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Scrollsaw Workshop on Pinterest:
If you are a Pinterest user then you may want to follow the Scrollsaw Workshop there. I post a picture of every pattern as soon as a new one comes out. You can quickly browse through the pictures and click on them to visit that blog post.
I only started a little over a year ago posting the pictures there so you won't find nearly everything but it gives you the last several months to look through.
If you are not familiar with Pinterest there are a lot of great ides shared there for nearly every subject know to man. Just type something in the search box and lose a few hours of you day.
Cutting Small/Difficult Parts on the Scroll Saw:
Every once in a while you may need to cut a very small piece of wood.These can be difficult to control so here is a suggestion. Use my Compound cutting Jig to hold the small piece. This will give you all the control you need.
The Jig is easy to build and worth having around especially if you do compound cutting.
This piece is about 1 X 1.5. I could probably hold it for the cut but why not get a little peace of mind and use the clamp.
Any piece at least 1/4" thick usually holds pretty well. If you want to add a little better grip you can glue sand paper inside the jaws.
You will not has as good of visibility so you may need to look over the clamp as to turn the piece. You will not generally be making long cuts this was so it's not much of a problem.
The small animal cut was cut with good control
Another cut I have made with this jig in the past was cutting a dowel rods interior.
The jig holds the entry hole 90 degrees to the table and makes the cut easy. You are probably not going to use this cut everyday but it may give you ideas for other hard to cut pieces.
A few years ago I cut a customized key fob from a 3/4" diameter dowel using this technique. I cut the name using stencil letters. The jig made it much easier.
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Both winners will be chosen randomly.
WAY2WIN #1: Click the contest link above and enter. You can enter once per day.
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Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Then I will show you the technique to take your photograph and make a pattern from it. When the pattern is complete we will go in the shop and cut it.
The DVD is $10 plus shipping. This is a data DVD that you will use on your computer to watch the video tutorial
Purchase the entire Scrollsaw Workshop pattern catalog for offline access.
This DVD has 2,300 patterns published from 2007 thru 2017.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
If you use the DVD on a Windows PC there is a simple viewer program to browse through the patterns.
The DVD also works fine on a MAC. The viewer program is not MAC compatible but there is an included PDF with all the patterns shown as thumbnails for easy viewing.
My two "Wooden Vases on the Scroll Saw" books make it easy.
The books are $12 each and available for instant download after purchase. Click for Video
Demonstration.
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