Snow leopard

Corey, your scrollwork is beautiful. Congrats on your show ribbon! I looked at all three projects you have posted and love them all. Lots of detail in each one. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Thanks. The way I see it, if there’s no detail then it’s no fun to do

Corey, You are very talented. Some incredible details in your work.

What thickness of plywood and what blade do you use?

I’m using 1/4 in Baltic birch for this one and I generally use a no.2 or 2/0 olson blade. They’re tricky if your saw vibrates a lot. I’ve had a dewalt scroll saw for the last 6 or 7 years, logged tons of hours and it still doesn’t vibrate like my old ones did

I have the dewalt as well and no vibration. No mileage on it yet:)

Make sure your got enough tension on the blade. I usually run around 3 or 4. It just take time. You’ll get mad and frustrated, but it’s worth it. Start out with some simple Christmas ornaments, trace animals onto scrap boards, there’s tons of ways to practice. If you need to slow your saw down to gain some more control

Thanks for the tips.

I had downloaded several practice patterns I am learning on. on 1/2 pine using 2/0 seems ok but harder wood the blade wander. tension has that nice “ting” around 4

I will try with lower speed tomorrow.

With the 2/0 you need to be around 1/4, 3/8 at the most. For half inch, especially hardwoods, I generally use a no. 5. 2/0 is for the delicate detail and fretwork, it’s not really a gp blade

Ah…Thanks!

It is easier to control by stacking 1/4 or 1/8 material plus it gives you an additional cutting.

I am happy to report that No 5 and setting the speed at 3 (dewalt) worked much better.

Will continue practicing.

Thanks!

Good to hear. You’ll figure it out. Like I said before, it just takes time. Glad to hear things went better for you

Very nice