Steve's new bowl

[Judy Hunter]

Ok I am ready to try the bowl that Steve had on the email and I realize it is not a job for spiral blades. So I am ready to TRY a flat blade for this project.  What do you suggest? Mike?

[dgman]

Judy, Seeing that it is 1/4" hardwood I would use one of the following.

FD UR3
FD UR1
Olsen 2R
Olsen 5R
Olsen 2 Skip tooth
Olsen 5 Skip tooth
These are blades that I'm familiar with and keep in stock at all times. For this basket I would reach for a FD UR1 first depending on the kind of hard wood I was using.

[Judy Hunter]

Thanks dg. I was thinking of doing it out of baltic birch since the strips would add interest. 

[dgman]

For Baltic birch, a FD UR1. In fact I'm currently cutting a stack of 4 layers of 1/8" Baltic Birch and the FD UR1 is cutting very nicely.

[GrayBeard]

 WOW...Dan is Multitasking!

Typing on the computer and cutting 1/2" of BB at the same time!

Sure wish I was that talented!
 

~~~GB~~~

[julief]

I just did one very simular and used an Olson #1 platinum reverse.  Came out great.  Did the rings out of mesquite and the frame out of poplar.

[jimt2099]

For something like this I like to use the Olson #5  crown tooth blade. I generally use  the crown tooth configuration for most all of my scrolling because it requires little to no sanding after the cutting is complete. It is a little slower cutting than other configurations, but I find it a small sacrifice to eliminate the after cutting sanding chore. I do not like to sand and this style blade eliminates 99.99 percent of the sanding requirement. It is really great. 

Jim T