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Feb 2, 2020 15:53:10 GMT -5
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Post by whodathunkit on Feb 2, 2020 15:53:10 GMT -5
Hi Guy's!
Thought id do something different today with this Scroll saw fretwork car design!
Giving it a balsa top covering over the weight pocket and some streamline balsa fenders.
I'd also like to Thank Sugar Creek for his help with my i phone pic's turning when up loaded!
There working better in landscape mode. ( Thank's Sugar Creek!) it sure beat's my old digital camera!
I will be starting the demonstration with a BSA kit block that i'v ripped down the top half off of to 1/4" thick on a table saw.
And have drawn the weight pockets & cut out designs on.
In the last pic above you'll see i have drilled all the holes for the cut outs..
And the Olson Scroll saw blade's i like to use for fretwork.. note these are for intricate fretwork in woods up to 1/2".
I will tell you that it is best to print out a design on paper and glue it to the wood with some 3m adhesive spay.
Putting some clear packing tape over the top of the pattern.. will also help keep the blade lubed and cool while cutting.
For this demonstration i will not do that!
I have highlighted the cut outs with a red ink pen and went around them with a black ink for the cut lines.
Why black.. Because it's hard to see the cutting blade and cutting line with an all black back ground.
And i'm hoping to demonstrate just how hard it can be to see while cutting.
So that's why i'm saying a printed paper pattern works best for seeing the cutting blade and lines you want to cut out.
For fretwork i like to start cutting from the center out .. because there is less of a chance for wood to brake out on me.
If i start cutting from the outside into the center .. i could brake the wood while cutting the center design's out.
In the last pic for the weight pocket.. i'm going to cut it to one corner and then spin the wood around to follow the square cut out.
The move on to cutting out the back weight pocket.. while holding down on back axle spar with my finger so i don't crack it out while cutting.
Keep watching i'm not done with more to follow!
Thought id do something different today with this Scroll saw fretwork car design!
Giving it a balsa top covering over the weight pocket and some streamline balsa fenders.
I'd also like to Thank Sugar Creek for his help with my i phone pic's turning when up loaded!
There working better in landscape mode. ( Thank's Sugar Creek!) it sure beat's my old digital camera!
I will be starting the demonstration with a BSA kit block that i'v ripped down the top half off of to 1/4" thick on a table saw.
And have drawn the weight pockets & cut out designs on.
In the last pic above you'll see i have drilled all the holes for the cut outs..
And the Olson Scroll saw blade's i like to use for fretwork.. note these are for intricate fretwork in woods up to 1/2".
I will tell you that it is best to print out a design on paper and glue it to the wood with some 3m adhesive spay.
Putting some clear packing tape over the top of the pattern.. will also help keep the blade lubed and cool while cutting.
For this demonstration i will not do that!
I have highlighted the cut outs with a red ink pen and went around them with a black ink for the cut lines.
Why black.. Because it's hard to see the cutting blade and cutting line with an all black back ground.
And i'm hoping to demonstrate just how hard it can be to see while cutting.
So that's why i'm saying a printed paper pattern works best for seeing the cutting blade and lines you want to cut out.
For fretwork i like to start cutting from the center out .. because there is less of a chance for wood to brake out on me.
If i start cutting from the outside into the center .. i could brake the wood while cutting the center design's out.
In the last pic for the weight pocket.. i'm going to cut it to one corner and then spin the wood around to follow the square cut out.
The move on to cutting out the back weight pocket.. while holding down on back axle spar with my finger so i don't crack it out while cutting.
Keep watching i'm not done with more to follow!
