Video clip of test cutting some plywood – yay.
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Month: August 2018
Scroll saw project – update 8
Spent most of the day lopping trees and although a bit pooped out found the energy after dinner to head out to the workshop about seven-o-clock for another session.
The blade holder with threaded rod, wing nuts and washers did not work out so I did another version.
Scroll saw project – update 7
Making the upper blade holder from a bit of flooring laminate.
Annual Council Collection 1
Monash annual council collection has come around again and this year my focus is on lopping and pruning three areas, one at the front and two at the back. Bit of a bugger that my back has been dodgy the last few weeks so I’ve asked the kids to help with bundling and stacking the green stuff out the front this coming weekend.
Pity to lop the wattle in full bloom, I’ve left three up the top 
Scroll saw project – update 6
After redesigning the lower blade holder I pulled the whole thing apart to refine some of the parts.
Looks like a IKEA flat pack.
Scroll saw project – update 5
Redesigned the lower blade clamp.
Lower blade clamp Version 1.0 did not work out. The blade comes loose and the squashed bracket clamp fouls the jigsaw blade guide.
Scroll saw project – update 4
How to drill a hole in a hardened steel blade ?
The build is on hold while we go back and fix something that was a failure.
The adaptor fashioned from a squashed bracket does not apply enough pressure to hold the scroll saw blade and…the clamp itself fouls the jigsaw blade guide.
Next thing to try is drilling both the jigsaw blade and the offcut and screw together to clamp the scroll saw blade.
Scroll saw project – update 3
This will be a interesting session as we are going to mount the saw arm bearings and install the assembly onto the saw frame.
With the arm support column dismantled I marked out the bearing centres on the two supports in preparation to bore the bearing mount holes.
Scroll saw project – update 2 part b
Still waiting for the chooks to go to bed so I can put their food away and lock up, so may as well prep for tomorrow.
As mentioned in the last post with a scroll saw blade mounted in the jigsaw I am able to measure the height of the arm support so here I’ve pulled the thing apart to cut to length on the mitre saw.
Scroll saw project – update 2
Bought a few more items from Bunnings yesterday so I could move on with the scroll saw build – today.
Starting to take shape At this point right here, with a scroll saw blade mounted in the inverted jigsaw, I can now measure, cut and mount the main saw arm.