Scroll Saw Workbook, 3rd Edition E-Book

John A Nelson

• Herausgeber: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 86

Beschreibung

Use this ultimate scroll saw beginner's guide to hone your scrolling skills to perfection. You'll find everything you need to know here, boiled down to the best and simplest methods. Practice a specific technique in each of 25 skill-building chapters, and then use that skill to make an attractive project. As you progress, each chapter builds upon the previous skills you've already learned. By the time you've completed the book, you'll be ready to tackle any scroll saw project with experience and confidence. Begin with the basics of cutting straight, curved, and jagged lines, and then progress to more advanced techniques like stack cutting, relief, inlay, compound, segmentation, and more. Project patterns include die-cut stationery, a fish silhouette, a butterfly with interior cuts, a hummingbird ornament, and a collapsible wooden basket. This new third edition provides an objective guide to all of the scroll saw models available in today's market, updated to include information on new scroll saw manufacturers.

Leseprobe

© 1999, 2003, 2014 by John A. Nelson and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., East Petersburg, PA.

Scroll Saw Workbook, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-1-56523-849-7, 2014) is a revised edition of Scroll Saw Workbook, 2nd Edition (ISBN 978-1-56523-766-7, 2003), published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. Revisions include new photographs, revised text, and a new index. The patterns contained herein are copyrighted by the author. Artists may make three copies of these patterns for personal use and may make any number of projects based on these patterns. The patterns themselves, however, are not to be duplicated for resale or distribution under any circumstances. Any such copying is a violation of copyright law.

Interior Photography: Carl Shuman, Owl Hill Studios/Deborah Porter Hayes

Cover Photography: Carl Shuman, Owl Hill Studios

Print ISBN 978-1-56523-849-7eISBN 978-1-60765-163-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nelson, John A., 1935-

Scroll saw workbook / John A. Nelson. -- 3rd edition.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-56523-849-7

1. Jig saws. 2. Woodwork--Patterns. I. Title.

TT185.N36 2014

745.51’3--dc23

2014008821

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CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction: How to Use This Workbook

History of Scroll Saws

Mechanisms

Scroll Saws

Blades

Accessories

Features to Look for in a Scroll Saw

Patterns & Material

Getting Started

Safety

Exercise 1: Following lines

Exercise 2: Making continuous, flowing exterior cuts

Exercise 3: Making sharp exterior corners (loop method)

Exercise 4: Making sharp interior corners

Exercise 5: Cutting very small or very thin objects

Exercise 6: Stack cutting (staple method)

Exercise 7: Stack cutting (tape method)

Exercise 8: Stack cutting (brad method)

Exercise 9: Stack cutting (ear method)

Exercise 10: Cutting paper, cardboard or cloth (exterior cuts)

Exercise 11: Cutting paper, cardboard or cloth (interior cuts)

Exercise 12: Cutting metal

Exercise 13: Cutting plastic

Exercise 14: Relief cutting (relief cut blade/angle tester)

Exercise 15: Relief cutting (collapsible baskets)

Exercise 16: Relief cutting (dimensional effects)

Exercise 17: Inlay (inlay blade/angle tester)

Exercise 18: Inlay

Exercise 19: Compound cutting

Exercise 20: Layering (woven basket)

Exercise 21: Using scrap wood

Exercise 22: Making puzzles

Exercise 23: Relief cutting (alphabet)

Exercise 24: Segmentation

Exercise 25: Lap-over basket

Appendix

Preface

Welcome to the world of scrolling. Joyce and I think you will find scrolling rewarding, relaxing and just plain FUN!

Whether you’re just beginning or have had some experience with scrolling, you will find something in this book that will help you enjoy scrolling even more than you do now.

This book is based on our many years of teaching basic and advanced scroll saw classes throughout the country. Each time we teach a class, we learn something new ourselves, and we would like to pass all we have learned on to you, the reader of this book.

The instructions in this book are based on and follow the classes we have taught. Both Joyce and I want to make it known at the outset that we do not consider ourselves experts on scrolling, so please do not consider us such. We are just passing on what knowledge we do have. We plan to learn much more about scrolling before we are done. We believe in the saying, “You learn something new everyday!” In fact, we have found in our travels that we can learn a lot just meeting and talking with people.

If you can cut out a simple project such as a teddy bear, you can cut out a larger project like our Chimes of Joy clock. Both use the same basic scroll saw techniques. The only difference is that the clock requires more cuts.

We want to thank Dan O’Rourke of Dublin, New Hampshire, for testing and doing all the projects in this book (Dan had never used a scroll saw before. His finished works are featured in the exercises.); Deborah Porter Hayes of Hancock, New Hampshire, for taking all the photos; and Francis McKenna, owner of Fine Woodworking in Dublin, New Hampshire, for lending us his workshop/showroom to take the photographs.

