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Another pattern by Steve Good. This one is cut from 1/4 Baltic Birch with a stained maple background. I think it turned out pretty good. The small letters made for quite a challenge. obtw - if you cut it, be aware that the "Great Seal" is backwards in the original pattern. The arrows are always on the right side with the olive branches on the left.
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HAD TO CUT THIS ONE.. ......From Steve Good
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As the shop grows I have some questions. I am purchasing a $200 saw from amazon. I need to cut a slot in plywood to make a hand grip. I can do this with other tools but I need an excuse to get my new tool. This is a 7/8" dia connected to another 7/8" diameter with 4" on the outside of the curves. Can a scroll saw cut straight lines better than a jig saw?
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Carving after the scroll saw done its thing on the maple wood
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Thursday morning and lots of smoothing to do This is the hardest part of carving and this is what separates the boys from the men for not leaving any scratch marks on the carved pieces. Gene I used the same number blade for cutting the picture out then also for cutting all the pieces apart. # FD- SR 5 flying dutchman blade from The Wooden Teddy Bear. com It has nothing to do with all those teddy bears for it a wood working site. Order them 1 gross at a time and they will be much cheaper than the blades from the big box stores. I built this blade holder the week I bought the 788 in 98 or 99? I used 1/2" pvc with wood plugs in the bottoms. Can't remember for sure but there must be more than 20 tubes for blades and I bought some of all I could find to buy, anywhere........ fast forward, all those blades are still in that nice little storage container. Only two other blades I ever use is an Olson blade for metal sawing with the scroll saw...which has no teeth at the bottom of the blade sticking up from The Teddy bear.com and an Olson precision cut blade for cutting away the out side of the carving pieces I don"t need. Its also a reverse tooth # 5 but it saws and last longer but when new it wants to go faster????Only word I have for it as it is more agressive but not as easy to precision cut when needed on inside sawing!!!! And its from The Teddy bear.com also. This carving I\m working on now I used the same blade. This bull I'm shooting at you are my own opinions. Lot of people out there has more opinions than they got brains and again this is just my thinking... Lots of wood to smooth so I'll check in when more has been done.
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Since Judy ad IU are going to be "on the road" for the next couple of weeks znd i will be away from my beloved scroll saw, I thought I would post a few of my latest "projects". Still having fun making sawdust.
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Hi, folks Whilst I was "surfing" the web, I stumbled upon a site that I would like to share with you. I was so impressed with the symbolism that I designed a cutting to honor this organization and our heroes. The symbolissm in this cutting is as follows: The Red Field represents the blood spilled by brave men and women in America's military throughout our history, who willingly gave their lives so that we all would remain free. The Blue Star represents active service in military conflict. This symbol originated with World War I, but on this flag it signifies service through all generations from the American Revolution to present day. The White Border beneath and surrounding the gold star recognizes the purity of sacrifice. There is no greater price an American can pay than to give his or her life in service to our country. The Gold Star signifies the ultimate sacrifice of a warrior in active service who will not return home. Gold reflects the value of the life that was given. The Folded Flag signifies the final tribute to an individual life that a family sacrificed and gave to the nation. The Flame is an eternal reminder of the spirit that has departed this life yet burns on in the memory of all who knew and loved the fallen hero. If you want to take a look at their web site - click here
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She brought this picture to me and said show this on Patriot. I think I did some time ago. Well, show it again for it is the difference in a band saw box and a scroll saw box. It defines the difference in a woodworker and a piddler . Honey, I don't know what a piddler is? I can't show this picture for you didn't bring me the same picture from start to finish on the same project! She had brought part of the pictures I had flipped using Rapid Resizer then she realized there was two different boxes involved. So this was the finish of the same thing in the first picture. Okay here it is but you know I have ended up being a piddler also! Oh, by the way, all those holes go with the stack of small dowels laying there for they keep things in line as the glue dries. I scroll sawed all the pieces for four different boxes beside the motor home in the Colo. mountains during one summer. And on that vacation I had forgotten to load the small drill press so I found an auction in South Fork and bought the