Scrollsawing on the road

[Maxine]

Hi all
I have being selling and teaching in Scrollsawing for many years in Denmark. Have attended a Scroller Fair in Pennsylvania once.
Would like to have a hobby with me, even when living on the road.
Are there any other VanDwellers Scrolling as a hobby or for a living?
 
Maxine

 

[highdesertranger]

I can guess what scrollsawing is, but it would only be a guess. can you enlighten us/me on what this is. got any pics? highdesertranger

 

[TMG51]

HDR it's this kinda stuff. Scroll saws are unique for delicate inside cuts and so they have a large following in the craft woodworking genre.

I would think the only way to do this while mobile would be with a generator, or maybe campground hookups. Bring a shop vac!

 

[Maxine]

I  am still in Denmark, working on making it possible to join you on the road in USA. Here I have a Hegner Scrollsaw´s but I can´t bring one with me, sooo
I wanted to hear if any of you where scrolling?
Knifemaking is another possibility but scrolling is so fun.

What else Woodworking are you doing?

Maxine

 

[VJG1977]

I  am still in Denmark, working on making it possible to join you on the road in USA. Here I have a Hegner Scrollsaw´s but I can´t bring one with me, sooo
I wanted to hear if any of you where scrolling?
Knifemaking is another possibility but scrolling is so fun.

What else Woodworking are you doing?

Maxine

Have you considered going old school and do it all by hand. Getting a fret saw and a small bench or using a foot powered version.
 Images found on line

 

[flying kurbmaster]

I saw a fellow doing scrollsawing once at a music festival, he was selling his stuff and demostrating it at his booth, I don't think scroll saws draw very much power a bit more then a sewing machine is my guess ,It is a good idea for vandwellers, the saws are relatively small, and the wood used light and thin, this guy did five or six layers at a time, it is a bit like sewing only different.

 

[Ken in Anaheim]

..... it is a bit like sewing only different.

I used to feel that way about sex....(?)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
KinA

 

[rvpopeye]

Wow , that woods scene is awesome, I can see you selling those at craft fairs and other places . Probably not a lot of money considering the time you will put into them but very possible income there ! You have a cool talent there !

I have seen a couple of guys doing scrolling as a hobby in campgrounds.

 

[TMG51]

Popeye, unless I missed something the OP has not shown any of his work. I posted some example images off Google.

 

[highdesertranger]

thanks that is what I thought it was. that elk work is awesome. highdesertranger

 

[Every Road Leads Home]

Having been a professional cabinet maker most my adult life, that's what leaves me with my biggest hang up living the potential nomad lifestyle, not having my workshop outside my backdoor. I'm always trying to think of different woodworking hobbies I could do from the road, scrolling isn't a bad idea. Havent done much wood carving but thought I might enjoy getting into that with hand tools so no power would be needed.

 

[rvpopeye]

Yeah , I hear that !
I had just finished putting together my shop with LOTS of cast iron and a different door opened to my dream job , had to get rid of almost everything.
I still have a road case with some small power tools and hand tools.

I used to set up "shop" in the back of one of the equipment trucks to build road cases for new gear we added on the road !
Still have a reduced version in the RV !

TMG
I spotted that after I posted , nice example though , maybe some of us could get into that stuff !

 

[Maxine]

Wunderful idea. Let make Scrolling on the road
I thougt it would be possible to make a nice workshop in a small trailer.
The trailer could then be taken after the van.
The only challenge would be the power. But solar on the trailer would be a possibility?
And a table to drag out of the trailer bottom?

Now i just need to find a good van

Maxine

 

[highdesertranger]

very cool. I want that bear. highdesertranger

 

[rvpopeye]

I liked the saw .....

 

[Maxine]

I love scrollsawing and have been teaching school teachers and other people from all over the Nordic Europe for many years.
I would like to bring a scrollsaw with me but....
Maybe I can get a work to earn money to bay a small scrollsaw in the US and take with me on the road. That would be fun.

We will see in time

Maxine

 

[IGBT]

I do have an old scrollsaw (a craftsman) but likely will not take it with us.   I just don't use it for much these days.


I am going to take a small homebuilt cnc 3 axis milling machine with laser attachment that will do about everything in the above pictures while I sit in a hammock.

edit:  After looking closer at those pics, there are some features I don't think I could do on a computer controlled mill.   A scroll saw does allow you to have very tiny, very deep crevices and features which would require a mighty small diameter end mill.   So props to those who have the skill to make that stuff with a scrollsaw!


As for workshop on the road, we built it into our rig and it has a 4kW inverter which could run a large table saw if needed.

 

[SternWake]

Not sure how much electrical juice you need to feed a scroll saw. Since the blade speed is pretty important, perhaps it will also require a more pricey PSW inverter to have the precise throttle control required, I assume.

I bought my latest jigsaw based on size and amp draw. I think about mounting it on a table upside down sometimes. It has a soft start feature which does not really like using a router speed controller to tone down its speed/amp draw/noise. It works but has to be started to near full speed then backed off.

I have built 3 hollow wood surfboards camped on a bluff over the ocean in Baja. But all the cedar planks were cut on my tablesaw before crossing the border. I only really needed to power a jig saw. The rest was hand tools, but a belt and rotary sander and power planer would have been appreciated. My electric system was not then what it is now, having only a 5 watt panel and abused, chronically undercharged wally world batteries, beaten to a sulfated pulp.

 

[Maxine]

I do have an old scrollsaw (a craftsman) but likely will not take it with us.   I just don't use it for much these days.


I am going to take a small homebuilt cnc 3 axis milling machine with laser attachment that will do about everything in the above pictures while I sit in a hammock.

edit:  After looking closer at those pics, there are some features I don't think I could do on a computer controlled mill.   A scroll saw does allow you to have very tiny, very deep crevices and features which would require a mighty small diameter end mill.   So props to those who have the skill to make that stuff with a scrollsaw!


As for workshop on the road, we built it into our rig and it has a 4kW inverter which could run a large table saw if needed.

Wow, i´m envious. Maybe ill make that one day. Would love to make woodwork on the road.
Hope to see that in January?
Maxine

 

[Maxine]

Not sure how much electrical juice you need to feed a scroll saw.  Since the blade speed is pretty important, perhaps it will also require a more pricey PSW inverter to have the precise throttle control required, I assume.

I bought my latest jigsaw based on size and amp draw.  I think about mounting it on a table upside down sometimes.  It has a soft start feature which does not really like using a router speed controller to tone down its speed/amp draw/noise.  It works but has to be started to near full speed then backed off.

I have built 3 hollow wood surfboards camped on a bluff over the ocean in Baja. But all the cedar planks were cut on my tablesaw before crossing the border.  I only really needed to power a jig saw.  The rest was hand tools, but a belt and rotary sander and power planer would have been appreciated.  My electric system was not then what it is now, having only a 5 watt panel and abused, chronically undercharged wally world batteries, beaten to a sulfated pulp.

Hi SternWake
i would love to see your work. Are you coming to Phoenix in January?
Maxine