Old Joe

I've been taping the wood with packing tape, and using 3-M lightly on tape and the pattern.I have recently started applying salt to the tape with a standard salt shaker before applying the pattern as it minimizes slippage.

For the work we put into this stuff I don't mind paying somewhat of a premium for good material. Quality isn't expensive, it's priceless, especially when accompanied with friendly,knowledgeable customer service.

I hope I'm not breaking any rules on sharing an experience I had while purchasing wood from an on-line vender. As many of you know I like to make vases with a test tube sandwiched in the middle. If I can get 1", or 4/4 wood for that middle piece it makes for a nicer finished product, not to mention easier for me. Not nominal 1", but actual 1" thick. So I've been thrilled with the 1/4, 1/8, etc wood that I've been getting from this company but their scroll saw wood selection on-line only goes to 3/4" I called yesterday and asked if they could get me 1" and if so, at what price and what varieties? Here's what I was told: Yes, they could get me 1" but if it had to be sanded on both sides and exactly 1" they would have to mostly plane it from 2" stock and the price would be higher. But, if I could live with 15/16" they could supply it in every variety that they carry, at the same price as the 3/4" on their price list. I can actually deal with anything 7/8" or over. I thought it was great to find a company that was accommodating,pleasant, with great customer service, and a terrific product line. I'll be ordering a lot of my wood from Ocooch Hardwoods.

I found this informative video on you tube on the new Jet: https://youtu.be/mSBM70Ru5n4

Outstanding!

Thanks for taking the time for the in depth initial impressions.I am new to scrolling and bought a Dewalt a while back to get started with. I am reasonably content, but I am predisposed to a bit of prejudice regarding them because of issues I'd had with some of their other tools over the years when I was doing general handyman work.As I get better at scrolling, and wear the DW down, I will be looking ahead to my next saw, and I'm a sponge for information about all of them.

Very nice!

This just blows me away! I can only hope to get good enough to pull something like this out of my creative juices.

I admire your tenacity!

Yes, all 1" oak. One board that I had left over from some shelving project. I cut the scrap in half, made the grain horizontal on the back piece, stained it with several coats of MinWax Expresso. The sun was grain vertical, stained with Golden Oak.I used FD UR 5's and 7's for the whole thing. If I were to do another one, or a variation of it, I think I would use an old 7 1/2" circular saw blade for the back piece, paint it black, and glue the sun to it. Or make the sun bigger and use a 10" blade.

Thanks for your help.I knew folks on SSV would steer me right!

I'm still real new to scrolling, but I am having trouble finding help on getting started with scrolling from photos. Any help/suggestions on where to start would be greatly appreciated! Thanx!

Too cool. I'm sure that a lot of outlaw C&W fans would love to have that!

A whole bowl full of them!

The oppressive heat and another Steve Good pattern inspired me to use up a couple of scrap cutoffs I had around. 1" Red Oak is a pain to scroll, especially the scalloping around the back plaque.

Well, I am big on vases right now. How about a vase with a musical note, or a clef, or maybe a sax, cut into the front? Or a crab!

Thanks, everyone for your encouragement! Scrappile, that one in the middle that you referred to is five pieces glued together: 1/4" walnut on the front and back, 1" cherry in the middle with 1/8" poplar sandwiched between the cherry and walnut. After I scrolled the fretwork I taped the front and painted the inside cuts. Then I painted the poplar red behind where the flower would end up and did the same with the green. The cherry has a 1 inch cut through the center lengthwise to allow a test tube to fit in for water for the flower buds.

I'm still new at this scroll saw stuff. I have also been working on ribbon boxes, but mainly on vases. Two have the fretwork filled with FIMO clay. The first one I had just used one color on the leaves, the newer one I mixed the clay to try to get a more realistic look. All of them are Steve Good designs, though I have modified most of them to accommodate test tubes. One is made of Zebra Wood and I decided not to do any fretwork on it, as I thought it would detract from the beautiful grain. I feel as though I am learning something new on each one.

Impressive!

Fun stuff!

Thanks for those guides, Don. I am still getting familiarized with the various blades and sometimes find it overwhelming.

I bought a ceiling mounted dust collector from Grizzly a couple of months ago because it was on sale for just over $100. It's 3 speed with a timer and remote control. It has made a dramatic difference in my small shop.The Grizzly fan is exactly the same unit as packaged and sold by numerous other companies by different names for considerably more dough.The box fan is a good alternative to doing nothing, though the filters on most factory made units are duel filters that have finer filtration capabilities.

Outstanding!

The board looks trapezoid in the pic, but it is a 3 1/2 x 23 rectangle.

Wow! I didn't see the gator until you pointed it out!