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Thank you both. I think I will go down the route of sanding the wood before stacking without applying any kind of finish at that point because of the risk of ruining it. I will apply a finish after it has been cut, with any luck I will be able to apply the finish by spraying it on using a...

Sorry to bring this post up again but I have been thinking about the finish to apply to the Birch wood once completed and the best way to go about it. All your help as been invaluable so far so thought I would ask some more questions because the last thing I want to do is make some school boy...

Thanks for the posts all, I won't bother applying a sealer. I was concerned that after one year I would be left with a useless rotting pile of wood lol. But from your posts that is not going to be the case so thanks for the advice.

Already cut the pieces of ply and pine. With hindsight it would have been better to go with a harder wood as it would last longer without sealing it. Having said that I may well not bother based on Harbos comment. Already got to prime it and paint it, I did not really want to have to add...

Hi, I am building a birdhouse and I am struggling to find a suitable product to seal the paint and wood. It obviously needs to be something which is not harmful to the birds so it can't be oil based (I think). I have been looking online for suggestions and it needs to be water based I...

Thank you for the positive comments Don and AES. Your post was very informative AES. I have just had a nose at some of Claymores intarsia. You peaked my interest when you mentioned motorbikes lol. That is some very impressive work by Claymore, love the motorbike ones. You got me thinking...

Thanks Phil, I must say I was pleasantly surprised how it turned out in the end :) I will post the final piece when it is finished (whenever that will be!) As you say its very easy to be critical of your own work, I was getting very frustrated if the cut I was making came of the line because...

Hi Again, Well 6 weeks later (work and 2 young children, not much time for anything!) I have finally finished the pattern for the tiger and cut part of it as a test. I cut it out of 9mm ply because when I get round to the final piece I am going to stack 2 lots of 4mm birch ply. Initially the...

Thank you AES and Buffalo for the replies, sorry for the late reply did not have time to check yesterday. Baltic Birch it is then! AES - I had not even considered looking in charity shops and tips etc for wood so will keep my eyes open and I will certainly check out the posts by the other...

Its only a vague thought on possibly selling things I make, your advise is very sound, I take it on board. Will give the tiger profile a go as mainly doing it to see if I can and for practice. I shall certainly give some thought to some smaller pieces in the mean time.

Thanks Novocaine, I will look into some of those other woods. Will definitely look at Baltic Birch only used the scroll saw with Pine and Plywood so might be best to stick with the Ply at the moment. Any idea of some decent suppliers of Wood? The standard type of places like B & Q, Wickes etc...

Hi, I am very new to the world of scroll sawing (and woodworking in general). I borrowed my father’s scroll saw a couple of months ago for a small project I was working on, since then I have been looking into what you can make with a scroll saw, and I am amazed at what can be done with it...