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General Scroll Saw Talk / Cradle ideas

« on: July 01, 2016, 08:18:06 am »

So I'm going to be a grandfather once again and this time I'm building a pendulum type cradle for the little one. Luckily I have some time to work on this because babies don't just pop right out instantly anymore. They have to ferment awhile now days..
Anyway I am planning something unique for the ends, something like the cheapo horrible art work of mine with a art deco theme. I'm planning to use walnut for the highlighted areas and perhaps oak as the main board. I'd use maple, but I'm rather poor. I thought about doing a maple inlay inside the walnut strips of the outside and Steve gave us the supplier of quality thin boards on ebay from one of his videos, but I'm not sure if I can line up the cuts right or not.. Yup Steve..I watched! 

For the side panels I'm thinking something similar although my drawing leaves something to be desired.  (believe it or not I actually majored in commercial art way back in college when people still used pen and ink, but nerve damage dashed that dream along with technological advances)


These are just scribble ideas.. So does anyone have any other ideas for this project that is going to set me back a few hundred bucks? 

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Brag Forum / I finally got it off the bench

« on: July 01, 2016, 07:54:08 am »

So I built this handy and cheapo stand for my cheapo saw. The legs are 2x4s laminated together and held together with tenon and mortises.
The front leg is a leftover from my bench build, one that I messed up and didn't align the mortise correctly so I just relocated it. These are almost all leftover scraps from other projects and one piece on top from a trash pile..
Anyway it works great and is rock solid. Someday I might add some wheels on the side to tip it up to move, but it's not real heavy so moving it isn't all that tough for now. Unlike the rest of you I'm not getting any younger* so that may change someday.   

*may vary for individuals

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Ask Steve a question. / Scroll saw stand

« on: June 06, 2016, 03:54:12 am »

I downloaded the file plan you have posted and noticed mention of  table lifts and wondering what the purpose of the lifts are.. Other plans also make mention of lifts and tilting the table surface or am I reading this wrong misinterpreting something?   Perhaps it's my phone. I cracked the screen (waiting for the replacement) and maybe I'm missing something here..
Thanks

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Intarsia / Working with bone?

« on: April 11, 2016, 03:54:13 am »

Just wondering if anyone cuts bone to create things.. I save small bits of bone, usually cows shank pieces and have been cutting them thin with a regular cross cut hand saw, but so far I haven't been able to come up with much other than just thin slices about 2 inches across, Still it interests me.  I tried to cut it with the scroll saw, but so far the only thickness I've been able to make any head way on are the thin pieces to small to do much with.
Someday I'll get a band saw and we have a friend who is a butcher at the local Kroger so he can probably get me some larger pieces of bone to work with.
Does it need to be cooked if for no other reason than to keep down the bacteria? 
It's probably just a passing fancy, but it sounds like a good idea..

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The Coffee Shop / I poked a nice hole in my hand

« on: April 09, 2016, 09:29:05 pm »

I'd include the picture of the damage, but that's akin to injury porn..
I was attempting to repair the shop broom with a nice and very sharp chisel, but somehow managed to slip and run it right where my thumb meets my hand in the fatty part just barely before the crevice.. I now have 5 spanking new stitches and my project of building my new work bench .. I had 4 mortises chopped out with the tenons with 4 left to go, but now pounding away with the mallet is going to be on hold for a while..

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Walker Turner?

« on: April 09, 2016, 09:17:36 pm »

Not that I have the funds to buy this thing, I don't, but I'm just wondering what your opinions about this particular machine are.. Someday I will upgrade my saw from the Dremel 2 speed so it's nice to know what is and isn't worth the price..
Take a looksee..
http://m.ebay.com/itm/222069115045?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F4%2F0%2F8%3Feecl%3D1%26eesi%3DUS%26i%3D1b1911248feII689acII745fd1II1b190e8f03dII2%26eepc%3D%2F222069115045%26bu%3D44130159052%26segname%3DB1666B6-00%26crd%3D20160408094613%26emParams%3Di%26sojTags%3Demid%253Dbu%252Csegname%253Dsegname%252Ccrd%253Dcrd%26srcrot%3D0%26rvr_id%3D0&_mwBanner=1

Jeeez..that's a long url.. It's item number 222069115045 if that makes it easier to find..

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General Scroll Saw Talk / A matter of practicality?

« on: March 13, 2016, 01:22:36 pm »

I'm wondering if anyone has tried to make a platform to raise the saws flat surface enough to make use of the rest of the blade after the blade becomes dull from use..
I'm not sure how to word this to make sense,  but it seems to me that only small section of the blade is used, perhaps an inch or so even though the blade still has another few inches of unused teeth. I had made a low tolerance surface with 8th inch plywood, but the thought of making it adjustable up and down to make use of the parts of the blade that typically isn't used would be useful.  Has anyone tried this and had success with it?
Maybe I'm just being cheap, but as far as I know scroll saw blades don't grow on trees.
Ant thoughts on this? 
Thanks..

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Not sure what blade to use

« on: March 12, 2016, 01:19:36 pm »

I've been away from the scroll saw awhile concentrating more on other things, but now I'm trying to cut through 1/2 inch oak and getting nowhere really quick.  I'm pretty patient, but so far the blades I've used with the Dremel 2 speed are taking about 10 minutes per inch. I'm not really even sure that I'm using the right blades and my collection of blades got knocked on the floor and scattered so telling one from the rest isn't real easy either.  I don't have the eagle eyes I once had.
Anyway..any suggestions?  I have quite a bit to cut here and would prefer it to not take me 32 years..

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Brag Forum / Cell phone stand

« on: January 01, 2016, 06:06:22 pm »

It looks more like an artist easel than cell phone gear, but here it is.  The tiny parts are driving me crazy.. Not sure if it's age, too much coffee or both, but my hands shake doing these..
The hinges are slices of 3/8th oak dowel with 1/16th brass rod for pins.
I'm working on different hinges and trying to not have all the small parts glued together.
I'm working on an oak version a bit beefier..The newer version also uses brass nails instead of steel.

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Introduce Yourself. / New to scrolling

« on: November 23, 2015, 10:34:23 am »

Good morning  (assuming it's morning for you) . I'm new to scrolling myself and using a used Dremel 1672 and the learning curve seems a bit steep and I've had to make modifications especially with the blade adapters. The allen screws were just one so I use a Phillips screw, but even that never seems to tighten enough.  My hands shake a tad too much for the Allen screws and can't get enough torque. The Phillips works better.
The real problem I'm running across is threading the fine blades into tiny holes and the guard foot gets in the way. I guess I'm just used to using a sledge hammer to crack eggs. My background is auto body work so brute force usually worked for me.
Perhaps I'm doing things in the wrong order. What order do most of you use when threading blades into tiny holes? If I secure the blade into the bottom adapter first I run into the problem of the blade binding when trying to catch the top adapter and if I reverse the process I run into not being able to thread into the bottom adapter in the limited space under the table surface.  Of course the guard foot gets in the way. I'd like to modify the foot to make it easily removable. 
Maybe I just need a little more patience.
I read the thread on the blower bellow and yes, mine is also about as useless as a sledge hammer in brain surgery so I'm thinking of using a spare air tank for that problem.
I'll keep plugging away here. I've got more time now days than money.