2014-03-15 Scroll Saw 101 (Feature Length) 

An awesome presentation Hans. My daughter whom is eight, is starting out in woodworking and I chose the scroll saw as her starting point for power tools. This presentation is exactly what she needs to get started and she can come back to it for reference whenever she needs to. I keep it fun for her and give her a nudge where she needs to try something new. I E-mailed Steve Good and he sent me a ton of animal projects he had not put up within his site, just for kids to get started. An excellent guy all around. Thank you Hans and thank you Gwinnett Woodworkers. Derek

What a great tutorial! You Sir, are an excellent instructor! And this is coming from the mouth of a school teacher herself! I recently retired and decided to dedicate my leisure years to various forms of art work, including wood scrolling. Your video has truly motivated me to go ahead and start using the scroll saw I purchased a few years ago (as I prepared for retirement). Thank you SO very much for this wonderful video which I will watch again and again as I begin my new venture in wood crafting! A big thumbs-up for you!

Just wanted to say a huge thanks for this presentation. I've just bought my first scroll saw, and I found this tremendously helpful. Bill P. Northumberland, UK.

That's a really excellent video, full of useful information for learners. I enjoed the presentation and learnt a lot. Thank you.

thanks so much for this video! I live way out in the sticks and don't know any scroll sawers. Just bought a DeWalt 788 and seem to be picking up the skill fairly well. I make "fairy doors", wall hangings, and just learning anything. Amazing help and I have bookmarked it.

I have been scroll sawing, self taught, for 3 years and you gave me great ideas. You are a great teacher. Thanks.

Best lesson ever, learnt so much many thanks,, Chris in the UK.

Great video. I have a hard time finishing your videos, I always get excited cause you inspire new ideas and I just want to stop the video and go scroll. Thanks for all the great info

I really enjoyed the video. I am brand new to scroll saw work and your video taught me things that I would never have thought of. THANKS!!!!

Loved every bit of this! Learned more by watching this one video than I have watching 20 others - thank you! Also, I had NO trouble hearing or understanding any of this.

Hi Emmit Thank you for taking the time out to put this video together I'm a newbe to scroll work so it was very good to see this video Regards Steve UK

thank you for a very informative review. for old-school woodworking, it is full of great advice and tips.

Thank you so much Hans Meier. Terrific lessons to learn. Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information. Many blessings to you and to the GWA!

Thank you so much for the tutorial. I bought myself a scroll saw for Christmas 2 years ago and hadn't turned it on even till tonight, which is why I went looking for some info on them. Yep - you bet I've subscribed - hope it's enjoyed its' rest, it's going to pay for it now!!!

Gwinnett , excelente técnica e vídeo.Continue postando mais vídeos para nos ajudar. Parabéns!

excellent teacher

Great overview of Scroll Sawing, Thank You

What a superb tutorial - thank you very much

Great tutorial. Thank you so much!

Thanks for sharing this information.

Brilliant teaching methods. Thank you

Gracias, great video!!

Awesome video.

What a great video. Would love to see it again (without the scroll saw sound). You had so many hot tips as you were cutting. I just bought my first scroll saw. I would love to hear all those tips that were giving.

Great Video, Hans! I happen to own an old 24" Delta Scroll or Fret saw. I discovered that Oliver once made a 36" and for real kicks and giggles, a Jones Superior 36" (for those who adore antique machines). The Jones Superior and Oliver machines are not for the beginner and the Delta 24" may also be for the brave intermediate and advance Scrollsawyer. These are not lightweight machines as the Delta/Dewalt machine in the video and most such new saws that you will find. They are heavyweights, the Delta 24" being the lightest. Besides the intricate artistic patterns these are typically capable of doing, it might interest others who use/watch these scrollsaw/clips to know that scrollsaws are known to be used in the "Patternmaker's" trade. Patternmakers will make patterns that will be used in metal casting foundries. While modern technology largely replaced the standard scrollsaw, the old school scrollsaw is still used by many shops for applications that may call for it. The patternmakers interpret and transfer the design into wood and following the entire processing of the wood pattern, it is then sent to the foundry. These patterns are for the molds, with which the metal is cast. It could be ornamental or it could be a part on your automobile. The old way was/is labor intensive, but from the high tech vantage point of today, it sure is fascinating to watch and do in a tangeable hands-on way opposed to the push-button method. Thanks again.

