(If the picture doesn't come through, someone please tell me how to do it. It's not showing up on the preview, but I'm not sure how it will come out, so I'll give it a try.)
Thought I'd post a picture of my latest basket project. I transitioned from making collapsible baskets on the bandsaw to the scrollsaw for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with a desire to retain all 10 fingers. I also wanted to experiment with using lamination decoratively, not just to use up spare scraps of wood. The basket is walnut and maple, with purpleheart accents. The screws on the side, on which the basket swivels, are plugged with 3/8" plugs of purpleheart. (Real easy to do, and much nicer than countersunk screws.) I used a #7 blade to cut out the basket, and a #12 blade to cut the insert--both to remove it and to do the spiral (3 1/2 degree angle). I find the larger blades are easier to use when the wood is thick and the pattern is not too complicated. I'm trying to get others in the woodshop I belong to interested in scrolling as a "real" tool, not a "girl" tool. Hope you like my basket.
Carole
Thought I'd post a picture of my latest basket project. I transitioned from making collapsible baskets on the bandsaw to the scrollsaw for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with a desire to retain all 10 fingers. I also wanted to experiment with using lamination decoratively, not just to use up spare scraps of wood. The basket is walnut and maple, with purpleheart accents. The screws on the side, on which the basket swivels, are plugged with 3/8" plugs of purpleheart. (Real easy to do, and much nicer than countersunk screws.) I used a #7 blade to cut out the basket, and a #12 blade to cut the insert--both to remove it and to do the spiral (3 1/2 degree angle). I find the larger blades are easier to use when the wood is thick and the pattern is not too complicated. I'm trying to get others in the woodshop I belong to interested in scrolling as a "real" tool, not a "girl" tool. Hope you like my basket.
Carole
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