Am I the only one who has difficulty with cutting 1/4" x 1/4" rings from anything but plywood and keeping the rings from breaking along the grain somewhere on the ring? I'm working on one of the multiple ring bowls that step up (have gaps between the layers). )Below are the rings all cut (yes I am still not great at free-hand cutting circles on the scroll saw). The smaller rings stay together, but the second and third outer rings broke.
I added in this picture of several of the "spaces" between the ring lines on the patterns just for grins. You can see where I still have difficulty accurately cutting circles by the inconsistency in the "remains"..
I guess I really have this same problem with anything that have places this thin in ornaments, etc... cut from hardwoods. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not unusual?
I added in this picture of several of the "spaces" between the ring lines on the patterns just for grins. You can see where I still have difficulty accurately cutting circles by the inconsistency in the "remains"..
I guess I really have this same problem with anything that have places this thin in ornaments, etc... cut from hardwoods. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not unusual?