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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Scroll Saw

« on: March 24, 2011, 04:44:15 pm »

Well since the good old YELLER De Walt saw is on it's way out, they can be had new a little cheaper at the store. In the future they will be GREY and will say Delta on them. Same saw, just new name and color.
I have never used a Hegner or Excalibur so I can't speak for either. I just know they are more expensive so going by "You get what you pay for" I would go for the gold!!  (If I could afford it.....My ship sank 4 years ago so it won't be coming in I guess.)

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blades....

« on: March 24, 2011, 04:33:58 pm »

Assuming you saw uses a 10" blade (altho it doesn't matter) I recommend a thin kerf (less than 1/8" thick but, a bit more than 1/16" lets just say about 3/32") and as many teeth as you can get. Mine is an 80 tooth "plywood blade" made by Freud.
Also you want to be sure and use a 0 clearance insert on the saw. You can make your own insert out of plywood. Make sure that the thickness of the ply will make the top of the insert flush with the table. (You can glue shims on the bottom if necessary.) Leave the insert blank, crank the blade all the way down and install the insert in the table and move your fence over to hold the insert down but making sure it doesn't cover over the blade. (You also can cover the insert with a board long enough to reach clear across the table top and use clamps to hold it down.) Now turn on the saw and SLOWLY crank the blade up to cut through the insert. It will guarantee that you have 0 clearance on each side of the blade. If the insert won't lay down flat because the blade won't go down far enough, you can cut a shallow grove on the bottom of the insert with a dado blade in the right position or you can use a router to thin the insert where the blade is hitting the bottom of the insert.
I recommend a thin kerf blade just because there is less wasted material with it. I recommend ALOT of teeth because it cuts plywood smoother and cleaner and also give you an almost "finished" edge on solid wood even tho it can burn when ripping (especially cherry and other hard woods) You are suppose to use a blade with fewer teeth (40) for ripping solid wood and more teeth (60) for cross cutting but, no more than a scroller cuts on a table saw (and the saw doesn't care) you won't hurt anything.
As far as brand of blade, again long life on a TS blade for a scroller isn't as important as it is for some wood workers.
You can spend as little as $25.00 or as much as $120 on a good 10" table saw blade.
Hope that helps.

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: GOIN FROM CUTTIN TO FINISHIN....

« on: March 24, 2011, 11:10:32 am »

Well dgman I shall say I will purchase the needed products and give it a try and see what happens.  Having a small inside area to work with bothers me if by using your method and having to let the project set and dry for as you say 3 to 5 days would be a problem....BUT....I will attempt it and down the road I will let ya's know how things worked out.  Thanks again  Danny :+}

And NewToScroll....Thank you for your kind words....  Keep on posting and remember there IS NOT A STUPID question.  I learned....  Danny  :+}

This depends on your shop and how much room you have and how it is arranged but....I have taken some heavy gauge wire (think clothes hanger wire) and bent it into an L shape with a small hook on the long end and hooked the short end over a shelf so that the small hook is hanging down.  I sit something (heaver) on the short wire end to hold it, and hang my cuttings from the hook. I can have 15 or 20 items drying while I'm cutting more.  Just another strange idea from me. 


Rog

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Brag Forum / Re: Donkey and cart planter

« on: March 22, 2011, 10:28:11 am »

I agree with the post about sealing the paint/project for outdoor use. I use Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane. It is for marine use and protects wood from sunlight, rain & moisture and temperature changes. I get mine by the quart at the local Lowe's store but, I'm sure that it can be had at any hardware store.
I did all the trim, mirror frames and towel racks in our bathroom using oak and coated it with the spar urethane and they have held up in the hi-humidity environment for three years with no problem and will probably last allot longer.

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: What do I do when the warped wood?

« on: March 20, 2011, 10:03:15 pm »

Try laying it on a flat surface in your shop and put some weight or clamps on it to hold it down. Lay it as flat as you can for a few days and let it get accustomed to the air and humidity in the shop. This may help but it is no guarantee. You will just have to try it and see.
I have never heard of any wood that is so brittle that it breaks by being dropped. Are you sure it is not dry rotted? It doesn't sound like it would be good wood for scrolling or anything else.
Just my thoughts.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Take your 'honey' outside ....

« on: March 18, 2011, 08:32:42 pm »

I don't know...............My neighbor lives to the WEST of me and he shows me a full moon about once a MONTH  and it is fairly LARGE!!!!!

Rog

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Pattern Application - Works for Me!

« on: March 17, 2011, 07:02:21 pm »

Ya-all are making this WAY TOO HARD. Just draw the pattern on the wood (even use tracing paper) and cut the lines. No glue, no more sanding after cutting (except for the fuzzys) and all is well.

Rog

 PS...I know, I know, I was just being funny but, never the less, that is what I do alot of the time.

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Brag Forum / Re: Wooden Gear Clock

« on: March 16, 2011, 11:20:44 am »

AND NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS!!! It ran all night last-night and is still going!
It is gaining about 30 minutes over a 12 hour period so some adjustment still needed.
To all those who have commented, THANK YOU!
 If you have the plans, go ahead and dive in. The cutting of the wheels is really the easy part rounding-up all the other parts can be a bit harder (and more expensive) and getting everything to mesh is time consuming but, well worth it when it is running!! I would like to see more variations and stories about how to do things that help out making a clock.
I am considering making a table top style that is spring wound.

Rog

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Brag Forum / Wooden Gear Clock

« on: March 15, 2011, 01:40:04 pm »

Around Feb 6, Steve Good posted that there were plans for a wooden gear clock in the spring issue of ScrollSaw magazine. Well, I couldn't help myself and tried building one.
Just got it running for more than 30 minutes at a time so will now try to post a picture of it.




Cutting the parts is the easy part,getting it to run takes a bit (month) longer.

Hope this works...

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Growing Older?

« on: March 15, 2011, 11:08:08 am »

Sooner or later it happens to all of us. 

If we are lucky.   

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: its me

« on: March 15, 2011, 11:06:03 am »

I thought it was someone else!     

Rog

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Lemon Oil

« on: March 12, 2011, 08:46:27 pm »

Any grocery store has it. It is lemon oil polish. I even found it in Ace hardwear in the "house hold cleaning department". It is fairy cheap considering you can use the same bottle over and over.
Steve has a video of how he uses it in a tuperwear container.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Woodzicals Wednesday: I wouldn't mind one of these

« on: March 09, 2011, 10:51:58 am »

That second picture is a drawing but, the car is under construction. I read an article about it a few months ago. It's really cool and racy looking!

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Here's one we folks in the US need to watch!

« on: March 08, 2011, 08:31:07 pm »

Why does it seem that all over the world the stuff that is suppose to help the ecosystem turn out to be worse than the things that are now in use.
Just wondering.
David

Because law makers seem to think they can save us from ourselves and common sense never enters their minds.

Rog

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Here's one we folks in the US need to watch!

« on: March 08, 2011, 04:51:57 pm »

Yea!!!    And I have 4 lamp shades that won't fit the new style bulb either!! 

Rog