Saw perfectly straight line with scroll saw

Use a metal straight edge and run the scroll saw down the side of it.

Not a good tool for this app.

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Hi,

John Nelson published a plan for a folding candle-holder that looks like:

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About 3.5" hi. About 7 " wide. .75 to 1" thickness.

• - Drill .5" hole, insert candle ! - Drill .25" hole thru all, insert dowell (you may need a font like Courier New to see the diagram properly)

I need to saw the lines illustrated above maximizing the thin-ness and straightness of the cut.

All I have to do it with is a bench-top Skil 16" Scroll saw. I've replaced the blade, calibrated it as best I can, and my cut is still not straight enough to save me from a temporal wilderness of sanding and improper tolerances.

Anybody know a trick (short of buying a new power tool)?

Thx, P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

This may come through twice, reader is acting strange. Use a fairly wide blade as at as high a tension as you can, let the saw do the work and don't crowd it.

basilisk