Blades

[Dalboy]

Is there a guide anywhere for scroll saw blades like best to use for "X" thickness, best blade for hard/soft wood. how tighter turn can be made with "X" blade etc

 

[Mike M]

Go to: www.mikesworkshop.com and click on Selecting a Blade.
If you have more questions, you always can email me.
FD Mike

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you for the link Mike M

 

[redmoorphil]

Hi dalboy, here is a link to a chart on scrollsawer.com
http://www.scrollsawer.com/tools-and-ti ... chart.html
And here is a link to the Olson blade chart
http://www.olsonsaw.net/
They may prove useful

 

[Chippygeoff]

Its not an easy question to answer and at the end of the day it is experience that will determine what blade you use for the job in hand. As a guide though and based on my own experience I would use a No 3 blade for fine detail work such as internal cuts on fretwork in plywood. I use 18mm hardwood 99% of the time and I often use a No3 blade for some of the names I do on plaques where the words can be quite small. For most of my internal work I use a No5 blade and for cutting the outside of patterns I wwill use a No7 blade. I have many other blades but very rarely use them and the only blades I use now are Flying Dutman ultra reverse having tried all the rest. Going back on what I said a lot depends on the density of the wood, kiln dried hardwood is harder than air dried and species like Oak and Ash can be challenging. The only pine I use is southern yellow pine and I will use any of the above blades depending on the pattern and how small the internal cuts are. If you would like to see the sort of work I do you can look up my facebook page, wooden crafts from Wales.Hope this helps.

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you all I appreciate that any guide is just a generalisation of blades to use. Thank you Chippygeoff I will have a look at your work later.