tomsteve

hope it goes good for ya! i really want that pattern,too!

very impressive 1st scrollsaw project and love the tools ya purchased,edward! asking questions is NOt a bother to anyone. i did quite a bit of learning woodworking and scrollsaw on my own,too. but also got a lot of advise along the way. i went from making big pieces of wood smaller and having them end up in the fireplace to making some nice stuff. one thing i would suggest: no matter how far along ya go, look at what youre doing with woodworking as practice. even though ive been scrolling and woodworking for a few years now, im still just practicing.

im not the smartest but i think this isnt quite true. every set of patterns i have say its ok to make copies

ive done this with a wolf i cut years ago and wanted to do again. it worked pretty good- had to do a little work with adjusting the.....ummm.... shade?(darn brain farts!).... of the lines but was able to get a good pattern to use again. or are you looking to scrollsaw an existing work into paper? if that be the case, set up to scroll as usual- apply pattern to lumber. then sandwich the paper in between 2 pieces of wood and cut.ive done that once using 90 lb paper and it worked pretty good.

scrappile, that puzzle above doubles as my marquetry skills.

JT brought up having more than one project going- my neice got ahold of me last night: "uncle tom, i have the money to remodel my bathroom. can we go look at tile and stuff?" that work by roentgen is so amazing. i think id be happy just seeing them in person. the marquetry on them alone is stunning! im in west metro detroit. winters are too long. typically early november though march i live in my shop.

welp, that dome clock was definately a fun build last winter! ive been lookin the last couple days for this winters build and hopefully something that will take a little longer. plus a little more challenging, not that the dome clock wasnt a challenge. ive done 2 clocks now- the dome clock and the workshop clock, so ive been thinkin of something different. i think ive narrowed down to this chippendale cabinet https://cherrytreetoys.com/chippendale-cabinet-plan/ or the 1800's secretary https://cherrytreetoys.com/1800s-style-secretary-cabinet-plan/ or the parlor cabinet https://cherrytreetoys.com/parlor-cabinet-plan/ buuuuut, then keep seeing the david roentgen secretary and then theres his writing desk buuuuut, i can eliminate those to absolutely amazing works of art and engineering. i love seeing this work that was done in the 1700's, but they are way beyond my abilities, and by abilities i mean patience!LOLOLO so, narrowed down to 3 choices- at this time. but the day is young. of course, i could keep it simple and make a puzzle!

what ive done and works good for me is to build a frame for the tool. take the drill press-i built a frame with swivel casters on each corner. the frame was constructed so the drill press base was still close to the ground- about an inch of clearance. i have my DP and table saw on wheeled bases with these casters http://www.surpluscenter.com/Wheels/Casters/Plate-Casters/3-x-15-16-Faultless-Swivel-Plate-Caster-w-Wheel-Brake-29896-1-4967.axd theyve worked great for me and easy to roll em when i need to. gotta be careful moving the top heavy DP,though lookin back, i see now it would have only been necessary to have one locking caster.

thanks, all, for the comments. i like a challenge once in a while- as in being given a picture and,"can you cut this out of wood?" and still dont like making frames!

been a while since ive been here! now with the holidays approaching and the winter season near, ive fired up the scrollsaw after it being dormant for a few months. first projects of the season out the door today. these were a little difficult for me, mainly cutting the letters and numbers. very tedious and time consuming doing those. still gotta find me an after holidays keep me busy for the winter project.

sherwin william A100 non tinted. thin, multiple coats for any water based/born clear finish.actually, waterbased finishes are the best for outdoor projects.theyve been on houses for years and the UV protectant is in the base, so untinted base works great. general finishes 450 is another great choice.

whoa!! not that is awesome, scrappile!

i found out today the company i got the clock movement and hands from is having a contest-grand prize a $500 gift certificate for their store. i might have a grandfather clock build in the future!

thank you,all,for the compliments! FINALLY got it in and sittin in its place. yup, nightime makes for better pics inside!!

