Callapsible baskets

[martinka]

Good thinking Jimi. There's a relatively easy way to make the first heart. Find an outline of one on Google images, import into Inkscape and convert from bitmap to vector. Even easier is to downoad a vector image in the first place.

 

[Scrollerman]

PT, have a look at http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/collapsible-basket-scroll-saw-pattern.html

That is not a spiral cut and confirms what I said.

Yes it is. Go to http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/?page_id=2339 and click the thumbnail of the basket which should download the pdf pattern where you can see the spiral cut.

What are you saying it confirms? You lost me there.

Hi Martin.....powertools is correct in what he says.
He is confirming it is not a spiral cut.

The Steve Good pattern you linked to is NOT a spiral !
A spiral needs one entry hole whether that be from the centre or an external entry.That spiral will then be cut as a continuous cut until completion.
Steve Goods' pattern shows 3 pilot holes as entry points for each layer to be cut at approx 3 degrees which allows the finished cuts to 'lock' when the handle is pulled upward...No spiral in sight in that pattern.

Well done to you powertools for your keen observation. =D> =D> =D>

 

[powertools]

Hi Martin.....powertools is correct in what he says.
He is confirming it is not a spiral cut.

The Steve Good pattern you linked to is NOT a spiral !
A spiral needs one entry hole whether that be from the centre or an external entry.That spiral will then be cut as a continuous cut until completion.
Steve Goods' pattern shows 3 pilot holes as entry points for each layer to be cut at approx 3 degrees which allows the finished cuts to 'lock' when the handle is pulled upward...No spiral in sight in that pattern.

Well done to you powertools for your keen observation. =D> =D> =D>[/quote]

In reply to my first post Martin gave a link to a basket that was made by the only method I had seen and was not a spiral cut. I reply to my response to that he then gives a different link to a basket that is indeed a spiral cut.
Going by the rest of the thread the spiral method is far more complex and I doubt if it would give as good a result and is not a method I will bother with.

 

[martinka]

My apologies, I shouldn't make assumptions. I assumed the one in the video I linked to was the same idea as the round basket SG gives a pattern for, and I didn't check. I really ought to have wondered why the basket wasn't collapsing under it's own weight. :?

PT, do you really think the method isn't worth doing when you can create something like the photo below? The whole thing folds flat when not in use. Got to admit getting the correct angle might be fiddly, but I think the end result is worth it, though it's possible I might change my mind when I attempt one.

photo from the SG pattern

 

[powertools]

My apologies, I shouldn't make assumptions. I assumed the one in the video I linked to was the same idea as the round basket SG gives a pattern for, and I didn't check. I really ought to have wondered why the basket wasn't collapsing under it's own weight. :?

PT, do you really think the method isn't worth doing when you can create something like the photo below? The whole thing folds flat when not in use. Got to admit getting the correct angle might be fiddly, but I think the end result is worth it, though it's possible I might change my mind when I attempt one.
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photo from the SG pattern

Yes I have to say that it is a nice item but is another option thrown into the mix of this thread.
The basket or as in this case I would call it a bowl in this case is a perfect circle and it would be easy to create a spiral pattern for it unlike the heart shapes referred to before in this thread a perfect circle bowl could be made from individual segments or a spiral cut unlike odd shapes that in my opinion are far better done in individual segments to avoid the potential problems of trying to create a spiral pattern for them.

 

[martinka]

My apologies, I shouldn't make assumptions. I assumed the one in the video I linked to was the same idea as the round basket SG gives a pattern for, and I didn't check. I really ought to have wondered why the basket wasn't collapsing under it's own weight. :?

PT, do you really think the method isn't worth doing when you can create something like the photo below? The whole thing folds flat when not in use. Got to admit getting the correct angle might be fiddly, but I think the end result is worth it, though it's possible I might change my mind when I attempt one.
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photo from the SG pattern

Yes I have to say that it is a nice item but is another option thrown into the mix of this thread.
The basket or as in this case I would call it a bowl in this case is a perfect circle and it would be easy to create a spiral pattern for it unlike the heart shapes referred to before in this thread a perfect circle bowl could be made from individual segments or a spiral cut unlike odd shapes that in my opinion are far better done in individual segments to avoid the potential problems of trying to create a spiral pattern for them.

Well, if no one ever did anything that was a bit difficult, we probably wouldn't even have the wheel. :wink: