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Hello everybody, after a long time of absence, I show you my last work, it took a long time. The pattern comes from Mike Williams See you soon. Eric

Here is a piece I just finished. More sanding to shape than carving, just playing with different techniques. The only carving was the bowl. I included a couple of photos of the slab of 3/4" dark walnut I cut it out from. You can also see the amount of shaping and sanding I did in the last image.

Seems like all I am making lately are memorial items for friends and family. A good friend up in Kentucky Mom passed away recently. We had trip planned to go North with Kentucky being one of the stops. I saw barbs "Wings" plaque and thought that it would be nice for her. Made from 5/8'' Maple with 1/8" BBply for the backer. Used my go to blade FD UR1. The first pic was when it was laying out to dry, second pic was hanging on my shop wall,, pics didn't turn out well. I swear I spend more time finding the correct placement for patterns than cutting! I was trying to get the birds flying into that "light", ( the lighter spots of grain)

Just want to thank everyone for input. Thanks to Charley L for all his suggestions. Thanks to Denny at Art Crafters Online for his suggestions and for meeting and discussing scroll sawing at his shop. As a side note, if your in the Dayton TN area stop in and see Denny Great person. Also we pickup some sweet corn in Dayton. Best we have ever eaten. As others have mentioned, taking your time is critical and using the right blade for you. Found out that everyone uses a different blade and what works for you is the best. For me I have found the Pegas #4 Super Skip to work for me in multiple materials. I have cut Poplar, Walnut, Cedar, Mahogany, Oak, Pine and Cherry with good results. I will use a home made clamp when cutting the second cut. I try to cut inside the material so there are no cuts to the outside. Make sure material is square. I have also cut the birds out of Purple Heart, Poplar, Cedar, Walnut, Pine, Bubinga, Padauk. Had some pen blanks that I cut them from. Really enjoy the 3D cutting. Jim

I came up with a way to hold my blades that are next in line on my hegner. As a bonus they hold your blade in place while you're tightening the clamp too. Note - The picture isn't necessarily where I intend on leaving the blade holders but just to show that they are magnetic.

Welcome back. Acrylic paint, applied directly on BB ply will raise the grain and leave a pretty rough surface, so prepping with a sanding sealer or even a coat of shellac will help achieve a smoother finish. It might take an extra coat or two of the paint to get good coverage, but it will be worth it.

A couple of things I can tell when its dogs out - when it starts to fight me - and i look at the teeth of a blade , if they start getting bluish or discolored ( just where it cuts ) its worn out

My box fan with a furnace filter does way better than my ceiling mounted air filtration system.. putting it on the floor about 2 - 3 foot from the saw on the side that the air puffer blows the dust towards seems to pull a lot of the dust "down" toward the ground instead of sucking it up to the ceiling and hopefully getting into the filtration system. I also do have the Seyco scroll saw dust collector..it seems to work pretty decent. but the box fan is quieter than any of them and also moves more air.

My wife and I watched the series, WEDNESDAY, on Netflix mostly to have something to watch with our 19 year old daughter. We actually really enjoyed it. I moved her in next to Herman Munster. I used black duck cloth attached to plywood as a backer since Wednesday looks good in black. I'll add the pattern, without the text, to the library. I bought the text file on Etsy.

Peruvian Walnut is known to be an eye and skin irritant. See the article at Peruvian Walnut | The Wood Database (Hardwood) (wood-database.com). It is not clear to me if this is from organic vapors or micro-particles. You might want to wear a protective mask when cutting it. Something like this combined with safety glasses should work. Amazon.com: 3M Rugged Comfort Quick Latch Half Facepiece Reusable Respirator 6503QL, Gases, Vapors, Dust, Large : Tools & Home Improvement. I would encourage you to check out the wood you are working on The Wood Database site, especially the section on allergies and toxicities and especially when working with a new to you wood, exotic or otherwise and especially now that you have experienced a reaction to such. Happy cutting! What are you doing with the Peruvian Walnut? Post pictures when it is done.

Unfortunately, quiet shop vacs are typically not cheap. My Festool is very quiet but very expensive. My dust collector is outside of my shop so noise is not an issue.The box fan idea is cheap and works OK. I personally do not like the idea of blowing fine dust around as you will breath it. It is best to collect at the source. A number of people have posted very good ideas for dust collection at the saw. I think it would be a very good idea to move your filter down out of rafters where it will do a better job for all tools. Your eyes are warning you about allergic reaction and you could be susceptible to a worse reaction.

