Old Joe

I am thinking about doing some detailing on this one with my wood burner. I actually practiced with it on the back side knowing that it would be covered up by the glass. I added some definition to the wings and emphasized the division between the bumps on the bodies.It was pretty cool, but also rather unorthodox. I’m sorry that I didn’t take a picture before I covered it up. If I decide to to do it, I’ll add a picture.

Magnification is only part of what to look for. Honestly, most magnifying lamps that you get are, at best, mediocre optical quality. Cheap ones can be virtually impossible to use comfortably with a scrollsaw unless you close one eye, as you will often get double vision.They are near useless when you look anywhere other than the optical center. I bought a pretty good one that was recommended for the Pegas. Then I recently bought a Hegner saw that came with the factory Hegner light/magnifier kit. The improvement was remarkable. The difference is in the lens grinding technique. The sharpness is nearly as good towards the edges as it is in the center. High end magnifiers with aspheric lenses make for a huge improvement in overall clarity and reduced eye strain.

Dips and Dragons based on a Fiona Kingdon pattern, cut with a recessed cut, backed in really nice stained glass. 5/8” Hard Maple. I bought a 6’ Hard Maple board a couple of months ago and have cut several projects out of it. That said, I have cut Hard Maple often in the past, but this particular board has been brutal to scroll, no matter whether on my Hegner, or on my Pegas, and no matter what blade I use. I must keep the speed set low, or the blades break, and I have to go millimeter by millimeter. But I like the finished product.

My stars must’ve been aligned in the right order, as I bought a virtually unused Hegner and stand a couple of months ago and have had no issues. The seller had removed the saw from the stand. I got it home, plopped the saw to the stand and bolted it together in no particular order with the bolts. I didn’t know there was a secret handshake involved as to proper order of tightening the bolts. As to parts being expensive, I think that’s an understatement. I bought 2 bottom blade holders from Advanced Machinery for extra fine blades and was gobbling smacked by the price. Though I will say that Bonnie at Advanced was quite knowledgeable in answering a few questions I had regarding the saw. i wish you luck, Dusty. I’ll bet it’s something much simpler than is meeting the eye. Call Advanced!

I like the pattern, though I did them all individually from Charles Dearing patterns, except one of the ones of Willie was one from Steve Good. They hang together in my shop.

Gotta love spirals on that type of cutting. Well done!

Well done! Some projects just require a few walls to challenge us to get through.

That took a lot of patience, the most valuable tool for a scroller. Nice job!

Well done!

I recently bought a new to me Hegner Multimax 22” and this was the first project that I used it on from beginning to end. I found it to be a learning curve to adjust to from my Pegas. I plan to keep the Pegas for the time being. When I work on a project requiring both flat and spiral blades I will just switch back and forth between them. Eventually I will totally rebuild the Pegas and sell it, though even after 7 years and hundreds of hours and projects, it seems to still work as well as it did when it was brand new.

River Dragons backed in glass with a recessed cut. Very delicate cuts out of Hard Maple. Again, thanks to Fiona Kingdon for the inspiration.

Newest edition in my recessed cuts, cut from 5/8” Hard Maple, backed in stained glass. If you maximize the photo you can see bubbles in the glass, contributing to the nautical theme. This is based on Fiona Kingdon’s “Shells” pattern.

Very cool cutting and overall job on a very cool subject matter.Great job!

TA, I use smaller blades frequently, especially 2/0 spirals. Actually, I wish Pegas would come out with a 3/0 spiral. Other than for compound cuts, I rarely use any flat blades larger than MGT #3. The 2/0 flat blade was easier for me to successfully use without breaking on the Pegas than on the Hegner, though I got better as I went along on this piece.

So, I am in a grove of doing recessed cuts and backing them in stained glass. Fiona Kingdon didn’t use patterns and didn’t particularly like making them. I found this one challenging, as some of the details are ultra tiny. It’s much smaller than it looks in the picture, as the inner ring is 7 1/4.” I used a lot of Pegas 2/0 spirals, some Pegas MGT 2/0, 0, and #3s. I also used a new to me Hegner 22V and there was a bit of a learning curve with getting the tension just right and I broke more blades than I normally do. This Oak Maiden is actually cut from 5/8” Hard Maple, stained with Golden Oak.