Bob Marley...

Chris: Sup dude. Looks pretty neat…

Oak Ply?

I use some of that, but not a big fan of the Oak Plywood myself, Splinters too easy, and the Oak Laminate comes off the core too easy. I like Baltic Birch when it comes to cutting, but when it comes to Looks I seem to like the Oak better and other woods.

Handi

-- Jimmy "Handi" Warner, http://jwarner75.etsy.com, http://handisworkshop.blogspot.com

Usually I use birch, but I had the oak from the tool box. I found that when I use spray glue to attach the pattern to it, cut it, then remove the pattern with a heat gun, it doesn’t splinter much. I have some tear-out on the bottom, but a blow torch takes care of that. Poly on the front, ridgid felt on the back, then framed behind glass.

Feels like I haven’t done a scroll in a while, but good to get back to the saw!

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Have you ever tried using blue painters tape and then spraying the glue onto that. That way you just grab the blue tape when you are finished and remove the template. I’m not sure how it would do on the splintering issue, but it will save you some time with the heat gun.

Oh yeah, before I forget…Great job!

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT

I have tried the tape method once before and it got kinda sloppy. The tape pulled away in some spots and pulled splinters on others. I might have been moving to fast and got sloppy myself. The heat gun is actually really quick, like 30 seconds to remove the pattern. I then put in the large fall-off sections to support the rest of the picture and sand with 220.

I might give the tape a chance again in the future. Anything that could speed me up would be helpful. This one took about 4 hours start to finish. If I could take off 10-20 minutes, that would be nice.

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