Been awhile since I posted. This last project took approximately 6 weeks to complete. Pattern by Lewis A. Jewell. Size is 45” w, 36” h. This is the third one I’ve done.

I made a wrinkly old man fishing for my pond out of tree limbs I was bored well I did scroll saw the fish. Roly

Trivet #2 of 8 patterns by Sue Mey. I used 1/2" Walnut approximately 8" square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades. A light sanding with the Sand Flee and Mac Mop then dipped in diluted Shellac. One coat spray Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

Welcome back! And what Bill said.

Denny here are pics of first experiments with polymer clay. I baked them in my air fryer where the temp can be carefully monitored

I don't remember turning it on, but I have the Fein dust extractor (vacuum), call it a dust extractor and they can charge more. It has right round the same noise level as the Festool, and yes I get tired of even hearing it. But I hate to wear ear protection so I put up with it. And you are welcome anytime, I learned more from you than you learned for me. I think the Festool may be a better, longer lasting unit. My first Fien had a 3 year warrenty, it worked great for 3 years arced and sparked on 3 year, 3 months to the day... Like it had a timer set. I only purchased a second one because there was a sale and I only needed the vacuum, I already had all the attachments. My dust collection works at, I would say a B level. There is still dust, have not perfected the collection under the saw.. But it is greatly diminished from when I had none. Easy to make dust collection for a scroll saw, only costs a little PVC pipe and connecting pieces. Mine is modeled after what many have done on here. I would and will send you a picture, but if you search it you will/should see quite a few and each has some variation, which will give you different ideas which may be better than mine. It is fun to make and switch around to see what you like best. Some of my parts have not been glued yet because I know it is an ongoing project. Again Marie.. welcome any time.. as are any scrollers that happens to want to come. I always have such a good time and develop such great friendships. If the scroller happens to be an impersonator and not really a good scroller person I know how to deal with them.

I always have similar reaction to cocobolo. But it is one of my favorite woods so I use it anyway, just not often.

If you have an allergic reaction to a wood, it would be best not to use it. Allergic reactions are very serious and with increased exposure could get much worse. Even with the best they collection, you do not get all the dust.

I got myself a pair of noise canceling headphones to combat the noise. I just play an audio book or something and get lost in my scrolling.

AWE! cute little kitten, It very well could be the cat.. I had cats all my life but back in 2012 I almost died do to a breathing problem.. doctors couldn't figure out what was going on with me and by the time I'd get to the ER my symptoms were clearing up.. They thought I might of had some weird virus thing going on, back of my throat was red like strep or something.. maybe I was the first one with Covid .. Thankfully my wife is a RN and actually does like me sort of because without her I'd likely not be here today. Long story short through a lot of testing and whatnot since I've kind of always had "mild" allergies my wife decided to set me up with an appointment to see what I was allergic too. Turns out.. the cat was the biggest culprit to what I had going on.. Doctor prescribed a allergy med and my issues went mostly away. They told me I didn't really need to get rid of the cat but when she's gone it might be a good idea to not get another one. I love cats, my daughter took the cat with her when she moved to college so the only time I had to take my meds is if I was going to visit her.. Also as of around the age of 45ish I was never allergic to poison ivy.. played in the woods most my life and my father was a logger and I used to roam around the woods sometimes while he worked.. he was never allergic to it either.. I used to remove poison ivy for family / friends because i was never allergic.. boy that really sucks now because if I just look at it I get it ..

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If you are looking for a specific blade for this task, consider what attributes are required and which blade brings the most to the party. Fast cutting of thick material, with little concern for backside tearout or even how well the blade tracks. The above criteria would imply a large, aggressive blade. Looking at blade charts, you could probably start at a #7 and go up from there. As for tooth configuration, try to pick the one with the lowest TPI count. A skip tooth blade will have fewer teeth per inch than a crown tooth or reverse tooth blade. Bottom line, roughing out blanks is a pretty simple task. You aren't spending hours performing this task. Precision & appearance of the cut aren't big concerns. You literally could use anything that cuts wood. Don't over think it.

