Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:14 am
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Scroll sawing into insanity
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Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:49 pm
Beave2012 wrote:I really like the cross on the left. Does she still have the pattern? Would she be willing to share?jsburger wrote:Don't worry, it will be no different than the small work. It will just take longer. Actually it will probably be easier since the internal cuts/openings are larger. Go for it with no reservations.Beave2012 wrote:I've done a fair amount of small fretwork on my scroll Saw, so I decide to do something larger and found this pattern online and printed it across 18 pages in tiles and patched them together. This is the start of the project after assembling the pattern.
It's about 27" wide at some points so I will need to get used to a spiral blade, not to mention this is the first time I have enlarged fretwork, usually i make it so small its crazy difficult. Should be a fun project. I will either do plywood or glue up some board, not entirely sure, I dislike the edges of plywood, but it would be much easier to prep.
This post is my motivation to complete it. Any guess on what it is?
Edit: that is a d-cell battery for scale.
My wife does it all the time. She has not done anything quite that large but she thinks the larger pieces are easier since the cuts don't have to be so precise.
The picture is of a couple of her crosses.
These are some of my more intricate designs so far. Reduced them to about 60% scale so those tiny internal cuttings (and those thorns... so tiny... so aggravating). So happy to enlarge something for a change.
Beave,
We would love to share but the pattern is copyrighted and I can't be posted here. It is from the book...
Decorative & Ornamental Scroll Saw Patterns
by Patrick Spielman & Dirk Boelman
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:34 pm
Ahhh, that's OK. I may have to add that book to the collection.
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:51 pm
Did you get my PM?Beave2012 wrote:Ahhh, that's OK. I may have to add that book to the collection.
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:47 pm
Decided on mahogany and most likely maple. Here is the start of the long road ahead
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Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:23 pm
Wood almost ready to go. Last bunch drying. I must say the mahogany was easy. The hard maple was rough, but I got it wrangled in.
This will be the largest scroll Saw project I have ever attempted. Just look at that backer in comparison to the 520 table fence.
This will be the largest scroll Saw project I have ever attempted. Just look at that backer in comparison to the 520 table fence.
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Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 6:15 pm
Cut all the extra wood off outside the pattern before you start scrolling.Beave2012 wrote:Wood almost ready to go. Last bunch drying. I must say the mahogany was easy. The hard maple was rough, but I got it wrangled in.
This will be the largest scroll Saw project I have ever attempted. Just look at that backer in comparison to the 520 table fence.
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 6:33 pm
Oh, I will definitely trim it close, but not to close. I still have to run my painters tape and glue down the patterns. It's still ridiculously large for a 20" scroll Saw. I'll start the fretwork next weekend and just prepping wood til thenjsburger wrote:
Cut all the extra wood off outside the pattern before you start scrolling.
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:45 pm
Yup, painters tape on both sides. Size wise, don't worry. You have a scroll saw with the largest table/throat in the industry. Go for it with confidence.Beave2012 wrote:Oh, I will definitely trim it close, but not to close. I still have to run my painters tape and glue down the patterns. It's still ridiculously large for a 20" scroll Saw. I'll start the fretwork next weekend and just prepping wood til thenjsburger wrote:
Cut all the extra wood off outside the pattern before you start scrolling.
Re: Scroll sawing into insanity
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:27 pm
Largest in the industry or not, the pattern is 18x28. My project is just to big. Lol.
I've never done painters tape on both sides. Should help with tearout I assume?
I think I'll be spending an hour or more just at the drill press after that.
I've never done painters tape on both sides. Should help with tearout I assume?
I think I'll be spending an hour or more just at the drill press after that.