Newbie problem

[Dale2006]

I am making a habit to scroll daily and I am satisfied with my progress in general. I am having one problem that I don't see when I watch the videos.  When I am cutting, I bring te foot down to the wood but I am still having problems with the wood jumping off the table.  Any ideas?

Thanks

[dgman]

Hey Dale, first off, what saw and what blades are you using? Most of us don't use the hold down foot because it just gets in the way. Are you using reverse tooth blades? They will cause the wood to bounce if you don't hold down the wood properly. Make sure the teeth on yor blades are facing down.
If you still want to use the hold down, you still have to hold the wood firmly to the table with both hands.

[UHMNL]

Have good tension, good speed and push very slow into the blade.
If you push just a little too hard into the blade the blade will grab the wood and makes it jump.
Scroll sawing means patience, never be in a hurry.
Take the hold down off.
FD Mike

[mickey357]

I agree with the others, get rid of the hold down bar. Trust your hands to do the work and feel the force my new scroll saw friend and may the Force be with you. Little Star Wars came out on that, sorry. Really,  just relax and let your hands guide and feel the wood. Become one with the wood

[julief]

Ditto to all the above.  The hold down foot is almost useless.  Let the weight of you hands hold it down.  You don't need a death grip on the piece to control it.

[jim stiek]

try the fd-ur  blades from mike they do a lot to alleviate the problem

[Dale2006]

Thanks all for the input.  I am using a new DeWalt 788 saw.  It seems to be set up correctly.  I may be pushing too hard.  The foot is gone.  It has been in the way and annoying from the beginning.  I do have a gross of the FD-UR blades coming. I ordered them from Mike over the week-end.
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tw, I made a couple of errors in my order and Mike called me twice to get it straightened out.  Great service.

[dirtrider73068]

If the blade is bowing away from you your pushing too hard, it don't take much to push to let the saw do the cutting, if you find to have to keep pushing harder to cut the blade is dull needs to be changed out. It could also be you are pushing sideways and binding the blade thus pinching the blade in the wood and then it jumps, it does take some down pressure as well to keep it on the table.

[Dale2006]

Just an update.  I got the reverse saw blades and they helped a lot.  I think the major issue might have been that I was rushing the wood.  I am still trying to train myself to slow down.  When I do, things are much better.  Thanks all.

[GrayBeard]

Your piece will also jump if you are twisting the wood as you make a sharp turn of square corner cut.
SLOW is the way to GO!

~~~GB~~~

[jeff44]

I have found that if the wood is not completely flat you will incounter some bounce.