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Chris, aka Hawk, just recently posted in the General Scroll Sawing Forum about his Sanding and Shaping Area of his shop. Well, I too, have a sanding station tucked in the corner of my little shop, but it was not often used. My only day to day use was to clean off fuzzies on the back side of my cut panels using a sanding mop in the wand of my Guenevere Finisher. Now for your reading pleasure, here is my story. Last week I attempted my first Intarsia project and needed to put the sanding station into use. And even though I wore a dusk mask and glasses, the sanding dust got all over the place, all over me, in my eyes, and, even with the mask on, in my throat. So, before attacking another Intarsia project I knew I had to make some changes and upgrades to my dust collection system and my dust face mask. The first job was to put new roll-around wheels on the cabinet. One of the undersized wheels I had previously used broke off and the cabinet could not be moved. Now it moves and can be positioned to a more comfortable working location easily when needed. Second, I rearranged the Guenevere Finisher and my small vertical Oscillating Sander so I can now use the second chuck on the finisher to hold shank mounted burrs/sanding drums, etc. Third, since my disk/belt sander already had a hook-up to my dust collection system I also needed to add another inlet that I attached a small tilted homemade hood that picks up the dust from the chuck mounted sanders. I’m waiting for a delivery of one more Y-fitting and a reducer so I can hook-up the Oscillating Sander to its dust outlet port. Unfortunately, since my sanding station is mounted on a cabinet I built many years ago, it is not a “sit-down” area like Chris’s. I can use my Scroll Saw stool/seat while using the chuck mounted sanders, but I must stand up to use the Belt Sander or the Oscillating Sander. In my case, since my shop is tiny, I’ll have to live with it. As they say, “Beggers can’t be Choosy”. I spent the better part of today testing out the dust face protection Items I purchased and the modifications to the dust collection systems, on a new project. The face protection equipment is a little warm to wear, but no dust in my eyes, nose or throat. So that is great. The small hood I made over the chuck mounted sanders is working fine. I can watch the dust fly into the hood and at the end of the session there was only a small amount of sanding dust on the surface below the chuck. I’m sure there is some air-borne dust created, but it appears to be manageable and nothing more than what gets air-borne when I’m cutting on the Scroll Saw. Here are some pic’s: That blue thing is the Harbor Fraight WESTERN SAFETY Multi-Purpose Dust Mask with Activated Carbon Filter My shank mounted Burrs and Sanders (before the top was rearranged) Hope this may have been of some interest.

Why didn't I think of this sooner. I sand a lot of small parts and it has always been a pain trying to hold them in place. Today a lightbulb turned on. Hard to believe with this old brain. I took a piece of 1/2" plywood and put shelf paper on it. I then used spay glue on the back of a sheet of 120 grit sandpaper and stuck it to it. Worked great! I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this solution but I thought I might share it.

Understand completely, I don't know of anywhere to mix and match for discounts on Olson blades. I would call the Olson customer service and if they can't help then call Advanced Machinery ( Hegner dealer, but they sell Olson blades.

I have two 10" steel sanding disks ( for the table saw ) and I can put different grits on each side, so up to 4 different grits. I removed the platen for a 6 inch disk sander and have several different grits of PSA disks, I have drilled a hole in my workbench ( next to the scroll saw ) that the platen will fit in so that the workbench supports the platen.

I first cut this pattern about 4 years or so (maybe a bit longer) ago and had intended to make it into a clock for my shop. However, the clock hands broke during a move between shops and so it isn't up on the wall as such. However, after starting my own woodworking business last year, I reached out to Grampa asking if i could sell products made from the same pattern. After gaining his approval, here's the first one to go up on my website: Motorcycle Clock by Scott Baker, on Flickr

Yea been doing that for years. I use a piece of marble tile I bought from Home Depot because it is a smooth surface and no grain. Some people use a piece of glass. Just spray back of sandpaper and stick to surface. Works well and many times I need to do a wet sanding for some pens and with the tile again no problem.

frank, that looks great, RJ

Simple little gecko. I thought he fit in well with the things on my barn door. Just an image I found on Pinterest. I’m planning to do lots of similar little critters to decorate the privacy fence. Love the versatility of this hobby.

A little over a week of scrolling in between 100 degree temps in the workshop and I finally finished scrolling images of our six dogs of the past and the 7th who's still with us. I suck at trying to make frames and refuse to put myself through attempting them any longer. I like the look as is anyway so I used Command Velcro picture hanging strips and mounted them to the wall since they don't weigh much of anything. Wish I would have thought of making them all close to being the same size but oh well, they're done! Again, thanks to grandpa for the patterns and putting up with me...

Just finished. Pattern by the Village’s H. Botas.

Boy, what good ideas from all. Sometimes it's the simplist things. It seems we try to make things to difficult. Thanks to all for the ideas. Jerry

OK, Dave, the old brain still works!