Last, but not least, we would like to thank Alan Giagnocavo and the staff at Fox Chapel Publishing. Without their help and input this book could not have been published.

It is our sincere hope that Scroll Saw Workbook will open up a whole new world of scrolling to you.

Please, feel free to drop Fox Chapel a note if you have any questions, suggestions or criticisms. We would love to hear from you.

Happy Scrolling!

John A. Nelson

Joyce C. Nelson

Narragansett, Rhode Island

Introduction: How to Use This Workbook

The first part of this book comprises a variety of information about scroll saws. If you are unfamiliar with the history of scroll saws, you’ll want to read through the “History of Scroll Saws.” For an introduction to the scroll saws that are currently on the market, see “Scroll Saws.” We’ve also included information about blades, accessories and materials that can be used with scroll saws.

The hands-on part of this book begins here with “Getting Started.” Be sure to read through this section before you continue with the exercises.

Each exercise has an “Objective.” The objective explains what we want you to learn in this exercise. Note each objective before starting, so you will know exactly what you will be doing in each exercise.

After studying the exercise, select and prepare the wood and materials needed for the exercise. Follow each step in the exercise in the order given.

When completed, compare your finished exercise with the “objective.” If you are not completely satisfied with the results or do not feel completely competent in this particular exercise, redo the entire exercise. It is important that you understand and can execute each exercise before you proceed to the next exercise.

At the end of this book you’ll find an appendix listing a number of scroll saw-related suppliers.

History of Scroll Saws

Most people think scrolling started back in 1974 when Helmut Abel of West Germany was granted an International patent for a “new” scroll saw. Some people think scrolling began when Advanced Machinery Imports, Ltd. of New Castle, Delaware, introduced the Hegner scroll saw to America. Others trace scroll sawing’s origins back to 1986 when Patrick Spielman published his wonderful book, Scroll Saw Handbook.

In fact, scrolling didn’t start with any of these—it all really started way back in the 1500s or so. The very first thin scroll saw blades were made by an early German clockmaker.

I read some time ago that the first person actually associated with scrolling was Andre Boulle of Paris, France, in or around 1775. Today there is a famous wood-working school in Paris that is still using Boulle’s name.

From 1850 to 1920 scroll sawing in America was as popular as it is today. Many women and children did scrolling back then to supplement the household income, much as we do today.

During those years, there were many companies supplying patterns for the scroll saw, just as today. H.L. Wild of New York City was one of the biggest scroll saw pattern suppliers of the day (from 1880 to 1920). Many of these wonderful, original patterns are being sold today by myself and other scroll saw pattern suppliers.

Many of the patterns in some of my scroll saw books are re-designs of these original project patterns. I have tried to record these wonderful original patterns for all times. Large clock patterns we love today, such as the Chimes of Normandy, were sold back then, too.

In 1935 Delta came out with a heavy cast iron, rigid-arm “jig saw.” Those of you who grew up in the forties and fifties, as I did, must remember the big green or gray jig saw in every “manual arts” (woodworking) class. These saws had a true, up-and-down blade motion, but as I remember, left a very rough edge. We spent more time sanding the edges of what we cut than we did cutting out the piece itself.

It was this wonderful new “improved” jig saw that brought scrolling back to America in the forties and early fifties.

As a kid, I remember everyone was making wooden things with this saw. I can remember all kinds of lawn ornaments (before the plastic pink flamingos), puzzles, tie racks, signs and more. These projects were as proudly made as projects are made today.

It is my thought that in the late thirties and early forties people made jig saw projects to sell to help supplement their income due to the Depression, just as they did in the 1880s.

By the early fifties, scrolling pretty much died out. Except for school woodshops, the jig saw was forgotten.

In 1974 Helmut Abel of Germany obtained a patent on a constant-tension scroll saw. It was a well-designed and well-made saw. It is interesting to compare the 1880 “New Rogers” saw with the new Hegner saw.

In 1978, Advanced Machinery brought the Hegner scroll saw to America. I can remember thinking the first time I saw one of these scroll saws with the skinny blade, “Who in the world would want a dumb-looking machine like this? What in the world can you do with a blade that thin?” Boy, was I wrong in my thinking!

In those days, no one demonstrated scroll saws at woodworking shows. The saws just sat on the show floor with a piece of pine on the saw table. The saws were plugged in, ready to go, so all those walking by could try cutting a piece of wood. At the time, I really could not see any use for a saw like this. Lucky for all of us, Patrick Spielman did see a use for it and came up with a series of great books touting the scroll saw and what great things a woodworker could really do with it. I consider Pat the “father” of scroll sawing today.