one pictured here and it was very important for I have to have at least 4 small holes where each and every piece is cut out. This vacation I had to have 48 pieces of ash glued up for all the bodies of each box to be glues up and waiting until we got there and was ready to begin gluing a pattern on as I got ready to saw out all the lines of each pattern. Incidentally if a pattern is glued on say 24 hours before it is to be sawn out with the scroll saw it will have enlarged and have become unuseable. The three months each summer was not all work for one day we would work beside the motor home and the next day we would travel all over Colo. Caution, I only printed out just enough patterns for each box before we left home and I screwed up for the wind was blowing as I was trying to glue a pattern on and it got screwed up where it was not useable so we went to the library in South Fork and used their printer to make another pattern from the original pattern I found out the hard way different printers will not make the same exact size as another printer. It might come out larger by a hair, smaller or maybe close to the same size. So I waited till we got home to make one final pattern for the final panel for one of the boxes...So now if I am making something that needs multiple pieces of the exact same size I now make a few extra copies in case of a screw up!!! When we first got to the RV camp we went to Wally World and bought a roll of landscape material and wife sewed up some wall curtains for the three sides of the awning for when the wind blew or rain so out stuff outside the motor home would not get ruined... Every thing was always left out side and we never worried about thieves.. we did have to take down one panel for it would get too hot even in the 8200 foot elevation and gave it to the neighbor for they needed it so we become happy neighbors with one little gift. We learned what we would take over the years of being up in the mountains for 3 months at a time..The list would start hanging on the fridge as soon as we got home so we would have plenty of time to not forget something like the first time or two we went. Did I say she spent the rest of the three months making curtains for many folks there that year.. She said where else could she pay for a few more vacations as we were ejoying the one we were on? This is an RV park that has everything, Restaurant. wash-a-tiera, gas station, free mini golf. free paddle boats, free fishing in the west fork of the Rio Grand, pay for each fish in the very well stocked small lakes there on the property. Free horse back riding. Cabins to rent plus a large motel plus. They are big enough to have their own parade each July the 4th with all the renters being invloved. They have a few churches on the property. They have a few big building for folks to display and sell what they build there or what they bring from home. And lots of things I can't remember with all the employees are from the folks that come there each summer only. All the jobs there from the receptionist to the gate keepers are RV'ers... If you work there your stay is free and some jobs are paid more than the food and stay. And the electricity was always included in the 330.00 rent for a 30 day stay. We also found the rich folks that have vacation homes in the mountains is Colo. are just plain ole stupid about money, or in the minds of a poor person!!!! Starting about a month before they would leave and go back to where ever they came from they would hold garage sales and would almost give away everything they had in their cabins so they could start from scratch spending money on all new stuff for the next summer...then as the snow was melting there would go a u-haul it full of brand new stuff. Wife started out taking her sewing machine along with her stained glass doings and we bought a roll of that awning stuff from Lowes like they use in the garden area for she wanted to make some walls the very first time we went but she didn't realize that hole summer she was busy makes awning curtains that entire summer.. She paid for two or three summers during that first trip.. then before the next summer got here she said no sewing machine on the next trips up there....but she always took here stained glass stuff...also If I had taken the computer with the Rapid Resizer program I could have made name plates and things for the 950 camper population that is there every summer. This is the first place we ever saw while owning that camper all the young kids and tootlers could roam anywhere they wanted to go without supervision for most all the population was out in plain sight at all times. I know there will be folks that want to argue that but you got to be there the whole summer to see what I mean. But everyone that has young kids says it is a place for very young kids to explore the world for some very good training and at the same time the parents can sit back and watch without having heart attacks when a child disappears for second. Now see there all my wife wanted me to do was show the scroll sawed boxes but in my mind every thing needs some kind of an explanation.
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Haven't figured out what it might be but at least I got the wood prepared and the pattern glued on and cut out with the scroll saw... I got to figure out what it will be as I start grinding stuff away!
