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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Diode Lighting Of Scroll Saw Creations.

« on: June 18, 2016, 09:51:24 am »

I had the same question for backlighting some of my projects. Our tech guy at work said that the important thing is to make sure the LED has an appropriate resistor. You can solder these yourself or order them with resistors already attached. Then hook your wiring up to the resistor and plug it in.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: ordering blades for the first time

« on: June 17, 2016, 01:25:44 am »

The blades I got from Mike's (#5) work great. I've used the reverse and spirals too. So far, all nice blades to work with, but I've only been scrolling a couple months.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: How to make a pattern

« on: June 15, 2016, 07:26:19 pm »

As for inkscape, do you just use the trace feature?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: How to make a pattern

« on: June 15, 2016, 07:24:59 pm »

Mainly portraits. I actually own Photoshop, but if you can give me the GIMP process, they should be identical. I used the SUMO PAINT app and it did a decent job, but it has size restrictions.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / How to make a pattern

« on: June 15, 2016, 01:04:27 pm »

I thought Photoshop had a "line art" filter, but I can't find it. Am I better off doing Inkscape traces?

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Pretty new

« on: June 14, 2016, 08:08:38 pm »

That's a lie...I forgot, my very, very first project was a rabbit with a flower on it from Steve's blog.

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Introduce Yourself. / Pretty new

« on: June 14, 2016, 08:06:04 pm »

I bought a little Ryobi scroll saw a few months ago. My first project was a Nicholas Cage portrait. Then I managed to make a Rob Zombie lamp (horribly, my neighbor took a router to it to make it somewhat cube shaped) and it actually looks like Rob when you turn it on. Made some hammer and sickles to annoy my co-workers, and then my blade clamps failed.

Long story short, I spent way too much energy trying to get the saw to work and ended up returning it. Now I have a Delta 465 and OH MY GOD! This is how the hobby is supposed to be! I can now finish multiple projects in a day, and I dared to attempt a stack cut today (because I forgot to put painter's tape between the wood and the glue.)

I am working on a Punisher skull now, and with using the saw as a sanding station, my paint jobs are starting to look less like plastic moulding. I have some thin boards, Flying Dutchman blades, and Photoshop. The future looks good!