First time posting

[ajay]

Welcome to the best scroll saw forum on the planet Blaine. And congratulations on the arrival of your Grandchild. Scroll sawing is addictive and you may end up spending more than just short amounts of time with it. Good luck and again, welcome.

[sawdustus]

Welcome Blaine, and congratulations. As Grover D. said, make them loose. Judy and Dave Peterson recommend a #7 blade so that you can get the pieces apart easily. This is especially important for little folks. You might want to try to make some tray (aka inlay) puzzles for you grandchild to be. Keep them simple and put a peg on each piece to make it easier.
Also remember that little ones like to chew so if the piece is small enough to fit through the core of a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, it is small enough to swallow.

There are several really good puzzle in Patrick Spielman's book "Scroll Saw Puzzle Patterns" I have made many of them for my granddaughter. Paint them with bright acrylic craft paints and give them a coating or two of spray varnish or shellac to protect the paint.

Sawdustus

[Blaine in Kitchener]

Thank you all for the welcome. I'm sure I will have lots of questions as I get into this a little more. As far as the pelican puzzle I did goes, it is not for my grandson since he's a bit young for puzzles yet but I will be making some large piece inlay puzzles and some toy cars and trucks that I've seen around. Thanks again for the welcome and I've already learned a bunch of stuff just by reading this forum.

Blaine

[JohnB]

G'day Blaine,
You started well mate, with a Dewalt.
As has been said, You may find yourself spending a bit more than "A LITTLE" in the shed with the new saw

Loose is good for kids puzzles, they get easily frustrated when they know a piece should go in a certain place and it JUST DON'T FIT.

Have fun

[mikej]

Add me to the welcome committee Blaine! I've been around for only a couple of months, but have learned a great deal from all the experts on this forum.

I'm sure there will be many hours of relaxing scrolling ahead for you.

Mikej

[Ramjet]

Blaine . Your remark about arthritis reminded me of what my wife started taking for her hands . Google honey and cinnamon . She makes scrubbies and dish cloths . About 4 months ago she got hit with arthritis and was about to lose the use of her hands . She started taking the combination and the swelling has gone down .Might just be the medication too. Good luck with your scrolling . Cheers .
Roger

[Alynne]

Hi everyone my name is Alynne and i'm glad i found this sight i bought a scrolling magazine a while back that had the pattern and told how to make a graduation scrapbook cover out of wood i have the pattern but not the directions on what kind of wood to use or how thick it needs to be if anyone has this information and is willing to share it please let me know my e mail is sunshine200135@yahoo.com. and please put scrapbook cover in the subject line so i don't delete it i get alot of junk mail LOL

thanks for your help
Alynne

[lucky788scroller]

Hi and welcome Alynne, The graduation scrapbook cover was in the June 2007 issue of Creative Woodworks and cRafts magazine.Although you found the best message board scrollsawing related, that particular project was in what we call "the other" magazine. Still not a total loss by any means however, because the author and designer of that particular project hangs out on this site a lot, and is a frequent, and highly regarded asset to our little scrolling family here on the message board.Sue Mey is the one to look for on here, or her direct website is Free Scroll Saw Patterns, Artists Tips

Another useful link here, as long as am pasting links, is a link to SAW-online, at Scrollsaw Association of the World where I located the index of magazines and all the projects in them, which helped me locate the particular project you are referring to.Good luck, I hope I was helpful, if not, just holler again.

[Powakee]

Blaine, Welcome to this segment of woodworking. I made a piece for my daughter, maybe 14 or 15 years ago. It's been 'short amounts of time' ever since - and I mean real short, like eat, drink and sleep over scrolling. Then finding that new design; then, making your own design, then, cutting it out; then, it goes on and on and on and on and then, you come this web site and you find some pretty doggone nice folks to talk about why you only spend 'short amounts of time' doing this cutting thing!

I'm sure you'll enjoy your new saw. I've had a dewalt for just about 4 years now and it is the best saw I've used in all these years.

Welcome aboard.
John