Scrappile

Have you got a skip tooth blade with no reverse teeth you could try? Non-reverse blades work best for me when doing 3D cutting. The reverse teeth inhibit some of the saw dust from clearing. You certainly did not pick an easy pattern to make.

I got nothing!

Just want to say, I wrote this mostly for the newer scrollers, you old-time flat-bladers, have your ways, and I have no reason to want to change them. But the beginners may benefit and or at least give it a try. Whether they use my suggestions or not is up to them. Whatever helps. Everyone has their own method.

There is always talk on here about spiral blades, some like, some hate. I think a lot of people are thinking in terms of you use them, that is all you can use. I use them often as well as straight blades. When I first started scrolling a lot, I used only spiral blades, mainly because I wanted to do intricate pictures. I watched videos of Charles Dearing scrolling, and that is what he used. So I thought that was what had to be used. And it was pretty much all he could use, His pictures were measured in so many feet x so many feet. Anyway, after some time, I decided to try straight blades. I agree that they give a cleaner cut. So long story shortened. I now use both. There are times when straight blades are best. The last picture, I did, the pheasant one, I used both. Sometimes I used both to cut out one piece. In the picture below, I show some of the places where I switched to spiral blades. In real small cuts, I want to shape as opposed to just drilling a hole, because a drilled hole looks like a drilled hole. I do not like that. I circled where I used a spiral because where there were small cuts, and using a straight blade would mean having to move the wood a lot to make a very small cut. I put lines with arrows pointing to where I switched to spirals, because again more convenient for making the jagged lines for hair, feathers, or tree branches. There are times when you do not want a clean, smooth cut. Instead of having to turn the wood for every little bump in or out, you can just slightly move the wood side to side. One other place (not required in this Picture) that I switch to spirals is to increase the kerf when veining I first cut the vein line with a straight blade, then switched to a spiral and cut it again. The spiral will follow the straight blade cut if you let it do its own thing and don't try to force the cut. The reason I make this post, mainly for newer scrollers to understand that it is not either/or. They both have a good purpose. This is my opinion only. Take it for whatever it is worth.

Impressive! That is some tiny scrolling. Well done. The smallest piece I have scrolled was 3"X 5". It was in basswood.

Very nice picture!

Welcome to the forum. I am anxious to see some of your antler scrolling. I have done one, this is from many years ago. I have turned a lot of antler on the lathe to make pens. It does have a smell. Sorta reminds me of burning hair.

Great news. Glad it went well.

There are several "Arm Lifters for DeWalt and some Delta scroll saws. They are a very simple device. I would think, looking at them, one could easily make one that would work on the Bauer. I would make one and dismantle the Bauer one. I know there is a long thread on here about modifying scroll saws. But every scroll saw and most other tools I own, have been modified in some way to meet my desires. One way does not fit all.

Very nice cutting. I have an Abby, er, ah, "Queen Abby". Standard poodle, that thinks my wife, my Labrador, and I are her subjects, and anyone else that comes to visit.

I hope you feel better soon. I have no excuse, I am just not fond of making frames.

It is 16" x 12.5". You are lucky. I used to have many, but when the U&I Sigarbeets left, the pheasants started disappearing. I do not know what Pheasants do with sugarbeets, but that is what I have been told.

Wanted to do something to remember the beautiful Pheasants, which used to be plentiful in our area. Now it is very exciting to see one. Been hearing on but have not spotted him yet. This is a Mike Williams pattern, 1/4" BB. Both straight and spiral blades were used. Got to take a day and make frames, I have 4 pictures waiting for frames.

That is beautiful.

Some marquetry artists use them.

That is amazing work!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM.

You are most fortunate to get to spend quality time with your grandkids. I never really got to it when I was retired and could do things like that with them. They always lived too far away. Enjoy all you can with them.

Very Nice! It will be appreciated.

They are neat birds. We have a few of them here on the West Coast, don't see them often, but they are here. I had one fly into my front room window once. Knocked him out. I went out, picked it up, and placed it on my deck railing. It sat there for over half an hour, then it was able to fly to a nearby tree, sit for a while, more then flew off.

Very nice, Looks like you have it figured out. Well done.

Watched an old episode of Johnny Carson yesterday. The guest was a slow-talking country gentleman from Arkansas who sold jewelry made with Quail droppings. I called Johnny "MR. Carson" because he was raised to address any man senior to him with "Mr.", a sign of respect. So, like it or not, you are a tiny bit older than me. Just showing respect!

Yep, the release lever had to be designed by an engineer that have never used a scroll saw. They could have designed it so that when the arm goes up, it catches and stays up until you take the arm, raise it just a notch, release the catch, and you can lower the arm. The method used on the Excalibor I had was worrisome to me. A little ball bearing riding on a strip of metal. If you adjusted it too tightly, you could wear a deep groove in the strip of metal, and it was not a replaceable part. I was warned about that by Seyco when I purchased it from them. Search on this forum. There are other Bauer owners that have made devises to help with that release.

The animals I did were cut in 1/8" thick, and they are a little over 1" tall. Which can be resized if needed. Of course, the simpler the cut, the smaller it can be. This is a large bowl. But the concept is very doable. I would be tempted to fill in over the insets with clear epoxy. He did not, and really, no need. Just something I thought could be done.

I helped a turner friend make a bowl, I did the scroll saw work. This is a segmented bowl, and much larger, but it might give you an idea.