TripleJScroller
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For me it's #3 and #5 FD Ultra Reverse with a few #7s I rarely use. As far as spirals mostly 0/3, 1, and 3s and 5s rarely.
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So it's been awhile since I've been around here much. I've had a lot going on in life that has kept me from spending as much time at the saw as I'd like, but when I was at the saw I was working on cutting out two of these trains. The first one I cut as a Christmas present for my 4yr old Grandson. Soon after I finished it a friend seen it and asked me to cut him one. To be honest I wasn't really into the idea of cutting another so soon, after all it took me about 20 hours to cut the first, however he made an offer I couldn't refuse. So this is the second one that I'm delivering to him tomorrow. This is a wonderful pattern from http://oldcrowscrollwerks.weebly.com. I cut it from 1/4 in Baltic Birch and finished it with a coat of lemon oil. Thanks!
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Very sorry to hear about your friend Kevin. You did a great job on his memorial plaque.
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I am probably the last one to know this.
TripleJScroller replied to jerry1939's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I also have the Delta and honestly have never given a thought to top feeding until reading this post. I've had a lot of trouble with not being able to see the holes on the bottom of the wood to feed the blade through. I might just have to give this top feeding thing a go. Thanks for the explanation of how you do it too, makes it seem so easy. -
I hate spiral blades but....
TripleJScroller replied to NC Scroller's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I work with spirals a lot and prefer to use the smallest blade possible (usually 3/0). I tend to break a lot of them if I'm stack cutting, and sometimes have to give in and go with a larger blade like a 1 or 3. Like others have said though with spirals you want to use as little force as possible when feeding the wood to the blade, a good blade should do the work for you. I also agree with Kevin, make sure your blade tension is good and tight. -
Some beautiful work there! That clock is just epic!!
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I love it! Was a bit of a Ninja Turtle nut myself, and it's always good to look back and remember those times! Just finished cutting an R2-D2 for myself, for much the same reason...lol.
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Looks great, I'd love that hanging on my wall. Great cutting!
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When I first started a few months back, youtube was my best friend. There are a lot of great videos on there with some great tutorials and advice. I'm at work right now so I can't get on there to paste you some examples, but if you do a search for scroll saw tutorials you should find something. This site has also been a lot of help for me whenever I have questions so you've already took a great first step. As for your blade breaking problem there are a lot of things that could be causing it. Are you using pinned or pinnless blades? Could be too much tension or using too small a blade for the thickness/hardness of the wood you are cutting. What type of wood are you working with and what thickness? I'm a relative newbie myself so I'm sure the others will come along with much better information, but if I can remember tonight when I get home I'll post a link to a few of the good youtube videos I've found. Josh
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This is great, I might have to pick up that pattern myself. You've done a great job with it!
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Very nice work! I love it!
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Well I don't have a lot of experiance with different types of woods, one of these day's I'm going to get around to trying out some of the more interesting woods. For now I cut a lot of Red Oak and of course Baltic Birch ply.
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As always they look great Kevin. You are the king of cutting letters, I wish I could get mine to come out as good.
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As a huge Star Wars fan and a collector of Star Wars memorabilia I must say I am drooling over all your recent Star Wars stuff. Great work!!!
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Very nice! I'm sure she will love it.
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I used the blue painters tape for a long time and swore by it. However I had the same issue as you along with the annoyingly long time it took me to remove it all from fretwork. I recently switched to gluing the pattern directly to the wood and using Mineral spirits to remove it. So simple that I can't believe I didn't do it earlier. Pattern peals right off with no pulling up of the wood. Also I noticed I had less of on issue with the pattern lifting during cutting as well.
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scrollsaws.com is a great site full of information on tuneing up and repairing your saw. I believe there is a complete tear down video on there as well. I hope you can find something that helps you out.
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Great work Kevin. Like you I wish I'd discovered scrolling a long time ago, and now that I have I wish I had more time to dedicate to it. There is something very satisfying about creating something nice with your own hands, one could even say it becomes addicting for sure.
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Very nice work!
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Truely amazing work!!
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It happend to me recently cutting out the POW/MIA sign found in The village pattern section. I was almost to the end, and it was getting late and just wanted to finish. Needless to say it will make some nice firewood. I've learned to slow down since and when it's getting late I just put down what I'm working on and leave it no matter how close I am to finishing.
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Amazing work! I think I'd be too frightened to attempt cutting this, but then again I might just find it irresistable...lol Good luck on getting the legal stuff straight, and let us know when this pattern is available.
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Just so happend that as I am checking out this picture of your fine work Jump is playing on the radio. Great band, Great work!
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Absolutely beautiful!! You've done some great work here.
