mcmike

Greetings to all, This is my first post so here we go. I got back into woodworking 6+ years ago after I retired. After doing the fix up the house thing, ( bath room vanity, chair rail moldings and kitchen cabinets ), I settled on making musical instruments ( I played country rock in bars for 25+ years ). I make ukulele’s, which my wife plays, dulcimers, banjo guitars, mandolin guitars, and lap steel guitars. I have a VERY complete shop, but until now no scroll saw. After reading tons of posts on this site I purchased a used dw788. For my instruments I want to use it to make bridges that are more decorative, not just rectangular, and for some open work on the head stock. Instrument building has a lot of “down timeâ€, waiting for glue to dry so I make segmented bowls, band saw boxes, canes, and tons of picture frames ( my brother is an artist ). Now here is where I need your help! Blades ? The bridges are ¼ to 3/8 hardwood, the head stocks are ½ to 5/8 . I would like to make my segmented bowls on the scroll saw. I use ¾ to 1†hardwood. I also have many 5/32 spruce 1/4 sawn pieces leftover from the sound boards. Is this good for the fretwork and pattern work I see on this site, if so what blades do I use? I see Mike sells FD blades and I will get them from him. Next WOOD, for pattern work, fretwork what do you all use. Any and all help is greatly appreciated and remember, I have not used a scroll saw since senior year high school shop I am sooooo glad I found this site Thanks mcmike