In this video, I will demonstrate cutting wood using both a plain end, twisted spiral blade and a traditional pin end blade which is not twisted. The advantage of using a spiral blade is that it cuts in any direction that you push the wood. This allows you to push the wood forward, backward, or side-to-side to make a cut. A traditional blade requires you to push the wood straight forward through the blade (not side-to-side) and most times, requires you to rotate the wood slightly (clockwise) to stay on the cut line.

Because a spiral blade cuts in any direction, it has been said that making accurate cuts using this blade is more difficult (the cut is harder to control) especially for a beginner. In this video, I will be testing this idea to determine for myself, "Are spiral blades harder to control than traditional blades?"

Spiral blades are plain end blades (with no pins). To use them, the blade clamps on your saw must be able to hold plain end blades. In a previous video, I showed you how I installed new blade clamps on my saw so that I could use plain end blades. Here's a link to that video:    • 116. Installing pinless bladeholders ...  

Being able to use pinless (flat or plain end) blades opens up more blade choices (there is a greater variety of pinless blades than pin end blades). The pinless blades also require a much smaller pilot hole when making inside cuts.

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For more information on the spiral blades I used, visit: https://amzn.to/3atMRLA
Amazon also sells many other types of scroll saw blades.

For more information about the bladeholders, visit: https://amzn.to/3kdzdxT .
This bladeholder design can be used with several kinds of scroll saws (not just the Central Machinery / Harbor Freight saw). Check the web link provided to see if these holders will work on your saw.


Music:
"Aces High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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All video content was written, shot and edited by Matt Ancona.