Oldmansbike Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 A lady I work with asked me today if I had a scroll saw. I told her I did and asked her why she wanted to know. She said she saw a book with some initials cut in it. It was about a 2 inch thick hardback book. The guy told her it was cut with a scroll saw. Has anyone here ever scrolled a book? I told her I might give it a try and see what happens. I would think you would want a bigger blade with a lot of space between the teeth to clean out the cut. What do you guys think? Thanks. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McDonald Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 I have cut about 100 sheets of paper before. Used a #5 skip tooth. Trick is to get it compressed between some sacrifical wood. It needs to be really tight. On 2 inches, you will probably need a 7 or 9 and don't plan on fine detail. Hardest part might be drilling entry holes. Paper drill bits were largely hollow back when I helped in a print shop. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) What type scrollsaw do you have. You are pushing the limits on alot of saws. Are you scrolling the cover only?? If so then you will need a spacer to accommodate the difference in height so you will be scrolling through 2" of material so the spacer should be something easily cut and no grain to it. Unless I am not understanding what you are doing. Edited June 27, 2018 by JTTHECLOCKMAN OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 A couple of years ago, one of my nieces came to me with three books she wanted to cut into her initials. We sat down with some graph paper and got the initials drawn. The we wropped the books really tight with saran wrap (like shrink wrap). We sprayed the initials and glued them to the books and she went to work cutting. We found out that the saran wrap stuck when she tried to slide it on the saw table. So, we glued some paper to the back of the books. If I recall, I had her using a #7 FD-UR blade for the cutting and it took about five blades. They dull down pretty quickly when cutting paper and cardboard. But the work gave her the results she wanted. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmansbike Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I have a 26 inch Hawk and I think she wants it cut like the picture tgiro posted. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfret Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I use a #9 after nailing the book together in the waste don't recommend a reverse tooth blade as the dust stays in the kerf. Fredfret OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 I have seen some hardcover books that had a portion of the paper cut out in the middle - it was used as a home safe for jewelry! bb OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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