NLAlston

I have been lending myself to as much time as I could possibly give my scroll saw, for the purpose of getting much better on it. This Dewalt DW788 has quickly moved into the top spot of my woodworking tools. I've done some things in 3/4" stock (pine and poplar), as well as a fair bit of 1/4" plywood sub flooring, that we had left over from a flooring project. Thus far, I have only used two types of blades. One, has been the #5 Skip Tooth blade. And the other has been a #5 Spiral Blade. I'd tried my hand with some pattern cutouts, in the 1/4" plywood - which didn't fare too bad with the Skip Tooth blade. However, I was quite dissatisfied with the cut of the Spiral Blade. It is to my understanding (from what I've gained on the internet) that Spiral Blades will never equal the clean cutting of other blade types, owing to their teeth design. But I am also finding that many scrollers LOVE using them. I really like the fact that cuts - with the Spiral Blades - can be made without so much of the stock movement, which is required with the usage of other blades. I have another project that I wish to do, which will have a good number of internal cuts to be made, and I would hope to be able to do so without having to call upon my mini files, and folded sandpaper by which to even out/clean the cut lines. I also wonder if the TYPE of plywood I had used was the biggest factor attributing to what resulted. Would Baltic Birch plywood make much of a difference in things? Advanced thanks to all. God Bless, Nathan

Yes, new to the forum, and have no doubt that I will be very happy, here. Some years back, I had added a scroll saw to my little shop, and had only done just a few things on it. Nothing much to mention, and it mostly just gathered dust, as I would lend myself to other woodworking ventures. But I, very recently, got bit (and HARD) by the 'scroll saw bug', and I have doing all that I could to arm myself with as much information as possible. There were issues with my old saw (Delta 40-540), and I figured it to be a wise move to get another saw. My father's day present, from my wife and children, was a Dewalt 788 scroll saw, with light & stand. It was ordered from Grizzley Industries, and it is scheduled to be here on Tuesday. I CAN'T WAIT to get it .