Is it just my computer, I click on the picture (either one) and the little box comes up and the little thingy m bob goes round and around but the picture never come up??
Just wanted to come back and say, this is a quote from another post the Heppnerguy made: "Len, Paul is such a better scroller than am I and it was great to see all his amazing work." This thread right here proves Dick wrong. I have never scrolled anything as nice as what he is showing here.
Bill make a good point here. I don't not use just one size/type blade on a portrait. I switch blade to use what I feel is best for a certain part of a portrait. I am getting to where I do this more and more. Same thing when drilling the holes to thread the blades through. I larger areas I use a larger size drill like a 1/16" or a #63 and in the real small area I will use a #68 or #70. I figure why make any harder to thread the blade then necessary.
I have two scroll saws and often I have a spiral in one and a flat blade in the other and just switch saws for what I need.
I use 1/4" mostly when I use BB. If I'm doing in wood other than the plywood I have used 1/2" mostly. So far, I've used popular, maple, black walnut and cherry. All worked well. What I am working on right now is around 3/8" redwood burl. It is very dry and soft and a real challenge. I started cutting and knew it was going to be difficult so I painted the back with epoxy thinned with acetone. Seems to be working very well.
I use both spiral and flat blades. The largest blade I have used is a #1 mostly use the #2/0 FD-PS and in spiral the #3/0 FD-NS.
I have never tried it, but probably. The reason I use CA glue is it dries in second, if you squirt it with activator, and you don't have to sit and hold the piece in place but for a very short time. I also use it if I have a very fragile piece that is barely hanging on. I will put some glue on the back to support it.
I was going to say something about the last name, but though maybe you knew a Theresa Heppner. If not i didn't want to break the bad news to you.
Nice cutting though.
Off to a great start. If pieces break out, it is possible (well not always, but often) to put them back in from the back, using CA glue and it is unnoticeable from the front.
You get the same only not as bad with a band saw. It takes practice and the "drift" will very depending on type of wood, grain direction and size/type of blade. But you get the feel of it pretty quickly.
I don't know if it is necessary, but if you decide to do it, test it first on something with whatever they use to write with, make sure the poly doesn't make the ink run or anything to ruin it.
I had a setup like that on my shop vacuum, not for the dust collection but vacuuming the floor and it worked great, Steve I wonder if you could jury rig a Dust Deputy into your system.
That looks like an nice set up, be anxious to know how it really works and how long it would last. If it is good, it would be worth the price although I will want to figure out a better under the table setup for dust collection than the Ex has.