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General Scroll Saw Talk / Steve's Video - Wixey Digital Angle Gauge - for Jet and Excalibur Saws

« on: January 29, 2017, 12:01:44 pm »

He demonstrated how he mounted it to his Jet scroll saw and the introduction says it will also work on the Excalibur.  I just want to be sure of something he did not clarify and that might be confusing or misleading to others as it was nearly to me.  Both of the saws he mentions in the video have heads, not beds, that tilt.  Therefore mounting it to the head like he did will work great for those saws.  However if you have a Dewalt or others whose bed tilts his method will not work.  For those other saws whose beds tilt you should be able to obtain the same advantage from the device by merely setting it on your table with its magnets rather than having to make a mount, etc.

I think it is a great tool to have in your arsenal of scroll saw gadgets.  But since I am kind of new to all this, and since I own a Dewalt saw, I just wanted to make sure what I say above is correct. 

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: What is the best material to use to cut portraits?

« on: December 30, 2016, 12:05:42 pm »

Thanks a lot guys.  All excellent advice based on good old experience!  I had thought about using thicker 1/4" Baltic Birch but had not thought of the sandwiching idea.  Now I have lots of different approaches.  All will help tremendously.  Thanks so much.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / What is the best material to use to cut portraits?

« on: December 29, 2016, 11:18:56 pm »

I'm a new scroller and am re  ady to try a few portraits.  The first one I plan to try and cut has quite a bit of detailed cuts.  I started on a 3/32" piece of baltic birch plywood but soon realized all the detail cuts are too much for such soft and thin wood.  I'm thinking of just going to heavier stock like maybe 1/4" baltic birch plywood.  What do those of you with experience cutting portraits use?

Any advice is appreciated.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: baltic birch plywood

« on: November 11, 2016, 08:13:04 am »

Rapid Roger,

Thanks for the explanation. Very informative especially for a new scroller like me. Your work is gorgeous.

John

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: baltic birch plywood

« on: November 09, 2016, 11:00:12 am »

Is the stuff you find in hobby shops that is marked "birch" Baltic Birch?

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: New Guy from Georgia

« on: November 09, 2016, 10:47:31 am »

mangliter:

Thanks for the response.  My DeWalt is on order from Lowe's.  Should have it in a couple days.  I had made a stand for the Ryobi and would like to modify the top to accomodate the DeWalt.  Would it be too much to ask you to measure the footprint of your 788 for me?  The only dimensions I seem to be able to find on line are obviously not just the footprint which I'd need to modify my existing stand. 

John

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Introduce Yourself. / New Guy from Georgia

« on: November 08, 2016, 09:51:18 am »

Hello everyone.  My name is John and I live in Dallas, Georgia. I have just recently gotten into scrolling.  As with other pursuits I started browsing the web studying this craft extensively when I began.  Luckily I found Steve's wonderful site.  He is a genius in my opinion.  He is so good at explaining and demonstrating things and is genuinely dedicated to promoting the craft.  I have an new DeWalt 788 on order and have just "retired" my Ryobi SC165VS.  i really look forward to learning a lot from all of you.  Thanks for looking at my post and for being willing to share your experiences with those of us just starting out.