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I will be scrolling again as soon as I can afford a new saw. I would welcome recommendations. Thanks Dan.Don't hold out for a new saw.
The lower holder for my Jet saw was kinking the blades (well, 2 out of the 3 it came with). One side is the knob you turn. I used a small Allen wrench to drive the screw on the other side just a tiny bit deeper so the end was flush with the holder itself. Now the blades don't get kinked.Interesting! I just adjusted the lower chuck, but have not done any further sawing to see the difference.
Thanks Steve. Will put it in my file for reference.Jim - you are welcome.
KCSteve, where would I find chart for identifying blades?Jim:
a word of caution: You must of course use spiral cut blades and advancing to quickly, even with the smallest of those blades will damage the edges of nearly any kind of layered wood.Why are spiral blades required?
This is a pretty awesome idea. I have large Delta that removes the debris and fine dust particles, but still some gets into the shop. I needed a simple solution that would fit in the shop and was mobile and I do believe if I put a furnace filter on the front and back of my box fan it will pretty much do the trick. So thanks for the heads up. Nice idea. What my Delta misses I suspect the fan filters will pick up.The filter on fan trick does work. I used to set the fan in one corner of the garage and just let it run every time I was there - and the air did feel much better.
I have my setup mobile - built a cart loosely based on the one Steve has provided a video link to. That means my dust collection has to be part of the cart.My "shop" is a one car garage. Everything is on wheels. Which makes it interesting when changing projects. On the other hand, all the carts have drawers, so it was an amazing increase in storage space.
If you have a normal shop you can use a bigger/better dust collection setup where the vacuum isn't two feet from your head and there is no noise problem. But that does point out one thing for your shopping - check the noise levels. If possible see it live where you can hear how loud it is. I don't need to cover up for a few minutes work but after a while it gets to be problematic.I have a DeWalt shopvac. By itself, it is not too bad, but when combined with any other tool, hearing protection is needed.
If I win the lottery I'll get an actual shop and it will have a dust collection system with noise abatement so I only need hearing protection when I use a noisy tool.If I win a lottery, a new home with a shop, and lots of new tools to replace the ones that are barely "good enough" would be in order. Isn't day dreaming fun?
The vacuum is one meant for copier repair guys - it's scary powerful. The included cyclone gets almost all of the dust and I seldom have to change the small bag in the vacuum. It is a bit noisy though - I wear ear muffs while working.Wearing ear protection while scroll sawing is something I would avoid. I also have hearing damage, from working in foundries when I was young, and I have hearing aids.
It does make a huge difference in dust levels! I can always tell when the bag is getting clogged (never gets full, just gets clogged with the stuff that's fine enough to get past the cyclone) or when my inlet gets plugged with the small bits that fall down by how dusty my car is getting. I set up in my garage right in front of my car and normally it's just a little dusty from what gets blown off the top of the wood.That is what I was wondering! Thanks for confirming!
For doing it on the cheap a box fan with a filter taped to the front can trap a lot of dust that floats in the air.Thanks. I have one of those, and it works.
