First time using a spiral blade - Skull

[ScrollerGuy]

Another member, Scott M, recently posted here with an image of his version of "Skull" by Janevski. He did a great job and inspired me to give it a try.

As a relatively new scroller I was intimidated by the large number of cuts required in this design and wasn't sure if I could pull it off. To up the risk factor even more I decided to try a spiral blade for the first time. What the heck, the videos make spirals look easy to use! What could go wrong?  With a new #2 spiral and a piece of 1/4 inch BB I dove in headfirst and began cutting. To my surprise, like the videos show, cutting with spiral blades is easier in some ways. The piece doesn't need to be rotated, and I was able to work much faster at higher RPMs than I ever did with a straight blade. To be fair, the design doesn't require much accuracy except where cuts run close to each other. I did make a few mistakes and had one breakout but am happy with the result. 

[rjweb]

Excellent cutting, RJ

[heppnerguy]

   Nice project. Looks quite good. I am proud of you for trying the spiral blades as I have to agree with you about the ease and quickness for using them. 

  I do not come  on line very often lately so I missed seeing you join up with us here. I wish to extend to you a  WELCOME and hope  you continue to really enjoy scrolling and posting your projects here for all of us to enjoy  too.

 Keep up the nice work and always remember to have fun.

Dick

heppnerguy

[ScrollerGuy]

Thanks RJ and heppnerguy for your kind words. I really enjoy reading through the forums here to see the amazing things others are making and learning the techniques they use. 

[Scrappile]

Very well done!  Good to see you survived Helene.  Some parts of N Carolina were hit pretty hard I think.  

[ScrollerGuy]

Thanks, Scrappile.

Fortunately, I'm located midway between the mountains and the beach and was spared the heavy rains the mountains received. The devastation the flood waters did to that area was much greater than I could have imagined.  

[Denny Knappen]

Not my cup of tea, but mighty fine cutting.

[Old Joe]

Good job! I honestly think that learning to use and to  have confidence using spirals was one of the most important steps I have done to advance my scrolling skill levels.