I learned a great deal of respect for scroll saw artists last night - Update on 8/17/16

[nunzioc]

Nah, trust me, it was horrible looking, lol. I can’t wait to finish a good one…

@jamesdhatch

I’m a big fan of doing projects using tools in order of decreasing levels of potential destructiveness. That way if it goes wild it’s with rougher (and therefore less time consuming/finishing) work done on it. Power saws are on the upper end of the destructiveness scale and lasers are on the lower end (even if they can catch things on fire ).

@lcuellar63

I’m very glad that you didn’t get injured! It is almost impossible to make a cut on an unsupported piece on a bandsaw, DAMHIKT. The good news is it is easy to overcome this. Just make a sled for the piece to ride on with a couple of support blocks glued and/or screwed, ( taking care that the screws aren’t in the path of the blade), to a thin piece of scrap or plywood to fill the empty spots ahead of and behind the piece to support it. Then you won’t have a death grip trying to saw it. (Make sure your blade guard isn’t set too high either, blades can sometimes whip out of the guides if they break.) For added safety and accuracy you can attach your piece to the sled with hot melt glue and remove it afterwards with a heat gun. Safe sawing!

So true, and I had thought about a sled, or some other way of securing it, but it’s normally such a smooth cutting saw that I never thought of it getting flipped down 'cause of the unsupported angle…expected it to be pretty easy going…man was I wrong!