On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 8:59:35 PM UTC-6, Big Daddy wrote:
I'm new to scroll sawing but it's fun. I have patterns for fairly
intricate Christmas Ornaments. I bought a 1/4" piece of Birch plywood
at Home Depot, It looks like it's 3 ply, plus a birch "skin" on each
side.

I'm using a pretty fine tooth, and thin blade at about 600rpm. In
several areas, the thin birch vineer skin has broken away in between
some of the tiny cut sections.

Am I using the wrong type of plywood?

If I use a solid wood stock, I would think the the fragile ornament
piece would easily break.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Wayne

Wayne,

May I suggest that you order Baltic Birch Plywood from many sources available. I get mine from Sloan's Workshop in LeBannon, Tn. Thed Birch has no interior voids like the Big Box stores plywood. I use Lowe's Home Depot plywood for backer only. It's heart breaking to have the center fall out on a fret project. Hope this helps you.

Jim

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On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 8:59:35 PM UTC-6, Big Daddy wrote:
I'm new to scroll sawing but it's fun. I have patterns for fairly
intricate Christmas Ornaments. I bought a 1/4" piece of Birch plywood
at Home Depot, It looks like it's 3 ply, plus a birch "skin" on each
side.

I'm using a pretty fine tooth, and thin blade at about 600rpm. In
several areas, the thin birch vineer skin has broken away in between
some of the tiny cut sections.

Am I using the wrong type of plywood?

If I use a solid wood stock, I would think the the fragile ornament
piece would easily break.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Wayne

Wayne,

May I suggest that you order Baltic Birch Plywood from many sources available. I get mine from Sloan's Workshop in LeBannon, Tn. Thed Birch has no interior voids like the Big Box stores plywood. I use Lowe's Home Depot plywood for backer only. It's heart breaking to have the center fall out on a fret project. Hope this helps you.

Jim

Check for local suppliers first and compare price+shipping.

In addition to Baltic Birth, consider Oukume or Meranti marine ply, made
similar to Baltic Birch but has different appearance.

Big Daddy wrote:
I'm new to scroll sawing but it's fun. I have patterns for fairly
intricate Christmas Ornaments. I bought a 1/4" piece of Birch
plywood
at Home Depot, It looks like it's 3 ply, plus a birch "skin" on each
side.

I'm using a pretty fine tooth, and thin blade at about 600rpm. In
several areas, the thin birch vineer skin has broken away in between
some of the tiny cut sections.

Am I using the wrong type of plywood?
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Yes you are using wrong type.

Do a search for "die board" or "Russian birch plywood".

This should bring up suppliers in your area who are in the industrial
plywood business.


Lew

On 10/31/2015 2:22 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 8:59:35 PM UTC-6, Big Daddy wrote:
I'm new to scroll sawing but it's fun. I have patterns for fairly
intricate Christmas Ornaments. I bought a 1/4" piece of Birch plywood
at Home Depot, It looks like it's 3 ply, plus a birch "skin" on each
side.

I'm using a pretty fine tooth, and thin blade at about 600rpm. In
several areas, the thin birch vineer skin has broken away in between
some of the tiny cut sections.

Am I using the wrong type of plywood?

If I use a solid wood stock, I would think the the fragile ornament
piece would easily break.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Wayne

Wayne,

May I suggest that you order Baltic Birch Plywood from many sources available. I get mine from Sloan's Workshop in LeBannon, Tn. Thed Birch has no interior voids like the Big Box stores plywood. I use Lowe's Home Depot plywood for backer only. It's heart breaking to have the center fall out on a fret project. Hope this helps you.

Jim

Check for local suppliers first and compare price+shipping.

In addition to Baltic Birth, consider Oukume or Meranti marine ply, made
similar to Baltic Birch but has different appearance.

Well maybe 13 years later he got y'alls comments.

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On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 8:59:35 PM UTC-6, Big Daddy wrote:
I'm new to scroll sawing but it's fun. I have patterns for fairly
intricate Christmas Ornaments. I bought a 1/4" piece of Birch
plywood at Home Depot, It looks like it's 3 ply, plus a birch "skin"
on each side.

I'm using a pretty fine tooth, and thin blade at about 600rpm. In
several areas, the thin birch vineer skin has broken away in between
some of the tiny cut sections.

Am I using the wrong type of plywood?

If I use a solid wood stock, I would think the the fragile ornament
piece would easily break.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Wayne

Wayne,

May I suggest that you order Baltic Birch Plywood from many
sources available. I get mine from Sloan's Workshop in LeBannon,
Tn. Thed Birch has no interior voids like the Big Box stores
plywood. I use Lowe's Home Depot plywood for backer only. It's
heart breaking to have the center fall out on a fret project.
Hope this helps you.

Jim

Jim, I'm going to guess that sometime between 2002, when Wayne
asked his question, and now, Wayne found the answer himself, or
stopped looking.

John