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Offline Flyboy Jim

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2017, 03:30:29 AM »
Wow!  nothing!    I would have expected more....oh well...

Ordered material for the table today.   Just needs facing and screw holes.

I'll get the crank sorted out this weekend.   I have a fixture I need to make for work.

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I'm following along Dave.  :popcorn: Don't need a scroll saw, but am anxious to see how you do the drive system, since it would work for a small filing machine the same way.

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #31 on: April 01, 2017, 04:31:15 AM »
Hi Dave,
 Following along! Was going to post on your bellows but well you know....err better not said!

Got to thinking about it....over engineered but hay it's all about making something.

Use your compressed air, reduce the pressure way down, a small ball valve actuated by the arm to open & close, nozzle to the cutting front, adjust air pressure  to get desired puff...done!

Shouldn't take more than 5 mins as my old man used to say. Figured out that pretty quick if he started a 5 minute job at 9 in the morning, we might be finished by 5 in the arvo!

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2017, 04:55:27 AM »
Hi Jim

It's just a simple crank with a connecting rod.   I should have something this weekend.   

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2017, 05:13:15 AM »
Hi Dave,
 Following along! Was going to post on your bellows but well you know....err better not said!

Got to thinking about it....over engineered but hay it's all about making something.

Use your compressed air, reduce the pressure way down, a small ball valve actuated by the arm to open & close, nozzle to the cutting front, adjust air pressure  to get desired puff...done!

Shouldn't take more than 5 mins as my old man used to say. Figured out that pretty quick if he started a 5 minute job at 9 in the morning, we might be finished by 5 in the arvo!

Cheers Kerrin

No compressed air in my shop Kerrin.     The other opportunity would be what I had planned already

https://www.partswarehouse.com/Ryobi-Bellows-RY-089051003028-p/ry-089051003028.htm?gclid=CP20yI2ygtMCFYlMDQodRP8GLA&Click=365719&catargetid=600007490000415648&cadevice=c


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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #34 on: April 01, 2017, 12:18:10 PM »
Thanks Dave.

I know what a scroll saw is...I'd just never seen one with a bellows. That's a neat way to blow the dust away.
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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2017, 12:34:23 PM »
A bellows "Dust blower" is standard on just about every scroll saw on the market. Even the old saws had them...

 Wish I had the space for an air compressor, or a scroll saw... or a hydraulic press...ect.

I don't

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2017, 12:43:34 PM »
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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #37 on: April 01, 2017, 02:00:06 PM »
At our local museum there is a homemade scroll saw with a dust blower made from an old food tin about 2" diameter, and operated by the top arm of the saw.
"Forty Power Tools You Can Make" Popular Mechanics Press, my one is dated 1944, has two designs for scroll saws, both have blowers, you can probably find the articals on the Popular Mechanics web site.
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« Reply #38 on: April 01, 2017, 02:07:20 PM »
Thanks Ian!   I'll check that out!

I'm putting this one under the heading of simplicity ...though you have to admit, it doesn't get any more simple than this    Read the caption on the last photo....genius!
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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #39 on: April 01, 2017, 02:47:58 PM »
I hadn't seen a scroll saw for many years. Those I did were pretty simple affairs.
If they had a blower...I probably did not recognize it as such.
My image of a bellows doesn't match either.

I just googled around and was surprised. Pretty neat stuff.

More interesting to me was how you're putting your lathe to work.
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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #40 on: April 01, 2017, 02:50:15 PM »
Thanks Ian!   I'll check that out!

I'm putting this one under the heading of simplicity ...though you have to admit, it doesn't get any more simple than this    Read the caption on the last photo....genius!

Wow..............what a neat exercise bike! Practical too!  :lolb:

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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #41 on: April 01, 2017, 03:10:45 PM »
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Re: Scroll saw attachment for a lathe
« Reply #42 on: April 01, 2017, 03:54:37 PM »
I hadn't seen a scroll saw for many years. Those I did were pretty simple affairs.
If they had a blower...I probably did not recognize it as such.
My image of a bellows doesn't match either.

I just googled around and was surprised. Pretty neat stuff.

More interesting to me was how you're putting your lathe to work.

I can hang this saw on a nail over the lathe and not take floor space.   Pretty key      Having a simple way to pierce small sheet work is also key.

Once I get my bandsaw off the floor and on my "Dirty cart" I'll free up enough room for a small work bench    Probably a clock makers bench     There is no where to sit in my shop.   Doing really small work while standing is very tiring on a concrete floor.   Even with a mat, it's hard.  I need to be able to sit comfortably, with good light.

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« Reply #43 on: April 01, 2017, 04:01:52 PM »
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