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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: Ablade on August 17, 2010, 07:24:20 pm

Title: Practice pattern
Post by: Ablade on August 17, 2010, 07:24:20 pm: A group of us scrollers are going to work with some special ed students next month and I need a practice pattern. I have one with a straight line, several curve lines, several 90 degree corners, etc. But I have seen one, somewhere, that has a straight line for about the length and then gradually goes into some slight curves. I really like this approach to teaching someone new. Any help would be appreciated.

Norm
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: dgman on August 17, 2010, 07:37:39 pm: Hey Norm, You will find what your are looking for in the book Scroll Saw Workbook By John A. Nelson. This book is available from Fox Chapel Publishing. http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/search.aspx?SearchTerm=Scroll+Saw+Workbook&x=13&y=12
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: boxmaker on August 17, 2010, 07:57:29 pm: Dgman you are right on, that is a great book, I have it and learned a lot from it. And it has all of the little practice cuts, plus some patterns.

Mark
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: dgman on August 17, 2010, 08:06:00 pm: Yeah, I use the practice pattern page to teach new students who have never used a scroll saw before. It's good to teach about cutting a strait line and blade drift.
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: julief on August 18, 2010, 08:55:11 am: I have also used that practice page to teach.
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: GrayBeard on August 18, 2010, 11:27:25 am: That is THE book!

If not for that book I would not be scrolling today!

My only wish is that it came with a binding that would lay flat on a copier glass!

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: Practice pattern
Post by: Ablade on August 18, 2010, 05:28:03 pm: Thanks folks. I knew someone out there would know the book. I will go to Woodcraft tomorrow and get it.

Norm