Scroll Saw Blog

I was able to bust into the drum sander today.  Using Mark’s recommendation, I got a “Hand Impact Tool Set” from Sears:
This picture is after I used it and put it away.  As you can tell from the plate it’s sitting on, I did get the screws to come out.  Not sure if it was [...]

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While sanding some sassafras for the animal puzzle boxes, the Grizzly 12″ “Baby” drum sander decided to die on me.  The drum still works, but the conveyer belt quit conveying.  The tech folks at Grizzly say it’s a busted gear in the motor.  $15 for a nylon gear.  I decided to take a chance and [...]

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And also the first “Real Work” done with the saw!  After adjusting the rip fence and finding some push sticks, I got brave enough to run some sassafras shorts through the 3Hp blade.  My biggest concern was that the fence would pinch the piece and send it flying back–and with a 3Hp motor, that piece [...]

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I’m a little under the weather today, and the scrollsaw is also resting in another state at the moment.  Not a good combination for getting anything done.  Thankfully, the big shows are over.  I still have Fairbrook Elementary this weekend and a couple visits to 2nd Street Market to go.  If worse comes to worse, [...]

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At least of the mahogany ones–I still has a sassafras face part that needs a walnut trellis.  Anyway, I got the pendulums cut out this morning before church, and afterwards I put everything together.  One of the clocks has been BLO dipped and is waiting to cure; the other still needs a bath.
The drum sander [...]

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After having the puzzle blanks sit around for a few days, I went ahead and cut them out and oiled them.  As you can see I’m making the puzzles in groups of 3 or so; that way I don’t sell out of a particular puzzle at a show.  That should probably be “if I do [...]

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Today I was a little under the weather, so not much got done initially. I did glue up a mahogany panel for another set of Hummingbird-Trellis Clock, and the third back to the Deer Pendulum Clock. The panels are shown below. The pattern on the walnut panel was just cut out, except for [...]

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I decided to clean up a little, and having the parts cut out, I decided to go ahead and put it together. Just a little sanding needed… Well, first, the sandpaper on the drum sander needed replacing–no big deal there. Next I needed to reconnect the dust collection hose. See previous post [...]

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The duct tape holding the 4″ hose/4″-2″ adapter to the 2″ outlet on the drum sander broke again.  And today I couldn’t find the roll of duct tape-grrrrrrr.  So I broke down, bought me 10′ of 2″ hose and a pair of clamps, cut out a 6 inch piece from the 10 foot hose and [...]

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I didn’t get around to posting any pictures last night, so I’m making up for it here. A knee injury is keeping me off my feet, so there may not be any scrollsaw work tonight. I did get a pair of BOXER puzzles and a SPRINGER done, except for the oiling. The first picture [...]

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