Allen levine Posted Tuesday at 04:40 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:40 PM I live on Long Island and have been doing all sorts of woodworking including furniture and decided I wanted to try scroll sawing and get into intarsia eventually i purchased a hegner 18 and just received it so I started making wooden figures of people and animals from a book I purchased I've been using my bandsaw but it creates a lot of burning and blades are expensive and don't last that long its an adjustment getting used to the machine dictating the speed of cut and following lines and curves are a learning experience I do have a question to start what is the best blade out there for cutting 3/4 inch poplar and Spanish cedar and what blade is best for harder woods at 3/4 inch like oak or sapele or cherry or maple here's some figures I got started in yesterday and today I'm making them for someone who needed 12 sets i used a Flying Dutchman psr blade and it worked ok with little blade drift but I think blade drift is my fault since I'm still learning and waiting on a stand to keep the saw more steady with less vibration JackJones and ChelCass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted Tuesday at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:13 PM Welcome to the village. There's at least one opinion per scroll sawer. The drift is caused by the manufacturing process of stamped blades. My advice to you would be to get sample packs from several blade companies and choose the types that work best for you and your cutting style. My go to blade is the Flying Dutchman polar #1 for anything from 1/8 plywood to 1 1/2 hardwood. I'll go up in size when I have long gentle curves to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted Tuesday at 06:31 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:31 PM Hi AL. Glad you decided to give this forum a try. I think you learn and teach us a lot. You caught on to the Hegner quickly. Took me a while. Hope you enjoy it here. There are very nice people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaughn Posted Tuesday at 06:52 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:52 PM Hi Allen: Welcome to the village. As Wichman said, the blade drift is caused the the stamping operation. This process raises a small wired edge and this is the culprit behind the drift. If you are cutting extreme hard wood, like Jatoba, the wired edge will wear away and the drift gradually changes. That puzzled me for awhile. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted Tuesday at 07:00 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:00 PM Here is a link to a blade chart. Learning the basics of blade configuration, sizes, TPI count will help you decide when/where to apply that understanding. This is for Olson brand blades, I believe other manufacturers have similar charts that could readily be Googled. While the specifics will differ, the same general concepts will apply. https://www.olsonsaw.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-scroll-chart-WEB.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen levine Posted Tuesday at 07:10 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:10 PM 35 minutes ago, Scrappile said: Hi AL. Glad you decided to give this forum a try. I think you learn and teach us a lot. You caught on to the Hegner quickly. Took me a while. Hope you enjoy it here. There are very nice people. I purchased a used dremel for 50 bucks years ago i had so much trouble with blades so I gave up recently I purchased a new Excalibur from Amazon but what I received was a boat anchor the unit came in a shredded box no pieces included no speed adjustment knob a cracked body and speed control didn't work as machine kept stopping so instead of playing around everyone said get a hegner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted Tuesday at 07:22 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:22 PM That is the best decision you could have made. This is Paul Douglass from Family Woodworking. I hope you enjoy it here. There is lots of info, so check out the site. Check resources to find suppliers of parts, blades, patterns, etc. There are hundreds of Patterns free in the pattern section, and things to learn in the University section. And go ahead and make fun of me anytime you want. All the rest do! I deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen levine Posted Tuesday at 07:35 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:35 PM I realized over the past 15 years all the scraps I tossed could have lasted 20 years with scroll sawing even with all the turning i did I still had boxes of scraps I finally had to dispose of a few months too soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted Tuesday at 07:46 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:46 PM That is the best decision you could have made. This is Paul Douglass from Family Woodworking. I hope you enjoy it here. There is lots of info, so check out the site. Check resources to find suppliers of parts, blades, patterns, etc. There are hundreds of Patterns free in the pattern section, and things to learn in the University section. And go ahead and make fun of me anytime you want. All the rest do! I deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted Tuesday at 07:49 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:49 PM Also, look into intarsia. A scroll saw discipline. Get into that, and you will never even throw a used toothpick away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted Tuesday at 08:08 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:08 PM Welcome to the Village from North Carolina. I must say you're jumping into a very addictive hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry walters Posted yesterday at 12:05 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:05 AM Hi Allen, welcome to the Village from Colorado. Many knowledgeable people here and all are willing to help. While you are new here take some time to navigate the system and to read past posts. You will learn a lot from these old posts. Learning is a continuing process, so continue to learn from the folks here. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctutor Posted yesterday at 02:13 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:13 AM blade drift as noted can cause problems. Are you certain though you are not adding to or causing the drift. When you note a drift relax take a deep breath and above all relax your hand that is guiding the piece. You may see the working piece move on its own a shade back o center. Ones hand pressure tenda to build up unnoticed and relaxing helps. Check Pegus blades sold by Dennie this site. might like the blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago welcome to the village, very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJB Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago Good looking stuff there! Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee. As a Pegas dealer, I may be able to help with blade questions. Message me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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