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Ironically, the best part of the show isn't even real! Harry the lizard is a very impressive CGI. I still enjoy watching it though :-)

During a long car trip, my young nieces became bored. So I found a couple of pieces of loose thread and fashioned them into impromptu dolls for the girls to play with. Unfortunately, the threads were not of equal rigidity which meant that one doll was pronouncedly more limp than the other. My...

I don't think you should have a dog. It sounds to me like you're still coming to terms with missing your wife and miss the human interaction. No dog could make up for that hole in your life. I'm really sorry for this turn of events and hope you find a way forwards soon. It would be nice to...

So annoyed. Just about all my early scrollsaw work was hosted on Photobucket and now the links to this forum don't work. Grrrrrrr.

I am sure you will be very happy with your new Hegner.

It's not about transferring vibration - it's about stopping vibration. Oh, this is a waste of time.

:roll: How many times does it have to be repeated... placing a rubber mat of any sort ('anti-vibration' or otherwise) between a saw and its bench will exacerbate vibration, not reduce it. To reduce vibration you need to add mass to your saw and the best way to do this is by securing it...

You can buy a brand new Dremel for £40-ish or one of their chucks for under a tenner. If you're prepared to wait, stores such as Lidl and Aldi often have similar multi-tools on offer which are much cheaper than Dremels and are surprisingly good quality for the price.

I agree with Steve about choosing oak. The end grain exposed by the scrolled cuts will be so vulnerable to weather variations that you will need the best quality, most stable wood available. Quarter-sawn would be my choice even though it is pricey. No matter how liberally you coat the oak...

It's not a problem I've encountered before. Perhaps cleaning the clamp with white spirits and lightly passing a fine abrasive over it might help, but I'm only speculating.

Scrolling is not a science, it's a craft. No matter how much advice an experienced scroller tries to pass on to a novice, improvements in technique will only come when new blades, different stroke speeds, different types and thicknesses of wood are attempted. I always think it's a bit like...

Even a cheapo saw can make a scroller happy :) ! Just don't expect too much of it and you'll be pleasantly surprised by what can be accomplished. A lot of people here extol the virtues of FD blades; there's no doubt that Mike offers a very fine customer service but don't let that put you off...

You should have a wonderful time learning how to use your new tools in conjunction with your scroll saw. A new vista of woodworking opportunities will open up to you.

It's always been my understanding that fretwork refers to pierced cuts whereas scrolls are sweeping external curves. Since modern saws can cut either style it doesn't matter if you call them fret saws or scroll saws.

It's not :P :wink: :) .

As I said, Gary, "If W is the width of the blade and A is the thickness of the top veneer, angle X = Asin (W/A)." :twisted: Your calculator should be able to cope with that! So if you're using a FD-SR No. 3 blade which is 0.035" (0.889 mm) wide and the thickness of your top layer of wood...

Nice project :) . Are you seated? Is there someone nearby who can call for assistance if required? If so, read on, but I feel I need to warn scrollers of a nervous disposition that the rest of this post might contain material of a disturbing nature... ...remember those maths...

I both supplied the saw and worked with the attendees for several months. They found scrolling to be very fulfilling and it boosted their self-confidence. I wouldn't have been happy allowing them to use any saw other than a Spiralux though - people with head injuries frequently have hand-eye...

I introduced a Spiralux saw to the Edgbaston Headway House day centre for people with head injuries and it was a great success. The men there really loved it because so many of the activities for people with head injuries were geared more towards females. At last, the fellas could do some...

The technical term for those sorts of 3D objects is 'compound cut'. I don't know of any patterns for compound cut elephants but it might be fun trying to design one :) . It would be difficult to make the ears protrude, though, and quite a challenge incorporating tusks.