Amazing Grace

[berighteous]

I needed to cut something today - going stir crazy.

I'm still waiting for real blades for my cheap scroll saw.  Using the pin blade that came with the saw - seems dreadful, I hope the blades I bought online with be much better. 

Only 1/2" wood I had lying around was particleboard, so I practicing cutting particle board, lol.  I hope to buy some nicer wood when I find out where around here (grand junction, colorado) I get it. 

I like this pattern, since I get humbled by how poorly I do some lines, I remember His amazing grace in helping me finish it in one piece.  I'm a total perfectionist, but I can have peace at this stage that if I can read the words at all when it's done I did great on it. 

Oh the wood in the background is my desk.  Just laid it down to shoot the photo.

[countryscroller]

Nice project. I use a lot of 1/4" for stuff like portraits and such. I get Baltic Birch ply from Lowes. It is cheap and has a nice look to it. But for more, hardwoods like maple or walnut has a much nicer look.

[Tomsunnu]

Nicely done
Thanks
Mahendra

[troy_curtis]

Nice work. I remember my first project I made was an Amazing Grace cross. I posted it on Facebook and my cousin loved it and hinted her birthday was coming up. I also remember using nothing but my pin blades. I had my saw for 5 months before I realized I had a pinless adapter for it. I got my blades from Flying Dutchman. Really love their blades. Keep showing us your projects. By the way, my first project was made about 6 months ago.

[DWSudekum]

Very nicely done.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

[Danny]

Hope you bought Flying Dutchman Blades from our very own Mike Workshop.
We all have our FIRST PROJECTS.  I keep mine sitting on a shelf.  Been scrolling
over 5 years now.  Its like the before and after.  Keep practicing.  Danny  :+}

[frankorona]

Very nice job, looks great, thanks for sharing

[Al W]

Nice job, thanks for sharing and keep learning.  Better blades DO help.

[Toneman]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing your work and I hope you will share more with us.

Tony,aka,Toneman

[Keefie]

It's very nicely done. If you have ordered the Flying Dutchman Blades, you will find an immediate improvement in your cutting. After that there is only one thing that will help your cutting improve and that is practice practice and more practice. I know it sounds boring, but the learning curve is very steep and you will find your cutting will improve very quickly. Having said that I think you did a great job on the cross especially as you used the pinned blades.

[Russ C]

Nice job, I like it. Thanks for posting your work. 

[berighteous]

I got my blades today.  wow they're tiny. I can barely see the teeth on these even with my reading glasses.  I ordered 3 packages of Ryobi 5R blades on ebay for $4.50 + shipping and I got 9 packages of  them today. (108 blades for $6 jackpot!) That's a lot of blades.  They are 1/4 as wide as the ones that came with my saw, and no pin.  awesome.  I just did a test cut and am amazed at the difference in quality.  (It was a royal pain to get the thing hooked up in the camp plain blade adapters the first time.) They cut awesome on 1/2" particleboard.  Very clean cut.  I can't wait to cut something else out. 

BTW do blades break often? 

[Billy in Va]

If you think those Ryobi blades are good, next time try some Flying Dutchman Blades from Mikes Workshop and you will think you have died and gon to scroll saw heaven!

[newfie]

nice work on the cross thanks for sharing.

[chelcass]

Nice cutting.  Yup I am a fan of Mike's blades also.   Great blades, would you believe I have never broke one..............watch I probably just jinked myself...LOL    Can't beat the speedy delivery from Mike.