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Just finished this one I made for a craft fair I have coming up this Easter Weekend. It's made from 4mm Birch ply and finished with 2 coats of sanding sealer and 2 coats of acrylic lacquer. Hope you like it. Keith

Decided on a simple butt joint frame of a pine 1x2 with just some coats of wipe on poly, nothing fancy since I didn't want the frame to be a focal point. I listened to the comments about projects looking better framed without glass and they were right, no glass!

Oh I am so super cheffed with the result of this Beautiful Russ Beard Pattern, cut throughout with Niqua #0 & #1 pin less straight blades (don’t get anything else here). Double stacked 4mm Birch Ply. Now for sanding Oil, Varnish and frame.

This is a Steve Good layered pattern. Cut on 1/4 inch plywood. Reminded me of of the sugar diorama eggs my mother used to have when I was a kid.

If you are up for a challenge I will share the pattern and walk you through it. It sure helps if you have a drum sander but possible without one.

I found a picture of a 30's car that I knew I had to cut. Its a 1938 Cadillac V-16. Only a very few were made though there was some talk that Cadillac wanted to make the v-16 back in '08. Didn't happen. Plaque is 16 x 12 BBPW on 1/4" backer. Shellac and Gloss Lacquer finish and help from Denny at Artcrafter for "0" skiptooth blades.

So I bought this tool yesterday because I had a job of changing out my toilet flange and I needed to cut some of the old PVC pipe / flange away and Harbor Freight happen to be the only place i could find a very small saw blade on a arbor.. I originally was going to use a drill to do the cutting. I do have a dremel that may have worked too but I really didn't want to take my plunge router attachment off of it so I bought this flex shaft tool.. Maybe I expected too much from this but it lacked power on the slower speed setting and on the higher speeds it kept just turning off.. to the point I had to keep flipping the switch off and back on again.. It did come in handy and I'd probably still be trying to use the drill so it was useful but.. as I was working with it I found that if I took it super slow it did work great.. so again maybe it was just my expectation of a larger more powerful saw.. I've had a few dremel tools over the years and I always felt the same about those so it might be just me expecting a very small tool to have the power of my higher end air powered saws / grinders etc.. that i use for working on cars etc. Maybe it would work great for sanding and or carving with some small bits.. I sort of figured the PVC pipe would be soft enough that this would have powered right through..

Can someone recommend a Scroll Saw blade for scrolling out shapes from a 2x4 pine? I use pinless blades. Jim Barnes Randleman, North Carolina

I found a B&W line image of a ‘Long Hair Shaggy Cat’ that I converted into an 11” x 14” scrollable pattern. The cut panel is 5/32” Maple solid core Ply affixed to a 1/4" BB Ply Backer. All cutting was done using Pegas # 2/0 Spiral blades. The cutting is challenging since there are many long, narrow, curved cut-out areas that are very close to each other. The lack of clear “white” space around the image was a deliberate choice to present an elegant, formal-like, portrait of this ‘Regal’ feline. Colorization of both the backer and cut panel, were done using Air Brush Artist Acrylic Paints. The finished assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic. The Frame is my standard 1 3/4" wide rails, made from Poplar, primed, and painted a dark Expresso Brown. I’ll post the pattern in Pattern Exchange for anyone who might be interested. This cutting will look good as a B&W with maybe only color added for the Eyes and Pink Nose. Comments and critiques always welcome.

There is a difference. I have a type 2 made in Taiwan, and the Type 1 was made in Canada. After I started teaching at my local woodworking store, I was able to use a Type 1 and i definitely noticed the difference. They run smoother and quieter and the cut quality was better also. I wouldn't say it was a nirvana experience but I feel like the Type 1 just performs better overall. If you are ever able to try one out I suggest you do. Now I am just trying to figure out how I can switch out my saw for one of the classroom saws. heh heh.

Welcome from Iowa. Here is my packers clock In I made out of clock parts I had laying around. Keep at it and you’ll get better and better.

I use skip tooth blades. Blade choice depends on type of wood, wood thickness and pattern. So my answer is actually, it depends.

I use FD #5 ultra reverse. Works well for me.

OCToolguy, I think that you are being too critical calling someone sour. I have bought a couple HF tools and thrown them out. One was a die grinder that overheated in a couple minutes. Another was a corded drill that did the same. I will never buy another!!!

You are pretty amazing at coloring you finished pieces. I hope to get to that level one day! Nice job on this one.

Just started this beautiful Leopard in the tree, a Russ Beard pattern, doing a double stack, on 3mm (1/8”) Birch Ply, using a 0 Niqua Pin Less Blade.

That is sure lovely. The colors really add to the presentation and nicely framed too.

My that is mighty fine. Looks like those blades work for you!

Mighty fine cutting and framing too

Can I join?

