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Guide for cutting straight or with an angle on my Excalibur


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1 hour ago, planeur said:

Yes I know that 😉, but I want to cut very small pieces, to small for the tablesaw, and I want the most precision as possible!

Cutting by following a line is ok for me ,  but I need precision at the .002/3 " and very straight as on the tablesaw.

I did that to make some tests, not yet finish

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The problem as I see it is how to control the deviation of the blade? It will always want to wander.

 

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Just use a straight piece of 1 x 2 clamped to the table, adjust until the fence is the distance you want from the blade, and use a spiral blade.

If you feed the piece at an angle to the table (not 90 degrees but say 15 degrees so that the piece being cut bypasses the arm of the saw) you can have unlimited length of cut.

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So if I understand well the spiral blade does not deviate as the regular blade , and give a better straight cut ? Just buy recently those blades , but did not yet cut so  much pieces. Thanks Wichman I will try it.

And Jerry I did your tip cutting oversize and sanding after, and I will try it  on my future cutting.

To small pieces for the bandsaw as for tablesaw.

Well,  thanks everyone

Will come back with my tries!😉

 

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19 hours ago, OCtoolguy said:

I recently posted something like that but everybody said they just learned to cut straight with practice. A fence or miter gauge type thing really isn't a necessity on a scroll saw.

 

 

 

 

19 hours ago, OCtoolguy said:

Ray did you made that adjustable fence you are showing ? Give me some ideas.....!😉

 

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2 hours ago, planeur said:

 

 

No, it was on Instructables and when I saw it I liked the idea. But none of my saws have tables that would accept something like it. I posted the idea and the link to the article here for others that might want to do it. It was not well received for the reasons stated above. I understand what you are wanting to do and I think a straight edge with 2 clamps is the answer. At one time I was looking to make a circle cutting jig for my saw to make coasters. I decided that the scrollsaw is just not the tool for that job.

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48 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said:

No, it was on Instructables and when I saw it I liked the idea. But none of my saws have tables that would accept something like it. I posted the idea and the link to the article here for others that might want to do it. It was not well received for the reasons stated above. I understand what you are wanting to do and I think a straight edge with 2 clamps is the answer. At one time I was looking to make a circle cutting jig for my saw to make coasters. I decided that the scrollsaw is just not the tool for that job.

What was your solution for the circle cutting for coasters?

 

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