oldhudson Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 I was wondering if any of you have tried using ceiling fan blades for scroll work. I replaced a ceiling fan this summer and kept the 5 very nice looking blades. new2woodwrk, OCtoolguy and Tomanydogs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, oldhudson said: I was wondering if any of you have tried using ceiling fan blades for scroll work. I replaced a ceiling fan this summer and kept the 5 very nice looking blades. Now that is thinking outside the box for sure.... I've used cedar siding, 2x4's, pallet wood, and all manner of white wood, but never ceiling fan blades Parked and reading OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl S Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 Only one way to find out,---Try It!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badgerboy Posted August 31, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 Not really scrollsaw work but my wife and I made these last week with fan blades and an old desk leg. Everyone around heres to love dragon flies. wombatie, Jim McDonald, new2woodwrk and 10 others 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Badgerboy said: Not really scrollsaw work but my wife and I made these last week with fan blades and an old desk leg. Everyone around heres to love dragon flies. Very creative and imaginative. I like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 I HAVE made new fan blades from BB Plywood. Just trace and painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 1:04 PM, Badgerboy said: Not really scrollsaw work but my wife and I made these last week with fan blades and an old desk leg. Everyone around heres to love dragon flies. My wife made a couple last year. She has them hanging on the side of the garage,, I always seem to whack my head on one of them when walking by. Badgerboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 I did try and use fan blades but found out that they chip and is not real wood. just my opinion. new2woodwrk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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