Sycamore67

While I would not use any frequency app, I can understand a new scroller trying something. For them, learning to properly tension a blade can be somewhat difficult. Out of curiosity, I may just measure the frequency on my Hegner.

You can get a frequency app for most phones that would do that. Given the different size, thickness and teeth of different blades, the frequency would vary blade to blade. Personally, I do not pay very much attention to the exact tension. Close is good enough.

I assume the lath is 1/4 or 5/16" thick. I would not even attempt to use a router with such a small pieces. it is too difficult to safely hold small pieces. I would use a Mac Mop or similar or sanding mop to ease the edges.

I use a skip tooth blade fir cutting 3/4" material. I would not use a reverse tooth blade as they cut much slower.

I would appreciate seeing how you did those.

Congratulations and enjoy !

This is true as there is a cost which must be passed along one way or another. However, there is such a thing a outrageous shipping costs.

Since I do not use a timer, it would be interesting for those that do to post a picture of a project and the time. One interesting thing is that the time does not include time to change blades only machine time.

I understand why people who are selling pieces want to know how long something takes, but why do those who scroll for a hobby need to know.

There are literally hundreds of posts about blades. Some like Pegas and others FD. You will get lots of opinions. I do not look at the costs but buy what works for me. I use what works best for me and the type of scrolling I do.

There are all sorts of ways to capture dust and I encourage everyone to do the best they can. Personally, I use a HEPA rated vacuum for my scroll saw and smaller sanding operations. I also have an air cleaner. The point of this thread is to point out how much dust is put in the air by scrolling, sanding or table saw. Very few people will actually measure dust levels. You can not see the smaller particles such as 10 microns and down but they are present in large numbers and getting into your lungs.

I have read your thread about the 3d part. That is one great solution. Several of us have built dust collection in other ways which are quite effective. There is always several ways to solve a problem.

I recently posted the outdoor air pollution levels as we have had a lot of smoke from the Canadian Wildfires and showed unhealthy levels. I measured it with one like this that I saw on Amazon with the description and was about $49 "HOTKREM Air Quality Monitor pm2.5 pm10 pm1.0 Detector Indoor air Quality Test kit for Cars,Home,Office,Hotel etc (PM2.5,AQI)" Similar are available on Ebay for lower prices. I tried placing right next to my Hegner scroll saw and cut 1/4' Baltic Birch. The higher number was with my vacuum off and lower with it on. It shows the value of using dust collection on your saw especially if you are sawing for a long time. The smaller dust particles that are 1 um and smaller are not visible but still dangerous to your health especially if you are older. Next, I placed it beside my small belt sander and the numbers were very high as expected. Lastly, I placed it on my table saw and cut off the edge of 1/2 plywood several times with the following results. Kind of as expected, the belt sander was the worst for putting unhealthy dust in the air and points out that I need to get some dust collection on it. As a comparison, here is the air quality I experienced outside this week. It is worse for the PM2.5 than most things in my shop.

I cut up Amazon boxes. We always have plenty of them.

Thanks for all the kind comments. It was an enjoyable but challenging project. My dad and I rebuilt a 1929 Model A when I was in high school. It was a great learning experience .

How does it work to install a blade? Do you take it off?

I wear a glove like that when craving and sometimes when I am using chisels.

Another excellently done project. It really stands out.

This is something I have been working on for two years. I would work on it for awhile, get stuck on something and then come back later. It was a combination of a plan and actual drawings of the car. A lot of different tools were used but many cut with my scrollsaw. The fenders were compound cut and then shaped. The difficult part was fitting the fenders to the curved body. The Spoke wheels were a huge challenge and I made many bad ones before figuring it out.L

I have a couple small squares....PEC and Groz. They are dead on. My woodworking squares are very good and good enough for most woodworking.

And now.. Back to the original topic.... Great idea with the square. I routinely check my blades to make certain they are correct. It makes a big difference when cutting things like puzzles.

That is the lowest price on Amazon since 2014 based on CamelCamelCamel.

I was trying to figure out what mat she had behind her piece for the pour. Between the mat and strong clamping she avoided any leakage.

Got my glue applicators yesterday and like them.

BadBob had some great ideas. I just ordered some of the Micro brushes. I found them on Amazon as Sili Micro Glue Brushes.