tomsteve Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) ive been pickin awaynat the tiger swallowtail butterfly over the last few weeks but have been having a problem with tbe blades comin loose in the clamps and blades breaking. cleanedand scuffed the clamps and looked at a few possibilities, but still had the problem. i was beginning to think tbe fd spirals might have had some flaws in a batch. welp, i had another project to kick out yesterday. using the fd spirals.different material,same problem. then....i stopped to get a pencil out of a drawer,there was my 8 by 12 carpenters square telling me," check to see if upper arm is parallel with the table." upper arm was 1/4" higher at the blade. realigned it and what a difference!!! no more blade problems. last nights project i was halfway through when i did that and the second half took half the time. think i might make some serious progress on the tiger swallowtail today. funny thing is i read about the parallel thing a while ago and completely forgot about it. oh....heres the project i was workin on Edited December 6, 2015 by tomsteve oneleggimp and Lucky2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Nice work. Glad you got your problem straightened out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Cute cutting. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteve Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 ive been able to get a lot done on the tiger swallowtail now. unfurtunately my back doesnt want to cooperate with my desire to get r done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 ive been pickin awaynat the tiger swallowtail butterfly over the last few weeks but have been having a problem with tbe blades comin loose in the clamps and blades breaking. cleanedand scuffed the clamps and looked at a few possibilities, but still had the problem. i was beginning to think tbe fd spirals might have had some flaws in a batch. welp, i had another project to kick out yesterday. using the fd spirals.different material,same problem. then....i stopped to get a pencil out of a drawer,there was my 8 by 12 carpenters square telling me," check to see if upper arm is parallel with the table." upper arm was 1/4" higher at the blade. realigned it and what a difference!!! no more blade problems. last nights project i was halfway through when i did that and the second half took half the time. think i might make some serious progress on the tiger swallowtail today. funny thing is i read about the parallel thing a while ago and completely forgot about it. oh....heres the project i was workin on Always the simple things rack our brains thinking it a major repair.Good for you! :cool: :cool: :cool: tomsteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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