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Horse Drawn Fire Engine Clocks - Finally Finished!!
Scrappile replied to RangerJay's topic in Bragging Rights
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What is the saying "You know nothing, Jon Snow", (Game of Thrones). Will I never seem to know any of this celebrity singers people make portraits of. Must be my advanced age and choice of music. But it doesn't matter, I know good scrolling when I see it. That is a good one for sure.
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Welcome, Rod. Glad to have you join us. I think you will enjoy this hobby. What sort of things do you like to scroll? Congrats on your new saw.
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I've never even knew there were three kinds. I have always use the "New Spiral Blades". And even though I have purchased several sizes, I use the 3/0 99% of the time. There is also the "Flat End" ones that do not really have flat ends. I would thing the reverse ones would have some reverse teeth?
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That id a real good one. Like the background of it also. I think is would look good also it the picture was painted a satin black.
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Great idea, ,,,,done
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Nice setup, but that saw needs some use, way too clean! You must stand up to scroll? I have never been able to do that.
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Decided to play today and do something light. I liked this little character that was in one of Jerry's cartoons he posts and comment it would make a cute pattern. Jerry put the request in the "Pattern Requests" forum and Don came back quickly with a pattern. So I played with it today and got this poster done. Thanks to Don and Jerry. Don't really know what I am going to do with it, but it was simple and fun to cut. Cut in Basswood about 3/8" thick.
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Very nice portrait! Great pattern also.
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Very beautiful cross.
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I have had great success in the pen/toy making using a lot of the items mentioned above. Vinegar/steel wool works great for ebonizing wood, it reacts differently with different woods, food coloring works great for bright colors, along with many others mentioned. Use scrap wood for experimenting and number the pieces, them log in a book the number, wood type and what you used. Keep this and the wood sample so you can duplicate the color (well almost) when you need it.
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Very nice sign, Dick.
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VERY nice, both pattern and cutting.
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Very nice cutting. Old duffer like does not know Pink Floyd, but that is okay, I know good scrolling when I see it... Very nice.
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The best place to start on blades is to do a search on scroll saw blade chart and go to images. There are lots of them. It will tell you what size is intended for what thickness of wood. The blades you get with your saw are probably not very good blades, nor are ones you can buy at most big box stores. Probably the most common ones used are Flying Dutchman, Olsen, and I am reading good comment about Pegas blades. It is hard to tell a person what to use, because it is personal preference. When I started I purchased a combination set from one of the vendors and tried different ones. That got me into the ball park of what I like. I kept experimenting from there and now know what I like although I still try different ones just to see. The is probably the most common question from beginners, and there are lots of answers. Do not let it intimidate you, you will get a feel for what works for you as you go along.
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Never seen the shelf idea before. That is a great idea. Very nice cutting.
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That is a very nice looking piece.
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Those are really nice. My daughter keeps harping at me about tree ornaments but I never quite get around to it. Maybe this year.
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Thank you all for the very nice comments. I really appreciate it. These are really no more difficult than less dense (less holes) patterns, it is still drilling the holes, putting a blade through the hole and following the pattern. There are just more holes. You do have to think out the cutting sequence a little more to try to help support the more fragile areas a long as possible. This one took me 5 days cutting maybe a total of 5 to 6 hours total each day. I have to take lots of breaks to keep my back working. It is a thrill to make the final cut, see that is still holding together and then lay it on a black background and see come to life. Now I have to make frames, I hate making frames..... Seriously, thanks again for the nice comment. I'm sure you all know how much they mean.
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Beautiful!
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WOW! Fine cutting, for sure. Looks great. You did a supper job.
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Thanks, I'd love to be able to send him one.
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Just finished cutting. I am not really into celebrity portraits, but I got such a great response locally to my "Lonesome Dove" one that I thought I would see how this one went over. I am going to try to start selling some, instead of giving them away. I'd like to get back enough to support the hobby, not me. Anyway. Willie has always been a favorite of mine, and I saw this pattern at Charles Dearing's site. I decided to try to cut it. It is in 1/8" BB. I stacked cut 3. I really do not like stack cutting, but if I am going to try to sell a few, I guess I have to. I used a lot of blades and a verity of blades from 3/0 spiral to a #5 FD-SR5.
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You have everything going with this in my opinion. Native-American, live slab up at the top of my favorite subjects and medias. Great job.
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Another fine cut and finish. You are a busy man.
