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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Nice deal on Delta scrollsaws.

« on: December 11, 2011, 11:09:30 pm »

What  The dewalt is going to be replace with the delta?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Any real advantage in an expensive saw

« on: December 11, 2011, 10:59:38 pm »

I cant say I went really cheep,,kinda a higher range saw in the Craftsmans line of saws. I didnt wanna blow alot of bucks to see if I liked scroll sawing...Well,,with my day job,milling on the side, and tryin to get a Daughter tru collage, I dont have alot of time to scroll,,but I enjoy ever min. I get to sit down and relax in the shop ...
     I'm saving for a Excalibur but what haunting me about getting one should I go with a 30-inch Excalibur , or the 21 incher.. I wonder how many projects other have done they wished they had a bigger throat depth...And wonder if you can get by with using a spiral blade to without having to go longer....
     
     

Go with the ex-21 excalibur scroll saw.   unless you want to pull your growns then get the ex-30.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Any real advantage in an expensive saw

« on: December 11, 2011, 10:57:04 pm »

I got a "cheap" saw and used it six months and quit for five years.  I bought another and did nothing but cut out 2X4 toys, between 2 and 3,000 a year.  Wore it out in about two and a half years, quit again for a couple of years.  Scroll saws are not for me.  Then I made a mistake and tried out a Hegner at the State fair and what I discovered the thrill was of doing it right with the right equipment.  I was not at the time very good at what I was trying to do but I became better because I did upgrade.  There is also a saying,"Buy the best you can afford and save for what you want".  Until I got the best I didn't know what scrolling was.  Don't hold yourself back because you don't think you have the skill of someone else.  Use them as a mentor and get as good as they are.  Also remember 99% of the people who will be looking at your work has never seen your mentors, so to them your are great.  Who knows, maybe you are....   Good Luck

Mentors heck you could even get better then a mentors if you try heck you could be 1000's times better then steve good.........   use the right tool for the job.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Any real advantage in an expensive saw

« on: December 07, 2011, 03:03:03 pm »

Nice write up Sheila,  You know the mess I went through   I thought I wanted the Excaliber too but had so much trouble with it that I took it back and bought a new Delta (which is the same as the DeWalt) It is working fine for me.  The question is do you suppose the Excaliber that I and cyber
Ghost bought were LEMONS? We bought them from the same place. I wanted to buy local because of price, service, parts etc?

Judy My excaliber was working just find up to know I took mine in to get fix and if this is not fix right i'm going to ask for a new one or get my money back and then get a excaliber from sysco or whatever that website was again.  That dewalt dw788 type 2 scroll saw year 2010 model  was working fine for long time until around april of this year when it started to viberate and getting loud just like the excaliber was doing when not at all the way full speed.  When the dewalt at full speed that where it gets loud and start to viberate.     I wish I could get  a laser scroll saw....   

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Info on EX-16

« on: December 02, 2011, 05:06:40 pm »

mine is getting fix for being to loud and to much vibration mine is just a few months old.
 

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex21 Poll

« on: December 01, 2011, 04:45:18 pm »

  I did take the stand and the foot pedal.   

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blades cutting like cutting butter.... :+}

« on: November 30, 2011, 08:17:12 pm »

The only way you could cut off a finger on a scroll saw is if you purposely held your finger against the blade, and it would take quite a while to do it too!

unless you had a blade in the saw that was made for bones........ 
bye bye finger and i hope it would be the right one  so the birds won't fly lol

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Can i get a blower for my scroll saw

« on: November 30, 2011, 08:15:06 pm »

So after working on my scroll saw for the last week i realize no matter what i do my air blower does not work at all. im getting sick of blowing saw dust away as i cut is there a off brand that can be bought to attach. the kind of scroll saw i have is a ACE brand 16".  thnak you for you help

COrey

I had a ace scroll saw I took it back it sucked....

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex21 Poll

« on: November 30, 2011, 08:13:43 pm »

strange. Where is the vibration coming from?

- Have you all bolted the saw to the stand?
- are there any bearings loose? any bolts loose (inside?).

Seems to be a similar problem on some saws. So there must be a similar solution to that.

I took it in to get it fix. I don't know just started i'm getting &*^^ at the saw and the dewalt dw788 aslo have a loud noise and vibration is getting worst I had it in once and the guy never fix it.
on that dewalt dw788 scroll saw I got new chucks for it and that shutup the scroll saw for a few months and stop all the vibration.     i'll try to get back to you guys on what is going on and once I find out i'll send judy a message as well on what was gong on with her saw as well and then maybe she well got back and get a ex-21 and take back the dother saw back to acmetools.
 

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: gimp

« on: November 28, 2011, 08:27:02 pm »

Yes it works for making patterns. Its free, and their is a tutorial on that other scrollsaw forum.

I'm sure the true pattern makers will guide you in the right direction on which programs they use, but the short answer is yes, it does make patterns.

Good luck.

What is the gimp website that you download it from?  USA here

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Blades cutting like cutting butter.... :+}

« on: November 28, 2011, 08:22:05 pm »

when mine gets dull i toss them away and grab a new one it not worth using a dull blade you could slip and cut of a finger. a sharp blade is a safe blade got that everyone and steve good i hope you do too.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex21 Poll

« on: November 28, 2011, 08:19:36 pm »

I have an ex21 and my last was a hegner  but what i would like to know how many of the ex21 owners have excess vibration when the speed is turned up and what they have done to sort it ?? mine is fine till i get to about half speed then it really starts to vibrate, have tried moving the motor but it only seems to get worse! Peter

Yep on mine too when i'm just about just before hitting the full speed it starts to vibrate really bad until I turn it down or turn it up at full speed.   nothing i do works i'm going to call the ex-21 company and ask why.  I might take it back to acmetools and ask for a replacement I had mine for about 3 months or so.   

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Computer questions / Re: Converting from XP to Win. 7

« on: November 28, 2011, 08:15:16 pm »

Thanks guys I'll look into it.
Gabby

Wait don't get windows 7    but wait until windows 8 comes out.  it is in beta testing right now.

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Computer questions / Re: Cleaning a laptop

« on: November 28, 2011, 08:13:47 pm »

There was  thread on cleaning a monitor, But what is recommended for cleaning a laptop?

Take a bath with it make sure it not plug in.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Maybe I am dead or not from earth

« on: November 23, 2011, 03:01:42 pm »

Ghost.... stroke a couple of years ago.  No feeling in it.

eye sea