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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: yankeebum2 on September 01, 2010, 09:24:03 am
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Yesterday afternoon I was working on my scroll saw. I'm not experienced but learning day by day. Pattern was Steve's wall clock, using maple wood for the first time. Blade was a #5 rev. I was noticing "some" significant differences in the wood. (I usually use aspen, poplar or red oak). After some time I'm wondering if I?m gonna be able to cut this wood. I check my wood hardness guide and rule out that the hardness of maple is the problem. Try cutting some more, my piece is bouncing around, can?t seem to be able to cut a straight line. By this time I?m thinking "somethings wrong with my craftsman saw, how am I gonna come up with the money to buy a new one now" I take a beer break to think of my options. I figure I?ll just change the blade and hopefully maybe just a tooth broke. Well as most experienced probably already figured out the big dummy ??? (me) had the blade in upside down. I was both relieved and feeling quite dumb. Anyone else ever made that rookie mistake?
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;D Ye don't feel all alone, been there done that, especially with finer blades, now use a magnifying glass if I can't see which way the teeth run,that works well. Guess that won't happen to you again.
David
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Been there...done that ;D
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Welcome to our world. We have all done that (more than once).
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I hate to tell you how far into my scroll saw 'career' I make rookie mistakes! I have put the blade in backwards, upside down, and if it could be turned inside out, I probably would have done that too! (Doh!)
Mistakes are part of the learning process and anyone who says they don't make them is a liar! The trick is to learn by them and try not to make them over and over! LOL
Don't let it discourage you! Just get back on the horse and have some Fun!!
Sheila :)
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Ha Ha Ha ! ! !
I just did the "backwards blade" Sunday afternoon!!!
Wait 'til you have a "foot switch" and are changing a blade and forget to take your foot off the darn switch!!!
That is a real 'wake up' call to take a break!!!!!!!!!
The fact that you felt the need to tell everyone shows you are on your way to bigger and greater things!
Just keep cutting and laugh at those things when they happen....
~~~GrayBeard~~~
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Oh yes. I have done that before. The difference with having experience, is you just figure it out quicker. LOL 8)
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I have never done that.......Well, maybe once or twice....
I quickly learned to run my finger up and down the teeth of the blade to see which way the teeth are facing and that works most of the time unless you are using a reverse tooth blade. Then you probably should double check to see which end has the fewest teeth in the cutting direction. DAMHIKT ;D
Rog
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If it was not for Steve's video I would not have known it made a difference which way the blade goes....
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Yep....same goes for me. Dave
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I think we all have at one time or another, here is a shop sign I made last year.....Paul ;D
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I don't scroll for so long but I have to say that I didn't done that (jet)
I went to what we in holland call a "technical school" and between the age of 12 and 16 years we had lessons called "learning tools".
The teacher "rubbed" it in how to place a new blade. (and some other things!)
I often remember him saying "pull the saw to let it work, don't push, the weight of the saw should be enough.
once when I was 18 I had to saw a stainless steel pipe...... and guess what... I reversed the blade with the consequence that the saw bounced of into my thumb. >:( I directly had to think of my teacher.
I guess that these lessons helped me up to now to place the blade right.
8) 8) 8)
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I dare the scroller to say he or she hasn't done it, I find the finer blades the worst as my eyes aren't all that good
Jimbo
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I have to say I've done that foolish move and several more. I'd like to think it won't happen again but let's be real. We're all human. I just look around and hope nobody saw me do it and keep on going.
Happy Scrolling
Bill
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The best thing about having had the experience and solving the problem is that the next time your wood starts hopping around like that, you'll have a good idea of what to check first.
I was completely surprised the first time I put a blade in backwards. I'm still not really sure how I managed that, lol.
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Have any of you moved to the next hole for the blade and FORGOTTEN to re-set the TENSION???
Now there is thrill.... specially if it is a tiny cut!
Hey...I 'think' I have done them all in the last two years!
IF I haven't yet I am sure I will eventually.....
~~~GB~~~
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Oh yeah GB, been there done that. For that one millisecond you think,,,what the..___ Then you realize I forgot the TENSION. LMIAO ::) ::) ::)
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Or how about forgeting to loosen the tension before releasing the blade clamp! Do that all the time!
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OR . . . forgetting to turn off the saw before releasing the tension!
;) Sheila
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You guys been watching me, think I will work with door closed from now on
Jimbo
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Or how about forgeting to loosen the tension before releasing the blade clamp! Do that all the time!
Oooo, I did that today! What a thump! I used to do it a lot more, but the sound it makes is so alarming it is one thing I have gotten a lot better about.
I can say I haven't (yet) forgotten to turn off the saw before starting the process of letting go of the blade. Not that I have any doubts that I will sometime, lol.
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Hey NEWBIES...
You have heard from the PRO (Sheila), a trainer for WoodCraft (Dan), and several VETERANS....NOW don't you feel better!!!!
We ALL do it sooner or later and not just ONCE!
That is what makes us human and why we have so much fun helping others!
We've been there, done those 'dumb' things and can laugh about the experiences and get on with the fun of scrolling!!!
If you get too 'up tight' it takes all the fun out of the GREAT HOBBY or "ADDICTION" to make it relaxing and enjoyable.
The whole idea is to enjoy what you are doing or it becomes drudgery and then it ain't worth it!!!
~~~GrayBeard~~~
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Have any of you moved to the next hole for the blade and FORGOTTEN to re-set the TENSION???
~~~GB~~~
Tend to do that quite often I really get stuck into something and want to finish and then oeps no tension.
David
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Let me count the ways....If there is a way to screw it up - I've done it. It's the fixing it that is sometimes the challenge.
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LMAO, well now i feel better. I think Russ said it perfectly. Next time it wont take me so long to figure it out. That was the most comical thing. It took so long to figure out. I was already replacing my saw.
Steve
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what helps me to is the clamp holder on my Hegner, the direction of the blade is there indicated.
on my Ferm saw it isn't.
I do forget my tention now and then. specialy when a blad is broken.
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Yup, I have done it to and pinched my finger good, it does make you tend to look twice next time, I also wanted to blame my saw for everything that went wrong. It's all part of the learning process. Keep cutting and just have fun.
Mark.
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I can relate and as Jimbo said the finer the blade the easier it is to do. I got some jewelers blades from Mike for cutting stamp puzzles. They are like a thick hair and really hard to tell if they or upside down.
Nice sign Paul! Don't know about you but I have bifocals and seeing clearly is sometimes a struggle. :)
Barry
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As was mentioned earlier, you don't have to see the teeth, just run your thumb down the teeth and you can feel which way they are running.
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I just received some of those 'Puzzle' blades yesterday.
Unwound the wire to put them in the tube, SNEEZED and blades went all over the floor!
Still searching for the 12th one but the rest are in the tube and all facing in the right direction....I think!
Boy are they tiny!!!!
~~~GB~~~
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Well there is a lesson learned! Don't sneeze wile unpacking blades! :o
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I like when I start the saw and forget to put my hands on the wood. BAM! BAM! BAM! Maybe that was mentioned... I didn't read the whole thread. :P
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Accidently stepping on the foot petal will get your undivided attention, too.
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Yeah Julie...especially when you are tightening the BOTTOM blade clamp! OUCH!
~~~GB~~~