Be CAreful with your blow torch!!! - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

byounghusband · 07-07-2008, 05:48 PM

You REALLY gotta be careful using a blow torch when cleaning up fuzzies on a BB portrait!!!

I was doing another Soldier portrait and the bottom of the two was really fuzzed up on the back. Some of those fuzzies really flared up and burned.....

Gotta cut another one tonight.....

Mick Walker · 07-07-2008, 08:42 PM

I agree, when playing with fire be very careful. I have a fire extinguisher within arms reach when I use the torch method to remove fuzzies. Keep the flame turned down as low as it will go and keep it moving.

f250 · 07-07-2008, 08:47 PM

Other than losing a few small pieces here and there, I have had really good luck with using the torch. Helps keep the finger tips warm in the winter

Tom

Barefoot1 · 07-07-2008, 10:25 PM

I have always used small needle files and sandpaper, just something about putting fire to wood that does not work for me . . .

Greenfield_Bob · 07-08-2008, 12:06 AM

I agree with you Thomas, I've had little luck with it.

Bob

JohnB · 07-08-2008, 01:35 AM

Hey Bob,
where are the photos ????

Nothing gives a boost like seeing someone else's stuff ups

Just kidding mate,

I've come close to doing the same thing, but luckily managed to save the piece.

Janette · 07-08-2008, 02:53 PM

It seems like a good idea using a blow torch....but is it really something you want to have around in a shop full of WOOD !!

jigsue · 07-08-2008, 04:03 PM

Janette

I put off using a torch for years, but tried it recemtly (or at least I persuaded hubby to try - so I could blame him if it all went wrong). Wow, it works a treat, I even do it myself, now. I use a small cook's torch (I'm an expert at creme brulee). It beats the hell out of tiny little pieces of rolled up sandpaper and/or cloth.

Give it a go!!!

Sue

Janette · 07-08-2008, 05:18 PM

Next time I do fret work I just might - although me and open flames don't do well together! (Long hair and all

)

guitarman · 07-08-2008, 07:53 PM

I use a small torch quite often but I am very careful as well. I think it does a great job. David

07-07-2008, 05:48 PM	#1
byounghusband Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sachse, TX Posts: 103	Be CAreful with your blow torch!!! You REALLY gotta be careful using a blow torch when cleaning up fuzzies on a BB portrait!!! I was doing another Soldier portrait and the bottom of the two was really fuzzed up on the back. Some of those fuzzies really flared up and burned..... Gotta cut another one tonight..... __________________ Bob in Sachse Dewalt 788 - "Ol' Yellar"

07-07-2008, 08:42 PM	#2
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,492	I agree, when playing with fire be very careful. I have a fire extinguisher within arms reach when I use the torch method to remove fuzzies. Keep the flame turned down as low as it will go and keep it moving. __________________ Mick, - Delta P-20 The future ain't what it used to be.

07-07-2008, 08:47 PM	#3
f250 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 1,791	Other than losing a few small pieces here and there, I have had really good luck with using the torch. Helps keep the finger tips warm in the winter Tom __________________ Hawk G4 http://www.scrollsawer.com/gallery/s...00/ppuser/4243

07-07-2008, 10:25 PM	#4
Barefoot1 Wood Mauler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Jordan Utah Posts: 806	I have always used small needle files and sandpaper, just something about putting fire to wood that does not work for me . . . __________________ Thomas The Barefoot Scroller ~ Thomas@barefootwoodworks.com www.barefootwoodworks.com

07-08-2008, 12:06 AM	#5
Greenfield_Bob Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenfield Indiana Posts: 1,532	I agree with you Thomas, I've had little luck with it. Bob __________________ Delta P-20 & Q-3 Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

07-08-2008, 01:35 AM	#6
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 5,187	Hey Bob, where are the photos ???? Nothing gives a boost like seeing someone else's stuff ups Just kidding mate, I've come close to doing the same thing, but luckily managed to save the piece. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you. Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

07-08-2008, 02:53 PM	#7
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,326 Blog Entries: 4	It seems like a good idea using a blow torch....but is it really something you want to have around in a shop full of WOOD !! __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

07-08-2008, 04:03 PM	#8
jigsue Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 869	Janette I put off using a torch for years, but tried it recemtly (or at least I persuaded hubby to try - so I could blame him if it all went wrong). Wow, it works a treat, I even do it myself, now. I use a small cook's torch (I'm an expert at creme brulee). It beats the hell out of tiny little pieces of rolled up sandpaper and/or cloth. Give it a go!!! Sue

07-08-2008, 05:18 PM	#9
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,326 Blog Entries: 4	Next time I do fret work I just might - although me and open flames don't do well together! (Long hair and all ) __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

07-08-2008, 07:53 PM	#10
guitarman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lewisville, N.C. Posts: 942	I use a small torch quite often but I am very careful as well. I think it does a great job. David

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