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The Coffee Shop / Re: The Three Amigos; Bob, Bill, Russ.

« on: March 21, 2014, 09:58:58 pm »

It was indeed a fun day Russ, seeing you again and meeting Bill made it all that much better. Hopefully we can do it again next year! Maybe we can get more of our forum friends to join us.

Bob

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Intarsia / Re: Great Horned Owl

« on: March 21, 2014, 10:45:01 am »

WOW...Simply Beautiful, Great Job!

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: New Addition to My Shop

« on: February 17, 2014, 10:53:39 pm »

Hey Russ, If you need a hand, give me a call tomorrow/ today.

Bob

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Basic Intarsia Video Series

« on: February 17, 2014, 07:17:56 pm »

Roger: Thanks for the great post and subscribing to my blog. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. I already have quite a few scroll saw related videos at my blog and YouTube channel. I still have lots of ideas for more to come. Here's a link to my YouTube Channel to make it easier. https://www.youtube.com/user/ScrollSawForumVids

Lenny: Your Welcome, Your Welcome, Your Welcome  

Julie: Thanks, I agree Linda is top notch as well, her work is beautiful. As for an inspirational Intarsia project/ competition...The shell is easy for any one to do. I attached the pattern for it and I would love to see what everyone can do with it. And the winner will receive?, The satisfaction of doing Intarsia I guess .

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Basic Intarsia Video Series

« on: February 16, 2014, 07:41:27 pm »

Hi All,

Al (Intarsia92) has been a huge inspiration to me, the Intarsia that he post on the Intarsia board is always stunning. The big problem though was, it always intimidated me, and kept me from trying Intarsia because I knew I could never do it as well as he does. Than it dawned on me one day "I don't need to do it as good as Al, I just need to do it!". I started emailing Al and picking his brain and he was always willing to share his knowledge with me, which I can never thank him enough for.

I took his advice and fit it into my way of doing things (and the tools I had available) and finally came up with a hybrid Al/ Bob version of making intarsia. Even though I will still never be able to create Intarsia pieces like Al does, I'm comfortable with what I do make.

A year ago I started making some videos of the hybrid process, but never finished them, recently I watched them again and said what the heck. I finished them and thought I would share them with you. I made it 6 parts because there is a lot of info to go over, and I guess sometimes I can get a bit long winded. Hopefully, after watching the videos, some of you will try Intarsia that might not have before. I will warn you though, once you try it, it's hard to stop.

Here is the link to the full playlist of all the videos, I would highly suggest a good stiff drink before watching them though! Oh...almost forgot, there is a pattern of the Sea Shell if you would like to make one here: http://www.scroll-saw-forum.com/2014/02/make-basic-intarsia-sea-shell-scroll.html

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80FH7jJNqco&list=PLBB0Vuj1VeTArxq8WDCooy_NslqpXxmNw

Bob

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Table saws

« on: January 07, 2014, 06:17:47 pm »

The Craftsman you showed is way underpowered at 15 amps, basically 1 hp. If all you're going to be cutting is 3/4" thick or less, 1 hp is fine, but if you're going to be cutting thicker than 3/4" especially hardwoods, your going to need at least 3 hp. For 3-4 hundred bucks you could probably get a pretty good saw on Craigslist, it might take a lil patience though to find one. As for straight cuts, ditto to what everyone else said, and build yourself a nice crosscut sled.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Pre-stretching of blades?

« on: December 30, 2013, 08:05:12 pm »

Hey Dirtrider,

This is Bob, the one who made the video about Pre-stretching blades. Yes blades really do stretch due to metal fatigue, some more than others depending on the brand and how they were forged. Harder blades don't stretch as much if at all, that is why some people do not see any stretching. As I stated in the video the brand I use does stretch, slippage is not the problem, and I just thought I would make a video demonstrating it. As for checking to see the stretch, just lay a used blade next to a new one, granted it wont appear to be much because there is no tension on them at the time, but you should be able to see that the used blade is slightly longer than the new blade.

Thanks to you and every one else that has watched my videos, and for those of you that have not seen the video he is talking about here's the link.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-tO2Jx4Gc

Bob

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Pooping animal pattern

« on: December 30, 2013, 03:04:09 pm »

Here ya go, this is a better link http://www.scroll-saw-forum.com/p/patterns_1.html I will be coming out with a White Tail Deer pattern soon.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Question about stack cutting

« on: November 28, 2013, 09:27:26 pm »

The indent on top is correct, try applying pressure with your hand on top of the stack as close to the blade as you safely can.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade Remove

« on: November 28, 2013, 09:24:05 pm »

Did you loosen the tension on the blade? With the tension loose, pinned blades are usually pretty easy to change, you just slide them in the holders and then re-tension the blade, there is nothing to tighten. However I am not familiar with your saw.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Difference in saws

« on: November 28, 2013, 09:00:02 pm »

I'm in Rogers camp. Assuming your saw doesn't have excessive front to back misalignment, as long as the blade goes up and down, than it's up to the persons ability to steer the wood into the blade to create a quality project. I have an Ex 21, but I can cut just as well on my old $10.00 Craigslist saw. The Ex makes me a lot more efficient since things like blade changing are a lot easier than on my old saw. The big difference between your Sears 16" saw is the throat size and the size projects you can work on. The Dewalt and Ex both have larger throat sizes allowing for bigger projects. The blade goes up and down on a hand powered coping saw (Fretsaw), and with practice, quality cuts can be made with those as well, it's just not very efficient. Time and practice will make anybody's projects better.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Question about stack cutting

« on: November 28, 2013, 08:18:11 pm »

You can use two sided tape, I typically don't, I just tape the four sides like you did. I'm thinking you might have mistakenly installed the blade upside down, that will cause a lot of jumping. Something to check anyway.

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Brag Forum / Re: St. Bernadette

« on: October 04, 2013, 02:55:31 pm »

Nicely done Ray, I really like the simple elegance of the bases.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Cutting Compound Patterns.... :+(

« on: September 23, 2013, 01:55:17 pm »

Danny I agree with Thumbs, I'll add that I use a # 7 skip tooth, UR blades are not a good choice for thicker wood because the bottom teeth and very small distance between teeth, tend to pack the saw dust inside the kerf and makes cutting very difficult along with burning in the middle of the cut. The skip tooth will help remove the dust from the kerf much better than a UR blade.

Bob

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Scroll Saw Cutting for Beginners Video's and Practice Guide

« on: September 21, 2013, 02:28:34 pm »

I just completed a set of two video's to help out the newbies to scroll sawing. The video series includes a printable "Cutting Guide" that can be used for practice cutting and covers most of the different types of cuts that will be performed on a scroll saw.

Part 1 goes over the basics of pattern application, wood preparation and some insight on how to drill straight holes as well as preventing tear out during the drilling process. I recommend that everyone watch the part on preventing tear out while drilling.

Part 2 is much more hands on, and shows actual cutting of the practice guide with tips and tricks on how to handle the different types of cuts that newbie scrollers will be faced with. Some of you vets might even pick something up.

As with every thing, there are multiple ways to do things, these videos show the way's that have worked for me and should be a good starting point for beginners. For example, there are many ways to apply patterns, I'm simply showing the way I do it because it would take too much video to show other options. This doesn't mean it is the only way to do it, it's just the method I choose so feel free to look into other methods as well.

I can't post the video here so here's a link to my blog so you can view them.

http://www.scroll-saw-forum.com/p/scroll-saw.html

Bob