mikesscrollsaw
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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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Looks great keep em coming. I'd like to see what else you can do with that thing!
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Funny
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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.
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I have a 16" craftsman model 21601, not sure how much different it will be than yours but I've used it for the past 5 years. I think it's a great beginner saw. It is much louder than the higher end saws but not ridiculous. Mine has thumb screws for blade change so no tools required. I keep 3, 5, 7 and 12 blades on hand. Flat blades I don't really use spirals, just my preference. Most of them are ultra reverse blades
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Very nice!
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Great job on the crosses, looking forward to seeing the next one. All I use is painters tape method. Works great. And is simple and fast.
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Portrait cutting wood selection
mikesscrollsaw replied to WolfmoonCT's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I dont really ever use 2/0, typically the smallest I use is a 3. As for the hole size, I have a separate chuck that goes in my drill press to use those really tiny drill bits. I got it and the bits from mikes work shop. -
Portrait cutting wood selection
mikesscrollsaw replied to WolfmoonCT's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I use 1/8 inch Baltic birch plywood for portraits. And put a piece of black construction paper as the backer. This will usually fit into a standard picture frame. I don't normally put any finish on the portraits unless for some reason they aren't framed and then just a clear gloss (water based or laquer just depends on my mood) Hope that's helpful Mike -
Looks great! Do you know what kind of trees those were? The colors looks great. Funny thing when I look at it I think of the flintstones.
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I like it. Looks really good. As for sticking the pattern to the wood dilemma, I use blue painters tape and 3M spray glue. Easy on easy off. Some spray it right on the wood then use mineral spirits to get the glue off but I don't like using chemicals.
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Nice they seem to be taking care of it pretty easily but still sucks to be without. Hopefully the new one will have no issues.
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That's awesome! Can never have too much wood
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I really like that one
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Looks really good, great work!
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That looks great! I like the stain too
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5/8 " thick purple heart. Can't remember where I got the pattern from.
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Compound cut keychain (steve good)