red river Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Hi ya'll....Not much of a talker(typer). I am relatively new to scroll sawing and my name is Forrest. This is one heck of a website and I have picked up many tips and tricks by reading past entries into the General scroll sawing forums....Thanks for that. I was wondering if any of ya'll have done any Dearing patterns and do you use spiral blades exclusively....Thanks....Forrest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Well ome to The Village. I've cut several of charles' patterns and used a flat blade for 95% of the cuts. I only use spirals for the parts that I can't get to with flat blades. John B and stoney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Done quite a few,,, I use both spiral and flat.... Welcome to the forum... Glad you have joined us. Edited December 26, 2020 by Scrappile John B and stoney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Welcome to the Village Forrest! I have done several Dearing patterns. Mostly done with flat blades, but a few cuts with spirals. John B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red river Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Thanx for the replies...I just bought some FD spirals and trying to figure out on what kinds of patterns to use them on.Thinking of trying a portrait and am figuring that might be a place where they would be used. Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 welcome to the village Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Yes spirals are good for Portraits stoney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted December 26, 2020 Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 20 hours ago, red river said: Thanx for the replies...I just bought some FD spirals and trying to figure out on what kinds of patterns to use them on.Thinking of trying a portrait and am figuring that might be a place where they would be used. Correct? I've done no Charles Dearing patterns, but I make my own, sometimes from his inspiration. I have done 50+ portraits and I use Pegas 2/0 spirals exclusively. Once you get used to spirals, they allow so much versatility. stoney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 Like Kris I have not done any of Charles Dearing patterns, but I have done many portrait patterns. I use Pegas #2/0 and #0 Spiral blades. stoney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 I have done both Charles Dearing and Charles Hand patterns. I use both flat and spiral blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 I have cut many of Charles Dearing patterns some of them exclusively with spiral blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkey Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 9:42 PM, red river said: Thanx for the replies...I just bought some FD spirals and trying to figure out on what kinds of patterns to use them on.Thinking of trying a portrait and am figuring that might be a place where they would be used. Correct? I use the FD new 3/0 spirals on stack cut plywood up to 3/4” thick and 3/8” hardwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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