TexasJeff

I have a Harbor Freight saw and the work table has to be adjusted to be 90 degrees to the blade, there are no adjustments for the blade just the blade. I am thinking your saw is the same way as the Harbor Freight saw. I check the table each time I use the saw to make sure it is 90 degree to the blade.

Wow that is very impressive, very well done.

Those are so darn cute, wonderful work.

Wow you all here do such wonderful and amazing work, I hope one day I can do half as well as what I see here. Thanks for sharing.

Well my new blades came in, I have a new #5 installed, just need to find some time to get in front of that saw. looking forward to trying these non pinned blades out.

I think the trade idea is your best idea, your labor for his labor, one skill for another skill.

I want to thank each and everyone of you for your comments, I found something useful in each one. I have come to the conclusion that my blade was indeed dull and that is the reason for my disappointment. I am waiting on the blades that I ordered to come in and after trying those I will give y'all and update. Dan (DGMAN) I will look for some of those Olson #5 skip blades, I am using 3/4" pine for this project, so I bet it will help out a lot. I think I need as much help as I can get.

Okay I just started my first real project yesterday. I got done cutting it out and I am not very happy with the results, lots of sanding to do. I have had my scroll saw (Harbor Freight) for about a year now and have only done a couple projects with it for some other hobbies. I am using one of the blades (pin type) that came with the saw, not even sure what it is but seems to be pretty coarse maybe 10-15 teeth per inch. I was cutting 1x material and the cuts don't seem as smooth as I thought they would be. I did just order some new regular blades today from Lesley's Patterns (Super Intro Pack) because I knew the pin blades could never do some of the more detailed work that I am planning. So to my question, how often do you change your blades, and how do you know when they are to dull to do the job you are doing. Thanks, Jeff

Welcome Rich from a fellow Texan, very new here myself, look forward to seeing some of your work.

I have watched a lot of his video's on You Tube, very interesting guy. Last night I opened up Ink Scape and started playing, I believe I made my first pattern with it, nothing fancy but it will give my the basics. It will be the word "family" mounted on a base. I just wanted to thank everyone for such a warm welcome.

Hello all, Newbie here from Texas, I have always enjoyed wood working and modeling. I just purchased a cheap scroll saw from Harbor Freight, I know they are not the best, but I figured for my first it will be good enough. I have used it a few times since the purchase, but I was thinking I would try and make some Christmas presents this year. So I started by looking through You Tube and found this channel Scroll Saw Goodies with Travis Cook and he mentioned this site so here I am and ready to learn from the experts. I thoughts about the Christmas presents is maybe shelf sitter names, last names for families and first names for single people I know. A little about me, single male, 51, live in the northwest are of Houston, Texas. My garage is my make shift shop, so it is set up and taken down most every time I work out there. Thanks for letting me into the group, I hope to learn a lot. Thanks, Jeff