Charles Henry

haha, never mind his fingers, this man's priority is his work!!! I like it

oooh, okay, thanks for the information Heppner! In a previous post I exclaimed I would be going with an Excalibur. Well a bit of time has passed, and some more thoughts, and I'll probably be going with the Dewalt instead lol. It's 400 cheaper, so that' 400 I can spend on blades, wood, and experience! I'm saving up money now for one, so hopefully in 2-4 months I'll have my own Scroll saw to play with! Did you decide not to use the spiral blades for a period of time, because they were tougher to use? Or was it just a personal preference? I kind of figured that was what everyone was using, based on some of the videos I've seen. I guess the other blades used are just like the normal ones (normal size) but just a whole lot thinner, so they can make sharper turns?

Thanks Happnerguy. When people say "Box store blades" I'm guessing Box store blades are like, regular blades? have a bigger depth so they don't make sharp turns very well? I saw some blades at WoodCraft and they were small, very small, no pins at the top or bottoms, and they had teeth that went in a spiral from top to bottom. I'm guessing those kinds of blades are the ones I'd want to use the most? There's always time Turner! I got over the "I think this might be a dumb question" a LOOOOOOONG time ago. Even if I know the answer, I may ask the question anyways, just so I can see what other people's opinions are and how they may handle things, depending on the question. Might just learn something you didn't know

Nice, another innovative way of laying out your workshop!

No source, it'll be a while before I can buy one. And later last night I was kind of leaning more towards the DeWalt again lol. Buy the DeWalt and that's 400 dollars I'm saving that I can spend on wood and blades! So, I think I may be going with the DeWalt for my first Scroll Saw, lol.

I believe I've decided on which Scroll Saw I want to buy. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, the winner is!!!...... The Excalibur! Now I just have to save up 800 or so dollars!! I love the features, I like how the blade and motor are what angles, It's got a solid stand, it's operational vibration is pretty much non existent! I saw a video where a guy stood a nickle up on the deck, and then turns the saw on, and the Nickle doesn't move! Can't wait!

lmao, not a problem Blaughn

Welcome! This is a great community to be a part of!

Welcome!

I had a buddy of mine make me this nice little "Pallet Destroyer" tool I call it. It works quite well! Harder wood requires a more abrupt and forceful shove though, doesn't give the wood time to bend and split, and only if it has 2 nails, not 3, or at least not a wide board with 3 nails. I kind of enjoy disassembling it and pulling the nails out myself. Video: https://www.facebook.com/charles.henry.146/videos/10154328897180866/ And all the wood after disassembling two 8 foot pallets XD

I've got a ton of reclaimed pallet wood to work with. But like Sycamore said, be careful when sanding them. Sometimes they are treated with a lot of chemicals, and you don't wanna breath that stuff in.

Makes me wanna pick my Guitar practice back up again!

That's some good advice, and I'll definitely take that into consideration. I think being able to wheel ones self around the saw while having the switch fixed to the chair that you're sitting on sounds like a pretty good idea, and makes the deadman switch sound like a pretty good option.

Hello Bruce, and thank you! I saw you in the Chat room, I sent two messages. Were you able to see them? I was reading through the chat room thread and I read quite a few instances where people stated that they didn't get to chat with anyone who was in there. I'm wondering if there's some issue with it to where my messages aren't showing up for other people, and vice versa.

hmmmm. not sure if I'd like the deadman switch or not. When I did make that one scroll saw piece, I was moving about a lot, then again I've never done it before and maybe as my skill progresses, I'll move about less? I found staring at the side of the blade worked best for me, as I was able to see it lol. But maybe that's improper technique, or is there a proper technique.

I work at a desk for a majority of the day, I get up and move about a lot though. I'm new to the Forum, but I'll have the Chat room open on a separate tab, if anyone cares to jump in and chat at a non immediate response interval.

