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    Hi guys,

    So I’ve been playing and made a couple of things to start to learn the art of scrolling.

    My main inspiration has been to make clock wheels and so I’ve done a few different projects to try to get a feel for the scroll saw.

    My first effort ever was a wile e coyote “splat” cutout I did on the Ryobi.



    I didn’t imagine I could really stuff this up! It was really fun and a great introduction to handling the piece on the saw.



    Then I did some gears with templates made on Mathias’ site.





    A dolphin riding a wave for my daughter - turned out way better than I ever imagined! I took a similar design from the web but used Adobe Illustrator to create the paths manually myself.



    This was hardwood and took much more concentration and effort than the ply work I’d been doing but I was thrilled with the precision I got as a complete newbie, so that inspired me further and after returning the Ryobi I bit the bullet and came home with this baby:





    And today decided to try a dice cube block puzzle for my son.

    This was two pieces glued to make a 5x5cm cube (got pretty accurate but not really great) and then found my ambition had exceeded my ability!

    I ended up with a bow in one of the cuts when exiting the piece and the cutting was excruciatingly slow work - I tried several blades -the original one the Carbatec came with snapped early on and I switched in an Olsen 5R which didn’t cut as easily as I’d hoped (based on the dolphin experience on the cheap saw!) and I ended up working through with some 18TPI fretsaw blades from ‘nnings.

    So sadly the wood seemed too hard and progress was frustratingly slow, lots of chatter and difficulty with the template dragging on the workpiece hold down and lifting. Much to be learned with handling these super hard larger blocks that’s for sure!

    In the end I abandoned the job with only one axis cut - one piece slides perfectly both ways the other binds in one direction. The additional cuts for the other axis combined with the issues associated with doing it taped up etc has led me to go back to simpler materials and start the first wheel for my clock.

    Still, my son will still appreciate this!

    Maybe should have left it like this:





    Enjoying the process immensely, happy to receive advice, suggestions of course. I’m researching on the web and YouTube but mostly I’m guessing I’ll have to make my own mistakes!

    Will


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    G'Day Will,
    From what I saw in your photos, you're doing pretty good sir...
    Keep up the practice as that'll make you prefect ...
    I've signed up to watch your clock progress too so also appreciate these fun scrolls...well done.
    Cheers, crowie

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    I made a new cube this time in pine and had some real success with a cube puzzle.

    It kept the kids quiet for about 10 minutes!





    It really is extraordinary how intricate the inner cuts come out.


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    Hi Will you have some nice projects there .Love your new saw ,same as mine except when I bought mine it was called a "General" Is your's a 16 or 21 Inch. You wont be regretting buying that machine as it is a delight to use.

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    I have the 16” as it is more than enough for my needs.
    It was a stretch going from 799 to 999 for the tilting head but I think the 21 was 1199 so I let my sense get the better of me! (Well and truly after it had bolted far enough for SWMBO to voice some “concerns”)


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    great start you will be happy with the saw a copy of the excalibur.Helen and Owen Harris are a top supplier of scroll saw bits and pieces. If I can make a suggestion down the track I would recommend getting the Precision Ground top and bottom blade holders [Helen has them] they improve the blade attaching and less wearing parts .I found that with the original blade holder on the bottom it would eventually split no matter how careful you attached a blade.

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