only used the train portion. It's a gift for my father in law he goes nuts over trains.
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I have been using this for a while now, it's awesome. Only fee is the 2.75% per transaction. They transfer your money at the end of each business day to your account. I have had no issues.
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I like it very much. Great job
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I also want to say thanks to grampa for help with the pattern of the copter!
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A guy I work with is leaving for another job and we were putting some stuff together for a going away gift and I thought I'd make him a wall plaque. It's a picture of our helicopter with the base name across the top. I put his nickname (Opie) in there and the years of service. He gets this this Thursday. I'm very happy with it almost don't want to give it away! LOL
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Baltic birch ply, some it stained for effect. The first train I used walnut for all the dark pieces, I think I like that better than the stained version.
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Same here looks great! If they don't turn I might have to see if there is a way to make em turn.
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That's a great idea! Love it
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I always hated doing compound cuts, then I got my Excalibur scrollsaw and they all of a sudden just work. Compound cut items are cool And people seem amazed by them
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This was an experiment, I'm going cut a large piece with bark on the top and bottom and cut a more detailed scene to make a wall hanging. I'm thinking it would look pretty cool.
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Other scrolling web sites do you visit
mikesscrollsaw replied to Joey's topic in General Scroll Sawing
really I don't visit any other ones, I searched around for a while trying to find a good place to go. I simply don't ahve that much time to go to multiple sites. This site seems to provide a little of everything I need. -
As some of you might remember I made the Victorian train from finescrollsaw.com. Well I thought it would look cool if it had a passenger car, but he doesn't have a pattern for one so I made one myself. Here are a couple pics
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I took a steve good pattern and adapted it to a 1/2 inch thick piece of oak that has one side with the bark on it. (a piece I milled myself with a chainsaw mill) Because of it's thickness it stands alone. I think the bark top side really makes it look good
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Blue painters tape on the wood, spray glue on the pattern, wait a couple seconds and stick. Thats it
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Wow!!! Very nice
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Very nice!
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Read your post again; I don't know of any "bad" blades. I never use pinned blades, there not bad you just have to make a big hole to accommodate the pin. And in a lot of work you don't want big holes.