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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Arm Lifter for the DeWalt Saw

« on: January 24, 2018, 04:22:21 pm »

And when I had a Dewalt I had this arm support and loved it:

https://www.amazon.com/Scroll-Saw-Lifter-Dewalt-40-690/dp/B00QLKV3F4

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: New Jet Saw Review

« on: November 15, 2016, 11:43:07 am »

I've had one for a few months now and the blade clamp system works as advertised.  I get good blade tension, and haven't had any problems with slippage.  Have only used flat blades so far, but have a project coming up soon for spiral blades, so  I will see how well it works with those.

Let us know how the spirals work with the Jet.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: EX 21owners

« on: September 24, 2015, 01:26:50 pm »

I use Johnson Paste Wax.  Whatever you use make sure there is no silicon in it.  The wax helps protect the top from rust as well as making wood movement smoother.  Depending on use I will wax around once a month or when I feel the table is holding the wood back rather than letting it move smoothly.  I use it on table saw and band saw also.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex-21 clamping adjustments

« on: September 24, 2015, 01:23:03 pm »

Get a small piece of metal that will fit between the jaws of the clamp.  Take out the set screw, insert the metal between the clamp jaws, tighten the thumb screw to hold the piece of metal in place, put blue Loctite (as others suggested) on the set screw, tighten the set screw against the piece of metal.  You now have the set screw flush with the inside of the clamp.  Repeat procedure on the other clamp.  Now you should have no bending of blades from clamping.  The bends from clamping are generally called hockey stick bends.

The other place you can get bent blades (and this sounds like where your problem is) occurs when you insert the top of the blade to high in the upper clamp.  When you do this and then flip the tension adjustment lever it can bend the top of the blade.  To get the right blade placement - you may need to experiment some - you should first clamp the top by inserting the top of the blade around 2/3s to 3/4s of the way into the clamp channel.  This is enough to clamp the blade and you do not get blade bend from flipping the tension adjustment lever.  You do not have the same issue on the bottom clamp.  You can appreciate why this happens on the top clamp if you watch what the top clamp does when you flip the tension adjustment lever.

Since learning these techniques I have not had problems with blades bending/kinking.  You will love your saw more when you solve this issue.  The DW788 tension adjustment is different so even though the clamping systems are nearly identical you do not have the problem if the blade is high in the upper clamp.

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Brag Forum / Re: For my sisters

« on: July 06, 2015, 08:13:14 am »

Dakota

Certainly not as nice as your fret work but my spouse is a quilter and I have done the following for her to give at quilt retreats as door prizes or whatever.  Some others are "Quilters Rock", "Quilting Forever, Housework Whenever", and "Quilting or Cooking?, You Can't Be Serious".  Just some ideas if they are useful to you.  Quilters may be even more passionate and obsessive about their pass time than scrollers.

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: New member

« on: May 22, 2015, 09:23:00 am »

Nathan - awesome job on the Lynx

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Yodeling

« on: April 08, 2015, 04:47:30 pm »

I rather like the story as told by Riders in the Sky also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Kx2sRe5l8

More pain and less joy than in Switzerland.

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: fretwork annoyance!

« on: February 17, 2015, 08:03:32 am »

Spiral reverse may work well on 1/4 inch material but I use 5/8 inch hardwoods and have not had good experience with spiral reverse - for me they cut slower and leave a more ragged edge then regular spirals.  I use spirals exclusively and threw the last of my spiral reverse blades in the trash last night.  At least on the thicker wood the spiral reverse does not eliminate all of the fuzzies although it does reduce them.  I am back to using only regular spiral blades and a sanding mop to remove fuzzies.  With 1/4 inch wood I would probably be more timid on a sanding mop for removing fuzzies on fine fretwork but on 5/8 inch wood it is not a problem.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ex 21 Table

« on: February 12, 2015, 07:39:00 am »

No problem - I did four inches on the front and two inches on each side and love it.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Air tube for Delta scroll saw

« on: February 10, 2015, 10:24:22 am »

Are you can get it here

http://www.modularhose.com/Loc-Line-14-System/14-hose

and if you do I encourage you to get the pliers as you do not otherwise want small children or your pastor around when you try to force it onto the metal fitting.  Some use brute force, some use brute force and hot water, some use brute force and a heat gun.  I like the pliers.  If you do get and use the pliers you may need to remove the metal fitting from the saw arm to attach the loc line and then reattach the fitting.  I think the Delta is probably like the DeWalt 788 and removal of the fitting from the saw arm is very simple.  You can probably get the loc line, nozzle, and pliers for the same or not much more than the ereplacement parts cost.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: signing work

« on: January 29, 2015, 11:01:18 am »

Matthew

I use an electric custom branding iron I got from Terry Desilets at

http://www.branding-irons.biz/

He is great and easy to work with.  All of my work is 5/8 inch and thicker and designed to stand on a shelf or something similar and 5/8 inch is probably the thinnest work a two line message would fit on.  My brand just says

    Done By Doug
Live Long & Prosper

I do not date my work.

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Brag Forum / Re: Sculpture

« on: January 27, 2015, 08:24:02 am »

Great job - hard to believe it is your first.  With that as your first you will be doing some awesome work in the future so be sure to share it.

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Computer questions / Re: Profile picture not available

« on: January 27, 2015, 08:20:48 am »

Not sure if this solves your problem but "avatar" is just a reference name given to whatever you may choose to represent you in the box on the left portion of the screen.  It can be your picture, a picture of a piece of your work, or whatever you choose.  Short answer is to upload your picture as your avatar.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: NEED ADVICE ON BUYING A SCROLL SAW!!

« on: January 08, 2015, 10:01:03 am »

Matthew

I have the DW788 but from everything I understand the Dewalt and Delta saws are nearly identical.  With any saw you can have potential problems - sometimes out of the box and sometimes only after months or years of use.  Either saw should last you for a long time.  If you ever need service, packing a saw up and shipping is not an experience you want to have.  In your shoes I would probably make my decision based upon where my nearest service center was and hopefully one of them would have a service center within an hour of you.  If you have not done so, I also suggest you go on line and you should be able to find a manual for each of them which you can download and read and which should also contain warranty information.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Hello from a newbie with a question or two

« on: December 11, 2014, 10:48:23 am »

I use blue painters tape and 3M 45 - it is cheaper than 77 and is strong enough for my purposes.