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Just a few words from someone just getting started , I just purchased a Porter Cable Scroll Saw and was interested in getting a new hobby after retirement. I live in Lancaster , Ca. with my wife and thought of adding it to my other hobbies of cars (55 ford f-100 and 65 mustang) Would like to know what would be a good starter project for a new guy any ideas would be appreciated.

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Hi Tom,

 

Do not start too hard of first project.

 

Work up to the harder ones.

 

Make your saw station as comfortable as possible; eventually you will spend a lot of time there.

 

Use cheap wood for the first ones; YOU ARE going to miss the line--AIM for the waste wood!

 

Remember the chair cushion and decent lighting!

 

Also PLEASE the person in the mirror! Not everyone else!

 

This bunch also has advice and help on all kinds of subjects --sometimes even on scroll-sawing!

 

If you want certain pattern ask for it!

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Ideas, ideas, you can't handle ideas.

Oh sorry, that wasn't what Jack Nickleson said.

Hey, welcome Tom

Crosses are easy and are beautiful. They are simple to detailed. 

Crosses can be a teacher in scrollsaw cutting with some of the fretwork.

With a little practice, you'll be cutting a pattern of your Chevy... :oops::razz::lol:

 

Larry

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Don't worry about staying exactly in the middle of the cut line.that will only slow you down.If your out an 1/8 inch nobody knows but you .And when you finish the project just try and find your mistakes.They all blend in the mix of things.If you wander off just ease back in slowly  so it blends nicely.Sometimes you'll have to make the same mistake on the other side to match it up with the pattern.i change things as i go. It all comes from lots of fun experience. :) Do things yhat interest you like the foord name your wifes name etc that helps in the beginning.Thanks for joining,so jump on in and make lots of friends,looking to see lots more of you and your work ENJOY !

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Big Mac ! My golfing buddy ,and neighbor is also Big Mac ,IT's just like painting your toys ,prep ,prep and more prep,No force, the blade (any blade )is the boss ,you are just steering the wood to the blade only as fast as it can cut clean ,slow and easy no side force ,sharp blade good tight tention ,lead the blade 1/16" ,piece of cake ,Welcome ,cut hand drawn letters ,will get you aquainted with turns ,and corners ,like wet sanding your car ,you can't hurry it and get the results you want .Jump in the saw dust is real fine .

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Hi Mac Welcome to the village.. remember that almost all mistakes can be corrected. I said almost All. We all make some firewood sometimes. The hardest part to correct is on circles, that is where your mistakes show up, Keep the tension on the blade tight. Don't  worry about getting the blade too tight  If you keep breaking blades you have probably got it too tight. I usually get a howler or so out of a blade and Don't buy your blades from big Box stores. I use Olson's or Flying Dutchman's blades they hold up best for me.

IKE

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Welcome to the Village Tom.  I'm Marg from Australia.  Start small and work you way up to big. Start with a small simple outline, maybe something you can but a magnet on the back to put on your fridge, thats what I started with, still got it too.

 

Marg

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Hello Tom welcome to the village, practice practice practice my suggestion is for you to practice with a piece of scrap wood use a ruler and draw straight lines on it and cut all of them until your comfortable, then with a compass draw circles and do the same now change to a spiral blade and try all that over again and you'll never scroll again. Oh what am I saying just get a picture of a bunny or something simple and go for it you'll make some mistakes but there is no set rules for scroll sawing everyone uses what ever is comfortable for them. Remember ones you remove that pattern you'll be the only one that will know your mistakes. A good scroller is not the one who is flawless in his work but the one who hides it best. just have fun, relax and make sawdust.

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