This Stylized Owl is a pattern by Sue Mey. Made from 1/2" x 6" x 6" Red Oak. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3MGT blades. After a light sanding, dipped in diluted Shellac, light sanding again, and one coat spray Lacquer Clear Satin. Comments welcome.

I will look at that the next time we are in town. I would like the flex shaft part.

Check out the videos from Bob Brokaw here. https://www.gwinnettwoodworkers.com/

Very nice work.

That is just AWESOME !!

Beautiful work!

Great job. The frame is nice work too

Thanks....a lot of work cutting those rims involving turning on lath and scroll sawing the spokes.

That looks great, cutting and frame excellently done, RJ

Dave, have you looked at the first project you have done scrolling and compared it to your projects now, RJ

Fine looking work, RJ

A beautiful box Dave. While I know my skill set is far from yours, I may want to try sometime in the somewhat distant future (my hubby would be able to help me with it). Problem is right now, we are down a shop with all the tools packed away while we await building our new shop building. The winter rains here in East TN have been horrible ever since we got our building permit the first of the year. so for now, I hope to enjoy seeing others take on this challenge and admire everyone else’s work.

Very nicely done, I like those old cars.

Beautiful, Dave! While I’d like to try it…

Cut in 3/8 Alder using #3 FDUR#3 blades.......Thanks again for the pattern Charlie.....Thanks for looking, Steve.

Staring to show some character now.

The most important thing here is good to see you post again, @hotshot You have been missed.

I love and hate harbor freight, at the same time. Hercules cordless rocks, period. But their advertising kills me. 30 percent off no exclusions* . . . . of course the * always has the "gotcha", in this case, "On Items $20 or under", which "is an exclusion" at least in my book. But, then I get over it, and see the bang/buck on Hercules tools, even at full or bundled prices. I've pretty well stopped paying for the yellow plastic and now everything new is Hercules, and they have been holding their own. It's not that HF doesn't still carry crap, but it's always a cost/value proposition. Their Cement mixer is underpowered, but I work around it, and since I can afford the cheap option, cheap wins.

I have had that dust collector for around 8 years now and It has been a good one.. Many good reviews of it too... I don't have a whole shop full of HF tools but I've got a fair amount and I've not had any issues with any of them.. Years ago yes.. some of the stuff was junk.. but in more recent times I've had really good luck with a lot of stuff from them.

I have a lot of HF tools and have had good luck with most of them. I replaced our old Skil table saw with the Hercules model and followed that up with the Hercules 12" double-compound sliding miter saw. I have a Bauer palm sander because it was on sale almost $50 cheaper than the Hercules model and I needed it then. The palm sander is the only tool I had a problem with - the base had a burr that was digging into the motor housing, making it difficult to adjust the bit depth. HF exchanged it for me immediately and the replacement has become one of my favorite tools. I don't have any battery tools from HF because we started on the Ryobi tools 15+ years ago and have stayed with them (we have about a dozen batteries of various sizes by now). My next major purchase is going to be HF's 2hp dust collector - our woodshop is in the warehouse with all of our merchandise (mostly t-shirts) and the sawdust is getting out of hand

I wish you best of luck. Hope to see some Intarsia work. I always loved looking at that type work but never got that pure desire to dive into it. Right now I am finishing up a bunch of pens and my next adventure as I put the pen turning aside for awhile, will be boxes. I want to use up some of the lumber I have stashed away over the years so that when I do pass my family has less to get rid of. I am thinking would be easier to give away boxes than board feet of lumber. Also have some turned trinket boxes in mind. That is my next adventure.

Except how and where the battery connects, it looks a lot like my Ryobi. The handle is almost identical and I bet that shaft is going to have a hex attachment where it hooks to the motor.

You guys bring up some good points.. I do like to do as much sanding etc as i can outside is what my thought was.. saves having to clean up the shop.. and I've been wanting to try intarsia and read a lot of sanding and shaping is involved.. I wouldn't need batteries and chargers as I already have them for my leaf blower.. I'll have to look it over good next time I get to their store..

Here's the video: Larry

Gwinnett Woodworkers made a video some time ago showing how to overhaul a 788. I know it is on Youtube. I have it bookmarked at home but alas I'M at work. I would at least look at it before I spent 250 bucks. If I could do it myself for 50. Let us know what happens. Good Luck Fredfret Dw788/BM-26(RBI) Wichita, Ks

The type 1 I would pay that price being an owner of both.

Dewalt has progressively gotten worse quality wise in the last 10 years which kind of makes me sad. they used to be the top of the mid-range priced tools. 10 years ago you knew you were getting quality, now it is hit or miss.

I will never buy any tool with a motor from HF. I do not trust the things they put out. They are cheap for a reason. Yes this so called new line is suppose to be a step up but says WHO? Step up from what. You can have it Wish you the best of luck.