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Hi to all
Just wanted to introduce myself, and to say that I'm very happy to have found this forum. I spent several hours last night reading and learning as part of my preparation for jumping into scrolling in the very near future.
My grandfather was a jigsaw puzzle cutter in Massachusetts in the 30s and 40s, and for many years I have considered doing it myself, for fun and (hopefully) profit. Recently, I joined my wife in working a couple of die-cut puzzles and I told her, "You've GOT to try my grandfather's puzzles!" Well, that did it. Hand-cut puzzles are so incredibly much more fun and aesthetically pleasing that there's no comparison. The only reason that I haven't ordered a saw yet is that I need to give full attention to my regular work for another week or so, and a new toy would be too much of a distraction. My attention level has been shot enough with all the research I've been doing the past couple of weeks.
I hope to emulate my grandfather's relatively unique cutting style, which should help to differentiate my products despite my not having a lot of scroll saw experience. His work has received a good amount of attention from collectors and historians, so I feel I have a good standard to aim for. I'll talk more about products and post pictures of his and my work when I feel I am ready to really "go public". The plan is to make a hundred or so puzzles for the dustbin, friends and family before I offer any for sale or display anything online.
Yes, I've seen Carter's work and he is a fine craftsman. I'll no doubt have lots of questions for him when I actually get started. I need to call Mike about blades, too.
For a saw, I'm leaning toward the Delta P-20 as it seems to have the best combination of features for me. This was a tough choice, especially flying in the face of the popularity of the Dewalt DW788. I'd REALLY like an Eclipse and have talked to the very amiable Ernie Mellon about them, but the budget won't stand one just yet.
I hope I haven't offended anyone with the crassness of my commercial aims in light of having nearly zero experience at scrolling. There's nothing so obnoxious as an upstart, but OTOH I can't think of anything I'd enjoy more than making fine jigsaw puzzles.
All the best,
Pete
My grandfather was a jigsaw puzzle cutter in Massachusetts in the 30s and 40s, and for many years I have considered doing it myself, for fun and (hopefully) profit. Recently, I joined my wife in working a couple of die-cut puzzles and I told her, "You've GOT to try my grandfather's puzzles!" Well, that did it. Hand-cut puzzles are so incredibly much more fun and aesthetically pleasing that there's no comparison. The only reason that I haven't ordered a saw yet is that I need to give full attention to my regular work for another week or so, and a new toy would be too much of a distraction. My attention level has been shot enough with all the research I've been doing the past couple of weeks.
I hope to emulate my grandfather's relatively unique cutting style, which should help to differentiate my products despite my not having a lot of scroll saw experience. His work has received a good amount of attention from collectors and historians, so I feel I have a good standard to aim for. I'll talk more about products and post pictures of his and my work when I feel I am ready to really "go public". The plan is to make a hundred or so puzzles for the dustbin, friends and family before I offer any for sale or display anything online.
Yes, I've seen Carter's work and he is a fine craftsman.
I'll no doubt have lots of questions for him when I actually get started. I need to call Mike about blades, too.For a saw, I'm leaning toward the Delta P-20 as it seems to have the best combination of features for me. This was a tough choice, especially flying in the face of the popularity of the Dewalt DW788. I'd REALLY like an Eclipse and have talked to the very amiable Ernie Mellon about them, but the budget won't stand one just yet.
I hope I haven't offended anyone with the crassness of my commercial aims in light of having nearly zero experience at scrolling. There's nothing so obnoxious as an upstart, but OTOH I can't think of anything I'd enjoy more than making fine jigsaw puzzles.
All the best,
Pete
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