Well my first project was a horseshoe welcome sign, i made this about 4 months ago, my girlfriend bought me a scroll saw at a show in Wexford, Ireland a SS16V 16" Variable Speed Scroll saw for about €120.
I then searched the Internet for some templates and came across a horse, a horse shoe, and the word "welcome", i put them all together and got this.
Was relatively simple to do, for each of the nail holes in the horse shoe i had to drill a 6mm hole with my drill in order to fit the blade through. The only downside to this scroll saw is that the blades have 2 small hooks on either side at both ends which hold it in place. You can get scroll saws that uses grip to hold it in place and therefore have no hooks and a smaller hole can be drilled to fit the blade into.
Anyway i printed this template out and covered my piece of pine in masking tape. I chose pine because it is a very soft wood and easy to cut through, and also because it was readily available at any B&Q, Atlantic Homecare, Woodies....
I then glued the template onto the masking tape using pritt stick but I'm sure any pva glue will do. this makes it alot easier to remove because all you have to do is peel the masking tape off and the glue comes with it when you're finished. this leaves very little sanding. Anyway the results or all this are in the following picture. It took me approximately 3 hours to complete. Not a masterpiece by any means but i was delighted with it for my first attempt....
I then searched the Internet for some templates and came across a horse, a horse shoe, and the word "welcome", i put them all together and got this.
Was relatively simple to do, for each of the nail holes in the horse shoe i had to drill a 6mm hole with my drill in order to fit the blade through. The only downside to this scroll saw is that the blades have 2 small hooks on either side at both ends which hold it in place. You can get scroll saws that uses grip to hold it in place and therefore have no hooks and a smaller hole can be drilled to fit the blade into.
Anyway i printed this template out and covered my piece of pine in masking tape. I chose pine because it is a very soft wood and easy to cut through, and also because it was readily available at any B&Q, Atlantic Homecare, Woodies....
I then glued the template onto the masking tape using pritt stick but I'm sure any pva glue will do. this makes it alot easier to remove because all you have to do is peel the masking tape off and the glue comes with it when you're finished. this leaves very little sanding. Anyway the results or all this are in the following picture. It took me approximately 3 hours to complete. Not a masterpiece by any means but i was delighted with it for my first attempt....
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