Cutting frames - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

scrollpup · 03-14-2009, 11:55 AM

O.K., I've been on the boards long enough to see no one asks any questions about cutting their own frames or how you get a straight line on the perimeter of your fretworks (inside edge). Any help??

Thanks, Jerry C (Not to be confussed with Jerry, who waas here before me

).

Paul S WI · 03-14-2009, 01:51 PM

What are you looking for Jerry C.? I have done some framing. As for straight line cuts - lotsa practice and a little concentration. Start with a good blade and medium/fast speed for feed rate works for me.

wood-n-things · 03-14-2009, 02:10 PM

Jerry C.
On those straight cuts, be aware that almost all blades will have a certain amount of drift built into them. You may find that you have to cut with your wood cocked a couple of degrees to allow for blade drift.

If you are having trouble cutting straight inside lines try slowing down a bit...and if that doesn't work I have actually increased the speed on the saw but held my feed rate slower.

hope this helps...oh yes is your blade square to the table?

sawdustus · 03-14-2009, 03:10 PM

Jerry C, I have been using a trick that I found somewhere on this board about year or so ago. When cutting a straight line, hold the piece steady with your fingers but move it into the blade with your arms. That is, begin with you elbows close to your body and slowly straighten out your arms as you advance the piece into the blade. I have greatly improved my straight line cutting, even short ones, this way. It takes a bit of practice but then what doesn't.

george

wood-n-things · 03-14-2009, 03:22 PM

Here are a couple of links RE Frames:

Jedi's tutorial
Making your own Frames (My method)
Read through this thread for several hints and tip s.
Making frames for portrait cuts??

Hope this helps....

Mick Walker · 03-14-2009, 04:53 PM

Jerry C, I find that if I look a little ahead of where the blade meets the wood helps me when cutting a straight line. Starting to wonder off the line, come back to the line gradually rather than abruptly then you will most likely go off on the other side of the line. Lots of practice as the others have said. I will cut a couple straight lines and a couple curves in a scrap if I haven't used the saw for awhile just to get back in the groove.

lucky788scroller · 03-15-2009, 03:08 AM

All good tips, especially what Mick mentioned.Think of driving a car, you watch the road ahead of you , not just over the hood.

scrollpup · 03-15-2009, 11:27 AM

DARN!!! I was hoping for some elusive secret to cutting straight!Well thanks for all the input ya'll.I might get to practise some Monday when Casey goes back to school.He finished his second cut tonight and wants to start a new one tomorrow (today I guess-- I work odd hours and haven't gone too bed yet ((almost 5:30 A.M.)).

Paul- I was wanting to get away from having to buy frames.It's hard to frame 1/4" wood into store bought frames not to mention the cost...

Thanks for looking that up for me Mike,I'll look at it when I'm a little more awake than I am now.

Mick from what I've seen of your works,I find it hard to believe that you have to get back in the "groove"

George and Dale- thanks for the tips.I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

Jerry C

03-14-2009, 11:55 AM	#1
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	Cutting frames O.K., I've been on the boards long enough to see no one asks any questions about cutting their own frames or how you get a straight line on the perimeter of your fretworks (inside edge). Any help?? Thanks, Jerry C (Not to be confussed with Jerry, who waas here before me).

03-14-2009, 01:51 PM	#2
Paul S WI Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stevens Point, WI Posts: 335	What are you looking for Jerry C.? I have done some framing. As for straight line cuts - lotsa practice and a little concentration. Start with a good blade and medium/fast speed for feed rate works for me. __________________ Paul S. Excalibur EX-21 (The Green Machine)

03-14-2009, 02:10 PM	#3
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Jerry C. On those straight cuts, be aware that almost all blades will have a certain amount of drift built into them. You may find that you have to cut with your wood cocked a couple of degrees to allow for blade drift. If you are having trouble cutting straight inside lines try slowing down a bit...and if that doesn't work I have actually increased the speed on the saw but held my feed rate slower. hope this helps...oh yes is your blade square to the table? __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-14-2009, 03:10 PM	#4
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,975	Jerry C, I have been using a trick that I found somewhere on this board about year or so ago. When cutting a straight line, hold the piece steady with your fingers but move it into the blade with your arms. That is, begin with you elbows close to your body and slowly straighten out your arms as you advance the piece into the blade. I have greatly improved my straight line cutting, even short ones, this way. It takes a bit of practice but then what doesn't. george __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

03-14-2009, 03:22 PM	#5
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Here are a couple of links RE Frames: Jedi's tutorial Making your own Frames (My method) Read through this thread for several hints and tip s. Making frames for portrait cuts?? Hope this helps.... __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-14-2009, 04:53 PM	#6
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,335	Jerry C, I find that if I look a little ahead of where the blade meets the wood helps me when cutting a straight line. Starting to wonder off the line, come back to the line gradually rather than abruptly then you will most likely go off on the other side of the line. Lots of practice as the others have said. I will cut a couple straight lines and a couple curves in a scrap if I haven't used the saw for awhile just to get back in the groove. __________________ Mick, - Delta P-20 The future ain't what it used to be.

03-15-2009, 03:08 AM	#7
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	All good tips, especially what Mick mentioned.Think of driving a car, you watch the road ahead of you , not just over the hood. __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

03-15-2009, 11:27 AM	#8
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	DARN!!! I was hoping for some elusive secret to cutting straight!Well thanks for all the input ya'll.I might get to practise some Monday when Casey goes back to school.He finished his second cut tonight and wants to start a new one tomorrow (today I guess-- I work odd hours and haven't gone too bed yet ((almost 5:30 A.M.)). Paul- I was wanting to get away from having to buy frames.It's hard to frame 1/4" wood into store bought frames not to mention the cost... Thanks for looking that up for me Mike,I'll look at it when I'm a little more awake than I am now. Mick from what I've seen of your works,I find it hard to believe that you have to get back in the "groove" George and Dale- thanks for the tips.I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Jerry C Last edited by scrollpup; 03-15-2009 at 11:39 AM.

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