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07-16-2008, 02:00 AM
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Wyalong, Australia
Posts: 56
|  Kaba, Welcome to the world of scrolling. Like everybody before me has stated, practice, practice and then some more. For really tight interior cuts I cut all the way in, back off a bit, turn the piece with the blade cutting slightly into the waste (creates a small circle in the waste), then back the blade into the corner, and cut out of the corner. I find this gives me super sharp tight interior cuts Jim
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07-16-2008, 08:32 PM
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 72
| Kaba To me, its easier on the back! 49 next week! I have to take it easy! Going thru my mid life time here!lol Bought a Bike, a girlfriend,( I am glad the eyes go first!) lol I didn't buy her. LOL , and 3 Grandkids! So that is why I havent been on line to much! Lol But seriously, I also have a stool that is adjustable in hieght, on casters, wich I can raise or lower with no problem, or kick out of the way. This also helped! If you really want to be amazed, and you still have it keep your first project! then check your work against it! It will make you feel better! Go make some saw dust! Pep |
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07-18-2008, 03:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mountain City, Georgia USA
Posts: 135
| Kaba; I was having the same problem with sharp corners but after purchasing the book " Scroll Saw Workbook" by John Nelson it became clear. He illustrates on page 33 (Exercise 4 ) a procedure where you cut into the corner or sharp V then back up and cut past the V then turn around to cut into the V. I would highly recommend this Book. It has a world of good info and includes 25 Exercises with patterns. Good luck and enjoy your new saw. What kind is it? Hank
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07-20-2008, 03:46 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minot, Maine
Posts: 99
| Kaba, Welcome, congrats, good luck, etc. Welcome to the world of "I can't get enough dust!" My one small tidbit of advice. "Make each pattern your own". Always remember, just because there is a line there, you don't need to follow the pattern exact. Make it look good to you. Example. I just did a picture that had oak leaves in it. Each vein of the leaf was supposed to be a cut line. I had my doubts, so I tryed one on a piece of scrap wood. Ugly! Idea! I used my wood burning tool and burned the veins. My wife loves it!!!! Make it your own. Study your pattern before drilling or cutting. And if you venture off the line a little, so what. Don't over correct, ease it back over. Most of all it has to be fun!!! |
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07-20-2008, 08:01 PM
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 72
| Kaba mdvt makes a good point! I try and take it astep furher, also look at the wood you are cutting, there are some great grains and imperfections that might play right into the pattern that you are cutting! Pep |
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07-21-2008, 01:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
Posts: 2,149
| Once you take the pattern off you will never know you went off the line, unless of course you cut off something crucial.
__________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can" |
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07-21-2008, 02:34 PM
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| Pajaro Studio Dallas  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin.
Posts: 1,319
| Kaba.... We are our wost critics of our work. It has to be seen by others to really enjoy it. If you make a mistake, the good this is you can always do it again. Some times Mistakes are improvements in disguise.. 
__________________ Pajaro Pete Vermont Yankee in Texas Member " Scrollsaw Association of the world " Excalibur EX-21 fanatic One of the Chosen few "You can question the sincerity of almost all of the people in your life, but you don't question your dog's!" . |
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07-22-2008, 02:10 AM
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| Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minot, Maine
Posts: 99
| Kaba, Some good points by Pep and Pajaro. I have been cutting for approx 3 years, and only for the last year, I have been able to visualize what certain things on the wood can look like after they are cut. Now I'll spend all kinds of time examining wood at the store, looking for the right one. And Pajaro's statement, hell I hate some of my stuff and my wife and friends love it. But if it is down right ugly, no one sees it, and I watch it burn in my firepit while drinking a cold one!!!!  |
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