Saw, Ribs and Sander

Lots to add, it has been a while since my last post and some awesome stuff has happened.

First of all I got a scroll saw! This is such a useful tool.

I will be able to use this for all my cutting out needs, on my side panels back piece and the ribs of my gurdy.


This is my saw:

It is a bottom of the line scroll saw, but it will do exactly what I need it to do.

This is the first piece made on it, turned out well. It is rib A.

In addition to that first rib I have cut out ribs B and C. Here are the three of them shown together. They all need more work sanding them to get them down to the correct size and so they have the correct curvatures and are smooth. They are neat now, but can only get better.

I have saved the coolest part for last. After looking at the tools I have and what I need to do I have come to the realization that need a spindle sander. The only problem is that they are expensive, or I would have to travel to another persons shop to use them. So instead of getting another tool I decided to try using my drill press. Lo and behold it works. My original test involved taping a piece of sand paper to a pencil. It worked ok, but I will probably be getting a set of sanding drums that are made exactly for this sort of thing.

This is what my drill press sanding setup looked like.