Hello everyone... I used to get all my blades from Sloan's Woodshop, but since they are no longer in business, I am attempting to locate somewhere that sells them reasonably. There I could make up a gross amount from multiple sizes of blades to make it a little cheaper. Did some searching in the previous forums and didn't have any luck. I see some at Peachtree Woodworking Supply, but are they really $4 per dozen now?? I haven't purchased any for quite some time, was thinking around $3 per dozen before, but I'm sure they've went up. Thanks for any suggestions!

I sell Pegas Scroll Saw blades in a 3 dozen/pack priced at 1/4 the 12-dozen price.

My dad showed me a way to get 90 deg corners in frames that nobody uses any more (not even me), but it does work when you absolutely can't manage to get perfect 45 deg cuts and are on a tight budget. There are 90 deg picture frame clamps available (You really only need one of these for the cutting, but having 4 is better). You do need the two side pieces of wood to be exactly the same length, as well as the top and bottom of the frame pieces. If they aren't identical, you will never have success. To use this method you make your cuts at as close to 45 deg as possible and then place the two pieces that will be joined together in each one of these clamps, as close together as you can get them. You then run a hand saw down the joint between the two pieces, trimming off the inaccurate cuts until they have the same blade kerf width gap between them the full length of the cut, and the two angles on the pieces are complementary to each other. This does not necessarily produce perfect 45 deg cuts, but the joint between these two pieces will make a true 90 degree frame corner that fits tightly together. This link is mostly intended to show what these clamps look like. There are plenty of other versions and sources (probably cheaper too). https://www.amazon.com/Corner-Degree-Woodworking-Framing-Drawers/dp/B0CSN5MGY5/ref=sr_1_15?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SN439hxZkv8dgqpHOtDv3nLQR-118pIqwDUonYka7W1jkCEifF30zLXRLb3zJRoH6RgvNbBFzxWLy6HLl8QqMZlEM-gEk3Pp-d8oUXPIU2hFtghvW_d9OdTFron1Nl_z3GzTVpgv80cYgETaeK9OXeaW5NefO46xCA7TWdQgiDY010PnvfiItcp1lH_y3Xbycdxd2eXdqkymwyeop7QmdtIPX81DzKT-FMKJfUSYwSbL3KN2eM1SlTjrBxENznUdzvOC1saBtis3w3sSETdTjRsBxIF1YIxuCNRkeH10wZI.qS0jC4x-SxIgosOqvsEE8x8aphxxwDIbvL4yKpPY90I&dib_tag=se&hvadid=580673590016&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1021166&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=4032859852090508229&hvtargid=kwd-939433024701&hydadcr=29042_14560085&keywords=90%2Bdegree%2Bwoodworking%2Bclamps&qid=1721323505&sr=8-15&th=1 Charley

WOW !!! Those look great. What a TEAM. Rick

I use an old scrap of wood, approximately 10" x 2" x 1/2" and glue sandpaper to both sides.

You could check with SEYCO that is were I buy my blades.

Does Wooden Teddy Bear offer the mix & match gross price deal? They carry Olson blades. IIRC, they offer it with FD blades, so I would think Olson would be included as well, but I've never bought Olson from them.

I am a loyal Flying Dutchman user. I buy from Mikesworkshop and I mix and match within a blade type. I do group buys for club members. I usually buy Ultra Reverse but recently did a buy for polar. If you can only get a gross of one size maybe you can find someone near who likes Olsen and will split it. Don PS: When I buy blades it is about 3 - 3.25 per dozen if you buy a gross.

Gross discounts are only for one blade size. I usually buy by the gross.

Thanks Wichman, I saw those too, but was wondering if anywhere you can combine multiple sizes to get gross quantity instead of have a full gross of just one size... if that confuses everyone LOL I may just give them a call directly as well and ask that question

https://www.olsonsaw.net/cat/scroll-saw-blades/144-scroll-blades-per-pack/

He is cute. The collection looks great together. Marg

Great first attempt. Well done. Marg

Been busy this month on the scroll saw. Scrolled dog # six this morning. Only one more to do... Struggling using a new roll of shelf paper with strong adhesive wanting to lift off the veneer on the Baltic birch plywood. Had to be careful and sand to 800 grit and remove with the grain... Thanks again to grandpa for the pattern!

6 lovely portraits, well done. Marg

Terrific work Charlie. Marg

Excellent work Bernd Marg

Very nice setup Frank. Thanks.

thank you to preprius for the idea right now i'm working on drilling a hole replacing the blade into the hole and cuting what you want out so this was my idea

Hobby Lobby or Michael’s, buy one get one 50% off. That’s how I do it.

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Ah yes, designer fire wood!! Sure glad to see that I am not the only one that has problems with making frames! Some times I surprise myself and the 4 pieces turn out perfect! Even with using a 45 degree slid, I just cannot get the right measurements on each one! I know it is something that I am not doing right and it is not the rulers or tape measures being off, just what I am not doing right! Hang in there, it will come to you! Erv

Hot off the saw 3/4 Poplar, 2 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches, quarter for scale. FD Polar #1 blades. BLO with shellac topcoat.

First attempt at making a mitered picture frame. Good miters not quite square!