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Posted
18 hours ago, new2woodwrk said:

Nicely done, I tried to make a cross this weekend, can't cut a straight line if my life depended on it

   What blade and what was the wood you were trying to cut? I often has a lot to do with success or failure.

Dick

heppnerguy

Posted
14 hours ago, amazingkevin said:

Good choice of projects! I,ve never found a Jesus portrait I liked they all look like the zig zag man, no disrespect given.

 this one is really a nice pattern when seen in life. I understand what you are talking about but this one does not look that way when seen in person. Really.....

Dick

heppnerguy

Posted
2 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

   What blade and what was the wood you were trying to cut? I often has a lot to do with success or failure.

Dick

heppnerguy

I was using Pine, with a Pegas 12 M.G. - but today I was cutting maple with a pegas 3  m.g.

Posted
1 hour ago, new2woodwrk said:

I was using Pine, with a Pegas 12 M.G. - but today I was cutting maple with a pegas 3  m.g.

I believe Pine is too soft a wood for trying to cut well on a scroll saw.  Your blade choose was too large also. If I were going to cut something similar to what I posted above, I would use 1/4 to 3/8 inch maximum thickness and use the Pegas 3MG or even down to a 1 MG blade. Go slow  and do not push your wood but rather let the blade to the cutting. I would put my saw speed about  1/3 speed for control.  Not too slow but not very fast either. Let me know how things are going for you with the Maple and the #3 blade you are using

Dick

heppnerguy

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