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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: agooday88 on January 04, 2015, 10:26:45 am
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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! ;D
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Glad it worked out for you. Share some pics of your project??
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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?
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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.
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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
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Jpegger from Vallen http://www.vallen.de/products/software/jpegger (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
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I use Microsoft Paint which is free on Windows machines. It is primitive but you can resize by percentage or # of pixels.
Jim
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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?
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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.... ;D :))
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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.
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Here is a photo of my first try at stack cutting. Thank you all for your help.. It was such a Time Saver. ;D
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They came out beautiful. Great job.
Al
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Thank you Al. I am so excited to was able to make 2 at once! I had to go alot slower but it was worth it at the end to have 2 in stead of 1 at the end.
But I found that when I was getting to the right side after cutting the left side, that the right side started to move. I had to go back and tape it in place.. Any suggestions? Anyone ;)
( I wrapped clear tape around the boards before cutting )
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Thank you Al and everyone here that helped.
I did have to go a lot slower then I am use to but with a few minor adjustments on my part.. I conquered the task. I saved a lot of time doing them stacked!
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You did a great job on those. It ;
looks like it would be a lot of work doing them one at a time.
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turned out very nice
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Yes.. it was a lot of work cutting them out one at a time. But now it is such an accomplishment to have done all that work and then have 2 OF THEM. :)
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"But I found that when I was getting to the right side after cutting the left side, that the right side started to move. I had to go back and tape it in place.. Any suggestions? Anyone ;)
( I wrapped clear tape around the boards before cutting )"
Rather than cutting one side completely off, then the other side, I drill a starter hole at one end and complete the cut as an inside cut. this keeps the stack from traveling as it is attached right to the end. I hope you get what I mean as the explanations doesn't look that great.
Tom
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Thank you Tom for your help.. I am sorry to say that I don't understand what you mean. :(
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I think what Tom was trying to say is that instead of starting your cut from an outside edge, he drills a starter hole and cuts out the project with the outside edge of the boards intact. It keeps them from shifting around when you get close to the end. It works well in stack cutting because the piece can only move as far as the kerf allows. I do it that way, too. Everything is still encased in your original tape.
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I understand! That is a great idea... thank you. I will do it that way next time. :)