How I get double the life from my blades - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

dbfly · 11-05-2009, 12:53 PM

Hi everyone, being new here some one may have allready talked about this
Most everthing I cut is out of hard wood 3/4" thick or less. Your only using about an 1 1/2" of the blade. The rest of the blade never gets used. Well I use them
I've got a 16" x 16" x 1 3/4" slab, I drill an 1/8" hole in the center then on the bottom I enlarge the hole to 1 1/4" diameter an 1 1/2" deep. I put this on my scroll saw table. As A result you end up using the part of the blade that never gets used. The 1 1/4" hole on the under side makes it easer to feed the blade through. This seems to work really good for me, Has anyone else tryed this

jowshu98 · 11-05-2009, 12:59 PM

Have not tried this., but as I mainly stack cut and am limited to a 2" cutting depth it wouldn't leave me much room for material. Good idea though.

knothead · 11-05-2009, 09:29 PM

If you want to get double the life out of your blade, use it half as much.

Tom

scrollpup · 11-05-2009, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knothead

If you want to get double the life out of your blade, use it half as much.

Tom

LOL!! My last blade I put in has lasted two weeks for that very reason!

Jerry

Wood Dog · 11-05-2009, 11:53 PM

Welcome to the forum dbfly, and thanks for posting your tip. You'll fit in just fine around here. Come by often, and post some project pictures too...would love to see what you are working on.

scrollpup · 11-06-2009, 01:32 AM

Ooops.... Didn't realize you were a new member dbfly, in all honesty good tip, and welcome from me also

WD summed it up pretty good...

Jerry

dbfly · 11-06-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrollpup

Ooops.... Didn't realize you were a new member dbfly, in all honesty good tip, and welcome from me also

WD summed it up pretty good...

Jerry

I must say I was A little offended

Ramjet · 11-09-2009, 03:29 PM

db. I have done the same thing except I have only used a 3/4" thick piece of plywood, cut to the table top shape . It does get me some extea mileage .

Roger

Nancy_G · 11-11-2009, 03:16 PM

Please dbfly and Ramjet, I need to be told how those great sounding boards are held in place. TIA

Ramjet · 11-11-2009, 03:56 PM

Nancy_G. Before I cut the plywood to the shape I wanted I drilled two holes in the back on either side and one in the front . Like a triangle .

In the holes I put 1/4" bolts with the heads cut off . You could us dowel or metal rod long enough to fit down the side of the saw table. The rods slide down the side of the table . Glue them in .They should fit snug so the top does't wander when cutting .

Once you see how the board sits on the table ,mark the blade hole and cut or drill the hole .

Once every thing lines up you can cut the top to the shape of the saw table . On my Dewalt I left an inch all around .

The front bolt I aligned with the center mark and put a piece of masking tape on the metal top for reference .

I used a piece of 3/4" counter top which was left over from a sink cut out .

Make any sense ?

Roger

11-05-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
dbfly Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: pymatuning lake Ohio Posts: 44	How I get double the life from my blades Hi everyone, being new here some one may have allready talked about this Most everthing I cut is out of hard wood 3/4" thick or less. Your only using about an 1 1/2" of the blade. The rest of the blade never gets used. Well I use them I've got a 16" x 16" x 1 3/4" slab, I drill an 1/8" hole in the center then on the bottom I enlarge the hole to 1 1/4" diameter an 1 1/2" deep. I put this on my scroll saw table. As A result you end up using the part of the blade that never gets used. The 1 1/4" hole on the under side makes it easer to feed the blade through. This seems to work really good for me, Has anyone else tryed this

11-05-2009, 12:59 PM	#2
jowshu98 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NH Posts: 112	Have not tried this., but as I mainly stack cut and am limited to a 2" cutting depth it wouldn't leave me much room for material. Good idea though. __________________ scrolling, scrolling. scrolling....keep them blades a scrollin....oh my sore... backside!!!!

11-05-2009, 09:29 PM	#3
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 719	If you want to get double the life out of your blade, use it half as much. Tom __________________ Tom ___________________ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

11-05-2009, 11:53 PM	#5
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,445	Welcome to the forum dbfly, and thanks for posting your tip. You'll fit in just fine around here. Come by often, and post some project pictures too...would love to see what you are working on. __________________ WD

11-06-2009, 01:32 AM	#6
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	Ooops.... Didn't realize you were a new member dbfly, in all honesty good tip, and welcome from me also WD summed it up pretty good... Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

11-09-2009, 03:29 PM	#8
Ramjet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,096	db. I have done the same thing except I have only used a 3/4" thick piece of plywood, cut to the table top shape . It does get me some extea mileage . Roger

11-11-2009, 03:16 PM	#9
Nancy_G Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	Please dbfly and Ramjet, I need to be told how those great sounding boards are held in place. TIA

11-11-2009, 03:56 PM	#10
Ramjet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,096	Nancy_G. Before I cut the plywood to the shape I wanted I drilled two holes in the back on either side and one in the front . Like a triangle . In the holes I put 1/4" bolts with the heads cut off . You could us dowel or metal rod long enough to fit down the side of the saw table. The rods slide down the side of the table . Glue them in .They should fit snug so the top does't wander when cutting . Once you see how the board sits on the table ,mark the blade hole and cut or drill the hole . Once every thing lines up you can cut the top to the shape of the saw table . On my Dewalt I left an inch all around . The front bolt I aligned with the center mark and put a piece of masking tape on the metal top for reference . I used a piece of 3/4" counter top which was left over from a sink cut out . Make any sense ? Roger

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