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Beautiful work Jerry!
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New puzzle maker with a need for advice!
dgman replied to Joe Peacock's topic in General Scroll Sawing
First of all, welcome to the Village Joe! I hope we can help you with your problem. The FD Puzzle blades are a 3/0 skip tooth blade. I have had no luck with FD blades smaller than a #1. I just tried some FD Ultra Reverse # 2/0 blades recently and I could not control them. When I cut jigsaw puzzles I use Olson 2/0 skip tooth blades. They are a lot easier to control. I haven't tried their 3/0 blades because I don't have any, but it might be a blade for you to try. i also don't use a pattern. I have always cut them free hand. It's hard to see it, but my Avatar is my first jigsaw puzzle. -
I won't even open a photobucket file because of all the adds.
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Cool work Dave!
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That is impressive Mimi! Can you give us details on material and blades and technique?
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Very nice gifts Andrew!
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Nice work Pete!
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Great cutting Marg! It's amazing what you can do with a flat blade!
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Nice looking box! The dark wood looks like Mahogany.
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Welcome to the forum Brian! Your Owl is gorgeous. You should fit in nicely here. So come on in and join the fun!
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It depends on the look I'm after. If the backer board is going to be painted, I will use 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood. Quite often I will use 1/4" hardwoods to get the color I'm looking for.
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Beautiful work Jim!
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Kevin's sugestion above is an excellent idea. It should work until you can find replacement parts. Chanches are the reason the clamp striped is because you have been over tightening the thumb screw. Usually because your blades are slipping out of the clamps causing insufficient tension. This happens because of a layer of oil on the blades. I sand the ends of the blades when installing new blades. Also it helps to dress the ends of the thumb screws with some 220 grit sandpaper. rember not to tighten to tight. Never use a tool or jig.
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Love the bench Todd, but the other two are great too. Nice work!
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Bret, I am a scroll saw instructor at the local Woodcraft store. I teach my students to start at a medium speed. On the DeWalt saw, that is 4. If you feel your cutting is going to slow, speed it up until you are comfortable. If you are having trouble staying on the line, slow the speed down. It is a comfort thing. One thought though. When using reverse tooth blades, at very slow speeds, if you are not careful, the reverse teeth tend to lift the wood off the table. So you have to work harder to prevent that.
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Your first attemp at fretwork is a great success George! Congratulations!
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I think they will all sell Rob, nicely done!
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Awsome job Kris!
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What, no Golf? Nice work Pete!
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Way to go Marg, congratulations!
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Cool piece, very nicely done!
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Well Melanie, you have been busy! You have done some very nice work! I try to discourage my students from wanting to stay with just one aspect of scrolling. It's good to see you trying new things! Keep up the good work!
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