Either Drive 140 Miles Round Trip Or

I could make the trip and buy 1/16" plywood or try something else..I did have some balsa wood 1/16" thick and since it has no body to it like it is I first applied Elmer's white glue to both sides to try and shore it up some before I tried to cut it with the scroll saw. I traced around the part I would attach it to and hopefully I could save a drive to the bigger town. 

  I used a 32 tooth metal cutting blade since they don't have other direction teeth on the bottom of the blade to cause kick back.

I cut the two pieces out of 1/8" baltic birch but decided to use the thicker one I cut from 3/8" BB. Putting glue probably made the balsa wood some what more solid but was still a bugger to scroll..

  I did glue the cut out balsa to the piece and  finished it but forgot to take  picture before I did... 

The reason for the very light weight wood was so the clock movement would not have trouble swinging it... I used 1/16" ply on all the others but had run out..

Sawing thin balsa wood seems to be the ultimate test for me to keep me sharp on keeping the wood under control and letting the blade glide along the line.... 

There was a world of difference sawing 1/8" bb and sawing 1/16" balsa. And yes it did show on both after the cutting...

Sawing the 1/8" bb with a regular scroll saw blade needs no sanding for the sides are smoother than if I had sanded them smooth with any kind of sand paper...