Thread: Buying a new saw please help

"can anyone give me a justification for buying it (I mean, what do I make with it? What are the standard beginner projects?)"

The fact is - YOU ARE A TOOL JUNKIE, - welcome to the club.
... you don't have to justify anything to your fellow addicts.

Gday Andrew, welcome to you and your saw!

Do a search for scrollsaw patterns or similar & you'll get some ideas.

Give you a tip, make something nice for the bride first, the brownie points will be invaluable when justifying this woodwork obsession or seeking forgiveness in future for more extravagent purchases .

Try the standard blades that come with the saw, then you might consider buying some proper blades (and possibly pinless blade adaptors to mount them to your machine). The stock blades will be pretty coarse and will limit what you can do, the difference between them and better blades (such as the flying dutchman blades available from Neil Schultz, Owen & Helen Harris, or mikesworkshop.com) is like night & day.

Check out the archives for a lot of useful info.

Regards & cheers.............Sean

Originally Posted by scooter

Thanks Brett, how's that P20 going?

Going very very well thankyou

Originally Posted by arose62

Does anyone have the heart to welcome me to this forum, as I'm now the proud owner of the $68 scroll saw as seen in the current Big-W catalogue.

Welcome to another area of wood working. If you want details of the Central Coast Scrollers let me know, we meet every second Saturday of the month at the Kariong club house. We come under the Central Coast Wood Turners group. We can help you out with learning a bit about scrolling