am making scroll sawed chess pieces, (from Diana Thompsons book) what I'd like to know is whether or not there is such a thing as "Too tight" blade tension! I would have guessed that as long as the blade can take it, there would abe NO such thing as too much tension! AM at a loss as to why I am getting little troughs or the opposite when I make just some of the particular tight turns?
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if a blade is too tight it will fail prematurely. As for the tight turns, you need to let the saw catch up. No pressure on the blade. Then make your turn. Cut slowly. Sharp blades are a must. A steady pressure while advancing the cut is also important.
If you don`t take the forward pressure off the cut just before you make the turn the center of the blade can lag or wow, causing that dished look.CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ"proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net."Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21
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It would be truly helpful if all publications were to clearly state on each pattern "enlarge pattern by x% for full size" or something like that which would clue the user in. But I'm like Rolf....I change the size of every pattern to get what I want.
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by RolfI agree with you Mark, I am constantly changing or adapting my patterns to suit my taste or the size of the wood that is available to me. Thinking about electronic versions of the patterns, that would be great. But very hard to control. It amazes me how many people have no scruples about sharing....
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Reply to Peanuts #1by RolfBruce I just looked up the Pegas blade and the Flying Dutchman puzzle blade.
Pegas TPI 28.2 Thickness .087" Width .0236"
FD TPI 31 Thickness .08 Width.023
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Optical illusion segmentation - simple project. I used birch plywood 1/6 inch, mdf for background and wood stains, also could be made of 3 types of wood.
Project size 6 x 5,5 inches
And my collection of such trivets
Video of making trivet
Trivet pattern
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by Quartz43Perhaps, we could hear from Fox. Maybe they could try some things and see if it makes things better. Or, they can just keep doing the things the same way.
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