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Excellent cutting Jim!
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Beautiful piece Rob, very nice cutting and I love the wood choice!
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New to scroll sawing, had a question about the Skil 3335
dgman replied to Dreklie's topic in General Scroll Sawing
If you don't have a small protractor like above or a small square, use a credit card or a debit card to see if your blade is 90° to the table on either side of the blade. If not, look in you instruction booklet on how to adjust the table. Also it is important to have proper tension on the blade. It needs to have a high "plink" when you pluck the blade like a guitar string. If it clunks, it is not tight enough. Again, refer to the manual on how to adjust the tension By the way, welcome to the Village! -
I make a lot of clocks with fit- ups or clock inserts. I always use a forstner bit to make the insert hole. I have been scrolling for around twenty years and I won't take the chance of miss cutting the hole. If it's to small, you have to sand it. If it's to big, the insert won't stay in. You can control the depth of the hole also. I never cut all the way through the wood blank. It looks cleaner that way. Good luck and let us see your project!
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Excellent work Pete! The Wife will probably cherish the box as much as the charm!
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Nice cutting of a great pattern! I like them both but partial to the Cherry.
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I bet you are a top feeder. It is a common problem with DeWalt and Excalibur saws. Two things to consider. First, most blades have a small amount of oil on them to help prevent rusting. This oil builds up on the thumb screw and set screw. To remedy this, sand the ends of the blades before installing. I use a small piece of folded sandpaper, grit facing in, to Sand the ends. Second, the tip of the thumb screw gets worn and rounded. To remedy this I sand the end of the thumb screw. Look for my post in Works in progress and Tutorials for " Simple jig for blade slippage". If you where a bottom feeder, the top clamp would start slipping first. If these remedys don't work, you may have to replace the blade clamp.
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Nice work Todd! Those are a good seller for me!
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Excellent work Katie!
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Made 2 patterns together work by Bob and Onder
dgman replied to Steve Curtis's topic in Bragging Rights
That came out great Steve! I have the dog pattern, but have not cut it yet. It is a Cavalier King Charles Spanial like my Avatar. -
Welcome to the Village. Come on in and join the fun!
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That's very cool, thanks for sharing!
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Thanks to the pattern makers! My donation will go to the local food bank.
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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
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Nice work Jerry!
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They look like the perfect thickness for some mini birdhouse ornaments!
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That's a styalized bird Dan! Question, what are all those blocks for?
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Great cutting Mike! I looked very carefully and could not find where it was broken, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Sounds like a nice father and son project Dan, good for you!
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I'm with Pete, what ever I have laying around. I have cut mini birdhouses out of Maple, Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Pine, Walnut, spruce, Red Oak, Alder and even Cocobolo, Redheart, Yellowheart and Puurpleheart, all without burning! The trick is applying clear packing tape to all sides of the blank and using the right blade. For these I use an FD Polar #5 or #7. The Polar blades have a slight set to the teeth that help clear the sawdust from the curf, which helps when cutting thick wood.
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Cool!
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Very cute, nice work!
