My Scrolling journey..............So far
I first saw a scroll saw being used in Jan 2016 & never having seen or even heard of one before, did a bit of research & purchased a Record 16 inch from Yandles & after a bit of practice decided to make a Wolfs Head clock that I posted on the forum, The whole thing took about 6 hrs from start to finish with the Record saw performing well after a lot of modifications that included removing all the side panels so that I would be able to change the pinless blades without re-training as a circus contortionist , also sanding the rough finished table to 600 grit as it was originally finished to about 20 grit which made it vey difficult to make a smooth cut.
Then after watching a you tube video showing a guy assembling a large & very beautiful wall mounted clock he had made & decided that I wanted to make something less elaborate but equally rewarding so designed a wall mounted clock of my own but when I did a rough check & counted over 500 internal cuts which would mean De-tensioning, Removing the blade, Finding the 2mm Alan key that gets lost without fail on the messy workbench, Removing the top clamp, Fitting the blade through the next hole, Re-fitting the clamp, Re-fitting blade to saw & finally Re-tensioning blade before the next cut would make me loose the will to live.
For most normal people the Record saw would be a good purchase & this is not meant to be a criticism of it at all.
So....Axminster's Ten Turner's Turning day saw me having a long conversation with the nice chap doing the scroll saw demo using the revamped Excalibur machine with the quick change blade system, Fantastic piece of kit that I purchased with the stand.
I have today finished the 3 main front sections, each made using 4 strips of 6mm Sapele glued together to get the width needed
If anyone can be bothered to read all of my drivel right to the end I will be updating this thread with pictures as and when I progress further down the road to insanity..
Regards Toonie
I first saw a scroll saw being used in Jan 2016 & never having seen or even heard of one before, did a bit of research & purchased a Record 16 inch from Yandles & after a bit of practice decided to make a Wolfs Head clock that I posted on the forum, The whole thing took about 6 hrs from start to finish with the Record saw performing well after a lot of modifications that included removing all the side panels so that I would be able to change the pinless blades without re-training as a circus contortionist , also sanding the rough finished table to 600 grit as it was originally finished to about 20 grit which made it vey difficult to make a smooth cut.
Then after watching a you tube video showing a guy assembling a large & very beautiful wall mounted clock he had made & decided that I wanted to make something less elaborate but equally rewarding so designed a wall mounted clock of my own but when I did a rough check & counted over 500 internal cuts which would mean De-tensioning, Removing the blade, Finding the 2mm Alan key that gets lost without fail on the messy workbench, Removing the top clamp, Fitting the blade through the next hole, Re-fitting the clamp, Re-fitting blade to saw & finally Re-tensioning blade before the next cut would make me loose the will to live.
For most normal people the Record saw would be a good purchase & this is not meant to be a criticism of it at all.
So....Axminster's Ten Turner's Turning day saw me having a long conversation with the nice chap doing the scroll saw demo using the revamped Excalibur machine with the quick change blade system, Fantastic piece of kit that I purchased with the stand.
I have today finished the 3 main front sections, each made using 4 strips of 6mm Sapele glued together to get the width needed
If anyone can be bothered to read all of my drivel right to the end I will be updating this thread with pictures as and when I progress further down the road to insanity..
Regards Toonie