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Scroll Saw Shell


britetomro

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Got started back in November on something a little different. Making Scroll Saw Shells. The one below is my 4th one. The first one was cut and assembled without any sanding or finish. The second one was a Christmas gift and this one sits on my office desk. This shell is made from a simple 2x4 which was about  21" long. This is then cut into 3 7" long pieces. These pieces are then cut at an angle to yield 6 wedges. This shell uses 5 of these wedges. The 5 wedges were then cut with the scroll saw and provided 57 individual segments. The hard part now starts with the assembly, shaping and sanding. The finish is approx 5 coats of hand rubbed Tung oil. The stand is a piece of a Palm tree with dowels to support the Shell. Hope you like the results.

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Thanks for the comments. The shells are really somewhat easy to cut. I purchased an e-Book from a guy named Steve Garrison a few years ago about the Shells. Did not get started for one reason or the other. Found a few months ago that he had created a facebook account dedicated to the Scroll Saw Shells. There are also a few videos he and others have posted on youtube about making the Shells. If interested I would suggest checking these areas out. I took the wooden one to our Scroll Saw meeting in November and was asked to be the guest speaker during our January meeting which is this Thursday. I have cut two other Shells since November and will post photos of one of them probably tomorrow and have not taken photos of the latest one since I have not finished the stand. These are a lot of fun however if you do not like sanding do not go down this path. They do tale quite a bit of sanding but the results are worth the effort.

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Got started back in November on something a little different. Making Scroll Saw Shells. The one below is my 4th one. The first one was cut and assembled without any sanding or finish. The second one was a Christmas gift and this one sits on my office desk. This shell is made from a simple 2x4 which was about  21" long. This is then cut into 3 7" long pieces. These pieces are then cut at an angle to yield 6 wedges. This shell uses 5 of these wedges. The 5 wedges were then cut with the scroll saw and provided 57 individual segments. The hard part now starts with the assembly, shaping and sanding. The finish is approx 5 coats of hand rubbed Tung oil. The stand is a piece of a Palm tree with dowels to support the Shell. Hope you like the results.

Your quality minded to have one come out so good looking .Thanks for showing ,keep them coming

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