Posting another project but, still not bragging yet!

[jimmyG]

Another Steve Good design finished over the weekend and I spent way too much time and trouble...

I hate to scroll ovals, especially two with one being slightly larger for the backer.  Nothing seemed to go right.  Drilled the entry holes a tad too little in the tight spots and bent new blades trying to bottom feed.  I ran an old blade in first to make the holes a bit larger and it helped "some" of the time.  Got so pissed I loosened the clamps and tried to snatch the bent blade out but, forgot to loosen the bottom one and sliced my thumb.  Good thing the blades have small teeth.  It kept going downhill when the flat black paint on the wood backer showed fish eyes and had to repaint even though the wood was prepped properly.  I also wanted to line the backer up to have an even reveal all around and didn't want to chance it with glue and have it set up before I got it centered.  So, I ended up using double stick tape which let me move it around before I put the pressure on it.  
Whew, didn't mean to write a book but sometimes something that I thought would be easy to do ends up kicking my butt!!!

[ChelCass]

It looks good.  Have you tried E6000 to glue your pieces together.  It gives you a good amount of time to position your piece and it has a great bond even on painted surfaces.

 

[daveww1]

looks good

[jimmyG]

2 hours ago, ChelCass said:

It looks good.  Have you tried E6000 to glue your pieces together.  It gives you a good amount of time to position your piece and it has a great bond even on painted surfaces.

 

Sounds good, I'll have to give that a try, thanks!

[FrankEV]

It looks great.

Scrolling an oval is easy if you can keep the blade slightly outside the line, then use a bench belt or disk sander to finish it to the line. 

 I think you will find the double stick tape is not permanent.  I use Titebond III.  Gives you plenty of time to align the panel on the backer.  I just apply the glue to the back of the cut panel with a 4" foam roller making sure to get an even thin coat so there is no squeeze out.  I use my homemade press to clamp the panels together.

 

[Ron Johnson]

After all that it looks like it turned out excellent. Well done. 

[rjweb]

I think it turned out excellent, RJ

[jerry walters]

Jimmy, that is might fine scrolling. My advice to you is when you find yourself having some issues just take a break. Watch a good western or somthing to make you laugh. Maybe even a walk. When you get back to it you will find everything seems to fall into place.

Jerry

[Dak0ta52]

Regardless of your troubles the piece turned out great.

[wombatie]

It looks great in the photo.  Don't be too hard on yourself, not every piece is perfect and if it was it would have been laser cut.

Marg

[jimmyG]

5 hours ago, wombatie said:

It looks great in the photo.  Don't be too hard on yourself, not every piece is perfect and if it was it would have been laser cut.

Marg

It's funny when I look at it with the pattern removed the lines look wavy like it was scrolled poorly but, Steve's pattern is actually created that way and viewers are not aware of that info.

[Scrappile]

I like it, very nice job.

[Dave Monk]

I think it came out great. 

[Mistycat]

Jimmy,

have you not yet realised that, it always seems the project is against us from the start, ,

But alls well and ends well, Good Job,

Misty

 

[Norm Fengstad]

Turned out well