JanetsBears
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Well, one week on from getting my first scroll saw, I think I'm addicted. I've never done any scrolling so it's all new to me, but it seems such a relaxing hobby and I'm really enjoying learning how to use my new toy. The only problem so far is finding the time to play - work is a pain, I need to retire! 
So what have I done with my new saw in the little time I've had it? My first cut was to chop off a lump of the packing plywood to play with. The first picture shows my first freehand 'straight' cut on bottom edge. That was closely followed by the next cut up, trying to follow a rough path drawn directly on the cheap plywood. Next was the top jigsaw type cut. All that was done with the blade that arrived fitted to it. As the jigsaw cuts were a little loose, I changed the blade to a thinner Pegas blade and cut the freehand jigsaw line that can be seen through the middle bit on the photo. That is a much tighter fit.
Since then I've been trying different materials, including very thin and fragile ash (I think!) from an old wooden blind, decent 4mm and 6mm plywood and a lump of pine floorboard that's been standing for weeks alongside the woodburner waiting to be cut up. None of the items in the photo's have been sanded in any way, everything is straight off the saw.
So far, I've broken just 2 blades, the original that came with the saw when my top clamp lost its grip on the blade, and the fine one that I used for my second 'jigsaw' cut, when trying to remove it from a completed internal cut.
Chris
So what have I done with my new saw in the little time I've had it? My first cut was to chop off a lump of the packing plywood to play with. The first picture shows my first freehand 'straight' cut on bottom edge. That was closely followed by the next cut up, trying to follow a rough path drawn directly on the cheap plywood. Next was the top jigsaw type cut. All that was done with the blade that arrived fitted to it. As the jigsaw cuts were a little loose, I changed the blade to a thinner Pegas blade and cut the freehand jigsaw line that can be seen through the middle bit on the photo. That is a much tighter fit.
Since then I've been trying different materials, including very thin and fragile ash (I think!) from an old wooden blind, decent 4mm and 6mm plywood and a lump of pine floorboard that's been standing for weeks alongside the woodburner waiting to be cut up. None of the items in the photo's have been sanded in any way, everything is straight off the saw.
So far, I've broken just 2 blades, the original that came with the saw when my top clamp lost its grip on the blade, and the fine one that I used for my second 'jigsaw' cut, when trying to remove it from a completed internal cut.
Chris
