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Scroll Saw Circle cutting Fixture

pete marken

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20190321_201238_001.jpg The fixture was designed for bowl from a board especially vortex style. The fixture is made from 12 mm baltic birch plywood sanded but un-finished and measures 15" X 14-3/4". Phenolic coating on 1/2" material is no longer available. The pin holes are precision drilled for exact ring diameters and will cut a very nice circle, the text is engraved. There is no need to lay out circles with a compass, lay out diameters with a ruler on one side. Then drill holes for the blade and center pin and cut. This greatly reduces scroll saw time. The hole spacing is for a ring diameter increase of 1/4" (1/8" radius increase). The cost is $75 plus shipping. The fixture is clamped or screwed to your scroll saw table. If interested please contact me by e-mail (p_marken@bellsouth.net)
 
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I bought Petes jig at a woodturning symposium and can say its a nicely done fixture. You do need to be sure the jig is centered well on the blade but it makes cutting a vortex bowl so easy!
 
View attachment 3804 The fixture was designed for bowl from a board especially vortex style. The fixture is made from 12 mm phenolic coated baltic birch plywood and measures 15" X 14-3/4". The pin holes are precision drilled for exact ring diameters and will cut a very nice circle, the text is engraved. There is no need to lay out circles with a compass, lay out diameters with a ruler on one side. Then drill holes for the blade and center pin and cut. This greatly reduces scroll saw time. The hole spacing is for a ring diameter increase of 1/4" (1/8" radius increase). The cost is $65 plus shipping. The fixture is clamped or screwed to your scroll saw table. If interested please contact me by e-mail (p_marken@bellsouth.net)
Will it work in the 45 degree position?
 
My guess is it would. You do risk messing with the center hole that the blade sticks through. The angle cut may taper the hole.
 
Another factor is the sizing of the circles may be off from whats marked on the board depending on how you center the jig, you will have to experiment to find out the difference. However its all relative, as long as you get the step in size from one ring to the next right its all good. You will only have quarter inch increments in the radius though, flipping to the other side of the blade to get the in between cuts will give you a totally different size than you should have for that kind of stacked ring operation.
 
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