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yessuh

09/09/2004 1:08 AM

Scroll Saw Newby

SWMBO got me a scroll saw - Dremel 1680.

Can anyone suggest a book or website that'll get me started in the right
direction.


Thanks for your help

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This topic has 5 replies

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GerryG

in reply to yessuh on 09/09/2004 1:08 AM

09/09/2004 4:08 PM

I'll add just one more...
www.scrollsaws.com
IMO, Rick's got some of the most balanced reviews and advice around.
GerryG

On 09 Sep 2004 10:28:09 GMT, [email protected] (Kevin Daly) wrote:

>>
>>Can anyone suggest a book or website that'll get me started in the right
>>direction.
>
>I loved my 1680 (until I killed it)
>Here's a few suggestions;
>Books:
>Shop-Tested Scrollsaw Techniques;
>Anything by Patrick Spielman to do with scrollsaws;
>There's a great video on e-bay (A - Z Fretworking) that you can get for about
>$15 (shipping included).
>There's a ton of great websites and user groups, msn's Free Scrollsaw Patterns
>is a great group to get started with.
>As far as websites here's a few;
>http://www.scrollsawer.com/scrollerscorner.htm
>http://www.saw-online.com/
>http://www.mikesworkshop.com/ (also a great source for the very best blades).
>One word of warning.....scrolling can be addictive :).
>
>Kevin Daly
>http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html

kK

[email protected] (Kevin Daly)

in reply to yessuh on 09/09/2004 1:08 AM

09/09/2004 10:28 AM

>
>Can anyone suggest a book or website that'll get me started in the right
>direction.

I loved my 1680 (until I killed it)
Here's a few suggestions;
Books:
Shop-Tested Scrollsaw Techniques;
Anything by Patrick Spielman to do with scrollsaws;
There's a great video on e-bay (A - Z Fretworking) that you can get for about
$15 (shipping included).
There's a ton of great websites and user groups, msn's Free Scrollsaw Patterns
is a great group to get started with.
As far as websites here's a few;
http://www.scrollsawer.com/scrollerscorner.htm
http://www.saw-online.com/
http://www.mikesworkshop.com/ (also a great source for the very best blades).
One word of warning.....scrolling can be addictive :).

Kevin Daly
http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html

jj

jo4hn

in reply to yessuh on 09/09/2004 1:08 AM

09/09/2004 3:52 PM

Kevin Daly wrote:

>>Can anyone suggest a book or website that'll get me started in the right
>>direction.
>
>
> I loved my 1680 (until I killed it)
[snip]

Did you replace it with something?
j4

kK

[email protected] (Kevin Daly)

in reply to jo4hn on 09/09/2004 3:52 PM

10/09/2004 10:18 AM

>Did you replace it with something?

The Dremel was a reconditioned unit that I got for $99. I've replaced t with a
craftsman 16" variable speed (it's the same exact saw with different colored
plastic and no lights). I was able to get it on sale plus my discounts for
$90. As I consider the Dremel a hobbyist saw as well as the craftsman, I have
no complaints (I put 40+ hours a week on the saws cutting a variety of
hardwoods). For the money these are quite good, eventually I'll step up to a
Hegner or Excalibur saw once I make enough from the projects made with the
craftsman and dremels.

Kevin Daly
http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html
Kevin Daly
Mattatuck Astronomical Society
http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/index.html

BM

Bob McConnell

in reply to yessuh on 09/09/2004 1:08 AM

10/09/2004 3:08 AM

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:08:37 GMT, GerryG <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'll add just one more...
>www.scrollsaws.com
>IMO, Rick's got some of the most balanced reviews and advice around.
>GerryG
>
>On 09 Sep 2004 10:28:09 GMT, [email protected] (Kevin Daly) wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Can anyone suggest a book or website that'll get me started in the right
>>>direction.
>>
>>I loved my 1680 (until I killed it)
>>Here's a few suggestions;
>>Books:
>>Shop-Tested Scrollsaw Techniques;
>>Anything by Patrick Spielman to do with scrollsaws;
>>There's a great video on e-bay (A - Z Fretworking) that you can get for about
>>$15 (shipping included).
>>There's a ton of great websites and user groups, msn's Free Scrollsaw Patterns
>>is a great group to get started with.
>>As far as websites here's a few;
>>http://www.scrollsawer.com/scrollerscorner.htm
>>http://www.saw-online.com/
>>http://www.mikesworkshop.com/ (also a great source for the very best blades).
>>One word of warning.....scrolling can be addictive :).
>>
>>Kevin Daly
>>http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html

There is also a mailing list: [email protected]
Sign up at
<http://allgw.allthingswood.com/mailman/listinfo/scrolling-list>

An online chat at: http://se.allthingswood.com/apirc/

I also have a 1680, but no room to work with it right now. I hope to
build a small workshop next spring, if we don't float away this
summer.

I need a good pattern for a "No Fishing, No Swimming" sign for my
front yard. A neighbor already has a silouette of a boy fishing in the
ditch next to their driveway. This week the fish on the end of his
line was floating in the water.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP


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