kmmcrafts Posted February 22, 2018 Report Posted February 22, 2018 I recorded this a few days ago, and uploaded it to instagram.. if you're following me on there then don't bother watching it again LOL .. Just thought I'd put it on my youtube channel.. Nothing special.. just a 57 second cutting out one small section.. Was using a FD - NS #1 stack cutting only 2 pieces of 1/8" BB ply.. lawson56, stoney, Lucky2 and 1 other 1 3 Quote
rjweb Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 It’s always fun watching someone else work, when I tried spiral blades it did not work well, RJ kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
Lucky2 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks Kevin, cool video. Len OCtoolguy 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Posted February 23, 2018 Yeah, I don't use them very much.. and it's takes me a few cuts to get the hang of it after not doing it for a long time.. This was the first time in like 6-8 months that Id used them.. as you can see.. I did a few practice cuts before I put the camera on it, LOL OCtoolguy 1 Quote
hotshot Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Grandad had an old van from the 50s, steering wheel had so much play you might mess your pants. So spirals, I like "playing with them" and perhaps when I'm feeling a little on the wild side, I'll break them out again :-) I just haven't found anything I couldn't do with the straight blades. I like sharp corners, and control. If I were doing huge fretwork pieces, Dearing style, then those blades suddenly start making a lot of sense. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
lawson56 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks I really ejoyed it.You made it look so easy.I have tried them on several occasions.I guess I will stick with Regular blades. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Posted February 23, 2018 10 hours ago, lawson56 said: Thanks I really ejoyed it.You made it look so easy.I have tried them on several occasions.I guess I will stick with Regular blades. I showed this to my brother ( also a woodworker and putz around in scroll work ) He said "hey isn't that cheating" LOL... I said depends on how you look at it.. It's nice not to have to spin the wood around.. especially something large.. but those blades like to take the path of least resistance.. and you find the soft spots in the wood real quick.. I'm not certain if it's really easier or not.. just a different method of cutting.. and I like to mix it up now and then.. helps keep my skills up.. lawson56 1 Quote
stoney Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks for posting the video Kevin. I have found with a little practice FD new spirals are very useful. I cut a lot of portraits almost exclusively with spiral blades. Anyone that doubts the kind of fine detail that can be cut with precision with spirals only has to go look at some of Charles Dearing's videos on Youtube. I prefer spirals for portraits I cut especially in 1/8 and 1/4 inch Baltic birch plywood, for one thing it saves a heck of a lot of twisting and turning the work piece. LOL kmmcrafts 1 Quote
Sparkey Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 I use spiral blades most of the time. The main difference is I turn the wood just like you would using a flat blade. stoney 1 Quote
stoney Posted February 25, 2018 Report Posted February 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Sparkey said: I use spiral blades most of the time. The main difference is I turn the wood just like you would using a flat blade. I don't particularly like pushing the material to the left or right unless it is a short distance or it is so large I can't turn it, but pushing back or drawing it forward is fine. So what I'm trying to say is I kind of use a spiral like you do Rusty. Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Posted February 25, 2018 I almost always cut pushing the wood straight toward the back much like I do with the straight blade.. In the video I posted.. I didn't do that simply because I wanted to show how they can cut any direction.. but like you all said.. I don't usually do much side to side cutting.. stoney 1 Quote
amazingkevin Posted February 27, 2018 Report Posted February 27, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 3:03 PM, kmmcrafts said: I recorded this a few days ago, and uploaded it to instagram.. if you're following me on there then don't bother watching it again LOL .. Just thought I'd put it on my youtube channel.. Nothing special.. just a 57 second cutting out one small section.. Was using a FD - NS #1 stack cutting only 2 pieces of 1/8" BB ply.. Good thing about spirals is no constant turning with them.Nice video to show the tricks of the trade slow and easy with a spiral.!!!!!!!!! stoney 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 27, 2018 Author Report Posted February 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, amazingkevin said: Good thing about spirals is no constant turning with them.Nice video to show the tricks of the trade slow and easy with a spiral.!!!!!!!!! Thank you.. You use spirals? I don't use them very often.. that was about the first time in about 6-8 months I think.. Quote
rdatelle Posted February 27, 2018 Report Posted February 27, 2018 I tried the spiral blade to a couple of times but just couldn't get used to it. I'll have to keep trying I guess. stoney 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 28, 2018 Author Report Posted February 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, rdatelle said: I tried the spiral blade to a couple of times but just couldn't get used to it. I'll have to keep trying I guess. They do take quite a little practice to get used to them.. Quote
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