Scroll-Saw hints and tips.
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- This video contains lot's of hints and tips for fretworkers or scroll-saw users inc such subjects as Blades and Blade storage, Stands, Magnifiers and whether one should sit or stand while sawing.
Blades can be obtained from Hobbies. www.hobbies.co.uk/
A good place for information is UKWorkshop which has a scroll-Saw section
www.ukworkshop.co.uk/ 
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Good call about the magnifiers John - the distortion from cheapies can cause headaches and sore eyes. That's the place to spend the money you've saved from scrimping elsewhere! And I liked your 'cup of tea' remark as well - an essential part of any visit to the workshop. Thanks mate, very enjoyable.
As always Mark you are very kind. I tried a cheap magnifier and it was dreadful, quite pointless trying to use it really. Thanks for the comment.
Fascinating. I love the accent - my guess is West Country close to Wales 🤩 You had me in with the door lock - I have a ton of "If it works don't fix it". Just starting and have bought several spirals so my experience may be variable. Thanks for an enjoyable few minutes. I am 82 and Tasmanian ex UK 60 years ago)
Hello Peter many thanks for your kind comment. I was brought up in Oxfordshire then moved just a few miles to Gloucestershire.
Just found this guy and hes like the dad i nevet had i love him 😊 great content
Thank you for your kind comment, so glad you like the videos.
Was great to watch this video, like te others are also.. I really love your enthousiasm and your love for ancient stuff.. Also the way you keep it cheap and affordable. I am a beginning scroller and not much money to spend. Well, i found a great bargain Hegner so i guess i am also pretty lucky :)
Keep on doing the good work!
Thank you so much for your kind comment Rene. I am so glad you find the videos of interest. You can't go wrong with a Hegner they are not hi-tech machines, but they are very reliable, quiet running and a pleasure to use.
A good saw encourages use and good work whereas a cheap awkward to use one puts people off the hobby for good.
Still looking for a used Hegner but most are local pick up only and miles away
Thanks for the video John
Thanks Doug.
what magic video i just subscribed to your channel am new to scroll saws looking forward yo watching all your video
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I never knew there were so many different types of fretsaw blade!
There are Geoff and I only showed a few in the video. Back in the earlier days (sort of pre 1980) the only blades commonly available were the 'normal' plain ones.
thank you john as a beginner these videos are helping a lot one thing i would like to see you cover is rotating the wood as your cutting as when i'm watching you do it your wizzing around and i'm a bit frightened of twisting the blade and snapping it ...so a demonstration on this would be appreciated
Hi Wizard thanks for you kind comment, so glad you like the videos. Don't worry about snapping a blade it happens to all fretworkers. I will try to move a bit slower when I do another. (my next video is already filmed, so it will not be the next one I upload!)
I use plastic test tubes that have a plastic bung. The trick is finding one that are longer than the blades. But they are cheap and have the benefit of being see thru so that you can see if you're running out. Nice video BTW 👍
Good comment Kooky, see through tubes would be better. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Great video Scrimper. I made a stand for my Excalibur from a steel box section log stand which I bought new for about £20 already painted.The X type stand. Brackets on the top then a piece of kitchen worktop. Scroll saw bolted on. Job finished ! Very heavy but no vibration
@@jowettcars Many thanks for the comment. You did the right thing. I don't understand the science of the thing but I was told by an expert that Metal is better at reducing vibration, something to do with the frequency of the oscillations.
Thanks for your insight...
I have a homemade scroll saw that is touch and go about blade breakage.
It doesn’t help being a new scroller and I have lost a few blade holders, from their attachment point, to my pin-type blade slot.
Looking for a “Hegner” !!
JIM
Thanks for the comments Jim. Hope you find a Hegner soon.
Thanks for the video John, it inspired me to order some adaptors for my scroll saw to use pinless blades!
Hi Geoff, I am honoured that a tech-wizard such as yourself has watched one of my videos and delighted if it inspired you! My old mate Mr Fowles made his adaptors from the metal terminals in electrical terminal blocks (chocolate blocks) a bit fiddly but they worked (I think I showed them in one of my older videos).
Yet another great video, I have only recently found your channel, and been binge watching your back catalogue. I have recently acquired a Hegner multi cut 2s(with stand!!) at a bargain price, which I feel follows your ethos, thank you
Hello Alan, many thanks for your comment. I think that 'binge' watching my channel would be certain to send most people to sleep. You are very lucky to buy a 2s and stand at a bargain price, they normally fetch a lot of money. You have a really good buy there and you must be delighted that you have it.
Thanks. I store my scroll saw blades under the bench. No, wait. Under the sawdust. No wait...
Thanks Dennis, is your workshop nice and tidy?
@@scrimperuk thanks. Let me put it to you like this. Where “it” belongs is the last place I look for “it”, and I’m surprised if I find “it” hanging there. I have a sort of color coded storage function, to wit: the wood chisel handles are purple, so I scout about looking for purple ‘til I find the wood chisel I’m looking for...and sometimes it’s on the chisel rack!
@@dennisharrington6055 Lol sounds familiar, I spend hours looking for things.
Thanks John. What are the indicators that a blade needs to be changed? Is it simply they don't cut as quickly or are there other things to look out for? Cheers. Col.
Hi Col, Afraid I don't change my blades as often as I should (I am a scrimper after all) but you are right they do get dull and the 'going gets slower', sometimes if you look at the sides of the blade they are very shiny and tend to go 'blue' through heat generated by the blade being blunt.
I have a Central Machinery scroll saw and I was thinking on getting the Olson's conversion kit for plain end saws. My scroll saw includes a pair of clamps to use plain end but it takes some time to change the saw so I was thinking that the kit may do the process a lil bit faster, would you recommend it? Also the only use I have found for the spiral saws is when I want to make a perfect 90° hole for any of the toys I make. Greetings from Mexico :)
Hello to Mexico. I am not conversant with your machine but anything that makes blade changing quick and easy has got to be worth having. Thanks for the comment.
if your cutting any straight lines dont use them but on curved lines spirals are good and as you explained they give you more scope on depth of pieces. but yes they are the devil
Many thanks for the comment
Hi John have you any ideas to stop my blade chattering it seems to want to keep lifting the work up thanks
Hi Ronnie are you 100% certain you have the blade fitted the correct way, the teeth must point downwards towards the table? Otherwise it will keep chattering and lifting the work off the table. If you do have the blade in correctly then perhaps try a different blade. there is always some tendency for the work chatter a little which is why you need to hold the work down firmly on the table.
@@scrimperuk ill check again John and make sure my machines an Axminster craft only just started using it again thanks
@@casper1240 Upside down blades are very common and cause the work jumping as you described.
I did the "Finger test and checked the blade was the correct way up but i still could have put it in wrong its not a Hrgner they seem so smooth when i see you scrolling mines an Axminster Craft entry level i suppose at £135
@@scrimperuk Just double checked and the blade was correct teeth facing down i might try another make of Blade these are Pegas make