Thanks for the beginner intro video. I've been considering getting a scrollsaw, and I think this has decided it for me. Now to start seeking good beginner patterns. :)

Thank you x

very good thanks a lot it was useful

Thanks

That's a very nice and thorough instruction video! My problem is that I've got a saw that has the style of blade like the one you've made in the corner (the big wooden example just behind you in the video), with small pins sticking out in the top and bottom making it a "T" and when I try to use it my stock are jumping up and down no matter how hard I press down on the piece .. I never got any use of that saw at all ..do you have any tip for that? I'm thinking about trying to make some kind of material holder to prevent it from jumping ..but ..

thank you very much for your video.i am pre-new in scroll saw work (dont have i saw yet). a. leiser (israel)

I would like to know where to find the rubber cement container you use as it holds more and has an applicator brush. Great video!

Nice instructional video. If I may make a suggestion. Get yourself a Tascam and a lapel mik. The audio was sometimes hard to hear with the saw running.

How is the delta scroll saw working for you ? I want to upgrade and the delta fits my budget.

do you make bowls from the scrollsaw...Dennis

i just bought a dewalt scroll saw and i would like to know what kind of blades should i buy, and what does this means 12.5 (TPI)

Hey Hans, While the definition of this great video was nice, it was difficult at times understanding what you were saying because of the saw noise, and surprisingly you do not offer close captioning like the videos you offered at your group demos; nor did you use a mic.....or at least it didn't sound like you did. Is it too late to at least add the close captioning? Thank you. Great info, just need to fix the audio or add captioning. Thank you.

Where can I find the Uncle Sam template? I don't see any on the website. Thanks GWA for tips!

What happened to your blower?

Im yumascroller and i use 3M supper 77 spray glue and spray it on the pattern not the wood and to remove it i use clear 70 or 90% isopropyl Alcohol to remove the rest of the pattern with a small paint brush put the brush in the isopropyl and brush it on the pattern will come loose doesnt take long and very easy to use.

Great videos very informative thank you. I know there is a lot to cover but videos over 20 min are too long.

why is there so much emphasis on being perfectly 90 degrees? If the piece doesn't come out the front it will come out the back or vice versa. Its not like it will get stuck. I've often wondered that. No one can tell if you sawed a piece out at 91 degrees or 89.

Really good stuff but the sound is terrible when the saw is on volume goes right down but still worth watching

you need CC we cant hear but we want to scroll too

good instructional video but woulb be better with an overhead camera..

shelf paper from walmart for the win :)

suggest you use a real scroll saw and demo the Hegner

Carbon Paper has been renamed because carbon allegedly is a bad thing. LOL It is now called transfer paper or Graphite paper and there are several different colors. Available online or at Hobby Lobby.

your hands are blocking the view of the cutting

The man is obviously an amazing craftsman but as a subscriber I am disappointed in the video quality. The most important thing is the technique and during the cuts the camera is a close up of his hands and not the wood and you can't hear a word he's saying. Maybe a lapel mic and an overhead camera angle.

Good info, but setup a few tripods, and film yourself. The camera man ruined this for me, and you could slow down a little. I don't see half of what your are doing because you're just sawing away, and saying look, can you see that? No, I can't, and then you have to spend two minutes explaining what you could have been explaining to me while you cut in real time.

Make it wooden with the help of the Stodoys instructions.

sniff....sniff.....MOVE THE CAMERA, its impossible to see what you're doing

less talk please and more sawing thanks