Project Stealthlow

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I've got awesome scroll saw imprinted on my mind after considering all the great possibilities of things I could make I'll go for that & try to make the most out of the kodak easyshare z950 for a while longer .

Heres a little bit on the scroll saw I'm looking at .

Basic stats, few pictures & test cutting video of Excalibur EX-30 Scroll Saw £530 .

The video was of the 21" version which is the same machine but just less throat depth & £40 difference.


• Arm tilts 45° left and right, tilting the blade, not the table keeping the table level for better control & more accurate work

• 762mm Throat capacity

• 50mm Cutting thickness capacity

• Large 358 x 825mm table surface

• Quick blade changes with finger operated blade clamps, no tools required

• Easy access speed and tension controls

• Organized blade storage on base

• Onboard dust blower

• Can use 150mm lengths of 1/4" bandsaw blade, ideal for cutting thicker materials.



Only trouble I see if I got this beast of a tool is I'm not sure I could call modding a hobby or an obsession or even just a passion I suppose some have hobbys that cost a lot to support & even compared to fishing enthusiasts this would be cheap I guess lol or some buy expensive clothes I buy no frills yeah, many ways to look at it that help rationalise the purchase & it should last a very long time if I look after it well which I will .

how well does that thing work with metal... cause if i can get something like that to do some nice cuts on aluminum and thin steel... that would be AWESOME!!!

[Waynio]

how well does that thing work with metal... cause if i can get something like that to do some nice cuts on aluminum and thin steel... that would be AWESOME!!!

Well I used a low end scroll saw with fine metal fret blades & managed to cut 1mm sheet alu without warpage & with ease & same with 3mm alu & copper, cut up some 5mm acrylic too but seemed whatever I had to cut through it it could manage no worries the nice thing about it is it only needs a very tiny hole drilling in spots on the panel to do some really detailed internal cuts, with a scroll saw but with that kind of throat depth I could have easily done the back & side panels on this case with so little effort compared to how I did it .

But still I was going to order it like today or tomorrow but I think I'll leave it until I've completed this case & got more relaxed & if I still really want to go for it then I will .

[Waynio]

Wow I actually went through with purchasing the scroll saw lol, thought long & hard about if I'd put it to good enough use & feel quite comfortable that I will but it did feel crazy spending that much on a tool.

My dad & bro think I'm crazy for buying a tool like that unless I was making money from it lol but I can't look at it like that but if I get good enough where I could make some good stuff for others I'd probably be up for it eventually but I'll let my project logs show of what I can do with it there are many many many things I could make once I get up to speed on good scroll work.

Might even re-make the bottom front panel as I cut that with a knackered scroll saw when the blade was extremely loose & was the bulkier pinned bladed type.

It could come this week or early next week, it weighs about 50kg .

[Waynio]

A few random sneaky peek pictures of the scroll saw with Stealthlow next to it for size comparison there was a wood blade already in but not properly fixed into the bottom holder, so with the case lay down the throat is as deep as the height of the case wow I'll be able to do some good stuff with this.

And this shot shows how it is bolted to a plank of wood

Here is the first design for a table for it.

Here is the 2nd nice & cheap one .

I won't be making a table for it until I get Stealthlow completed .

[Fuganater]

Holy huge scroll saw dude!! I bought one of the tabletop ones like 2 years ago for $20 at a flee market. Best purchase ever! But this one is at least 3x bigger.

[Waynio]

Holy huge scroll saw dude!! I bought one of the tabletop ones like 2 years ago for $20 at a flee market. Best purchase ever! But this one is at least 3x bigger.

It is crazily huge lol, I had a small normal one but I didn't use it correct & it wouldn't take pin less blades very well had a really weak method of placing the pin less ones.

Since starting modding I've tried a few different cutting tools but when I had a short go on a scroll saw once I figured how to do it I was hooked & just realised how much potential for a lot of my ideas that I won't be as limited now when designing, always designed around whatever my building capabilities are or think I could manage doing bits, so this will really open some nice new possibilities, won't be for a while before I do another but I'll be experimenting with some ideas & making a few other things so if it's things of modding interest which it probably will I'll post in the appropriate section of the forum .

[Waynio]

First DSLR camera play Canon EOS 1000D with Sigma 70mm f2.8 EX DG MACRO, came today but the tripod didn't turn up but I just couldn't hold back from having a play with it .

Did all these without a tripod, still waiting for it, the extra weight of the heavier camera & lens really helps keep it steady though & managed to do these .

First impressions after a pretty decent play with it, it's flipping amazing macro close ups nice & easy, longer distance image quality really nice, shooting my pc case in crystal clear quality though takes a bit of effort as I can't take the picture close to it for a full view of the case I have to step back about 3 metres, maybe a little more but overall this lens is sweet but you may see less of the full case except for the odd occasion or the final shoot .

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Ah yes photography... My part time job... That's a nice depth of field... For only a 2.8... Nice find

U got any other work u have done... From one photographer to another... Keep it as a hobby or sell your prints only... The rest of the photography world is to big of a head ache

[Waynio]

Ah yes photography... My part time job... That's a nice depth of field... For only a 2.8... Nice find

U got any other work u have done... From one photographer to another... Keep it as a hobby or sell your prints only... The rest of the photography world is to big of a head ache

I searched a lot for a good one & then looked into user reviews & everyone was really impressed with it & now I am , that lot was just from day 1 of getting it so I've a lot to learn with using it to it's best I think & yeah the intention is for hobby use mostly but wow I feel a new interest taking over me after that session , nice being able to take a picture & use it as a desktop wallpaper in nice quality, couldn't really do that with my last cam, well could do but was nowhere near as good detail .

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my new favorite thing is doing time lapse photos... then using windows7 and havint it change the background image every ten seconds and pull from a single folder containing all the orginized images .... so that my back ground image is a timelapse haahahah

it looks cool and if stuff moves thre the sky slow enough u barely notice the change