Drying oils penetrate the wood and harden the material. Included in this category are linseed and tung oil. They can also be referred to as wood sealers and are very satisfactory finishes for wood surfaces. Not only do they reduce the absorption of moisture, but they tend to make the surface easier to clean and a bit more resistant to scratches.

Holly – Holly is very easy to work with. It has even grain and is quite strong. – Softer than most it is quite close to cherry in hardness. – Being quite uncommon and also difficult to dry without warping makes holly the most expensive wood listed here. – Almost pure white in color with barely visible grain make holly THE choice for white when doing intarsia as well as inlay.

You will need a finer blade for very intricate patterns as this will provide more control. You will want to have greater cutting speed if you desire long curves on the outside of the wood. This will call for a blade with fewer teeth. The cut will be rougher but it will be much quicker to cut.

The best thing I did was to go to a class that taught the basics of working with a scroll saw and doing scrolling designs. These types of classes are generally available through your local Adult Education classes or possibly your local craft or woodworking store has classes. There are sometimes people that are willing to teach you the basics of scrolling designs. In my case, the person doing the demo I saw, did have classes for anyone who purchased the Dremel scroll saw. However you learn the basics is up to you but learning the basics will help prevent a lot of frustration and will help you enjoy doing scrolling designs.

It is also important that you know the features of your scroll which are the following: the blade-changing feature, its types of blades, the cutting thickness of the blade that you want, the throat length which has the estimated distance of sixteen (16) to twenty (20) inches of your blade the saw. It is also important to know the table tilt and speed of your saw which is pitched per minute through its strokes. The weight could be helpful too if you intend to work from one place to another. Its vibrations, accessories, stand, foot switch and scroll saw cover.

Basic to the understanding of the chapter is the fall of Satan. It is mentioned in verse 4. One third of the angelic host is thrown to the earth. This is further explained in 12:7-9. There is a heavenly battle between the good and evil angels. The evil ones lose and are cast out of the heavenly realm. This is what Jesus “saw” predictively (Luke 10:18). This is also what Daniel saw in his prophecy (Daniel 8:9-10). In that vision, the “little horn” aka the man of sin grows up to “the host of heaven”, and is able to bring “stars” (Biblical symbol for angels) to the ground.

There are many commercial brands of finish that are labeled as food safe. These range from many products that are called anything from ‘salad bowl finishes’ to ‘butcher block oils’, etc. In reality, the vast amount of finishing products and oils are actually already food safe, as long as they are allowed to cure properly.

Now we get to the spiral scroll saw blades. Everyone I know including me have a love hate relationship with these little critters. The spiral blade is as its name infers are round with teeth on both sides. If you are cutting small odd shaped patterns in thin wood then there is no better blade to use. Some guys will tell you that you can do just as well with fine reverse tooth scroll saw blades, don’t believe it, with a spiral blade you can go in any direction without turning your work around. But if you have long straight lines to saw, then you are not going to like these guys, so use them where they belong and you will love them.

There are several ways you can go about stack cutting I am going to discuss the technique I use most often which entails using double-sided carpet tape. I use this method as much as possible because it’s easy to set up and doesn’t allow the layers to move at all if done properly.