Canadian Scroller
#14 45215 Wolfe Road, Chilliwack, B.C. Canada, V2P 1V5
Tel: (604) 795 6640, scroller@telus.net
#14 45215 Wolfe Road, Chilliwack, B.C. Canada, V2P 1V5
Tel: (604) 795 6640, scroller@telus.net
STACK CUTTING
When you want to "MASS PRODUCE" or cut out even a few pieces of work that are identical you should use a method called stack cutting. place four or five pieces of Baltic birch plywood ....or whatever material you are cutting... on top of each other. It is best if the are all the same size. The layers of wood are then held together by any of several means.
The pattern is glued to the top piece, starter holes are drilled through the stack and you cut out several copies simultaneously.
To keep the stacks together I like to tape the edges of the wood with low tack painters tape
you can also run beads of hot glue gun glue up and down the outside edges. Some people nail small brads in the waste area of the cutting, being careful not to penetrate the wood and scratch your scroll saw table. One more way is to use temporary spray adhesive to paper and layer the paper and the wood like a stack of frozen burgers. Be sure to spray the paper and not the wood ....the adhesive isn't so temporary if you spray the wood and not the paper!
PATTERNS ON THE WOOD
There are many ways to transfer the pattern to the wood. You can trace the pattern with carbon paper leaving your original pattern in tact. I like to photocopy the pattern and spray the back of it with temporary adhesive. I cut right through the photocopy and peel it away when I am done.
If the wood is smooth you can transfer a photocopy toner from the original to the wood. This only works once and the transfer will be in the mirror image of the original. Place the photocopy face down on the wood and press a hot clothes iron on the back for several minutes.
I understand you can do the same process by using lacquer thinner on the back of the photocopy too, although that is a little smelly.
When you want to "MASS PRODUCE" or cut out even a few pieces of work that are identical you should use a method called stack cutting. place four or five pieces of Baltic birch plywood ....or whatever material you are cutting... on top of each other. It is best if the are all the same size. The layers of wood are then held together by any of several means.
The pattern is glued to the top piece, starter holes are drilled through the stack and you cut out several copies simultaneously.
To keep the stacks together I like to tape the edges of the wood with low tack painters tape
you can also run beads of hot glue gun glue up and down the outside edges. Some people nail small brads in the waste area of the cutting, being careful not to penetrate the wood and scratch your scroll saw table. One more way is to use temporary spray adhesive to paper and layer the paper and the wood like a stack of frozen burgers. Be sure to spray the paper and not the wood ....the adhesive isn't so temporary if you spray the wood and not the paper!
PATTERNS ON THE WOOD
There are many ways to transfer the pattern to the wood. You can trace the pattern with carbon paper leaving your original pattern in tact. I like to photocopy the pattern and spray the back of it with temporary adhesive. I cut right through the photocopy and peel it away when I am done.
If the wood is smooth you can transfer a photocopy toner from the original to the wood. This only works once and the transfer will be in the mirror image of the original. Place the photocopy face down on the wood and press a hot clothes iron on the back for several minutes.
I understand you can do the same process by using lacquer thinner on the back of the photocopy too, although that is a little smelly.