jpburcham Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 I've been asked to do a rustic wall hanging out of rough cut cedar fencing. I'm wondering if anyone has used this type of wood on a scroll saw with success. If so, how did you apply the pattern? I'm thinking that perhaps stack cutting with a thin MDF on the top to apply the pattern onto might work. Would love to hear any other ideas. Thanks in advance. ~ Joe scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Hi Joe and welcome. I am wondering about your pattern. It might help to see what it is you are going to cut. In most cases you just try to follow a line as closely as possible so I would think that if you can wrap the wood with some packing tape and then glue the pattern to that surface it would hold well enough to do the cutting. Now, if it's a very intricate pattern, it might be a problem but that's how I would attack it. Moocifer Joe and scrollingforsanity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 I would do exactly as you mentioned. I would use 1/8" BBply to temporarily attach to the top of the Cedar and then apply the pattern. Now you got two finished pieces! OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpburcham Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 43 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said: Hi Joe and welcome. I am wondering about your pattern. It might help to see what it is you are going to cut. In most cases you just try to follow a line as closely as possible so I would think that if you can wrap the wood with some packing tape and then glue the pattern to that surface it would hold well enough to do the cutting. Now, if it's a very intricate pattern, it might be a problem but that's how I would attack it. Thanks everyone. . . It's a word art sign for a rustic cabin. scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry walters Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi Joe, welcome to SSV. You will find the members are very friendly and provide a lot of help. Now, I don't have an answer to your question but want to say there is not many of us from Colorado. I'm a neighbor living in Arvada. I think you will find this site can become quite addictive, at least it has for me. Jerry scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 3 hours ago, jerry walters said: Hi Joe, welcome to SSV. You will find the members are very friendly and provide a lot of help. Now, I don't have an answer to your question but want to say there is not many of us from Colorado. I'm a neighbor living in Arvada. I think you will find this site can become quite addictive, at least it has for me. Jerry We used to have a great guy living in Arvada. Unfortunately we lost him last year. He was known here as Rockytime and his posts live on. flarud and scrollingforsanity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry walters Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 32 minutes ago, OCtoolguy said: We used to have a great guy living in Arvada. Unfortunately we lost him last year. He was known here as Rockytime and his posts live on. I know, I talked to his wife a few months ago. I wish I could have met him. Sounds like a great guy. Talking with his wife I discovered Rokytime and I are both Germans from Russia. Who knows our grandparents could have come from the same village. Sometimes this is a very small world. meflick, jpburcham and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 49 minutes ago, jerry walters said: I know, I talked to his wife a few months ago. I wish I could have met him. Sounds like a great guy. Talking with his wife I discovered Rokytime and I are both Germans from Russia. Who knows our grandparents could have come from the same village. Sometimes this is a very small world. He was a great guy and a very good friend. Actually, if you go back far enough we are all related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAIrving Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 9:18 PM, jpburcham said: I've been asked to do a rustic wall hanging out of rough cut cedar fencing. I'm wondering if anyone has used this type of wood on a scroll saw with success. If so, how did you apply the pattern? I'm thinking that perhaps stack cutting with a thin MDF on the top to apply the pattern onto might work. Would love to hear any other ideas. Thanks in advance. ~ Joe Joe, Yes, I have cut cedar fencing with my scroll saw. I used that wood when I first started scrolling and I found it to be a very easy wood to cut. It is soft enough to be easy to cut and soft enough that the grain pattern does not affect the blade. You will have some fuzzies on the back, but they are easy enough to deal with. To attach the patterns, I sanded the board mostly smooth, then used blue painters tape and glued the pattern to the blue tape. Probably not what you wanted to hear, but the others gave you ways to attach the pattern. Best of luck with your project. Please post pictures of it when it is finished. Thurman OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Maybe sand the back of the board first, attach a mirror image of the pattern to the back and scroll. I've never done this but it should work. With the right blade there shouldn't be much to clean up. I'd also glue a backer board to the finished project. I've had small pieces break off just from light handling. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpburcham Posted March 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan said: Maybe sand the back of the board first, attach a mirror image of the pattern to the back and scroll. I've never done this but it should work. With the right blade there shouldn't be much to clean up. I'd also glue a backer board to the finished project. I've had small pieces break off just from light handling. Excellent Idea. . I've thought of that as well. . . Just never done it. . . I'll let you know next week. . Tomorrow is my "Saw Day" OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 I have done cedar fence before and one side seem to be flat already if i remember, and did a mirror image and worked out great, RJ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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