Montserrat Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Another set of puzzles from Saburo Oguro as found in the German scroll saw magazine. I stack-cut the first set (poplar and oak 1/2" each), it went perfectly. I tried the second set (walnut and oak 3/4" each), and it all went wrong. Even though, I was careful to let the blade do the walking, I could see after the first two elephants came out, that the bottom pieces were increasing, i.e. the blade was bending. So I undid the stack and had to switch to poplar. I then cut the pieces separately. But as you can see in the picture there are bit gaps, when mixing and matching. This puts me back to the problem with inlays. Obviously I can't figure out the right blade for cutting two pieces of 3/4" hardwood stacked. I used an OLSON MACH 9R. I had previously bought the OLSON Scroll Blades for Thick wood, but I cannot make any tight turns with those. The Blade will bend but not go around the curve unless it is rather big. Sorry if I am mixing bragging and asking for advice here. Hope that is ok with forum etiquette. bobscroll, Lucky2, Dave Monk and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Monti, Nice work indeed! But I'm jealous; how did you get a copy of the German magazine? I need it bad bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Excellent work Monti. The thickest hardwood I've cut is 1" even though my scrollsaw can cut up to 2" thickness. I use the Olson brand blades and when cutting any hardwood with a lot of corners I'll use a #5 skip tooth. If I was stack cutting two ¾" pieces of hardwood I would still only use a #5, double check my table is parallel to my blade. I would start cutting my pattern counter clock wise. But do a test cut first. Slow Down the speed accordingly and change blades when I notce more force is required. This is my opinion only and may not be the correct way. Lucky2 and bobscroll 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) The absolutely best blade I have found for cutting 3/4" puzzles from hardwoods (cherry, canarywood, walnut, padauk, maple, etc) are the Pegas Modified Geometry Blades #3-#7. I used to use Flying Dutchman ultra reverse #5,7 but found the Pegas blades are much superior to the Flying Dutchman blades for cutting hardwood puzzles. Edited January 25, 2016 by orangeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Absolutely the cutest jig saw puzzles I have ever see, well cut too. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nicely done Monti, I like his patterns. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kywoodmaster Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Those look great. If you use the Olsen blades try the PGT series. I have cut 1 3/4 oak with the. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonR Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Where can you find his patterns? Don R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 I took the liberty of contacting the magazine editor and he sent me this information on trying to purchase an issue. Not sure on the exchange rate and shipping cost, but I will probably go for it and buy one. Wonder how this German magazine got the designer to agree to work with them and fox chapel publishing could not. Let me know if you order a copy and how it works for you. jim penquin Dear Mr Mc Guire, our magazine is only sold here in Germany. You can order it in our onlineshop http://www.drechslermagazin.net/dmshop/ and you have the possibility to pay it with PayPal. When we got your order, we will send it to you to Los Angeles. Best regards Ines Santoro DrechslerMagazin & FEINSCHNITTkreativ Verlag Holger Graf Hauptstrasse 28 78247 Hilzingen Deutschland Tel.: +49 (0)7731 183738 Fax.: +49 (0)7731 183739 info@drechslermagazin.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Very nice scrolling there Monti, Thank you for the photo's, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranMike Harley Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Love the patterns !! Nice work there, Monti... They would look great in any toddlers room !! Thanks for sharing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Another set of puzzles from Saburo Oguro as found in the German scroll saw magazine. I stack-cut the first set (poplar and oak 1/2" each), it went perfectly. I tried the second set (walnut and oak 3/4" each), and it all went wrong. Even though, I was careful to let the blade do the walking, I could see after the first two elephants came out, that the bottom pieces were increasing, i.e. the blade was bending. So I undid the stack and had to switch to poplar. I then cut the pieces separately. But as you can see in the picture there are bit gaps, when mixing and matching. This puts me back to the problem with inlays. Obviously I can't figure out the right blade for cutting two pieces of 3/4" hardwood stacked. I used an OLSON MACH 9R. I had previously bought the OLSON Scroll Blades for Thick wood, but I cannot make any tight turns with those. The Blade will bend but not go around the curve unless it is rather big. Sorry if I am mixing bragging and asking for advice here. Hope that is ok with forum etiquette. Quality work and like your comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Nice work...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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