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Great video and design!

Iggy,, you have a message.

Thank you Marg! I put a finished pic in my first post.

They must have sandwiched it between 2 pieces of 1/4" plywood for shipping. LOL

Yes sir,, my wife asked me how I got the pattern. I told her that I have my ways!

Thanks Les!

Thank you!

I will order some FD flat blades tomorrow. Which one/ones would be a good place to start? Their SR line? UR line? My favorite from Olson is the reverse skip tooth, the bottom 1" or so has the teeth reversed. This blade makes a smooth cut on top and bottom of the wood. What is comparable in the FD?

I put less tension on the spirals than I do on the flats. Is this true for everyone else? I have a Dewalt, on the flat #2 blades I tension to setting #3. On the spirals I only went to tension setting #2.

I think that I would give the FD a try if a need arises. But I would rather use a flat blade if I could! The Olson spiral may get thrown into the trash. Maybe I will order some flat FD blades tomorrow and give them a try.

I put a request in earlier today. A couple hours later there it was! Awesome people here without a doubt. Here is the request and story; My wife and her sister just got new matching tattoos a couple of days ago. I asked the artist if I could have one of the patterns that she made and didn't use, it was just a larger version of what they got. Not sure if this can be made into a scroll saw pattern or not. If someone has the time to try I would appreciate it very much. There is a third sister that lives out of state and didn't get a matching one. I would like to make all three of them a cut out if possible. Here is the pattern cut out. Not sure how I will finish them yet. May just put a little bigger painted backer on it and have it hang or make a little leg on the back and have it set on a table. It is 5"x7". Here are the completed projects. (Store bought frames)

Like several others on here,, I can not cut with a spiral blade! I have only used Olson's #2 in the past. So recently I ordered some Olson's #0 and FD New Spiral 2/0. I test them both out today. I drew up some straight lines and then made some curves. This was done on 1/8" BB. I tried the Olson #0 first. The first attempt on the straight line I was all over the place. The second attempt a little better, the 3rd better yet. All three of these attempts I was pushing the wood straight into the blade. Going from the 12:00 position to the 6:00 position. The next cut was the curvy line. At first I turned the wood when I came up to the first curve like I would when using a flat blade. Then I thought, "just slide the wood, don't turn it", that's what spirals are for. Next I tried the FD New Spiral 2/0 blade. My first attempt was better than my third attempt with the Olson. Second attempt better, by the time I got to the third attempt it was a pretty straight line in my opinion. On the curvy line I didn't turn the wood at all, just changed my direction of push. It came out decent I thought. Both blades were very close in size. I would have expected a bigger size difference with the Olson being a 0 and the FD being a 2/0. The FD cut much cleaner also and it only had 35 TPI where the Olson had 46 TPI. In conclusion, the FD cut much much better than the Olson. I may have to try some of their other blades. I have only used Olson's since returning to the scroll saw about 2 years ago. My go to blade in the Olson is the #2R reverse tooth,, I use this blade for about everything and love it. Just my $.02 Barry

Nice! Looks like you are "Taking Care of Business"! Elvis fans will understand the reference.

I'm sure she loved it! I had a pattern for 2 years of a clock that I was going to make for my Mom for Mother's Day.. she passed before I could make it. I made it anyway and have it sitting in my entertainment center. I try not to put stuff off anymore.

That's how we would probably look if someone put us in a clamp and tightened it down!

Thanks, hard to go wrong with either.

Thank you sir!

Thanks Scrap!

Much appreciated Marg!

I have an old Craftsman that was gave used to me 25 years ago,, but it's only a 3/4 hp.

Thanks Bobby, thanks Les!

Thanks Harry,, where were you about 10 hours ago? LOL

Thanks Harry,, where were you about 10 hours ago? LOL

Made this for a co-worker to give to his wife. Cherry for the top part and Walnut for the base. It is still drying in the pic. It will need one, maybe two more coats. I was going to round off the edges of the base, but my router broke. All comments welcome, good or bad.

Thanks for the blade info guys.