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All right, I'll admit it. My latest scroll saw project was cutting out a blank for a Welsh Lovespoon I'm going to carve. But to make it a good ss practice project, I treated it as if I wasn't going to carve it afterwards <grin>.
I learned several things:
1. Don't cut out the side profile on the bandsaw before cutting out the main profile.
2. If you do have a lapse of jusdgement and cut out the side profile before cutting out the main profile, take the time to sand it flush before trying to cut on the scroll saw.
3. Don't think it's a waste of time to change from a #3 blade to a #5 blade to cut out the outside of the spoon--it's a lot easier to cut along a line!
4. It's easier to use one hand to lift up the dust blower than it is to try to force the blower up using the ss blank
5. Just because you can use a big drill bit for the blade entry holes doesn't mean that you should--if it moves, you have a much bigger hole to deal with
6. If you don't think you can make a sharp turn, turn the saw off and come into the cut from the other side--else you run the risk of cutting into your non-scrap wood.
Bob
I learned several things:
1. Don't cut out the side profile on the bandsaw before cutting out the main profile.
2. If you do have a lapse of jusdgement and cut out the side profile before cutting out the main profile, take the time to sand it flush before trying to cut on the scroll saw.
3. Don't think it's a waste of time to change from a #3 blade to a #5 blade to cut out the outside of the spoon--it's a lot easier to cut along a line!
4. It's easier to use one hand to lift up the dust blower than it is to try to force the blower up using the ss blank
5. Just because you can use a big drill bit for the blade entry holes doesn't mean that you should--if it moves, you have a much bigger hole to deal with
6. If you don't think you can make a sharp turn, turn the saw off and come into the cut from the other side--else you run the risk of cutting into your non-scrap wood.
Bob
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