Aww man, I was kind of getting excited lol. I didn't read much on the switch it's self, just made an assumption about it. But thanks for clearing that up. I guess it would still be pretty useful, so you don't have to remove one hand and risk the piece turning slightly and milling out a chunk of it by accident. >.< Love the background story, it's interesting to hear how people came to be Woodworkers. I hadn't had much appreciation for hand crafted pieces until I started to build things myself. I've only nicked the surface, but my appreciation has grown tremendously! Peoples lives are in every piece, and I'd like to believe a part of their existence stays with the piece created.

So I'm doing a little reading, and I believe a foot switch scroll saw might be something I'd be interested in. I'm guessing the foot switch acts like a speed control, much like that of a sewing machine? That's pretty awesome. After using one for a while I'm sure it'd be natural just like driving a manual transmission!

I like that analogy lol. I'm guessing it means a new person among a crowd of more wise individuals. I'll add the RBI Hawk to my list of Saws I need to investigate

Thanks everyone, for the warm welcome! I wasn't sure if my post was going to show up or not lol. Almost thought it was a bit too long at first. I'm really looking forward to this whole idea of Woodworking. As I stated my Dads, Dad was a Woodworker in his time, and I would love to follow in his foot steps. I've seen the DeWalt 788 online and it caught my eye, and I believe I saw an Excalibur at a WoodCraft store in San Antonio yesterday. Seeing both of those mentioned here, only further my want to investigate them further lol. I also saw some Pegasus blades at the same store, but that Flying Dutchman, boy, I bet those must be good, they've got a name to live up to XD. Thanks again everyone, for the very warm welcome, I really appreciate it! A great community is the best form of encouragement!

Hello, my name is Charles, I'm 29, and have just recently found great pleasure in woodworking. I used to build ramps as a kid, decent ramps, I rode a lot of Street, Dirt, and Park (BMX) when I was younger, so a basic knowledge of how to build a nice ramp was pretty solid, in my head. I had a lot of fun building them, and even more actually doing tricks on them with my bike. About 7 months ago, I decided to build a nice chicken coop for the Wife and I. Her Grandfather helped out a little bit, but it was about 90% my design, ideas, and work. It came together extremely well with only a jig saw and a circular saw, both of which belonged to the Grandfather in law. I enjoyed building it, and kept doing little things here or there to make it just that much better. After a majority of it's completion, I decided that I had earned the right to buy myself a decent Miter Saw, and that's when I REALLY started seeing just how much I liked woodworking. After the Miter, came a Router, then an Orbital sander, then a Kreg Jig, now I'm hording pallets where ever I can find them and it's okay for me to take them, I even asked a buddy of mine to build me an awesome pallet tear down tool. After the Chicken Coop, my Father had to have their white boxer "Kizer" put down, he began having seizures. So I took it upon myself to make them a gift to remember him by. I went out into my Grandfather in laws workshop, where he and his Grandfather in law used to woodwork together, and I started to use his scroll saw. It's old, the air thing doesn't work on it, the blades I had on hand were somewhat large, but I went to work, and I cut out a dog bone, with Kizer's name in it. For the E, I tried my best to incorporate a little white dog into it to hold the center of the E in place. When it was done, I sanded it as best I could, stained it, painted the dog white, and put a hanger on the back of it. I was pretty proud of it, and my Dad and his Wife really appreciated it. Now I'm working on my first REAL woodworking project, again for my Dad, it's going to be a birthday gift, so please, no telling! lol. But it's a Birdhouse. His Father too, (My Grandfather, and the man I was named after) whom passed away before I could meet him, was also a Woodworker, and he used to build Birdhouses with my Dad, when my Dad was a kid. So I really think he's going to enjoy it. Now that I've got my introduction out of the way, I'm wanting to buy a Scroll Saw, but a good one, one that will last me a long time, so long as I keep up with it. The problem is, I've no idea what I'm looking for, or what kind of blades I need, to make some of these amazing things I see. So if you've stuck around this long, and you've got some useful information that you'd be willing to pass along to me, I'd greatly appreciate it