BadBob

Looks like MDF core to me. I would use it.

Patrick Spielman's books are cheap used as are many other scroll saw books. eBay and Amazon are good places to look for them.

Yes, but the block of wood must be thicker by at least 1/4-inch. I like to have 1/4-inch all round. Using 3/4-inch stock that is 4-5 pieces to glue up.

I was trying to cut an enlarged set of reindeer designed for a scroll saw that I found in an old magazine. A customer wants them 10-inches tall. It has proved challenging. It looks like the Pegas bandsaw would make these easily. These are about 3-inches tall.

After spending the best part of two days trying to compound cut reindeer on a band saw, I watched him cut them, and now I'm drooling for a Pegas band saw.

I've been trying Krylon K07010 11-Ounce All-Purpose Spray Adhesive. It works OK but does not stick as well as I would like. It cleans up with mineral spirits, its cheap, and available.

Halloween Jack-o-Lantern

I just ordered a gross of #9 skip tooth blades. It took me a while to find them. The search only showed the 12 pack. Thanks

I replaced mine about two years ago using Ray's parts. The instructions that came with them could be improved, but otherwise, I am pleased with the result.

I made this for my grandson a few years ago. It hangs on his wall still. He has Halloween stuff all over the house.

It's 80 to 90 degrees in my shop six months or more out of the year. Heat may have been a factor. The shelf liner wasn't on the wood for more than 48 hours.

@kmmcrafts I figure paper cost is less than $0.01 per page for me, but it is hard to figure out the cost of spray adhesive. I, too, factor the cost into my pricing. For me, fast and easy is the goal. I try every method of attaching patterns that I run across. So far, I like attaching to the wood directly and removing the patterns with solvent the best. It's cheap, fast, and does not damage the wood, with the only downside I see is that I need to wait for the mineral spirits to evaporate. If the labels are removable with mineral sprits. Labels might wind up being my go-to method. Spray adhesive is messy, expensive, and getting hard to find. I tried shelf liner. On a recent project, I used almost an entire roll. I did not like it. I found it difficult to apply due to the tendency to curl and a pain to cut, but the main thing I did not like was that it would sometimes leave a sticky residue on the wood that I had to remove with mineral spirits. If I have to clean it, I might as well stick the patterns on the wood and be done with it.

@kmmcrafts I make a lot of small items and toys that have small parts that one needs to be replaced because it was damaged. I could use paper for those occasions when a whole sheet label would be a waste. I have tried just about everything but labels.

@kmmcrafts When you use shipping lables, do you waste the rest of the sheet when you are printing patterns for small items?

I've had my posts blocked because I used a historcal (dead) persons quote. I never ranked high enough the get into Facebook jail. I'm impressed.

Works for me. Joined today.

Columbia Forest Products also has Europly in 1/4″, 1/2″, 5/8″, 3/4″ and 1″. It's similar to baltic birch. Home Depot only has the 3/4" inch on their web site so its out of stock or they don't sell it. There is also a hardwood plywood called. ApplePly if you can find it.

When they first started selling Columbia Forest Products a Home Depot you had to order it at the pro desk and you could only get it in 4x8 foot sheets. I'm going to have to buy some and give it a try now that they are available in smaller pieces.