How thick is too thick?

[agooday88]

Hi everyone.  I have an odd question. I want to make some simple designed crosses.They have a few curves here and there.  I am using 1/2 in wood. I was thinking about stacking 2 together so that I would be using my time more wisely.  Stacking 2 would now be 1in thick. I am using a #3 or a #5 blade for easy maneuvering on the curves. Can I stack them? Will I need to use a different blade? #7 and will I be able to cut the curvy pattern with a 7? Orrr should I just continue to cut them out individually? I need to make 4 for a friend asap and they are very time consuming. ( it is an Amazing Grace cross) Thank u for your help and patience.

[dunk]

You did not say what species of wood.  If it is a hard wood you may have to go to the #7 but you can still cut the "curves".  I would think that a #5 will be just fine though and if it is a softer wood if you take your time you can use the #3 but you may get some bowing in the blade.  Share some pics of your project.

[julief]

Absolutely nothing wrong with a one inch thick stack.  Like Dunk said, with a #3 you might get some bowing, it is hard not to push.  That being said, it is very do-able.  Take your time and it will be fine.

[agooday88]

Well, I stacked the wood, used a #5 (was out of smaller ones), took my time, and I cut out 2 at once. Wow, what a time saver. Feeding the blade in the hole was a challenge since the wood was thicker but I managed it with some maneuvers. Thanks all! 

[dunk]

Glad it worked out for you.  Share some pics of your project??

[agooday88]

I am happy to share a photo of my project. Thanks for asking.  I tried to Attach it here and it said it was too big. How do I make the file smaller?

[pddesertrat]

There are many free photo editors on the internet that have ways to reduce the size of photos.  I use Photoscape, but there are many others.  Depending on which one you use, you may need to experiment a little to get the correct size for the forum.  Another option I use often is uploading my picture to Photobucket.com.  Then I can paste the link to the picture directly into my post here. 

[agooday88]

GRRRR.. I am really trying to figure this out.. I have tried a few FREE programs and I still cant get the photo small enough or at the right format. jpg etc. to post on here.  Can someone please give me specific directions.   I have googled and Utubed my fingers off. I want to only use a free program... Thanks all.
Signed,
 Goin Crazy

[jscott2]

Jpegger from Vallen http://www.vallen.de/products/software/jpegger is free and can resize pics. It allows you only to select certain sizes, at least one of of the sizes would be OK for posting here.  I mainly use it as a picture viewer, it's fast and easy to use.  As I say, it also re-sizes.

Good luck,
Jim

[jimr1cos]

I use Microsoft Paint which is free on Windows machines. It is primitive but you can resize by percentage or # of pixels.
Jim

[agooday88]

Thanks, I will check them out. I dont know what size to change the photo to. What size is a good number to post pictures?

[spiderman]

Hi everyone.  I have an odd question. I want to make some simple designed crosses.They have a few curves here and there.  I am using 1/2 in wood. I was thinking about stacking 2 together so that I would be using my time more wisely.  Stacking 2 would now be 1in thick. I am using a #3 or a #5 blade for easy maneuvering on the curves. Can I stack them? Will I need to use a different blade? #7 and will I be able to cut the curvy pattern with a 7? Orrr should I just continue to cut them out individually? I need to make 4 for a friend asap and they are very time consuming. ( it is an Amazing Grace cross) Thank u for your help and patience.

4 feet thick i think that would be too thick LOL.... 

[pddesertrat]

Thanks, I will check them out. I dont know what size to change the photo to. What size is a good number to post pictures?

With my photo editor (Photoscape) I change the pixels of the largest, width or height, to 640 pixels or a little less.  That resizes the picture to close to the correct size for this forum.

[agooday88]

Here is a photo of my first try at stack cutting. Thank you all for your help.. It was such a  Time Saver.

[Rover2]

They came out beautiful.  Great job.

Al