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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Newbie questions
« on: November 23, 2014, 06:10:30 pm »
file:///C:/Users/Fred%20&%20Laurie/Downloads/No_Fail_Blade_Chart_206122387.pdf
hope this helps , gramps
hope this helps , gramps
News: Had a couple issues with the forum today. 1/19/2017. I believe I have them corrected now. Let me know if you have any trouble. Thanks.
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Get togethers, shows and swap meets / Re: New avenue for scroll saw talk
« on: November 22, 2014, 07:22:35 pm »
good show charles. thanks for having us, fred and laurie
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General Scroll Saw Talk / what should i use for heat?
« on: October 29, 2014, 01:49:07 am »
we live in wisconsin in a drafty old farmhouse. since the kids are mostly all moved out , i made a little shop for myself in one of the upstairs bedrooms. there are only 2 heat vents for 4 bedrooms up there. the shop doesn't get one of course. i have a buddy heater that i use for ice fishing, but i figure that's just a space heater run on propane. a space heater just doesn't seem safe with sawdust floating around. thanks in advance for any suggestions, fred
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Member EIEIO Ray
« on: January 31, 2014, 01:00:13 am »
yes indeed, sometimes over my head. but i'm short.
thanks for everything ray, gramps
thanks for everything ray, gramps
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Toy Makers / Re: Bathtub toys
« on: January 29, 2014, 01:00:55 am »
maybe check out some hobby stores that carry remote control boats. there must be some type of a marine finish they use. i'm interested in any answers. this old farm house we live in has a wood framed window in our bath tub/ shower area. gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / what am i doing wrong?
« on: January 19, 2014, 02:01:04 pm »
trying my first attempt at stack cutting. using a stack of 3, 1/4 " baltic birch ply. i'm also using fd-ur#1 blades. my problem is i keep smelling the wood burning. should the speed of the saw be faster or?
thanks again for your help, gramps
thanks again for your help, gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Info. concerning Adhesive back paper....:+}
« on: January 05, 2014, 02:05:01 pm »
like Judy, i'm trying the contact paper. my problem is the ink doesn't dry when i print the pattern on it.
any help would be appreciated, thanks again, gramps
any help would be appreciated, thanks again, gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / tried spiral blades and really like them but....
« on: December 26, 2013, 08:41:04 pm »
Dan26 offered us a red green pattern so i thought i'de give it a try. using 1/4" baltic birch ply i started with fd-ur#1 blades, they cut nice and crisp but i could not control them very well. i switched to olson univ. No 0, easier to control but by the time i'm done sanding all those fuzzies that 1/4" is going to be 3/16". besides stack cutting, any suggestions? different blades? do they make reverse spiral blades? also how do you make nice clean crisp corners with spirals? i look at Charles dearings' work and am in awe, what a master.
thanks in advance for any advice, merry christmas and happy new year,
gramps
thanks in advance for any advice, merry christmas and happy new year,
gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Using "Painters Tape" --OR NOT-- :+}
« on: December 23, 2013, 12:24:58 pm »
Danny, do you print the patterns right on the sheet?
thanks, gramps
thanks, gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Font size and type
« on: December 21, 2013, 08:16:58 pm »
hey barry, i don't know if this would be an option for you but, on a project i'm about to start (if all the cutting goes well) i'm going to use a wood burning tool to do the lettering. i was fotunate in that my daughter bought me one at a rummage sale for $5. maybe a soldering iron might work, i don't know. but you could look up pyrography to get an idea of the modern day wood burner tools. mine is dated 1988, still in the box.
good luck, gramps
good luck, gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / can't get the blade in the hole
« on: December 21, 2013, 07:52:02 pm »
i'm a cold weather scroller. at the end of the last cold season i bought some fd-ur no. 1 blades from Mike. the corresponding drill bit according to the web site is a #71. is there some trick to getting the blade in the hole? do i need to grind the end of the blade to a point to get it started or do i need a bigger bit?
thanks in advance for any tips or tricks, gramps
thanks in advance for any tips or tricks, gramps
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Brag Forum / Re: Victorian Cross.... :+}
« on: December 20, 2013, 10:01:54 pm »
nice cutting, where is the pattern from?
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General Scroll Saw Talk / dust mask?
« on: November 01, 2013, 01:41:11 pm »
for those of you that use dust masks what brands do you use? i don't really think those paper ones at the hardware store work all that great, and they really don't fit my grandson. steve did a review on the vog mask, but after reading other reviews people say they are difficult to breathe through.
thanks again everyone, gramps
thanks again everyone, gramps
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: The science of scrolling
« on: October 31, 2013, 12:38:25 pm »
EIEIO, just a safety question. when would you take the hold down off the scroll saw? at a certain age or after a certain amount of practice, or leave it off all together?