Thanks Kevin and thanks for your incite to shades of walnut.

I understand your issues with the allergy meds. I use the children's liquid benadryl, the normal dose for me is 0.6ml or 1/8 teaspoon, the max child dose is 2 tsp (10 ml), which would put me down for two days and no power tools for 3 days. I bought the filter at the local Fred Meyer, stopped by tonight and got another one ( it's time ) here's a picture :

I get a sinus infection every time I work with walnut. I have a fan with a filter on it that sucks the dust away from me.

I agree with Larry on this.. but as he said, a "good" vacuum with hepa filter is going to be quite pricey. I wonder though, I have one of these inline exhaust booster fans hooked up to my laser machine to remove smoke better. It is very quiet and moves quite a lot of air. They have a charcoal canister filter so you don't have to vent it to the outside, though I do not have one I just vent out a window for now.. But I wonder if hooking something like this to a scroll saw would work for that fine dust? This that I have I just use a flexible like dryer vent.. a person could put the suction hose right new the scroll saw at table height.. I'm pretty sure it'd move enough air but I don't know how it'd do with actually filtering the air since I do not have the filter part of this set up..however even just to have it suck the dust and aim it down to the box fan with filter on that.. Might be something to experiment with. https://www.ebay.com/itm/193530603124?hash=item2d0f52a674:g:fTsAAOSwQOxgwy4X&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8DEnLX%2FBM6MyF6%2BqfB0lhIGVxGYPVNy294O4ZkYjEjEpDJqadX9fE7BJ9Bth0llWY1CwHt8TkENGCBvd7Xh36Ff85lwxj6Vh0WKH%2BsD7hv%2BTDeYyjAl%2Bt87in72KQulphPDTF62W7Azjvzq%2BSRmfnBhqOK8lug8nr7SpzE57I1mHvIIDRsjt9u6waQCbFMQ3xvyZb8ynzyICURFprLvOnstkX9Lbuu9w1GqP6wf7P6C%2Bzz2tewdYI1EJDAs%2BAmW8FhUvNW6j6GRt1z0ipYmNOVvzizYCOO3uxbUhTM%2BWXzFcvMo%2BMn6cCUUKMNfMWQ3usw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBM5qv1vrJi https://www.ebay.com/itm/193530603124?hash=item2d0f52a674:g:fTsAAOSwQOxgwy4X&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8DEnLX%2FBM6MyF6%2BqfB0lhIGVxGYPVNy294O4ZkYjEjEpDJqadX9fE7BJ9Bth0llWY1CwHt8TkENGCBvd7Xh36Ff85lwxj6Vh0WKH%2BsD7hv%2BTDeYyjAl%2Bt87in72KQulphPDTF62W7Azjvzq%2BSRmfnBhqOK8lug8nr7SpzE57I1mHvIIDRsjt9u6waQCbFMQ3xvyZb8ynzyICURFprLvOnstkX9Lbuu9w1GqP6wf7P6C%2Bzz2tewdYI1EJDAs%2BAmW8FhUvNW6j6GRt1z0ipYmNOVvzizYCOO3uxbUhTM%2BWXzFcvMo%2BMn6cCUUKMNfMWQ3usw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBM5qv1vrJi

I haven't tried it but I think you can remove the screws that hold the metal plate on where the hose connects to and turn it so it comes out the other side and screw it back on.. I think that was on the EX 21 like that? I know the DeWalt was as I did change it on that.. mostly by accident when i had it apart and didn't pay close attention to it when I put it back on, LOL..

I think you can buy lengths of the blower tubes,, maybe extend yours and bend it however you need it? Google Loc line.

What kind of dust collection do you have? It sounds like an allergic reaction to me. I think you should avoid cutting any wood which cause allergic reaction and have good dust collection.

Saber saw.

When roughing out blanks, I use what ever blade is already in the saw from the previous cut. If there is no blade in the saw I would use what ever blade I use the least. It matter not what blade to use for roughing out.

When I need to rough cut something I use my bandsaw or table saw. For using the scroll saw, I would use the biggest coarsest blade I could find and run the saw at the highest speed that won't vibrate the saw off the table. Tom

This is my shop buddy Rose cooling off on the cement of my shop. She likes to come in and steal the cutouts when they fall on the floor and chew on them.