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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blade moves front to back

« on: December 17, 2012, 08:19:05 am »

Ok will keep that mind, and into the flying dutchman blades, from what I have read alot have said they are good blades.

But by the movement what I am talking about is on the upstroke the blade moves forward toward you, on the downstroke it moves back away from you, when it does this while cutting it causes the board to shake vibrate, is this a adjustment or something with the saw or is it with the blades being they are from a box store?

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Hello from Oklahoma

« on: December 17, 2012, 12:44:26 am »

Well don't know is she thinks I need the hobby or is trying to put me work as if I don't work enough, but either way its fun.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Blade moves front to back

« on: December 17, 2012, 12:18:12 am »

Just joined tonight, am new to scrolling, though do have some knowledge of wood workings. I just got a skil brand scroll saw from lowes. Have had a few days been trying to learn of course broke a few blades so back to reading I went. All was going good until today I noticed the blade will move up down but looks like the bottom half moves front to back of the table? In doing this it makes the wood shake thus blurring my pattern and now makes it kinda hard to control. I looked at the obvious things to see if something is out of adjustment, I even made sure the blade was mounted in the clamps straight and not leaning front to back. But still its not right. I started with pin blades but soon found out the drilled hole has to be big, and also read that plain blades take turns better. I got some new blades skil brand and it was doing fine till today.

I am aggravated as I have some patterns to cut out to give for Christmas presents, and want them to turn out good. Also I am using some thin laun plywood to start with since it was real cheap till I get the hang of it, then will step as my skill with scrolling gets better. Thanks.

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Introduce Yourself. / Hello from Oklahoma

« on: December 17, 2012, 12:08:00 am »

Howdy everybody, I just got into scrolling, which my woman got me started as she got into scrapbooking, had some wood letters, told her I could cut those out if had a scroll saw. Well after trying to scroll with my jig saw with a scroll blade she got me a scroll saw. I shopped online and with in what we could afford got the skil scroll saw from lowes. Model 3335-07 and so far the few things I have cut out its been great and am having fun. Though I am sure I will be asking lots of questions for which I do have one. In time I hope to get real good so as to make this a hobby as well as a money maker.