wow, what a project! I have a thread of the construction over in the "works in progress' forum. but now I think im finished, so time for a lil bragging. ive had the plans for quite a few years. pull em out, put em back. sometimes I was intimidated, sometimes not interested, and other times I wanted to work on something, but just not this at the time. until about a month ago. the real story how the plans ended up in my shop and I got kickin on it: years ago I was asked to build a set of kitchen cabinets for a friends cottage. he had seen some of my other work and wanted cabinets constructed by me. I felt honored, but had never built cabinets.I told him I was intimidated at such a pretty big task, I really didn't have any knowledge of cabinet construction and wasn't sure if I could do it. he replied,"with that attitude, theres nothing you can do.figure out how much money ya need to start and get back with me." honestly, that statement buggered me up a bit and I was a little angry at him for sayin that. so, off to another friends to talk about it- basically tryin to find out why it buggered me up. that other friend said,"well, its pretty simple why it buggered ya up- because you know he was right- with that attitude, you cant do it. so theres a simple solution- change your attitude. the only reason ya cant do it is lack of knowledge on how to do it. ive bult cabinets. there just boxes with doors. now go get on the www and figure out how those boxes are constructed." HUH!!! so, how did that come into play with me jumpin into this? welp, when I pulled the plans out about a month ago, that friends words," with that attitude, theres nothing you can do" popped into my head and I was off to the shop! so, for ANYONE who says they cant accomplish this clock- with that attitude, you are right! but chhange your attitude and ANYTHING can be accomplished! so here it is- the clock that took a few years to change my attitude about doing. pics from my shop as where its going in the dining room- its gonna be right in front of a window and I cant get very good pics with the backlighting. maybe ill snap a few this evening,though. oh, I put some Christmas lights in temporary to help show the scrollwork a bit.

theres a thing called an interface pad used in autobody for sanding. its basically a foam pad with H&L on both sides to slap on the sander then slap the sanding disk on the other side. im wondering iffen it might help sanding fretwork. aaaaaand I can insert a link! but I also use 6" discs on my 5" sander and it works pretty good. this, I assume, if you are referring to getting rid of any fuzzies from cutting.

WOW!!!

jt, i love your style. you do amazing work for a pen and here i am doin similar to keep time! just incredible work! so, hows the table play?

is it possible that the bleeding you see is just the dust from the padauk? ive stack cut padauk mixed with oak and it appeared to bleed, but it was just the dust from the padauk. did you slow down the saw speed or your own feed rate- not as much pressure? in thicker cuts, the saw doesn't have a long enough stroke to clear out the gullets, which that causes the blades to heat up and burn the wood. I slow down the saw speed and when cutting i feed in a pecking manner- feed in a bit, then let off pressure to allow the dust to clear the gullets. repeat. this also helps keep the cut perpendicular through the depth of cut.

im thinkin yer a natural on the scrollsaw. wont be long and youll be tackling Charles dearing stuff!

boy kevin, you have a lot of energy!! want some dome clock parts to cut out?

I was trying to determine iffen you've used spirals before. if not, spirals require a wee bit less force than straight blades when feeding the workpiece into them.

that's cool!! ya know, reading the title, I thought I was gonna read someone set a record for scrolling for 24 straight hours or sumthin.

wow!! what awesome work and great stories!! heres another one that,although no scrollsaw work in it, I cherish it. a dear friend of mine had a barn on her property that was built in 1862. it had been in disrepair and toppled over. she let me come and take a look and see if there was any lumber I could use. holy cow! I wanted a skytrack and semi with flatbed!! there were beams from 6 by 6 up to 14 by 16- one being 36' long. the floor joists( there was a basement thingy in the barn. I hope theres a better term for that. actually, it might have been an ice house?) were logs with the top face cut flat and the rest was left in log form.these logs were 14-24" diameter I could see some of them floor joists were oak, maple, walnut, and something I wasn't sure of, but could have been white oak. boy, I reeeeaaalllly wanted to get to that stuff! but there was a barn on it all. so I got what my back could handle. anyways, it was very enjoyable constructing this. the top is a glue up and one thing I like doing is just looking at the end grain. one of the pieces for the top is about 5" wide quartersawn. I counted 93 growth rings across that piece alone. serious old growth! I was really surprised to see the different species used in the barn, but an old timer from the area explained it to me: there werent sawmills or lumber yards in every town and when people got their property, they had to 1st clear it to farm it. so instead of wasting the trees, they used it to build their barns with whatever trees that had and weren't concerned with what species too much.

very creative and beautiful!