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General Scroll Saw Talk / Scroll saw support tools
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:18:45 pm »
Hello all,
I'm Dave and I'm new to scroll sawing. A few years back now, I had a complete woodworking shop excepting a scroll saw, including cabinet saw, jointer, planer, etc. I no longer have any of that except my hand planes and chisels. Recently, my wife expressed some interest in scroll sawing, so to see if it's something we might be interested in, I bought a WEN 3920 scroll saw, a slightly upgraded HF scroll saw. I didn't want to invest too much initially, until we had some time to try things out and see how we liked the hobby. I own a shop vacuum with hose suitable for the saw's dust port. I also own a 1/3 sheet palm sander and a oscillating palm sander, both good quality sanders. I upgraded the saw blade holder system and have tuned the saw as much as possible. I bought a HF steel stand and am adding MDF tabletop and shelf with a couple bags of play stand to add stability/dampen vibration as much as possible. At this point, I don't have a lot invested. My long term plan is to try this out and if we like it, invest in one of the Excaliber scroll saw variations. I own a table top drill press and battery powered drills/screw drivers. (I'm a do it yourself type.)
I have realized I will need some support tools that aid in sanding and finishing the cut out (scrolled?) bits. I know I don't want to invest in woodworking shop tools (tablesaw, jointer, planer, etc) quite yet and am willing to buy wood online or at big box stores until we decide if scroll sawing is for us. But making such a decision requires we be able to finish the project, so I am looking at/for a list of useful tools related to sanding or other aspects of scroll sawing (wood burning/wood carving maybe?) that are not as a big an investment as say, a table saw or jointer.
I would greatly appreciate suggestions I might consider looking at buying, as I want to get together a list. Generic names for such tools, a specific brand example and perhaps a couple reasons why this type of tool or that.
I've read quite a bit on the selection of a scroll saw, but I learned with my first wood shop a cabinet saw, a jointer and a planer do not a woodshop make. It's the small items that allow one to finish the project that can make a big difference.
Can you help me?
Thank you,
Dave
I'm Dave and I'm new to scroll sawing. A few years back now, I had a complete woodworking shop excepting a scroll saw, including cabinet saw, jointer, planer, etc. I no longer have any of that except my hand planes and chisels. Recently, my wife expressed some interest in scroll sawing, so to see if it's something we might be interested in, I bought a WEN 3920 scroll saw, a slightly upgraded HF scroll saw. I didn't want to invest too much initially, until we had some time to try things out and see how we liked the hobby. I own a shop vacuum with hose suitable for the saw's dust port. I also own a 1/3 sheet palm sander and a oscillating palm sander, both good quality sanders. I upgraded the saw blade holder system and have tuned the saw as much as possible. I bought a HF steel stand and am adding MDF tabletop and shelf with a couple bags of play stand to add stability/dampen vibration as much as possible. At this point, I don't have a lot invested. My long term plan is to try this out and if we like it, invest in one of the Excaliber scroll saw variations. I own a table top drill press and battery powered drills/screw drivers. (I'm a do it yourself type.)
I have realized I will need some support tools that aid in sanding and finishing the cut out (scrolled?) bits. I know I don't want to invest in woodworking shop tools (tablesaw, jointer, planer, etc) quite yet and am willing to buy wood online or at big box stores until we decide if scroll sawing is for us. But making such a decision requires we be able to finish the project, so I am looking at/for a list of useful tools related to sanding or other aspects of scroll sawing (wood burning/wood carving maybe?) that are not as a big an investment as say, a table saw or jointer.
I would greatly appreciate suggestions I might consider looking at buying, as I want to get together a list. Generic names for such tools, a specific brand example and perhaps a couple reasons why this type of tool or that.
I've read quite a bit on the selection of a scroll saw, but I learned with my first wood shop a cabinet saw, a jointer and a planer do not a woodshop make. It's the small items that allow one to finish the project that can make a big difference.
Can you help me?
Thank you,
Dave
