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Title: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: ALWAYS SCROLLING on January 30, 2016, 12:46:55 pm

This is the latest addition to my Scroll Saw Collection. I was curious about what would happen when you used larger pieces for the wedges. This Shell is made of ?? Baltic Birch Ply. I cut the material to 6.5? x 10?. I then stacked and glued 4 of these ?? pieces together to create the boards needed for the wedges. I made 3 sets of these with an objective to create 6 wedges. Once the glue was dry I trimmed the ends and edges square. I cut the wedges on the band saw and then sanded the cut faces flat. Of the 6 available wedges I used 5 for this shell which produced 61 segments and are shown in one of the available photos. I included additional photos to show the cut and gluing stages. Wedge #6 was not wasted in that it became the stand for the shell and still needs finish applied. The finish is a number of coats of gloss Tung Oil and additional coats may still be applied. This is a large Shell and the overall size measures out at 9.5? wide by 9? high. Thanks for looking. Due to photo sizes, will do another posting with additional photos.

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: Judy Hunter on January 30, 2016, 12:59:07 pm

That is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: DWSudekum on January 30, 2016, 01:05:54 pm

That came out great.  Thanks for sharing this with us. 


DW

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: Hawkdave on January 30, 2016, 04:23:18 pm

G'Day..... You have made a great job of the shell. Well done!!

Dave.

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: Rapid Roger on January 30, 2016, 04:26:00 pm

Beautiful project! I really like it and need to find out how to cut one of those.
Isn't plywood a fun wood to use for a different look? I had some old 3/4" ply from the days before there were so many voids in it. I have made several things out of it over the years.
I have bowls, vases, coasters and a lot of things that make people ask about them.

(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z299/rapidroger/My%20scroll%20patterns/PlywoodpitcherIMG_0281.jpg) (http://s193.photobucket.com/user/rapidroger/media/My%20scroll%20patterns/PlywoodpitcherIMG_0281.jpg.html)


(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z299/rapidroger/My%20scroll%20patterns/IMG_1498_zpsvx9stxq0.jpg) (http://s193.photobucket.com/user/rapidroger/media/My%20scroll%20patterns/IMG_1498_zpsvx9stxq0.jpg.html)

Rog

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: ALWAYS SCROLLING on February 05, 2016, 03:15:21 pm

Many thanks for the great comments. Rapid Roger, Ply is  a lot of fun to work with. I like to use Baltic Birch Ply due to the limited and smaller number of voids. The Shell only had about 3 and all were less than 1/8" in size. In the process of completing another Ply shell. Will post when complete.

Title: Re: Baltic Birch Ply Scroll Saw Shell
Post by: robroy865 on February 22, 2016, 03:43:10 am

I like this shell even more than the previous blue one you posted. The amount of pieces making up this item is quite staggering.