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"basilisk"

02/03/2010 7:15 AM

Scroll saw baldes

What brand of scroll saw blades are the best?

I'm tasked with cutting out 36 8.5 x 11 jigsaw puzzles
out of 1/4" birch ply.

I was in the blue borg last night and their selection totaled
Vermont American and Dremel.

I got a couple of packs of the Dremels and they dull very
quickly, possibly good for cutting styrofoam if your not
in a hurry.

basilisk


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in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

03/03/2010 1:43 PM


> > The two i use are Olsen (pgt) and Flying Dutchman (mikesscrollsa.com)
> > The FD blades are very reasonable, and are great
>
> > shelly
>
> Same here. I thin that Mikes web shop is this:http://www.mikesworkshop.com/
>
yes, you are correct5 - my memory isn't what it never was!

> For some things (thin brass sheets etc.) jewellery blades are pretty n

s

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

02/03/2010 1:46 PM

On Mar 2, 8:15=A0am, "basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What brand of scroll saw blades are the best?
>
> I'm tasked with cutting out 36 =A08.5 x 11 jigsaw puzzles
> out of 1/4" birch ply.
>
> I was in the blue borg last night and their selection totaled
> Vermont American and Dremel.
>
> I got a couple of packs of the Dremels and they dull very
> quickly, possibly good for cutting styrofoam if your not
> in a hurry.
>
> basilisk

The two i use are Olsen (pgt) and Flying Dutchman (mikesscrollsa.com)
The FD blades are very reasonable, and are great

shelly

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"basilisk"

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

03/03/2010 11:31 AM


"Seismo R. Malm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2010-03-02, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mar 2, 8:15 am, "basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> What brand of scroll saw blades are the best?
>>>
>>> I'm tasked with cutting out 36 8.5 x 11 jigsaw puzzles
>>> out of 1/4" birch ply.
>>>
>>> I was in the blue borg last night and their selection totaled
>>> Vermont American and Dremel.
>>>
>>> I got a couple of packs of the Dremels and they dull very
>>> quickly, possibly good for cutting styrofoam if your not
>>> in a hurry.
>>>
>>> basilisk
>>
>> The two i use are Olsen (pgt) and Flying Dutchman (mikesscrollsa.com)
>> The FD blades are very reasonable, and are great
>>
>> shelly
>
> Same here. I thin that Mikes web shop is this:
> http://www.mikesworkshop.com/
>
> For some things (thin brass sheets etc.) jewellery blades are pretty nice
> (please use eye protection, bits and pieces are going to fly) and very
> cheap (something like 7 USD per gross). My last batch is from here:
> http://shop.rings-things.com/cart/pc/viewCategories.asp?pageStyle=m&idCategory=2044
>
> seismo malm

Thanks for all the replies, I'm going to get some Olsens
and possibly order some of the flying dutchman,
Up to now I've never done any production scroll sawing,
I need better blades for this kind of work.

basilisk

Cc

Casper

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

03/03/2010 10:44 AM

>Tryt Olsen blades. They are widely available, though not at the Big
>Box stores. Better suppliers will have them in great variety of
>configurations, i.e., tpi, round, double cutting, etc.

I use Olsen as well, even when I cut Corian. I've tried a couple
others but these seem to hold up better and are easier for me to get.
`Casper

JB

Joe Bleau

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

02/03/2010 12:47 PM



Tryt Olsen blades. They are widely available, though not at the Big
Box stores. Better suppliers will have them in great variety of
configurations, i.e., tpi, round, double cutting, etc.

including On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:15:42 -0600, "basilisk"
<[email protected]> wrote:

Ww

Woody

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

03/03/2010 3:50 PM

basilisk wrote:
> What brand of scroll saw blades are the best?
>
> I'm tasked with cutting out 36 8.5 x 11 jigsaw puzzles
> out of 1/4" birch ply.
>
> I was in the blue borg last night and their selection totaled
> Vermont American and Dremel.
>
> I got a couple of packs of the Dremels and they dull very
> quickly, possibly good for cutting styrofoam if your not
> in a hurry.
>
> basilisk
>
>
Had a bunch of Olsen and they were ok. After reading some posts about
blades a year or so ago, went and got Flying Dutchman blades and they're
terrific!

I got mine here: http://www.scrollsawbladespatterns.com/

~Mark.

SR

"Seismo R. Malm"

in reply to "basilisk" on 02/03/2010 7:15 AM

03/03/2010 7:43 AM

On 2010-03-02, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 8:15 am, "basilisk" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What brand of scroll saw blades are the best?
>>
>> I'm tasked with cutting out 36  8.5 x 11 jigsaw puzzles
>> out of 1/4" birch ply.
>>
>> I was in the blue borg last night and their selection totaled
>> Vermont American and Dremel.
>>
>> I got a couple of packs of the Dremels and they dull very
>> quickly, possibly good for cutting styrofoam if your not
>> in a hurry.
>>
>> basilisk
>
> The two i use are Olsen (pgt) and Flying Dutchman (mikesscrollsa.com)
> The FD blades are very reasonable, and are great
>
> shelly

Same here. I thin that Mikes web shop is this:
http://www.mikesworkshop.com/

For some things (thin brass sheets etc.) jewellery blades are pretty nice
(please use eye protection, bits and pieces are going to fly) and very
cheap (something like 7 USD per gross). My last batch is from here:
http://shop.rings-things.com/cart/pc/viewCategories.asp?pageStyle=m&idCategory=2044

seismo malm


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