Kragax Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 I have been experimenting with some puzzles and had trouble with some chip outs do to the softness of the wood. So in my infinite wisdom thought Id try something. I got some 1" oak and started another puzzle. HA! I wont be doing that again soon. I got it done and it turned out nice but what a lot of work that was. I looked at the hardness scale and found oak in the 1300's. Guess I need to back down a few notches. To do this right you need a small blade and needless to say, I went through quite a few lawson56, Lucky2 and Scrolling Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 8 hours ago, Kragax said: I have been experimenting with some puzzles and had trouble with some chip outs do to the softness of the wood. So in my infinite wisdom thought Id try something. I got some 1" oak and started another puzzle. HA! I wont be doing that again soon. I got it done and it turned out nice but what a lot of work that was. I looked at the hardness scale and found oak in the 1300's. Guess I need to back down a few notches. To do this right you need a small blade and needless to say, I went through quite a few I don't have any trouble with red oak but white oak is a different story. WayneMahler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Live and learn !....I do every day SCROLLSAW703 and WayneMahler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Try a different style or Brand of Blades IKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Yeah I cut quite a lot of Red Oak and Cherry.. White oak is tough but I still haven't had too much trouble with it.. though I haven't cut a lot of white oak.. Now.. Jatoba I think is the name also known as Brazilian Cherry.. I think rocks would cut better than that stuff, LOL I've cut some zebra wood and purple heart that is also some dense wood.. but nothing even close to that Brazilian Cherry LOL Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I make puzzles out of a variety of woods including red and white oak. My blade of choice for oak in a Pegas MG in either #3 or #5. Try the same puzzle using 3/4 oak and one of those blades. By the way what kind of wood is chipping out on you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragax Posted November 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I was a piece of cedar. The oak was white and worked good just too hard. My Hawk curt it but I don't like it much. Went to get some cherry today but wasn't wide enough and I donr fell like gluing it up so I got some poplar to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Eastern red cedar is very brittle. It is subject to cracking and splitting. Western cedar is soft. While not impossible neither would be my choice for a puzzle. Poplar should work out just fine. amazingkevin and stoney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poupster2 Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 I like cherry and Poplar for puzzles. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doyle miller Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 You might have picked up white oak . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Plywood never let me down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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