Popular Post heppnerguy Posted November 14, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 I was looking for a project to cut for one of my granddaughter when I came across this Steve Good pattern and showed it to my wife. She said that is a great pattern for the granddaughter I cut this one for. I started to cut it out of Red Cedar but the sawdust would not blow from the pattern and continued to build up in front of the blade. I was using a #1 Pegas blade and no.... I was not put on upside down. It became so much of a problem, I quit cutting it and made if from BB Ply instead. I still liked it well enough but I was a little disappointed by not being able to cut it from the wood I had chosen for it. Dick heppnerguy namunolie, lawson56, danny and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Beautiful. Love the blue backing. Well done Dick. Marg heppnerguy and Scrappile 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, wombatie said: Beautiful. Love the blue backing. Well done Dick. Marg Marg, you must be in the Spring time there now, right? enjoy your warming weather while most of the folks in the States and Canada dig your their winter duds Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Love the Cross Dick. Awesome job!!! Although it has been awhile since I have cut Cedar I don't recall having the trouble you had but my memory is not what it once was. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 excellent job heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Another very nice one, Dick.. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 12 hours ago, heppnerguy said: I started to cut it out of Red Cedar but the sawdust would not blow from the pattern and continued to build up in front of the blade. I was using a #1 Pegas blade and no.... I was not put on upside down. I've had that problem with the redwood I've cut, to the point when what I've got is gone I won't cut it anymore. Have you tried moving the blower nozzle so that it blows more from the side than the top (if that is possible with your saw). heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, Wichman said: I've had that problem with the redwood I've cut, to the point when what I've got is gone I won't cut it anymore. Have you tried moving the blower nozzle so that it blows more from the side than the top (if that is possible with your saw). I have tried that. It is almost like it develops static electricity as you are cutting it. Even if I blow on it with my mouth, it stays there. I can use it for regular cuts but not for small fret work Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 hours ago, lawson56 said: Love the Cross Dick. Awesome job!!! Although it has been awhile since I have cut Cedar I don't recall having the trouble you had but my memory is not what it once was. When I am cutting things thicker than 1/4 inch, I do not seem to have as much trouble with it. Oh well, the harder woods are much easier to cut and do not have this problem, so I will try to purchase more hard woods in the future Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark SW Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Very nice cross Dick heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 22 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Marg, you must be in the Spring time there now, right? enjoy your warming weather while most of the folks in the States and Canada dig your their winter duds Dick heppnerguy Spring starts 1st September but apart from about 5 days worth the rest have been cold and wet. Today is 12C yesterday we had hail. Summer starts on Dec 1st, well at least we hope it does. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Great job, Dick. I had a little trouble with a piece of wood that built up dust and I couldn't see the lines. The blower was working properly. Turned out the wood I had selected had gotten wet a few days earlier and there was moisture in the wood. It wasn't much but just enough to cause the dust to stick and not blow away. I'm sure if I would have had a stronger blower, it would have worked fine but there was just enough moisture to cause it to stick around the blade and the saw blower wasn't enough to do the job. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Nice cutting on that Dick. I was looking at that pattern myself. Still debating whether to do it or not. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 7:37 PM, wombatie said: Spring starts 1st September but apart from about 5 days worth the rest have been cold and wet. Today is 12C yesterday we had hail. Summer starts on Dec 1st, well at least we hope it does. Marg You should be here with us in Southern Arizona as it still seems like summer for most of the United States here, as we are still having temperatures daily in the mid 80's. We almost never get rain and if we do, it very rarely lasts more then an hour of two. Never do we get snow here but on rare occasions we might see a hail storm the passes through. It is always connected to a monsoon which only happens in the summer month. The bad thing about the monsoons is it causes instant flooding but is very isolated and only lasts a short time. I does bring our summer 110 degrees down to a cooler feeling 80 degrees while it is blasting an area with its water. Dick heppnerguy wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 23 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said: Great job, Dick. I had a little trouble with a piece of wood that built up dust and I couldn't see the lines. The blower was working properly. Turned out the wood I had selected had gotten wet a few days earlier and there was moisture in the wood. It wasn't much but just enough to cause the dust to stick and not blow away. I'm sure if I would have had a stronger blower, it would have worked fine but there was just enough moisture to cause it to stick around the blade and the saw blower wasn't enough to do the job. moisture is not a part of our problem in Southern Arizona as it is extremely dry here all the time. We have very hot days here but until temperature reach over 100 degrees, it does not feel that bad and one does not sweat much here either. Way different from the Oregon where once it reaches 80 degrees one becomes too hot. People who have not experienced hot temperatures here in Southern Arizona usually do not believe what they here about how the temperature is so different. Dick heppnerguy Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 12 hours ago, rdatelle said: Nice cutting on that Dick. I was looking at that pattern myself. Still debating whether to do it or not. Not that bad with a hard wood or BB ply. If I was making it again, I think I would increase the size of the pattern, only because I think it would stand out a lot better. Go ahead and cut it. It looks more challenging then it really is Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Beautiful cross Dick. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 @heppnerguy and @wombatie you two are making me quite envious with your warm weather talk. wombatie and heppnerguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Wonderful job! I've had that trouble with cedar also. And I'm apparently very sensitive to the dust as I've gotten sick a couple of times after cutting it, so I'm through cutting cedar. Great looking project and I know she'll love it. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric67 Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Great job! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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