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I know - I haven't been around for a while but I haven't stopped scrolling. It seems life gets in the way of computing. Anyhow, the reason for this thread is to show off my latest "big" clock. It's called Birds of Paradise. It stands about 19" wide and 27" tall. Some 2,014 inside cuts (here is where the "yikes" comes into play) Didn't keep track of time - was afraid to. Now all I have to do is figure out how to package it in order to take it to our shows Oops, forgot - - - - - - still have to upload the pix OK, 'nuff braggin
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Hello All, My old craftsman bandsaw broke and of. course I broke it more when I tried to fix it. I was in need of a new saw so I bought this one from Amazon for around $80. It seems to cut well and it is very quiet. Since I am a neophyte to the world of scrolling I opted for an entry level saw. The ratings are pretty good and as an added bonus it takes pinned and unpinned blades. Do you guys think this will serve me well as a beginner? The Dewalt SS comes later WEN 3920 16-Inch
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Just thought I'd show a little of what I've been up to. The patterns for the "word art" came from Greg Askdal. I was at a "Peoples Market" in a very small town down the road on Saturday. About 8 vendors and very few people wondering around...until. The lady that owns a small ice cream-gift shop came by. She bought ALL my license plate bird houses, feeders etc. I know, poor me! Now I get to spend the next few afternoons in the shop making more! Life is good.
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Hello All, A while back, my wife picked me up a nice little Craftsman scroll saw for $30.00 a a local thrift store. I have manage to cut some thin (1/8th) ply with it but anything thicker I have trouble cutting accurately. Last night I tried cutting a 1/2" piece of spruce and as I was cutting the blade would jump forward about 1/8". This cut would be in an odd angle. It almost seems like I am cutting hard and soft wood at the same time. I can't cut a good circle to save my life. New blade, good tension and the teeth going the right way. I can't figure out why this thing chatters when I cut. I am new to using a scroll saw and it shows
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Just finished the latest "Lighted" project. This one is called the Lighted Holiday Village. Again, I'm just showing off. Taking it to a show in Dayton, TN this weekend to see what kind of interest I get. The project is about 24" long and includes walnut, maple, aromatic cedar, sephelle, oak (both white and red), and a couple others that I have probably forgotten. Picture not very good because I got too close to the project. Will try to be better later on. Above with the lights off Lights On
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Just got this one finished for our upcoming show this weekend. Cut from 1/4" Walnut, Cherry and Maple. Light kit from ScrollerOnline Lights Off - what ya see is what you get (maybe) Lights ON - surprise - the light kit has several different modes, battery operated and remote controlled (would be difficult to turn lights on and off with this hanging on a wall.
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As I was perusing Craigslist a couple of minutes ago, I saw an ad for an RBI 220 VS scrollsaw for $450. It was described as ‘in new like condition” in the only picture posted it looked quite nice. My question is (and I realize this is opinions only) fair price? Steal? So-so and will show up again in this price range? I have noticed that items tend to cost a bit more out here on the East Coast. I’m asking this because I could probably make it happen, if it stays listed for a couple more days. I’m thinking (from what I’ve read) that it would probably not drop in value any time soon. Opinions, advice, thoughts, wanted. Thanks
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Sometime last summer, my son found and remembered a saying that he found. Told me it would make a great plaque. Being that he was a paratrooper and jumped into Panama and led the French on their "end run" into Iraq during Desert Storm, I had to do something special that was just for him. This plaque is the finished project. Oh, yeh, the jump wings - - before we did our 14,500 foot jump a couple af years ago, he placed a bag in my pocket and told me to give it back to him after we jumped. In the bag was his jump wings and his comment was "I jumped with these wings and now you have jumped with my wings. The patch on the plaque are those wings. Thought it would make it very special to the both of us. Anyhow, sorry for my ramblings, here's the picture. From flying, to jumping, to fighting on the ground. Got it all covered. Merry Christmas, son.
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Hi folks. Fred here. We have been asked to be sure to tag our posts. It is great to see that most of us are already doing this. Tagging is a great way to simplify searching. Thanks again for your "tagging" fred
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From the album: A girl named April Showers
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From the album: A girl named April Showers
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Haven't been on the board for a while and I appologize for that. ' Been super busy in the shop and haven't had much time to just laze around. Anyhow, would like to share a couple of the projects I have been working on (besides the military wings and stars)
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